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528881

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department's purchasing policies support British (a) industry and (b) agriculture.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	41267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department's purchasing policies support the Government’s commitment to do all it can to ensure UK suppliers can compete effectively for public sector contracts, in line with our current international obligations and guidance issued by the Crown Commercial Service.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/07/2016 13:14:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

528882

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve under-performing schools in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
uin	41249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Eighty two percent of all schools in the East Midlands region are rated as Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, but there remain pockets of underperformance, and we are taking a range of actions to tackle them. The Education and Adoption Act gives us powers to intervene more quickly in failing schools and to tackle for the first time schools that have been coasting. Where a maintained school is judged inadequate by Ofsted it will immediately receive an academy order, leading to a sponsor taking responsibility for improving standards. The Act also provides consistent powers to take action in inadequate academies and the Regional Schools Commissioner for the East Midlands and Humber will not hesitate to intervene when academies under-perform.</p><p>We are also creating Achieving Excellence Areas in areas such as the East Midlands to create rapid and sustainable improvement. Further details are set out in: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/07/2016 15:05:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

528883

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2016 to Question 40307, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the total number of teachers who left state funded schools in England because they moved out of the profession in each of the last six years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	41323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of teachers that leave state funded schools in England in each year are publicly available from Table 7b of the additional tables at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 7b of the additional tables shows that between 2014 and 2015, 43,070 qualified teachers left the profession (full-time equivalents, FTE). This is equivalent to 10.0% of teachers. The total number of FTE teachers leaving in any one year includes those who are retiring, those moving to other education sectors e.g. Independent schools or FE and those leaving the profession, some of whom later return.</p><p> </p><p>During the same period (2014 to 2015), 45,810 FTE teachers entered service in a state funded school. This is equivalent to 10.5% of teachers. The rate of entry of teachers has been higher than the rate of those leaving throughout the period of 2011 to 2015. In 2015, 14,060 FTE teachers returned to the profession.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are sourced from the annual School Workforce Census.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/07/2016 12:24:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

528937

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release of the Department for Education of 4 January 2016, entitled Parents to get greater say in the school admissions process, what assessment she has made of the potential effect that ensuring only local parents and councils can object to school admissions arrangements will have on overall levels of compliance with the School Admissions Code.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	41339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>Our proposed changes are intended to ensure that the Adjudicator is able to focus on the concerns parents may have about the fairness of the admission arrangements of their local school, and is not held up by the need to consider objections referred by interest groups from outside the area.</p><p>We do not believe that limiting who is able to refer objections to the Adjudicator will have a detrimental impact.</p><p>Any changes will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2016 16:05:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

528956

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the take-up of creative subjects in secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	41332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that every child should experience a high quality education throughout their time at school including in creative subjects such as music, art and design. All state-funded schools must provide a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society.</p><p>In maintained schools music and art and design are compulsory subjects within the national curriculum for 5-14 year olds. Maintained schools are also required to teach their pupils dance, as part of the PE curriculum for 5-14 year olds and drama, as part of the English curriculum for 5-16 year olds.</p><p>We have reformed GCSEs to make them more rigorous and to match expectations in the highest performing jurisdictions around the world. Since the English Baccalaureate (Ebacc) was first introduced the proportion of pupils in state-funded schools taking at least one GCSE in an arts subject has increased, rising from 46 per cent in 2011 to 50 per cent in 2015. From September 2016, schools will be teaching new gold standard GCSEs in music, dance, drama and art and design and new AS and A levels in music, dance and drama and theatre.</p><p>Between 2012-16, the Department invested over £460 million in a diverse portfolio of arts and music education programmes that are designed to improve access to the arts for all children, regardless of their background, and to develop talent across the country.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2016 16:06:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

528567

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Property Transfer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on taking account of local communities producing a Neighbourhood Plan using powers in the Localism Act 2011 when a local authority makes a separate school site disposal application to her Department.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	41198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State considers any application to dispose of publicly funded school land on a case by case basis. Before consenting to a disposal she will consider the impact on the local community, including any community interest in the land or local plans for the site. The requirement to seek consent from the Secretary of State for the disposal of school land is however, an entirely separate process to any local planning considerations or requirements. Such matters are the responsibility of the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 29/06/2016 16:17:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

528569

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many multi-academy trusts trustees have been removed from post under the Companies Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	41163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The department’s model articles of association for academy trusts provide several routes by which trustees (directors) can be removed from their post, in addition to the Companies Act 2006. There is no role for the Secretary of State in removing a director using the procedure set out in that Act.</p><p>When a director is removed from post, retires or resigns, the remaining directors must notify Companies House within 14 days, as required by the Act. There is no requirement to specify whether this was carried out using the procedure set out in the Act or using a different route. Separately, there is a requirement to notify the Secretary of State – via the Education Funding Agency – of the vacating or filling of the positions of chair of trustees, accounting officer and chief financial officer and all new appointments of trustees and members.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 29/06/2016 16:16:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

528570

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints her Department has received about consultations relating to new free schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	41158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Free schools trusts are required, under Section 10 of the Academies Act 2010, to consult those they think appropriate on whether to enter into a Funding Agreement with the Secretary of State to open the school, and to have due regard to the outcome of that consultation. The duty to consult rests solely with the trust and the Department does not direct trusts on how to execute their duty.</p><p>Complaints about a particular consultation can be made directly to the Department. However the total number of complaints received relating to free school consultations is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 29/06/2016 16:17:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

528571

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of property not in use which was purchased by the Education Funding Agency since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	41159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department currently holds two sites, acquired at a cost of £2.635 million, which are not currently allocated for a Free School project. We are currently considering the options for each of these properties.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2016 13:47:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 5376 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

528572

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the academy trusts approved to receive the Northern Fund for academy sponsors in the first competition which concluded in July 2015 operated schools which had not been inspected by Ofsted since becoming an academy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	41160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2016 answer text <p>Nine academy trusts were approved to receive the Northern Fund from the two competitions. All nine trusts (five in the first competition, and four in the second) were operating one or more schools that had not been inspected by Ofsted since becoming an academy at the time decisions were taken to award funding. Equally, all nine trusts had one of more schools that had been inspected at the time decisions were taken to award funding.</p><p>Academy trusts will, at any point in time, be likely to have a mixture of academies, some of which will have been inspected as academies and some not. That is the nature of the inspection arrangements, and is why we considered a broad set of factors, including the overall performance of the trusts, to assess whether the Northern Fund would enhance their capacity and capability to improve underperforming schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 41161 question first answered 01/07/2016 13:47:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 5377 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips