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513506

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Shropshire have been converted into academies.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	34254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>Twenty-five schools in Shropshire have been converted into academies. This information is publically available on GOV.UK at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/index.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/04/2016 15:38:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

513507

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of data that it holds about the mental health of looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	34274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department collects Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores for children looked-after for at least 12 months. In March 2015, The Department for Education and Department of Health strengthened the statutory guidance 'Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children'[1] to include information on how Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires should be used. The Department wrote to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 to remind them about the purpose and importance of SDQs. Ahead of this year’s data collection (published in September 2016), the Department will also write to Virtual School Heads and Independent Reviewing Officers about the use of SDQs for looked-after children. In addition we are considering how to utilise best practice from local authorities that have had consistently good return rates for SDQ scores in their annual children looked-after data returns.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 26/04/2016 16:28:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

513508

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people her Department employs as statisticians.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the Department employs 129 people as statisticians.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 15:30:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

513509

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department hold qualifications at A-level or above in statistics.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information requested.</p><p> </p><p>For staff joining the Department specifically as statisticians there are minimum requirements.</p><p>For those joining at Fast Stream level, the requirements are:</p><ul><li><p>a minimum of a 2:1 degree in a numerate discipline such as mathematics, economics, psychology or geography; the degree should contain some formal statistical training;</p></li><li><p>a graduate diploma of the Royal Statistical Society or an equivalent qualification.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>For those joining at EO grade, the requirements are:</p><ul><li><p>a minimum of a 2:2 degree in a numerate discipline such as mathematics, economics, psychology or geography; the degree should contain some formal statistical training;</p></li><li><p>a graduate diploma of the Royal Statistical Society or equivalent qualification;</p></li></ul><p>We also welcome applications from candidates who do not have a degree but can demonstrate significant experience in a statistics related field, plus continuing professional development in a relevant area that leads to qualifications (for example the RSS Higher Certificate).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 15:21:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

513510

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Beacon Multi-Academy Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the financial management of (a) Beacon Multi-Academy Trust and (b) schools under the management of that trust.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	34297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has received routine finance-related correspondence from Beacon Multi-Academy Trust. The EFA has received no external representations raising financial issues.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 26/04/2016 16:52:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 56715 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

513200

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people leaving sixth form are fully aware of all further education options open to them.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	34237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>We are taking a number of steps to ensure that the full range of education and training options are widely understood by young people. Schools are legally required to secure independent careers guidance for pupils up to the age of 18. This must include information on the full range of education and training options, including apprenticeships.</p><p>Destination measures are a key tool to assess how well schools and colleges prepare their students to make a successful transition into the next stage of education or training, or employment. The key stage 5 measure looks at activity in the year after the young person took A level or other level 3 qualifications. Destination measures will be one of the headline performance measures in the 2016 performance tables if the data are robust enough. They are taken into account by Ofsted during school inspections.</p><p>However, the range of information that young people receive remains too narrow and we want to ensure that young people hear much more consistently about the merits of alternatives to academic routes and are aware of all the routes to higher skills and into the workplace. The government intends to bring forward legislation at the earliest opportunity that will require schools to allow other education and training providers the opportunity to talk to students about their offer on school premises.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/04/2016 16:34:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

513219

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education and Adoption Act 2016
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on (a) consultancy fees, (b) legal advice, (c) civil service staffing costs and (d) all other expenditure relating to the Education and Adoption Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	34166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Officials from across the Department were involved in different ways and at different times on work for the Education and Adoption Act. It is therefore not possible to distinguish costs from the wider business of the Department. There was no external legal or consultancy expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/05/2016 14:08:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

513220

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Cheshire East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many jobs in (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	34154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>No jobs have been abolished or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/04/2016 13:52:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

513221

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Electromagnetic Fields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department advises schools on the steps they should take to ensure that children are not over exposed to electromagnetic fields in schools.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not specifically monitor exposure to electromagnetic fields in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We provide advice to schools on health and safety matters. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to risks to their health and safety by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p><p>Schools should be aware that where concerns are raised that they can access the appropriate advice; Public Health England provides advice via <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>[1] on exposure to electromagnetic fields in the everyday environment.</p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 34233 question first answered 25/04/2016 16:49:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

513222

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Electromagnetic Fields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any monitoring by (a) her Department or (b) other bodies is carried out in schools to ensure that children are not overly exposed to electromagnetic fields.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not specifically monitor exposure to electromagnetic fields in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We provide advice to schools on health and safety matters. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to risks to their health and safety by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p><p>Schools should be aware that where concerns are raised that they can access the appropriate advice; Public Health England provides advice via <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>[1] on exposure to electromagnetic fields in the everyday environment.</p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 34234 question first answered 25/04/2016 16:49:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson