Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their predecessor Department has undergone a post legislative review in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The number of post legislative reviews the department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last five or ten years is not held within the department.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many post legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and (ii) secondary legislation in each of the last five years.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The number of post legislative reviews the department has undertaken on primary and secondary legislation in each of the last five or ten years is not held within the department.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The number of pieces of both primary and secondary legislation sponsored by government departments could be calculated utilising publicly available information. This information is not held within the department.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the cost of school meals.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The department is working closely across government to consider the potential effects of leaving the EU without a deal, including the cost of school meals.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours her Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests are dealt with by the relevant policy teams across the Department for Education as a core business function, with support from a small policy advisory team. The processing of FOI requests is accordingly an integral part of civil servants' responsibilities and the number of hours spent on this activity is not separately identifiable.