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43055

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service leavers have (a) applied to and (b) been accepted on the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	192172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme is a brand new programme, which started in January 2014. It provides a route into teaching for non-graduates with relevant skills and experience. It is a school-based two year programme, at the end of which service leavers will have both a degree and Qualified Teacher Status.</p><p>982 service leavers submitted an initial application to cohort 1 of the new undergraduate Troops to Teachers programme. 332 of these applications went forward to be considered by the initial teacher training provider, which is the normal first stage for initial teacher training applications. 41 service leavers joined the Troops to Teachers programme in January 2014.</p><p>These figures represent only the first cohort of Troops to Teachers trainees. We are looking forward to more service leavers joining the programme this September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

45855

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure long-term capital funding for sixth form colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	194366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The 2013 Spending Round confirmed the levels of capital funding that the Department for Education will receive between 2015 and 2021. This settlement will enable the Department to develop a long-term approach, allowing us to consider making allocations over a number of years, which would help schools, sixth-form colleges and their responsible bodies to plan with greater confidence.</p><p>I am clear that in future years our funding should be better targeted to where it is most needed, and it is for this reason that the Department is currently collecting up to date information on the condition of school buildings, including sixth-form colleges, through a comprehensive survey. This survey is due to be completed by the summer and it is our intention that the results will be used to inform the allocation of capital maintenance funding from 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

45883

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many graduates have entered teaching since 2007 in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	194487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data for the number of graduates entering teaching within Brigg and Goole constituency as data is not collected on graduates entering teaching at the constituency level.</p><p>The numbers of graduates entering teaching since 2007 in England is published in Sector Level Reports found on the National College for Teaching and Leadership website:</p><p><a href="http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/sectorLevelReports.html" target="_blank">http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/sectorLevelReports.html</a></p><p>A summary of this information can be found in Table 1.</p><p>The Department does not hold data for the number of graduates entering teaching within Wales as education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of trainees awarded qualified teaching status (QTS) in teaching employment within 6 months, by academic year, in England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12[1]</p></td><td><p>27,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>26,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>27,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09[2]</p></td><td><p>21,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>21,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>22,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures for 2011/12 have been rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>[2] Employment based initial teacher training (EBITT) figures are not included</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

46079

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received about teaching standards and education at Ad-Deen Primary School, Ilford; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford South
	tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
	uin	194388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The last report received by the Secretary of State for Education relating to teaching standards and education at Ad-Deen Primary School was from Ofsted following their inspection of the school on 19-20 January 2011. This judged the school to be satisfactory for curriculum, teaching and assessment.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

45238

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the functional literacy rates were in each (a) local authority area and (b) region in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Tables showing the percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in reading and writing at the end of key stage 2[1] at local authority level for the past four years are published in the ‘National curriculum assessments at key stage two' statistical first release (SFR). A copy of the data has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>Information on the percentage of pupils achieving A* to C and A* to G grades in English GCSE[2] nationally for the last 10 years are published in the ‘GCSE and equivalent results' SFR. A copy is placed in the House Library.</p><p>Key stage 2 reading and writing figures for earlier years and English GCSE figures at local authority level could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>[1] These figures are published in the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2” statistical first releases for each year.</p><p>[2] These figures are published in the “GCSE and equivalent results” statistical first releases for each year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

45534

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students sat A-levels in (a) mathematics, (b) further mathematics, (c) physics, (d) chemistry and (e) biology in (i) City of Chester constituency and (ii) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (A) 2009 and (B) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	194068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>GCE A level results<sup>1</sup> of students aged 16 to 18<sup>2</sup></p><p>Years: 2008/09 and 2012/13<sup>3</sup></p><p>Coverage: City of Chester parliamentary constituency<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Year</td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of students entered for:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Biological Sciences</p></td><td><p>Chemistry</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Physics</p></td><td><p>Mathematics</p></td><td><p>Further Mathematics</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>61</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: Key Stage 5 attainment data</p><p>1. Includes A levels only.</p><p>2. Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the 2012/13 academic year, i.e. 31 August.</p><p>3. Figures for 2012/13 are revised and 2008/09 figures are final.</p><p>4. Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, maintained special schools and FE Sector Colleges (excludes Independent Schools, pupil referral units and other Government department funded).</p><p>Note: Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, &quot;discounting&quot; rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications. Please see the &quot;Technical Notes&quot; in the Main text of the SFR available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

45535

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students obtained eight GCSE B grades or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
	uin	194070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The table below gives the number and proportion of pupils who achieved at least eight full GCSEs (GCSE and equivalents) at B grade or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013. A national figure has been included as an appropriate comparator.<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number and percentage of pupils achieving at least 8 GCSEs<sup>2</sup> at grade B or above</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of pupils</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09<sup>3</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>3,979</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>576,420</p></td><td><p>100,833</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<sup>3</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>3,835</p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>569,118</p></td><td><p>115,897</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: National Pupil Database</p><p>1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures are based on full GCSEs and equivalents. These include, full GCSEs, double awards, accredited international certificates and their predecessor iGCSEs and AS levels. Pupils are included if they have achieved 8 or more GCSEs at either a grade B, A, or A*</p><p>3. Figures for 2008/09 are based on final data. Figures for 2012/13 are based on revised data.</p><p>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

45240

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, columns 83-4W, on the School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, if he will make an assessment of the level of compliance with those regulations among state-funded schools and academies.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	193749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>If a parent, or other party, believes that a school is not complying with the requirements, they are entitled to raise this with the governing body. If their complaint is not resolved and they believe that the school has failed to discharge its duty or acted unreasonably, they can raise their complaint with the Secretary of State.</p><p>Ofsted routinely checks school websites ahead of inspection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

45243

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, columns 250-1W, on special educational needs, when he expects to make an announcement on the effect of reforms on funding for special educational needs.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	193842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>On 13 March, I announced proposals to allocate £350 million to our least fairly funded local areas in 2015-16. This is the biggest step towards fairer schools funding in a decade, and it puts us in a much better position to implement a national funding formula when the time is right.</p><p>To allocate this £350 million as fairly as possible, we selected the characteristics we think contribute most to the attainment of pupils and viability of schools, and set indicative minimum funding levels for each of these. These characteristics include deprivation and low prior attainment, both of which show some correlation with low-cost, high incidence special educational needs (SEN). We looked at the average value attached by local authorities to these characteristics and used these as a basis for our proposed minimum funding levels. Applying these minimum funding levels could mean that some of the least fairly funded local authorities with high numbers of these pupils see a benefit.</p><p>This additional £350 million applies to the schools block of the dedicated schools grant that local authorities receive. However, this is one of three notional blocks of funding, and local authorities are free to move money between their schools block, high needs block and early years block as they see fit. It is therefore possible that local authorities could choose to move the additional money to their high needs block to support children with high-cost special educational needs.</p><p>Our proposals are still at the consultation stage. For more information, please see the consultation at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fairer-schools-funding-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fairer-schools-funding-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

44500

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free school meals to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	193248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Our broad estimate of extending entitlement to free school meals to all families in receipt of Universal Credit is that it would cost up to an extra £750 million per year. This is lower than previous estimates because of the implementation of the universal infant free school meals policy from September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms