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1146995

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the good comparative attainment of Welsh A-level students in 2019, what plans he has to commission a lessons learned review of education in England.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	292272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has reformed A levels in England to improve students’ readiness for the demands of higher education. The Department has no plans to review comparative attainment in Wales and England. Education is a devolved matter, and it is for the Welsh government and Qualifications Wales to determine standards in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 12:37:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137063 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1146999

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Media: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure young people are being appropriately educated on safe use of social media to prevent violent language and violent acts becoming the norm in society.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	292260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>From September 2020, relationships education will be compulsory for all primary aged pupils, Relationships and Sex Education will be compulsory for all secondary aged pupils and Health Education will be compulsory in all state-funded schools in England. Through these new subjects, teachers will address online safety and appropriate behaviour in an age appropriate way. The guidance is clear that violence is never acceptable. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This will complement the computing curriculum, which covers the principles of online safety at all key stages, with progression in the content to reflect the different and escalating risks that pupils face. This includes how to use technology safely, responsibly, respectfully and securely, and where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.</p><p>There are other curriculum subjects which include content relevant to teaching pupils how to use the internet safely. For example, citizenship education covers media literacy, distinguishing fact from opinion, and the role and responsibility of the media in informing and shaping public opinion.</p><p>The Department has also published non-statutory guidance, ‘Teaching Online Safety’ in schools. This outlines how schools can ensure their pupils understand how to stay safe and behave online, as part of these existing curriculum requirements. The guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-online-safety-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-online-safety-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:18:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137054 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

1147077

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Vocational Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department's plans to publish Progress 8 data do not include key data on BTEC Level 2 qualifications; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	292111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not changed its policy in this area. The Department can confirm that those BTEC Level 2 qualifications which are on the Key Stage 4 approved list of qualifications will be included in the 2019 provisional Key Stage 4 data scheduled to be published on 17 October 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:27:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137132 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1147091

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list including the postcode locations of the Sure Start children’s centres that have closed between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	292103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/WPQT%20-%202017-19%20Drafts/292103%20QC%20011019.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a>, the attached spreadsheet provides details of the name and post-code of children’s centres that closed between 2010 and 30 September 2019.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/WPQT%20-%202017-19%20Drafts/292103%20QC%20011019.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> The list of children’s centres closed between 2010 and 30 September 2019 is based on information supplied by local authorities as at 1 October 2019 (10:00am). These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update the database at any time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 16:39:45 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name PQ_292103_list_of_children's_centres_closed_since_2010.xls title 292103_table
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1147225

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been on advertising in schools in relation to the UK leaving the EU in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	292166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not spent any money on advertising in schools in relation to the UK leaving the EU in the last 6 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing its own guidance to the education sectors that it serves, via published information on GOV.UK, support through existing networks and otherwise through the normal conduct of the day-to-day business of the Government.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 12:55:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137077 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1147237

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to schools of increasing starting salaries for teachers to £30,000.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>On 2 September 2019 the Department announced plans to raise starting salaries for teachers to £30,000 by 2022 (plus London weighting). This proposal is fully affordable in the spending settlement announced last week across the next three years. The Department’s full costed proposals will be included in our written evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body in the coming months as part of the usual process.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:21:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137060 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147238

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to apply national pay settlements to teachers working in academy schools.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) covers the pay and conditions for teachers in maintained schools in England. Non-maintained schools, including academies and free schools, are responsible for determining the pay and conditions of their staff themselves. Such schools are therefore not obliged to follow the statutory arrangements set out in the STPCD, although they may still choose to do so if they wish.</p><p> </p><p>As academies have freedoms and flexibilities to set the rate of pay for their teachers outside of the national pay arrangements, it is up to them to determine whether, and in what circumstances, to pay any annual uplift or performance-related pay.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 06:33:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137146 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147239

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to implement a schools level national funding formula; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It is the Department’s intention to move to a ‘hard’ national funding formula (NFF) as soon as possible. This is where schools’ actual budgets are set and allocated on the basis of a single, national formula.</p><p>The Department recognises that this will represent a significant change and the Department will work closely with local authorities, schools and others to make this transition as smooth as possible.</p><p>In 2020-21, local authorities will continue to have some flexibility on how school funding is distributed locally and in consultation with schools. This will allow for a smooth transition toward the NFF.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:31:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137058 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147254

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £25 million funding for T levels announced in the Spending Round 2019 will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The £25 million represents the difference in funding for T levels in 2020-21 compared with 2019-20. This additional funding will support delivery of the first 3 T levels from 2020. It will also enable funding for providers and employers to deliver industry placements and to further build their capacity for these placements across all technical routes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, some of the funding will be allocated via the Early Adopter Development Fund to the early providers in recognition of the costs associated with engaging in co-design of the qualifications and working with the department on T level and transition framework policy development.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 16:46:17 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1146780

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) regulation of purpose-built student accommodation providers and (b) safeguards for students affected by properties not being built in time for university starting dates.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	291607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Higher education (HE) providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government; government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>Each provider will be best placed to identify the needs of their particular student body and develop the services needed to support it. This includes the pastoral care, support and advice given to students affected by delays in provision of accommodation and any offers of alternative housing.</p><p> </p><p>Universities UK and GuildHE run a Code of Practice for university managed student accommodation that includes safety standards, the landlord-tenant relationship, and health and wellbeing. In addition, Student housing charity Unipol runs Codes that student accommodation providers can join by agreeing to meet a set of benchmark standards relating to: the physical condition of the accommodation; management of the property; and the relationship between landlord and tenants. This includes a Code specifically for private providers of large student housing developments.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 291608 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:13:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan