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106234

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date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effect the 2014 EU Procurement Directives will have on the procurement by local authorities of places in academy schools for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Section 38 of the Children and Families Act 2014 strengthens the rights for parents and young people to request that a particular school or post-16 institution be named in an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. If a maintained school, maintained nursery school, Academy, non-maintained special school, FE college or an independent special school or specialist post-16 institution included on the list of providers approved by the Secretary of State under section 41 of the Act is requested, then the local authority must, after consultation with the institution, name the requested school or institution in the EHC plan unless specific criteria apply. Section 43 then requires the school or institution named in the EHC plan to admit the child or young person.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance was issued to local authorities, schools and other education providers on this statutory admission process in June through the 0-25 SEND Code of Practice (2014), the code is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-0-to-25-special-needs-system" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-0-to-25-special-needs-system</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and the schools and institutions listed above should operate within this statutory framework and ensure that children and young people receive appropriate and high-quality provision, and that public money is used to best effect.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office has recently consulted on draft Regulations to implement the new EU procurement Directives. The Department for Education is working closely with them, and guidance will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 213217 213532 213557 213558 question first answered 11/11/2014 16:41:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

106235

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the procurement obligations of local authorities are when seeking school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Section 38 of the Children and Families Act 2014 strengthens the rights for parents and young people to request that a particular school or post-16 institution be named in an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. If a maintained school, maintained nursery school, Academy, non-maintained special school, FE college or an independent special school or specialist post-16 institution included on the list of providers approved by the Secretary of State under section 41 of the Act is requested, then the local authority must, after consultation with the institution, name the requested school or institution in the EHC plan unless specific criteria apply. Section 43 then requires the school or institution named in the EHC plan to admit the child or young person.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance was issued to local authorities, schools and other education providers on this statutory admission process in June through the 0-25 SEND Code of Practice (2014), the code is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-0-to-25-special-needs-system" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-0-to-25-special-needs-system</a></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and the schools and institutions listed above should operate within this statutory framework and ensure that children and young people receive appropriate and high-quality provision, and that public money is used to best effect.</p><p> </p><p>Cabinet Office has recently consulted on draft Regulations to implement the new EU procurement Directives. The Department for Education is working closely with them, and guidance will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 213216 213532 213557 213558 question first answered 11/11/2014 16:41:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

106264

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 in accordance with the families test as recently announced by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	John Hemming
uin	213252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Education Act 1996 places a duty on the parents of any child of compulsory school age who is registered at a school, to ensure their child’s regular attendance. The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulation 2006 and subsequent amendments provide the basis upon which schools record pupil attendance. It ensures that both parents and the school know the whereabouts of pupils and are held to account for fulfilling their duty towards those pupils.</p><p> </p><p>This is not new Government policy and it has been the result of considerable deliberation and scrutiny. The Department for Education does not intend to review the application of the 2013 Regulations in light of the announcement made by my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions regarding the families test.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2014 16:28:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

106268

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make a comparative assessment of the rates of pay of (a) agency supply teachers and (b) teachers employed in schools under the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions document.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	213209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Arrangements for the engagement of agency supply teachers, including their pay rates, are private commercial arrangements. The Government does not collect data on these arrangements and so is unable to make a comparative assessment with the salaries of teachers who are subject to the terms of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:29:23 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

106269

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will estimate the average (a) daily and (b) weekly cost to a school of employing a supply teacher (i) through a supply teacher agency, (ii) through a local authority supply pool and (iii) directly by the school.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	213210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect data on the daily or weekly costs of supply teachers employed by schools, supply teaching agencies or local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The rate of pay depends on how supply teachers are employed. Supply teachers employed directly by a state maintained school or local authority must be paid in accordance with the statutory arrangements for teachers laid down in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. Other arrangements for the engagement of supply teachers, including their rates of pay, are private commercial arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:29:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

106270

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to extend participation in the Teachers' Pension Scheme to teachers employed by or through supply teacher agencies.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	213211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Supply teachers, who are employed by accepted employers, are able to participate in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and already do so. These are most commonly teachers employed by local authorities to provide supply cover to maintained schools. The employer-employee relationship is important because the employer is responsible for meeting a number of obligations, which include paying both member and employer contributions to the scheme.</p><p>Schools and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supply teachers, including decisions over whether to use private agencies to recruit and manage them. If a teacher is supplied by a private agency, this is a private commercial arrangement between the school and the agency and as such there is no employer-employee relationship between the school and teacher. It is for schools and local authorities to determine how they engage supply teachers and, depending on whether this is through private agencies or accepted employers, whether participation in the scheme is permitted.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 16:57:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

106271

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff members in all open free schools were paid a salary for their work with that school before its opening; and how much has been paid to such staff in total.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	213342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Once an application to establish a free school, university technical college or studio school has received initial approval to proceed to the pre-opening stage, the Department for Education provides a grant to the proposer group to help cover essential non-capital costs, including appropriate salary costs, up to the point at which the school opens. The rates at which these grants are paid are published in the department’s guidance for free school proposer groups (at paragraph 6.11 on page 38), which is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide</a></p><p> </p><p>Information about how many staff were paid a salary before a particular school opened, how much was paid to staff in total, which groups made such payments and how long salaries were paid before opening is not collected centrally. However, all academy trusts, including free school trusts, are required to comply with company and charity law regarding the preparation of financial statements. Where the trust has a signed funding agreement with the Department for Education, the financial statement must comply with the Academies Accounts Direction. This direction sets out the requirements relating to financial statements, including details of expected staffing disclosures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 213343 213344 question first answered 11/11/2014 16:02:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

106272

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free schools have paid how many staff members a salary for their work at that school before its opening; and how much has been spent in total on salaries for such staff.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	213343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Once an application to establish a free school, university technical college or studio school has received initial approval to proceed to the pre-opening stage, the Department for Education provides a grant to the proposer group to help cover essential non-capital costs, including appropriate salary costs, up to the point at which the school opens. The rates at which these grants are paid are published in the department’s guidance for free school proposer groups (at paragraph 6.11 on page 38), which is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide</a></p><p> </p><p>Information about how many staff were paid a salary before a particular school opened, how much was paid to staff in total, which groups made such payments and how long salaries were paid before opening is not collected centrally. However, all academy trusts, including free school trusts, are required to comply with company and charity law regarding the preparation of financial statements. Where the trust has a signed funding agreement with the Department for Education, the financial statement must comply with the Academies Accounts Direction. This direction sets out the requirements relating to financial statements, including details of expected staffing disclosures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 213342 213344 question first answered 11/11/2014 16:02:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

106273

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum amount of time is that a salary has been paid to a staff member of a free school before that school opened.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	213344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Once an application to establish a free school, university technical college or studio school has received initial approval to proceed to the pre-opening stage, the Department for Education provides a grant to the proposer group to help cover essential non-capital costs, including appropriate salary costs, up to the point at which the school opens. The rates at which these grants are paid are published in the department’s guidance for free school proposer groups (at paragraph 6.11 on page 38), which is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-pre-opening-guide</a></p><p> </p><p>Information about how many staff were paid a salary before a particular school opened, how much was paid to staff in total, which groups made such payments and how long salaries were paid before opening is not collected centrally. However, all academy trusts, including free school trusts, are required to comply with company and charity law regarding the preparation of financial statements. Where the trust has a signed funding agreement with the Department for Education, the financial statement must comply with the Academies Accounts Direction. This direction sets out the requirements relating to financial statements, including details of expected staffing disclosures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 213342 213343 question first answered 11/11/2014 16:02:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

106274

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in each region and constituent part of the UK have had construction work (a) started and (b) completed in the Priority School Building Programme.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	213345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) is a centrally managed programme set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair. Through the programme, 261 schools will be rebuilt or have their condition needs met by the Education Funding Agency (EFA).</p><p>The following school buildings have been handed over:</p><ol><li>Durham Trinity School and Sports College, Durham</li><li>Fountaindale School, Nottinghamshire</li><li>Garston Manor School, Hertfordshire</li><li>Hill Top School, Gateshead</li><li>Ian Ramsey C of E Aided Comprehensive School, Stockton-on-Tees</li><li>Lees Brook Community School, Derby</li><li>Mill Green School, St. Helen’s</li><li>St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Coventry</li><li>Stratford School Academy, Newham</li><li>The Cedar School, Southampton</li><li>Usworth Grange Primary School, Sunderland</li><li>West Cornforth Primary School, Durham</li><li>Whitmore Park Primary School, Coventry</li><li>Wyken Croft Primary School, Coventry</li></ol><p>Construction work is continuing at a number of the above schools to demolish the old dilapidated buildings.</p><p>As of 13 October, construction work was ongoing at the following 54 schools:</p><ol><li>Alice Stevens School, Coventry</li><li>Bank View High School (with Redbridge High School), Liverpool</li><li>Barnard Grove Primary School, Hartlepool</li><li>Camberwell Park Specialist Support School, Manchester</li><li>Collegiate High School, Blackpool</li><li>Durham Trinity School and Sports College, Durham</li><li>Ernesford Grange Community School, Coventry</li><li>Flowery Field Primary School, Tameside</li><li>Forest Lodge Primary School, Leicester</li><li>Fountaindale School, Nottinghamshire</li><li>Fox Hill Primary, Sheffield</li><li>Foxfield School, Wirral</li><li>Garston Manor School, Hertfordshire</li><li>Goole High School, East Riding of Yorkshire</li><li>Grangefield School, Stockton-on-Tees</li><li>Hallmoor School, Birmingham</li><li>Handale Primary School, Redcar and Cleveland</li><li>Harris Academy Greenwich, Greenwich</li><li>Haytor View Community Primary School, Devon</li><li>Highfurlong School, Blackpool</li><li>Hill Top School, Gateshead</li><li>Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, Hartlepool</li><li>Ian Ramsey C of E Aided Comprehensive School, Stockton-on-Tees</li><li>King James I Academy Bishop Aucklandm, Durham</li><li>Laleham Gap School, Kent</li><li>Lawford Mead Primary (replaces Lawford Mead Infant and Lawford Mead Junior Schools), Essex</li><li>Lees Brook Community School, Derby</li><li>Manor College of Technology, Hartlepool</li><li>Mill Green School, St. Helens</li><li>Montacute School, Poole</li><li>North Cambridge Academy, Cambridgeshire</li><li>Pardes House Primary School, Barnet</li><li>Prince Edward Primary School, Sheffield</li><li>Redbridge High School (with Bank View High School), Liverpool</li><li>Reigate Primary School, Derby</li><li>Richard Lee Primary School, Coventry</li><li>Smarden Primary School, Kent</li><li>St Anthony's Catholic Girls' Academy, Sunderland</li><li>St John's Church School, Peterborough</li><li>St Michael's Catholic Academy, Stockton-on-Tees</li><li>St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Coventry</li><li>Stratford School Academy, Newham</li><li>Suffolk New Academy, Suffolk</li><li>The Canterbury Primary School, Kent</li><li>The Cedar School, Southampton</li><li>The Edith Borthwick School, Essex</li><li>The Grove Primary School, Devon</li><li>The Highfield School, Hertfordshire</li><li>Thomas Gainsborough School, Suffolk</li><li>Usworth Grange Primary School, Sunderland</li><li>West Cornforth Primary School, Durham</li><li>Whitmore Park Primary School, Coventry</li><li>Wyken Croft Primary School, Coventry</li><li>Wyvern College, Wiltshire</li></ol> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:04:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer