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720410

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Dental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of school days lost as a result of children's dental problems in each of the last five school years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on absence due to children's dental problems. Figures for absence by reason, including authorised absence for illness and medical/dental appointments, are published in “Pupil absence in schools in England: 2015 to 2016”, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/04/2017 13:43:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

712933

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission a nationwide study to report on the prevalence of girls missing school because they cannot afford to buy sanitary protection; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	68644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of recent media reports and the government will look carefully at this issue. Schools have discretion over how they use their funding and if they wish to make these products available they are free to do so.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 28/03/2017 15:57:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

710977

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Baverstock Academy
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 3 March 2017 to Question 64307, on Baverstock Academy, if she will publish her Department's review of the conditions at Baverstock Academy and the reasons those conditions posed a risk to interested sponsors.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	67978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department will not be publishing anything in regards to the condition at Baverstock Academy. The Ofsted reports, the Financial Notice to Improve issued on 13 November 2015, and the Trust’s annual reports / financial statements are publicly available documents that provide an overall picture of the issues facing the academy trust. Potential sponsors would also have considered these documents and the following criteria in their due diligence and assessment of risks; current and projected pupil numbers; the quality of teaching and learning; overall financial position, condition of the buildings, and staffing numbers.</p><p>The primary objective of the department in making any decision about the future of Baverstock Academy is to secure value for money for the taxpayer whilst ensuring the best possible educational outcomes for the pupils and parents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/03/2017 17:36:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

710978

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Baverstock Academy
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 3 March 2017 to Question 64307, on Baverstock Academy, on how many occasions her Department has refused a sponsor because of the risk a school poses to that sponsor.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	67979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Although the Department holds detailed information on individual cases we do not record it in a way that allows us to quantify in how many instances a proposal for a sponsor to take on a failing school has not been approved because of the potential risk to the sponsor’s performance and financial health.</p><p>Regional Schools Commissioners are responsible for taking decisions on the creation and growth of Multi Academy Trusts. As such, they will take into account a number of factors about the capacity of the sponsor before reaching a decision to allow them to take on a failing school.</p><p>More information on this is detailed in the <em>Regional schools commissioners decision-making framework</em> (published April 2016) and in <em>Multi-academy trusts: good practice guidance and expectations of growth</em> (published December 2016), both are on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/03/2017 17:36:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

690273

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Baverstock Academy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department did not accept the offer from a sponsor to take over control of Baverstock Academy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	64307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>When considering solutions for underperforming schools which require sponsors, my department assesses conditions at the school including the state of leadership and governance; the school’s financial health; building conditions and pupil numbers, alongside any other issue that the school may be dealing with. We also consider the current and prospective performance and financial health of any sponsor and the relative benefits of the various options available to enable children to get a good education. All these factors can be relevant to whether the performance of the underperforming school can be substantially improved.</p><p> </p><p>Officials approached five sponsors to negotiate the rebrokerage of the Baverstock Academy. All but one felt that the academy posed too great a risk to the performance and financial health of the schools within their trust. This sponsor submitted a proposal to sponsor the Baverstock Academy. After completing a review of the conditions at Baverstock, and the various options available, the department judged that the academy could pose too great a risk to the overall performance and financial health of the potential sponsor, and the chances of them improving the performance of Baverstock Academy substantially were very uncertain. Given the circumstances, closure and locating to another school was a better option for the pupils at Baverstock Academy. This judgement led to the announcement of the in-principle agreement to terminate the funding agreement.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 03/03/2017 14:57:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

686077

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Baverstock Academy: Closures
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 27 January 2017 to Question 61381, what financial information her Department has provided to the community and stakeholders to inform their representations on the proposed closure of Baverstock Academy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>A final decision has not yet been made on the future of the Baverstock Academy. The ‘listening period’, which commenced on 10 January and ended on 7 February, was to invite the community and stakeholders of Baverstock Academy to make representations to the Secretary of State. The Department does not provide information, financial or otherwise, to the public as part of this process.</p><p>As part of the transparency of academy trusts, they are required to publish their financial accounts annually on their website. This information was therefore readily available to the community and stakeholders to inform their representations to the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Secretary of State will review the submissions from the community before reaching a final decision. Consideration will be given to all representations to ensure that whatever decision is reached will be in the best interests of the students and local community of Baverstock Academy.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/02/2017 12:33:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

686078

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Closures
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 27 January 2017 to Question 61379, what criteria her Department uses to assess the value for money of school closures.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	63408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>School closure is managed on a case by case basis so the department does not publish formal criteria. When assessing the cost implications of a case we consider a range of factors. These factors could include: actual and projected pupil numbers for the school; the local demand for places and the capacity of provision in the local area to meet this; the quality of education provided by the school and any existing or projected deficit position.</p><p>The department’s priority in making decisions about the future of any school is to assess which option will deliver the best educational outcomes for local children so that all children should have access to good or outstanding schools whilst maintaining efficient and effective use of resources.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/02/2017 12:42:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

679014

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Closures
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 9 January 2017 to Question 58494, what information her Department holds on the cost of school closures since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	61836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to question 58495, which I have restated below.</p><p>The Department does not record, centrally, information on the costs of school closures.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2017 14:10:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

679016

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Closures
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 10 January 2017 to Question 58097, whether any intervention from her Department in a school closure consultation subsequently led to a consultation being paused.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	61838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to question 58097, which I have restated below.</p><p>The Department’s guidance on consultation sets out the minimum periods for which local authorities and academy trusts must consult, where school closure is proposed, but it does not mention pausing a consultation.</p><p>Consultation on a proposal to close a school is undertaken locally either by the local authority or the academy trust to allow those directly affected by the proposals to provide their comments.</p><p>It is up to the local authority or academy trust to decide whether a consultation needs to be paused. The Department does not record or hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2017 14:13:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

679017

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional School Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department assesses the performance of Regional School Commissioners in their handling of failing schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	61839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>As civil servants, Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are subject to the civil service performance management framework. Their performance is also monitored against a number of Key Performance Indicators, which cover their four core remits:</p><p> </p><p>1. Taking decisions on the creation of new academies</p><p>2. Ensuring there are enough high-quality sponsors to meet local need</p><p>3. Monitoring academy performance and tackling underperforming academies and free schools</p><p>4. Providing advice and making recommendations in relation to free schools, university technical schools and studio schools.</p><p>The RSCs are accountable to the National Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter. Alongside this, the RSCs provide regular updates to the Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools, Lord Nash, together and individually, on specific cases.</p><p> </p><p>This information is in the public domain and can be found here: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/the-role-of-regional-schools-commissioners/written/21126.html" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/the-role-of-regional-schools-commissioners/written/21126.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/02/2017 09:42:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe