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1728454

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Lincolnshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacant state secondary school places there were in (a) Lincolnshire County Council and (b) South Holland and The Deepings constituency on 6 September 2024.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on places vacant on 6 September 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For ease, local authority level information within the publication for Lincolnshire local authority can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/62411dcf-5a26-4262-e175-08dccd7b577b" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/62411dcf-5a26-4262-e175-08dccd7b577b</a>.</p><p> </p><p>School level information is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98</a>. This information can be aggregated to borough and parliamentary constituency level by linking to here: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In summary, for South Holland and The Deepings parliamentary constituency, there were 605 unfilled secondary school places (8%) in May 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 18/09/2024 15:57:24 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728473

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps this Government is taking to promote British values.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	4990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Education plays a vital role in promoting integration and ensuring children and young people are prepared for life in modern Britain, including learning about the values that underpin and unite our society. All schools have specific duties to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of their pupils and to prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities of adult life. Schools are also required to actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The department has issued guidance for maintained schools here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758c9540f0b6397f35f469/SMSC_Guidance_Maintained_Schools.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758c9540f0b6397f35f469/SMSC_Guidance_Maintained_Schools.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The duty is also reflected in guidance for independent schools (including academies) on compliance with the Independent Schools Standards. The guidance provides that schools should encourage respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes. It can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cd3fc2fe5274a3fd6ee74b0/Independent_School_Standards-_Guidance_070519.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cd3fc2fe5274a3fd6ee74b0/Independent_School_Standards-_Guidance_070519.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Promotion of these values plays an important role in preparing our children and young people for life in a modern and diverse Britain. The department continues to provide free resources for teachers and school leaders to support them with this via our Educate Against Hate website, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">https://www.educateagainsthate.com/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 18/09/2024 15:47:32 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728479

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-term funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency was in each financial year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities receive their core funding for schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Local authorities are then responsible for designing a local formula, within certain parameters, to distribute the funding that they receive from the department to schools in their area. This local formula is used to determine funding for both the maintained schools and academies in each area.</p><p>As the DSG is allocated at local authority level, DSG allocations are not available broken down to the level of individual constituencies. The individual allocations that schools within South Holland and The Deepings constituency receive are determined, each year, by the local funding formula set by Lincolnshire local authority.</p><p>The table below provides the cash per pupil funding levels from 2018/19 to 2024/25 for Lincolnshire local authority. The department cannot provide comparable funding data back to 2010, due to the changes in the funding system since that time. In particular, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, and funding for central school services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/2019.</p><p>The figures below represent the core funding schools receive through the schools block of the DSG. All the figures in the table exclude growth and premises funding. They also do not include additional funding that schools have received for pay and pensions or other funding streams such as the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block Per Pupil Funding: Lincolnshire Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary per pupil funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary per pupil funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£3,811</p></td><td><p>£4,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£3,914</p></td><td><p>£5,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4,184</p></td><td><p>£5,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£4,570</p></td><td><p>£5,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£4,735</p></td><td><p>£5,899</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>£4,993</p></td><td><p>£6,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>£5,278</p></td><td><p>£6,552</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 18/09/2024 16:20:05 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728495

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase pay in the further education sector.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Wyre
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	5065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The government does not set or recommend pay in further education (FE), and the FE sector does not have a Pay Review Body (PRB). Colleges are not bound by the national pay and conditions framework for school teachers and are free to implement their own pay arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The department will continue with its plans to invest in FE teachers, as part of approximately £600 million funding across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, including targeted retention incentive payments of up to £6,000 for eligible early career FE teachers.</p><p> </p><p>This government will consider the important contribution of non-PRB workforces, including FE, and will consider workforce sufficiency and what this might mean for FE funding in future years, as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 15:42:45 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1728513

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Tom Crick
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) pay band, (b) salary and (c) responsibilities are of Mr Tom Crick in his role as Senior Advisor to her Department's Curriculum and Assessment Review; whether that role was open to external candidates; and on what basis he was appointed as a civil servant rather than a special adviser.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The role of the Senior Adviser to the Curriculum and Assessment Review is to support the Review Group and its Chair, Professor Becky Francis, in their engagement with the education sector to develop proposals on how best to refresh the curriculum to ensure it is cutting edge, fit for purpose and meeting the needs of children and young people to support their future life and work.</p><p>The role was a direct appointment to the civil service to a grade below the Senior Civil Service for a fixed term and with no line management responsibilities.</p><p>Making a direct appointment ensured appointment at pace with someone with a unique combination of skills including a strong connection to the sector and alignment with the anticipated time period of the review. As a civil servant, the role is embedded within departmental line management and wider policies, for example the Civil Service Code.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 15:23:59 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728593

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
	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 provide mandatory training for social workers on identifying signs of coercive and controlling behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	5135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The regulator for the social work profession, Social Work England, sets the professional standards which all social workers must meet. The professional standards include that social workers must be able recognise the risk indicators of different forms of abuse and neglect and their impact on people, their families and their support networks. Social workers complete initial education and training courses which are approved by the regulator against the education and training standards. The provision of continuous professional development for employed social workers is a matter for their employer.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 14:47:13 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1728619

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of outstanding student loan balances increasing despite repayments being made as a result of high interest charges; and whether her Department is taking steps to review student loan interest rates to ensure excessive financial burdens are not imposed on borrowers.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
	tabling member printed	Angus MacDonald
	uin	5161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>As education is a devolved issue, the following response outlines the student finance system in England only.</p><p> </p><p>Interest rates on student loans do not affect monthly repayments made by borrowers. Repayments are based on earnings above the applicable repayment threshold, not on amount borrowed or the rate of interest. As such, some borrowers will see their balance increasing at certain times despite making regular repayments to their student loan.</p><p> </p><p>Student loans have very different terms and conditions to commercial loans. Unlike commercial unsecured personal loans, student loans are available to all eligible students regardless of their background or financial history. Student loans also carry significant protections for borrowers. For instance, monthly repayments are based only on earnings, and if a borrower’s income drops, so does the amount they repay. If income is below the relevant repayment threshold or a borrower is not earning, they do not have to make repayments at all. Any outstanding debt, including interest accrued, is written off after the loan term ends (or in case of death or disability) at no detriment to the borrower. The government is not aware of any commercial loans that offer such protections.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 15:29:34 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5362

1728623

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will pause the defunding of applied general qualifications scheduled for 2025 and 2026.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Jess Brown-Fuller
	uin	5165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>In July 2024, my Right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a short pause to the defunding of qualifications to enable a review of post-16 qualification reforms at level 3 and below. This was followed by a Written Ministerial Statement by my noble Friend, the Minister for Skills, on 25 July. This statement is available here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-25/hlws20" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-25/hlws20</a>.</p><p>The department is now working to review the defunding due to take place in 2025 and it will set out the position before Christmas.</p><p>The department has not announced any defunding for 2026.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 15:32:35 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5335

1728625

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Nuneaton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision services in Nuneaton constituency; and what steps she is taking to work with local authorities in Nuneaton to improve SEND provision.
	tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
	tabling member printed	Jodie Gosling
	uin	5167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Following the last Ofsted inspection, departmental officials have been working with Warwickshire County Council to closely monitor progress against the areas for improvement identified by inspectors.</p><p>The areas were:</p><p>(i) Autism spectrum disorder waiting times, assessments and support following diagnosis.</p><p>(ii) Co-production.</p><p>(iii) Placement of children and young people with an education, health and care plan.</p><p>(iv) Uptake of training for school staff working with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p>(v) And the quality of the online local offer.</p><p> </p><p>The department has appointed a SEND advisor to support and work alongside Warwickshire County Council and the local area partnership.</p><p> </p><p>This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with SEND or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. The department is committed to taking a community-wide approach in collaboration with local area partnerships to improve inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special schools cater to those with the most complex needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 18/09/2024 15:53:25 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5036

1728635

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she made of the implications for her policies of the document entitled General Election 2024: NSPCC priorities for manifestos and programmes for government, published in May 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
	tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
	uin	5177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than keeping children safe and the government is committed to protecting children experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, significant harm as well as tackling the underlying factors driving this. The department is interested in all reports, evidence and recommendations which can help it drive forward better outcomes for children and young people, and to that end, regularly engages the NSPCC and stakeholders across the children and families sector.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 15:18:11 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5201

1728636

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
	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 effectiveness of the rate of fines for parents and carers taking their children out of school during term times on encouraging school attendance.
	tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
	tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
	uin	5178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Tackling absence is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The government understands that reasons for absence are varied, which is why updated statutory attendance guidance sets out that schools, trusts and local authorities should always work together with other local partners to understand the barriers to attendance and establish strategies for removing them.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s support-first approach is the right one. Penalty notices should only be used in cases where support is not appropriate, such as in cases of holidays taken in term-time, or where support has already been provided and has not been engaged with or has not worked.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the rates of fixed penalty notices is published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/parental-responsibility-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/parental-responsibility-measures</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 18/09/2024 15:10:37 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5201

1728640

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
	tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
	uin	5182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The department does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on spending and staffing can be found in the department’s annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 15:40:14 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5158

1728045

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce funding arrangements for post-16 vocational education for after 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	4770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>This government is determined to ensure all young people have high quality education and training pathways post-16. To help secure this, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced that the department would pause and review the defunding of qualifications in July 2024. The department will conclude and communicate the outcomes of this internal review of post-16 qualifications, before Christmas 2024.</p><p>The focused review announced in July is already underway and the department is working as quickly as possible to provide certainty to the sector. The review will look at the defunding lists that have been published and communicate any changes. Colleges will be able to reflect the outcomes of the review in their planning and marketing materials in the new year so that students can make the best decisions about their futures.</p><p>There are many qualifications not subject to defunding and which provide certainty and continuity to the sector. These include A levels, T Levels, and alternative qualifications in subjects and routes not affected by defunding.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 4771 4772 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:03:21 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1728046

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of when the review of post-16 education funding will be completed; and what her planned timescale is for responding to that review.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	4771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>This government is determined to ensure all young people have high quality education and training pathways post-16. To help secure this, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced that the department would pause and review the defunding of qualifications in July 2024. The department will conclude and communicate the outcomes of this internal review of post-16 qualifications, before Christmas 2024.</p><p>The focused review announced in July is already underway and the department is working as quickly as possible to provide certainty to the sector. The review will look at the defunding lists that have been published and communicate any changes. Colleges will be able to reflect the outcomes of the review in their planning and marketing materials in the new year so that students can make the best decisions about their futures.</p><p>There are many qualifications not subject to defunding and which provide certainty and continuity to the sector. These include A levels, T Levels, and alternative qualifications in subjects and routes not affected by defunding.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 4770 4772 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:03:21 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1728047

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 July 2024 on Technical Qualifications Reform update, HCWS22, what steps her Department is taking to help support education providers to plan for the provision of post-16 vocational education beyond the 2024-25 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	4772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>This government is determined to ensure all young people have high quality education and training pathways post-16. To help secure this, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced that the department would pause and review the defunding of qualifications in July 2024. The department will conclude and communicate the outcomes of this internal review of post-16 qualifications, before Christmas 2024.</p><p>The focused review announced in July is already underway and the department is working as quickly as possible to provide certainty to the sector. The review will look at the defunding lists that have been published and communicate any changes. Colleges will be able to reflect the outcomes of the review in their planning and marketing materials in the new year so that students can make the best decisions about their futures.</p><p>There are many qualifications not subject to defunding and which provide certainty and continuity to the sector. These include A levels, T Levels, and alternative qualifications in subjects and routes not affected by defunding.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 4770 4771 question first answered 18/09/2024 16:03:21 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1728086

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: British Overseas Territories
	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 help increase the accessibility of UK university education to British Overseas Territories citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Since 2007, persons who have settled status in the United Kingdom (UK), and who come to the UK from specified British Overseas Territories, have been eligible for home fee status if they meet the requirement of three years’ ordinary residence in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and/or specified British Overseas Territories.</p><p>Since 2022/23, those starting designated full-time and part-time undergraduate courses are also now eligible for tuition fee loans in England if they meet the residency requirements. These are that they have been ordinarily resident in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and/or specified British Overseas Territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, with at least part of that period having been spent in the British Overseas Territories.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 17/09/2024 16:37:56 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1728096

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: South Holland and the Deepings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of teachers in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in each school, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>. As of November 2010, when the School Workforce Census began, there were 779 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in the 50 out of 51 state-funded schools that returned data in the South Holland and The Deepings constituency. In November 2023, there were 848 FTE teachers in South Holland and The Deepings constituency, when all 50 schools returned data.</p><p>The ratio of pupils to teachers (qualified and unqualified) has remained broadly stable in the South Holland and The Deepings constituency, at 18.7 in 2010 and in 2023 and ranging between 17.5 and 19.9 in the years in between.</p><p>The number of staff reported by state-funded schools in November 2023, including their constituency, is available in the school level summary file in the ‘Additional supporting files’ section of the statistical publication, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The ratio of pupils to teachers and to adults by parliamentary constituency is published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/997087c9-5b1c-4635-b412-83b4bb0130a6" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/997087c9-5b1c-4635-b412-83b4bb0130a6</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 16:53:10 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728203

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Leicestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state secondary schools in Leicestershire county council area have no school places available.
	tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	4723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on places currently available.</p><p>Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>. School level information is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 15:27:22 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1728210

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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 she is making additional resources available to accommodate changes in the number of Education Health and Care Plan applications (a) this and (b) next financial year.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
	uin	4623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department is aware not only of the financial pressures that local authorities are facing due to the increasing cost of supporting children and young people with education, health and care (EHC) plans, but also the pressures that the government as a whole is facing because of the financial situation we have inherited. The department is acting as quickly as possible to respond to these cost pressures.</p><p> </p><p>The department is providing schools with almost £1.1 billion in the 2024/25 financial year through the new Core Schools Budget Grant (CSBG), to support with overall costs, including support for young people with EHC plans. Of this total, special schools and alternative provision settings will be receiving over £140 million through the CSBG. The additional funding through the CSBG comes alongside high needs funding for children and young people with complex needs, which totals over £10.75 billion in 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on future funding levels will be for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 16:23:14 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1728211

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of charging VAT on independent schools on levels of usage of unregistered schools.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
	uin	4624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>​Unregistered schools, by their nature, are unregistered and at risk of being unknown, therefore this is not possible to precisely ascertain.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence under Section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 for any person to conduct an unregistered independent school. Where the department finds evidence that a school is operating unlawfully, we will not hesitate to take action, working with the police, Ofsted and Crown Prosecution Service as necessary.</p><p>Anyone with intelligence or concerns relating to a potential unregistered independent school should read the department's guidance on reporting an unregistered school. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-an-unregistered-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/report-an-unregistered-school</a>. Any information they have can be sent to unregisteredschoolreferrals@ofsted.gov.uk.</p><p>The department has provided additional resources to Ofsted to inspect suspected unregistered independent schools. As a result, a team of dedicated inspectors has been working to identify settings and visit them to determine whether they are operating unlawfully as unregistered independent schools. Where schools are found to be operating unlawfully, Ofsted and DfE are taking action to ensure such settings cease operating unlawfully, working with other authorities as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 17/09/2024 15:37:51 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1728212

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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, whether she plans to continue to report on the (a) outputs of the Teacher Workforce Model and (b) extent to which targets are met.
	tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
	uin	4625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department uses the Teacher Workforce Model to calculate postgraduate initial teacher trainee targets each year.</p><p> </p><p>These targets are published online each year as part of an official statistics publication, the department intends to publish the 2025/26 academic year targets as usual.</p><p>Performance against the published initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment targets is reported within the ITT census official statistics publication. The next publication will be reporting against the 2024/25 academic year targets and has been pre-announced for December this year. The precise date of publication will be announced nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>Being an established official statistics publication, the department intends to continue publication of performance against ITT recruitment targets.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 15:59:18 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1728213

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Leicestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacant state secondary school places there were in (a) Leicestershire County Council LA area, (b) Melton Borough and (c) Melton and Syston constituency on 6 September 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	4727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on places vacant on 6 September 2024.</p><p>Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>. For ease, local authority level information within the publication for Leicestershire can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a00d6b70-f8fc-4392-b2a8-08dccd7b0275" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a00d6b70-f8fc-4392-b2a8-08dccd7b0275</a> and can be aggregated to Borough and Parliamentary Constituency level by linking to information at the following link: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>For Melton Borough, there were zero secondary school places unfilled in May 2023. For Melton and Syston parliamentary constituency, there were 531 secondary school places (11%) unfilled in May 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 14:57:30 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1728261

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sir Frederick Gibberd College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the unsuccessful module building project on students at Sir Frederick Gibberd school in Harlow.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Chris Vince
	uin	4829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The department has not completed a formal assessment of the impact of the Caledonian building works on pupils. However, the department is aware of the significant disruption for the school and pupils. The department continues to work closely with the trust and local authority to ensure all pupils at Sir Frederick Gibberd College receive an excellent education in a safe and secure environment.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 19/09/2024 12:51:13 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5237

1728270

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for making free breakfast clubs available in every primary school.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
	uin	4838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is set-up for the day and ready to learn by providing a supportive start to the day. The government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school.</p><p> </p><p>The department has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future. Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work closely with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, guidance and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 17/09/2024 16:31:43 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5030

1728295

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	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, if she will make an estimate of the total number of (a) children whose parents or guardians have applied for them from independent to state sector schools and (b) independent schools that (i) closed and (ii) have announced their closure since 29 July 2024, broken down by constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Runnymede and Weybridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Ben Spencer
	uin	4863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the total number of children whose parents or guardians have applied for them to move from independent to state sector schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Get Information about Schools website shows that five private schools across four constituencies have closed since 29 July 2024. These are shown in the table below and are also available at the following link: <a href="https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools closed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cities of London and Westminster</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing Central and Acton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Dorset</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Norfolk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The department does not routinely gather information on potential private school closures.</p><p>Since 29 July 2024, 15 private schools have opened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 19/09/2024 14:44:04 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4785 label Biography information for Dr Ben Spencer

1728334

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make funding available for the Holiday Activity and Food programme beyond 31 December 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Martin Wrigley
	uin	4902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The future of the Holiday Activities and Food programme beyond 31 March 2025 is subject to the next government Spending Review taking place this autumn. We will communicate the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 17/09/2024 16:34:49 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5111

1728335

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Mid Cheshire
	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 primary school age children with (a) SEN Support and (b) an Education, Health and Care Plan have not attended school in Mid Cheshire constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Cheshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Cooper
	uin	4903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The department collects data on children missing education (compulsory school aged children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education) from local authorities on a voluntary basis. The latest figures can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data are collected at aggregate level, so it is not possible to identify children missing education (CME) by both year group and special educational need (SEN) status. In autumn 2023/24 8% of all CME had an additional requirement of SEN support, while 6% of CME had an education, health and care plan. This compares with 13% and 4% respectively for the overall school population (in January 2023). CME data are not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The Children’s Wellbeing Bill will legislate for local authority registers of children not in school. This will include a duty on parents to provide the necessary information for these registers if their child is eligible, which would improve the accuracy of data and ensure that fewer children slip under the radar when they are not in school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan grouped question UIN 4904 question first answered 17/09/2024 12:45:12 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5195

1728336

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Mid Cheshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children of secondary school age who were not attending school in Mid Cheshire constituency in the past five years had (a) previously been identified in the SEN Support category and (b) an education, health and care plan.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Cheshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Cooper
	uin	4904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The department collects data on children missing education (compulsory school aged children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education) from local authorities on a voluntary basis. The latest figures can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-missing-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data are collected at aggregate level, so it is not possible to identify children missing education (CME) by both year group and special educational need (SEN) status. In autumn 2023/24 8% of all CME had an additional requirement of SEN support, while 6% of CME had an education, health and care plan. This compares with 13% and 4% respectively for the overall school population (in January 2023). CME data are not available at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>The Children’s Wellbeing Bill will legislate for local authority registers of children not in school. This will include a duty on parents to provide the necessary information for these registers if their child is eligible, which would improve the accuracy of data and ensure that fewer children slip under the radar when they are not in school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan grouped question UIN 4903 question first answered 17/09/2024 12:45:12 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5195

1728337

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Mid Cheshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training in Mid Cheshire constituency in the last five years had (a) previously been identified in the SEN Support category and (b) an education, health and care plan.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Cheshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Cooper
	uin	4905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Data for 16 to 24 year olds not in education employment or training (NEET) is not available by constituency nor by special educational needs. National figures for overall proportions of 16 to 24 year olds NEET in England are sourced from the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief</a>.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 17/09/2024 15:52:13 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5195

1728338

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Industrial Injuries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available for teachers who are unable to work as a result of workplace injury.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Jess Brown-Fuller
	uin	4906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Workplace absences that are the result of a workplace injury would usually be subject to normal sick pay arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The department has no jurisdiction over arrangements for dealing with workplace injuries or matters relating to sick pay, as these are covered by the Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales, 2000, which is known as the Burgundy Book. This is a national, non-statutory agreement between trade unions and teacher employers. This government was not party to its development and cannot influence its content. Sick leave or sick pay entitlements are therefore currently the responsibility of employers, which, in a school setting, is normally the local authority or Academy Trust. Schools, like all employers, are also subject to any relevant employment legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 15:46:21 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5335

1728339

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: West Sussex
	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 the adequacy of SEND support in West Sussex.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Jess Brown-Fuller
	uin	4907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department is continuing to support and challenge West Sussex to improve the delivery of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.</p><p> </p><p>The last local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for West Sussex was in November 2023, which found that there are inconsistent experiences and outcomes for children and young people with SEND.</p><p> </p><p>The areas for improvement identified by inspectors are:</p><p>(I) To identify and address ‘waiting well’ arrangements and gaps in service provision to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND.</p><p>(I) To ensure children identified as at high risk for aspiration are fully assessed and have access to video-fluoroscopy.</p><p>(II) To develop a strategy to improve the processes, quality and the timeliness of education, health and care plans.</p><p>(III) To implement oversight and commissioning arrangements of suitable specialist school places and alternative provision.</p><p>(IV) And to strengthen their strategic approach to preparation for adulthood.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s regional team has put in place systems to track outcomes against the areas for improvement and the progress made by children and young people with SEND, with a formal review of progress against the areas for improvement to take place in October 2024. West Sussex County Council are committed to working closely with the department to improve services.</p><p> </p><p>West Sussex is taking part in the Delivering Better Value (DBV) in SEND Programme. The DBV in SEND Programme was established under the previous government with the aim of helping local authorities provide more effective SEND services by meeting the needs of children and young people at an early stage and with the right level of support.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 16:27:43 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5335

1728364

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Transport
	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 there is adequate funding for transport to specialised educational facilities for SEND students.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
	tabling member printed	Luke Taylor
	uin	4932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The department’s home to school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities must arrange free home to school travel for children of compulsory school age, 5 to 16, who attend their nearest school and would not be able to walk there because of the distance, their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or mobility problem, or because the nature of the route means it would be unsafe for them to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The department is aware that challenges within the wider SEND system are creating pressure on home to school travel. The government is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools so fewer children need to travel long distances to a school that can meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of central government funding for home to school travel is provided through the local government finance settlement, administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Departmental officials are working closely across government in preparation for the next Spending Review to ensure the settlement for the 2025/26 financial year reflects local authorities’ need to spend on home to school travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 15:23:00 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5103

1728378

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Childcare: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the difficulties faced by parents in accessing free childcare places for children under 9 months old.
	tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
	tabling member printed	Claire Hazelgrove
	uin	4946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Ensuring every child has the best start for life is a central priority for this government, including putting in place early family support services to help families to thrive in children’s first crucial months of life.</p><p> </p><p>Children under 9 months are not eligible for government-funded childcare hours. Since September 2024, eligible working parents of children aged from nine months can access 15 hours of government-funded early education and childcare a week, over 38 weeks a year. This is available the term after the child turns nine months and the child's parent has a positive determination of eligibility from HMRC. So far over 200,000 parents have secured a place, and the department expects this to continue to rise in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 17/09/2024 15:14:01 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5306

1728391

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-terms funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Nuneaton constituency has been in each financial year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
	tabling member printed	Jodie Gosling
	uin	4959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities receive their core funding for schools through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). Local authorities are then responsible for designing a local formula, within certain parameters, to distribute the funding that they receive from the department to schools in their area. This local formula is used to determine funding for both the maintained schools and academies in each area.</p><p>As the DSG is allocated at local authority level DSG allocations are not available broken down to the level of individual constituencies. The individual allocations that schools within Nuneaton constituency receive are determined, each year, by the local funding formula set by Warwickshire local authority.</p><p>The table below provides the per pupil funding units from the 2018/19 academic year to the 2024/25 academic year for Warwickshire local authority. The department cannot provide comparable funding data back to 2010, due to the changes in the funding system since that time. In particular, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, and funding for central school services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in the 2018/2019 academic year.</p><p>The figures below represent the core funding schools receive through the schools block of the DSG. All the figures in the table exclude growth and premises funding. They also do not include additional funding that schools have received for pay and pensions, or other funding streams such as the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block Per Pupil Funding: Warwickshire Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary per pupil funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary per pupil funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£3,764</p></td><td><p>£4,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£3,828</p></td><td><p>£4,958</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4,050</p></td><td><p>£5,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£4,395</p></td><td><p>£5,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£4,516</p></td><td><p>£5,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>£4,729</p></td><td><p>£6,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>£4,992</p></td><td><p>£6,365</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 17/09/2024 16:14:24 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5036

1727835

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers
	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 implementing the National Kinship Care Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Anna Gelderd
	uin	4581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises the vital role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. The government’s manifesto committed to working with local government to support children in care, including through kinship arrangements. The department is considering how to most effectively transform the children’s social care system to deliver better outcomes for children and families, including how best to support kinship children and families.</p><p> </p><p>This government is extending the delivery of over 140 peer support groups across England, which are available for all kinship carers to access, where they can come together to share stories, exchange advice and support each other. The department is also delivering a package of training and support that all kinship carers across England can access.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the challenge that many kinship carers face in continuing to work, alongside the pressures of taking in and raising a child. We are also prioritising implementing kinship leave within the department in the next financial year, subject to pay negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2024, the role of virtual school heads has been expanded to include championing the education, attendance and attainment of children in kinship care, ensuring that more children in kinship care receive the help they need to thrive at school.</p><p> </p><p>The £45 million Families First for Children pathfinder and Family Network Pilot aim to make greater use of family networks by involving them in decision-making at an earlier stage and providing practical and financial support via family network support packages to help keep children safe at home.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 16/09/2024 16:14:37 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5353

1727864

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve educational outcomes for (a) children in social care and (b) other care-experienced young people.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth North
	tabling member printed	Amanda Martin
	uin	4573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2024 answer text <p>This government will champion the ambitions of all children and ensure that background is not a barrier to success. In the department’s Children’s Wellbeing Bill, we will set out our plans to raise standards for all children in social care and will ensure that they are supported to thrive.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 16/09/2024 13:57:10 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	5294

1727587

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	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 she plans to (a) take steps to (i) improve accountability processes for and (ii) simplify complaint routes for the parents of children that access SEND provision in schools and (b) continue the SEND Change Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
	tabling member printed	Mr Calvin Bailey
	uin	4460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Ofsted and Care Quality Commission commenced a strengthened local inspection framework in January 2023, which places a greater emphasis on the outcomes being achieved for children and young people. It is the primary tool to maintain a focus on high standards in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, across all partners.</p><p> </p><p>Where a council does not meet its duties, the department can take action that prioritises children’s needs and supports local areas to bring about rapid improvement. The department works to monitor, support and, where necessary, challenge local authorities, working closely with NHS England to tackle any weaknesses that sit with health partners.</p><p> </p><p>The department welcomes the publication of the Big Listen response. We will continue to work with Ofsted to consider how outcomes for children with SEND or in alternative provision (AP) are better reflected in the Education Inspection and the Area SEND inspection frameworks going forwards.</p><p> </p><p>There are several routes of redress for parents or young people who disagree with decisions or actions of their educational setting or local authority. However, the department does understand these processes can be lengthy and difficult for families to navigate. It is in everyone’s interests that routes of redress are set out clearly and that complaints are resolved at the earliest possible stage.</p><p> </p><p>The work of the Change Programme partnerships has provided valuable insights and learning across the SEND and AP system. This includes informing the department's thinking about effective inclusive mainstream practice, which is an area where more needs to be done to ensure children with SEND receive the support they need and deserve. We will share more news on the future direction of the Change Programme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 12:46:03 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5054

1727588

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	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 she plans to hold discussions with (a) parents of children with SEND and (b) specialist charities that support parents on reforms to the SEND system.
	tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
	tabling member printed	Mr Calvin Bailey
	uin	4461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring that co-production with parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and with the specialist charities that support them is a priority.</p><p> </p><p>The department has two contracts which enable it to talk directly to both parents and carers of children with SEND and the specialist charities who support them in order to get their input into its policy development. The department uses these contracts to regularly discuss policy development and delivery with parents, carers and with the SEND sector. The department also presents, and hold workshops, at regular events coordinated by SEND specialist charities, such as the Council for Disabled Children, throughout the year.</p><p> </p><p>The department recognises the importance of, and will continue to work together, with parents and carers, specialist organisations, children and young people with SEND, so that they get the right support to succeed in education, lead happy and healthy lives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 19/09/2024 12:51:20 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5054

1727641

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines were issued to parents for taking children on holiday during term time at (a) independent and (b) maintained schools in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	4335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The department collects information from local authorities on penalty notices issued for unauthorised absence. This is published in the statistical release on Parental Responsibility Measures, which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/parental-responsibility-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/parental-responsibility-measures</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not collected on the type of school the penalty notice relates to. Independent schools set their own attendance policies and penalty notices are not issued for pupils in these schools.</p><p> </p><p>In England, in the 2022/23 academic year, 356,181 penalty notices were issued for unauthorised family holiday absence in state funded schools, including academies.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 10/09/2024 15:29:06 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1727664

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	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, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of SEND services.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Steve Race
	uin	4462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The Conservatives have left a trail of devastation across education and that is made clear by current SEND provision. That is what this Labour government inherited.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the current special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is not working and that, for far too long, too many children and families have been failed by it.</p><p> </p><p>This government is determined to address the problems and restore parents’ trust that their children will get the support they need. The department has been restructured so that SEND is now treated as part of mainstream schooling, but the government knows that this is only a small step on the road to fixing the system.</p><p> </p><p>The department will listen to and work with families to fix the foundations and deliver long-term renewal.</p><p> </p><p>The department will work with families and sector partners to improve the system, improving inclusivity in mainstream schools, and ensuring special schools work for children and young people with the most complex needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 19/09/2024 12:55:43 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5064

1727667

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Dorset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in (a) Bournemouth, (b) Christchurch and (c) Poole.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The department has been working closely with all statutory partners involved in delivering special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole since their local area SEND inspection in June 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The department holds regular formal monitoring meetings with the local authority and partners as part of holding the local area to account for making the necessary improvements in services. The latest monitoring meeting highlighted that the local authority and partners are taking positive steps to improve services, with some evidence of early impact, but that there are still ways to go to ensure that all children and families receive the service they require and deserve.</p><p> </p><p>The department has put in place robust support for the local authority and partners through the appointment of a Sector Led Improvement Partner and SEND advisor support, and the department will continue with its work with the local area to ensure they deliver further improvements in services.</p><p> </p><p>It is also important that we have a fair education funding system that directs funding to where it is needed. However, budgets for the 2025/26 financial year have not been set which means that decisions on high needs funding for children and young people with complex SEND, and the publication of allocations to local authorities for that year, will not be to the usual timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/09/2024 15:17:18 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5210

1727669

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding of the (a) High Needs Block of the Dedicated Schools Grant and (b) servicing of the debt incurred by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
	uin	4493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is acutely aware not only of the financial pressures that local authorities are facing because of the increasing cost of supporting young people with complex needs, but also the pressures that the government as a whole is facing because of the financial situation it has inherited. This government is acting as quickly as it can to respond to the cost pressures in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, and is working to consider SEND reforms, including how it can help councils manage the impacts of dedicated schools grant (DSG) deficits on their accounts. This government will also take decisions on local authorities’ DSG allocations for next year as quickly as it can.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 12/09/2024 13:40:18 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5210

1727701

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will take steps to support children who receive bursaries and scholarships at independent schools who are adversely affected by the introduction of VAT on such schools.
	tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
	tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
	uin	4422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The department is not expecting these changes to have a significant effect on bursaries across the private school sector as a whole. The department expects that charitable schools across the UK will want to continue to demonstrate wider public benefit through the provision of means-tested bursaries and through partnerships with state-funded schools after these changes are made.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 12/09/2024 13:36:10 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1727725

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average spend per pupil was in state schools in each year since 1994, broken down by region.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	4411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides per pupil funding units from 2018/19 to 2024/25, which represents the funding provided for schools in all regions, nationally.</p><p> </p><p>The department cannot provide comparable funding data back to 1994, due to the changes in the funding system since that time. In particular, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, and funding for central school services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The figures below represent the core funding schools receive through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All the figures in the table, apart from those for 2018/19 exclude growth funding but include premises funding. They do not include additional funding that schools have received for pay and pensions, or other funding streams, such as the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block per pupil funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19 *</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,426</p></td><td><p>£4,477</p></td><td><p>£4,702</p></td><td><p>£5,086</p></td><td><p>£5,393</p></td><td><p>£5,698</p></td><td><p>£5,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,445</p></td><td><p>£4,447</p></td><td><p>£4,643</p></td><td><p>£5,021</p></td><td><p>£5,322</p></td><td><p>£5,616</p></td><td><p>£5,736</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,383</p></td><td><p>£5,360</p></td><td><p>£5,529</p></td><td><p>£5,914</p></td><td><p>£6,240</p></td><td><p>£6,553</p></td><td><p>£6,656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,618</p></td><td><p>£4,649</p></td><td><p>£4,828</p></td><td><p>£5,220</p></td><td><p>£5,538</p></td><td><p>£5,869</p></td><td><p>£5,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​North West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,629</p></td><td><p>£4,653</p></td><td><p>£4,838</p></td><td><p>£5,221</p></td><td><p>£5,524</p></td><td><p>£5,835</p></td><td><p>£5,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>​South East</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,335</p></td><td><p>£4,372</p></td><td><p>£4,589</p></td><td><p>£4,975</p></td><td><p>£5,268</p></td><td><p>£5,555</p></td><td><p>£5,681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,346</p></td><td><p>£4,393</p></td><td><p>£4,614</p></td><td><p>£5,010</p></td><td><p>£5,317</p></td><td><p>£5,614</p></td><td><p>£5,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,638</p></td><td><p>£4,652</p></td><td><p>£4,823</p></td><td><p>£5,198</p></td><td><p>£5,506</p></td><td><p>£5,815</p></td><td><p>£5,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,590</p></td><td><p>£4,622</p></td><td><p>£4,819</p></td><td><p>£5,202</p></td><td><p>£5,508</p></td><td><p>£5,824</p></td><td><p>£5,949</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* In the 2018/19 DSG, growth funding and premises funding were calculated together, so the 2018/19 funding figures include growth funding. All other years exclude growth funding.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 12:35:45 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1727732

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the decision to stop implementation of the Higher Education (Free Speech) Act 2023, whether she received representations that informed that decision (a) on the potential impact of that Act on universities' (i) operations and (ii) revenues in non-democratic states and (b) from academics or academic groups on matters relating to academic freedoms; and if she will publish the (A) minutes of meetings and (B) written representations received relating to that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
	tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
	uin	4423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>The decision to pause the implementation of the Higher Education (Free Speech) Act 2023 took account of views from across the higher education (HE) sector, including universities and academics, who felt that the Act is disproportionate, burdensome and damaging to the welfare of students and that it would expose HE providers to costly legal action, and that the fear of sanction could push providers to overlook the safety and wellbeing of minority groups.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not routinely publish details of meetings and correspondence that inform policy making, as this risks undermining the ability of Ministers to hear free-spoken views.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 19/09/2024 12:53:18 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1727746

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium in the 2024-25 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Ben Obese-Jecty
	uin	4481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The primary PE and sport premium will continue in the 2024/25 academic year and, as in previous years, individual school allocations will be confirmed when the department issues updated guidance later in the term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 13:08:45 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5089

1727298

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Holiday Play Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with local authorities to broaden holiday club access to SEND children and families during holiday periods.
	tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
	tabling member printed	James Naish
	uin	4287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>This government is determined to ensure that there is high quality, accessible childcare for all children and families, including children with additional needs. The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme funding is primarily for school-aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals (FSM).</p><p>The majority of funding that local authorities receive should be used for holiday club places for children in receipt of FSMs. However, local authorities have discretion to use up to 15% of their funding to provide free or subsidised holiday club places for children who are not in receipt of benefits-related free school meals, but who the local authority believe could benefit from HAF provision, which could include children with special educational needs. Local authorities are responsible for understanding the needs of the children and families in their area and ensuring that the programme reaches those who need it the most.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 13/09/2024 13:15:34 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	5047

1727312

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will pause the defunding of applied general qualifications scheduled for 2025 and 2026.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	4269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>In July 2024, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a short pause to the defunding of qualifications to enable a review of 16-19 qualification reforms at Level 3 and below. This ensured that 95 qualifications set to lose funding this summer continue to be available to students, in accordance with the decisions of awarding organisations. This was followed by a Written Ministerial Statement by Baroness Smith, on 25 July, which is available here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-25/hlws20" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-25/hlws20</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is now working to review defunding decisions and qualifications available at level three and it will set out the position before Christmas.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not announced any defunding for 2026.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 19/09/2024 14:57:18 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1727315

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to continue the Half-Term Activities Fund in (a) Shropshire and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	South Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	4255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The future of the holiday activities and food programme beyond 31 March 2025 is subject to the next government Spending Review taking place this autumn and the department will communicate the outcome of that process in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 13/09/2024 13:12:43 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1727346

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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 steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of school place provision in areas with high levels of housebuilding.
	tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
	tabling member printed	Josh Newbury
	uin	4283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for providing enough school places for children in their area. The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school capacity data. Nearly £1.5 billion of allocations have been confirmed to support local authorities to create school places needed over the current and next two academic years, up to and including the academic year starting in September 2026. Local authorities’ allocations are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a>.</p><p>Contributions from housing developers are also an important way of helping to meet demand for new school places when housing developments are driving pupil numbers. It is for the Local Planning Authority (LPA) to secure developer contributions through section 106 agreements or the Community Infrastructure Levy, and to decide on the local infrastructure needs that this contribution should support. The department would encourage LPAs to secure significant contributions for new school places and work closely with colleagues planning school places in their area, including county councils when the local authority responsible for education is not the LPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 12:38:09 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	tabling member	5034