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78980

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on closing the attainment gap between pupils receiving free school meals and others; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	904972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The gap between free school meals (FSM) pupils and others achieving Level 4 or above in key stage 2 reading and mathematics has narrowed from 19.3 to 16.2 percentage points between 2011 and 2013. The gap in FSM pupils and others achieving at least five A*-C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics has narrowed from 27.4 to 26.7 percentage points over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent Ofsted assessment is that school leaders are spending the pupil premium more effectively than at any time since the funding was introduced in 2011. Of 151 schools in the assessment, the attainment gap between free school meal pupils and their peers was closing, sometimes quite quickly, in all 86 schools judged by Ofsted to be good or outstanding. Gaps are also closing, albeit more slowly, in two thirds of the 50 sampled schools rated ‘requires improvement’.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 16:43:21 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

78982

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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 proposals are for the adoption of a revised funding formula for schools.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	David Mowat
	uin	904967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain committed to the introduction of a national funding formula after the next spending review, when we can give certainty to schools about how the formula will affect them over a number of years. In the meantime, our allocation of an extra £390 million to the least fairly-funded local authorities in the country will make a real difference to those local authorities, such as Warrington, that gain from the proposals.</p><p>According to our indicative figures, Warrington will gain an additional £500,000 in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 16:41:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

78439

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Headteachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the turnover of head teachers has been in state-funded schools in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	206384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available for teachers in specific grades.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:48:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78437

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted provides to Ofsted inspectors about the monitoring of school engagement with Prevent.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	206357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>No guidance has been provided to Ofsted inspectors by the Department for Education about the monitoring of school engagement with Prevent as the training of inspectors is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>Where relevant, Ofsted provides inspectors with appropriate briefing on the Prevent agenda and gives training to inspectors ahead of inspection.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:47:29 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

77919

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	IGCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether IGCSE qualifications will be included in 14 to 16 school performance tables after 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	205843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We expect to make an announcement in the near future on how achievements in IGCSEs and other level 1/level 2 certificates will be reflected in key stage 4 performance tables from 2017 onwards, following the first awarding of new GCSEs.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:49:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

77923

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is in the remit of Ofsted to investigate pupils' safety from asbestos in school buildings when it inspects schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	205782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not in Ofsted’s remit to assess asbestos management in schools. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the lead regulator on managing asbestos.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:52:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

77930

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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 funding Crawley constituency will receive through the pupil premium in the financial year 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	205712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Schools and academies in Crawley constituency have been allocated £4.026 million through the pupil premium for financial year 2014-15.</p><p>This includes funding through the deprivation, service child and children adopted from care elements, but excludes the looked-after children element 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 21/07/2014 13:50:10 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

78619

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Unemployment: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for trends in long-term unemployment among people over 50.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people aged 50-64 in work has risen by over 300,000 in the last year. This is likely to reflect the recovery in the economy together with the effect of welfare reform and the equalisation of state pension age. There are nearly 150,000 fewer people aged 50-64 without a job than a year ago. Some of this has been reflected in lower economic inactivity, as more people enter or remain in the labour force, but unemployment and long-term unemployment have also fallen on the year.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 June 2014, the DWP published Fuller Working Lives - A Framework for Action</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-framework-for-action" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-framework-for-action</a>) which explains how working longer can benefit individuals, businesses, society and the economy. It sets out a number of new actions to help people have fuller working lives. A Business Champion for older workers has also been appointed, tasked with making the case for older workers within the business community and challenging outdated perceptions.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 14:37:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78618

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Jobcentres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus workclub schemes are in operation; and how many such clubs were established in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:49:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78617

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Employment Schemes: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people for whom Youth Contract wage incentives have been paid since April 2012 have been (a) male, (b) female, (c) disabled and (d) Black and minority ethnic.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/07/2014 15:54:23 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms