Questions

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• Title:	OQ.76/2018 The closure of school libraries
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Simon Crowcroft
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	26/06/2018
  Reference:	OQ.76/2018

  Will the Minister state whether any school libraries have closed in the last 5 years and, if so, why … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education … I can confirm that all schools …

• Title:	OQ.300/2019 Delivery of efficiencies in her portfolio
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kristina Moore
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	10/12/2019
  Reference:	OQ.300/2019

  How does the Minister propose to deliver the efficiencies set for her portfolio … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education … Within the published efficiencies plan, £2.274 …

• Title:	OQ.56/2019 Provision of funding for a Policy Development Board
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kristina Moore
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	12/03/2019
  Reference:	OQ.56/2019

  Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education … We need to make greater strides in progressing this work and the resources are quite simply not there in my department, or the new …

• Title:	OQ.114/2020 Laptop computer access for school pupils
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kirsten Morel
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	12/05/2020
  Reference:	OQ.114/2020

  Is it the Minister’s assessment that all school pupils have access to a laptop computer in their homes to enable home-schooling … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.110/2020 Free broadband for school children
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Carina Alves
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	12/05/2020
  Reference:	OQ.110/2020

  Will the Minister explain what actions, if any, are being taken to support those students who do not have access to their own … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.218/2018 Implementation of the Daily Mile in Jersey’s primary schools
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Steve Pallett
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	03/12/2018
  Reference:	OQ.218/2018

  Given the popularity of the Daily Mile in schools across the United Kingdom and in Guernsey, in that it provides physical and … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.302/2019 provision of canteen food in the Island’s schools
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kevin Pamplin
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	10/12/2019
  Reference:	OQ.302/2019

  Further to the answer to my written question, WQ.545/2019, what measures are either being taken, or are proposed, to ensure that … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.174/2018 Gender equality in computer studies
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kirsten Morel
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	06/11/2018
  Reference:	OQ.174/2018

  With 111 males and 2 females currently studying computing at Highlands, will the Minister advise the Assembly as to the measures … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.147/2018 Acts of worship in schools
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	09/10/2018
  Reference:	OQ.147/2018

  Will the Minister explain what policy underpins Article 19 of the Education (Jersey) Law 1999 in determining what constitutes an … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.301/2020 Employment of educational psychologists and wellbeing officers
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kristina Moore
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	02/11/2020
  Reference:	OQ.301/2020

  Will the Minister advise how many educational psychologists and well-being officers are currently working in the education service … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.255/2020 Measures taken to encourage children to cycle to school
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kirsten Morel
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	06/10/2020
  Reference:	OQ.255/2020

  Given the large volumes of motorised traffic and the Government’s desire to encourage the use of non-motorised transport what steps … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.176/2020 Provision for schoolchildren to attend clubs and activities during the summer holidays
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kirsten Morel
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	30/06/2020
  Reference:	OQ.176/2020

  Given the abrupt disruption to the social, physical and mental development of our Island’s children caused by the closing of … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.227/2020 The George de Carteret statue
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	08/09/2020
  Reference:	OQ.227/2020

  Will the Minister confirm whether or not the Jersey Youth Service sponsored the George de Carteret statue, and if so, provide … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.171/2020 Appointment of head teachers to oversee two primary schools
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Carina Alves
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	30/06/2020
  Reference:	OQ.171/2020

  Will the Minister advise what financial savings, if any, have been made following the appointment of head teachers to oversee 2 … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.240/2019 Impact of the Target Operating Model and efficiency savings on the library service
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	08/10/2019
  Reference:	OQ.240/2019

  Will the Minister inform Members what impact, if any, the target operating model and efficiency savings will have on the number and … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.291/2019 Workload and marking policy agreed for use in the Island’s schools
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Robert Ward
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	25/11/2019
  Reference:	OQ.291/2019

  Will the Minister advise whether the workload and marking policy, agreed with the teaching unions, has been fully implemented in … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ49/2019 Minister’s policy position in respect of industrial action taken by members of the teaching profession over pay
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Robert Ward
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	26/02/2019
  Reference:	OQ.49/2019

  Has the Minister, with her Assistant Ministers, agreed a policy position to support the teaching profession in its industrial … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.233/2019 Procurement of P.C.s by the Island’s schools
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Sarah Ferguson
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	08/10/2019
  Reference:	OQ.233/2019

  Will the Minister advise whether schools have been informed that they cannot link non-education purchased P.C.s (personal computers … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.51/2019 Prospect of vacancies for specialist secondary school teachers remaining unfilled in the new academic year
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	26/02/2019
  Reference:	OQ.51/2019

  In the light of the ongoing dispute over public sector pay and the claims of real-term loss in public sector earnings of between 10 … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …

• Title:	OQ.230/2018 Funding for the provision of French language assistants and Jerriais language teachers
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Children and Education
  Question date:	03/12/2018
  Reference:	OQ.230/2018

  Will the Minister advise whether full funding for 2019 is secure for the continued provision of French language assistants and … Senator T.A. Vallois (The Minister for Education …