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43348

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals resulted in local authority decisions being overturned by the planning inspector in South Staffordshire in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
uin	192251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>Planning is a quasi-judicial process; it is a long-standing feature of the planning system that there is a right of appeal, just as there are with other local quasi-judicial decisions such as on licensing applications, gambling applications or parking fines.</p><p>The table below shows planning appeal decisions by calendar year for South Staffordshire District Council. To assist public scrutiny, I have provided comparative figures for a similar period before 2010.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><em>Calendar Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Allowed</em></p></td><td><p><em>Split</em></p></td><td><p><em>Dismissed</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst the precise number of appeals will fluctuate from year to year, this table shows that the number of appeals both (a) received and (b) allowed has fallen in recent years.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

43361

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help schools that are unable to deliver free infant school meals in September 2014 because of a lack of capital funding.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
uin	192335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has previously confirmed that it would be allocating £150 million in the 2014-15 financial year to support the implementation of the universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) policy. Local authorities (LAs) are also free to use their budgets for improvement and maintenance to support this objective. We allocated £1.4 billion to schools, LAs and the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund for maintenance and improvement in 2014-15.</p><p>On 6 March we launched a package of implementation support measures to help schools to provide meals to eligible pupils. This includes a national UIFSM support service, run by school food experts, which will offer advice and guidance to schools that need assistance in implementing UIFSM. The support will include a telephone helpline, the sharing of good practice, and intensive face-to-face support</p><p>The Department also announced on 6 March that it would be providing transitional funding to small schools with eligible pupils, worth a minimum of £3,000, which qualifying schools will be able to use to help them overcome delivery challenges.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

43364

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the education of children on the autistic spectrum.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	192331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>Children on the autism spectrum will benefit from the changes to the special educational needs system which the Government is bringing about through the Children and Families Act 2014, including the strengthened arrangements, through 0-25 Education, Health and Care plans, for the transition from children's services to adulthood which young people with autism can find particularly difficult.</p><p>The Department for Education is funding the Autism Education Trust to provide training to early years, school and further education staff on autism. From January 2012 to February 2014, 22,451 staff have received level 1 basic awareness training, 3,214 have received level 2 hands-on tools and techniques training and 775 have received level 3 training for those who want to develop their knowledge of autism further and those who will themselves take on a training role, such as school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators.</p><p>The Department is also funding three autism organisations from 2013 to 2015, including Ambitious about Autism, to work with four general further education colleges and schools to test innovative ways of supporting the transition of young people with autism from school to college and the National Autistic Society to help young people with autism take part in the development of ‘local offers', to provide advice to professionals and to fund an exclusion adviser for parents and professionals.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

43365

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy trusts account returns remain outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	192304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Coventry South, Mr Jim Cunningham, on 18 March, Official Report Column 555W.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

43366

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy trusts did not submit their account returns on time in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	192305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The number and proportion of academy trusts that did not submit an accounts return on time is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Date due</p></td><td><p>Number late</p></td><td><p>Percentage late</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>31 January 2014</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>31 January 2013</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>31 January 2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Academies were not required to submit accounts returns prior to 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 192306 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

43369

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of academy trusts did not submit their account returns on time (a) in the current year, (b) in 2013, (c) in 2012 and (d) in 2011.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	192306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The number and proportion of academy trusts that did not submit an accounts return on time is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Date due</p></td><td><p>Number late</p></td><td><p>Percentage late</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>31 January 2014</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>31 January 2013</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>31 January 2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Academies were not required to submit accounts returns prior to 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 192305 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

43370

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have reduced the services they offer since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	192307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for, and retain the flexibility for, children's centres provision in their area. They have a statutory duty to consult if any changes are planned and to ensure there is a sufficient number of children's centres to meet the needs of their local communities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 192314 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

43371

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of maintained schools have changed their headteacher since September 2011.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	192308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

43375

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of maintained schools that have opened since September 2011 have changed their headteacher since that date.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	192313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

43376

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the education funding per pupil is in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Brent for 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	192248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Funding per pupil (Dedicated schools grant) 2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Early years block per pupil, 2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Higher needs block</p><p>2014-15 total*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>£4,310</p></td><td><p>£3,515</p></td><td><p>£62.19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>£5,066</p></td><td><p>£5,930</p></td><td><p>£55.54 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*High needs funding is no longer allocated on a per-pupil basis.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, schools will receive money from the pupil premium for pupils recorded on the January 2014 School Census: £1,300 for each primary pupil, and £935 for each secondary pupil, known to have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years; £1,900 per pupil for each pupil recorded as adopted from care under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or who has left care under a Special Guardianship or Residence Order; and £300 for each pupil whose parents were in the armed services in the last four years or is in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant