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Departments: Pensions
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the current rate of employer contribution is to each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility; what the revenue impact would be of capping the employer contribution to each such scheme at 14 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. [144298]
Mr. Dhanda:
The Department’s employer contribution for 2006-07 for each of the public sector pension schemes is as follows:
| | £ |
|
Classic
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17,611,364.30
|
|
Classic Plus/Premium
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7,105,237.09
|
The information requested on what the revenue impact would be of capping the employer contribution to each such scheme at 14 per cent. is not retained centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Departments: Public Participation
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many public consultations his Department undertook in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each consultation. [145274]
Mr. Dhanda:
The Department for Education and Skills undertook 62 public consultations in the last 12 months. These consultations are listed in the following table.
Information on the cost of each consultation could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
| Consultation | Published |
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2006
| |
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The Ofsted Child Register
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6 July
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Financial Management Standard in Schools—Timetable for all Schools
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10 July
|
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Child Protection: Safer Recruitment and Vetting in the Education Service
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17 July
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The Higher Education Programme—Consultation for Race Equality Impact Assessment Purposes
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1 August
|
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Modernising the Regulatory Framework for Children’s Social Services
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4 August
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Childcare Sufficiency Assessments
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14 August
|
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Regulations on Extension of the DDA 1995 to cover General Qualification Bodies
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4 September
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Children Missing Education—Draft Statutory Guidance to Support Clause 4 of the Education and Inspections Bill 2006
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7 September
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School Admissions Consultation 2006
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8 September
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Consultation on Draft Regulations setting out the process for setting statutory targets for local authorities under the Childcare Act 2006
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21 September
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Data Collection Regulation
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21 September
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Information Sharing Index: Consultation on Draft Information Sharing Index (England) Regulations and Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment
|
21 September
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Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances; the implications for race equality
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29 September
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Childcare Act 2006—Section 12 duty to provide information, advice and assistance
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2 October
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Consultation on the Draft Employment Equality (sexual orientation) (religion or belief) Regulations 2006
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4 October
|
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Care Matters: Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in Care
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9 October
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Young Person’s Guide to the Care Matters Green Paper
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9 October
|
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Amendments to Regulations Under Section 142 of the Education Act and the Childcare Disqualification Regulations Which Apply to Applications for Registration Made Under Part XA of the Children’s Act 1989
|
13 October
|
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Supplementary Consultation on School Admissions
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7 November
|
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Education and Inspections Act 2006: Consultation on School Organisation and Governance Regulations and Guidance
|
13 November
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Personalising Further Education: Developing a Vision
|
20 November
|
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International GCSEs in the Maintained Sector in England
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23 November
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Definition of Full Time Education in Independent Schools
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30 November
|
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Financial Benchmarking Website—Identifying Schools by Name
|
5 December
|
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Education and Inspections Act 2006: Consultation on School Travel Guidance
|
11 December
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European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training
|
12 December
|
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Quality Standards for Young People’s Information, Advice and Guidance
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13 December
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Language Review
|
14 December
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Consultation on Regulations and Guidance on Management Committees for Pupil Referral Units
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20 December
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Early Years Foundation Stage Learning and Development Requirements Order
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20 December
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2007
| |
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Education and Inspections Act 2006: Consultation on Statutory Guidance on Schools Causing Concern
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4 January
|
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Statutory Guidance on Section 6 Education and Inspection Act (Positive Activities for Young People)
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5 January
|
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Delivering World Class Skills in a Demand Led System
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5 January
|
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Making Good Progress
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8 January
|
|
Exemptions from Ofsted Childcare Registration
|
22 January
|
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Post 16 Progression Measure
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29 January
|
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Consultation on Draft Regulations to Apply Section 62A of the Education Act 2002 to Pupil Referral Units
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2 February
|
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Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession
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2 February
|
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Securing Sufficient Childcare
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7 February
|
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Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment
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20 February
|
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Draft Guidance for School Staff: Screening or Searching Pupils for Weapons (Clause 45 in the Violent Crime Reduction Act)
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20 February
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Consultation on Revised Exclusions Guidance - September 2007
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23 February
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Review of the Regulations Requiring Schools Maintained by Local Authorities to Set Attendance Targets
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26 February
|
|
Consultation on School, Early Years and 14-16 Funding 2008-11
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7 March
|
|
Early Years Foundation Stage Learning and Development Exemptions
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1 March
|
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DfES Guidance to Schools on School Uniform Related Policies
|
20 March
|
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Raising Expectations; Staying in Education and Training Post-16
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22 March
|
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Consultation on New Charging Regulations for Music Tuition
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28 March
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Children’s Workforce Strategy
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29 March
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Childcare Registration Requirements
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4 April
|
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Education and Training for Young People in the Youth Justice System
|
4 April
|
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Increasing the Leaving Age—Have Your Say
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25 April
|
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ContactPoint Consultation on Draft Guidance
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4 May
|
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Consultation on Home Education Guidelines
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8 May
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Guidance on the Duty to Promote Community Cohesion
|
8 May
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Consultation on Draft Amendments to the Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 made under the Education Act 2002
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11 May
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The Education (National Curriculum) (Foundation Stage Early Learning Goals) (Amendment) (England) draft Order 2007 and The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (Amendment) (England) draft Order 2007
|
18 May
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|
Raising Standards Improving Outcomes: Draft Statutory Guidance on the Early Years Outcomes Duty
|
23 May
|
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Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Regulations and Guidance for the Induction of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs)
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25 May
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Implementing Youth Matters: continuing the dialogue with young people
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30 May
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Mandatory Collection of P Scales Data for Pupils with SEN
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31 May
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Section 58 of Children Act 2004 Review (Consultation)
|
15 June
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Departments: Publicity
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent on advertising by (a) the Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. [139521]
Alan Johnson:
The amount spent on advertising in the last five years by the Department for Education and Skills is as follows;
| | Amount (£ million) |
|
2002-03
|
13.790
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|
2003-04
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20.170
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|
2004-05
|
11.088
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|
2005-06
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7.939
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2006-07
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6.265
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The Department uses advertising as part of information campaigns to inform the public about how our policies affect them and how they can best take advantage of the educational and learning opportunities available to them.
In 2006-07, these campaigns included:
Information for young people and their parents about the financial help available to students taking higher education courses;
Information about sex and relationships as part of a campaign to help reduce rates of teenage pregnancy.
Costs of advertising placed by the Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies are not held centrally.
David Simpson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months. [145912]
Alan Johnson:
In 2006-07, the Department spent £6.265 million on advertising.
The Department uses advertising as part of information campaigns to inform the public about how our policies affect them and how they can best take advantage of the educational and learning opportunities available to them.
In 2006-07, these campaigns included:
Information for young people and their parents about the financial help available to students taking higher education courses;
Information about sex and relationships as part of a campaign to help reduce rates of teenage pregnancy.
Departments: Recruitment
Mr. Francois:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much his Department and its agencies paid to recruitment consultants in each year since 1997. [140034]
Mr. Dhanda:
The Department was established in June 2001. Some information is available for payments made by the Department as set out as follows. No information is collected centrally for payments of this type made by the Department’s agencies.
In 2002/03 recruitment consultants used to fill departmental posts were paid £584,976. In 2003/04 the amount paid was £335,321. Information was not collected in the same form in 2004/05 and 2005/06. In 2006/07 the amount paid in respect of recruitment to senior civil service posts only (the information for 2002/03 and 2003/04 relates to posts of all grades including SCS) in the Department was £354,144. Payments for the financial years 2004/05 and 2005/06, and the total payment for 2006/07 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
