Latest MPs’ written answers published

Nearly 50 replies to MPs' questions from nine government departments and other bodies were published as Written Answers on 5 October.

Business, Innovation and Skills

Cabinet Office

including

number of people over 50 receiving Jobseekers' Allowance in each region
voluntary work vetting: Office of the Third Sector’s guidance on Criminal Records Bureau checks

Children, Schools and Families

including

GCSE and A level grades in a variety of subjects in both the mainstream and independent sector
number of, and reasons for, school closures since 1999
GCSE and A level science results; number of pupils from specialist schools entered for science subjects at both levels
number of teachers who left the profession between 1997 and 2007; the number of qualified teachers who are not actually in service

Communities and Local Government

number of sales and donation of green goddess fire engines over the past five years

Defence

including

number of incidents between British forces and insurgents in Afghanistan each month since June 2006
number of medical services staff - including those dealing with mental health - from all three services, based in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and other countries, over the past five years
background to, and progress on, the independent review by Bernard Gray on military equipment procurement, commissioned in 2008

Home Office