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49631

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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 arrangements are in place to ensure that the pupil premium for service children is used for its intended purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	197697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Headteachers are responsible for selecting the most appropriate interventions to support their service pupils, including pastoral support or interventions to improve attainment.</p><p>They are held accountable for the use of this additional funding in two ways. Firstly, through the Ofsted inspection framework where inspectors focus on the attainment of different groups of pupils, including those who attract the service premium. Secondly, schools are required to publish online how much service pupil premium funding they receive, how it is spent and the impact it has made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

49632

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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 the pupil premium is available for pre-school children from service families; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	197691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The pupil premium and the service children premium are additional resources provided to maintained schools and academies in England to support the education of 4-16 year-olds who meet the eligibility requirements.</p><p>The Government has announced that a new early years pupil premium, worth £50 million, will be introduced from April 2015. It will give disadvantaged three- and four-year-old children better access to quality early education which evidence shows can have a major impact on their school readiness. The Government will consult later this year on how best to implement these proposals.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

62615

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in secondary schools in each constituency have a chemistry degree.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>An estimate for the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:54:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62616

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how long the recruitment period will be for subject knowledge enhancement courses for 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Recruitment to subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses is a matter for providers of initial teacher training and lead schools in the School Direct programme. We have announced funding support for SKE courses up to 31 March 2015 and will make a further announcement for the period beyond that in due course.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:54:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62617

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers undertook a chemistry subject knowledge enhancement course in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There are two types of subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses: pre initial teacher training (ITT) SKE, to support recruitment of trainee teachers in shortage subjects; and post ITT SKE, to support workforce challenges in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We have surpassed our target for trainees entering chemistry teacher training in each of the last three years, recruiting 121% of the target in 2011/12, 108% in 2012/13, and 127% in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the latest annual School Workforce Census (2013)[1] shows that 80.4% of chemistry teachers who teach pupils from years 7 to 13 have a relevant post-A Level qualification, up from 72.7% in the 2010 census[2].</p><p> </p><p>Data for the number of chemistry SKE courses for 2009-2013 is below. Post ITT SKE courses were available only from the academic year 2011/12. SKE course data for 2013/14 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pre ITT chemistry SKE courses undertaken</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of post ITT chemistry SKE courses undertaken</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</p><p>[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:00:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62618

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England have a (a) science subject leader and (b) subject leader who has a science degree.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:53:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

45247

	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, pursuant to the statement of 13 March 2014, Official Report, columns 427-9, on school funding, what the (a) total and (b) per-pupil funding for each local authority area will be for 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	193989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>I announced on 13 March that in 2015-16, in addition to funding all local authorities at the same cash level per pupil as in 2014-15, we will provide a £350 million boost to the least fairly funded local authorities in the country. We have published a consultation document online, indicating the possible effects of this funding boost on some local authorities:</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>We will be able to announce final decisions on per pupil funding for each local authority in 2015-16 after we have considered responses to this consultation, which closes on 30 April. We will be then able to announce the total funding for each local authority in 2015-16 once final pupil numbers are confirmed.</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	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

46503

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 426W, on schools: finance, what the (a) total and (b) per pupil funding for each local authority area for 2015-16 is under the proposals currently published for consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	195005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>I announced on 13 March that in 2015-16, in addition to funding all local authorities at the same cash level per pupil as in 2014-15, we will provide an additional £350 million to the least fairly funded local authorities in the country. Our indicative figures for each local authority that gains under our proposals are published in Annex A of the consultation document at the following address:</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>We will protect the funding for all local authorities that do not gain under our minimum funding level proposals, ensuring that they will be funded at the same cash level per pupil as in 2014-15. The 2014-15 total and per pupil rates of funding for these local authorities are published at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>We will be able to announce final decisions on per pupil funding for each gaining local authority in 2015-16 after we have considered responses to the consultation, which closes on 30 April. We will be able to announce the total funding for each local authority in 2015-16 once final pupil numbers are confirmed.</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	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

58218

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) infant schools, (b) junior schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) sixth form colleges in (i) Liverpool, (ii) the North West and (iii) England are non-UK nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	198909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect information on the nationality of pupils and students.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/06/2014 13:32:37 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

45005

	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, who is responsible for monitoring and approving the use of Government-funded credit cards by employees of Ofsted.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	193569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has written to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response has been placed in the House Library.</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	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe