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794254

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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students taking music as a GCSE subject perform better overall in the Progress 8 measure.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	115227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Pupils who take music have higher progress 8 scores. This may not be the result of taking music and may be the result of taking more GCSEs.</p><p>The average progress 8[1] scores of pupils in state funded schools[2], at the end of key stage 4[3], split by whether they entered a GCSE or equivalent[4] qualification in music[5], are presented in the tables below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2016/17<strong>[6]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<strong>[7]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>460,593</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>39,028</p></td><td><p>0.21</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Academic year 2015/16<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Progress 8 score</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lower confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upper confidence interval<sup>7</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils not entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>469,513</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td><td><p>-0.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupils entering music<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>42,540</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p>0.17</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Progress 8 is a new measure which schools and pupils are still adjusting to and with the ongoing transition to reformed GCSE’s, it is expected that Progress 8 scores will be prone to fluctuations initially. Progress 8 is a measure which focuses on each pupil’s ‘starting point’ (key stage 2 attainment) and the progress they make, therefore more analysis is required to unpick which, if any, factors have a definitive influence on these scores. With data for only two years, it is too soon to draw conclusions. More information on Progress 8 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>.</li><li>State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision.</li><li>Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</li><li>Includes entries in graded music qualifications.</li><li>Pupils are recorded as ‘entering music’ if they sat at least one exam in any music qualification which is counted in the secondary school performance tables as a GCSE, equivalent or graded music qualification.</li><li>2015/16 data is final; 2016/17 data is provisional.</li><li>Progress 8 scores are estimates and the confidence intervals provide the <em>likely </em>bounds of the true score. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659860/Secondary_accountability_measures_guide.pdf</a>. There are also significantly fewer pupils entering music than those who do not, this can lead to undue influence by outliers in the smaller cohort and it is not advised to draw definitive conclusions when the data is mismatched in this way.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 15:47:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

794573

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.25 of Autumn Budget 2017, how much of the £84million allocated to upskill computer science teachers will be spent in each year of the 2017 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	115546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has been allocated £13 million in 2018-2019, £21 million in 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022, and £8 million in 2022-2023 (total of £84 million) to upskill up to 8,000 computer science teachers and establish a National Centre for Computing Education.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 15:33:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

794574

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Steve Lamey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 21 November to Questions 113368, 113370 and 113371, for what reasons those answers did not refer to discussions with (a) the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (b) Sir Paul Jenkins and (c) fellow shareholders in the Student Loans Company on the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of the chief executive of that company.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	115547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>I have had no discussions with either the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Sir Paul Jenkins, or fellow shareholders in the Student Loans Company (SLC) on the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of the chief executive of that company.</p><p>As I stated previously, the dismissal of Steve Lamey following independent investigations into allegations raised was a matter for the SLC to consider as his employer, in line with established SLC processes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/11/2017 16:33:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

794575

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT and Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2017, table 2.1, line 32, how much of the (a) £30 million in 2018-19 and (b) £50 million in 2019-20 will be spent on each policy listed in paragraphs 4.24 and 4.25.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	115548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The £30 million of funding in 2018-19 and £50 million of funding in 2019-20 in table 2.1 includes the costs in 2018-19 and 2019-20 for the below measures.</p><ul><li>£13 million in 2018-19 and £21 million in 2019-20 to upskill computer science teachers and set up a National Centre for Computing Education</li><li>£6 million in 2018-19 and £6 million in 2019-20 to expand the Teaching for Mastery of Mathematics programme</li><li>£7.2 million in 2018-19 and £6.5 million in 2019-20 for Further Education Centres of Excellence</li><li>£3 million in 2019-20 for more specialist maths schools</li><li>£5 million in 2019-20 to provide £600 for every pupil who decides to take Maths or Further Maths A levels or Core Maths</li></ul><p>The figures in table 2.1 includes the Barnett consequential for these measures, which is provided to the Devolved Administrations.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 17:45:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

794576

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Treasury Department's press release of 21 November 2017 entitled Britain to benefit from multi-million pound investment in education, how much will be spent from the public purse on each programme covered by the £177m investment in maths teaching.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	115549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The £177 million investment in Maths announced at the recent Budget comprises:</p><ul><li>£8.5 million for the post-16 basic Maths pilot;</li><li>£40 million for Further Education Centres of Excellence;</li><li>£27 million to expand the Teaching for Mastery of Mathematics programme;</li><li>£83 million to provide £600 for every pupil who decides to take Maths or Further Maths A levels or Core Maths; and</li><li>£18 million additional funding for specialist Maths Schools.</li></ul><p>This £177 million investment includes the costs of these measures until 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2017 17:47:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

794577

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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, whether a local authority has the power to (a) withdraw or (b) threaten to withdraw funding for 30 hours free childcare if it believes that charges placed by a setting onto parents for additional extras such as food and consumables are excessive.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	115550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Local councils have the power to impose requirements on childcare providers as a condition of funding in order to ensure that the early years’ provision is free of charge and/or that any financial assistance provided by the local council is used properly and in accordance with the provisions of the agreement between the provider and the local council. It is for local councils to work together with providers when developing their agreements.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/11/2017 15:59:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

794579

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason there is only one PVI representative on the Childcare and Education Panel recruited to scrutinise the Level 3 apprenticeship standard; and what assessment her Department has made of whether that is representative of the childcare and early education sector.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	115552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is an independent body with responsibility for the development and approval of apprenticeship standards. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Institute, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Batley and Spen directly responding to the question about the Childcare and Education Route Panel.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of that response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/11/2017 17:32:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

794581

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unionlearn: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.23 of Autumn Budget 2017, how much her Department will provide to Unionlearn in each of the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	115554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding for Unionlearn was previously provided by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) but following the machinery of government changes in 2017, this responsibility moved across to the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>BIS provided Unionlearn with £14 million in the financial year 2015-16 and £12 million in the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The department is providing £11.89 million funding in the current financial year and a further £12 millon in financial year 2018-19 and £12 million in financial year 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 115574 question first answered 28/11/2017 11:48:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

794583

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years apprenticeships have been started in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those apprentices were employed in PVI settings.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	115556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of starts for the sector framework ‘Children’s Care Learning and Development’ by academic year are below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of starts</p></td><td><p>21,900</p></td><td><p>24,160</p></td><td><p>27,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Further information on breakdowns by framework or standard are available at the links below.</p><p>For final 2016/17 data: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661049/201617_apprenticeships_by_framework_and_sector_subject_area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661049/201617_apprenticeships_by_framework_and_sector_subject_area.xlsx</a>.</p><p>For data on previous years: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These data are collected from the Individualised Learner Record. We do not collect information on types of settings and so are unable to identify private, voluntary or independent settings from the collection.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/11/2017 17:24:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

794592

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the proceeds from the soft drinks industry level will be allocated to (a) the PE and Sport Premium, (b) the Healthy Pupil Capital Fund, (c) expanding the opening hours of secondary schools and (d) providing healthy breakfasts for primary school pupils over each of the next two financial years; and what additional sums are to be allocated to those programmes from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	115565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The 2016 Budget announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. The department will receive £575 million during the current spending review period, which will be used to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Double funding for the primary physical education and Sport Premium to £320 million a year from 2017. The Department for Education and the Department of Health contribute £100 million and £60 million per year to the premium respectively, with the Soft Drinks Levy funding contributing £415 million over the remainder of the current spending review period, table attached.</li><li>Provide £100 million in 2018/19 for a new healthy pupils capital fund.</li><li>Provide £60 million to other relevant projects, for example breakfast clubs (£26 million over the next three years) and essential life skills programme.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Expected revenue from the levy during the Spending Review period is £550 million for the UK as a whole. The total funding provided for these programmes in England is £575 million. In addition, the devolved administrations will continue to benefit in full from the Barnett formula arising from the levy-funded spending package announced at the 2016 Budget.</p><p> </p><p>We announced in February 2017 that the healthy pupils capital programme will build on the government’s plans for schools to provide a longer school day, by changing the focus of the scheme to provide new facilities or improve existing ones to make it easier for a range of extra-curricular activities to be provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115152 question first answered 28/11/2017 16:48:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 115152, 115565 Table.docx title Funding for the premium from the soft drinks levy
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff