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431636

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what modelling her Department has undertaken of the potential effect of freezing her Department's budget in cash terms on (a) educational outcomes and (b) pupil wellbeing.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	17206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>We are protecting the schools budget in real terms, as we pledged in our manifesto. Throughout this Parliament, the amount of money for our schools will increase as pupil numbers rise. In 2015-16 we increased funding for the 69 least well-funded local authorities by £390 million, and that increased level of funding will be included in the baseline for future years. We will go further to target funding effectively, and end historic unfairness in the system, by introducing a national funding formula. We will provide every school with a fair allocation matched to need, that allows them to continue driving up educational standards and support every child to achieve to the best of their potential, whatever their background and wherever they live.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/12/2015 17:09:14 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

431653

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed reductions in tax credits on the pupil premium.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	17287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon Friend the Chancellor announced on 25 November, the government is not proceeding with the changes to the tax credit threshold and taper announced at the Summer Budget 2015.</p><br /><p>We are determined to deliver educational excellence everywhere so that every child, regardless of background, reaches their potential. That is why we are delivering on our commitment to continue providing the pupil premium, protected at current rates, so schools receive additional money for pupils from the poorest backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/11/2015 15:33:57 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

431638

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many surviving spouses of teachers who retired or died prior to 1 January 2007 have lost their entitlement to their late spouse's pension on remarrying.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	17305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Data on the cessation of spouses’ pensions are not collated centrally, and the records of all individual members would need to be investigated to determine how many spouses’ pensions have ceased as a result of the surviving spouse having remarried. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2015 15:18:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

431647

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Health Education: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to educate children at schools about the health implications of excessive alcohol consumption.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	17317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Effective drug and alcohol education is essential in tackling the problem of drug and alcohol misuse.In the science curriculum, pupils should be taught to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function at Key Stage 2. At Key Stage 3 pupils should be taught about the effects of recreational drugs (including substance misuse) on behaviour, health and life processes.</p><p>In addition, schools have the autonomy to tailor their local Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education programme to reflect the needs of their pupils, including teaching about alcohol consumption. Schools can draw on the resources and evidence provided by experts and use tools such as ADEPIS (Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service). In March 2013 the department launched a new drug and alcohol information and advice service for practitioners. This provides practitioners and commissioners with accurate, up-to-date information and resources on what works and can be found at: <a href="http://mentor-adepis.org/" target="_blank">http://mentor-adepis.org/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/12/2015 16:44:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

431540

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many primary phase students were recruited in 2015–16 to initial teacher training courses delivered through (1) core university provision, (2) school-centred initial teacher training provision, (3) School Direct salaried, and (4) School Direct fee-paying provision, compared to the total number of training places allocated to each of those routes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
	uin	HL3803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>For the academic year 2015 to 2016 we recruited 13,034 initial trainee teachers to primary programmes (compared to 12,872 in 2014 to 2015) and 15,114 to secondary programmes (compared to 12,971 in 2014 to 2015). These figures are for postgraduate only and include Teach First and forecasted trainees. This represents 116% and 82% against the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) target respectively. The target is higher this year compared to academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><br /><p>We allocated a total of 13,962 postgraduate places in primary and 22,800 postgraduate secondary programmes, against TSM targets of 11,245 and 18,541 respectively.</p><br /><p>We allocate more ITT places than we require trainee teachers, and the extent to which we over-allocate differs by route. When assessing recruitment overall we measure the number of trainee teachers recruited against the number required, rather than against the proportion of allocated places that are filled.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the total postgraduate trainees by secondary subject and primary phase. The total includes 1,584 Teach First and 379 forecast trainees. The table also includes trainees and allocations by route.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3804 question first answered 07/12/2015 17:59:38 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Provisional_data_on_ITT_new_entrants_(HL3083and3084).xls title Provisional Data on ITT new Entrants
	tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

431541

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many secondary phase students, by individual secondary subject, were recruited in 2015–16 to initial teacher training programmes delivered through (1) core university provision, (2) school-centred initial teacher training provision, (3) School Direct salaried, and (4) School Direct fee-paying provision, compared to the total number of training places allocated to each of those routes and subject<i>s</i>.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
	uin	HL3804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>For the academic year 2015 to 2016 we recruited 13,034 initial trainee teachers to primary programmes (compared to 12,872 in 2014 to 2015) and 15,114 to secondary programmes (compared to 12,971 in 2014 to 2015). These figures are for postgraduate only and include Teach First and forecasted trainees. This represents 116% and 82% against the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) target respectively. The target is higher this year compared to academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><br /><p>We allocated a total of 13,962 postgraduate places in primary and 22,800 postgraduate secondary programmes, against TSM targets of 11,245 and 18,541 respectively.</p><br /><p>We allocate more ITT places than we require trainee teachers, and the extent to which we over-allocate differs by route. When assessing recruitment overall we measure the number of trainee teachers recruited against the number required, rather than against the proportion of allocated places that are filled.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the total postgraduate trainees by secondary subject and primary phase. The total includes 1,584 Teach First and 379 forecast trainees. The table also includes trainees and allocations by route.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3803 question first answered 07/12/2015 17:59:38 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Provisional_data_on_ITT_new_entrants_(HL3083and3084).xls title Provisional Data on ITT new Entrants
	tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

431648

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14873, and with reference to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213691, what her most recent estimate is of the number of teachers needed in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) science, (d) physics, (e) computer science, (f) modern languages, (g) geography and (h) history in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18, (iii) 2018-19, (iv) 2019-20 and (v) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	17273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 9 November 2015 to PQ 14872 and 14873, which was as follows:</p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to estimate the demand for the number of qualified teachers within state-funded schools in England each year using a range of assumptions, including projections for the numbers of pupils in schools, the number of teachers expected to leave the sector and the number of returnees.</p><p>The estimate of teacher demand is published in part 1 of the TSM here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p>The TSM’s primary purpose is to provide an estimate of the number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required in the 2016/17 academic year to yield the required number of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) entering the profession in 2017/18. The TSM is updated annually to reflect the latest available data.</p><p>The estimates of the number of teachers needed in the current TSM differ from those provided the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213691 because the inputs, such as population projections, have been updated to use the most recent data.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2015 15:18:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

431651

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 14872, and with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 212178, what her most recent estimate is of the number of teachers needed in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19, (d) 2019-20 and (e) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	17270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 9 November 2015 to PQ 14872 and 14873, which was as follows:</p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to estimate the demand for the number of qualified teachers within state-funded schools in England each year using a range of assumptions, including projections for the numbers of pupils in schools, the number of teachers expected to leave the sector and the number of returnees.</p><p>The estimate of teacher demand is published in part 1 of the TSM here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p>The TSM’s primary purpose is to provide an estimate of the number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required in the 2016/17 academic year to yield the required number of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) entering the profession in 2017/18. The TSM is updated annually to reflect the latest available data.</p><p>The estimates of the number of teachers needed in the current TSM differ from those provided the Answer of 3 November 2014 to Question 212178 because the inputs, such as population projections, have been updated to use the most recent data.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2015 15:15:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

431656

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend the entitlement to their late spouse's teacher's pension to the surviving spouses of teachers who retired or died prior to January 2007 and lost their entitlement to their late spouse's pension on remarrying.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	17306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive governments that changes or improvements to all public service pension schemes should not normally be applied retrospectively. This policy protects the current membership from having to meet the cost of potentially very expensive improvements. There are therefore no plans to extend the entitlement for those whose spouse was a member of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and who died or retired before January 2007.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2015 15:11:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

431652

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children in Care
	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 merits of introducing automatic mental health assessments by qualified professionals for all children upon entry into care.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	17374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for making sure that a health assessment is carried out for every child they look after when they enter care. That includes an assessment of the child’s emotional and mental wellbeing as well as their physical health.</p><br /><p>Statutory guidance on <em>Promoting the health and well-being of looked-after children</em> (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2</a>) states that those assessments should not be an isolated event but part of the dynamic and continuous cycle of care planning and integrated with any other assessments and plans. Local authorities should also ensure that the information from a Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire, completed by the main carer, informs the health assessment. Where that health assessment suggests that children may benefit from a more specialist assessment the local authority and health practitioner should make sure that it is carried out.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/12/2015 17:51:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies