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386595

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of academies had funding arrangements with the Secretary of State requiring them to employ only teachers with Qualified Teacher Status in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	4880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency has received 34 requests from schools with academy status to amend their funding agreement to enable them to employ teachers without qualified teacher status. All of these applications were accepted.</p><p> </p><p>2320 academies had funding arrangements with the Secretary of State requiring them to only employ teachers with QTS since 2009. This represents 46 per cent of the 5043 academies that were open on 1 July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 4879 question first answered 08/07/2015 15:18:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386596

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies whose funding arrangements with the Secretary of State required their teachers to have Qualified Teacher Status have applied to have this requirement removed since 27 July 2012; and how many such applications have been (a) rejected and (b) accepted.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	4879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency has received 34 requests from schools with academy status to amend their funding agreement to enable them to employ teachers without qualified teacher status. All of these applications were accepted.</p><p> </p><p>2320 academies had funding arrangements with the Secretary of State requiring them to only employ teachers with QTS since 2009. This represents 46 per cent of the 5043 academies that were open on 1 July 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 4880 question first answered 08/07/2015 15:18:26 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

386597

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London on the effect on education services in their area of out of area placements for homeless families; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government is responsible for regulations on out of area placements for homeless families. The Department for Education has no record of any recent representations from local authorities on this specific issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/07/2015 16:46:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386599

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by her Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	4962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012, government departments are required to publicise successful appointments. All public appointments made between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015 are therefore already in the public domain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2015 15:03:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386600

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer on maintaining at current levels per capita funding for early years education.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	4822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises that it is important that funding for the early education entitlement is fair and sustainable for providers. The government has therefore launched a review of the cost of providing childcare. The objective of this review is to inform decisions on the level of funding that providers require in order to deliver quality childcare provision at good value to the taxpayer and consistent with the government’s fiscal plans.</p><p> </p><p>A call for evidence to inform the review was launched on 15 June and will close on 10 August. This is part of the process of gathering the necessary evidence to inform the review which will report in the autumn. The call for evidence is available online here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-of-providing-childcare-review-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-of-providing-childcare-review-call-for-evidence</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education regularly speaks to Her Majesty’s Treasury about all aspects of funding for early years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 5164 question first answered 07/07/2015 09:12:57 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

386601

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish on her Department's website the guidance she has issued to headteachers on tackling extremism.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	4827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education published advice for schools and childcare providers on the Prevent duty on 1 July 2015 to coincide with the coming into force of the duty. The duty requires specified authorities, in the exercise of their functions, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.</p><p>The advice is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-safeguarding-advice-for-schools-and-childcare-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-safeguarding-advice-for-schools-and-childcare-providers</a></p><p>The government also published a briefing note for schools on 1 July with regards to how social media is being used by extremist groups to encourage young people to travel to Syria and Iraq. It makes clear that every teacher should be aware of the risks posed by the online activity of extremist and terrorist groups and be vigilant of the signs of radicalisation.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-social-media-for-online-radicalisation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-social-media-for-online-radicalisation</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/07/2015 15:15:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

386602

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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 assessment she has made of additional costs to schools arising from pupil intakes in which more than 30 per cent of children have English as a second language.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education recognises that additional funding for pupils with English as an additional language can be important, which is why we have given local authorities the ability to allocate a proportion of school funding to schools on the basis of the number of pupils that have English as an additional language.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2015 15:05:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman