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445355

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they collect any statistics on the number of children being educated at home who are the subject of abuse inquiries, or where the parents or guardian have been convicted of abuse; and whether they will publish any such statistics.
tabling member printed	Lord Soley
uin	HL5119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the number of children who are the subject of abuse inquiries, whose parents or guardians have been convicted of abuse, or who are alleged to have suffered abuse. We are taking steps to ensure that the education system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people. It is unacceptable for any child of compulsory school age not to receive a suitable education. Local authorities have a responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.</p><p>The Department has taken robust steps to tackle unregistered schools. We are working closely with Ofsted who have agreed to take forward prosecutions for settings operating illegally as unregistered independent schools. We have also published proposals to introduce a new system to regulate out-of-school education settings which teach children intensively, and to intervene and impose sanctions where there are safety or welfare concerns. The call for evidence on out-of-school education settings closed on 11 January 2016 and responses are being analysed.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5120 question first answered 01/02/2016 13:59:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

445356

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they collect any statistics on the number of children who have been attending unregistered schools who are alleged to have suffered abuse; and whether they will publish any such statistics.
tabling member printed	Lord Soley
uin	HL5120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any data on the number of children who are the subject of abuse inquiries, whose parents or guardians have been convicted of abuse, or who are alleged to have suffered abuse. We are taking steps to ensure that the education system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people. It is unacceptable for any child of compulsory school age not to receive a suitable education. Local authorities have a responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.</p><p>The Department has taken robust steps to tackle unregistered schools. We are working closely with Ofsted who have agreed to take forward prosecutions for settings operating illegally as unregistered independent schools. We have also published proposals to introduce a new system to regulate out-of-school education settings which teach children intensively, and to intervene and impose sanctions where there are safety or welfare concerns. The call for evidence on out-of-school education settings closed on 11 January 2016 and responses are being analysed.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5119 question first answered 01/02/2016 13:59:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

445379

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 December 2015 (HL3817), what assessment they have made of the fact that, in relation to men and women under 35-years of age, the pay gap is in favour of women.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ending the gender pay gap. New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the gender pay gap in the UK remains the lowest on record. The pay gap for women under the age of 40, working full time, is particularly low. The gap is -0.8% for women working full-time aged 22-29 and 0.6% for women working full-time aged 30-39.</p><p>As well as revising statutory guidance for schools on careers to raise young women’s aspirations, we have established a new Careers and Enterprise Company to encourage greater collaboration between employers and schools to inspire young people and supported the ‘Your Life’ campaign to encourage more young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/02/2016 14:00:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

445481

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether new guidance has been issued to her Department on drafting responses to written parliamentary questions.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	22788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education regularly refreshes its internal guidance on drafting responses to written parliamentary questions to ensure that it is up to date.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/01/2016 15:13:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

445482

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Leeds
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 number of school places that will be needed in Leeds in each of the next five years; and how many schools she expects to be built in that city in that period.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	22759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of each local authority to balance the supply and demand for primary and secondary school places in their area and to secure a place for every child of statutory school age who wants a school place. Each local authority forecasts future demand for school places, using its own methodology.</p><p>As part of the annual School Capacity Collection, the Department collects information from all local authorities on school capacity (number of school places) in state-funded primary and secondary schools (except special schools) and local authorities’ own pupil forecasts (5 years ahead for primary places and 7 years ahead for secondary places). The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2014 and can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>The published data shows that Leeds local authority is anticipating an increase of 6,700 primary pupils and 5,200 secondary pupils between 2014/15 and 2018/19. The department will publish the 2015 School Capacity data collection in the coming months.</p><p>The Department also publishes local authority basic need scorecards for primary schools, based on data provided by local authorities. The latest scorecards contain the Department’s estimates of the number of additional primary school places needed to meet demand in 2016/17, once existing capacity and plans for new places at 1 May 2014 have been factored in. The Department does not currently publish basic need scorecards for secondary school places. The data and details of the methodology used for the estimates can also be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-places-local-authority-basic-need-scorecards-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-places-local-authority-basic-need-scorecards-2014</a></p><p>The Department provides capital funding to local authorities to assist in providing additional school places and monitors the situation regularly to ensure there are sufficient places to meet local need. The funding is allocated on the basis of data provided by local authorities themselves, taking into account their pupil forecasts and existing capacity. Therefore, the allocations reflect the need for school places as identified by the relevant local authority.</p><p>Leeds will receive £72.9 million from the funding allocations that were announced in February 2015 for the period 2015 to 2018. This brings their total funding allocations for the creation of new school places to £157.5 million between 2011 and 2018. They have an additional £14.6 million through the Targeted Basic Need programme. These allocations will support Leeds to meet the need for school places in their area as identified by the local authority.</p><p>The free schools programme is also helping to meet demand across the country. Many local authorities are recognising the opportunity that the free schools programme provides and are encouraging new and existing high quality education providers to apply to set up a new school in their area. We encourage all local authorities to do likewise.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 22760 question first answered 26/01/2016 14:02:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

445483

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of secondary school pupils who have been unable to participate in a school trip directly related to a statutory aspect of the national curriculum in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	22762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the number of pupils who are unable to participate in school trips related to a statutory aspect of the national curriculum. All schools have a duty to teach a balanced and broadly based curriculum which, for maintained schools includes the national curriculum. It is the responsibility of schools to decide how best to teach the curriculum and this includes whether school trips could help enhance pupils’ experience and education and allow pupils to achieve better outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/01/2016 18:17:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

445484

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide the private office telephone numbers for the ministerial offices of her Department to hon. Members; and for what reasons those numbers are not available to hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	22805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office publishes the list of Ministerial responsibilities, which includes contact details for all Ministers. For Ministers at the Department for Education, the switchboard number is given, and Members will always be put through to the relevant Private Office. Copies are provided to all Members upon publication, and are available in the Vote Office and the Libraries of both Houses. It is also available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/01/2016 15:10:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

445485

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of 16 in Plymouth who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition or have been identified as having autism-related needs are being home educated.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	22802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Our reformed system for meeting the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disabilities is designed to ensure that their needs are identified at an early stage, that the right support is in place, and that problems do not escalate.</p><p>All early years providers are required to have arrangements in place to identify and support children with SEN or disabilities and to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care. All schools should have a clear approach to identifying and responding to SEN and must use their best endeavours to ensure that children with SEN, including those with autism, get the support they need.</p><p>As part of their Initial Teacher Training, all teachers are expected to learn to identify and address various types of SEN, including autism. The Government is also funding the Autism Education Trust in 2015-16, providing £650,000 to provide tiered training at universal, enhanced and specialist levels for early years, school and post-16 staff to help them understand how best to recognise and support children and young people with autism.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on the numbers of autistic children who are home educated nor the numbers of children who are not in school. The Alternative Provision Census does collect data about children who are not in school or in a pupil referral unit. However, it covers as a single ‘Not in School’ category only those who are educated otherwise than at school under arrangements made and funded by local authorities. The information does not reflect types of special educational need.</p><p>The data may be available from Plymouth City Council, since it has a duty under Section 22 of the Children and Families Act 2014 to carry out its functions with a view to identifying all the children and young people in its area who have or may have special educational needs or a disability, and also a duty to provide children of compulsory school age with an education.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 22801 22803 question first answered 25/01/2016 16:36:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

445486

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Autism: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of 16 in Plymouth who have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition or have been identified as having autism-related needs are not in education.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	22803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>Our reformed system for meeting the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disabilities is designed to ensure that their needs are identified at an early stage, that the right support is in place, and that problems do not escalate.</p><p>All early years providers are required to have arrangements in place to identify and support children with SEN or disabilities and to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care. All schools should have a clear approach to identifying and responding to SEN and must use their best endeavours to ensure that children with SEN, including those with autism, get the support they need.</p><p>As part of their Initial Teacher Training, all teachers are expected to learn to identify and address various types of SEN, including autism. The Government is also funding the Autism Education Trust in 2015-16, providing £650,000 to provide tiered training at universal, enhanced and specialist levels for early years, school and post-16 staff to help them understand how best to recognise and support children and young people with autism.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on the numbers of autistic children who are home educated nor the numbers of children who are not in school. The Alternative Provision Census does collect data about children who are not in school or in a pupil referral unit. However, it covers as a single ‘Not in School’ category only those who are educated otherwise than at school under arrangements made and funded by local authorities. The information does not reflect types of special educational need.</p><p>The data may be available from Plymouth City Council, since it has a duty under Section 22 of the Children and Families Act 2014 to carry out its functions with a view to identifying all the children and young people in its area who have or may have special educational needs or a disability, and also a duty to provide children of compulsory school age with an education.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 22801 22802 question first answered 25/01/2016 16:36:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

445487

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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 her Department's methodology is for making projections for the number of future school places that an area may require.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	22760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of each local authority to balance the supply and demand for primary and secondary school places in their area and to secure a place for every child of statutory school age who wants a school place. Each local authority forecasts future demand for school places, using its own methodology.</p><p>As part of the annual School Capacity Collection, the Department collects information from all local authorities on school capacity (number of school places) in state-funded primary and secondary schools (except special schools) and local authorities’ own pupil forecasts (5 years ahead for primary places and 7 years ahead for secondary places). The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2014 and can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>The published data shows that Leeds local authority is anticipating an increase of 6,700 primary pupils and 5,200 secondary pupils between 2014/15 and 2018/19. The department will publish the 2015 School Capacity data collection in the coming months.</p><p>The Department also publishes local authority basic need scorecards for primary schools, based on data provided by local authorities. The latest scorecards contain the Department’s estimates of the number of additional primary school places needed to meet demand in 2016/17, once existing capacity and plans for new places at 1 May 2014 have been factored in. The Department does not currently publish basic need scorecards for secondary school places. The data and details of the methodology used for the estimates can also be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-places-local-authority-basic-need-scorecards-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-places-local-authority-basic-need-scorecards-2014</a></p><p>The Department provides capital funding to local authorities to assist in providing additional school places and monitors the situation regularly to ensure there are sufficient places to meet local need. The funding is allocated on the basis of data provided by local authorities themselves, taking into account their pupil forecasts and existing capacity. Therefore, the allocations reflect the need for school places as identified by the relevant local authority.</p><p>Leeds will receive £72.9 million from the funding allocations that were announced in February 2015 for the period 2015 to 2018. This brings their total funding allocations for the creation of new school places to £157.5 million between 2011 and 2018. They have an additional £14.6 million through the Targeted Basic Need programme. These allocations will support Leeds to meet the need for school places in their area as identified by the local authority.</p><p>The free schools programme is also helping to meet demand across the country. Many local authorities are recognising the opportunity that the free schools programme provides and are encouraging new and existing high quality education providers to apply to set up a new school in their area. We encourage all local authorities to do likewise.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 22759 question first answered 26/01/2016 14:02:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland