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1700508

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of enrolments of international students on the finances of universities.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	21395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top ten, and 17 in the top 100, worldwide. The UK has a highly sought after higher education experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.</p><p> </p><p>However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of the higher education sector in England, continues to work closely with the Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on higher education providers.</p><p> </p><p>Our universities are autonomous institutions responsible for managing their own budgets. The department also works closely with the OfS to understand the evolving landscape, including on risks relating to international students.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/04/2024 16:10:00 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1694594

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an Ofsted inspection in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	17682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>42 special free schools had an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 5 special free schools had an Outstanding rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. The proportion of Good special free schools is higher than the figure for all special schools. 62% of special free schools that were inspected in the last 3 years were Good in comparison to 53% of all special schools that were inspected in the last 3 years. 3 special free schools had an Inadequate rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 3 special free schools are in special measures as of 31 January 2024. Ofsted inspection data from 31 January 2024 is the most recent available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 17683 17684 17685 question first answered 14/03/2024 09:51:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1694654

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an outstanding Ofsted rating in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	17683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>42 special free schools had an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 5 special free schools had an Outstanding rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. The proportion of Good special free schools is higher than the figure for all special schools. 62% of special free schools that were inspected in the last 3 years were Good in comparison to 53% of all special schools that were inspected in the last 3 years. 3 special free schools had an Inadequate rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 3 special free schools are in special measures as of 31 January 2024. Ofsted inspection data from 31 January 2024 is the most recent available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 17682 17684 17685 question first answered 14/03/2024 09:51:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1694655

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an inadequate Ofsted rating in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	17684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>42 special free schools had an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 5 special free schools had an Outstanding rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. The proportion of Good special free schools is higher than the figure for all special schools. 62% of special free schools that were inspected in the last 3 years were Good in comparison to 53% of all special schools that were inspected in the last 3 years. 3 special free schools had an Inadequate rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 3 special free schools are in special measures as of 31 January 2024. Ofsted inspection data from 31 January 2024 is the most recent available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 17682 17683 17685 question first answered 14/03/2024 09:51:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1694656

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools are in special measures.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	17685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>42 special free schools had an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 5 special free schools had an Outstanding rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. The proportion of Good special free schools is higher than the figure for all special schools. 62% of special free schools that were inspected in the last 3 years were Good in comparison to 53% of all special schools that were inspected in the last 3 years. 3 special free schools had an Inadequate rating following an Ofsted inspection between 31 January 2021 and 31 January 2024. 3 special free schools are in special measures as of 31 January 2024. Ofsted inspection data from 31 January 2024 is the most recent available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 17682 17683 17684 question first answered 14/03/2024 09:51:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1663788

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools: Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of the research paper entitled Serving their communities? The under-admission of children with disabilities and ‘special educational needs’ to ‘faith’ primary schools in England, published in the Oxford Review of Education on 2 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	201641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The department is determined that all children and young people receive the support they need to benefit from their education and progress to the next stage of their lives.</p><p>Children should be able to attend a school of their parents’ choice where possible. By law, all children with an Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan must be admitted to the school named in the Plan. A parent, carer, child or young person can request that a school designated as having a religious character (commonly known as a faith school) be named on an EHC Plan. Local authorities should do their best to accommodate such a request but should not name the school if it is unsuitable for the child’s age, ability, aptitude and special educational needs, or if naming the school would be incompatible with the provision of efficient education of other children or the efficient use of resources.</p><p>Where a child with special educational needs does not have an EHC Plan, their parents will need to apply for a school place in the same way as for other children without an EHC Plan. Places must be allocated in accordance with the schools’ published admissions criteria, which are set by the admission authority for each school, but they must comply with the statutory School Admissions Code which exists to ensure that places are allocated in a fair and transparent manner.</p><p>Admission authorities for schools designated as having a religious character may adopt admissions criteria which give priority to children of their faith, but they must offer a place to every applicant regardless of faith if there are sufficient places available. Free schools with a religious character may only allocate 50% of their places pupils by reference to faith in order to open up places to other children. Some other schools choose to limit the number of places they allocate with reference to faith, and many do not have faith admissions criteria at all.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 25/10/2023 14:32:28 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1657859

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Battersea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the condition of school buildings in Battersea.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	197613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than the safety of children and staff. It has always been the case that where we are made aware of a building that may pose an immediate risk, the Department takes immediate action.</p><p>It is the responsibility of those who run schools – academy trusts, Local Authorities, and voluntary-aided school bodies – who work with their schools on a day-to-day basis, to manage the safety and maintenance of their schools and to alert us if there is a concern with a building.</p><p>The Department has acted decisively and proactively to tackle this issue. This Government has taken more proactive action on RAAC than any other in the UK. The Department issued comprehensive guidance in 2018, and subsequent years, to all responsible bodies highlighting the potential risks associated with RAAC and supporting them to identify this within their buildings, as well as to take appropriate steps in meeting their obligations to keep buildings safe. The most recent guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-estates-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-estates-guidance</a>.</p><p>There are over 22,000 schools and colleges in England, and the vast majority are unaffected. A significant proportion of the estate was built outside the period where RAAC was used, with around one third of the estate built since 2001, therefore, the Department has focused efforts on buildings built in the post-war decades.</p><p>The Department issued a questionnaire in March 2022, asking responsible bodies to inform the Department of any suspected RAAC identified in their estates. Responsible bodies have submitted questionnaires for over 98% of schools with blocks built in the target era, of which there are 14,900. We are pressing all remaining schools to get checks completed, to determine which schools require surveys.</p><p>The Department is contacting responsible bodies to help them respond to this request and to advise on what needs to be done, so that they can establish whether they believe they have RAAC. This work will continue until we have a response for all target era schools.</p><p>Schools and colleges where RAAC is suspected are being fast tracked for surveying, which is used to confirm whether RAAC is actually present. All schools and colleges that have already told us they suspect they might have RAAC will be surveyed within a matter of weeks, in many cases in a matter of days.</p><p>All schools where RAAC is confirmed are provided with a dedicated caseworker to support them and help implement a mitigation plan and minimise the disruption to children’s learning.</p><p>Across Government, Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed RAAC in their estates as soon as possible. This will be updated on a regular basis as new buildings are identified and surveying and remediation are carried out. The Department for Education published lists of education settings confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September, and committed to providing further updates.</p><p>Schools will contact parents where RAAC is identified and inform them of any impacts on their child. The vast majority of schools are unaffected. Any parents that are unsure if their child’s school is affected should contact their school directly.</p><p>While some short term disruption is inevitable, all available measures will be taken to minimise disruption to pupil learning and ensure that pupils continue to receive face-to-face teaching. Where there is any disturbance to face-to-face education, schools will prioritise attendance for vulnerable children and young people and children of key workers. The guidance published by the Department in August also includes guidance on provision for pupils with SEND and sets out expectations that schools continue to provide free school meals to eligible pupils.</p><p>The Department will fund emergency mitigation work needed to make buildings safe, including installing alternative classroom space where necessary. Where schools and colleges need additional help with revenue costs, like transport to locations or temporarily renting a local hall or office, the department will provide that support for all reasonable requests. The Department will also fund longer term refurbishment projects, or rebuilding projects where these are needed, to rectify the RAAC issue in the long term.</p><p>All previously confirmed Schol Rebuilding Programme projects announced in 2021 and 2022 will continue to go ahead. A full list of confirmed projects can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme</a>.</p><p>Further information on RAAC in education settings is available on the Education Hub: <a href="https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/06/new-guidance-on-raac-in-education-settings/" target="_blank">https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/06/new-guidance-on-raac-in-education-settings/</a><a href="https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/09/04/new-guidance-on-raac-in-education-settings/" target="_blank">.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 195297 195298 195299 197045 197366 197369 197478 197492 197557 197558 197559 197603 197809 197863 197864 197870 197920 197971 197972 197973 197974 198246 198247 198255 198384 198393 198465 198466 198467 198572 198573 198575 199083 199254 199665 199666 199670 question first answered 18/09/2023 20:03:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1657860

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Battersea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Battersea have been identified as containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	197614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed RAAC in their estates as soon as possible. This will be updated on a regular basis as new buildings are identified and surveying and remediation are carried out.</p><p>The Government published lists of education settings confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September, and committed to providing further updates.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 195929 196299 197171 197318 197343 197368 197477 197479 197491 197554 197577 197925 question first answered 18/09/2023 20:01:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1611705

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to ensure that changes to the SEND system do not make it more challenging for parents to receive support for their children.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	181249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The department published the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement plan on Thursday 2 March 2023. This set out our intention to deliver a new national SEND and AP system, underpinned by creating new national SEND and AP standards for identifying and meeting needs, covering early, years, schools and post-16 provision. This approach will enable children to receive appropriate, evidence-based support for their needs at the earliest opportunity and without unnecessary bureaucracy. For those children and young people with SEND who do require an Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment, we have set out our vision for a reformed and consistent EHC plan process. This will ensure that children and young people with SEND get prompt access to the support they need, and that parents don’t face an adversarial system to secure this.</p><p>The department recognises that children with SEND may require support from a range of services, including social care. We have developed children's social care and SEND/AP reforms in parallel to ensure the two systems will provide high quality support for disabled children and their families. We will continue to deliver commitments for disabled children, as announced in the ‘Stable Homes: Built on Love’ implementation strategy and consultation, which was published in February 2023. These specifically include improving access to family help and accepting the recommendation of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care for the Law Commission to review children's social care legislation for disabled children, so that entitlements are clearer and easier for families to understand. These reforms will also build on the evidence we are gathering from the Short Breaks Innovation fund, a £30million investment over three years to test more effective approaches to providing short breaks for specific groups of children.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/04/2023 15:17:20 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1611706

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to ensure the equal availability and delivery of support for disabled children in all post codes.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	181250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>In the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, the department set out our mission for more children and young people to have their needs met effectively in mainstream education providers, reducing reliance on Education, Health and Care plans to access support.</p><p>We will improve mainstream education through setting standards for early and accurate identification of need, and timely access to support to meet those needs. The standards will include clarifying the types of support that should ordinarily be available in mainstream education providers, who are responsible for securing the support and from which budgets the support is obtained.</p><p>This will help families, practitioners and providers understand what support every child or young person should be receiving from early years through to further education, no matter where they live or what their needs are. By the end of 2025, the department will publish a significant proportion of the national standards.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 27/04/2023 15:21:58 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova