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1105815

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date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether future funding for the Careers and Enterprise Company has been assured; and, if so, why that funding decision was taken before the Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL14901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company for the financial year 2020-21 onwards will be agreed once the government’s next Spending Review has concluded and details of the department’s budget are confirmed.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education said in 2014 that the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company would sustain itself in the longer term. Since then, the government has asked the company to take on an expanded role to help deliver the government’s careers strategy. The company is supporting schools and colleges to improve their careers provision in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance. We will shortly publish a revised sustainability plan alongside the 2019-20 Grant Funding Agreement on the company’s website at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/</a>.</p><p>Funding for all staff salaries at the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company comes from the overall grant funding agreement. The total grant for 2018-19 was £30.2 million. The company recently advertised for a Parliamentary and Government Relations Manager at £40,000 to £50,000 and a Communications Manager at £42,000 to £48,000. Salaries are benchmarked against civil service roles and are on a par with similar organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14902 HL14903 question first answered 03/04/2019 14:41:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1105816

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Education on 10 December 2014 (HC Deb, cols 891–3), whether a date has been set for the Careers and Enterprise Company to become self-sustaining; and if so, what is that date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL14902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company for the financial year 2020-21 onwards will be agreed once the government’s next Spending Review has concluded and details of the department’s budget are confirmed.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education said in 2014 that the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company would sustain itself in the longer term. Since then, the government has asked the company to take on an expanded role to help deliver the government’s careers strategy. The company is supporting schools and colleges to improve their careers provision in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance. We will shortly publish a revised sustainability plan alongside the 2019-20 Grant Funding Agreement on the company’s website at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/</a>.</p><p>Funding for all staff salaries at the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company comes from the overall grant funding agreement. The total grant for 2018-19 was £30.2 million. The company recently advertised for a Parliamentary and Government Relations Manager at £40,000 to £50,000 and a Communications Manager at £42,000 to £48,000. Salaries are benchmarked against civil service roles and are on a par with similar organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14901 HL14903 question first answered 03/04/2019 14:41:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1105817

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds additional funding for the Careers and Enterprise Company has been approved for the recruitment of the post of (1) a Head of Government and Public Relations at a salary of £40–50,000; and (2) a Communications Manager at a salary of £48,000.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL14903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company for the financial year 2020-21 onwards will be agreed once the government’s next Spending Review has concluded and details of the department’s budget are confirmed.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education said in 2014 that the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company would sustain itself in the longer term. Since then, the government has asked the company to take on an expanded role to help deliver the government’s careers strategy. The company is supporting schools and colleges to improve their careers provision in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance. We will shortly publish a revised sustainability plan alongside the 2019-20 Grant Funding Agreement on the company’s website at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/</a>.</p><p>Funding for all staff salaries at the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company comes from the overall grant funding agreement. The total grant for 2018-19 was £30.2 million. The company recently advertised for a Parliamentary and Government Relations Manager at £40,000 to £50,000 and a Communications Manager at £42,000 to £48,000. Salaries are benchmarked against civil service roles and are on a par with similar organisations.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14901 HL14902 question first answered 03/04/2019 14:41:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

1105826

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether university income from student tuition fee loans is classed as public or private funds; what legal advice, if any, they have received to this effect; and whether they will publish any such advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL14912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The government pays universities directly in respect of the tuition fee loans which are approved for eligible students each year. Students are then legally obliged to repay any tuition fee loans in accordance with the contract they sign when taking out the loan. The Office for National Statistics classifies the money provided by the government to cover tuition fees as a debt for the purposes of the public finances. The government does not ordinarily disclose its legal advice as that is protected by legal professional privilege.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/04/2019 12:00:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1105831

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that all schools provide a non-halal meal option.
tabling member printed	Lord Singh of Wimbledon
uin	HL14917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government sets out required minimum standards in the attached School Food Standards to ensure that children are served healthy, nutritious meals. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultural and religious needs.</p><p>Within these standards, headteachers, governors and their caterers are best placed to make decisions about their school food policies. Information on the types of food provided in schools and the number of schools that offer only halal meals is not held centrally.</p><p><br>Schools should act reasonably in their provision of food, providing choices that take account of cultural, religious and special dietary needs, and we expect them to work with parents in making appropriate arrangements. In particular, schools should consult with parents when making changes to school food provision and ensure parents have access to information on the food provided.</p><p> </p><p>Schools may consider providing both halal and non-halal food each day, or ensuring that dishes are clearly labelled to allow pupils to select the appropriate choice.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14918 question first answered 10/04/2019 16:04:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL14917_HL14918_School_Food_Standards.pdf title HL14917_HL14918_School_Food_Regulations_2014
tabling member	4251 label Biography information for Lord Singh of Wimbledon

1105832

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of schools that offer only halal meals; and what assessment they have made of the impact of that policy on children in such schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Singh of Wimbledon
uin	HL14918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government sets out required minimum standards in the attached School Food Standards to ensure that children are served healthy, nutritious meals. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultural and religious needs.</p><p>Within these standards, headteachers, governors and their caterers are best placed to make decisions about their school food policies. Information on the types of food provided in schools and the number of schools that offer only halal meals is not held centrally.</p><p><br>Schools should act reasonably in their provision of food, providing choices that take account of cultural, religious and special dietary needs, and we expect them to work with parents in making appropriate arrangements. In particular, schools should consult with parents when making changes to school food provision and ensure parents have access to information on the food provided.</p><p> </p><p>Schools may consider providing both halal and non-halal food each day, or ensuring that dishes are clearly labelled to allow pupils to select the appropriate choice.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14917 question first answered 10/04/2019 16:04:44 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL14917_HL14918_School_Food_Standards.pdf title HL14917_HL14918_School_Food_Regulations_2014
tabling member	4251 label Biography information for Lord Singh of Wimbledon

1105908

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Food
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 level of in-school hunger among children in England.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	238408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The government supports the provision of nutritious food in schools, which ensures pupils are well nourished, develop healthy eating habits and can concentrate and learn. Under the benefits based criteria, around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children are eligible for and claiming free school meals – saving families around £400 per year. Benefits based free meals were extended to disadvantaged further education students in September 2014. A further 1.5 million infants receive a free nutritious meal under the Universal Infant Free School Meals scheme. We are also investing up to £26 million to the National Schools Breakfast Programme. This money will kick start or improve breakfast clubs in over 1,700 schools and target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including Opportunity Areas.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/04/2019 13:36:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105916

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much school funding for Croydon there has been in each of the previous 10 years; how many pupils there have been in such schools in each of those years; and what estimate his Department has made of the (a) funding and (b) pupil numbers for schools in Croydon in 2019-2020.
tabling member constituency	Croydon South
tabling member printed	Chris Philp
uin	238409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The revenue funding allocated for schools for each financial year from 2009 to 2019 for Croydon local authority are shown in the attached table. For financial year 2019-20, only the dedicated schools grant (DSG) has been allocated at this time, though this makes up the bulk of schools funding. The DSG for Croydon this year is £339.3 million. Other grants will be allocated at later points in the year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/04/2019 13:10:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 238409_Croydon_Revenue_amounts_primary_and_secondary_education.xlsx title 238409_Croydon_Revenue_amounts_primary_and_seconda
tabling member	4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp

1105920

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new school places his Department estimates will be created by the free schools programme in the (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 academic years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	238364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The department is committed to a free schools programme that aims to deliver choice, innovation and higher standards for parents. In 2018-19, we have opened 54 free schools, creating over 40,000 new school places, with a further 4 forecast to open before the end of the academic year. In total, there are 443 free schools open across the country, which will provide over 250,000 places when at capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Information on all open free schools, including their location and self-reported capacity figures, can be found at: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the department has approved a further 263 free school applications and is working with proposers to identify suitable opening dates. The department is looking to announce the next wave of free school openers in September.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes a list of all approved free school applications, including the local authority and region in which they are located. This is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-successful-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-successful-applications</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 238366 question first answered 02/04/2019 14:25:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1105921

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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, how many new school places his Department estimates will be created by all centrally funded school places programmes in the (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 academic years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	238365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed £7 billion of funding for school places between 2015 and 2021, on top of investment in the free schools programme. The Government is on track to deliver an additional one million school places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations.</p><p>The Department collects pupil forecasts, existing school capacities, and plans to deliver additional school places from each local authority via the annual school capacity survey. This is combined with information on centrally funded projects to add places, such as new free schools.</p><p>The latest available estimates on the number of new school places created by centrally funded school places programme are 23,817 places in 2018/19, 23,775 places in 2019/20, and 20,447 places in 2020/21. School capacity statistics publications are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/04/2019 16:51:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner