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1006878

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has provided through Budget 2018 to ensure the inclusion of social mobility in early years education.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education announced this week £6.5 million funding for voluntary and community sector organisations who work with families of young children to support early language development, helping to address and support concerns when they can have the most impact; and to improve the early years education of children with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>The government set out, prior to Budget 2018, plans to spend £3.5 billion this year on our free early education entitlements. We provide 15 hours of free early education for disadvantaged two year-olds, with almost 750,000 benefitting since 2013, and we provide the Early Years Pupil Premium, which delivers up to £300 per eligible child per year to support better outcomes for disadvantaged three and four year olds. This is on top of the near universal take up of the free 15 hours entitlement for all three and four year-olds.</p><p>Funding for the entitlements is also supported by a £100 million investment through our social mobility action plan ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’, published in December 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 16:02:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1005980

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Knowsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that young people in Knowsley have access to study academic A-level courses within the borough boundaries.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	190793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) continues to liaise with the local authority and regional schools commissioner team to monitor improvements in key stage 4 provision in the borough and identify local need. The ESFA also meets regularly with SK College Group to discuss the college’s offer of A level provision at their Knowsley campus. For 2018/19 academic year the college made 68 offers to study academic A levels at its Knowsley campus. Twelve learners progressed to enrol and attend at the college. However, due to low numbers it was financially unviable to deliver at the Knowsley Campus, so the learners access A Level provision on the St Helens Campus via bespoke transport.</p><p>For 2019 the college has committed to continue to promote the development of A level provision at the Knowsley campus and this is being marketed in their prospectus for 2019/20. They now have in place specific branding alongside targeted promotional activities including: a 2019 school leaver prospectus distributed to all local schools, supermarkets, convenience shops, community centres, and libraries; an A level advert in the college adult course guide in December which is distributed to 65,000 local homes across Knowsley and surrounding Liverpool areas; digital ad vans promoting the A level offer prior to college open evenings; and planned and targeted social media campaigns, local press promotions and railing banners. Furthermore, there are specific A level events for local school career advisers and school liaison teams are working directly in feeder borough schools to promote the A level offer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:28:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1006000

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Lancashire County Council on the Council's ban on halal and kosher meat in school meals.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	190757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has had no discussions with Lancashire County Council with regards to their ban on halal and kosher meat in school meals. The government sets out required minimum standards for school food in the School Food Standards to ensure that children are served healthy, nutritious meals at school. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultural and religious needs.</p><p>Headteachers, governors and their caterers are best placed to make decisions about their school food policies, which includes acting reasonably to provide choices that take account of cultural, religious and special dietary needs. Schools that choose to arrange their school meals through a local authority or another catering organisation may wish to take this into consideration. Schools may consider providing both halal and non-halal or kosher food each day, or ensuring that dishes are clearly labelled to allow pupils to select the appropriate choice.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/11/2018 09:49:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1006065

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the continuation of an independent land-based skills college in Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	190844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>We want to make sure that there is high quality, land-based provision serving Norfolk and Suffolk. Following the recent Ofsted inspection of Easton and Otley College, we will work with the college to consider its options and to ensure that learners have access to quality land-based provision in the locality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/11/2018 09:43:54 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1006136

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many colleges are currently subject to a notice to improve financial health; and how many are projected to be subject to such a notice in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	190900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 38 colleges that are subject to a notice to improve for financial health.</p><p>The published response to the insolvency consultation stated that, using data and assumptions available at that time, over the first ten years of the insolvency policy (commences April 2019), an additional 63 colleges could meet the current triggers for a notice.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has published an Early Intervention and Prevention strategy, which is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-funding-early-intervention-and-prevention/early-intervention-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-funding-early-intervention-and-prevention/early-intervention-strategy</a>. This strategy outlines how the ESFA works with colleges where data shows that they could be at risk of failure.</p><p>In addition, the ESFA is improving and increasing the financial information that it requests from colleges, which will be analysed by integrated expert teams, and is developing a strengthened approach to intervention and prevention approaches in advance of financial crisis.</p><p>The department is also updating improved guidance for college governors, due later this month, to highlight governors’ fiduciary duties. They are in the process of appointing National Leaders of Governance to deliver sector-led support (alongside the National Leaders of Further Education). The Further Education Commissioner’s team has also expanded coverage of ‘diagnostic visits’ to colleges, which also highlight potential issues in advance of crisis, and offer recommendations for support and improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:38:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1006174

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his appearance on the Andrew Marr Show on 11 November 2018, what the evidential basis was for his statement that the funding for the average class of 27 children in primary school is £132,000.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	190901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) produces analysis of long range trends in school spending. This average class funding figure is based on the underlying data from the IFS’s 2017 report, converted into 2018-19 prices using the GDP deflator, which gives a per-pupil funding figure for primary schools of £4,891.41 in 2018-19. The full report is available here: <a href="https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/8937" target="_blank">https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/8937</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This has been multiplied by 27 to generate the average class figure. The average class size for a primary school is 27.1, according to the January 2018 school census available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719226/Schools_Pupils_and_their_Characteristics_2018_Main_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719226/Schools_Pupils_and_their_Characteristics_2018_Main_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Changes in predicted trends in inflation and the IFS’ methodology mean that this analysis may produce slightly different figures over time. The funding that individual schools receive through their local funding formulae and the pupil premium will vary depending on the characteristics of the pupils in each class.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/11/2018 17:15:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1005758

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: South Cambridgeshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of teachers that are on the (i) main, (ii) upper, and (iii) leadership pay scales in South Cambridgeshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	190534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Please see the attached table which provides the number and proportion[1]<sup>,[2] </sup>of full and part-time regular teachers in service in state funded schools who are paid on the main, upper, leadership, other and unknown pay ranges in South Cambridgeshire constituency and in England in November 2017. Within the table, the ‘Other’ column includes the leading practitioners[3] and unqualified teachers[4] pay ranges and the ‘Unknown’ column relates to invalid codes entered by schools during the collection process that were not amended by the schools after being identified as invalid.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Excludes centrally employed staff.</p><p>[2] Figures 3 or less have been suppressed.</p><p>[3] Leading practitioners are qualified teachers who are employed in posts that the relevant body has determined have the primary purpose of modelling and leading improvement of teaching skills.</p><p>[4] Unqualified teachers are teachers who are not a qualified teacher and who is prescribed by Order under section 122(5) of the Act as a school teacher for the purposes of that section.</p><p>[5] Includes leading practitioner and unqualified pay ranges.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2018 17:03:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 190534_attached_table_doc_ 201118.docx title 190534_attached_table_doc_201118
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

1005793

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the inclusion of physically disabled children in schooling.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	190487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The government takes seriously its role in promoting inclusion and equality in education settings and the Equality Act 2010 (together with Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014) is a foundation stone on which our special educational needs (SEN) and disability system sits. The Equality Act requires all schools (whether maintained or academy) to produce an accessibility plan. These plans are about ensuring that all aspects of school life are accessible to disabled pupils. The Act also requires local authorities to produce accessibility strategies with the same aims as the school-level plan, but with different coverage.</p><p>We have funded the Schools Development Support Agency, working with pdnet to deliver a contract to improve knowledge, skills and capability of the school workforce. Pdnet standards have been developed for the early years, schools and post 16 settings, along with level 1 training for schools raising awareness of physical disabilities. Further information about pdnet is available on <a href="http://pdnet.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://pdnet.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 20/11/2018 15:59:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1005794

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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, with reference to the report entitled It might be best if you looked elsewhere: An investigation into the schools admission process, whether his Department has acted on the recommendations made in that report.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	190488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department wants fair access to a good school place for every child and routinely keeps the school admissions system under review. In setting their admission arrangements, admission authorities must ensure the practices and the criteria used to decide the allocation of places are fair, clear, objective and comply with admissions law and equalities law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2018 16:43:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1005817

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the national funding rate for sixth form students.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	190408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We are actively exploring the efficiency and resilience of post-16 education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/11/2018 10:21:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper