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Climate Change
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants from his Department will be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in an official capacity. [300889]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: No DCSF Ministers or civil servants will be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in an official capacity.
Departmental Disclosure of Information
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing have been made to his Department by its staff since 6 June 2006. [301491]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: No allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing have been made by staff since 6 June 2006.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff are engaged (a) full-time and (b) part-time on handling responses to his Department's consultation on home education-registration and monitoring proposals. [301898]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: 13 staff were engaged in handling the responses: one full-time consultation advisor throughout the whole of the consultation period; a further four full-time and two part-time staff engaged to log and analyse responses towards the end of the consultation period, when the majority of responses were received; and an additional six staff helped with the analysis on a part-time basis following closure of this consultation.
Personal Social and Health Education
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what account he took of the responses to the recent consultation on personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) undertaken by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency when determining his policy on making PSHE education a statutory part of the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement. [300792]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement of 5 November, Official Report, columns 49-52WS.
In reaching the decision to make PSHE a statutory part of the national curriculum I gave serious consideration to the responses to the consultation exercise and particularly the responses from parents. The evidence, both from that consultation and from the further, independent, research that my Department commissioned, told me that, to an overwhelming extent, parents think that good quality PSHE, taught in a sensitive and appropriate way and with the proper safeguards in place, is vital in promoting the health and well-being of young people as they prepare to tackle the challenges of adult life.
Schools: Asbestos
Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what reasons he decided to include the requirement for an asbestos survey in the standard contract documentation for the Building Schools for the Future programme; and what data on the presence of asbestos in schools he took into account in making that decision. [302010]
Mr. Coaker: The reasons we decided to include the requirement for an asbestos survey in the standard documentation are to:
reinforce the need for compliance with asbestos legislation;
find out if Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) are present; and
avoid contractual delays and financial uncertainties.
This is based on experience from previous building programmes where the discovery of ACMs during refurbishment has led to substantial delays and unforeseen costs.
Schools: Mental Health Services
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools in the Milton Keynes area are participating in the Targeting Mental Health in Schools programme; and whether he has plans to extend the programme to other schools in the area. [300714]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: I am pleased to confirm that Milton Keynes will join the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) Programme in April 2010. From April 2010 all local authorities nationally will be implementing TaMHS.
Milton Keynes will receive approximately £220,000 for 2010-11 to implement TaMHS locally.
It is up to Milton Keynes to choose the schools to take part in their local TaMHS project. Our recommended model is that each local authority identifies a cluster of three to six secondary schools and their feeder primaries to participate in the programme, reflecting local need.
In line with the TaMHS grant conditions, each local authority is required to submit an implementation plan to DCSF for approval, which will be monitored against progress.
Milton Keynes, like all local authorities, will have to indicate in their implementation plan how they will sustain TaMHS provision and will mainstream TaMHS support models to all schools locally beyond 2011.
Science: Public Consultation
Mr. Crabb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what date he plans to publish the summary of responses to his Department's science and learning consultation. [301442]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: This consultation, hosted on the DCSF website, was conducted by the independent Science and Learning Expert Group, chaired by Sir Mark Walport, rather than the Department. I gather that Sir Mark intends to publish an analysis of the consultation results when the Group submits its report early in the new year.
Special Educational Needs
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils with statements of special educational needs resident in each local authority area were educated in (a) mainstream and (b) special schools outside their local authority of residence in the latest year for which figures are available. [301047]
Ms Diana R. Johnson [holding answer 23 November 2009]: The requested information has been placed in the House Libraries.
Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Compensation
Richard Burden: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what representations she has received on the proposals published by her Department to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme; [301996]
(2) what discussions her Department is having with trade unions on the future of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme. [301997]
Tessa Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Paul Holmes) and the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr. Robertson) on 9 November, Official Report, columns 80-81W.
Civil Service No-Fault Compensation Scheme
Dr. Murrison: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much has been paid out under the civil service no-fault compensation scheme to civil servants in each Department in each year since the scheme was established; [300211]
(2) how much has been paid out in respect of stress-related conditions under the civil service no-fault compensation scheme to civil servants in each Department in each year since the scheme was established. [300375]
Tessa Jowell: The current Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme was established on 1 October 2002. Benefits paid under this scheme are accounted for within the Civil Superannuation Resource Accounts, copies of which can be found in the Library. Information on the amount paid can be found within the notes to the accounts, for example within the 2008-09 accounts it is detailed at note 16.
Specific reasons for why injury benefit is awarded are not recorded within the management information that is held and therefore the number of stress-related conditions cannot be identified.
Departmental Disclosure of Information
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing have been made to her Department by its staff since 6 June 2006. [301487]
Tessa Jowell: There have been no known allegations of victimisation as a result of whistleblowing.
Departmental Rail Travel
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what date she last travelled by train in the course of her official duties. [301210]
Tessa Jowell: On 16 October 2009 I travelled by train to an official engagement.
Government Departments: Corporate Hospitality
David Taylor: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) with reference to the answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, columns 885-86W, on Government Departments: official hospitality, if she will amend the register for hospitality received by board members of Government Departments from 1 January to 31 December 2007 to include the hospitality provided by the Chairman of the Audit Commission to the (a) Director General of the Department for Communities and Local Government on 18 August 2007, (b) Director General of the Financial and Commercial Group at the Home Department on 11 May 2007 and (c) Permanent Secretary to the Department for Communities and Local Government on 8 October 2007; and if she will make a statement; [301740]
(2) when she expects to publish the register of hospitality received by board members of Government Departments during 2008. [301747]
Tessa Jowell: The guidance to Departments on the recording of hospitality set out in the Government's response to the Public Administration Select Committee's Report "Lobbying: Access and Influence in Whitehall"
makes clear that in general it is not necessary to record hospitality received from those within HM Government and non-departmental public bodies. There are no plans to amend the register.
Government Departments are publishing details of hospitality received by Director Generals and above on a quarterly basis (starting with the first quarter of 2009-10) on their own departmental websites. Information on hospitality received by board members during 2008 will be published as soon as it is ready.
Government Departments: Land Registry
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps she has taken to encourage Departments experiencing temporary increases in workload to consider outsourcing relevant tasks to Land Registry offices. [301738]
Tessa Jowell: Steps to deal with temporary increases in work load are a matter for individual Departments.
Land Registry has worked with other Government Departments on a number of projects this year, for instance the Department for Work and Pensions where 170 staff have obtained level transfers. Additionally, the Land Registry has entered into a five-year shared service agreement with Ordnance Survey.
Justice
Christmas
Mr. Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Christmas parties his Department plans to host in 2009; what has been budgeted for each such reception; what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables, (h) fruit and (i) alcohol to be served at each such function which is produced in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [300870]
Mr. Straw: The Department does not intend to host any Christmas parties in 2009. The Department and its agencies do not fund Christmas parties for staff, although staff may personally contribute towards the cost of such an event.
C-NOMIS Database Project
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which individual was responsible for the C-NOMIS database project up until October 2007. [300955]
Maria Eagle: There were two senior responsible owners of the C-NOMIS project up until October 2007, who had overall responsibility: initially, Christine Knott and then Roger Hill.
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what financial management and oversight there was in respect of the C-NOMIS database project up to October 2007. [300956]
Maria Eagle: The C-NOMIS project board met at least once every two months. It was recognised that strengthened financial control and management was required, and a dedicated finance manager was recruited at the end of 2006. He undertook a review of all project costs which culminated in the recognition by summer 2007 that costs were unaffordable.
The revised NOMIS programme which replaced the C-NOMIS project has adopted a fit-for-purpose governance and monitoring structure and financial controls.
Community Justice Centres: Finance
David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans his Department has for the future funding of community justice courts. [300251]
Bridget Prentice: There are no plans for any future Community Justice Courts. The Green Paper "Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice" set out the Government's commitment to co-location of community justice teams in existing court buildings wherever possible and plans to develop a new model of community justice teams where co-location is not practicable. The consultation stage Impact Assessment, published alongside the Green Paper, set out early estimated costs of both approaches. The costs for the community justice teams in 30 local authority areas, updated in light of the consultation, is £1.05 million.
The teams will ensure that all the agencies in the local area work closely together to engage the community and provide problem-solving for offenders. The court will remain a vital part of this approach.
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