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42734

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) his Department and (b) any executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies of his Department in the current financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	191806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the Department for Education has reduced the size of its estate from 30 properties, at a cost of circa £51 million per annum, to 11 properties costing circa £34 million per annum. This is a saving of circa £17 million per annum. The Department is planning to further reduce the size of the estate to 6 properties. This will achieve further annual savings to the Department of circa £2.5 million. The Department also plans to vacate Sanctuary Buildings at lease expiry in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education, including the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), has the following vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS property database.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of properties</p></td><td><p>Business Rates 13-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£79,010.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£9,222.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Education properties are legacy Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) properties which became the Department's responsibility following the closure of the TEC in the early 2000s. The Department had successfully sub-let a number of facilities, although over the last three years some of the sub-tenants have operated lease break options and the properties are again vacant.</p><p> </p><p>These properties are advertised on the Government Property Unit's e-PIMS property database for use by other Government Departments and we are also marketing these facilities to the private sector, via letting agents, to secure new sub-tenants in order to mitigate costs, including business rates. The Department has offered all vacant properties listed above to the Government business incubator initiative and for free schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65688

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason it is not possible for telephone callers to be put through to the Education Funding Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	203886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Most enquiries for the Education Funding Agency received by the Department for Education's national helpline are about financial matters or invoice queries which are best handled by email. Callers are provided with the appropriate email address. For other enquiries, the national helpline operator contacts the Academies Enquiry Service on the caller's behalf, or puts them through to that service. If the caller wishes to speak to a named individual in the Department, the operator makes contact with the individual (or, in the case of senior managers, with their PA) and transfers the call if appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:45:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90831

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by her Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	208422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Session</p></td><td><p>Proportion of named day parliamentary questions answered on time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>17%<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/208422-%20Hilary%20Benn/Draft/208422%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2008%2009%2014.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(4 June 2014 – 5 September 2014)</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental performance information for ordinary and named day parliamentary questions is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC 1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/208422-%20Hilary%20Benn/Draft/208422%20PQ%20Team%20QA%2008%2009%2014.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> The Department’s system for handling written parliamentary questions failed during the 2010-12 session. This led to a collapse in performance and a loss of some data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2014 15:03:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

177145

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres: Leeds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres and children's centres there were in (a) Leeds and (b) Leeds Central constituency on 1 January in each year since the introduction of those centres.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	222898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Leeds local authority began designating children’s centres in 2003 and reached 58 designated children’s centres by the end of 2009. Since then, the number of main children’s centres has reduced by 4 (though they have ceased to be children’s centres, the sites have remained open as additional sites). [1]</p><p>There have been no further changes to this arrangement since November 2012 and as of 1 January 2015 there were 54 main children’s centres and 4 additional sites in Leeds local authority.</p><p>[1] Additional sites are places open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network. They were formerly children's centres in their own right and, while they no longer meet the statutory definition of a children’s centre, they remain open offering access to some of the early childhood services on behalf of another children's centre.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/02/2015 17:06:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

540022

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Leeds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places there are for 16 to 19 year olds in (a) schools, (b) further education colleges, (c) university technical colleges and (d) free schools in Leeds; and how many places are planned for each such category in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	43363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The following table summarises the total number of places allocated to all post-16 institutions based in Leeds for the academic year 2016 to 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Allocated 16 to 19 places for Leeds local authority based institutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Student Numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy</p></td><td><p>2,828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintained School Sixth Form</p></td><td><p>3,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Technology College</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Schools</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial and Charitable Provider</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General FE and Tertiary</p></td><td><p>6,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Provider</p></td><td><p>515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>1,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,009</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>EFA Funded students – figures are as at 20 July 2016 and are yet to be published (October 2016) and may be subject to minor change.</em></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold planned numbers for future years.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2016 16:20:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

581988

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils attending state-funded (a) grammar schools and (b) schools that are not grammar schools (i) are eligible for free schools meals and (ii) have special educational needs.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	45940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on pupils who have social educational needs.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Eligible for and claiming FSM</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State-funded grammars</strong></p></td><td><p>2.5% (4,237 of 166,517 pupils)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-selective state-funded secondary schools</strong></p></td><td><p>13.8% (416,279 of 3,026,901 pupils)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: January 2016 school census return. The data includes all pupils on roll, including those over 16.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation document <em>Schools that work for Everyone</em> proposes that we should seek to identify and support those families which are ‘just managing’; those on modest incomes who might not be in receipt of benefits but nevertheless are just about managing. The document also proposes that we should place conditions on new selective schools so that they attract more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, and that they should work with non-selective schools to raise standards for all pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/11/2016 17:48:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 11856 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

776971

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Education Funding Agency investigation into the Wakefield City Academies Trust produced in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	109337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Academy trusts operate under a strict system of oversight and accountability. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) periodically visits multi academy trusts to assess their financial management and governance arrangements. We do not publish these routine assurance reports. The ESFA undertook a routine review of Wakefield City Academies Trust between June and September 2015 and made a follow-up visit in July 2016. At this time, we do not intend to publish the ESFA report into Wakefield City Academies Trust, as this could be obstructive to the process of ensuring all the schools are placed with new trusts.</p><p>The Department is working closely with Wakefield City Academy Trust to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education, by transferring the schools to trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 109338 question first answered 30/10/2017 17:52:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

776972

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to hold an inquiry into the operation of the Wakefield City Academies Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	109338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Academy trusts operate under a strict system of oversight and accountability. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) periodically visits multi academy trusts to assess their financial management and governance arrangements. We do not publish these routine assurance reports. The ESFA undertook a routine review of Wakefield City Academies Trust between June and September 2015 and made a follow-up visit in July 2016. At this time, we do not intend to publish the ESFA report into Wakefield City Academies Trust, as this could be obstructive to the process of ensuring all the schools are placed with new trusts.</p><p>The Department is working closely with Wakefield City Academy Trust to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education, by transferring the schools to trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 109337 question first answered 30/10/2017 17:52:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

818652

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on the recommendation to school inspectors made by the Chief Inspector of Schools in November 2017 on girls wearing hijabs in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	121416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders and has heard views on this announcement through these engagements. The Department also receives representations from a diverse range of people, some of whom have expressed views about Ofsted’s announcement. Where questions have been asked that relate to Ofsted policy, we have directed the representations to Ofsted for comment.</p><p>Ofsted is in the process of finalising guidance for inspectors, including in relation to schools’ uniform policies. In developing this guidance Ofsted has held meetings with a range of stakeholders, including representatives from faith groups and other interested parties. Ofsted aims to publish this guidance by the end of January 2018, taking account of the views expressed during these discussions.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/01/2018 17:32:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

873572

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether non-UK EU students starting university courses in the UK in academic year 2019-20 will be charged home student fees for the full duration of their course.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	134686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Applications for courses starting in 2019/20 do not open until September 2018, and we will ensure EU students starting courses at English Institutions in that academic year have information well in advance of this date.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/04/2018 07:58:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn