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43053

	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, what proportion of service leavers (a) applied to and (b) were accepted on initial teacher training in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11, (iv) 2011-12, (v) 2012-13 and (vi) the current academic year to date.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	192175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>In the 24 month period between March 2011 and April 2013, 322 service leavers applied to postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT). 132 of these were successful. This is an average of six successful applicants per month.</p><p>In the current academic year we have introduced the new Troops to Teachers undergraduate route. This is not comparable to previous years as it is a dedicated undergraduate route which is only for service leavers.</p><p>982 service leavers applied to Cohort 1, and the application process ran for 4 months. 41 service leavers joined the programme in January 2014. This is an average of 10 successful applicants per month. We expect a higher acceptance rate for Cohort 2 as we develop this new programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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

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

44354

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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 take steps to ensure that the contracts for the Building Schools for the Future programme include provisions to ensure prompt payment to small and medium-sized businesses.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	193063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is coming to a close, with the final schemes moving in to construction. The Government's main programme to address the condition needs of the school estate is the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) and the majority of work will be procured using the Education Funding Agency's (EFA) Contractors' Framework, which commenced in November 2013.</p><p>All PSBP procurements carried out by the EFA through this Framework will require the use of project bank accounts (PBAs)</p><p>PBAs differ from traditional construction industry payment arrangements whereby the procuring party under the building contract makes payment to the main contractor, who in turn makes payment down his supply chain. This can lead to delay and cashflow problems for small and medium sized businesses, who typically make up a significant proportion of the supply chain.</p><p>Instead, the procuring party will make payment into a trust account established specifically for the project. The majority of members of the supply chain are nominated as beneficiaries of that trust account, and the building contract requires that payment must be made from the PBA to the supply chain as soon as possible after the PBA is placed in funds, typically within three to four working days (although varying slightly depending on the specific banking arrangements).</p><p>There are a small number of PSBP projects being procured through a private finance route. For these projects, the project agreement does not deal with construction payments as no payment is made until the project is operational. Before that, payments for construction works are made by the single-purpose company (SPC) set up to carry out the project, to its subcontractors, and then down the contractual chain. The SPC's solvency is, in its contracts with first-tier subcontractors, protected by industry-standard provisions with which PBAs are not compatible. We are considering whether more can be done to encourage prompt payment further down the contractual chain.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

44355

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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 from each Russell Group university applied to the Teach First programme in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gateshead
	tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
	uin	193047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The table below, supplied to the Department for Education by Teach First, sets out how many applications were received for the Teach First initial teacher training programme for each cohort since 2010 from applicants holding first degrees from Russell Group Universities.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Applications To Teach First </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>First degree university</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Birmingham</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Bristol</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Cambridge</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff University</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham University</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Exeter</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Glasgow</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College London</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's College London</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Leeds</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Liverpool</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London School of Economics (LSE)</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Manchester</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle University</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Nottingham</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Oxford</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Mary, University of London</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen's University Belfast</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Sheffield</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Southampton</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University College London</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of Warwick</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The University of York</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Applications from Russell Group universities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2774</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3173</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4387</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

44359

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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, when he plans to introduce his new national school funding formula.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	193118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>On 13 March, I announced proposals to allocate £350 million to our least fairly funded local areas in 2015-16. This is the biggest step towards fairer schools funding in a decade. It puts us in a much better position to implement a national funding formula when the time is right – after the next spending review, when there are multi-year public spending plans, and we can give greater certainty to schools about how the formula will affect them.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

44360

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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, whether he has any plans to increase the amount of funding allocated to schools in South Staffordshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	193117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>Earlier this month I announced plans to boost funding for around 60 of the least fairly funded local authorities, which will mean that every local area will attract at least a minimum level of funding for each of its pupils and schools. As Staffordshire already attracts funding above these levels, it will not receive additional money as part of these proposals. Staffordshire receives funding on a per pupil basis, so the amount allocated to schools in Staffordshire will increase in line with demographic growth.</p><p>Schools in Staffordshire local authority received over £22 million of pupil premium funding in 2013-14. This is a significant Government investment in addition to mainstream school funding. We will increase pupil premium funding rates for 2014-15 to £1,300 for every eligible primary pupil and £935 for every eligible secondary pupil, as well as expanding the scope of the pupil premium to cover more disadvantaged pupils than ever before.</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	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

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

44527

	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, what criteria were used to calculate the uplift of (a) primary and (b) secondary students grant per pupil in each local education authority; and for what reasons Staffordshire received no special uplift.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	193237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>In 2015-16, in addition to funding all local authorities at the same cash level per pupil as in 2014-15, we will add a further £350 million funding for the least fairly-funded authorities.To allocate this as fairly as possible, we selected the characteristics we think contribute most to the attainment of pupils and viability of schools, and set indicative minimum funding levels for each of these. The characteristics we selected were as follows:</p><p>1. An age-weighted basic per pupil unit of funding; and</p><p>2. Additional units of funding for:</p><p>2.1. deprived pupils;</p><p>2.2. pupils with low attainment;</p><p>2.3. pupils with English as an additional language;</p><p>2.4. children who are looked after, for example in foster care;</p><p>2.5. a lump sum for all schools, regardless of size, to help with fixed costs; and</p><p>2.6. funding for schools serving sparsely populated rural areas.</p><p>These are all characteristics that local authorities already use in distributing schools funding. We looked at the average value attached by local authorities to each of these characteristics and used these as a basis for our proposed minimum funding levels for primary and secondary pupils and schools. As Staffordshire already attracts funding above these levels, it does not stand to gain from these proposals.</p><p>Full details of our methodology can be found in the consultation document at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fairer-schools-funding-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fairer-schools-funding-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

44696

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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, pursuant to the Statement of 13 March 2014 by the Minister for Schools, Official Report, columns 927-29, how much of the £350 million announced for the fair funding proposals will be allocated from the Exchequer in addition to that already indicated in his Department's budget.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	193407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Cardiff West on 24 March, Official Report column 84W.</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	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin