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100144

	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	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to announce the initial teacher training: trainee number census 2014-15 for (a) school direct places and (b) provider-led places.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	211329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Initial Teacher Training Census for 2014-15 will be published on 27 November 2014. This will contain a breakdown of figures to cover school-led (including school direct) and provider-led places.</p><p>The publication will be made available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:12:15 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

100150

	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	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage (a) computer science graduates and (b) professional programmers to become teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	211327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is committed to recruiting high-quality graduates into teaching. The latest data published by UCAS on 25 September 2014 in its ‘UCAS Teacher Training statistical releases’[1], indicates that there will be an increase in computing trainees commencing initial teacher training (ITT) this year, although this will not be certain until the 2014/15 ITT census is published.</p><p>For computing trainees starting their training in 2015/16, we have increased bursaries to up to £25,000 tax-free. We are also funding a prestigious scholarship scheme for computing trainees worth £25,000 tax-free and offering a range of professional benefits. Additional funding has also been made available to schools offering School Direct (salaried) places in computing to boost starting salaries; computing trainees will be able to earn over £21,000 nationally and £25,000 in inner London.</p><p>There are a range of other incentives in place to attract high quality computing trainees into the teaching profession, including:</p><ol><li>The delivery of a targeted marketing campaign to encourage high-quality computing graduates and potential career changers to consider a career in teaching.</li><li>The offering of tailored support for graduates and career changers interested in teaching computing, including access to a School Experience Programme.</li><li>Funding of computing subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) programmes, which prepare applicants for teacher training by building up or refreshing their existing knowledge. 31% of computing applicants who accepted an ITT place for 2013/14 accessed a SKE course.</li></ol><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases" target="_blank">www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:10:23 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

99720

	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	Primary Education: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which primary schools in each local authority area have more than 600 pupils.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
	uin	210963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on the number of pupils enrolled at all maintained schools, academies (including free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges) and non‑maintained special schools, is collected through the school census.</p><p>Pupil numbers for individual schools are included within the underlying data of the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’[1] statistical first release.</p><p>A table listing all primary schools with more than 600 pupils is attached to this answer.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:49:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name SchoolsPupils2014_PupilNumbersOver600.xlsx title Primary schools with more than 600 pupils
	tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

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

99723

	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were taught in schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted in (a) 2010 and (b) the last date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	211002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:08:31 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

99724

	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: Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on securing a deal with a defibrillator supplier to facilitate the roll-out of defibrillators to schools.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	210990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is currently working in partnership with the Department of Health and stakeholders to finalise arrangements for rolling out defibrillators to schools. We have developed a detailed minimum specification in partnership with stakeholders to ensure that devices are appropriate to schools’ requirements and represent value-for-money. A reverse auction has been held and competitive bids submitted. The outcome of the process remains subject to approval. We expect to make an announcement in early December.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/10/2014 16:40:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

93799

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether factors additional to geography, commercial viability and condition need are assessed by her Department when selecting schools in the Priority School Building Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>On 24 May 2011, the then Secretary of State confirmed that 261 schools would be rebuilt, or have their condition needs met through the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP). These schools were selected on the basis of their condition need.</p><p>For delivery purposes, the 261 schools have been grouped into batches taking geography and commercial viability into consideration. We have sought to prioritise the delivery of those batches containing schools in the worst condition.</p><p>In June 2014, a second phase of the PSBP was launched. The schools to be included in this second phase of the PSBP will again be determined solely on the basis of their condition need.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:44:28 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93537

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Qualifications
	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 that teaching assistants in schools have the correct qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	210706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) Regulations 2003, require teaching assistants to work under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher. This ensures that a teacher continues to provide the leading contribution to the teaching and learning.</p><p>The regulations also require headteachers to be satisfied that the teaching assistant has the appropriate skills, expertise and experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/10/2014 10:38:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

93540

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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 estimate her Department has made of how many infant pupils (a) are eligible to receive pupil premium and (b) have been registered to receive pupil premium in the school year 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
	uin	210677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Pupil premium funding is allocated to state-funded schools for each financial year rather than by school year, primarily on the basis of the number of pupils recorded in the January school census as having been registered for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last 6 years. A smaller proportion of pupils attract the pupil premium on the basis of being looked after, or having left care through adoption or under a Special Guardianship, Residence or Child Arrangements Order.</p><p>The Department for Education has published illustrative pupil premium funding allocations for the financial year 2014-15, based on census data from 2013. Final allocations for 2014-15 will be published later in the year, based on pupil data gathered through the January 2014 school census and the spring 2014 children looked after data return (and also the October 2014 school census, for adopted and other previously looked after pupils who were not recorded as such in the January 2014 school census).</p><p>From the data on which the published illustrative allocations for 2014-15 are based, the Department estimates that 430,350 pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 will attract pupil premium funding on the basis of having been registered for FSM at any point in the last 6 years.</p><p>Pupil premium final allocations for the financial year 2015-16 will be based on pupil data gathered through the forthcoming January 2015 school census and the spring 2015 children looked after data return. Final allocations for 2015-16 will be published towards the end of 2015. To ensure we have the best estimates, we are working with primary schools and local authorities so that registration rates for benefits-related FSM are maintained for pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 classes.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:46:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

93541

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure greater consistency in educational outcomes (a) from each stage of provision and (b) across all regions.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	210718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government has introduced an ambitious, coherent programme of reforms to ensure greater consistency in educational outcomes across all stages and regions in England.</p><p>We are reforming assessment and the curriculum across the primary and secondary phases and general and vocational qualifications to ensure we have a system that prepares young people for life in modern Britain. We are reforming GCSEs and A levels to be robust and rigorous, to match the best education systems in the world and to keep pace with universities’ and employers’ demands. The new national curriculum, introduced from this school year, also sets out expectations for children at all four key stages that match the curricula used in the world’s most successful school systems.</p><p>We are improving the accountability framework to improve standards across the country. In addition, Ofsted has implemented a more rigorous inspection framework, with performance data being used to target inspections on the weakest schools and a recognition that any school rated less than ‘good' is not performing well enough.</p><p>Some schools are still not performing well enough. We issued revised statutory guidance[1] to local authorities in May that makes very clear our expectations that they should take swift and robust action when maintained schools are performing poorly. This includes our expectation that their assessment should include the achievement of disadvantaged pupils and that poorly performing schools should become sponsored academies.</p><p>In addition, the academies and free schools programmes are shifting power and responsibility to leaders of education, giving schools greater autonomy to drive improvements, within a strong framework of accountability. The growth in sponsored academies is raising standards by turning around some of the most disadvantaged and worst performing schools in the country. Increasingly, high performing schools are taking the lead as sponsors, sharing their expertise and experience to benefit others.</p><p>Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible for overseeing the performance of academies, free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools in their region. RSCs, along with their headteacher boards, are helping to build the capacity of the Department for Education to pick up local and regional soft intelligence which will contribute to the ability of the Department to oversee academies and free schools and hold them to account. The RSCs will be able to take decisions on academy issues whilst being immersed in the local context. This will enable them to make decisions based on the circumstances of the school(s) and sponsor(s) in question.</p><p>All of these reforms will also help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap with their peers at every phase and in every region in England. In particular, the Government introduced the pupil premium in April 2011 – worth a total of £6.25 billion to date – to give schools the resources to raise the attainment of mainly economically disadvantaged pupils and those in care.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:48:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

93158

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department has used to decide which schools will receive Priority School Building Programme funding.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>We have completed a comprehensive Property Data Survey of the school estate. We will use information from that survey, together with information regarding any significant structural or asbestos related issues included within schools’ expressions of interest, to prioritise schools or individual buildings for inclusion in the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:41:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22721 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93159

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to kitchen staff in schools on steps to prevent food-related illnesses.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	210372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not issue guidance to kitchen staff in schools on steps to prevent food related illnesses. The Food Standards Agency is responsible for food safety and hygiene across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:49:37 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

93160

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Nuneaton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much schools in Nuneaton constituency received under the pupil premium in 2013-14; and how much such schools will receive in pupil premium in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
	uin	210414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency have been allocated £3.181 million through the pupil premium for financial year 2013 to 2014, and £4.004 million for financial year 2014 to 2015.</p><p>This includes funding through the deprivation and service child elements of the pupil premium for financial year 2013 to 2014, and also the children adopted from care element for financial year 2014 to 2015. It excludes the looked-after children element in both years as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:50:30 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

93161

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Balaam Wood Academy
	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 application for Priority School Building Programme funding by Balaam Wood Academy; and what phase of the programme the Academy is at.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The second phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP2) will undertake major rebuilding and refurbishment projects in schools, or individual school buildings, in the very worst condition. Responsible bodies were invited to express an interest in the programme, on behalf of their schools, in July. We are currently assessing the expressions of interest and anticipate that we will be able to inform applicants of the outcome by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/10/2014 16:07:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22728 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93166

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its detailed condition survey of schools in England.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey Programme, which carried out high-level condition surveys of the school estate in England, completed its last survey in July 2014. To ensure that the data is sufficiently robust before it is put to any further use, I asked officials to share the data that we had gathered with schools and responsible bodies and rectify any significant variances in the dataset.</p><p>The deadline for feedback from schools and responsible bodies has recently passed and officials are considering where the survey information needs to be updated. Once this is completed, the Department will give further consideration to the future publication of the data.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:47:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22703 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93169

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made towards the introduction of a national funding formula for schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	210556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>On 17 July, I announced that the Department for Education will allocate £390 million to the least fairly funded local areas in 2015-16. This is the biggest step towards fairer schools funding in a decade. It puts us in a much better position to implement a national funding formula when the time is right – after the next spending review, when there are multi-year public spending plans, and the Department can give greater certainty to schools about how the formula will affect them.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:39:10 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22718 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

92856

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority controlled (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the UK will receive new resources for informing and educating schoolchildren and teachers about the work of the armed forces; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	210169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest termly email to schools, including to local authority controlled schools, sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014 and a link to the online version of the resource.[1] The resource aims to help teachers introduce students to the work of the Armed Forces in Britain and abroad, exploring their role, history, current operations and what it is like to work as part of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. It includes background information, views and different perspectives from many longstanding members of the Armed Forces and includes lesson ideas, areas for discussion and links to other publications and information. We often highlight free resources but believe that schools are best placed to decide which materials they wish to use.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:26:19 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

92857

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how new resources for informing and educating schoolchildren and teachers about the work of the armed forces are distributed to schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	210167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest termly email to schools sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014 and a link to the online version of the resource.[1] The Department for Education has not published a hard copy of the resource and has not sent it to any schools. The resource aims to help teachers introduce students to the work of the Armed Forces in Britain and abroad, exploring their role, history, current operations and what it is like to work as part of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. It includes background information, views and different perspectives from many longstanding members of the Armed Forces and includes lesson ideas, areas for discussion and links to other publications and information. We often highlight free resources but believe that schools are best placed to decide which materials they wish to use.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:28:55 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

92858

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department had with the teaching profession about new resources for informing and educating schoolchildren and teachers about the work of the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	210168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not had specific discussions with representatives of the teaching profession about the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.[1] The Department often highlights free resources but believes that schools are best placed to decide what materials they wish to use.</p><p>The latest termly email to schools sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource and a link to the website that hosts it. The resource aims to help teachers introduce students to the work of the Armed Forces in Britain and abroad, exploring their role, history, current operations and what it is like to work as part of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:27:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

92859

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-local authority controlled (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the UK will receive copies of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	210123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest termly email to schools, including non-local authority controlled schools, sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014 and a link to the online version of the resource.[1] The Department for Education has not published a hard copy of the resource.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:29:49 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

92860

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what costs her Department will incurr for the (a) printing, (b) distribution and (c) promotion of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	210122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not published or distributed a hard copy of the resource and has therefore not incurred any printing or distribution costs. The latest termly email to schools sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014 and a link to the online version of the resource.[1] The Department often highlights free resources and the costs associated with including this particular link in the regular termly email are negligible.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:24:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

93041

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	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, what plans she has to increase the number of science graduates teaching in primary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Meg Munn
	uin	210285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education wants to see more science graduates in teaching, both at primary and secondary level. There are currently around 26,100 primary teachers in state schools with science-related degrees (11.5%). We promote primary teaching to science graduates through our “Get into Teaching” campaign as well as supporting 500 primary places to Teach First which recruits top graduates into teaching.</p><p>In addition to initial teacher training, we are supporting a number of initiatives to improve the science knowledge of existing primary teachers. There are 266 Specialist Leaders of Education in science who are boosting other teachers’ knowledge across the country. We are also collaborating with the Wellcome Trust who are developing a programme for primary science teachers to strengthen further their expertise. In this way, they will be able to train non-specialist teachers to excel in science, providing further capacity in this important area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:11:03 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22423 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

92505

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Class Sizes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) South Yorkshire and (iii) England had classes of (A) 31 to 35, (B) 36-39, (C) 40 to 49, (D) 50 to 59, (E) 60 to 69 and (F) more than 70 pupils in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	209816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The available information on class sizes is shown in the table attached. To provide a more detailed breakdown of class sizes would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>The latest published data on class sizes can be accessed at: <a href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/209816-%20Michael%20Dugher/Draft/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>Legislation imposes a limit of 30 pupils per school teacher on infant classes. Regulations permit this limit to be exceeded in certain limited circumstances, for example, to admit the child of UK service personnel, or a looked after or previously looked after child, outside the normal admissions round. There is no statutory limit on class sizes for the junior and secondary phases of education. It is probable that some of the large class sizes reported above relate to times of day such as assembly when children were legitimately in groups of more than 30 and the Department for Education is working with schools and local authorities to better understand this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:48:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 209816 - Classes taught by one teacher in state-funded primary and secondary schools.xlsx title Primary and secondary class sizes
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

92506

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Essex
	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 prevent those banned from working with children or adults in Essex following the recent investigation by Essex County Council into child sexual exploitation from working in other maintained educational institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	209825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>All schools and colleges have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p><p>All schools are required to carry out mandatory ‘safer recruitment’ checks that help to identify individuals who are not suitable to work with pupils. The Department for Education’s statutory guidance on <em>‘Keeping children safe in education’</em>[1] makes clear that when appointing staff, schools must check police records, police intelligence and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) barring lists. Furthermore, anyone who is appointed to teach must not have been prohibited from being so appointed by the Secretary of State.</p><p>These checks ensure that individuals who are barred from working in regulated activity by the DBS are not employed to work with pupils in schools. They also allow schools to identify any additional risks to children and make informed decisions about an individual’s suitability to work in a school environment.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/10/2014 16:30:43 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92510

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Kent
	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 (i) Dartford constituency and (ii) Kent in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Dartford
	tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
	uin	209882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information from local authorities on the number of school places (school capacity) in state-funded primary and secondary schools (except special schools) as part of the annual School Capacity Collection. The most recent data available relates to the position in May 2013 and can be found at: <a href="http://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>In Kent, between May 2012 and May 2013, the number of places in schools deemed as primary schools increased by 960 and the number of places in schools deemed as secondary schools increased by 2,011. Schools that cross phases, for example middle schools, are deemed as either primary or secondary.</p><p>Data on the number of school places for the past 12 months is not yet available as this information is currently being collected from local authorities and will be published in due course. Information about the number of school places is not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/10/2014 16:28:16 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

92518

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206928, if she will publish the number of places (a) required by the teacher supply model and (b) allocated through the allocations for each subject in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	210011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has published its estimates of the number of trainees required, alongside the initial allocation and the final allocation of initial teacher training places for the 2014/15 academic year. This is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have this year published our Teacher Supply Model in full. This is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:43:33 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

91955

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on extending ring-fencing of the five to 16 years schools budget to include funding for young people aged 16 to 18.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	209381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The protection given to the 5-16 schools budget up to the end of financial year 2015-16 does not extend to the 16-18 education budget. Decisions about levels of education funding beyond financial year 2015-16 are for the next Government.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/10/2014 15:11:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

92183

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Solar Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to encourage schools to instal solar panels; and whether she plans to allow schools to borrow money to finance the purchase of solar panels.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	209685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government welcomes schools taking action to play their part in reducing carbon emissions. Solar panels could be a step towards this.</p><p>In April the Government published guidance to schools on the benefits of solar technology. The publication, Power to the Pupils,[1] includes practical information for schools on finance and installation.</p><p>There are, however, restrictions on school borrowing, because all spending by schools can have an impact on the public sector’s deficit and the public sector net debt.</p><p>Schools have found alternatives to commercial borrowing to fund solar photovoltaic (PV) projects including community share issues and crowd funding. Some local authorities have also set up schemes to help maintained schools meet the upfront cost of a project.</p><p>Taken together, this range of funding approaches should allow any school to install solar panels where they can see a value-for-money case.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/10/2014 15:24:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

92184

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Solar Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help schools invest in solar panels.
	tabling member constituency	Gloucester
	tabling member printed	Richard Graham
	uin	209684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>In April the Government published guidance to schools on the benefits of solar technology. The publication, Power to the Pupils,[1] includes practical information for schools on finance and installation.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/10/2014 15:20:53 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

92194

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary school and (b) infant school pupils in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) South Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) the UK received free school meals in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	209556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in 2014 is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’ Statistical First Release.[1]</p><p>Table 8a shows local authority and regional level information for primary school and nursery school pupils; parliamentary constituency level information and primary and infant school splits are not published. Barnsley East is one of five constituencies within Barnsley local authority. South Yorkshire is made up of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield local authorities. The Department for Education produces statistics on England only. The responsibility for education statistics in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales lies with each devolved administration. Information for 2010 to 2013 can be found in previous versions of this release.[2]</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 14/10/2014 15:15:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

91714

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2014
	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 estimate she has made of the cost of advertising for initial teaching training courses in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	209179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The estimated cost of advertising for initial teacher training courses for each financial year since 2010 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimate of advertising costs</p></td><td><p>£3,530,000</p></td><td><p>£2,480,000</p></td><td><p>£4,650,000</p></td><td><p>£1,480,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates include purchased media space in TV, newspapers, magazines, posters and online.</p><p> </p><p>The changes in expenditure over this period reflect the change in delivery of advertising, which emphasises digital and social media marketing, and other promotional activity over television and press advertising.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:13:19 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

91615

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of students aged between 16 to 18 unable to participate in education, jobs or training because they are unable to afford the associated transport costs.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	209148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information. However, most young people have access to a discount or concession on local travel from their local transport providers, their local authority, or from their education or training provider. The £180million bursary fund is also available to support young people with the costs associated with attending education or training, and transport is the biggest single area of expenditure for which this fund is used.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:14:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91416

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the statutory entitlement for free transport for young people in education and training beyond the current age threshold of 16.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	209015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16 to 19 year olds rests with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions which best match local needs and circumstances. Local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on the needs of their population, the local transport infrastructure, and the resources they have available.</p><p>The Government has no plans at present to extend the home to school statutory entitlement beyond the age of 16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:11:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91145

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fully qualified teachers who have completed their studies within the last three years in England have not obtained a permanent teaching post.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	208690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2014 answer text <p>In the academic year 2011/12, there were 1,520 people who had received Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and were still seeking a teaching post within six months of completing their training. Data for the academic year 2012/13 will be published on 23 October.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached gives a breakdown of the total number of trainee teachers who have been awarded QTS and have reported to be seeking a teaching post, and those that were in employment within six months of completion of training.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2013-management-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2013-management-data</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/09/2014 11:55:49 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 208690_Trainee_teachers_employment_status.xlsx title Trainee teachers employment - 2009/10 to 2011/12
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

90995

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how may teachers in state-funded schools did not hold a degree in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	208477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the information available for the percentage of teachers in publicly funded schools in England who do not hold a degree and the percentage of teachers for whom qualifications data was provided.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Percentage recorded with no degree level qualification</p></td><td><p>Percentage for whom qualification information was provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><em>3.3%</em></p></td><td><p><em>94.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><em>3.9%</em></p></td><td><p><em>93.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><em>5.1%</em></p></td><td><p><em>91.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><em>5.7%</em></p></td><td><p><em>90.1%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/09/2014 11:40:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90998

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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, when the National College of Teaching and Learning will publish the final initial teacher training allocations for 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	208627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>We intend to publish the final allocation of initial teacher training (ITT) places for the 2014/15 academic year as management information in the coming weeks. Data on the initial allocation of places is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/09/2014 11:41:33 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

90999

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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 the final number of trainee teachers recruited in each region was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	208628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The table attached shows the total number of trainee teachers in each region from 2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p>This is taken from the initial teacher training (ITT) census, which is taken on the second Wednesday of October each academic year. Further information is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/09/2014 11:39:19 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 208628. Trainee Teachers by Region PQ team Final Part 2 11.9.14.docx title Trainee Teachers by Region from 2010/11 to 2013/14
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

91000

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of trainee teachers required in each region in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	208630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The requested information on the number of trainee teachers required in each region is not available.</p><p>Information on the number of initial teacher training (ITT) allocations and places requested for the 2014/15 academic year grouped by region is available in the “Initial teacher training allocations for academic year 2014 to 2015” publication (summary by region tab). This is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/300720/itt_allocations_management_information_21_nov_2013.xlsx" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/300720/itt_allocations_management_information_21_nov_2013.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/09/2014 11:42:37 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

91002

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	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 estimate her Department has made of the number of trainee teachers required through the School Direct programme in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	208629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>There is no requirement for a particular number of trainee teachers to be recruited to School Direct places. We aim to recruit in line with the number of trainees needed across all routes, as estimated by our Teacher Supply Model.</p><p> </p><p>The Teacher Supply Model figures for the academic year 2014/15 have been published as part of management information about initial teacher training (ITT) allocations. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/09/2014 11:43:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

90462

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Mandarin: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in state schools secondary education obtained a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese in each year since Janaury 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	208111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from the Department for Education’s data. However, the Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects. In the academic year 2010/11, there were 2,480 entries for GCSE Mandarin, 2,307 in the academic year 2011/12 and 2,346 in the academic year 2012/13. This information is published in the GCSE statistical first release.[1]</p><p><br> [1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Subject time series table)</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 13:35:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90242

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	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, with reference to her Department's press notice of 16 July 2014 on pupil premium reform, to which 87 local authorities where performance of disadvantaged pupils is a concern the Minister of State for Schools wrote.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	207950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>I wrote to 87 local authorities in March and April 2014, raising my concern about the 2013 examination results of disadvantaged pupils in particular maintained schools within their areas, and asking them to support those schools’ improvement. The recipient list and criteria are below and will be published on GOV.UK shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Letters were sent to local authorities where ministerial letters had been sent in the spring to a small number of maintained schools expressing concern about the progress of disadvantaged pupils at key stage 2, and the progress and/or overall attainment of disadvantaged pupils at key stage 4. Letters were also sent to local authorities where the average GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils across all of their maintained schools declined between 2011 and 2013 or between 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in receipt of letters:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester city</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/09/2014 12:18:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

90044

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss options for how to respond to technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers other than annulling and re-siting the test with Learndirect.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>When it is determined that technical issues affected a test, the outcome is annulled and the candidate is allowed a free resit. It is not possible to change the mark awarded for a test, since the score the candidate would have achieved had they not experienced the technical issue cannot be determined. It would, therefore, be inappropriate to change the outcome, for example from fail to pass, without such evidence. Where an appeal is successful, the only option available is to allow the candidate a further attempt at the relevant skills test.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/09/2014 15:05:05 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90045

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	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 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 761W, if she will discuss the potential merits of introducing an appeals process for where there are technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>There is a process for raising concerns where there are technical difficulties or exceptional circumstances at the time of taking the test; although this is not called an appeals process, it functions in the same way. Candidates who experience issues with their tests are directed to make the invigilator and test centre aware at the time or to contact the skills tests helpline, currently managed by the contractor Pearson VUE, either by telephone or email. The first stage of the process is conducted by the contractor. Pearson VUE deals with each enquiry by investigating the nature of the concern raised and asking candidates to provide additional evidence where appropriate. In dealing with enquiries, Pearson VUE may contact the test centre, obtain statements from staff or review CCTV footage as necessary to fully investigate and respond to enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst appeals are dealt with by Pearson VUE in the first instance, the Department for Education retains the right of final decision on all appeals. The process for dealing with appeals is kept under constant review and is being refined as the service migrates from Pearson VUE to learndirect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/09/2014 15:03:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90047

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE AS-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students enrolled to study AS levels in September 2012 in (a) school sixth forms, (b) academy sixth forms, (c) sixth form colleges and (d) 16 to 19 free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	207565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of students who entered AS level qualifications in the 2012/13 academic year by school type is provided in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 09:49:03 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 207565. Final Part 2. 5.9.14.xlsx title AS level students by institution 2012/2013
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

90048

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students enrolled to study A2 levels in September 2013 in (a) school sixth forms, (b) academy sixth forms, (c) sixth form colleges and (d) 16 to 19 free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	207566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available. Provisional information for students entered for A2 levels in the 2013/14 academic year will be available in October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 09:37:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

90049

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE AS-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students who enrolled in September 2012 to study AS levels in a (a) school sixth form, (b) academy sixth form, (c) sixth form college and (d) 16 to 19 free school dropped out during the first year of their course.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	207567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 09:47:18 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

89550

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library all assessments her Department has conducted on the planning and implementation of providing free school meals to all infants; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	207301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Evidence collected from local authorities and 14 multi-academy trusts between 11 August and 22 August 2014 suggested that 98.5% of schools would be providing hot meals from the start of term. We have published a statistical notice that provides further details and is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-infant-free-school-meals-schools-offering-a-hot-meal" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-infant-free-school-meals-schools-offering-a-hot-meal</a></p><p>A copy has also been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 13:27:05 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

89552

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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, if she will make it her policy to encourage more universities to provide chemistry subject knowledge enhancement courses which are 24 weeks or longer.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
	uin	207387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Initial teacher training (ITT) providers and School Direct (SD) schools are responsible for identifying whether an ITT applicant needs to undertake a subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) course and the length of any course required. This decision is based on the ITT provider or SD school’s assessment of the applicant’s subject knowledge and the requirements of the ITT course they have applied to.</p><p> </p><p>ITT providers and SD schools can commission SKE courses from any source or they can deliver SKE courses themselves. All universities are able to offer SKE courses. The National College for Teaching and Leadership promotes these courses through its online SKE course directory and “Get into Teaching” website. The course directory includes 53 SKE courses in chemistry provided by 20 universities, including the University of Worcester. Officials are working with the Royal Society of Chemistry to promote chemistry SKE in the coming academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 09:35:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

89556

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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, how much pupil premium funding has been allocated to each borough in Lancashire in each year since that scheme's introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	207529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not hold pupil premium allocations broken down by borough. Pupil premium allocations are published each year at top tier local authority, constituency and school level. The allocations for each year are available online at:</p><p>2014-15 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2014-to-2015-illustrative-allocation-tables" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2014-to-2015-illustrative-allocation-tables</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2013-14<br><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 <br><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http:/www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/a00200697/pupil-premium-2012-13" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/a00200697/pupil-premium-2012-13</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2011-12 <br><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http:/www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/settlement2012pupilpremium/a0075963/pupil-premium-2011-12" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20131216163513/http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/schoolsrevenuefunding/settlement2012pupilpremium/a0075963/pupil-premium-2011-12</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The pupil premium allocations for Lancashire for each year going back to its introduction in 2011-12 are: £45.9 million in 2014-15 (provisional based on illustrative pupil numbers), £37.1 million in 2013-14, £21.7 million in 2012-13, and £12.4 million in 2011-12.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/09/2014 14:56:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

89565

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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, whether her Department conducted a financial impact assessment of the effects of the most recent Education Financial Settlement on students with special educational needs.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	207188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>On 17 July, I announced changes to the way that school funding would be distributed next year. These included the allocation of £390 million extra schools funding to the least fairly funded local authorities, and some small improvements to the allocation of funds for pupils and students with special educational needs (SEN). The Department for Education consulted on how to allocate the additional funding, and carefully considered the impact of the funding distribution methodology on individual local authorities’ ability to meet the needs of such young people. No authority will be worse off as a result of the changes. All authorities should, therefore, be in a position to ensure that all pupils in their area with SEN get the level of support that they require.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/09/2014 09:18:49 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe