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1108653

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date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the conclusions of the National Audit Office’s report of 6 March 2019, The apprenticeships programme, HC 1987 2017-19, what plans he has to address concerns that funding for that programme may be insufficient should there be an increase in demand for apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	239284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We are pleased that employers are choosing to move to our new, higher quality apprenticeship offer to make a sustainable investment in the skills that they need to grow. Employers are designing higher level apprenticeships that take longer and require more off-the-job training and, while this is something to be welcomed, we are conscious of the challenges it presents.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019-20, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will be over £2.5 billion, this is double what was spent in 2010-11. The apprenticeship budget is set in advance by Her Majesty’s Treasury for the current spending review period. Currently, we expect to be within budget in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years. We continue to monitor the trend of increasing spending on apprenticeships and to make use of our engagement with employers in addition to all available data from the programme to inform forecasts of demand and future costs.</p><p> </p><p>The level of funding for the programme beyond 2020 will be determined by the forthcoming Spending Review announced by my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Spring Statement.</p><p><em><br> </em></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 10:14:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 112154 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1108664

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the (a) Scottish and (b) Welsh Governments on the adequacy of school fire safety standards.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	239179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department will engage with the devolved administrations, as appropriate, when developing policy areas. Officials have been in contact with the relevant school specialists in the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish Governments to alert them to the review of Building Bulletin 100 (fire safety in schools).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/04/2019 14:59:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1108680

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Foster Care: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on EU nationals applying to (a) adopt or (b) foster vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	239277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no changes affecting those who can adopt or foster since these are based on residence rather than nationality. All EU nationals are encouraged to apply to the European Union Settlement Scheme to allow them to remain in the country and indeed they are encouraged to adopt or foster vulnerable children to provide a safe home.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/04/2019 15:15:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1108713

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that testing, treatment and prevention will be covered thoroughly enough in Relationships and Sex Education to reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in young people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	239199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Pupils need to know how to protect their own mental and physical health, they need to know what activities, behaviours and circumstances can risk these and they need to know when and how to seek help both for themselves and others.</p><p> </p><p>At secondary school, by introducing health education alongside relationships and sex education (RSE), the Government will ensure that pupils are taught age appropriate knowledge about sexual health. In health education, this includes the benefits of regular self-examination and screening, and the facts and science relating to immunisation and vaccination. This is complemented by content in RSE about how sexually transmitted infections are passed on and treated, how risks can be reduced, the importance of and facts about testing and prevalence and the impact sexually transmitted infections can have on those who contract them. This will be set in the context of how to get further advice, including how and where to access advice and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to supporting schools to deliver high quality teaching of relationships education, RSE and health education. A budget of £6 million has been allocated in 2019/20 financial year to develop a programme of support for schools. Further funding beyond the next financial year is a matter of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2019 14:47:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1108724

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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 Table 2e, Schools Pupils and Their Characteristics, National Tables, how many primary schools had 801 or more pupils on their roll in each (a) region and (b) local authority in England in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	239252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>There were 129 stated-funded primary schools with 801 or more pupils in England in January 2018. The tables below provide this by region and local authority.</p><p>These figures are derived from the data published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>Data for each school is available in the underlying data, contained in the file named ‘Schools_Pupils_and_their_Characteristics _2018_Schools_Pupils_UD’.</p><p>A large school does not mean larger class sizes. Despite an increase of over half a million children attending state-funded primary schools in England between 2010 and 2018, the average primary class size has remained stable.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is undertaking the biggest expansion in school places in two generations, and recent statistics show we are well on track to create one million places nationwide in the decade to 2020, reversing a reduction of 100,000 school places between 2004 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 – State-funded primary schools with 801 or more pupils in January 2018, by region</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 - State-funded primary schools with 801 or more pupils in January 2018, by local authority</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol City of</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School census</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2019 14:42:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1108745

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is being to ensure an equitable ratio in relation to the pay of (a) teaching and support staff and (b) senior management staff in academy schools.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	239301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Academy trusts are free to set their own salaries for all teaching, support and senior management roles. However, we expect these to be justifiable and to reflect accurately the role. Trusts are not obliged to follow the statutory system set out in the independent School Teachers’ Review Body; although trusts can choose to follow the terms of the school teachers' pay and conditions document in relation to teachers and school leaders and local government employee designation for non-teaching staff.</p><p>The government is clear about expectations on pay for all schools, and not just academy trusts. Where trusts are paying high salaries, the government will publicly challenge trusts and boards to justify themselves. We have been doing so for more than a year; and will continue to do so throughout 2019. The latest published data confirms that only 4% of trusts pay one or more salary over £150,000 and the mean average salary for an academy secondary headteacher is £92,400 and £88,800 for a maintained secondary headteacher. In addition, a recent survey of 1000 academies[1] found that the salary for executive leaders declined in 5 of the 6 categories based on pupil numbers in the trust.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.jamescowperkreston.co.uk/benchmark-report/" target="_blank">https://www.jamescowperkreston.co.uk/benchmark-report/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/04/2019 15:28:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1108789

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Swan School Oxford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the new Swan School in Oxford to be signed off by his Department as ready to accept applications.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	239314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>​We are committed to a free schools programme which aims to deliver high standards, choice and innovation.</p><p>I am delighted to confirm that my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education agreed in principle, on 27 March 2019, to enter into a funding agreement with the River Learning Trust (RLT) for the Swan School to open, in Oxford, in September 2019. My officials are working closely with the RLT and its legal advisers to finalise the funding agreement, which we expect to agree shortly.</p><p>To minimise uncertainty for parents of the Swan School’s prospective pupils for September, my officials informed the chief executive of the trust of the Secretary of State’s decision on 28 March, and we agreed with the headteacher of the Swan School that these parents could be informed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/04/2019 15:08:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1108806

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
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 discourage schools from excluding primary-aged pupils.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	239182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Good discipline in schools is essential to ensure that all pupils can benefit from the opportunities provided by education. Schools can only exclude a pupil for a disciplinary reason, and all decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. The Government supports head teachers in using exclusion as a sanction, where it is warranted.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance issued to schools is clear that they should consider underlying causes of poor behaviour before issuing an exclusion as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the Government launched an externally-led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review is exploring how head teachers use exclusion, and why pupils with particular characteristics are more likely to be excluded from school. It is also considering the differences in exclusion rates across primary and secondary schools in England. The review and the Government response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2019 15:11:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1108828

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Reading
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the use of school libraries and reading for pleasure in primary and secondary schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL14935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>It is for individual schools to decide whether to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils. Many head teachers recognise the important role school libraries play in improving literacy and encouraging pupils to read for pleasure and ensure that suitable library facilities are provided. The current national curriculum, introduced from 2014, places greater emphasis on pupils developing the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information, as they move through key stage 1 into key stage 2, having first mastered the essentials of phonic decoding. Pupils should read for themselves a wide range of stories, poems, plays and information books. From 2016 the end of key stage 2 reading assessment was changed to reflect this more rigorous curriculum.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/04/2019 16:42:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1108870

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote the teaching of modern languages in schools in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill
uin	HL14977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>There are a number of initiatives in place to promote the teaching of modern languages in schools in England. The reformed national curriculum makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a foreign language in key stage 2 and 3, and academies are required by their funding agents to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum. The government has introduced the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) performance measure, which includes languages and the proportion of GCSE entries from pupils in state-funded schools in a modern foreign language (MFL) has increased from 40% in 2010 to 46% in 2018.</p><p>Recruiting MFL teachers is a priority. Generous financial incentives are offered for languages teaching, including scholarships in modern foreign languages worth £28,000, and tax-free bursaries, typically worth up to £26,000. We are also working in partnership with Spain’s Ministry of Education and Vocational Training to deliver Spain’s Visiting Teachers programme. This will provide schools with access to a pool of qualified teachers from Spain who are able to teach MFL. For the 2019/20 academic year, the programme will be open to secondary schools and primary schools.</p><p>The Teacher Subject Specialism Training programme aims to improve the subject knowledge of non-specialist teachers and returning teachers in MFL and to increase the number of hours taught.</p><p>We have also recently launched the new Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, which will attract new teachers to all subjects, including MFLs.</p><p>A £4.8 million MFL Pedagogy Pilot commenced in December 2018. It is managed by the newly appointed MFL Centre for Excellence and is run through 9 school-led hubs, to improve uptake and attainment in languages at key stages 3 and 4. We have also launched a pilot project in MFL undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils to drive up participation in the subject, specifically targeting areas of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/04/2019 13:41:17 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3125 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill