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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils entered for GCSE qualifications did not gain a GCSE, excluding equivalents and entry level qualifications, in 2007.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils of the appropriate age were not entered for GCSE examinations in 2007.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in receipt of free school meals were entered for GCSE examinations in 2007, broken down by subject.
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25 Feb 2008
Written Question :
Pupils
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils who achieved level 2 or above at key stage one went on to achieve level 4 at key stage two in 2007.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers have left the profession within (a) one year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years of completing their qualified teacher status induction period since its introduction.
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25 Feb 2008
Written Question :
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many teachers from outside the European economic area received golden hello payments in each year since 2000.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many newly qualified teachers have failed their induction period and remained in teaching in the latest period for which figures are available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many private finance schemes have been signed under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and what the (a) contractor and (b) length of contract is in each case.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether a licence is required to (a) breed and (b) keep racing pigeons.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families regarding how many Muslim schools OFSTED has raised concerns with his Department in the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what arrangements are in place for the inspection of independent Muslim schools.
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20 Feb 2008
Written Question :
Home Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were home educated in each year since 1997.
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There are few feuds as destructive as the squabble over a legacy.
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Walking across Trafalgar Square the other day I paused before the statue of General Charles Napier. And I realised where we'd gone wrong as a country.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in receipt of free school meals gained three A grades at A-level in mainstream maintained schools in the last period for which figures are available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in pupil referral units did not gain a single GCSE C grade or higher in each of the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils gained three GCSEs or fewer at D grade or below in 2007.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils in each constituency gained five GCSE A* to C grades in subjects including English, mathematics, science and at least one modern language in the last period for which figures are available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in receipt of free school meals did not gain a single grade C or higher at GCSE in the last year for which figures are available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in how many mainstream maintained schools one or more pupils gained no passes at GCSE in the last period for which figures are available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils in primary schools designated as rural schools achieved level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 tests in the last period for which figures are available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in how many primary schools (a) 20 per cent., (b) 30 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. or more of pupils did not reach level 4 in Key Stage Two tests in 2007.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many surplus places there are in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools designated as rural schools.
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19 Feb 2008
Written Question :
Truancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils took unauthorised absence in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007, broken down by local authority.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department’s definition is of a sport; and whether each event planned for the Olympic Games 2012 meets this definition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils who were eligible for free school meals left education without qualifications in each of the last three years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools had more than (a) 30 per cent., (b) 50 per cent. and (c) 70 per cent. surplus places in each of the last 10 years.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what criteria were used to classify (a) angling, (b) ballooning, (c) billiards, pool and snooker, (d) crossbow, (e) rifle and pistol shooting, (f) flying, (g) gliding, (h) motor sports and (i) parachuting as sports which do not qualify for a tax exemption.
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Apparently around 20 per cent of voters think that the Government is lying about its contacts with extraterrestrial life. All I can ask is, why so few?
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The Tories are confident their family plan is a clever blend of old and new
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