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Written Question
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Energy
Friday 23rd November 2018

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) electricity and (b) natural gas was used by (i) his Department, (ii) the National Archives, (iii) the Royal Parks, (iv) the British Library, (v) the Imperial War Museum, (vi) the Information Commissioner's Office, (vii) the National Gallery, (viii) the National Portrait Gallery, (ix) the Natural History Museum, (x) the Royal Armouries Museum, (xi) Sport England, (xii) the Victoria and Albert Museum and (xiii) OFCOM in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answered by Margot James

DCMS figures for electricity usage and cost as below:

Year

Use in kW

Cost £

17/18

846,325.00

112,078.00

16/17

930,091.00

174,528.45

15/16

855,585.00

115,000.00

The Department does not use natural gas.

The National Archives

Electricity

Gas

Year

Use in kW

Cost £

Year

Use in kW

Cost £

17/18

5,536,908.00

659,099.00

17/18

3,165,066.00

93,853.00

16/17

5,629,756.00

660,548.00

16/17

3,052,034.00

99,445.00

15/16

5,853,391.00

691,449.00

15/16

3,198,213.00

99,082.00

Royal Armouries

Electricity

Gas

Cost £

Cost £

17/18

229,185

70,528

16/17

242,032

69,456

15/16

229,844 79,459

Sport England

Electricity

Gas

Cost £

Cost £

17/18

18,095

4,068

16/17

18,305

3,490

15/16

18,338

4,114

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) only record a combined figure:

Year

Cost £

17/18

174,068.86

16/17

102,669.78

15/16

106,285.45

Figures for Ofcom, the Royal Parks and all sponsored museums are available in their annual report and accounts. This includes a comprehensive breakdown of energy consumption and expenditure. The annual reports can be found on www.gov.uk

Written Question
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Energy
Friday 23rd November 2018

Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of the (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the National Archives, (iii) the Royal Parks, (iv) the British Library, (v) the Imperial War Museum, (vi) the Information Commissioner's Office, (vii) the National Gallery, (viii) the National Portrait Gallery, (ix) the Natural History Museum, (x) the Royal Armouries Museum, (xi) Sport England, (xii) the Victoria and Albert Museum and (xiii) Ofcom in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Answered by Margot James

DCMS figures for electricity usage and cost as below:

Year

Use in kW

Cost £

17/18

846,325.00

112,078.00

16/17

930,091.00

174,528.45

15/16

855,585.00

115,000.00

The Department does not use natural gas.

The National Archives

Electricity

Gas

Year

Use in kW

Cost £

Year

Use in kW

Cost £

17/18

5,536,908.00

659,099.00

17/18

3,165,066.00

93,853.00

16/17

5,629,756.00

660,548.00

16/17

3,052,034.00

99,445.00

15/16

5,853,391.00

691,449.00

15/16

3,198,213.00

99,082.00

Royal Armouries

Electricity

Gas

Cost £

Cost £

17/18

229,185

70,528

16/17

242,032

69,456

15/16

229,844 79,459

Sport England

Electricity

Gas

Cost £

Cost £

17/18

18,095

4,068

16/17

18,305

3,490

15/16

18,338

4,114

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) only record a combined figure:

Year

Cost £

17/18

174,068.86

16/17

102,669.78

15/16

106,285.45

Figures for Ofcom, the Royal Parks and all sponsored museums are available in their annual report and accounts. This includes a comprehensive breakdown of energy consumption and expenditure. The annual reports can be found on www.gov.uk

Written Question
Teachers: Training
Thursday 11th February 2016

Asked by: Daniel Zeichner (Labour - Cambridge)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many English and History PGCE course places were offered in England in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Eligible schools, school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) providers and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will be able to recruit (subject to a limited number of controls) as many trainees as they feel they need – until the overall system has recruited sufficient trainees. For 2016/17 the number of places available for HEIs to recruit (based on the estimate of trainee need calculated using the teacher supply model) can be found on GOV.UK:

Prior to 2016/17 we have operated an allocations system for School Direct lead schools, SCITTs and HEIs. For recent years detailed initial and final allocations data for HEIs can be found on GOV.UK:

For 2012/13 and earlier published allocations data can be found on the national archives: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130423140808/http:/education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/TIM/m002013/index.shtml

Written Question
Teachers: Training
Friday 22nd January 2016

Asked by: Nic Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were available on teacher training courses at higher education institutions in each academic year since 2009-10.

Answered by Nick Gibb

We have changed the approach to initial teacher training (ITT) allocations for the 2016 to 2017 academic year. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) will not be allocating a specific number of places to individual organisations for postgraduate ITT courses due to start in the 2016 to 2017 academic year. Instead, eligible schools, school-centred initial teacher training providers (SCITTs) and higher education institutions (HEIs) will be able to recruit (subject to a limited number of controls) as many trainees as they feel they need – until the overall system has recruited sufficient trainees. For 2016/17 the number of places available for HEIs to recruit to (based on the estimate of trainee need as per the teacher supply model) can be found on GOV.UK:

Prior to 2016/17 we have operated an allocations system for School Direct lead schools, SCITTs and HEIs. For recent years detailed initial and final allocations data for HEIs can be found on GOV.UK:




For 2012/13 and earlier published allocations data can be found on the national archives (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130423140808/http:/education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/TIM/m002013/index.shtml). An extract detailing the relevant years is shown below. It should be noted that this data cannot be disaggregated into HEIs and non-HEIs but is included for information.


England

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

Primary

18,050

18,640

19,730

20,840


Secondary by subject

Art

595

515

320

320

Citizenship3

265

260

185

180

Economics, Dance, Media, Performing Arts, Other subjects5,6

295

260

210

220

English & Drama

2,535

2,415

2,100

2,010

Geography

715

665

615

625

History

620

545

545

545

Mathematics2

2,685

2,635

2,635

2,635

Foreign Languages5

1,525

1,390

1,490

1,575

Music

635

570

390

380

Physical Education

1,380

1,180

890

835

Religious Education

695

655

460

450

Science2,6

3,405

3,195

2,835

2,835

Technology4

2,770

2,560

1,880

1,845

Vocational subjects5,7

..

..

..

..

Margin of Flexibility/Secondary Reserve8

..

..

..

..


Total Secondary

18,120

16,845

14,555

14,455


Primary and Secondary

36,170

35,485

34,285

35,295

Notes:

  1. 1999/2000 places exclude 600 Maths and Science Scheme places.
  2. Citizenship includes Personal Social Health & Economic Education and Social Studies
  3. Technology includes Design and Technology, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Business Sudies.
  4. Classics/Ancient Languages are included in 'Other' until 2010/11 inclusive, and in Foreign Languages from 2011/12.
  5. Places for vocational subjects from 2006/07 onwards are included with the allocation for related academic subject: Science includes places for Applied Science, Design and Technology includes both Manufacturing and Engineering, ICT includes Applied ICT, Business Studies includes Applied Business, Geography includes Leisure and Tourism, Art includes Applied Art and Other subjects includes Health and Social Care and subjects relating to the new diploma subjects.
  6. In 2004/05 places for vocational subjects were shown separately.
  7. In 2003/04 the margin of flexibility included places for a vocational subjects pilot. The margin of flexibility/secondary reserve constituted places that the Training and Development Agency for Schools could allocate to any secondary subject, to support providers whose baselines would otherwise be below economic levels; to ensure the appropriate denominational balance; and to help providers with a high proportion of places in shortage subjects and who therefore had particular uncertainty of income. The margin of flexibility included in the places for 2000/01 and 2001/02 is equivalent to the provision the Teacher Training Agency had in 1999/2000 to move places between secondary subjects within certain parameters, but is now given explicitly.

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Written Question
Public Records
Friday 4th December 2015

Asked by: Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Non-affiliated - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans to release files from their Special Collections archive during this Parliament.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Files outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) standard corporate file plan are now known as non-standard files.

Estimated at around 600,000, the non-standard files are generally older than the standard departmental files.

We have divided most of the non-standard material into four main categories in order to prioritise the preparation of these files for transfer to The National Archives (TNA): High Priority (around 60,000 files), Medium and Low priority (around 290,000 files across both categories) and a separate category for the Hong Kong government records (around 270,000 files). The Hong Kong records require further assessment before we can prioritise them for release (most are on microform).

Our prioritisation of the non-standard files has taken into account feedback from a wide variety of sources and interested parties including Professor Tony Badger, Professor of History at Northumbria University, the Independent Reviewer of the non-standard files.

We aim to prepare for transfer to TNA all high priority non-standard files (10% of the total) by 2019.

The first of the high priority records have now been released at TNA. They include 445 Colonial Reports, which are bound volumes of reports submitted annually to the Colonial Office by colonial governors. In October 2015, 254 files relating to the defection of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean were released to the public.

Our current estimate is that we will be able to prepare the medium and low priority records for transfer to TNA by 2027.

The FCO is committed to complying with the Public Records Act and to full transparency with respect to our record holdings.