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418414

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Cheshire West and Chester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	10014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Only one school within the relevant areas is currently in special measures; the University of Chester Academy Northwich.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Ofsted monitoring inspections of 4 March 2015 and 10 June 2015, both found the school to be making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:21:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417252

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of the capital funding budget for new school places was allocated to free schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has an overall capital settlement from which we fund the creation of new school places, the maintenance of the school estate, and system reform. In recent years we have funded five programmes that have in some way supported the creation of new places. When setting budgets we assess the requirements for each of these programmes which vary from year-to-year depending on, for example, demographic changes or the pace and price of construction. The table below shows the amount we have spent on or budgeted for each of these programmes over the last five years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(All values £m)</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12 </strong>Actuals</p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13 </strong>Actuals</p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong>Actuals</p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 </strong>Budgets</p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong>Budgets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Basic Need</strong></p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,312</p></td><td><p>798</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Targeted Basic Need</strong></p></td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Demographic Growth Capital Fund</strong></p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Priority Schools Building Programme</strong></p></td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td><p>1040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>1194</p></td><td><p>1072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,474</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,625</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,841</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,212</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/09/2015 15:51:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417253

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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, what the average number of decisions on Academy Orders her Department has taken each week in the last three years; and what estimate she has made of the average number of hours taken each week to make such decisions.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total number of academy orders can be found by reviewing the published information on open academies and academies in the pipeline. This is available online 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></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no assessment of the average time involved in making Academy Order decisions. Decision-making is part of a larger process for opening academies and it would not be feasible to isolate the time required for each Academy Order.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/09/2015 15:55:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417254

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Cheshire West and Chester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost has been of each academy conversion in Cheshire West and Chester since 2002.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>14 schools have chosen to convert to academy status in Cheshire West and Chester since 2002. Each of these schools received the standard Academy Converter grant funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of grant funding for schools converting to academy status can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/convert-to-an-academy-information-for-schools/3-prepare-for-conversion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/convert-to-an-academy-information-for-schools/3-prepare-for-conversion</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/09/2015 15:56:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417257

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 pupils were eligible for free school meals in (a) state, (b) academy, (c) free, (d) faith and (e) private schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in state-funded schools (including academies and free schools) is published in the “Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2015” Statistical First Release[1], and previous versions of this release[2].</p><p> </p><p>Pupils attending independent (private) schools cannot be eligible for free school meals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2015 14:26:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417259

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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 officials her Department employs to administer the (a) academies and (b) free schools programme.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>At the end of August 2015 the Department for Education employed:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>281 full-time equivalent staff in its Academies Group and the Schools Commissioners Group working to open new academies and support them once opened; along with their administrative and corporate functions within the department.</p></li><li><p>101 full-time equivalent staff in its Free Schools Group and the Schools Commissioners Group working to assess free school applications, working with successful applicants as they prepare to open their schools and supporting the schools once opened; along with their administrative and corporate functions within the department.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/09/2015 15:49:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417260

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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, what estimate she has made of the total held in reserves by academies in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Academies are independent organisations and hold reserves, both are working capital to manage day-to-day commitments, and to build funds for longer term planning, as they cannot borrow commercially.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reserves held by academies are included in the Education Funding Agency’s published accounts for financial years 2012-13 and 2013-14. These reserves are shown in the Statement of Financial Position and are entitled the revaluation reserve and charitable fund. The Education Funding Agency does not have comparable figures for financial year 2011-12 and earlier years. At present, the figures for 2014-15 are not ready for publication. The accounts for financial year 2013-14, that also show balances for financial year 2012-13 are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/efa-annual-report-and-accounts-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/efa-annual-report-and-accounts-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/09/2015 15:54:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384917

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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, what the value is of the total assets held by free schools; and what proportion of such assets were formerly held by public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Sites used by free schools are revalued when all construction work is complete. Costs of sites at the time of acquisition for individual free schools are published on gov.uk when a project's capital costs are no longer considered to be commercially sensitive i.e. when the construction contract has been signed. Data on 49 free schools has been published at this link: <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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Around a third of permanent sites acquired by the Education Funding Agency for free schools were previously owned by a public body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 16:12:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384918

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Chester Academies Trust
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 improve the performance of the University of Chester Academies Trust.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We share your concerns about the performance of University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT).</p><p> </p><p>Following his appointment, Mr Pank Patel, Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for the West Midlands, which covers Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, has met the trust to challenge them on their strategic plans for improvement and has met the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Officials have visited UCAT academies to review progress and provide robust challenge on their action plans. As a result of these discussions the trust has implemented a number of changes, including introducing a new leadership structure and appointing a CEO.</p><p> </p><p>In September, they also appointed a strategic educational improvement partner, St John Plessington Catholic College (SJP), an outstanding academy located in Bebington on the Wirral and the lead in the St John Plessington Teaching School Alliance, to review their systems and introduce the necessary measures to bring about the rapid improvements necessary. This agreement will come to an end in the Autumn term, at which time Fallibroome Academy will be involved in coaching leadership and school improvement.</p><p> </p><p>With the introduction of these changes Mr Patel has been reassured that the trust is taking the right steps to build the necessary capacity to ensure that progress is made in each of their academies. Mr Patel and his team will continue to work closely with UCAT to monitor their progress. If rapid and sustainable progress is not made, he will not hesitate to take further action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 30/06/2015 12:56:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384919

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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 complaints have been made to the Education Funding Agency about academies and free schools in the last three years; and what proportion of such complaints have been upheld.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	3707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Open academies and free schools are required to handle complaints about them in accordance with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. As is the case with maintained schools, complainants are expected to exhaust fully the academy’s complaints procedure before approaching the Education Funding Agency (EFA).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EFA is responsible for reviewing complaints about whether an academy or free school:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>has a complaints procedure in place that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014;</p></li><li><p>handled the complaint about it in line with its own, compliant, procedure;</p></li><li><p>breached its Funding Agreement in any other way.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>From April 2013 to May 2015 the EFA received 3,656 complaints about academies and free schools. 3,512 (96%) of these were not in scope for the EFA to consider. In these cases the EFA will redirect complainants to the appropriate body as soon as possible. 144 (4%) of the complaints received were in scope of the EFA’s remit. 32 (22%) of the in scope complaints were upheld or partially upheld. The EFA does not hold comparable data for the period 2012-13 centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 16:08:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders