Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1543376

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the nutritional guidance for school dinners.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	89890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The standards for school food are set out in the Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014, to ensure that schools provide children with healthy food and drink options, and to make sure that children gain the energy and nutrition they need across the school day.</p><p>The Department believes that the current standards provide a robust yet flexible framework to ensure that pupils in the UK continue to receive high quality and nutritious food, building healthy eating habits for life.</p><p>The Department’s current focus is on promoting compliance with the School Food Standards and this will be kept under review. In February 2022, the Levelling Up White Paper outlined what the Department is doing to strengthen adherence, including piloting work with the Foods Standards Agency, investing up to £200,000 in a pilot Governor Training Scheme, and encouraging schools to complete a statement on their school websites setting out their whole school approach to food.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 13:06:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1542836

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of inflation on the affordability of (a) the staff payroll and (b) other aspects of school budgets.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is prioritising further funding for schools, which will help schools to manage aspects of their budgets, including staff payroll. The 2022 Autumn Statement has provided an additional increase in the core schools budget of £2.3 billion in both 2023/24 and 2024/25. After adjusting Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 (SR21) budgets down to take account of the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in 2024/25, £2 billion greater than published at SR21.</p><p>Schools' funding is £4 billion higher this year than last year. The funding announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement means it will rise by another £3.5 billion next year. This means a 15% increase in funding within two years. This significant increase in funding will help schools to meet increased pay awards for both teaching and non-teaching staff, wider inflationary costs such as energy costs, and enable schools to meet their White Paper commitments.</p><p>The Department knows that each school’s circumstances are different. If schools are in serious financial difficulty, they are encouraged to contact their Local Authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency, who can provide advice and, in exceptional circumstances, financial support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/11/2022 16:09:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542837

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that (a) teaching assistants and (b) support staff in schools are paid at a level which aids the (i) recruitment and (ii) retention of those staff.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government knows the valuable contribution teaching assistants make to pupils’ education, helping to raise attainment and reduce teachers’ workload.</p><p>Schools have the freedom to set pay for teaching assistants and all support staff. All schools have different characteristics and should make decisions that meet their needs. Many mirror local government pay scales, which are agreed between the National Joint Council and trade unions. Support staff in schools that follow these pay scales will receive a pay rise of 10% on average, which will be backdated to April 2022.</p><p>The 2022 Autumn Statement underlines the priority the Government attaches to schools, delivering a significant uplift in funding in this Spending Review period. Core schools funding will increase by £2.3 billion in both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years.</p><p>After adjusting the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 budgets down to account for the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, £2 billion more than published in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 88922 88923 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:01:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542838

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national (a) pay scale and (b) process for the negotiation of pay awards for teaching assistants.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government knows the valuable contribution teaching assistants make to pupils’ education, helping to raise attainment and reduce teachers’ workload.</p><p>Schools have the freedom to set pay for teaching assistants and all support staff. All schools have different characteristics and should make decisions that meet their needs. Many mirror local government pay scales, which are agreed between the National Joint Council and trade unions. Support staff in schools that follow these pay scales will receive a pay rise of 10% on average, which will be backdated to April 2022.</p><p>The 2022 Autumn Statement underlines the priority the Government attaches to schools, delivering a significant uplift in funding in this Spending Review period. Core schools funding will increase by £2.3 billion in both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years.</p><p>After adjusting the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 budgets down to account for the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, £2 billion more than published in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 88921 88923 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:01:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542839

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Pay
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 has not implemented a national pay system for teaching assistants.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government knows the valuable contribution teaching assistants make to pupils’ education, helping to raise attainment and reduce teachers’ workload.</p><p>Schools have the freedom to set pay for teaching assistants and all support staff. All schools have different characteristics and should make decisions that meet their needs. Many mirror local government pay scales, which are agreed between the National Joint Council and trade unions. Support staff in schools that follow these pay scales will receive a pay rise of 10% on average, which will be backdated to April 2022.</p><p>The 2022 Autumn Statement underlines the priority the Government attaches to schools, delivering a significant uplift in funding in this Spending Review period. Core schools funding will increase by £2.3 billion in both the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years.</p><p>After adjusting the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 budgets down to account for the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, £2 billion more than published in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 88921 88922 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:01:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542841

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are in the social care system; and how many of these are in (a) foster care, (b) regulated residential care and (c) unregulated residential care arrangements.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of children in social care was published on 17 November in the annual statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoptions, 2022’, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions</a>. The number of looked after children by placement type can be found in table A2 in the following release: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/275cbaa4-5400-4920-86d1-08da7eccd8d3" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/275cbaa4-5400-4920-86d1-08da7eccd8d3</a>.</p><p>Residential care includes secure units, children’s homes, residential schools, and other residential settings. Unregulated accommodation refers to settings for looked after children that provide semi-independent living or independent living arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 21/11/2022 17:49:11 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542843

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Homes: Children and Young People
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 help reduce the costs of residential care placements with private providers for children and young people.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	88927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring there are sufficient places to meet the needs of looked after children in their area, including commissioning places from private or voluntary sector providers as required. They are responsible for agreeing prices with providers accordingly.</p><p>The department is supporting local authorities to expand their own provision, which will reduce reliance on the private sector, without reducing the number of placements. We have announced £259 million of capital funding up to 2025 to address concerns in the children’s homes market and create a market that is more attuned to the needs of local children.</p><p>This builds on work that has already started to maintain capacity and expand provision in existing secure children’s homes, alongside new capital funding to help councils create new children’s homes places.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 22/11/2022 09:58:04 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542880

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Sefton Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on improving skills training in Sefton Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	88862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The department regularly discusses skills matters with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, but not specifically about individual constituencies.</p><p>The department is investing £3.8 billion more in further education (FE) and skills over the Parliamentary session to ensure people nationwide, including in Sefton, have access to the skills they need to build a fulfilling careers in jobs the economy needs.</p><p>Funding has been boosted by an extra £1.6 billion for 16-19 education in the 2024/25 academic year, compared with 2021/22. This is the biggest increase in 16-19 funding in a decade, and will help to fund the additional students anticipated in the system, 40 extra hours per student, and an affordable increase in funding rates per 16-19 student.</p><p>This additional funding will help providers such as Hugh Baird College in South Sefton, which is a very strong general FE college, focused on technical education that engages employers locally to co-design their curriculum and offer opportunities for learners in the Sefton area.</p><p>Hugh Baird College is also delivering T levels, which are new qualifications for 16 to 18-year-olds that have been developed with employers to ensure that young people will have the skills they need to get good jobs. It is currently delivering Digital, Education and Health and Science T levels. Other colleges in the surrounding area are also delivering T levels.</p><p>The department is increasing investment in apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by 2024/25 and supporting employers in all sectors and all areas of the country, including Sefton, to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workforces they need. Since May 2010, there have been a total of 32,990 apprenticeship starts in Sefton local authority.</p><p>There is also the introduction of the Free Courses for Jobs scheme. This enables adult learners without a level 3 qualification (or learners with any qualification level but earning below the National Living Wage) to gain a qualification for free.</p><p>In addition, the department has also introduced Skills Bootcamps, which are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer. Skills Bootcamps are being delivered in digital, green, HGV driving, and rail and engineering across Liverpool City Region through the combined authority. These will target skills gaps and shortages highlighted by local employers for local people.</p><p>Investment in education and skills training for adults is continuing through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) at £1.34 billion in the 2021/22 academic year. The AEB fully funds or co-funds skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p>Currently, approximately 60% of the AEB is devolved to nine Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Mayor of London. This includes Liverpool City region which covers Sefton. This gives Liverpool City Region direct control over adult education provision for their residents and provides the local area with the opportunity to meet local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 22/11/2022 13:01:17 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1542947

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide additional financial support to schools in 2023-24 to help meet demands as a result of (a) pay increases for teaching staff agreed in July 2022, (b) rising inflation and (c) the introduction of a minimum expectation for the length of the school week by September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	88877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is prioritising further funding for schools. The 2022 Autumn Statement has provided an additional increase in the core schools budget, including funding for both mainstream schools and high needs, of £2.3 billion in both 2023/24 and 2024/25. After adjusting to take account of the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in 2024/25, £2 billion greater than published at the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.</p><p>Schools' funding is £4 billion higher this year than last year. It will rise by another £3.5 billion, on top of that, next year. This means a 15% increase in funding in two years. This significant increase in funding will help schools to meet increased pay awards for both teaching and non-teaching staff, wider inflationary costs such as energy costs, and enable schools to meet their White Paper commitments, including the minimum 32.5-hour school week.</p><p>These increases will deliver significant additional support to pupils and teachers, helping to deliver on the Government’s commitment to level-up education across the country.</p><p>The Department knows that every school’s circumstances are different. If schools are in serious financial difficulty, the Department encourages them to contact their Local Authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency, who can provide advice and, in exceptional circumstances, financial support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/11/2022 16:18:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

1542948

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to monitor the education of young people who have been moved from in-school to at-home education.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	88878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Local Authorities to ensure that all children receive a suitable education, including those who are electively home educated. The Government’s view is that existing powers, if used in the way set out in the Government’s guidance, are enough for a Local Authority to determine whether the provision at home is suitable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/11/2022 14:22:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris