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1134448

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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, if he will publish the number of (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent school exclusions by local authority area for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	269043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The national statistics release, ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2016 to 2017’ includes information on the number and rate of permanent and fixed period exclusions.</p><p>The release is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>In the underlying data, the file ‘national_region_la_school_data_exc1617.csv’ includes information at local authority level by year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/07/2019 16:11:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1134453

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to invest in ESOL provision for (a) refugees and (b) migrants.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	269044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises that learning English is essential to enabling refugees to rebuild their lives. The government has committed to developing a new strategy for English for speakers of other languages in 2019. The strategy will provide a shared vision for all publicly funded English language provision, including addressing the needs of refugees and migrants. Funding for all programmes beyond 2019/20, including any potential funding for this strategy, will be set during the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 268466 question first answered 02/07/2019 16:01:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1134461

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to respond to the recommendations in the report entitled, Elitist Britain 2019, published by the Social Mobility Commission in June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	268988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the publication of the Social Mobility Commission’s (SMC) important report and the work that Dame Martina Milburn and her commissioners are doing to promote social mobility across the United Kingdom.</p><p>We give careful consideration to the work of the SMC. However, in keeping with other SMC reports, we do not plan to publish a formal government response.</p><p>Professions like law, politics and journalism have been dominated by independently schooled people. By making sure that our state schools offer a comparable education to private schools, we will drive down these inequalities.</p><p>The gap between state funded schools and independent schools has never been smaller. 85% of state funded schools are now rated good or outstanding, compared to 66 % in 2010. Academies across the country, like Brampton Manor in East London, are rivalling the results of prestigious private schools.</p><p>A range of reforms focusing on strengthening state education has driven this. Phonics is helping early literacy; more pupils leave primary school meeting the expected standards in maths and English and our reformed GCSEs make sure 16-year-olds have the knowledge parents expect.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 12:23:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1134519

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are studying medicine as a second degree; and what proportion of those students did not apply for study grants or financial support for their first degree.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	269099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled in higher education. HESA categorise subjects using the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS). More information on JACS codes can be found on the HESA website here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p>Latest available data show that 6,680 full-person-equivalents[1] entered full-time first degrees in the subjects A1) Pre-Clinical Medicine and A3) Clinical Medicine at English Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2017/18. Of these, 1,390 (21%) held a highest qualification on entry of first degree or higher.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the grants or financial support applied for by these students during their different study instances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Counts are based on full-person-equivalents; where a student is studying more than one subject they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 16:32:39 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1134553

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring is taking place on university campuses to ensure compliance with the International Holocaust Remembrance Association definition of anti-semitism.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	269079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>There is no place in our society, including within higher education, for hatred or any form of discrimination or racism, such as antisemitism. This is why I have called on higher education providers to accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.</p><p> </p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous organisations, responsible for the management of their own internal affairs. They should discharge their responsibilities fully and have robust policies and procedures in place to comply with the law, and to investigate and swiftly address all hate crime, including any antisemitic incidents that are reported.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 May 2019, I wrote to all higher education providers to urge them to consider adopting the IHRA definition and set out my view that this is a useful tool which will help front-line services better understand and recognise instances of antisemitism. The government believes that adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism sends a clear message that antisemitic behaviour will not be tolerated, and that any instances of antisemitism will be taken very seriously.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/07/2019 08:16:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1134567

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starters were eligible for free school meals in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England in each quarter of each academic year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.</p><p>The department publishes data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool in the apprenticeships data library. A link is attached:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 269088 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134568

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people entering higher education by age 19 in (a) 2018-19 and (b) each of the last five academic years were eligible for free school meals in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) the North West and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes information at a national level on the proportion of students who entered higher education by age 19 who were eligible for free school meals at age 15 in state-funded and special schools.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures for England can be found in Table 1 here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757901/WP2018-MainTables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/757901/WP2018-MainTables.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are not available at regional or parliamentary constituency level.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 15:45:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134569

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starts that were eligible for free school meals started (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher apprenticeships in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) the North West and (iii) England in the first quarter of the academic year (A) 2018-19, (B) 2017-18, (C) 2016-17, (D) 2015-16 and (E) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.</p><p>The department publishes data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool in the apprenticeships data library. A link is attached:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 269086 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134570

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West hired apprentices in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	269089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The most recent statistics on the total number of businesses with apprenticeship starts for the academic years 2012/13 to 2016/17 are published on GOV.UK and are available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_starts_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_starts_tables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>Data on the number of businesses with apprenticeship starts at a national level is provided in table 8A. We do not provide regional or constituency breakdowns of this data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/07/2019 15:55:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1134591

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Counselling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Research and analysis entitled, Supporting mental health in schools and colleges conducted by his Department, what steps the Government has taken to increase the provision of counselling services in schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	269133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department recognises that school-based counselling by well-qualified practitioners can play an effective role as part of a ‘whole school’ approach to supporting mental health and wellbeing. The ‘Supporting mental health in schools and colleges’ research indicated that 61% of schools offer counselling services, with 84% of secondary schools providing their pupils with access to counselling support.[1]</p><p>It is for schools to decide what support to provide to their pupils, including how to draw on counselling provision made locally, for instance by local authorities and the voluntary and community sector. To help more schools to do so effectively, the Government has published advice on how to deliver high quality school-based counselling.</p><p>The Government is also introducing the new mental health support teams linked to groups of schools and colleges to provide additional mental health support for pupils with mild or moderate issues. The first 59 teams are being set up in 25 areas of the country and will be fully operational at the end of this year. The aim is for these teams to work together with existing provision, including school-based counselling. The Government will evaluate their introduction to ensure that they do not displace existing provision.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634726/Supporting_Mental-Health_survey_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634726/Supporting_Mental-Health_survey_report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/07/2019 08:21:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel