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837597

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Politics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to empower young people to engage in politics.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	126716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>Citizenship education is in the national curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4. As a result of the national curriculum review, the Government revised the programmes of study to ensure pupils are taught the core knowledge of citizenship at Key Stages 3 and 4. The new programmes of study came into effect in September 2014.</p><p>The programmes of study are designed to prepare pupils to play a full part in society, and are organised around core knowledge about democracy, government, and how laws are made and upheld. The programmes of study also require schools to prepare pupils to manage their money well and make sound financial decisions.</p><p>In addition, both Citizenship GCSE and Political Studies A-level are available for study with the number of those sitting the latter increasing in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/02/2018 14:31:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

222453

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Nottingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake an assessment of the costs and benefits to the community in Nottingham of re-establishing a motor project on the Wheelbase site in Sneinton.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	224634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Assessing the costs and benefits to the community is a local issue. Funding for alternative provision is delegated to local authorities within their high needs budgets so that they can determine the provision needed for children and young people in their area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities also have duties to secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all 16-19 year olds, and to support them to participate. Where gaps in provision are identified, the Education Funding Agency will either fill those places through negotiation with existing providers or run a competitive tender.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 25/02/2015 17:11:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

839240

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of young people who were eligible for free school meals in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England were in education, employment or training after completing Key Stage 4 in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	127794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number and percentage of pupils who were eligible for free school meals in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and went on to sustained education, employment or training destinations after completing Key Stage 4 in academic years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (the last three years for which data is available).</p><p>Information on pupil destinations is published annually, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2018 13:14:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 127794 - Pupils with sustained education, employment or training destinations after key stage 4.docx title Pupils with sustained EET after key stage 4
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

78675

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young Enterprise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Gateway to Growth: CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey 2014, what steps she is taking to ensure teachers are supported to deliver the five skills called for by Young Enterprise.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	206546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The new school curriculum gives teachers more freedom and flexibility to develop their pupils’ skills and readiness for work. All state schools must offer a curriculum that is balanced, broad and which prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions relating to teachers’ professional development rightly rest with schools, individual teachers and heads, as they are in the best position to make judgements about their requirements.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 22/07/2014 15:10:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

170369

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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 estimate she has made of the savings to her Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems her Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment she has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not estimated potential savings from the Q&amp;A system over the periods requested. We have also made no assessment of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions on time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The system has, however, been welcomed by the Department. It is now easier and quicker to submit answers to parliamentary questions online, compared to the previous process of submitting answers in hard copy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently developing a new IT system to handle its parliamentary questions and wider correspondence. While this system would have been introduced without the introduction of the Q&amp;A system, we understand that the two systems will be compatible and this could lead to a more efficient process for receiving questions and submitting answers in future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 11:48:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

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

1001936

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support he has made available to schools for the commemoration of the centenary of Armistice Day.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	187991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has invested an extra £1.3 billion into core schools funding across 2018-19 and 2019-20, which is an increase from the plans set out in the last Spending Review. Core funding for schools and high needs has risen from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion this year and will rise further to £43.5 billion in 2019-20. The Department allows head teachers to use their funding in a way they feel achieves the best outcomes for pupils.</p><p> </p><p>From 2013 to March 2019, the Department is providing £5.3 million for pupils and teachers from state-funded secondary schools in England to participate in battlefield tours of the Western Front. The Department is also funding a series of roadshows from 2016 to December 2018, to enable pupils to debate the causes, conduct and consequences of World War I with a panel of experts.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, in the recent Budget the Government committed a further £1million for 2019-20 for further World War I battlefield visits for school students to mark the centenary of World War I Armistice and the sacrifices made.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/11/2018 17:45:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

643863

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Whitehaven Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide funding for the rebuilding of the Whitehaven Academy.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	54886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The replacement of the buildings at Whitehaven Academy has previously been considered through capital bids to the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP), which were unsuccessful.</p><p> </p><p>The £4.4 billion PSBP programme is intended to replace or refurbish those school blocks in the worst condition across the country. By focusing on those individual buildings in the worst condition, we are targeting limited funding in the most effective way possible and securing best value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>DfE officials visited the school in April and October 2016 to help identify priority condition issues and gave advice to the Bright Tribe Trust as to how they should focus investment using funding from the annual school condition allocation that the Bright Tribe Trust receives.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2016 17:46:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

595558

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Welsh Language: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to facilitate the learning of the Welsh language by pupils in England.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	46891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Primary and secondary schools can choose to teach the Welsh language to pupils if there is sufficient demand. It is possible for a pupil in England to take privately a Welsh language GCSE offered in Wales if an examination centre is willing to enter them. This will include a revised Welsh Second Language GCSE available for first teaching from September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/10/2016 15:33:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

691847

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Welsh Language: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to introduce the teaching of Welsh as an optional modern language in schools on the England-Wales border.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	64655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Primary and secondary schools can choose to teach the Welsh language to pupils if there is sufficient demand. It is possible for a pupil in England to take privately a Welsh language GCSE offered in Wales if an examination centre is willing to enter them. This will include a revised Welsh Second Language GCSE which will be available for first teaching from September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2017 14:33:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones