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Departmental Sustainable Development
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether his Department is on course to meet the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets to (a) source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31 March 2008 and (b) increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010. [181324]
Bill Rammell: The last published return on central Government progress on electricity from renewables and on recycling is contained within the Sustainable Development in Government Report for 2005/06. The 2006/07 report is due to be published in March 2008.
As the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills was only formed in June 2007 we were not able to take part in this return.
The Department’s accommodation is located within buildings managed on our behalf by the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and as such our Sustainable operations performance will be returned within their reports.
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for (a) its whole estate and (b) some of its buildings. [181327]
Bill Rammell: The last published return on central Government progress on environmental management systems is contained within the Sustainable Development in Government Report for 2005/06. The 2006/07 report is due to be published in March 2008.
As the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills was only formed in June 2007 we were not able to take part in this return.
The Department’s accommodation is located within buildings managed on our behalf by the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and as such our sustainable operations performance will be returned within their reports.
Departmental Translation Services
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent on translation services by his Department, its predecessors, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08 to date. [187989]
Bill Rammell: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created as a result of machinery of government changes in June 2007. Information on this type of expenditure is therefore only available for the years 2003-04 to 2005-06 at disproportionate cost. To date in 2007-08 the Department has spent £10,865.
Mr. Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. [187990]
Bill Rammell: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate many of their documents and other media devices into various languages so as to provide widespread communication of information where there is an identified need. The majority of translated documentation is available in Welsh, in accordance with requirements under the Welsh Language Act, with the remaining translated into languages which include: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese where deemed appropriate in the circumstances and reasonably practicable.
Documents available to aid innovation currently available translated into Welsh are:
Patents Application Guide
Trade Mark Application
Form 1—Request for Patent
TM3—Trade Mark Application Form
DF2A—Application to Register One or More Designs
FS2—Fee Sheet
There are documents to provide information and guidance for those seeking support for university. Many are available in Welsh with the following translated into various languages:
Parent’s Guide to Higher Education—Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu
How to get Financial Help as a Student—Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu
Get the Facts about Student Finance in England—Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Vietnamese and Urdu.
Documents and media are available in different languages to help people to build upon their skills. These include:
Learning to Read and Write at Home and at School—Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu
Video Mathematics at Home and at School—Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish and Urdu
Departmental Travel
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how much his Department spent on travel (a) within and (b) outside the UK for officials in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of his Department’s overall expenditure was spent on such travel in each such year; [181532]
(2) how many overseas visits by officials in his Department took place in each of the last 10 years; which countries were visited; and how much was spent on such visits in each such year. [181601]
Bill Rammell:
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created by machinery of government changes at the end of June 2007. As there
is no central departmental register of overseas visits made by officials or travel expenditure by officials both within and outside the UK, this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, all official travel by the Department’s officials is undertaken in accordance with rules set out in the departmental handbook.
Education: Prisoners
Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills for how many hours a day on average a prisoner received education and training in the latest period for which figures are available. [192853]
Bill Rammell: The information in the format requested is not collected centrally.
Since the introduction of the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) planned and funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), education providers are required to deliver the service set out in the ‘Offenders Learning Journey’ which specifies the minimum standards for education and vocational training for offenders. Data from August 2006 to July 2007 show that the OLASS contractors delivered 2,021,654 hours of 2,070,804 contracted hours, achieving 98 per cent. performance against the contract.
Industrial Health and Safety: Training
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent on providing health and safety training for (a) his Department and (b) educational establishments for which his Department has responsibility in the last 12 months. [180358]
Bill Rammell: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created as a result of machinery of government changes in June 2007. Information on health and safety training is not held centrally in this Department and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Kent
Dr. Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what funds in the form of (a) revenue payments, (b) capital grants and (c) supported borrowing for which his Department is responsible have been made available to (i) Kent County Council, (ii) Thanet District Council and (iii) Dover District Council in 2007-08. [183057]
Bill Rammell: The following payments were made in 2007-08:
| Local authority | Notes | £ |
Physics: Reviews
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills in which month he expects the review of physics to report. [187185]
Ian Pearson [holding answer 20 February 2008]: I expect Research Councils UK (RCUK) to consider in September the report from the physics review panel, chaired by Professor Bill Wakeham.
Postal Services
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many items of post sent by his Department and its predecessor were reported missing by the intended recipient in each year since 1997. [171297]
Bill Rammell: I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 21 November 2007, Official Report, column 1179. The review by the Cabinet Secretary and security experts is looking at procedures within Departments and agencies for the storage and use of data. A statement on Departments’ procedures will be made on completion of the review.
Railways
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor on first class train tickets in the last 12 months. [171267]
Bill Rammell: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created as a result of machinery of government changes in June 2007. Information on travel expenditure to this detail is not collected centrally in the Department. This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, year to date, the Department has spent £117,940 on rail travel.
Regulation
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills for which regulators and inspectorates his Department has had responsibility in each year since 1997; what the budget was of each such body in each year; and what the cost to the public purse was of any restructuring of each such body in each year. [175319]
Bill Rammell: The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created by machinery of government changes at the end of June 2007. Since its establishment, the Department has not had responsibility for any regulators or inspectorates.
Sexual Harassment
Mr. Hoban:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual
discrimination have been made by staff in his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. [184696]
Bill Rammell: DIUS was created by machinery of government changes in July 2008 from elements of the then Department of Trade and Industry and Department for Education and Skills.
DIUS is currently undertaking a project to define document and agree a single set of policies and procedures. Until such time as these are defined, the policies of an employee's former department (DTI/DfES) remain in force. These policies allow for staff to report any cases of harassment to line management, Trade Union representatives, a confidential counselling service or HR.
During the period in which DIUS has existed there have been no cases of complaints of sexual harassment or sexual discrimination.
Shropshire
Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09. [184100]
Bill Rammell: The following payments were made in those years.
| £ | ||
| 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
No further payments are expected to be made in 2008-09.
Teachers: Training
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which three teaching disciplines had the highest number of graduates in each of the last 10 academic years. [189311]
Jim Knight: I have been asked to reply.
This information is not available in the format requested.
Information on the qualifications of teachers in the subjects they teach in secondary schools is collected in the Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey. This is an occasional survey for which the latest information available is from 2002. The following table provides the number of teachers teaching each subject broken down by the proportion at each post A-level qualification level including degree. Degrees are split
into those in the specific subject for those entering teaching via postgraduate (e.g. PGCE) routes and those specialising in the subject as part of specialised undergraduate teaching degree (e.g. BEd) As this is from a sample survey the actual number at each qualification level is not available.
The Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey was repeated in 2007 and the results will be published by the Department in spring 2008.
| Teachers in service: Full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools—highest post A-level qualifications( 1) held in the subjects they teach( 2) to year groups 7-13, England | |||||||
| Percentages | |||||||
| Degree( 3) | BEd | PGCE | Cert Ed | Other qual. | No qual. | Total teachers (thousand) | |
| ‘-’ = zero or less than 0.5. (1) Where a teacher has more than one post A-level qualification in the same subject, the qualification level is determined by the highest level reading from left (degree) to right (other qual.). For example, teachers shown under PGCE have a PGCE but not a degree or BEd in the subject, while those with a PGCE and a degree are shown only under degree. (2) Teachers are counted once against each subject which they are teaching. (3) Includes higher degrees but excludes BEds. (4) Teachers qualified in combined/general science are treated as qualified to teach biology, chemistry, or physics. Teachers qualified in biology, chemistry or physics are treated as qualified to teach combined/general science. (5) Teachers qualified in other/combined technology are treated as qualified to teach design and technology or information and communication technology. Teachers qualified in design and technology or information and communication technology are treated as qualified to teach other/combined technology. (6) Information and Communication Technology is abbreviated as ICT and Personal Social and Health Education is abbreviated as PSHE. (7) ‘Other’ not included in total percentages. Source: Secondary Schools Curriculum and Staffing Survey 2002. | |||||||
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