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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, as at 1 March, how many senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence were male; and how many were educated privately.[HL6195]

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 March 2014

Reference

HL6195; 753 cc149-150WA

House

House of Lords

Armed Forces: Officers

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officers there are in the Royal Navy for each of the following ranks: (1) Admiral of the Fleet, (2) Admiral, (3) Vice Admiral, (4) Rear Admiral, (5) Commodore, and (6) Captain; how many in each rank are female; and how many in each...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

20 March 2014

As of 1 January 2014, the official Defence statistics on male and female officers in the Naval Service are provided in the following table. Information on education is not available as it is not routinely recorded.

Rank	Female	Male
Admiral of the Fleet	0	0
Admiral	0	1
Vice Admiral	0	9
Rear Admiral	0	29
Commodore	0	75
Captain	5	260

1. Comprises trained and untrained personnel and excludes Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.

2. Comprises the Royal Navy (including the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service) and the Royal Marines combined.

3. Rounding has been used for male Captains. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. For female Captains the actual figure is shown.

Date

20 March 2014

Reference

HL5792; 753 c47WA

House

House of Lords

Armed Forces: Officers

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officers there are in the Army for each of the following ranks: (1) Field Marshal, (2) General, (3) Lieutenant General, (4) Major General, (5) Brigadier, and (6) Colonel; how many in each rank are female; and how many in each rank were educated...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

20 March 2014

As of 1 January 2014, the official Defence Statistics for male and female officers in the Army are provided in the following table. Information on education is not available as it is not routinely recorded.

Rank	Female	Male
Field Marshal	0	0
General	0	5
Lieutenant General	0	11
Major General	0	42
Brigadier	2	158
Colonel	25	495

Notes:

1. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data.

2. Regular Forces comprises trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.

3. Rounding has been used for Colonels. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Date

20 March 2014

Reference

HL5793; 753 cc47-8WA

House

House of Lords

Armed Forces: Officers

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officers there are in the Royal Air Force for each of the following ranks: (1) Marshal of the Royal Air Force, (2) Air Chief Marshal, (3) Air Marshal, (4) Air Vice -Marshal, (5) Air Commodore, and (6) Group Captain; how many in each...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

20 March 2014

As of 1 January 2014, the official Defence Statistics for male and female officers in the Royal Air Force are provided in the following table. The RAF has promoted a second female to Air Vice Marshal (2 star) level since 1 January.

Information on education is not available as it is not routinely recorded.

Rank	Female	Male
Marshal of the Royal Air Force	0	0
Air Chief Marshal	0	3
Air Marshal	0	8
Air Vice-Marshal	1	24
Air Commodore	4	72
Group Captain*	20	290

* Rounding has been used for Group Captains. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Date

20 March 2014

Reference

HL5794; 753 c48WA

House

House of Lords

Civil Service: Senior Posts

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence are female; and how many were educated privately. [HL5795]

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2014

Reference

HL5795; 752 cc397-8WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Registration

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many independent (1) special, (2) primary, and (3) secondary, schools are currently registered with the Department for Education; and how many there were in 2010 and 2011.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 February 2012

Reference

15278; 735 c169-70WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Private Schools

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many private fee-paying schools which cater for children aged 5 to 19 were registered with the Department for Education in each of the years 1997 to 2011.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

17 May 2011

The available information on the number of registered independent schools in England for 1997-2010 is shown in the table. Data for 2011 are not yet available.

Number of independent (1) schools as at January each year: 1997 to 2010 England
Year	Number of independent schools
1997	2,248
1998	2,221
1999	2,209
2000	2,185
2001	2,185
2002	2,184
2003	2,154
2004	2,295
2005	2,240
2006	2,247
2007	2,253
2008	2,288
2009	2,306
2010	2,327

"Source: School Census""(1) Includes independent schools with one or more pupils aged 5-19. Excludes schools that were registered at the time of the census but had no pupils at that time." "(1) Includes independent schools with one or more pupils aged 5-19. Excludes schools that were registered at the time of the census but had no pupils at that time."

Date

17 May 2011

Reference

8842; 727 c321-2WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Independent Schools

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many for-profit schools have been established in each of the years 1997 to 2011.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 May 2011

Reference

8843; 727 c263-4WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Charitable Status

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what requirements need to be met for a private school to receive charitable status.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 May 2011

Reference

8845; 727 c221WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Academies

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many private sector schools have become state funded academies; and whether those that have done so are able to retain their admission policies.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 April 2011

Reference

8493; 727 c96WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Independent Sector

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what examples of good managerial, accounting, pedagogical and curriculum practice they have observed in United Kingdom independent schools; and how those are being used to influence good practice in state schools.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2011

Reference

8010; 726 c285WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Costs

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average cost of educating a primary or secondary school age pupil in England in (a) the public sector, and (b) the independent sector, for each of the years 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Answered on

29 March 2011

The department does not hold comparable information on independent school costs. The available information on the average cost of educating primary and secondary pupils in England is contained within the table below:

Expenditure per pupil figures for local authority maintained primary and secondary schools in England from 2008-09 to 2009-10
	2008-09		2009-10
	Primary Education	Secondary Education	Primary Education	Secondary Education
England	3,780	4,890	3,920	5,070

"Notes:""1. Financial information used in this answer is taken from the DfE section 251 Outturn Statements.""2. School-based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by the schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure.""3. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DfE Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.""4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.""5. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2011""6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year." "1. Financial information used in this answer is taken from the DfE section 251 Outturn Statements.""2. School-based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by the schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure.""3. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DfE Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.""4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.""5. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2011""6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year." "2. School-based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by the schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure.""3. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DfE Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.""4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.""5. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2011""6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year." "3. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DfE Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis.""4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.""5. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2011""6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year." "4. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10.""5. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2011""6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year." "5. Cash terms figures as reported by local authorities as at 23 March 2011""6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year." "6. The department is due to collect the Section 251 Outturn data relating to 2010-11 financial year later this year."

Date

29 March 2011

Reference

7941; 726 c257WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Independent Sector

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to work more closely with the independent schools sector in order to increase social mobility in England.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 March 2011

Reference

7940; 726 c257WA

House

House of Lords

Schools: Academies

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether independent schools registered as charities can convert to academies; and whether they would be allowed to raise additional income through fees if they did so.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2010

Reference

4062; 723 c176-7WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many private faith based schools there were, broken down by faith, in each year between 1997 to 2004. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 February 2005

For answer on

21 February 2005

Answered on

21 February 2005

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many private faith based schools there were, broken down by faith, in each year between 1997 to 2004. [216686] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The figures in the following table show the number of independent faith based schools there were in each year from 1997 to 2003 based on schools inspection criteria. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Jewish Muslim Evangelical Christian 1997 53 54 53 1998 52 61 55 1999 53 65 63 2000 52 71 67 2001 55 73 68 2002 59 77 70 2003 56 75 76 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In 2004 we asked all independent schools for the first time to indicate their religious ethos, if any, and the results are given as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Buddhist 1 Church of England 284 Hindu 1 Jewish 137 Methodist 14 Muslim 111 Other Christian 355 Roman Catholic 122 Sikh 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 We recognise 50 Jewish schools for inspection purposes

Date

21 February 2005

Reference

431 c277-8W;431 c276W; 216686

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the investigation into price fixing of fees in independent schools. - No. This is a matter for the OFT.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 October 2003

Reference

132061; 411 c287W;411 c291W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much his Department has spent on the fast track teacher training programme in each year, broken down by category of expenditure since the scheme commenced; how many applications there were for each year; how many were allocated a place...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 July 2003

For answer on

8 September 2003

Answered on

8 September 2003

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much his Department has spent on the fast track teacher training programme in each year, broken down by category of expenditure since the scheme commenced; how many applications there were for each year; how many were allocated a place each year; how many obtained qualified teacher status; how many entered teaching, broken down by (a) primary, (b) special secondary, (c) community, (d) foundation, (e) voluntary aided, (f) voluntary controlled and (g) independent school; and how many have subsequently left teaching. [126936] Mr. Miliband: The Fast Track teaching programme is a long-term investment in developing effective leadership in schools. This year has seen a record number of appointments to the programme, more than double the totals in previous years. Investment in the Fast Track teaching programme £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Information and Publicity 1.83 1.99 1.75 Application materials, assessment 2.38 3.78 2.38 and selection ITT and CPD 0.00 0.65 1.87 Pay, mentoring, career guidance 0.40 1.85 2.08 and miscellaneous costs Total 4.60 8.27 8.07 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Numbers of applicants and participants to date _________________________________________________________________________________________________. By September New applications New offers made New entrants to Newly Completed In Fast Track On Fast Track to join Fast to join Fast Fast Track ITT1 ITT and gained teaching posts teaching Track Track QTS1 programme 2001 1,574 136 110 n/a n/a 120 (incl. 10 deferring) 2002 1,010 161 117 100 110 249 (incl. 22 deferring) 2003 2185 378 2310 110 239 2549 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Not applicable to those already holding QTS when selected for Fast Track. 2 Provisional. Fast Track teachers in post in September 2003: detailed breakdown _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Type of school Total Primary 69 Secondary 168 Special 2 Total 239 of which: Community 168 Foundation 31 Voluntary aided 27 Voluntary controlled 12 City Academies 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Six individuals accepted onto the Fast Track programme since its inception have subsequently left the programme to enter teaching in the independent sector; four from the first year's intake and two from the second. No-one who has taken up a Fast Track teaching post has subsequently left teaching. One individual has left her Fast Track teaching post to take up promotion as an Assistant Head.

Date

8 September 2003

Reference

126936; 410 c144-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many children between ages of 5 and 18 years who are domiciled outside the United Kingdom were educated within the private sector for each of the years 1997-98 to 2000-01. - Information on pupils who are domiciled outside the...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 2001

Reference

376 c643-4W; 21362

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what plans he has to allow the contribution of private tuition to be taken into account when judging pupil performance as part of his proposals for teacher's performance-related pay.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 February 2000

Reference

111023; 344 c696-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if teachers working in the independent sector will be required to register with the appropriate general teaching council.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 1997

Reference

302 c552W; 19851

House

House of Commons

Librarians' tools

Type

House

Session

Year

Department

Member

Primary member

Answering member

Legislative stage

Legislation

Subject

Publisher

Opened	Still open	Now closed	Total
1997	16	12	28
1998	6	14	20
1999	19	22	41
2000	15	28	43
2001	27	15	42
2002	12	15	27
2003	36	51	87
2004	22	11	33
2005	42	20	62
2006	70	27	97
2007	72	24	96
2008	65	12	77
2009	69	7	76
2010	69	2	71
2011	10	0	10