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1683991

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date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Agriculture: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Department of Education in Northern Ireland on the potential merits of teaching agriculture in schools in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Education is devolved in Northern Ireland. Therefore, with a small number of exceptions, the department’s responsibilities relate to England only.</p><p>In England, the science national curriculum has space for agriculture to be taught in various places. For example, in the science Key Stage 1 and 2 topics of ‘Plants’, and ‘Living things and their habitats’, the biology Key Stage 3 topics of ‘Reproduction’ (in plants, including fertilisation) and ‘Relationships in an ecosystem’, and the Key Stage 4 topics of ‘Evolution, inheritance and variation’.</p><p>The department does not specify how schools should teach the curriculum, instead the national curriculum is a framework setting out the content of what the department expects schools in England to cover in each subject. The department believes that teachers should be able to use their own knowledge, professional expertise and understanding of their pupils to determine what is the most appropriate way for them to teach, the aim here being that they develop the right approach for the pupils in their particular school.</p><p>There is also an Agriculture, Land Management and Production T Level available to students in England. During the two-year programme, students will learn the core knowledge and skills that are needed for entry to a range of agriculture, land management and production occupations that include agricultural engineer, farmer, and tree surgeon, amongst a number of others.</p><p>Whilst education is a devolved matter, if it would be helpful, departmental officials would be content to meet their relevant counterparts in the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/01/2024 12:19:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1683992

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland on the adequacy of funding for SEND in schools in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>As education is a devolved matter, the Department of Education in Northern Ireland is responsible for its education policies, including funding for Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) in schools.</p><p>The department engages with the Department of Education in Northern Ireland at ministerial and official level on a range of areas, though, to date, this has not included a ministerial discussion on the adequacy of funding for SEND in schools in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 30/01/2024 13:35:54 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1684118

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to require all students undertaking the Advanced British Standard to study religious education until the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The department launched a consultation on 14 December 2023 on our proposals for the Advanced British Standard, seeking views on the design of the overall programme. This includes seeking views on the approach to agreeing subjects included, and on what should be covered in the Employability, Enrichment and Pastoral (EEP) offer for all students.</p><p> </p><p>The government firmly believes that religious education (RE) is important, which is why it remains compulsory for all state-funded schools in England, including academies and free schools, in each year group. Quality RE can develop knowledge of British values and traditions and refine pupils’ ability to construct well-informed, balanced, and structured arguments.</p><p> </p><p>The publication of the consultation on 14 December 2023 marks a new phase of working in partnership with students, teachers, leaders, schools, colleges, universities, and employers to develop these proposals. The department will consult extensively over the coming months, and this will inform our plan for subjects and EEP, which the department will set out in a White Paper this year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 10816 question first answered 30/01/2024 15:38:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1684119

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason religious education has not been included in the consultation document for the Advanced British Standard.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The department launched a consultation on 14 December 2023 on our proposals for the Advanced British Standard, seeking views on the design of the overall programme. This includes seeking views on the approach to agreeing subjects included, and on what should be covered in the Employability, Enrichment and Pastoral (EEP) offer for all students.</p><p> </p><p>The government firmly believes that religious education (RE) is important, which is why it remains compulsory for all state-funded schools in England, including academies and free schools, in each year group. Quality RE can develop knowledge of British values and traditions and refine pupils’ ability to construct well-informed, balanced, and structured arguments.</p><p> </p><p>The publication of the consultation on 14 December 2023 marks a new phase of working in partnership with students, teachers, leaders, schools, colleges, universities, and employers to develop these proposals. The department will consult extensively over the coming months, and this will inform our plan for subjects and EEP, which the department will set out in a White Paper this year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 10815 question first answered 30/01/2024 15:38:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon