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101108

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	212095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not entered into any private finance contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has, however, approved 171 private finance schools contracts entered into by other bodies, such as local authorities. Details of these contracts are published online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2013-summary-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2013-summary-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 16:13:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165956

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Brighton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers in Brighton and Hove who were trained as part of the Teach First programme; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	215798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data on the schools in which Teach First participants are training or teaching. Teach First currently does not have partner schools in the Brighton and Hove area and has advised the Department that none of its former trainees are currently employed in a school in Brighton and Hove.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/12/2014 15:31:42 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65687

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Basic Skills: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of levels of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in (i) Brighton, Kemptown constituency, (ii) East Sussex and (iii) South East England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	203872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Key stage 2 national curriculum assessment statistics are published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2</a></p><p>GCSE attainment statistics are published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>Attainment statistics by Parliamentary constituency are published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/</a></p><p>Information that is not already in the public domain has been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/07/2014 16:47:46 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

77098

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Brighton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding has been provided to each pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Brighton and Hove (A) in cash terms and (B) at 2014 prices in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	205044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Average per pupil funding figures for Brighton and Hove local authority (LA) are given below. With the introduction of the dedicated schools grant (DSG) in 2006-07, the changes to the funding mechanism meant figures were no longer available to be shown split by phase of education.</p><p>Figures for financial years 2010 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Average revenue per pupil funding (cash)</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brighton and Hove LA </strong></p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are in real terms using June 2014 GDP deflators in 2013-14 prices:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Average revenue per pupil funding (real)</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brighton and Hove LA </strong></p></td><td><p>5,360</p></td><td><p>5,160</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Per pupil figures are using DSG allocations plus other schools related grants, e.g. school standards grant, school standards grant (personalisation), standards fund etc. and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10. Most of the additional grants were mainstreamed into DSG in 2011-12. These figures do not include the Pupil Premium.</p><p>With the changes to DSG funding in financial year 2013-14, i.e. funding allocated through three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs, there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash and real terms for Brighton and Hove LA.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DSG schools block per pupil funding</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brighton and Hove LA (cash)</strong></p></td><td><p>4,458</p></td><td><p>4,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brighton and Hove LA (real)*</strong></p></td><td><p>4,458</p></td><td><p>4,362</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Real terms figures shown in 2013-14 prices using GDP deflators at 27.06.14</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011-12 schools have received the Pupil Premium, which targets funding at pupils from the most deprived backgrounds to help them achieve their full potential. In 2011-12, the Pupil Premium was allocated for each pupil known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children of parents in the armed services. In 2012-13 coverage was expanded to include pupils known to have been eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years. The amounts per pupil amounts for each type of pupil are shown in following table in cash terms:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil Premium per pupil (£)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School Meal Pupil Primary</p></td><td><p>£488</p></td><td><p>£623</p></td><td><p>£953</p></td><td><p>£1300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School Meal Pupil Secondary</p></td><td><p>£488</p></td><td><p>£623</p></td><td><p>£900</p></td><td><p>£935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service Children</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looked After Children</p></td><td><p>£488</p></td><td><p>£623</p></td><td><p>£900</p></td><td><p>£1900*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Also includes children adopted from care</p><p> </p><p>Total Pupil Premium allocations for Brighton and Hove local authority for each year are shown in the following table in cash terms:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>2.588</p></td><td><p>4.880</p></td><td><p>7.423</p></td><td><p>9.618</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures in real terms:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil Premium Allocations (£ millions)</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>2.661</p></td><td><p>4.964</p></td><td><p>7.423</p></td><td><p>9.411</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Price Base: Real terms at 2013-14 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 27.06.2014</p><p> </p><p>Capital funding:</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows capital funding for the financial years that are available. The data is in cash terms as allocations are phased across more than one year making real terms calculations meaningless. Complete information on the split of capital between phases of education is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>Capital allocations<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Of which Building Schools for the Future<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations.</p><p>2. BSF includes one school pathfinders.</p><p>3. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/07/2014 14:56:42 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

77101

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Brighton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) Brighton, Kemptown constituency have received free school meals in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	205137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014' Statistical First Release.[1]</p><p>Tables 8a-d show local authority level information. Parliamentary constituency level information is not published. Information for 2010 to 2013 can be found in previous versions of this release.[2]</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2]<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> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/07/2014 13:42:41 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

77368

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that skilled mathematics and science graduates are attracted to careers in teaching; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	205284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting schools in recruiting specialist teachers in mathematics and science. Specific support is provided for individuals interested in teaching these subjects through targeted marketing, personal advisors and securing school experience.</p><p>To attract graduates to teaching these subjects, we have significantly increased tax-free bursaries for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing trainee teachers from £9,000 in 2012/13 to up to £20,000 in 2014/15. In addition, we continue to work jointly with the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics and BCS, the chartered institute for IT, to offer scholarship awards of £25,000 in order to attract the most talented graduates into initial teacher training.</p><p>For the academic year 2014/15, we have extended our salaried School Direct training programme to encourage more experienced graduates to enter teacher training across a range of subjects, including mathematics and science. School Direct (salaried) is an employment-based route for high-quality, experienced graduates who earn a salary whilst training.</p><p>We are also continuing to fund subject knowledge enhancement courses, which are an important tool to ensure trainee teachers without a first class degree in the subject they will teach have sufficient specialist subject knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/07/2014 14:50:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

77369

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Leaving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people leave school with a good level of English and mathematics; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	205285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>We are reforming the mathematics and English curriculum and qualifications, raising expectations so that they match the best worldwide. The new national curriculum will match those in the highest-performing education jurisdictions in the world, challenging pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market.</p><p> </p><p>At primary level, we have published a more rigorous curriculum with a greater level of demand. In mathematics, children will know their times tables by age nine and calculators will be removed from the test for 11 year olds to ensure that children get a rigorous grounding in mental and written arithmetic. To support schools, we will continue to fund the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. We also recently announced the establishment of 32 new Maths Hubs, supported with £11 million of funding over the next two years, which will drive up the quality of mathematics education from the early years to age 19.</p><p> </p><p>In the new English national curriculum we have placed a greater focus on grammar, spelling and punctuation, with a new test for 11 year olds. We have strengthened the requirements on learning to read through systematic synthetic phonics, and we have introduced a phonics screening check at age six so that teachers can intervene early to help children catch up.</p><p> </p><p>At secondary level, GCSEs in mathematics and English are also being reformed to be more challenging and give stronger guarantees of numeracy and literacy. We expect schools will increase time spent teaching mathematics – bringing us in line with our international competitors. The recently announced “Progress 8” measure gives double weighting to mathematics and English in performance tables for the first time. For year 7 pupils who have not achieved level 4 at key stage 2 in reading and/or mathematics we will continue to fund the catch-up premium worth £500 per pupil. This enables secondary schools to deliver additional support, such as individual tuition or intensive support in small groups, for those pupils that most need it.</p><p> </p><p>We are also reforming post-16 education, including A levels in English and mathematics, and have set out our ambition for the majority of young people in England to study mathematics at least to age 18 by 2020. Students without at least a grade C at GCSE in mathematics or English are now required to continue to study the subject. In addition, new core mathematics qualifications are being developed for those students with GCSE grade C or above who do not go on to study A or AS level mathematics.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have invested in and reformed initial teacher training to focus on attracting the very best graduates with the right qualities for teaching into the profession through scholarships and bursaries of up to £25,000 in key subjects such as mathematics, and supporting the expansion of the highly-successful Teach First programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/07/2014 14:41:59 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78902

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
	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 encourage the uptake of mathematics in post-16 education; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>We are reforming mathematics in post-16 education and have set out our ambition for the majority of young people in England to study mathematics to at least age 18 by 2020. In addition, students without at least a grade C in mathematics GCSE are now required to continue to study this vital subject within 16-19 education until they gain this valuable qualification.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming A level maths to provide a better stepping stone to mathematical study at university, and we are expanding the Further Maths Support Programme to support and enhance A level teaching. From 2017 Level 3 maths will count in the 16-19 schools and college performance tables and in the TechBacc measure from 2016. This will recognise schools and colleges that deliver maths to age 18 effectively and ensure that maths education receives the priority it deserves.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing ‘Core Maths’ qualifications from 2015 for post-16 students who achieve at least a C at GCSE, but do not progress to A level or AS level. These qualifications will help young people think mathematically, logically and analytically. We expect large numbers of students to elect to take these qualifications, which will be valued by employers and universities. Almost 200 schools and colleges have signed up to take part in the programme already.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently created a network of Maths Hubs, supported with £11 million over their first two years, to raise standards of maths education from the early years to age 19. One of the main responsibilities of Maths Hubs will be to support increased participation in maths to age 18 in their area.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/07/2014 15:58:25 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

48058

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to prevent benefit fraud; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	196011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The level of fraud in the benefit system is relatively low at 0.7% of total benefit expenditure. However, any loss to the public purse due to fraud is unacceptable, which is why the Department is working across Government - and with the private sector - to further reduce the level of loss due to benefit fraud. <br> <br> We have made considerable progress since the Fraud and Error Strategy was published in 2010. In terms of prevention, this includes using Real Time Information in the Universal Credit pathfinders to prevent fraud and error on new claims before payments are issued. In addition we recently announced a package of measures which, amongst other things include extending these checks to other benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We are also testing the effectiveness of communications to help change attitudes to benefit fraud and to encourage people to routinely report changes of circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

63091

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will be rolled out to (a) Brighton, Kemptown constituency and (b) the South East; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	201619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green, Iain Duncan Smith on 5 December 2013 Col. 65WS link to WMS:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws</a></p><p>The statement sets out our plans for UC Delivery. We are progressing well against the plan and from 23 June 2014 expansion of the UC live service across the whole of the North West of England began.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/north-west-universal-credit-expansion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/north-west-universal-credit-expansion</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:46:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby