Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race in the (i) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, (ii) Civil Nuclear Police Authority and (iii) UK Atomic Energy Authority.

Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The table below refers to the organisations as per your question:

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of degrees were awarded at first class in each year since 1994.

Answered by Robert Halfon

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), now part of Jisc, collects and publishes data on student qualifications across all UK higher education providers, including data on degree classifications. Counts of first degree qualifications by class of degree for academic years 2006/07 to 2021/22 are published in Chart 9 of HESA’s Student Data, which is available at: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/chart-9.

The data includes students studying for first degree qualifications and excludes students who qualified with an unclassified first degree (mainly including degrees that do not have a classification, such as Medicine).

Counts for academic years 1994/95 to 2005/06 can be found in HESA’s publication archive, and can be accessed for the relevant years via the links below:

• 1994/95 to 1998/99: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/01-02-2000/sfr37-qualifications-and-examination-results.
• 1999/00 to 2003/04: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2005/sfr82--qualifications-and-examination-results.
• 2001/02 to 2005/06: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/09-01-2007/sfr107-enrolments-and-qualifications.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average point score was at (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each local authority in each year since 2010.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The department produces two average point score measures at GCSE, Average Attainment 8 and Average Ebacc APS. Average Attainment 8 was first introduced to all schools in the 2015/16 academic year, and Average Ebacc APS was first introduced in the 2017/18 academic year. More information can be found in the Secondary accountability measures guide here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure. The data can be found at the following links:

• 2018/19 to 2022/23 data: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/d2ec0919-11d8-4765-f318-08dc3835f618.

• 2015/16 to 2017/18 data: Table LA1 (EBacc APS) and Table LA2 (Attainment 8 score): https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5c507d9640f0b6254b1b1017%2F2018_LA_tables.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.

Figures are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4 who attended state-funded schools in England.

The A level average point score (APS) for each local authority in England, including number of students and average grade from 2014/15 to 2022/23, are available from the links below.

Prior to that, APS data for local authorities covered all level 3 qualifications (A levels, but also other level 3 academic and vocational qualifications) where links are provided for the 2009/10 to 2013/14 academic years.

All figures are based on students at the end of 16-18 study who attended state-funded schools and colleges in England.

Note that APS data for the 2015/16 to 2022/23 academic years for A levels is on a scale of 0-60, where a grade A* is given 60 points and a grade E is 10 points. APS data for the 2009/10 to 2014/15 academic years uses an older QCDA points scale where A level grades are on the scale 0-300, where a grade A* is 300 points and a grade E is 150 points. Vocational qualification grades are scaled 0-270.

2014/15 - 2022/23 data: A level APS per entry and grade:

• 2018/19 to 2022/23: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/254d6ceb-5724-4c96-524f-08dc3ae70a0c.
• 2017/18: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/c4b99a5f-e0ec-49fa-f332-08dc3835f618.
• 2016/17: Table 9a all, see columns H, I and J https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a82ad65e5274a2e87dc26a9/SFR03_2018_LA_Tables.xlsx.
• 2015/16: Table 9a , see columns F,G, and H https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8010db40f0b62305b88f6a/SFR05_2017_LA_tables_9_to_10.xlsm.
• 2014/15: Table 12c, see columns E, I and M https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f859be5274a2e87db65ab/SFR03_2016_LA_tables_12_to_13.xlsx.

2009/10 to 2013/14: Level 3 APS per entry:

• 2013/14: Table 12a, see columns E and M https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7dae1ced915d2acb6ed80d/SFR03_2015_LA_tables_12_to_13.xlsx.
• 2012/13: Table 12a, see columns E and M https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c861140f0b626628aca9f/SFR02_2014_LATables_12_to_13.xlsx.
• 2011/12: Table 9a, see columns D and L https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c33d2ed915d7d70d1d421/sfr05-2013t9ab.xls.
• 2010/11: Table 10, see columns D and L https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c6f7aed915d696ccfcc26/sfr01-2012t10.xls.
• 2009/10: Table 9, see columns D and L https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c444540f0b62dffde0f1b/sfr02-2011t9.xls.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed (a) PIP and (b) DLA for ADHD since 2013.

Answered by Mims Davies - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by condition, including ADHD, can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/. Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html. An account is not required to use Stat- Xplore, the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.

Data on Disability Living Allowance (DLA) clearances by condition is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed PIP for ADHD in each year since 2010.

Answered by Mims Davies - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) clearances split by condition, including ADHD, can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/. Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer systems. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics.

Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html. An account is not required to use Stat- Xplore, the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the funding per pupil was in each (a) secondary and (b) primary school in England in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Current school funding, for individual schools and at local authority level, cannot be directly compared to school funding in 2010 due to structural changes in the funding system. For local authorities, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, so comparisons cannot be made before that point. In 2018, the schools national funding formula (NFF) started to direct funding according to a consistent assessment of need, rather than historic local spending decisions. Funding changes since 2018 will therefore reflect this move to fairer funding.

Local authority level data on school funding, including average funding per pupil, is published annually as part of the announcement of Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations.

The block of funding in the DSG relating to primary and secondary mainstream schools (the 'schools block') was first introduced in 2013/14. DSG data between 2013/14 and 2017/18 provides the schools block per-pupil unit of funding for each local authority. This covers both primary and secondary schools together. The department does not hold separate data for primary and secondary pupils for this period and does not have comparable data for years prior to 2013/14.

The funding system changed again in 2018/19 when the NFF was introduced. With the introduction of the NFF, funding was provided by reference to primary and secondary schools separately.

The scope of the per pupil figures pre and post-2018 are not directly comparable. In particular, the central services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/19, and instead funded separately through the central school services block from that year onwards.

Links to the published DSG tables can be found here:

The DSG allocations are at local authority level, not at the level of individual schools. However, notional school level funding data is published annually in the NFF school impact table, including notional funding per pupil. However, this does not represent the level of funding that individual schools will necessary ultimately receive, as schools’ actual allocations are based on local authorities’ local funding formulae.

Links to the latest NFF school impact tables can be found here:

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in state (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in each local authority in each year since 2010.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Current school funding, for individual schools and at local authority level, cannot be directly compared to school funding in 2010 due to structural changes in the funding system. For local authorities, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, so comparisons cannot be made before that point. In 2018, the schools national funding formula (NFF) started to direct funding according to a consistent assessment of need, rather than historic local spending decisions. Funding changes since 2018 will therefore reflect this move to fairer funding.

Local authority level data on school funding, including average funding per pupil, is published annually as part of the announcement of Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations.

The block of funding in the DSG relating to primary and secondary mainstream schools (the 'schools block') was first introduced in 2013/14. DSG data between 2013/14 and 2017/18 provides the schools block per-pupil unit of funding for each local authority. This covers both primary and secondary schools together. The department does not hold separate data for primary and secondary pupils for this period and does not have comparable data for years prior to 2013/14.

The funding system changed again in 2018/19 when the NFF was introduced. With the introduction of the NFF, funding was provided by reference to primary and secondary schools separately.

The scope of the per pupil figures pre and post-2018 are not directly comparable. In particular, the central services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/19, and instead funded separately through the central school services block from that year onwards.

Links to the published DSG tables can be found here:

The DSG allocations are at local authority level, not at the level of individual schools. However, notional school level funding data is published annually in the NFF school impact table, including notional funding per pupil. However, this does not represent the level of funding that individual schools will necessary ultimately receive, as schools’ actual allocations are based on local authorities’ local funding formulae.

Links to the latest NFF school impact tables can be found here:

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people work in his Department's equality, diversity and well-being team.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

There are 29 members of staff working in the central Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing Team based on headcount, this represents 0.06% of the total staff working for the Home Office.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which unit in her Department is responsible for equalities.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Every department across government has a responsibility for equalities. The Human Resources and Transformation Directorate is responsible for equalities in the Department for Education. The department also has a Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) team who can provide colleagues with advice on equalities-related issues. Under the PSED, all public authorities, including government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions.

The government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June, to ensure value for money for taxpayers. The Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Nine DBT staff members have the words equality and/or gender in their job titles. These roles are all externally facing roles, responsible for negotiating provisions and chapters within bilateral and multilateral contexts. There are no DBT staff members with diversity; inclusion; LGBT; or race in their job title.

The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all activities that support the

equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) of the workforce, through the review of EDI

spending announced last June. As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of fax machines used in the NHS.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

No data is collected in relation to the number of fax machines being used in the National Health Service.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made on putting the New Homes Ombudsman on a statutory footing.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The Government legislated in the Building Safety Act 2022 to establish a statutory New Homes Ombudsman. They will provide dispute resolution for, and determine complaints by, buyers of new build homes against developments.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many research projects have started work in the HMRC datalab in each year since 2013.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

HMRC Datalab have provided 106 projects access to de-identified HMRC data for research purposes, since 2012.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent drones being used to bring drugs and other illicit goods into prisons.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

We are working hard to deter, detect and disrupt the illegal use of drones to deliver contraband into prisons. We conduct vulnerability assessments across the estate to understand the risk and develop and implement plans to manage and mitigate the threat, including physical countermeasures.

The Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Act 2021 established powers for prisons to authorise the use of counter-drone technology. This Act also enables the police to stop and search those suspected of committing drone-related crimes.

In January this year, we strengthened the legislative framework by introducing Restricted Fly Zones around prisons to disrupt illegal drone use. This strengthens our ability to intercept illicit items being smuggled via drones, and enables the police to fine or prosecute those seeking to undermine prison security.

Recent joint operations with the police and HMPPS have resulted in a number of drone related arrests and disruptions to the activity of serious and organised crime networks. Since June 2016 we have secured over 70 convictions, and those convicted have been sentenced to more than a total of 240 years in prison.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people work in her Department's (a) Human Resources and Transformation Directorate and (b) Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) team; and whether the PSED team is part of the Human Resources and Transformation Directorate.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Every department across government has a responsibility for equalities. Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), all public authorities, including government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. The government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June, to ensure value for money for taxpayers.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course. As at the end of February 2024 there were 156 people working in the department’s Human Resources and Transformation Directorate. The PSED team is not part of the department’s Human Resources and Transformation Directorate.

The ‘general duty’ of the PSED is in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and requires public authorities in England, Scotland and Wales to give due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions.The department's PSED team sits within the department's central Strategy Group and ensures that the department is compliant with Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The PSED team is resourced by 0.8 FTE. In addition, the department, through the PSED team, has a model of maintaining dispersed capacity across the department to comply with its duties.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people (a) received and (b) repaid a refugee integration loans since 2007.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and are intended to help people with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office, who make the initial decisions on applications. They are then administered and recouped by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Refugee integration loans are interest-free loans with favourable repayment terms for individuals who are over 18 and meet the following eligibility criteria:

• a refugee;
• you have humanitarian protection;
• a dependant of a refugee or someone with humanitarian protection.

Individuals are currently able to borrow between £100 and £500. Between £100 to £780 can be borrowed if submitting a joint application with a partner.

The specific data requested cannot be provided as it comes from live operational databases that have not been quality assured.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the data to be provided to the Migration Advisory Committee as part of the review of the graduate route.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The Home Office publishes a range of migration statistics, including statistics relating to the Graduate route, in its quarterly statistics releases.

The Migration Advisory Committee will publish their findings of the Graduate route review in May.

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 to initiate high street rental auctions; and what steps he has taken to support local authorities to use these powers.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The framework of the High Street Rental Auction policy is set out in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, which is now law, however many aspects need to be defined by secondary legislation before local authorities can begin to use the power. The Government is working to introduce the associated statutory instruments.

We recognise the resource constraints faced by local authorities and have considered how the burden on local authorities can be reduced. We are providing up to £2 million of financial support to make sure that areas which need this the most are not priced out by prohibitive refurbishment costs to bring the properties up to standard. We will also publish guidance for local authorities and relevant stakeholders to support them in implementing High Street Rental Auctions.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the job titles are of people working in her Department's Human Resources and Transformation Directorate.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The job titles for everyone working in the Human Resources & Transformation Directorate are as follows:

• Business Partnering and Organisation Development
• HR
• HR Services & Specialist Advice
• Payroll, Reward, Policies and ER
• Transformation
• Workforce, Skills and Strategy

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to Questions 3012, 3013, 3020, 3022, 3028, 3030, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3040, 3041 and 3043, which were tabled on 21 November 2023.

Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and the Department remains committed to providing the highest level of service.

I sincerely apologise for the delay in responding to these PQs. The information requested in these PQs is detailed and complex, and we have been working hard to identify what information we can provide to accurately answer the questions raised. We hope to be able to provide an answer shortly

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what staff networks there are in his Department.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

There are 15 active networks listed below:

• Flexible working and job share,

• Carers,

• Parenting,

• CORE (Race),

• ABLE (disability),

• Social Mobility,

• Menopause,

• Faith & Belief,

• Christian Network,

• Civil Service Jewish Network,

• LGBT+,

• EU Nationals

• EngAge (intergenerational/age)

• Gender Equality Group.

• Neurodiversity Network

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what staff networks there are in her Department.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The following staff-led support networks currently operate in the Department:

- EnABLE, a disability and long-term conditions network;

- Autism Network;

- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Network;

- Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network;

- Race Equality Matters Network;

- Prism, an LGBT+ network;

- Women’s Network;

- Parents’ Network;

- Age Diversity Network;

- Carers’ Network;

- Care Leavers’ Network;

- Social Mobility Network;

- Men’s Health Network;

- Christian Network;

- Jewish Network;

- Muslim Network;

- Hinduism and Sikhism Group;

- Humanists Network;

- Diversity and Inclusion Analytical Network;

- Domestic Abuse Support Group;

- Working Through Cancer Network; and

- Mental Health First Aid.

The following networks support and promote professional development and operational delivery:

- International Network;

- Flexible Working Network;

- Green Network;

- Social Workers Network;

- Health Science and Engineering Network;

- IT User Engagement Group;

- Clinicians’ Network;

- Nutritionist Network;

- Perspectives Network;

- History Network;

- Culture and Engagement Champions Network;

- Active Travel Network;

- International Network;

- First Aid Network;

- Administrative Officer and Executive Officer Network;

- Personal Assistant Network;

- Senior Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer Network;

- G6 and G7 Network; and

- Direct Appointment Scheme Network.

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