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164342

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	ICT: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to encourage schools to provide students with hands-on programming experience.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	215688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The new computing programmes of study, which were introduced in September 2014, have a greater focus on how computers work and the basics of programming. They also cover digital literacy and the application of information technology. Primary school pupils should be taught how to design and write programs to accomplish specific goals, using sequencing, selection and repetition; and secondary school pupils should be taught to use at least two programming languages to solve a variety of computational problems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:56:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

157093

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the Department for Education is monitoring the local transition arrangements set out in the Children and Families Act 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>All local authorities have now published information about their plans for transition. Local authorities are accountable for ensuring that there are clear processes for carrying out education, health and care needs assessments for children and young people with statements of special educational needs or learning difficulty assessments, in accordance with the Children and Families Act and associated regulations, when they are transferred to Education, Health and Care plans. Each child or young person’s needs must be considered individually.</p><p>To support local authorities, the Department for Education is now working through all 152 transition plans and providing guidance for authorities where necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3039 question first answered 27/11/2014 17:31:06 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

157094

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local transition plans reflect the legal requirement of the Children and Families Act 2014 to carry out a full educational, health and care needs assessment for every child moving to the new system of support.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>All local authorities have now published information about their plans for transition. Local authorities are accountable for ensuring that there are clear processes for carrying out education, health and care needs assessments for children and young people with statements of special educational needs or learning difficulty assessments, in accordance with the Children and Families Act and associated regulations, when they are transferred to Education, Health and Care plans. Each child or young person’s needs must be considered individually.</p><p>To support local authorities, the Department for Education is now working through all 152 transition plans and providing guidance for authorities where necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3038 question first answered 27/11/2014 17:31:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

157095

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the nutritional requirements of the universal infant free school meals provided from September 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The nutritional requirements for school meals, including universal infant free school meals, are currently set out in the Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007, which are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2359/contents/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2359/contents/made</a></p><p> </p><p>These regulations set out the food groups to be provided, and how frequently, along with the levels of key nutrients (such as iron, zinc and calcium) that the meals should contain. They also restrict the amounts of saturated fat, salt and sugar that can be served in meals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 1 January 2015, a new set of school food regulations will come into force for school meals (including universal infant free school meals). The regulations are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made</a></p><p> </p><p>The new regulations are based on food groups, to make it easier for cooks to create tasty, nutritious menus. They also restrict the amounts of fried foods, salt and sugar that can be served.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/11/2014 12:26:44 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

157096

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is a requirement of the universal infant free school meals provisions that a hot meal should be provided for certain infant pupils.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education expects all schools to be routinely offering a hot meal option to all their infant pupils. We know that over 98.5% of schools were on track to do so at the start of the autumn term. The Department is working with the small number of schools that were not, so that they can do so as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no legal requirement that meals should be hot, but it is much harder to meet the requirement to comply with the School Food Standards through the provision of cold food.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/11/2014 12:27:38 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

164340

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of not returning VAT costs of sixth form colleges on competition in the market for education provision for 16 to 19 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	215714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>All 16-19 providers are funded on an equal basis in relation to the students that they recruit but the Department for Education does not factor into funding the costs of the different legal and corporate status of 16-19 providers. The Department has not looked specifically at the impact of not paying VAT on competition in the market.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/11/2014 17:36:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

164144

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding calculations for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools track demand and pupil numbers closely.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
	uin	215586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Funding to local authorities for both primary and secondary schools is calculated on the basis of pupil numbers recorded in the Schools Census in October of the previous year. This lagged funding system allows local authorities to set firm school budgets before the financial year starts, which helps schools’ financial planning. The lagged funding system means that institutions experiencing growth in-year will not ordinarily see increases in their funding until the following financial year.</p><p>Local authorities do have the freedom to top slice the dedicated schools grant to form a growth fund, which can be used to support schools and academies suffering financial difficulty due to growing pupil numbers in their area. It is for local authorities to decide whether to set up a growth fund, and which schools in their areas should benefit from this fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/11/2014 12:46:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

164142

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Art Works
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	215575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government Art Collection covers the cost of transporting, installing and removing works of art in government departments, except in particular circumstances.</p><p>The breakdown of this information by Department is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:49:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

156474

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase pupil access to psychological therapies in schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL2916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological services programme (CYP-IAPT) is being rolled out across the country by NHS England. This is a £54million programme that is transforming child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by training specialist mental health staff in the use of NICE approved evidence based psychological therapies, including behavioural and family therapies. By March 2015 these transformed services should be available to 60% of children and young people across the country who are referred to CAMHS for support.</p><p>In schools, the Department for Education has published advice on pupil’s mental health and behaviour<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/HL2916-%20Storey/Draft/HL2916%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2020.11.14.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> which provides information and guidance for staff on how to identify pupils who may need extra support. In addition, the Department is also committed to developing a new strategy to promote high quality counselling in schools.</p><p>The Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce, which brings together a range of experts from across health, social care and education, was launched in August to look at how we can make sure every child with mental health problems gets the high quality support they need, whatever the setting that they are in.<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/HL2916-%20Storey/Draft/HL2916%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2020.11.14.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a></p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/HL2916-%20Storey/Draft/HL2916%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2020.11.14.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2</a></p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/HL2916-%20Storey/Draft/HL2916%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2020.11.14.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/groups/children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-well-being-taskforce" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/groups/children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-and-well-being-taskforce</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/11/2014 17:30:30 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

156475

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to train teachers to identify and intervene in cases of mental health issues affecting school pupils.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL2917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Headteachers and teachers are best placed to make decisions about what professional development they require in order to meet the needs of their pupils, and an assessment of training and development needs must be included in teachers’ written appraisal reports. To support teachers identifying and intervening when there are mental health issues, in June the Department for Education issued new non-statutory advice for schools and teachers on pupil’s mental health and behaviour.[1] This provides information, guidance and practical tools on how to build resilience and support good mental health, and helps school staff identify those pupils who may have emerging problems. It also includes links to further support such as MindEd,[2] a website funded by the Department of Health that helps adults identify and support children and young people’s mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sir Andrew Carter is currently chairing an independent review of the quality and effectiveness of Initial Teacher Training courses, which must be designed to ensure that trainees are equipped to meet the teacher standards. These require teachers to have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs. This review will be published next year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.minded.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.minded.org.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/11/2014 12:25:31 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey