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1226773

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in his Department have undertaken unconscious bias training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	77793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested, due to data retention periods. In total, the Department has data to show that 2,139 staff have undertaken Unconscious Bias training in the last two years.</p><p>We hold data for online training for the period from February 2019 to January 2020 and for face-to-face training from July 2018. During the period 1<sup>st</sup> February 2019 - 31<sup>st</sup> January 2020 the number of DfE staff starting the Unconscious Bias learning via Civil Service Learning (CSL) website or Learning Platform for Government (LPG) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>CSL</p></td><td><p>1230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LPG</p></td><td><p>847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In July 2018, 62 staff attended face-to-face Unconscious Bias workshops.</del> <ins class="ministerial">Between July 2018 and March 2019, approximately 453 staff booked a place on the face to face Unconscious Bias Workshops.</ins></p><p>All departmental training is promoted via the staff intranet.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The Civil Service Learning (CSL) site records the most recent date that staff have started the learning, which overwrites previous course completion dates. DfE has parallel run CSL and the new Learning Platform for Government (LPG) from 1<sup>st</sup> October 2019.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/09/2020 17:18:10 question first ministerially corrected 14/09/2020 18:11:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 44801 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1252137

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding in cash terms was provided per pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in (A) Coventry North East constituency and (B) Coventry in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	115692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The revenue funding allocated for schools for the financial years 2010/11 to 2019/20 for Coventry local authority is shown in the table below. Aggregated schools funding is not allocated to primary and secondary schools separately, nor to parliamentary constituencies. Primary and secondary pupil numbers for each local authority in England can be found in the local authority tables for each year through following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coventry local authority (£millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>241.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>249.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>257.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>279.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>292.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>298.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>302.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>314.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>324.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>337.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for allocations prior to 2011/12 are not readily available. Most funding allocations are calculated at a responsible body level, and cannot be broken down to per pupil, primary or secondary, and constituency levels. This is because many responsible bodies, such as academy trusts, span local authority boundaries and decisions on investment in individual schools are often taken at a local level.</p><p>Basic need funding is allocated to local authorities to provide new school places in their area. The Department provides basic need funding for every place that is needed, based on local authorities’ own data on pupil forecasts. These allocations are calculated in line with demographic growth in the local area rather than existing population, so allocations may fluctuate across years. There are now 8,594 more school places in Coventry than there were in 2010.</p><p>In addition to this, Coventry has been allocated nearly £4 million through the Special Provision Capital Fund across 2018-21. This funding is intended to help local authorities create new places and improve facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>(All values £millions)</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015-16</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016-17</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017-18</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018-19</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2019-20</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2020-21</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2021-22</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Basic Need allocations</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.7</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">12.5 12.5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3.2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8.2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23.7</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Special Provision Capital Fund</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(All Values £millions)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14 and 2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016-17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017-18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018-19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019-20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020-21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2021-22</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Basic Need allocations</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3.2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1.9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23.7</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Special Provision Capital Fund</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0.8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2.4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0.8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table></ins></p><p>[1], [2]</p><p>In addition to basic need funding, the Department allocates condition funding each year to those responsible for school buildings to improve and maintain the condition of the school estate.</p><p> </p><p>For an explanation of condition funding and a breakdown of condition allocations paid to Coventry local authority to invest in maintained schools over the last ten years, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2020 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions?SearchTerm=114205&amp;DateFrom=19%2F12%2F2019&amp;DateTo=31%2F03%2F2021&amp;AnsweredFrom=&amp;AnsweredTo=&amp;House=Commons&amp;Answered=Any&amp;Expanded=True" target="_blank">114205</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] For financial years 2015/16 to 2020/21, the figures above may differ from the original allocations. This is because allocations have been subsequently adjusted to reflect a revised schedule of payments, for example where payments have been modified in order to support local authority cashflow.</p><p> </p><p>[2] This table does not include historic Targeted Basic Need funding – Coventry received £9.2 million through this in 2013-15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/11/2020 17:39:24 question first ministerially corrected 23/11/2020 10:54:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 62420 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1253227

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of information available on the rates of infection and transmission of covid-19 in educational settings.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	117169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department regularly reviews advice from Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), Public Health England, the Office for National Statistics and other sources to ensure our policies are guided by the most up to date scientific evidence. SAGE have committed to publishing minutes and papers following meetings on a regular basis and we will continue to work closely with them, keeping the guidance under review as we continue to monitor the situation over the winter. The Department will adjust and adapt our approach as necessary if more evidence becomes available.</p><p>The Department collects daily data on the open status of schools, the number of schools that have indicated they have sent children home due to COVID-19 containment, the number of pupils absent because they have suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, and the number of pupils asked to isolate due to contact with a potential case.</p><p>The data from this collection is published at a national level as part of the official statistics series. The publication can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>Public Health England also collects data on infection, incidence, and COVID-19 cases overall and publishes weekly data on COVID-19 incidents by institution, including educational settings. This can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/936672/Weekly_COVID-19_and_Influenza_Surveillance_Graphs_w47.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/936672/Weekly_COVID-19_and_Influenza_Surveillance_Graphs_w47.pdf</a>. It shows COVID-19 clusters or outbreaks by educational setting, including colleges and universities. Age-range data is also available from the Office for National Statistics here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/20november2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/20november2020</a>. This shows age-range positive test rates, including for academic school Year 12 to age 24.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The department intends to publish school workforce attendance data from the new year. This data will be included as part of the publication ‘Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (Covid 19) outbreak’.</ins></p><p>The Department is continuing to review what we publish in our weekly dataset, alongside the quality of data we collect.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/11/2020 17:33:33 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2020 12:05:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 64402 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1274181

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the latest rate of infection with covid-19 of (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants, (c) non teaching school staff, (d) staff in registered childcare settings, (e) college staff and (f) university staff.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	133815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on infection rates amongst (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants, (c) non teaching school staff, (d) staff in registered childcare settings,<ins class="ministerial"> and</ins> (e) college staff<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <del class="ministerial">and (f) university staff.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">For (f) university staff, the department has asked higher education (HE) providers to share information on their staff numbers and the number of staff COVID-19 cases that have been reported to them. For the 183 HE providers which provided this information to us for the 7 days between 10 and 16 December, our estimate is that there were 56.7 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 non-academic and academic staff in HE providers for that period.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Estimates for more recent weeks are not available due to: i) a pause in data collection over the winter break and ii) inconsistencies arising from the effect of the national lockdown that began this month.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Advice from the Children's Task and Finish group is that children are at very low risk of serious illness from the virus, and there is also no current evidence that staff<ins class="ministerial"> in schools and colleges</ins> are at higher risk of infection than those working in other sectors. This advice can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/948617/s0998-tfc-update-to-4-november-2020-paper-on-children-schools-transmission.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/948617/s0998-tfc-update-to-4-november-2020-paper-on-children-schools-transmission.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, pupils and students in education settings is always our priority. The Government is doing all it can to minimise the risks to those working and studying in our nurseries, schools, colleges, and universities in this unprecedented situation, while mitigating the impact on education.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 January, the Department published guidance to universities and students returning to higher education in the spring term. This guidance sets out how we will support higher education providers to enable students to return as safely as possible following the winter break, by staggering this process following the period of national lockdown and to facilitate testing for all. The guidance is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950367/Students_returning_to_and_starting_higher_education_in_Spring_Term_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950367/Students_returning_to_and_starting_higher_education_in_Spring_Term_2021.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department also published ‘guidance: Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak’, which sets out what all schools will need to do during the COVID-19 outbreak from January 2021. The guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 January, the Department published guidance for all early years settings and local authorities in England, which provides information on how the national lockdown restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 will impact early years and childcare settings. This guidance is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950653/Education_and_childcare_settings_-_national_lockdown_from_5_January_2021_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/950653/Education_and_childcare_settings_-_national_lockdown_from_5_January_2021_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 January, the Department published guidance on actions for further education colleges and providers during the COVID-19 outbreak: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to keep our plans under review and ensure our position is informed by the latest evidence.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2021 17:32:00 question first ministerially corrected 25/01/2021 18:30:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 71906 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1544421

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent and (b) state schools have left the Teachers' Pension Scheme in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	93408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">324 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between August 2019, when this information started to be compiled, and November 2022. 22 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 1,008 academies have ceased to be registered as scheme employers and 4,383 new academy employers have been registered in the TPS between January 2018 and November 2022. This is a result of state schools converting to academies and some single academy trusts joining multi-academy trusts.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">463 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between January 2018 and November 2022. 37 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 814 state schools have closed and so have ceased to be registered as scheme employers since January 2018. This is largely as a result of state schools converting to academies. 79 new state schools have been registered in the TPS since January 2018.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2022 18:14:08 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2022 19:15:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 37093 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1645655

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Rebuilding Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of school rebuilding programme projects that have experienced construction delays of more than one month in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	190025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department is transforming buildings at 500 schools over the next decade as part of its School Rebuilding Programme. The construction programmes of building projects in all Department programmes is monitored by the Department through programme management and project delivery teams.</p><p>In the four school rebuilding projects which have been completed, three were delayed more than a month against initial forecasts. These initial programme forecasts were made ahead of the impact of significant events that could not have been reasonably predicted and that affected the global market.</p><p>The Department has continuously improved its approach to building schools since the Sebastian James’ review. This identified that the Building Schools for the Future programme, introduced under the last Government in 2004, was overly bureaucratic and not designed to target poor condition, did not support high and consistent quality, did not use standardised specifications that work for education, and did not deliver value for money and economies of scale from central procurement and delivery, which are all things that are now prioritised when building schools.</p><p>Under the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) this Government launched in 2014, whole schools were built<del class="ministerial"> at</del> one third <ins class="ministerial">cheaper</ins><del class="ministerial"> of the cost</del> per square metre on average than schools built under the Building Schools for the Future Programme. The Department has further built on this success in its School Rebuilding Programme, which is exceeding delivery timescales compared to PSBP, while delivering schools that will be net zero in operation. The Infrastructure and Project Authority has highlighted that our progress is very good.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2023 16:39:14 question first ministerially corrected 10/07/2023 11:59:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 83604 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1226712

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the judgment on Trans toolkit for schools and Oxfordshire County Council.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	77575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is aware of the issue referred to and will continue to work closely with colleagues across Government to consider ongoing developments in this case.</p><p>Schools should assess resources they use to ensure they are appropriate for the age and maturity of their pupils and sensitive to their needs, where relevant. The toolkit in question has not been produced or endorsed by the Department for Education. We would advise that schools work with parents, pupils and public services to decide what is best for individual children – and what is best for others in the school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/09/2020 14:41:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1226736

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the provision of financial education for primary school aged children.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	77831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Financial education is taught as part of the national curriculum subjects of mathematics and citizenship. Due to the unprecedented challenges for schools caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government ensured that during the national lockdown restrictions, schools were given flexibility around the education they are providing to their pupils. The Department expected schools and teachers to use their professional judgement and knowledge of their pupils’ educational needs to plan appropriate content that enables education to continue.</p><p>Schools should resume teaching an ambitious and broad curriculum, in all subjects, from the start of the autumn term. This means that all pupils will be taught a wide range of subjects so they can maintain their choices for further study and employment. Our latest guidance on teaching to support children is set out here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>Our £1 billion COVID-19 “catch-up” package, including £650 million shared across schools over the 2020/21 academic year, will support schools to put the right catch-up support in place: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation have published a COVID-19 support guide to support schools to direct this funding, which is accessible here: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/</a>.</p><p>For the longer term, the Department will continue to work closely with The Money and Pension Service and HM Treasury to consider how to provide further support for the teaching of financial education in schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 77832 77833 question first answered 03/09/2020 16:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1226737

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the teaching of financial capability to children and young people as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	77832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Financial education is taught as part of the national curriculum subjects of mathematics and citizenship. Due to the unprecedented challenges for schools caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government ensured that during the national lockdown restrictions, schools were given flexibility around the education they are providing to their pupils. The Department expected schools and teachers to use their professional judgement and knowledge of their pupils’ educational needs to plan appropriate content that enables education to continue.</p><p>Schools should resume teaching an ambitious and broad curriculum, in all subjects, from the start of the autumn term. This means that all pupils will be taught a wide range of subjects so they can maintain their choices for further study and employment. Our latest guidance on teaching to support children is set out here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>Our £1 billion COVID-19 “catch-up” package, including £650 million shared across schools over the 2020/21 academic year, will support schools to put the right catch-up support in place: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation have published a COVID-19 support guide to support schools to direct this funding, which is accessible here: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/</a>.</p><p>For the longer term, the Department will continue to work closely with The Money and Pension Service and HM Treasury to consider how to provide further support for the teaching of financial education in schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 77831 77833 question first answered 03/09/2020 16:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1226738

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether catch-up educational services for primary school pupils will include financial education in the next academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	77833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Financial education is taught as part of the national curriculum subjects of mathematics and citizenship. Due to the unprecedented challenges for schools caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government ensured that during the national lockdown restrictions, schools were given flexibility around the education they are providing to their pupils. The Department expected schools and teachers to use their professional judgement and knowledge of their pupils’ educational needs to plan appropriate content that enables education to continue.</p><p>Schools should resume teaching an ambitious and broad curriculum, in all subjects, from the start of the autumn term. This means that all pupils will be taught a wide range of subjects so they can maintain their choices for further study and employment. Our latest guidance on teaching to support children is set out here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p><p>Our £1 billion COVID-19 “catch-up” package, including £650 million shared across schools over the 2020/21 academic year, will support schools to put the right catch-up support in place: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/billion-pound-covid-catch-up-plan-to-tackle-impact-of-lost-teaching-time</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation have published a COVID-19 support guide to support schools to direct this funding, which is accessible here: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/</a>.</p><p>For the longer term, the Department will continue to work closely with The Money and Pension Service and HM Treasury to consider how to provide further support for the teaching of financial education in schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 77831 77832 question first answered 03/09/2020 16:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts