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1723615

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help improve the outcomes for care-experienced children and young people in Southampton.
tabling member constituency	Southampton Itchen
tabling member printed	Darren Paffey
uin	1849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Reforming children’s social care is critical to giving all our children and young people the start in life they deserve. The government is committed to working in partnership with local government to support children in care across all settings, and to improve outcomes for care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>The King’s Speech set out the government’s plans to introduce a Children’s Wellbeing Bill, which will help raise standards for children in care and ensure that every child can thrive in a safe, loving home as part of the government’s commitment to deliver high and rising standards in education for children and young people in England. The Bill is expected to be introduced within the first session of Parliament and will be a crucial step in breaking down barriers to opportunity for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 30/07/2024 16:54:29 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	5270

1723177

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Ealing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 63-65 of the policy paper entitled, King's Speech 2024: background briefing notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, how many primary-aged children her Department expects to receive free breakfast at school in Ealing.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	1599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is well prepared for school and can achieve their full potential by providing a supportive start to the day.</p><p> </p><p>The government has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a free breakfast club. The department will be working closely with the sector on the details of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 29/07/2024 15:45:59 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	5075

1723187

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 458 on Private Education: Fees and Charges, whether the Department has made an assessment to date of the impact of the introduction of VAT on schools in the independent sector on class sizes in state schools.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The impact of any tax changes affecting independent schools on the state sector will be carefully considered. The government will complete its analysis once details of the policy changes have been confirmed. The department is supporting HM Treasury which will deliver tax changes. Further details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 30/07/2024 14:54:48 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723188

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children at (a) key stage one and two, (b) key stage three and four and (c) post-16 education are in (i) state-funded and (ii) privately-funded independent education in each local education authority area.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The department publishes figures on schools and pupils, including information on state-funded and independent schools. More information can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data is collected from independent schools through the school level annual school census. This does not include phase but does include the age of pupils. A table showing the number of pupils by age, school type and local authority can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/f68a2ed7-d308-4e17-b82a-08dcab23a860" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/f68a2ed7-d308-4e17-b82a-08dcab23a860</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that age does not necessarily directly align to state-funded sector primary, secondary and post-16 schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 29/07/2024 12:32:27 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1723212

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the cost for introducing free school meals for all primary school children.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>This government has not made a formal assessment of the cost of providing free school meals to all primary school children.</p><p> </p><p>The department is separately committed to introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school to ensure children are set-up for the day and ready to learn.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 29/07/2024 12:56:56 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1723251

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary schools.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	1566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to making quick progress on delivering breakfast clubs in every primary school. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity, by providing a supportive start to the day, ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is well prepared for school and ready to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>The department has already taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a free breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future. Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, is in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan grouped question UIN 1567 question first answered 30/07/2024 14:50:57 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1723252

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education
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 annual cost of providing free breakfast clubs in all primary schools.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	1567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to making quick progress on delivering breakfast clubs in every primary school. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity, by providing a supportive start to the day, ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is well prepared for school and ready to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>The department has already taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a free breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future. Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, is in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan grouped question UIN 1566 question first answered 30/07/2024 14:50:57 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1723253

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the future of the Behaviour Hubs programme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	1568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Delivery of the Behaviour Hubs will run until the end of March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Funding beyond the end of March 2025 is subject to the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 30/07/2024 15:07:55 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1723265

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Crimes of Violence
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 help protect teachers from assaults by (a) pupils and (b) parents.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>No teacher should feel unsafe or face violence or abuse in the workplace. The department will always support teachers to ensure they can work in safe and calm classrooms. All school employers, including trusts, have a duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees.</p><p> </p><p>Every pupil deserves to learn and staff deserve to work in safe, calm classrooms. The government will back schools in delivering this.</p><p> </p><p>The government is determined to understand the causes of poor behaviour. The department has already committed to providing access to specialist mental health professionals in every school, introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school, and ensuring earlier intervention in mainstream schools for pupils with special needs.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021, the Behaviour Hubs programme has also offered support to schools that want to improve pupil behaviour and create calm, safe and supportive environments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 30/07/2024 15:18:26 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1723314

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of school funding per pupil in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) the rest of the country.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Alex Baker
uin	1610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The overall core schools budget will total £61.8 billion in 2024/25. Average per pupil funding in England, as allocated through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), is £5,957.</p><p> </p><p>The DSG is allocated at local authority level, and as such the equivalent figures are not available for Aldershot constituency. For Aldershot constituency, the notional national funding formula (NFF) average per-pupil funding is £5,447. That is calculated based on the notional schools NFF allocations for all mainstream schools in the constituency. The allocations that schools within a constituency actually receive are determined by the local funding formula in their area. The funding figures for Aldershot constituency are based on the constituency boundaries before the July 2024 general election.</p><p> </p><p>All of the figures provided include premises funding, but exclude growth funding. The figures do not include the additional grant funding that schools in the Aldershot constituency and across the country have received to support pay and pensions increases in 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>Schools in Aldershot constituency have a lower proportion of pupils who attract deprivation funding through the NFF than the national average.</p><p> </p><p>The precise funding that individual schools in Aldershot constituency and across the country receive depends on each school’s unique circumstances and the decisions that it has made about how to deploy its funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 29/07/2024 16:35:50 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	5173