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1459924

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the findings on the effectiveness of educational interventions in reducing violence against women and girls in the Government's strategy for tackling violence against women and girls, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the national curriculum to include awareness of public sexual harassment; and if he will meet representatives of the Our Streets Now campaign to discuss the inclusion of public sexual harassment awareness in the national curriculum.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	158995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>In primary schools, age-appropriate relationships education (RE) includes supporting children to learn about what healthy relationships are, their importance, and how to develop mutually respectful relationships in all contexts, including online. This is intended to provide a foundation for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) at secondary school.</p><p>In secondary schools, RE broadens to become age-appropriate RSHE. It includes factual knowledge around sex, sexual health and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships.</p><p>RSHE statutory guidance advises schools to be conscious of issues such as sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and gender stereotypes. It also advises to take positive action to tackle these issues.</p><p>The department expects young people to learn what positive, healthy relationships look like, to learn about consent and to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations. This includes supporting pupils to recognise what constitutes abuse in a range of contexts, including in public, and to ensure pupils know where to seek help and report abuse. Pupils should also learn to address inappropriate behaviour, harassment, abuse, or exploitation. The topic being safe within RSHE covers a range of abusive behaviours. The department’s teacher training module also includes a section on asking for help and support.</p><p>In March 2021, the former Secretary of State for Education commissioned Ofsted to undertake an immediate review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, including primary schools. The review was published on 10 June 2021 and the department accepted the findings of the review in full, committing to go further than its recommendations.</p><p>Following the publication of Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in June 2021, the department is developing new non-statutory guidance. The guidance will provide more detail on when specific content around harassment and abuse, including consent, should be taught. Officials met with Our Streets Now to discuss the inclusion of public sexual harassment in the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 158996 question first answered 28/04/2022 09:05:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459925

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Curriculum
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 help ensure that children are educated on (a) understanding and (b) reporting public sexual harassment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	158996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>In primary schools, age-appropriate relationships education (RE) includes supporting children to learn about what healthy relationships are, their importance, and how to develop mutually respectful relationships in all contexts, including online. This is intended to provide a foundation for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) at secondary school.</p><p>In secondary schools, RE broadens to become age-appropriate RSHE. It includes factual knowledge around sex, sexual health and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships.</p><p>RSHE statutory guidance advises schools to be conscious of issues such as sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and gender stereotypes. It also advises to take positive action to tackle these issues.</p><p>The department expects young people to learn what positive, healthy relationships look like, to learn about consent and to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations. This includes supporting pupils to recognise what constitutes abuse in a range of contexts, including in public, and to ensure pupils know where to seek help and report abuse. Pupils should also learn to address inappropriate behaviour, harassment, abuse, or exploitation. The topic being safe within RSHE covers a range of abusive behaviours. The department’s teacher training module also includes a section on asking for help and support.</p><p>In March 2021, the former Secretary of State for Education commissioned Ofsted to undertake an immediate review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, including primary schools. The review was published on 10 June 2021 and the department accepted the findings of the review in full, committing to go further than its recommendations.</p><p>Following the publication of Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in June 2021, the department is developing new non-statutory guidance. The guidance will provide more detail on when specific content around harassment and abuse, including consent, should be taught. Officials met with Our Streets Now to discuss the inclusion of public sexual harassment in the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 158995 question first answered 28/04/2022 09:05:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1460032

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings in the Child Poverty Action Group and Children North East report, The Cost of the School Day in England: pupils’ perspectives; and what plans his Department has to reduce school-related costs, including curriculum-related costs, school trips and learning resources.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	159054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/04/2022 10:36:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1460033

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of curriculum-related costs on children at (a) primary and (b) secondary settings.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	159055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/04/2022 10:31:16 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1460034

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on curriculum-related costs for children at (a) primary and (b) secondary settings.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	159056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/04/2022 10:33:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1460035

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Extended Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the current provision and take-up of extra-curricular activities and before and after-school clubs in schools.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	159057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/04/2022 10:38:23 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1460040

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools built in England in each of the last 10 years have achieved net zero status.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	159043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Over the past ten years, the department has designed schools that are good quality, easy to manage and maintain, and deliver low energy solutions.</p><p>In November 2021, the department launched its first specification to deliver schools that are net zero carbon in operation. All schools that are procured under this specification will not only be net zero in operation but will also incorporate a wider range of measures to tackle climate change. The department’s full specification can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification</a></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/04/2022 10:21:46 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1460146

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the updated National Plan for Music Education will be implemented ahead of the 2022-23 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	159017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that all children and young people have access to a high-quality music education.</p><p>The government has been working with a panel of experts from across the music education sector to develop a refreshed national plan for music education. This will shape the future of music education in this country and follows the publication of the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum for Key Stages 1, 2, and 3 published last year.</p><p>The government will publish the refreshed national plan for music education by the end of this academic year. The department will continue to work with schools and the music education sector to ensure that the timetable for implementation is reasonable.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/04/2022 10:05:02 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459823

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of school children that do not have a personal laptop or tablet.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	157561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department has delivered over 1.95 million laptops and tablets to schools, trusts, local authorities, and further education providers for disadvantaged children and young people. This is part of a £520 million government investment to support access to remote education and online social care services.</p><p>The laptops and tablets distributed through the department are owned by schools, trusts, local authorities, or further education providers who can lend these to children and young people who need them the most. These laptops and tablets are an injection of support on top of an estimated 2.9 million already owned by schools before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. These devices are intended to give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term either in the classroom or from home.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/04/2022 11:39:36 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1458732

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools his Department have referred to the Health and Safety Executive since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	156601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data on referrals made to the Health and Safety Executive.</p><p>There is regular engagement between the department and the HSE in relation to general health and safety matters and when developing advice for schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 26/04/2022 16:42:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson