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862144

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to review Ofsted guidance to enable inspectors to evaluate a school's medical conditions policy and the effective implementation of that policy as part of a routine inspection; and whether he has received any representations on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	132563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Ofsted’s corporate strategy, published in September 2017, sets out a programme of work to inform planned changes to the education inspection framework from September 2019. Guidance to school inspectors is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not received any representations on this matter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2018 16:40:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

862026

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 116798, when he plans to publish the Education Funding Agency reports on Wakefield City Academy Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	132445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Once all of the academies currently part of Wakefield City Academies Trust are transferred to new trusts, a copy of the report of the multi-academy trust review carried out by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in 2016, will be placed in Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 10:04:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

862071

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption: Finance
	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 9 March 2018 to Question 130543, by what method his Department assesses the cost-effectiveness of funding given to adopters under the Adoption Support Fund in the absence of information on adoption breakdown.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	132490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>All applications for funding from the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) by local authorities and regional adoption agencies are based on an up to date assessment of the support needs of the adoptive family.</p><p> </p><p>The fund requires local authorities to meet it terms and conditions for funding, which include requirements that the procurement of funded services follow the relevant European, national and local rules and processes to secure best value for money. These terms and conditions can be found at: <a href="http://www.adoptionsupportfund.co.uk/Portals/0/Adoption%20Support%20Fund%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20Funding.pdf?ver=2017-03-08-154522-847" target="_blank">http://www.adoptionsupportfund.co.uk/Portals/0/Adoption%20Support%20Fund%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20Funding.pdf?ver=2017-03-08-154522-847</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Last August, we published an independent evaluation of the ASF. The results showed high levels of satisfaction amongst parents: 84% thought that the fund had helped their child and improvements in behaviour and mental health were also referenced.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2018 17:38:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

862079

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
	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 the number of free early education places for disadvantaged two year-olds.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>All local authorities received an increase in their funding rates for the two-year-old entitlement in April 2017, and the average hourly funding rate has increased from £5.09 to £5.39. We expect the vast majority of this funding to be passed directly to providers, ensuring they benefit from our increased funding rates and are able to provide places where they are needed. Our support contractor, Childcare Works, is working proactively with providers and Local Authorities to support effective market management, including for two-year-old entitlement places.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2018 17:04:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862174

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on the commitment in the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017 to develop criteria for the content of level two childcare qualifications; how many meetings have taken place with the childcare sector and awarding organisations; and who attended such meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>A public consultation on the criteria for level two childcare qualifications ran from 7 December 2017 to 28 February 2018. The consultation document can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/childcare-providers-and-regulation/improving-level-2-qualifications-for-the-early-edu/supporting_documents/Level%202%20Qualification%20Criteria%20Consultation%20Document%2006%2011%202017%20Accessible%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/childcare-providers-and-regulation/improving-level-2-qualifications-for-the-early-edu/supporting_documents/Level%202%20Qualification%20Criteria%20Consultation%20Document%2006%2011%202017%20Accessible%20FINAL.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s response to the public consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2018 16:58:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862175

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes have been made to his Department's existing data collection as a result of the commitment to review workforce data in the Early years Workforce Strategy 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The following changes to our early years data collections have been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2018 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers we have:</p><ul><li>Added a question about gender of the paid workforce, which was not asked in 2016.</li><li>Improved the questions on ethnicity, by introducing more granular categories for responses and we are asking about the ethnicity of apprentices for the first time.</li><li>Improved the wording around staff qualifications in the survey to also include relevant teaching qualifications.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The 2018 Early Years Census asks for a wider range of information on staff qualifications than in previous years, specifically level 2 and 3 staff and those with graduate qualifications (early years professional status, early years teacher status and qualified teacher status).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2018 17:08:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862176

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been awarded early years teacher status in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census publishes experimental statistics on the number of new entrants to Early Years ITT, including a breakdown by route. Data going back to academic year 2016/17 are available in the latest ITT Census publication, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is unable to provide any data collected prior to the experimental statistics released with the ITT Census on 24 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132596 132601 question first answered 22/03/2018 17:32:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862177

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have taken part in early years initial teacher training in each year since September 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census publishes experimental statistics on the number of new entrants to Early Years ITT, including a breakdown by route. Data going back to academic year 2016/17 are available in the latest ITT Census publication, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is unable to provide any data collected prior to the experimental statistics released with the ITT Census on 24 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132595 132601 question first answered 22/03/2018 17:32:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862178

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years teacher trainees who have started an early years teacher qualification have switched to initial teacher training to become a qualified teacher in each year since September 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of new entrants to initial teacher training ITT is published in the annual ITT Census, which since 2016/17, has included experimental statistics on the number of trainees starting Early Years ITT programmes. The census is available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2018 17:28:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862182

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years teachers have trained through each of the four teacher training routes referred to in paragraph 24 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy 2017 since September 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	132601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census publishes experimental statistics on the number of new entrants to Early Years ITT, including a breakdown by route. Data going back to academic year 2016/17 are available in the latest ITT Census publication, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is unable to provide any data collected prior to the experimental statistics released with the ITT Census on 24 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 132595 132596 question first answered 22/03/2018 17:32:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell