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533576

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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 free schools offer nursery provision that delivers 15 hours free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities receive funding for early years places through the Dedicated Schools Grant and are responsible for deciding how best to distribute this funding. They are required to fund all early years providers, including free schools with nursery provision, who meet the quality requirements set out in statutory guidance. The department does not keep a central list of the early years providers that are funded by local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2016 09:33:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

533577

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bids her Department received from local authorities to the competition to offer 30 hours free childcare from September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education received 69 Local Authority applications for the delivery of the three and four year old extended entitlement, a year earlier than planned. These applications were developed in partnership with childcare providers, as part of a formal Expressions of Interest process, which included a rigorous assessment process based on a selection criteria agreed by the Ministerial-level Childcare Implementation Task Force.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information can also be found at:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-02-02/debates/16020246000010/ChildcareBillEarlyImplementation?highlight=30%20hours%20free%20childcare#contribution-16020246000032" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-02-02/debates/16020246000010/ChildcareBillEarlyImplementation?highlight=30%20hours%20free%20childcare#contribution-16020246000032</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/07/2016 12:22:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

533580

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Collective Spirit Free School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) funding, (b) land, (c) property and (d) other investment her Department has provided to the Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>As with all free schools, Collective Spirit received a project development grant before the school was open and a post-opening grant after the school had opened. The details of these grants are published on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools</a></p><p>Since the school opened in 2013, the revenue funding of the school has been on a per-pupil basis equivalent to other schools in the local authority area.</p><p>We are currently in the process of confirming both the site acquisition and construction costs for this school. Costs will be published in due course on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2016 09:35:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

533581

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Collective Spirit Free School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what improvement plan is in place for the Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Underperformance at any school is unacceptable. The Regional Schools Commissioner, Vicky Beer, has requested an action plan from the trust and will be working with them to identify appropriate and sustained improvements.</p><p>If the trust’s plans fail to convince the department that they are able to make the necessary improvements, we will not hesitate to consider more formal intervention.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2016 09:33:09 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

533348

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals: Payment Methods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools use cashless payment systems for school meals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	42052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Cashless payment systems can have a number of advantages, including better queue management, removing issues around pursuing payment and reducing potential stigma for those claiming free school meals. However, it is for governing boards to decide the best system for collecting payment for school lunches and the department does not collect data on how many schools use such systems. The department has produced non-statutory guidance for schools on biometric systems in general, available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268649/biometrics_advice_revised_12_12_2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268649/biometrics_advice_revised_12_12_2012.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/07/2016 15:10:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

533349

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Playing Fields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for her consent for disposal of school playing fields by maintained schools or academies her Department has (a) received and (b) approved in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases she has written to the school concerned to remind them of their obligations to submit an application in the correct way.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	42031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested but there are layers of protection of playing field land. These include legislative safeguards in the School Standards and Framework Act 1997 and the Education Act 1998 and, in the case of academies, further safeguards in academy funding agreements. The Secretary of State must give consent prior to the disposal of public land which is currently used for any school or which has been used for a school in the last eight years. We publish a list of departmental decisions on applications for consent to dispose of school playing field land since May 2010 on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-land-decisions-about-disposals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-land-decisions-about-disposals</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State does not routinely write to schools to remind them of their obligations; it is the land owner’s obligation to ensure that it meets its legal responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 13/07/2016 13:51:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

533350

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential educational and literacy merits of establishing a scheme to send regular age appropriate books to looked-after children under the age of five in England.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	42092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Having access to age appropriate books is an important part of the development of all children, including those who are looked-after. It is an integral part of every local authority’s responsibilities to promote the educational achievement of the children it looks after, including through encouraging their curiosity for reading. This includes ensuring that foster carers see the value of and encourage children of all ages to enjoy reading.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, 120 local authorities took part in BookTrust’s Letterbox Club scheme (<a href="http://www.letterboxclub.org.uk/local-authorities/" target="_blank">http://www.letterboxclub.org.uk/local-authorities/</a>). As part of this scheme, looked-after children aged 5 to 13 in participating local authorities receive a colourful parcel of books, maths activities, stationery and other complementary materials once every month for six months.</p><p> </p><p>To support their learning, looked-after children aged 3 and 4 attract Early Years Pupil Premium funding, which is managed by the Virtual School Head in the authority that looks after them.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 13/07/2016 13:56:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

533352

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 40823, at how many academies did each regional school commissioner take formal intervention measures in 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>In the calendar year 2015, regional school commissioners took formal action in 115 academies; 72 academies were moved to a different sponsor and 43 academies were issued with a formal notice.</p><p>The table below shows the number of interventions in each RSC region:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>East Midlands &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire &amp; West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East London &amp; East</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West London &amp; South Central</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 13/07/2016 13:41:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 6573 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

533353

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 40823, how many applications to expand a multi academy trust were refused in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) do not formally apply to their Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for approval to expand. Rather, it is the individual academy or free school seeking to join the MAT that applies to the RSC. These decisions are made on a school-by-school basis. As at 23 June 2016, 66% of all open academies and free schools are part of a MAT. In the 2015/16 academic year to date, over 90% of new academies opened as part of a MAT.</p><p>Whilst the department does not record the number of rejected applications from schools seeking to convert to academy status and join a MAT, the Department does publish details of all academy and free schools that are in the pipeline. This data is published on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications</a></p><p>We also publish a note of headteacher board meetings, which include RSC’s decisions on individual projects, stating whether they were approved, deferred or declined, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/schools-commissioners-group/about" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/schools-commissioners-group/about</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/07/2016 16:31:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

533354

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Collective Worship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies applied for an exemption from providing a broadly Christian daily act of collective worship in each year since 2010; and how many of those schools were defined as non-faith.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>13 open academies have applied for an exemption from providing a broadly Christian act of collective worship since April 2012 when the Education Funding Agency was established. All of the applicants were non-faith schools as only non-faith schools can apply for an exemption.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Open academies who have applied for an exemption from providing a broadly Christian act of collective worship</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2016 09:34:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 6574 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms