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685485

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the early years workforce strategy; and whether it will include steps to increase the number of early years teachers in the private, voluntary and independent childcare sector.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	63315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>A well-qualified workforce in the early years is crucial and that is why the Government has committed to developing a workforce strategy. The strategy will help employers attract, retain and develop staff to deliver high quality provision across the early years sector. As part of the strategy we are considering what government can do to help grow the graduate workforce in the sector.</p><p>The workforce strategy will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/02/2017 17:48:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

685486

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new early years teachers are expected to be recruited in England in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	63316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department supports growth of the graduate workforce by making early years initial teacher training places available to meet demand from childcare employers. As the sector is mainly made up of private businesses, we do not set recruitment targets for early years teachers. We do, however, offer financial support to employers so that they can release their staff to train as an early years teacher.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently developing a workforce strategy to help remove the barriers to attracting, retaining and developing excellent staff in our early years settings, including what government can do to help grow the graduate workforce.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/02/2017 17:43:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

685487

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Endowment Foundation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funds have been given to the Educational Endowment Foundation in each year since its establishment; what underspends by her Department have been repaid to the Treasury in each of the last 10 years; how much was granted for Academies Conversion; on what it has been spent; and how much has been returned to the Treasury.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	63317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) was established in March 2011 with an endowment of £125 million from the Department. Since then, the Department has awarded a further £12 million of funding to the EEF - £10 million in 2012 to support literacy catch-up for children at the transition from primary to secondary school;</p><p>£1 million in 2013 to fund pilot studies that test approaches to engaging teachers with research evidence in ways that have an impact on teaching practice; and £1 million in 2014 to expand research into the most effective ways that character can be taught in schools.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows net underspend based on the Department’s total expenditure (both resource and capital expenditure, aggregated) compared to the budgeted amount permitted to be spent by the Department in that year’s Parliamentary Estimate. The figures are drawn from the audited Statement of Parliamentary Supply in the relevant Department for Education and Skills; Department for Children, Schools and Families; and Department for Education Annual Report and Accounts (‘Resource Accounts’ prior to 2010-11).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td><td><p><em>£000s</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net Total outturn compared with Estimate: saving/ (excess)</p></td><td><p>1,955,850</p></td><td><p>776,667</p></td><td><p>563,071</p></td><td><p>307,237</p></td><td><p>272,763</p></td><td><p>105,166</p></td><td><p>1,442,355</p></td><td><p>1,066,887</p></td><td><p>322,239</p></td><td><p>35,249</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Between 2010 and 2016, the Government spent £332m to support schools to become academies. During the same period, there have been nearly 5,000 academies opened. The vast majority of spend has been used for grants to schools to support them to convert to academy status.</p><p> </p><p>The level of grants for sponsored projects has varied since 2010, when the academies programme began to expand under the coalition government. Since this expansion, the costs per sponsored academy have come down significantly, reflecting efficiencies implemented by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Through our careful management of the economy we have been able to protect the core schools budget in real terms. That means schools are receiving more funding than ever before for children’s education, totalling over £40 billion this year.</p><p> </p><p>When the Government launched our Educational Excellence Everywhere white paper, it was clear that we would attend to and reflect on the discussions around it. After listening to the sector, in May 2016 the Department confirmed that it would no longer be pursuing full academisation by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>It remains our ambition that all schools will become academies, but removing the requirement for this to happen by 2022 means that our spending on school support will depend on the new rate of academy conversion. We are monitoring this and will allocate funds according to the expected rate and need. Indicatively, in 2016-17 we expect to spend around £90 million on supporting schools to convert, supporting sponsors to turn around the schools they take on, and supporting strong multi-academy trusts to deliver for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/02/2017 16:02:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683293

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the value of the UK wine and spirits industry to the economy.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no independent assessment of the contribution of wine and spirits to the UK economy. However, HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations, including the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, to understand developments in the wine and spirits markets.</p><p> </p><p>Current and historic duty rates for wine and spirits can be found in HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) published Alcohol Bulletin. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes, including wine and spirits duties, under review. Evidence from stakeholders on the impact of potential changes will be considered as part of the Budget process. An indication of the fiscal effect of a one per cent increase in duty in 2017-18 on all alcoholic drinks is set out in the HMRC publication, <em>Direct effects of illustrative tax changes</em>. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf</a>. For small changes in duty, the one per cent ‘ready reckoner’ can be scaled up or down to derive a rough estimate of larger changes.</p><p> </p><p>The legal incidence of the duty is on producers, but increased duties are passed through as higher retail prices. Higher duties are thus estimated to reduce alcohol consumption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62913 62914 62915 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:19:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683294

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much rates of duty for (a) wine and (b) spirits have risen in percentage terms since 2007.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no independent assessment of the contribution of wine and spirits to the UK economy. However, HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations, including the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, to understand developments in the wine and spirits markets.</p><p> </p><p>Current and historic duty rates for wine and spirits can be found in HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) published Alcohol Bulletin. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes, including wine and spirits duties, under review. Evidence from stakeholders on the impact of potential changes will be considered as part of the Budget process. An indication of the fiscal effect of a one per cent increase in duty in 2017-18 on all alcoholic drinks is set out in the HMRC publication, <em>Direct effects of illustrative tax changes</em>. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf</a>. For small changes in duty, the one per cent ‘ready reckoner’ can be scaled up or down to derive a rough estimate of larger changes.</p><p> </p><p>The legal incidence of the duty is on producers, but increased duties are passed through as higher retail prices. Higher duties are thus estimated to reduce alcohol consumption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62912 62914 62915 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:19:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683295

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a two per cent reduction in duty on UK wine and spirits to the economy.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no independent assessment of the contribution of wine and spirits to the UK economy. However, HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations, including the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, to understand developments in the wine and spirits markets.</p><p> </p><p>Current and historic duty rates for wine and spirits can be found in HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) published Alcohol Bulletin. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes, including wine and spirits duties, under review. Evidence from stakeholders on the impact of potential changes will be considered as part of the Budget process. An indication of the fiscal effect of a one per cent increase in duty in 2017-18 on all alcoholic drinks is set out in the HMRC publication, <em>Direct effects of illustrative tax changes</em>. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf</a>. For small changes in duty, the one per cent ‘ready reckoner’ can be scaled up or down to derive a rough estimate of larger changes.</p><p> </p><p>The legal incidence of the duty is on producers, but increased duties are passed through as higher retail prices. Higher duties are thus estimated to reduce alcohol consumption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62912 62913 62915 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:19:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683296

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax liabilities would result from a 3.2 per cent increase in duty on UK wine and spirits for (a) UK consumers and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no independent assessment of the contribution of wine and spirits to the UK economy. However, HM Treasury engages with a wide variety of organisations, including the Wine and Spirits Trade Association, to understand developments in the wine and spirits markets.</p><p> </p><p>Current and historic duty rates for wine and spirits can be found in HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) published Alcohol Bulletin. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes, including wine and spirits duties, under review. Evidence from stakeholders on the impact of potential changes will be considered as part of the Budget process. An indication of the fiscal effect of a one per cent increase in duty in 2017-18 on all alcoholic drinks is set out in the HMRC publication, <em>Direct effects of illustrative tax changes</em>. This is available to view at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571367/Nov16_Direct_effects_illustrative_tax_changes_bulletin_final.pdf</a>. For small changes in duty, the one per cent ‘ready reckoner’ can be scaled up or down to derive a rough estimate of larger changes.</p><p> </p><p>The legal incidence of the duty is on producers, but increased duties are passed through as higher retail prices. Higher duties are thus estimated to reduce alcohol consumption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62912 62913 62914 question first answered 07/02/2017 15:19:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683358

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans for the statutory guidance prescribed in Clause 37 of the Children and Social Work Bill to set out minimum standards for monitoring and evaluation.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The statutory guidance provided for in Clause 37 of the Children and Social Work Bill will contain expectations for monitoring and evaluation of pilots. The Government has committed to publically consult on this guidance.</p><p>All pilots will be closely monitored and evaluated. The specific monitoring and evaluation arrangements for any given pilot will be agreed as part of the application, and tailored to the particular details of a pilot. This will include an agreement about conditions under which a pilot would be ended.</p><p>The expert advisory panel will provide published advice on the proposed monitoring and evaluation arrangements of all pilots to ensure they are robust. Information about monitoring and evaluation of pilots will also be contained in the explanatory report, which will accompany regulations laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 62835 62836 62837 question first answered 07/02/2017 13:50:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683359

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Chapter 3 of the Children and Social Work Bill and her Department's responsibility to monitor and evaluate pilot periods, whether there is a defined threshold at which trials are to be deemed no longer to be working in the best interests of children.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The statutory guidance provided for in Clause 37 of the Children and Social Work Bill will contain expectations for monitoring and evaluation of pilots. The Government has committed to publically consult on this guidance.</p><p>All pilots will be closely monitored and evaluated. The specific monitoring and evaluation arrangements for any given pilot will be agreed as part of the application, and tailored to the particular details of a pilot. This will include an agreement about conditions under which a pilot would be ended.</p><p>The expert advisory panel will provide published advice on the proposed monitoring and evaluation arrangements of all pilots to ensure they are robust. Information about monitoring and evaluation of pilots will also be contained in the explanatory report, which will accompany regulations laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 62834 62836 62837 question first answered 07/02/2017 13:50:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

683360

registered interest
date	02/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Chapter 3 of the Children and Social Work Bill and her Department's responsibility to monitor and evaluate pilot periods, whether there is a defined trigger that will prompt her to revoke the regulations and immediately stop any trial deemed to be no longer working in the best interests of children.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The statutory guidance provided for in Clause 37 of the Children and Social Work Bill will contain expectations for monitoring and evaluation of pilots. The Government has committed to publically consult on this guidance.</p><p>All pilots will be closely monitored and evaluated. The specific monitoring and evaluation arrangements for any given pilot will be agreed as part of the application, and tailored to the particular details of a pilot. This will include an agreement about conditions under which a pilot would be ended.</p><p>The expert advisory panel will provide published advice on the proposed monitoring and evaluation arrangements of all pilots to ensure they are robust. Information about monitoring and evaluation of pilots will also be contained in the explanatory report, which will accompany regulations laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 62834 62835 62837 question first answered 07/02/2017 13:50:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton