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44153

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, at what level of household income children in households in receipt of universal credit will be eligible for free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	192826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>We have not yet made final decisions on what the entitlement criteria for free school meals under Universal Credit will be. We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to develop suitable criteria which will ensure that free lunches continue to be available to those families on the lowest incomes.</p><p>We will allow good time for interested parties to comment on our proposals before we introduce the new criteria.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

48088

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons local authorities are inspected by Ofsted separately from schools maintained by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	196164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Inspector has powers to carry out an inspection of the performance of a particular local authority function as set out in Section 136(1)(b) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. Specifically, he can use this power to inspect how well the local authority is fulfilling its general duty to promote high standards and fulfilment by every child of their educational potential as set out in Section 13A of the Education Act 1996.</p><p> </p><p>These powers are separate from his powers and duties in relation to the inspection of individual schools which are set out in Section 5 and Section 8 of the Education Act 2005. Section 5 requires Her Majesty's Chief Inspector to inspect individual schools at prescribed intervals, and Section 8 Education Act 2005, contains a general power which enables the Chief Inspector to call for the inspection of a school in circumstances where he is not required to inspect.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

45245

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children received A* to C grades in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) geography and (d) sciences in Brigg and Goole constituency in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	193906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The table below gives the number and proportion of pupils who received A*-C grades in GCSE (a) mathematics (b) English (c) geography and (d) sciences in Brigg and Goole constituency in each year since May 2010. Regional and national figure have been included as appropriate comparators.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 193906 Table - Brigg and Goole table.xls title GCSE results - Brigg and Goole
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

45883

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many graduates have entered teaching since 2007 in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	194487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data for the number of graduates entering teaching within Brigg and Goole constituency as data is not collected on graduates entering teaching at the constituency level.</p><p>The numbers of graduates entering teaching since 2007 in England is published in Sector Level Reports found on the National College for Teaching and Leadership website:</p><p><a href="http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/sectorLevelReports.html" target="_blank">http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/sectorLevelReports.html</a></p><p>A summary of this information can be found in Table 1.</p><p>The Department does not hold data for the number of graduates entering teaching within Wales as education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of trainees awarded qualified teaching status (QTS) in teaching employment within 6 months, by academic year, in England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12[1]</p></td><td><p>27,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>26,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>27,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09[2]</p></td><td><p>21,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>21,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>22,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures for 2011/12 have been rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>[2] Employment based initial teacher training (EBITT) figures are not included</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

45010

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have entered (a) teacher training and (b) the teaching profession as qualified teachers in each of the last five years; and how many unqualified teachers have been employed in (i) England and (ii) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	193524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of initial teacher training entrants, qualified teacher entrants and full-time equivalent unqualified teachers in service in publicly funded schools in England, 2008 to the latest year available. Information on teachers starting training and entering service is not available by local authority area so cannot be provided for North Yorkshire. Figures for the number of full-time equivalent unqualified teachers are available and have been given.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) <strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p><p><strong>Qualified Teacher Entrants <strong>[3]</strong><strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Unqualified Teachers <strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>1st year trainees</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Full-time</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Part-time</p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>37,270</p></td><td><p>32,330</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td><td><p>17,530</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>38,920</p></td><td><p>29,620</p></td><td><p>8,410</p></td><td><p>17,390</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>37,900</p></td><td><p>29,770</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td><td><p>16,930</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36,520</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>15,150</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36,380</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>14,710</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Sources: ITT trainee number census (2012/13 and 2013/14) and Performance profiles data (2008/09 to 2011/12).</p><p>[2] 2012/13 and 2013/14 are based upon provisional ITT Census publications, and also contain Teach First.</p><p>[3] Source: Database of Teacher Records (March each year). Figures for 2011/12 and 2012/13 are not yet available.</p><p>[4] Figures are provisional for 2010/2011. Teacher entrants include all entrants who were awarded qualified teacher status in the previous calendar year and other qualified teachers who were recorded as entering the publicly funded sector for the first time.</p><p>[5] Sources: 618g (January 2008 and 2009) and School Workforce Census (November 2010 to 2012).2010/11 figures for North Yorkshire are not available because the data was collected in a new format and full confirmation of qualified teacher status was not provided.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

43055

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	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, how many service leavers have (a) applied to and (b) been accepted on the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	192172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme is a brand new programme, which started in January 2014. It provides a route into teaching for non-graduates with relevant skills and experience. It is a school-based two year programme, at the end of which service leavers will have both a degree and Qualified Teacher Status.</p><p>982 service leavers submitted an initial application to cohort 1 of the new undergraduate Troops to Teachers programme. 332 of these applications went forward to be considered by the initial teacher training provider, which is the normal first stage for initial teacher training applications. 41 service leavers joined the Troops to Teachers programme in January 2014.</p><p>These figures represent only the first cohort of Troops to Teachers trainees. We are looking forward to more service leavers joining the programme this September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

45535

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students obtained eight GCSE B grades or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	194070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The table below gives the number and proportion of pupils who achieved at least eight full GCSEs (GCSE and equivalents) at B grade or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013. A national figure has been included as an appropriate comparator.<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number and percentage of pupils achieving at least 8 GCSEs<sup>2</sup> at grade B or above</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of pupils</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09<sup>3</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>3,979</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>576,420</p></td><td><p>100,833</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<sup>3</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>3,835</p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>569,118</p></td><td><p>115,897</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: National Pupil Database</p><p>1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures are based on full GCSEs and equivalents. These include, full GCSEs, double awards, accredited international certificates and their predecessor iGCSEs and AS levels. Pupils are included if they have achieved 8 or more GCSEs at either a grade B, A, or A*</p><p>3. Figures for 2008/09 are based on final data. Figures for 2012/13 are based on revised data.</p><p>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

45534

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students sat A-levels in (a) mathematics, (b) further mathematics, (c) physics, (d) chemistry and (e) biology in (i) City of Chester constituency and (ii) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (A) 2009 and (B) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	194068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>GCE A level results<sup>1</sup> of students aged 16 to 18<sup>2</sup></p><p>Years: 2008/09 and 2012/13<sup>3</sup></p><p>Coverage: City of Chester parliamentary constituency<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Year</td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of students entered for:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Biological Sciences</p></td><td><p>Chemistry</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Physics</p></td><td><p>Mathematics</p></td><td><p>Further Mathematics</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>61</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: Key Stage 5 attainment data</p><p>1. Includes A levels only.</p><p>2. Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the 2012/13 academic year, i.e. 31 August.</p><p>3. Figures for 2012/13 are revised and 2008/09 figures are final.</p><p>4. Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, maintained special schools and FE Sector Colleges (excludes Independent Schools, pupil referral units and other Government department funded).</p><p>Note: Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, &quot;discounting&quot; rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications. Please see the &quot;Technical Notes&quot; in the Main text of the SFR available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

46737

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will amend the School Admissions Code to allow primary schools' admission arrangements to give priority to pupils attending a primary school's own nursery.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	195071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the response given to hon. Member for Enfield North, Nick de Bois, on 6 March 2014, Official Report Column 905W.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

44500

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free school meals to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	193248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Our broad estimate of extending entitlement to free school meals to all families in receipt of Universal Credit is that it would cost up to an extra £750 million per year. This is lower than previous estimates because of the implementation of the universal infant free school meals policy from September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms