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	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend the School Admissions Code to allow schools to take into account the length of time a child has been on a waiting list in instances when that length of time has been longer than one year and that child matches that school's admissions criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	227943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently has no plans to amend the School Admissions Code in this respect.</p><p> </p><p>It is government policy that all school places must be allocated in accordance with each school's oversubscription criteria. Such criteria are determined following consultation with the local community and reflect local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2015 13:44:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

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	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) primary and (b) secondary school places have been created in each parliamentary constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
	tabling member printed	Maria Miller
	uin	223454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information from local authorities on the number of school places in state-funded primary and secondary schools as part of the annual School Capacity Collection. The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Equivalent data for 2010 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-2009-to-2010-final" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-2009-to-2010-final</a></p><p> </p><p>Data to May 2014 will become available shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A comparison of the position in 2010 and 2013, showing the net change in capacity, is given in the table below. Positive figures indicate an overall increase in places; negative figures indicate an overall decrease in places. A decrease in places can be the consequence of actions to address oversupply and remove unsuitable place provision, or of restructuring the school system. Figures for local authorities that have restructured middle school provision or introduced all-through provision between 2010 and 2013 must be compared with caution.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect capacity data at constituency level; Basingstoke constituency lies within Hampshire local authority.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>(a)</strong></p><p><strong>Change in number of places in primary schools (including all through and middle-deemed primary schools)</strong></p><p><strong>2010 to 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b)</strong></p><p><strong>Change in number of places in secondary schools (including all-through and middle deemed secondary schools)</strong></p><p><strong>2010 to 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>6,538</p></td><td><p>2,567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>2,449</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>-248</p></td><td><p>-380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>1,595</p></td><td><p>862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>1,683</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>10,028</p></td><td><p>6,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>2,584</p></td><td><p>823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>1,075</p></td><td><p>1,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>5,077</p></td><td><p>817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>2,768</p></td><td><p>2,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>1,721</p></td><td><p>566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, City of</p></td><td><p>2,774</p></td><td><p>1,855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>1,266</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>1,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>-63</p></td><td><p>619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>1,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>3,527</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>1,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>-106</p></td><td><p>1,791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>1,121</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>3,333</p></td><td><p>817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>3,123</p></td><td><p>1,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>755</p></td><td><p>493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>994</p></td><td><p>-58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>3,493</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>-281</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>-545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>2,775</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-79</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>-546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>4,491</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>-48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>1,048</p></td><td><p>-405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>1,908</p></td><td><p>-788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>4,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>-360</p></td><td><p>2,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>-881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>1,297</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>-2,199</p></td><td><p>5,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>-205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>-368</p></td><td><p>-210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>5,889</p></td><td><p>3,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>1,352</p></td><td><p>1,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>2,263</p></td><td><p>1,403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>2,868</p></td><td><p>-4,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>-299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>-108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>2,189</p></td><td><p>5,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston Upon Hull, City of</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1,938</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>2,529</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>1,669</p></td><td><p>-313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>-1,460</p></td><td><p>-822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>1,913</p></td><td><p>-563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>5,074</p></td><td><p>1,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>-1,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>-623</p></td><td><p>1,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>2,836</p></td><td><p>-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>586</p></td><td><p>-3,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>2,636</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>5,284</p></td><td><p>2,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>1,576</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>-86</p></td><td><p>-755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>1,452</p></td><td><p>648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>-83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>2,534</p></td><td><p>1,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>-81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>-2,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>-1,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>1,585</p></td><td><p>319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-905</p></td><td><p>-73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1,676</p></td><td><p>1,923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>-2,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>941</p></td><td><p>1,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>1,517</p></td><td><p>453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>-502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td><td><p>1,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>1,622</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td><td><p>526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>973</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>3,323</p></td><td><p>3,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar and Cleveland</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>-467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>1,986</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>1,076</p></td><td><p>-1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>-275</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>641</p></td><td><p>-294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>1,007</p></td><td><p>1,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>-626</p></td><td><p>-1,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>2,086</p></td><td><p>-328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>-2,468</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>3,154</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>-159</p></td><td><p>371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>-6</p></td><td><p>1,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>-553</p></td><td><p>-154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>-428</p></td><td><p>-337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>1,926</p></td><td><p>-475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Helens</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>-42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>-666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>-570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>2,417</p></td><td><p>-824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td><td><p>-5,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>-111</p></td><td><p>565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>4,177</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>1,302</p></td><td><p>1,016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>2,434</p></td><td><p>837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td><td><p>-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>924</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>1,948</p></td><td><p>1,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>-513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>2,405</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>786</p></td><td><p>923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>2,291</p></td><td><p>-145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1,534</p></td><td><p>-863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>-16</p></td><td><p>-453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>1,538</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>3,444</p></td><td><p>1,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>-94</p></td><td><p>684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>-1,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor and Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>1,079</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>-155</p></td><td><p>-1,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>778</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>-283</p></td><td><p>-453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>188,681</p></td><td><p>74,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School Capacity Survey 2010 and 2013</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 15:35:15 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

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	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Schools Admissions Code precludes admissions authorities from taking into account how long a child has been on the waiting list for a school place.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	223093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code requires that all school places, including those offered to pupils on a school’s waiting list, are allocated strictly in accordance with a school’s published admissions criteria. This ensures fairness and transparency in the process and means that those applying for admission to a school understand from the outset their likelihood of gaining a place. It also means that there is no incentive for those who do not closely match a school’s admissions criteria, to remain on a waiting list while occupying a place at an alternative school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 15:43:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

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	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top choice school in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Medway in the most recent year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	219712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014’, at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for England and the local authorities of Kent and Medway are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Proportion of applicants (%) who received their first choice</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>85.2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>84.9</p></td><td><p>83.6</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>85.6</p></td><td><p>81.2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Based on offers made on respective national offer days</em></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/01/2015 11:57:40 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

166546

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ease the pressure of rising birth rates on schools.
	tabling member constituency	Beckenham
	tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
	uin	216302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education’s main priorities. That is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places. In addition we have announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>This support has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015. We have also stripped out bureaucracy to make it easier for schools to expand to offer more places, if they so wish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 15:46:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

100952

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure there is an adequate number of school places; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	905641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>260,000 additional school places have been created between May 2010 and May 2013. We are on track to meet the extra pressures for places across the country.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/10/2014 17:15:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

99722

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures her Department holds on pupil intake changes of schools founded before 2010 ranked by those which have experienced the most rapid growth in pupil numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
	uin	210965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on the pupils enrolled at all maintained schools, academies (including free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges) and non‑maintained special schools, is collected via the school census. Data is collected for all schools regardless of growth in pupil numbers or date of opening of the school. The school census captures a wide range of information including pupil headcount, special educational needs, eligibility for free school meals, first language and ethnicity (though not pupil nationality).</p><p>Data for individual schools is included within the underlying data of the series listed below: ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’[1] and ‘Special educational needs in England’.[2]</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/10/2014 11:32:47 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

79036

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top-choice school in (a) the UK, (b) Berkshire and (c) Windsor constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	206723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014’. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications</a></p><p>The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014. Data for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are produced by the devolved administrations.</p><p>The figures for England and the local authorities of West Berkshire and Windsor &amp; Maidenhead are given below. Data is provided by, and broken down as far as, local authority level. Therefore results by parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Proportion of applicants who received their first choice<br>primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">England</td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>85.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>86.3</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</td><td><p>85.1</p></td><td><p>80.5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Based on offers made on respective national offer days</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/09/2014 11:53:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1464174

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Point 162 in the Schools White Paper, which specific provision in the Schools Bill will ensure that local authorities take responsibility for managing all applications for in-year admissions.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	4702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The proposal for local authorities to manage in-year admissions does not require primary legislation.</p><p>As part of the Schools White Paper, the department has committed to consulting on reforms the schools admissions framework including requiring local authorities to manage in-year applications, as well as applications in the normal round.</p><p>The department is working with stakeholders to refine our proposals. We will then carry out a full public consultation as required by statute when making changes to the School Admissions Code before implementing proposed changes to the code.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/05/2022 16:13:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1458895

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether school applications from Ukrainian refugees will be assessed according to the same criteria as other children.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	156397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education wrote to all directors of children’s services on 1 April 2022 asking them to assist refugees from Ukraine in finding school places as quickly as possible. The department followed this up with a similar message to every local authority admission officer on 4 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities in England must always apply their published admission arrangements. There are no exceptions for Ukrainians or children of any other nationality.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England do not have additional school admission obligations in relation to refugees from Ukraine, they have the same right to a school place as any other child resident in the UK. Local authorities in England have a duty to provide sufficient school places for children living in their area. Parents have a duty to ensure any of their children who are of compulsory school age receive a suitable education.</p><p> </p><p>It is not necessary to have a fixed home address in order to be allocated a school and admission authorities would be in breach of their legal obligations if they refused admission on this basis. The school admissions code states that admission arrangements must be clear about how a child’s home address will be determined.</p><p> </p><p>The department provides advice, in Ukrainian and Russian, to parents on finding a school place in the Ukraine welcome pack, similar to the advice we provide Hong Kong British National (Overseas) and Afghan migrants. The department have also recently updated our website giving advice to local authorities and schools on the admission rights of foreign nationals.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 156398 156399 question first answered 25/04/2022 11:45:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers