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	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps her Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	3083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by my Right Honourable Friend, the member for Ashford in response to PQ <ins class="ministerial">3079.</ins> <del class="ministerial">3709.</del></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2017 14:50:46 question first ministerially corrected 18/07/2017 16:20:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 3875 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

443235

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443231

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

521154

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether armed forces trainees are included in the policy of ensuring that by 2020 young people who do not achieve A* to C passes in English and mathematics GCSEs at age 16 resit their exams a year later.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	38405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education sets a requirement that young people who do not achieve a GCSE grade C in English or mathematics by age 16 should continue the study of these subjects. This requirement applies only to 16-19 study programmes funded by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and is set out in a funding condition for schools and colleges which receive EFA funding. The requirement would therefore apply to any member of the armed forces undertaking EFA-funded 16-19 programmes. It would not apply to requirements for training provided and funded by the armed forces, which are a matter for the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/06/2016 14:17:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 2037 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418413

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

449351

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects A-level courses in (a) French, (b) German, (c) Spanish, (d) religious studies and (e) geography to be approved by awarding bodies for teaching from September 2016; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	25202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/02/2016 17:50:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 43519 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

523028

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Languages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what were the 10 foreign languages most spoken by pupils for whom English is listed as an additional language in the annual school census in (a) 2000 and (b) 2015; and how many pupils were recorded as speaking each of those languages in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	William Wragg
	uin	39310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold pupil level data on languages for the year 2000. In the January 2015 school census, the most common languages to which pupils of compulsory school age and above are exposed outside school and the number and proportion of pupils exposed to them are given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Language</p></td><td><p>Number of Pupils (1)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all pupils</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>5,634,349</p></td><td><p>82.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urdu</p></td><td><p>123,530</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panjabi</p></td><td><p>91,406</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>90,506</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other than English (not specified)</p></td><td><p>84,139</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bengali</p></td><td><p>74,635</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somali</p></td><td><p>46,361</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arabic</p></td><td><p>41,951</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gujarati</p></td><td><p>40,735</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portuguese</p></td><td><p>29,759</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tamil</p></td><td><p>29,634</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Believed to be other than English (not specified)</p></td><td><p>29,221</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French</p></td><td><p>26,290</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census January 2015<br>(1) Includes sole and dual main registered pupils of compulsory school age and above. Includes pupils in all state-funded schools excluding general hospital schools and local authority alternative provision.</p><p> </p><p>The languages recorded in the school census only indicate a pupil’s exposure to a non-English language outside of school. They are not a measure of English speaking proficiency, an indication of the language spoken in school, or a direct measure of immigration.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/07/2016 15:07:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 2869 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

445492

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the equivalent Civil Service salary band was of each (a) consultant and (b) temporary staff member employed within her Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	22891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the Department’s budget for each the financial year requested and the total figure spent on temporary agency staff and consultants. The table also shows the percentage of the budget spent on temporary agency staff and consultants.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2015-16 To Dec 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Department Total Budget </strong></p></td><td><p>£58,242.15m</p></td><td><p>£56,407.12m</p></td><td><p>£57,956.19m</p></td><td><p>£57,094.72m</p></td><td><p>£59,483.69m</p></td><td><p>£55,874.16m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total for Contingent Labour and Consultancy</strong></p></td><td><p>£36.07m</p></td><td><p>£10.18m</p></td><td><p>£7.60m</p></td><td><p>£10.27m</p></td><td><p>£16.36m</p></td><td><p>£16.44m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of Department Budget</strong></p></td><td><p>0.06%</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>The Department publishes data relating to the number of consultants and temporary agency staff each month. This data has been published for 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16. The publication page for each of the years published can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information</a></p><p> </p><p>Temporary Agency staff are recruited in line with the Department’s policy, which states that ‘agency workers should be used when there is a need to cover a gap for a short period of up to a maximum of 12 weeks and/or when resources are required quickly.’</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes data relating to which part of the organisation consultants and temporary agency staff are engaged. Information relating to which directorate they are engaged with is not recorded. This data has been published for 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. The publication page for each of the years published can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-monthly-workforce-management-information</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not record the equivalent Civil Service salary band for consultants and temporary staff.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 22888 22889 22890 question first answered 01/02/2016 11:37:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 40436 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

442298

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Fire Stations: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the purchase of the Kingsland Fire Station site for use by the Hackney New Primary School; and what the gain to the public purse was of the sale of that site.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
	uin	20737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Neither the Secretary of State for Education nor the Department for Education has purchased this site. The Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) purchased Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The purchase of Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4DR for the sum of £16,000,000 (exclusive of VAT) from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority was funded from the Department for Education’s budget and made in the name of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The site has not been sold on.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2016 16:57:24 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2016 11:40:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 38163 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

449357

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	English Baccalaureate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been of the roll-out of the English Baccalaureate to date; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	25168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The English Baccalaureate measure was introduced in 2010. The EBacc defines an academic core of subjects, including GCSEs in English, maths, science, humanities, and languages. Schools have been able to deliver significant increases in the take up of EBacc subjects over the last 5 years without requiring additional funding to do so.</p><p>EBacc entry has increased significantly, from 22% in 2010 to 39% in 2015. EBacc achievement has also increased, from 15% in 2010 to 24% in 2015.</p><p>The Department funds a range of support for teachers including 35 maths hubs which support maths teachers, the National Science Learning Network to provide high quality professional development for science teachers and the Network of Excellence for computing to provide professional development for computing teachers through a network of master teachers. English teachers have benefitted from the funding provided to the Royal Shakespeare Company, who produced and provided to all state-funded secondary schools a free copy of its RSC Shakespeare Toolkit for Teachers, and Poetry by Heart to help teachers deliver inspirational poetry teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/02/2016 17:12:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 43518 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham