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1329813

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date	04/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the effect of the increase in students undertaking unpaid work placement years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	10703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises that this academic year has been incredibly difficult for students. As a result of these exceptional circumstances, some students are facing financial hardship. Students experiencing financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 or for other reasons should contact their higher education (HE) provider.</p><p> </p><p>We have made an additional £85 million of student hardship funding available to HE providers in the 2020/21 academic year. Providers have flexibility in how they distribute the funding to their students, in a way that best prioritises those in greatest need.</p><p>This is in addition to the £256 million of government-funded student premium funding already available to HE providers to draw on towards student hardship funds for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>We know that not all students will face financial hardship. The current measures aim to target support for students in greatest need and the government continues to monitor the situation to look at what impact this funding is having.</p><p> </p><p>Undergraduate students undertaking work placement years with private employers receive a reduced-rate non-means tested loan for living costs from Student Finance England, on the expectation that the private employer who benefits from the student’s work should provide support for the student rather than the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The government, however, makes an exception for many work placements in the public sector by making available the full-rate partially means-tested loan for living costs package to encourage students to gain work experience in these areas. This ensures that low-income students undertaking working placements in the public sector receive targeted support through the student support system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 10704 question first answered 14/06/2021 14:44:10 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1329814

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Work Experience: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Department is taking to support students experiencing financial difficulty who wish to undertake an unpaid placement year at university.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	10704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises that this academic year has been incredibly difficult for students. As a result of these exceptional circumstances, some students are facing financial hardship. Students experiencing financial hardship as a result of COVID-19 or for other reasons should contact their higher education (HE) provider.</p><p> </p><p>We have made an additional £85 million of student hardship funding available to HE providers in the 2020/21 academic year. Providers have flexibility in how they distribute the funding to their students, in a way that best prioritises those in greatest need.</p><p>This is in addition to the £256 million of government-funded student premium funding already available to HE providers to draw on towards student hardship funds for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>We know that not all students will face financial hardship. The current measures aim to target support for students in greatest need and the government continues to monitor the situation to look at what impact this funding is having.</p><p> </p><p>Undergraduate students undertaking work placement years with private employers receive a reduced-rate non-means tested loan for living costs from Student Finance England, on the expectation that the private employer who benefits from the student’s work should provide support for the student rather than the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The government, however, makes an exception for many work placements in the public sector by making available the full-rate partially means-tested loan for living costs package to encourage students to gain work experience in these areas. This ensures that low-income students undertaking working placements in the public sector receive targeted support through the student support system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 10703 question first answered 14/06/2021 14:44:10 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1288956

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he is making on plans for the safe return of students on heavily vocational BTEC courses to colleges.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	157331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>To support the return to college of all students from 8 March, the department has worked closely with Public Health England to develop and refresh the system of controls for education settings to reduce and mitigate the risk of transmission of COVID-19. New measures include asymptomatic testing and recommending the increased use of face coverings.</p><p>In addition, to prepare for return, colleges should update their risk assessments and ensure they are implementing the system of controls, this includes assessing the risks particular to their setting and provision.</p><p>For those students whose courses are more vocational in nature (for example, for courses that require close contact, require access to specialist equipment or are taught in non-traditional classroom environments such as workshops), the further education COVID-19 guidance sets out additional steps and considerations colleges can take, details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision</a>. Colleges are advised to put greater emphasis on the other measures outlined in the systems of controls, such as increased use of face coverings, increased ventilation, in addition to the use of screens or barriers and follow the relevant working safely during COVID-19 guidance to reduce the risk of transmission, details of the guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 03/03/2021 11:55:02 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1109745

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Leigh
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 adequacy of further education provision in Leigh constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	241095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The quality of further education (FE) provision is assessed by Ofsted under their published inspection framework. Currently the 3 major FE colleges in Wigan local authority area, including Leigh, are rated by Ofsted as Outstanding or Good for Overall Effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2015, the government announced a rolling programme of around 40 local area reviews, to be completed by March 2017, covering all FE colleges in England. The reviews were designed to ensure that colleges are financially stable into the long term, that they are run efficiently, and are well-positioned to meet the present and future needs of individual students and the demands of employers. In November 2016, the Greater Manchester Area Review report was published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greater-manchester-further-education-area-review-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greater-manchester-further-education-area-review-report</a>. This review did not recommend the need for any significant structural changes for further education provision in the Wigan area.</p><p> </p><p>The new ‘College Oversight: Support and Intervention’ document<em>, </em>which was published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-oversight-support-and-intervention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-oversight-support-and-intervention</a> on 1 April 2019, sets out how we will work with FE colleges to identify financial and quality issues early. It sets out the support and advice available to colleges when they need it from the FE Commissioner and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), who assess financial and quality issues on an ongoing basis. This support includes the potential for FE Commissioner-led local provision reviews, the need for which may arise from a number of challenges that affect a college and/or further education provision in a local area, such as:</p><ul><li>Weakness or failure of existing providers (including risk of insolvency)</li><li>Increased competition</li><li>Declining learner recruitment</li><li>Inadequate quality</li><li>Significant financial challenges</li><li>Changes in local demographics and/or local skills needs</li></ul><p> </p><p>The ESFA works with local authorities where there are concerns about gaps in suitable and accessible local FE provision for young people. Local authorities have broad duties to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education or training, including to secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all young people in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19 or aged 19 to 25 and for whom an Education, Health and Care plan is maintained, as set out at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training</a>. A concern has not been formally raised to ESFA by Wigan local authority in respect of adequacy of further education provision in Leigh.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2019, responsibility for the funding and adequacy of adult FE provision for residents in Wigan (including Leigh) will pass to Greater Manchester Combined Authority under devolution arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/04/2019 09:58:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1105167

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measure of performance his Department uses to monitor the outcomes of early years spending from the public purse in (a) Leigh constituency (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	237124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Public Health Outcomes Framework is a comprehensive source of data at local authority unitary, county and district level on the extent to which local strategies are successful and effective in improving outcomes for children in the early years. It is available at the following link: <a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework</a>.</p><p>The framework includes data on outcomes for children aged 5 from the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP). Further information on the EYFSP is broken down by local authority and available to view at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2017-to-2018</a>. We do not publish this data at constituency or combined authority level.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237114 237140 237147 237163 237168 question first answered 01/04/2019 14:14:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1002163

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children with ADHD that have been excluded from school in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	188272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/11/2018 17:37:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

911118

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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 23 May 2018 to Question 145616, if his Department will review the adequacy of the current approach to pupils with hyperactivity.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	147984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of schools to keep under review the approach they take to supporting pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND), including those with hyperactivity. The government keep the overall SEND framework under review through regular monitoring of implementation through our SEND advisers and through the Ofsted and Care Quality Commission local area inspections. These joint area-based inspections are in addition to Ofsted’s inspections of individual schools.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that future support for all children and young people with SEND is targeted where it will be most effective. Our response to Dame Christine Lenehan’s review of residential schools and colleges, expected later this year, will set out our next steps in achieving the vision of a reformed SEND system. We also plan to review the 0-25 SEND Code of Practice in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:42:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

907165

registered interest
date	18/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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 17 May 2018 to Question 143877, when last his Department reviewed the adequacy of the current approach to pupils with hyperactivity.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	145616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not undertaken a review of the current approach to pupils with hyperactivity.</p><p> </p><p>The 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice provides statutory guidance and is applicable across the range of SEND. Where pupils with hyperactivity experience learning difficulties that call for additional or different educational provision to that required by other children, the Code of Practice will apply.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are required to identify and address the SEND of the pupils they support and to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEND gets the support they need. In inspecting a school, Ofsted must consider how well the school meets the needs of the range of pupils at the school, including specifically those with SEND.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/05/2018 13:28:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

903995

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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 11 May 2018 to Question 141912 on Pupils: Hyperactivity, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) approach and (b) guidelines in place to assist and support pupils who have ADHD.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	143877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence revised the clinical guideline on the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2018. This guideline covers recognising, diagnosing and managing ADHD in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve recognition and diagnosis, as well as the quality of care and support for people with ADHD.</p><p> </p><p>At least some children with ADHD are likely to experience learning difficulties that call for additional or different educational provision to that required by other children. The 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice provides statutory guidance and is applicable across the range of special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are required to identify and address the SEND of the pupils they support and to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEND gets the support they need. In inspecting a school, Ofsted must consider how well the school meets the needs of the range of pupils at the school, including specifically those with SEND.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/05/2018 15:49:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

900220

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness among teaching staff of (a) diagnosed and (b) undiagnosed ADHD in pupils.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	141912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The framework of core content for Initial Teacher Training sets out that providers should ensure that trainees are equipped to identify the needs of all pupils, and make provision for them, including seeking the advice of colleagues with specialist knowledge and experience. Trainees should be able to recognise signs that may indicate special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and support common educational needs through review of their teaching, making adjustments to overcome any barriers to progress and ensuring that pupils with SEND are able to access the curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Our new contract, which will be delivered by the Whole School Send Consortium, brings together schools, SEND sector organisations and experts to ensure schools are equipped to deliver high-quality teaching that supports children with all kinds of SEND, including those with ADHD.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 141913 141914 question first answered 11/05/2018 13:42:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt