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515297

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of publicly employed educational psychologists who will retire in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	35382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The estimated number of educational psychologists who will retire in the next five years is outlined in table 1. This is based on the number of educational psychologists registered to work in England, collated by the Health and Care Professions Council[1]. The data is for the workforce as a whole and does not distinguish between where educational psychologists are working.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> The estimated number of educational psychologists who will retire and the number of newly qualified who will enter the profession, in the next five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number reaching retirement age (65)</strong></p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Newly qualified entering the profession</strong></p></td><td><p>127[2]</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Health and Care Professions Council (2015) and NCTL (2016)</em></p><p> </p><p>[1] Health and Care professions Council <a href="http://www.hcpc-uk.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.<strong>hcpc</strong>-uk.co.uk</a></p><p>[2] This may increase to 132 depending on the number of deferral / maternity leave trainee who re-join the course in year three.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/05/2016 10:52:02 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

515298

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, with which local authorities her Department has held discussions on the possibility of local authorities running multi-academy trusts.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	35427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Regional Schools Commissioners discuss the options for schools to convert to academy status with local authorities on a regular basis – and in the case of underperforming schools in particular, those discussions focus on which multi-academy trusts are the most effective way of securing sustainable improvement.</p><p>The White Paper <em>Educational Excellence Everywhere</em> makes clear that we want to ensure that we make best use of talented staff currently within local authorities to establish or join multi-academy trusts. Our discussions with local authorities will continue to look at the options available to harness that talent.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2016 16:36:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

515299

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools were delayed in opening in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	35436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Since the free schools programme began, 81 free school projects have had their opening date deferred. In each case there was a need to balance the risk of opening on the planned date against all the elements that must be in place to ensure that a free school is successful when it opens. Our guidance makes clear that allowing a free school project to enter the “pre-opening” phase does not guarantee that the school will open on the date originally planned by the proposer group, or open at all.</p><p><br> Free schools offer excellent value for money. The National Audit Office found in 2013 that free schools were built 45% more cheaply than other school building programmes. The free schools that are already open will provide over 150,000 new places.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/05/2016 16:42:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 58197 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

515300

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have completed the task of transferring all statements of special educational needs to Education, Health and Care Plans to date; and what assessment she has made of whether the deadline of 2017 will be met by all local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	35384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The transition period from statements to Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) runs until April 2018. Every local authority has published an individual Local Transition Plan setting out the timings for transfers to the new system. We are monitoring local authority progress and published figures about transition up to January 2015, returned by local authorities, in the Special Educational Needs in England Statistical First Release of May 2015[1]. We will publish the figures up to January 2016 in May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect information on the number of children who are home educated. Some local authorities choose to maintain registers so that parents can voluntarily register children being educated at home.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of school pupils who had a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an EHCP in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>x</p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupils with statements or EHCPs</p></td><td><p>224,210</p></td><td><p>226,125</p></td><td><p>229,390</p></td><td><p>232,190</p></td><td><p>236,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupils on roll</p></td><td><p>8,123,865</p></td><td><p>8,178,200</p></td><td><p>8,249,810</p></td><td><p>8,331,385</p></td><td><p>8,438,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incidence (%)</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8[2]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of permanent and fixed period exclusions received by pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs in each of the last five years for which data is available is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>x</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed period exclusions</p></td><td><p>37,140</p></td><td><p>36,740</p></td><td><p>35,640</p></td><td><p>32,210</p></td><td><p>33,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent exclusions</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>330[3]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 35386 35387 35388 question first answered 04/05/2016 10:58:33 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

515301

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority educational psychology services are trading their services.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	35385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on how many local authority educational psychology services are trading their services.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/05/2016 11:00:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

515302

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Psychology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many current advertised vacancies there are in local authority educational psychology services.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	35383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the current advertised vacancies in local educational psychology service. This information is collected by an external organisation, the Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP).</p><p> </p><p>The AEP are the main advertiser of educational psychology posts in England and send us their figures, on a monthly basis. This information is broken down by the total number of educational psychology posts being advertised in the private and public sector. These figures could include other areas of the public sector that employ the profession such as schools and NHS services, as well as local educational psychology services, so we are unable to provide this information.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/05/2016 10:54:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

515303

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff there were in the Education Funding Agency in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	35471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) was established in April 2012, therefore data can only be provided from that date onwards. Please see the table below for details of the number of full time equivalent members of staff in the EFA in April 2012 – April 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month and year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of full time equivalent members of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012</p></td><td><p>631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>680.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>734.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>822.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/05/2016 15:07:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 58198 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

515304

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of converter academies were rated as (a) good and (b) outstanding by Ofsted in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. I have asked him to write to you and a copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2016 16:44:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

515305

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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 schools became converter academies in each year between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	35447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of currently open converter academies that opened in the years 2010 – 2015 can be found in the table below. This information is available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development</a>. The figures are correct as at 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of opening</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of currently open converter academies</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>1045</p></td><td><p>818</p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2016 16:43:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

515306

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Burnley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were not allocated a place at their preferred primary school place in Burnley in the academic year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	35428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Information on school place preferences being met is not available at constituency level. Data is collected at local authority level and the figures for Lancashire local authority (which includes the Burnley constituency) show that for the academic year 2015-16 a total of 448 applicants did not receive an offer of any of their top three preferences. Full details are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Lancashire local authority, primary school preferences, 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of applicants</p></td><td><p>13,444</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants who received 1st preference</p></td><td><p>11,889</p></td><td><p>88.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants who did not receive 1st preference</p></td><td><p>1,555</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants who received a preferred offer</p></td><td><p>12,996</p></td><td><p>96.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Did not receive a preferred offer</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Lancashire’s figures were an improvement on their results for 2014/15, when 504 applicants did not receive an offer of any of their preferred schools, out of a total of 13,543 applications. This meant that 3.7% did not receive a preferred offer (compared to 3.3% in 2015/16), whilst 96.3% did receive an offer of one of their preferred schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 15:59:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper