Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of a modern apprenticeship was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Anne Milton
In the latest 2016/17 provisional final year figures, the average length of stay on apprenticeship programmes was 479.8 days.
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Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve food hygiene safety in schools, children's clubs and nurseries that failed to meet satisfactory standards in inspections last year.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Local authorities are responsible for food hygiene inspections of schools, children’s clubs and nurseries at which food is served regularly to children. Food hygiene legislation requires these premises to be registered as food businesses. The Food Standards Agency, which sets policy for and monitors enforcement of food safety legislation by local authorities, has advised that approximately 99% of educational establishments and caring establishments, including schools, children’s clubs and nurseries, have satisfactory or better food hygiene standards.
Local authorities work with food businesses to make improvements in any premises that fail to meet satisfactory standards during inspections and may take a range of enforcement actions as considered appropriate in the circumstances of each case. The honourable member for Bolton North East or members of his constituency may contact the relevant local authority or the Food Standards Agency for detailed information about specific premises that are of concern to him.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified teachers are employed in schools in Bolton.
Answered by David Laws
In November 2013 (the most recent available figures), there were 35 full-time equivalent teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) working in publicly-funded schools in the Bolton local authority area. This represents 1.4% of teachers employed in the local authority. This information is based on returns from 125 of the 126 schools in the Bolton local authority area.
Further information on the proportion of qualified teachers working in every local authority, and for England as a whole, can be found in the School Workforce in England Statistical First Release, November 2013, published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to record cases of bullying as reported by victims in schools by counts of cyber-bullying and similar sub-categories.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
There is no legal requirement on schools to record and report incidents of bullying and we have no plans to introduce one. Schools are free to develop their own approaches to monitoring bullying and exercise their own judgement as to what will work best for their pupils. For some schools, this will involve formal recording of incidents so that they can monitor bullying and identify where it is recurring between the same pupils. Alternatively, some schools may prefer to take a different approach, such as surveying their pupils anonymously to identify trends in bullying, including how safe young people feel at school.
Schools are held clearly to account by Ofsted for pupil behaviour and safety which includes how they tackle bullying. Inspectors consider the types, rates and patterns of bullying and the effectiveness of the school's actions to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying and harassment, including cyberbullying.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) headteachers, (b) deputy headteachers and (c) teachers in Bolton Local Education Authority took early retirement on the grounds of ill-health in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
Answered by David Laws
Between April 2010 and March 2013 there were seven teachers who retired on ill-health grounds from publicly-funded schools in Bolton local authority.
Given the very small number of people involved, the statistics provided have not included a grade or year split to avoid disclosing data on specific individuals.