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50053

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to include financial capability education in the national curriculum; and what guidance his Department has issued on such education.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	198136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The new mathematics curriculum will ensure that all young people leave school with an understanding of the mathematics skills needed for personal finance.</p><p>For the first time financial literacy will also be a compulsory part of citizenship for 11- to 16-year-olds from September 2014. Pupils will learn the importance of budgeting, sound management of money, credit and debt, as well as understanding of different financial services and products.</p><p>The new programmes of study for mathematics and citizenship make it clear what pupils should learn, including developing their use of formal mathematical knowledge to interpret and solve problems including financial mathematics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

50087

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to give free schools more flexibility on requirements relating to (a) the involvement of volunteers and (b) provision of flexi-school places.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	198080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Volunteers in free schools, like maintained schools, can work alongside paid staff members to offer a range of skills and experience that can enhance pupils' learning. We encourage skilled members of the community to take up a range of voluntary roles in schools from being governors to listening to children read. The Government has reformed child protection policies to remove bureaucracy and enable managers to use their judgement about the checks and supervision required for each individual depending on their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The free school programme encourages innovation and the decision to offer flexi-school places or how to deploy volunteers is one for individual head teachers. However, the free school criteria requires all applicants to meet rigorous standards including demonstrating how they would ensure a high quality education for every pupil and outlining a sustainable staffing structure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

50089

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for free school status for which the Church of England has agreed to provide school premises have been (a) approved and (b) rejected.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	198038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information in the form requested.</p><p>Whether applicants already have premises for their proposed school, and who provides those premises, are not, on their own, material factors in the decision to approve or reject a free school application. Rather, that decision is based principally on an assessment of the need for the school, the strength of the applicants' education plans and their ability to deliver a school that is financially viable and likely to be judged “good” or “outstanding” by Ofsted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 198077 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

50090

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average length of time between an application for free school status being made and a successful applicant school opening; and what plans he has to reduce the time taken.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	198056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>In cases where there is no existing school, the average length of time between an application for a free school being made and a brand new school opening is approximately eighteen months. There are instances where a free school is able to open in a shorter amount of time, for example, in the case of an existing independent school that wants to join the state sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

50092

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for free school status from applicants which already have premises have been refused.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	198077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information in the form requested.</p><p>Whether applicants already have premises for their proposed school, and who provides those premises, are not, on their own, material factors in the decision to approve or reject a free school application. Rather, that decision is based principally on an assessment of the need for the school, the strength of the applicants' education plans and their ability to deliver a school that is financially viable and likely to be judged “good” or “outstanding” by Ofsted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 198038 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

50103

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the recent study by City University, London and the Nuffield Foundation of deaf children in the education system; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not made an assessment of the recent study by City University, London and the Nuffield Foundation of deaf children in the education system. The study helpfully considers ways and strategies to assist teachers identify reading problems and dyslexia for deaf children. It is for schools and professionals working with deaf children to consider the significance of the findings and how it informs their practice in identifying and supporting children with hearing loss.</p><p>Through the Children and Families Act 2014, the Government aims to improve support for children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) including deaf children. It also includes support for teachers and other school staff to gain the knowledge and skills to support pupils with SEN and disabilities.</p><p>The new SEND Code of Practice due to come into force in September, will set out clear guidance for schools on the process for appropriate identification, assessment, monitoring and securing further support for all children and young people with SEN and disabilities including those with sensory impairments.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

50104

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information-sharing systems his Department recommends agencies to use in respect of sharing information regarding vulnerable children and children at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes it is for local areas to determine the most appropriate way to record and share information to meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

50166

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will publish guidance for sixth form colleges that wish to convert to become 16 to 19 academies.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	198073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Sixth-form colleges are classified as private sector institutions and already benefit from the freedoms that academies enjoy. For this reason, the Department for Education has no plans to publish guidance for sixth-form colleges that wish to convert to become 16 to 19 academies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

49740

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations have received how much funding from his Department aimed at supporting access to short breaks and respite provision for children, young people and their families experiencing all types of disadvantage in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	197809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not directly fund organisations to deliver short breaks and respite services for disadvantaged children, young people and their families; this is done at the local authority level.</p><p>In the case of disabled children and young people however, the Department for Education has made available to local authorities £800 million to invest in short breaks services between April 2011 and March 2015, through unringfenced grants. In 2011-12 and 2012-13, an additional £40 million of capital funding per annum was made available to local authorities to invest in short breaks equipment and infrastructure, also in unringfenced grants. It has been for local authorities to decide how to use this funding to provide the short breaks provision for disabled children that is needed locally and to support access to it.</p><p>While the Department does not directly fund providers of short breaks for disabled children, it has funded a number of organisations over the last five financial years to help increase access to such provision and to improve its quality.</p><p>A table setting out details of the fnding has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

49930

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average value is of the title deed of a local authority school that becomes an academy.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	197852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane