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431951

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new undergraduate and postgraduate entrants to initial teacher training there were (a) including and (b) excluding Teach First to teach (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) all science subjects, (iv) biology, (v) chemistry, (vi) physics, (vii) computing, (viii) classics, (ix) design and technology, (x) drama, (xi) modern and ancient languages, (xii) geography, (xiii) history, (xiv) art and design, (xv) music, (xvi) physical education, (xvii) religious education, (xviii) business studies, (xix) other subjects, (xx) all secondary subjects and (xxi) all primary subjects in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	17437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on postgraduate entrants to initial teacher training (ITT) for the period 2010-11 to 2015-16 can be found in the ITT Census 2015/16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>In 2015/16, Teach First data was collected for the first time for inclusion in the ITT Census. This reflects the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) methodology. In previous years, Teach First was not included. Please see the tables for historic information on entrants to the Teach First Summer Institute.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 17439 question first answered 30/11/2015 17:35:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

431952

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's combined target for postgraduate and undergraduate trainees was for initial teacher training (a) including and (b) excluding Teach First to teach (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) all science subjects, (iv) biology, (v) chemistry, (vi) physics, (vii) computing, (viii) classics, (ix) design and technology, (x) drama, (xi) modern and ancient languages, (xii) geography, (xiii) history, (xiv) art and design, (xv) music, (xvi) physical education, (xvii) religious education, (xviii) business studies, (xix) other subjects, (xx) all secondary subjects and (xxi) all primary subjects in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	17438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on subject level targets for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) can be found in Table 1b of the ITT Census 2015/16:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>There are no targets for the various routes, including the Teach First programme, into ITT.</p><p>Prior to 2015/16 there was an aggregated undergraduate and postgraduate target for new entrants to ITT. Recruitment to Teach First was not included in performance against these targets. The 2015/16 target was for postgraduate new entrants only, and for the first time includes recruitment to Teach First.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 17440 question first answered 30/11/2015 17:34:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

431953

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to initial teacher training (a) including and (b) excluding Teach First there were in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	17439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on postgraduate entrants to initial teacher training (ITT) for the period 2010-11 to 2015-16 can be found in the ITT Census 2015/16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>In 2015/16, Teach First data was collected for the first time for inclusion in the ITT Census. This reflects the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) methodology. In previous years, Teach First was not included. Please see the tables for historic information on entrants to the Teach First Summer Institute.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 17437 question first answered 30/11/2015 17:35:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

431954

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the combined target for postgraduate and undergraduate trainees for initial teacher training was (a) including and (b) excluding Teach First in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	17440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on subject level targets for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) can be found in Table 1b of the ITT Census 2015/16:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>There are no targets for the various routes, including the Teach First programme, into ITT.</p><p>Prior to 2015/16 there was an aggregated undergraduate and postgraduate target for new entrants to ITT. Recruitment to Teach First was not included in performance against these targets. The 2015/16 target was for postgraduate new entrants only, and for the first time includes recruitment to Teach First.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 17438 question first answered 30/11/2015 17:34:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

432974

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve schools in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	902427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving educational excellence everywhere so that children in all areas of the country benefit from a high-quality education. We made substantial progress in the last Parliament, and a million more pupils are in good or outstanding schools compared to 2010. But there are still too many areas where educational standards are not high enough.</p><p>Pupils in rural areas are more likely to achieve 5 or more GCSEs including English and mathematics at grades A*-C. Considering local area deprivation, however, pupils living in rural areas are less likely to achieve the same standards as pupils living in similarly deprived urban areas of the country.</p><p>We have already designated over 690 teaching schools and 1,050 national leaders of education (NLEs) in our drive to ensure that educational excellence is a reality in all areas of the country, particularly those that need most support. The new National Teaching Service (NTS) will place 1,500 outstanding teachers and middle leaders in underperforming schools by 2020, particularly in rural and other areas of the country that find it hardest to attract, retain and recruit good teachers.</p><p>Regional Schools Commissioners are ensuring the availability of strong academy sponsors for schools in all areas of the country including rural areas. The Department recently announced that five sponsors will receive funding from the Northern Fund to set up seven new hubs across three RSC regions.</p><p>We will introduce National Funding Formulas (NFF) for schools, high needs and early years so that funding is transparently and fairly matched to need rather than purely historic calculations.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:20:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

432976

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools require pupils to wear a burqa or jilbab as part of their uniform.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	902428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information about individual schools’ uniform policies.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities legislation and act reasonably, fairly and flexibly in the interests of all their children.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information about individual schools’ uniform policies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities law, and act reasonably and fairly in the interests of all their students.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We would expect all schools to act flexibly in response to reasonable requests to vary their uniform policy.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department's guidance on school uniform is available online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:15:11 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:18:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 32754 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

432979

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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, what steps she is taking to provide parents of summer-born children with flexibility to decide in which year group their children start school.
tabling member constituency	Horsham
tabling member printed	Jeremy Quin
uin	902431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We recognise the vital importance of early intervention, particularly for the most disadvantaged members of society and the crucial role played by education and children’s services in promoting good outcomes for children and families. The latest Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2014-to-2015</a> show that the proportion of children achieving a good level of development in relation to the most deprived areas, SEN, free school meal eligibility, term of birth, first language and ethnicity is improving. The proportion of children eligible for FSM has increased from 45% in 2014 to 51% in 2015 and the gap between FSM and other children has narrowed from 18.9 percentage points in 2014 to 17.7 in 2015</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are concerned that some parents of summer born children either feel forced to send their children to school before they are ready, and before compulsory school age, or risk missing the reception year at school where the essential teaching of early reading and arithmetic takes place.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Subject to parliamentary approval, we have therefore decided to amend the School Admissions Code to ensure that summer born children can be admitted to the reception class at the age of five, where this is what their parents want, and can remain with that cohort as they progress through school, including through to secondary school. We will conduct a full public consultation in due course. </ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">I recently set out this policy intent in an open letter to parents, schools and local authorities. The letter is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/summer-born-children-nick-gibbs-letter-about-school-admissions.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:10:57 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:17:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 32746 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin

432981

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle religious intolerance in schools.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	902423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Religious intolerance in schools is unacceptable. All schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. Schools should be places where we promote the understanding of other cultures for example, through the National Curriculum programme for citizenship, which includes teaching about the diverse range of identities in the UK and the importance of respecting others.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:13:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

431637

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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, how many school days have been lost to snow closures in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	17214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the number of school days lost due to snow closures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2015 15:10:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

431638

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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, how many surviving spouses of teachers who retired or died prior to 1 January 2007 have lost their entitlement to their late spouse's pension on remarrying.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	17305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Data on the cessation of spouses’ pensions are not collated centrally, and the records of all individual members would need to be investigated to determine how many spouses’ pensions have ceased as a result of the surviving spouse having remarried. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2015 15:18:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh