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1130387

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he has made an assessment of the effect of trends in the level of school finances on the ability of schools to procure environmentally sound services from contractors and suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	261276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Schools are autonomous and have the freedom to make their own decisions based on individual need and circumstances. It is important that schools play their part in conserving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Department will support schools to procure environmentally sound services, encouraging suppliers to work with their supply chains to offer choice and value. For example, each time a new boiler is installed, it replaces one of an old specification that is far less energy efficient.</p><p>The Department is also committed to delivering new schools that meet energy efficiency targets and supporting the existing estate to reduce its energy demand through advice, support and capital grants. The Department is surveying the condition of every school through the Condition Data Collection to support the development of future priorities for investment, including measures to achieve zero carbon emissions.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 261278 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:31:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1130389

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the education sector to identify steps that can be taken to help that sector become carbon neutral.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	261278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Schools are autonomous and have the freedom to make their own decisions based on individual need and circumstances. It is important that schools play their part in conserving energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Department will support schools to procure environmentally sound services, encouraging suppliers to work with their supply chains to offer choice and value. For example, each time a new boiler is installed, it replaces one of an old specification that is far less energy efficient.</p><p>The Department is also committed to delivering new schools that meet energy efficiency targets and supporting the existing estate to reduce its energy demand through advice, support and capital grants. The Department is surveying the condition of every school through the Condition Data Collection to support the development of future priorities for investment, including measures to achieve zero carbon emissions.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 261276 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:31:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1110199

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cost-effectiveness
	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 cost to the public purse of the school resource management advisers trial (a) since its inception, (b) in the last six months and (c) since 1 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	242244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) pilot ran from autumn 2017 to August 2018, with the first deployments beginning in January 2018. To date, the Department has spent £659,000 on the SRMA programme. £434,000 of this has been spent in the last six months, of which £350,000 has been spent since 1 January 2019. The increased spend over the last three months reflects the expansion of the programme to offer SRMA support to more schools.</p><p>In 2017-18, School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) identified the potential for over £35 million savings and revenue generation opportunities as part of the pilot programme. The Department is now working with schools and academy trusts to compile data on the areas where SRMAs’ recommendations have been realised and actual savings made. The early signs are promising as it is helping to identify how to deliver resources for the best possible education of pupils. As SRMAs focus their recommendations on actions that will deliver long-term solutions, the Department does not expect to see all of the potential savings realised immediately.</p><p>When developing the SRMA programme, the Department consulted with a range of sector bodies, including the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the Institute of School Business Leadership. When SRMAs are undertaking deployments, officials at the Education and Skills Funding Agency are in regular contact with those schools and trusts which the SRMA is working with to understand their experience of the programme. The Department also carried out a formal evaluation of the pilot, which sought the views of those schools and trusts that participated. The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 242245 242246 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:35:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1110200

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cost-effectiveness
	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 savings achieved by schools as a result of the school resource management advisers trial (a) since its inception, (b) in the last six months and (c) since 1 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	242245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) pilot ran from autumn 2017 to August 2018, with the first deployments beginning in January 2018. To date, the Department has spent £659,000 on the SRMA programme. £434,000 of this has been spent in the last six months, of which £350,000 has been spent since 1 January 2019. The increased spend over the last three months reflects the expansion of the programme to offer SRMA support to more schools.</p><p>In 2017-18, School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) identified the potential for over £35 million savings and revenue generation opportunities as part of the pilot programme. The Department is now working with schools and academy trusts to compile data on the areas where SRMAs’ recommendations have been realised and actual savings made. The early signs are promising as it is helping to identify how to deliver resources for the best possible education of pupils. As SRMAs focus their recommendations on actions that will deliver long-term solutions, the Department does not expect to see all of the potential savings realised immediately.</p><p>When developing the SRMA programme, the Department consulted with a range of sector bodies, including the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the Institute of School Business Leadership. When SRMAs are undertaking deployments, officials at the Education and Skills Funding Agency are in regular contact with those schools and trusts which the SRMA is working with to understand their experience of the programme. The Department also carried out a formal evaluation of the pilot, which sought the views of those schools and trusts that participated. The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 242244 242246 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:35:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1110201

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cost-effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to consult (a) teachers, (b) head teachers and (c) other school leaders on the school resource management advisers trial.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	242246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) pilot ran from autumn 2017 to August 2018, with the first deployments beginning in January 2018. To date, the Department has spent £659,000 on the SRMA programme. £434,000 of this has been spent in the last six months, of which £350,000 has been spent since 1 January 2019. The increased spend over the last three months reflects the expansion of the programme to offer SRMA support to more schools.</p><p>In 2017-18, School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) identified the potential for over £35 million savings and revenue generation opportunities as part of the pilot programme. The Department is now working with schools and academy trusts to compile data on the areas where SRMAs’ recommendations have been realised and actual savings made. The early signs are promising as it is helping to identify how to deliver resources for the best possible education of pupils. As SRMAs focus their recommendations on actions that will deliver long-term solutions, the Department does not expect to see all of the potential savings realised immediately.</p><p>When developing the SRMA programme, the Department consulted with a range of sector bodies, including the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the Institute of School Business Leadership. When SRMAs are undertaking deployments, officials at the Education and Skills Funding Agency are in regular contact with those schools and trusts which the SRMA is working with to understand their experience of the programme. The Department also carried out a formal evaluation of the pilot, which sought the views of those schools and trusts that participated. The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 242244 242245 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:35:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1110348

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Sick Leave
	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 number of days of sickness absence taken by teachers in state-funded schools as a result of mental ill health in each year since 2014 for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	242253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/04/2019 16:14:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1109999

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Opening Hours
	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 number of state schools in England that regularly end the school day early on a Friday (a) since June 2017, (b) in the last 12 months and (c) since 1 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	241483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>Schools have the autonomy to decide the structure and duration of their school day, including deciding what time their school day should start and finish.</p><p>The structure of the school week should not be the cause of inconvenience to parents and carers, and it is unacceptable for schools to shorten their school week unless it is a direct action to support and enhance their pupils’ education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/04/2019 16:39:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1109119

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will require schools to report all informal exclusions from school of children who have special educational needs.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	240098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The law is clear that a pupil’s name can only be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended. Where a school issues an exclusion, there is a formal process that must be followed. ‘Unofficial’ or ‘informal’ exclusions, such as sending pupils home to ‘cool off’, are unlawful regardless of whether they are done with the agreement of parents or carers and regardless of the age of the pupil. Any exclusion of a pupil, even for short periods of time, must be formally recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Schools can only exclude pupils, either permanently or for a fixed period, for disciplinary reasons, and the Department supports schools in using exclusion where this is warranted. No teacher goes into education to exclude pupils. Permanent exclusion should only be used as a last resort, in response to a serious breach or persistent breaches of the school's behaviour policy and where allowing the pupil to remain in school would seriously harm the education or welfare of the pupil or others in the school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/04/2019 15:12:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1109123

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	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 his Department is monitoring the implementation by Initial Teacher Training providers of its Framework of Core Content for Initial Teacher Training published in July 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	240099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>All Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses must enable their trainees to demonstrate that they meet the Teachers' Standards (2011). It is for ITT providers to use their professional judgement to determine the content and structure of their courses.</p><p>To support ITT providers to do this, the Department published the Framework of Core Content for ITT in 2016 and it is still in place. In the Recruitment and Retention Strategy, published in January 2019, the Department committed to reviewing ITT core content guidance using the Early Career Framework as our starting point. This will ensure that ITT complements and builds towards the Early Career Framework and together they will provide the foundations of a successful and rewarding career.</p><p>Ofsted is responsible for testing the quality of ITT and it assesses how providers use the Framework as part of ITT inspections. At their most recent inspection, 99% of all ITT providers were rated good or outstanding.[1] Officials are working closely with Ofsted on the development of its new ITT inspection guidance, to ensure that providers’ use of the framework remains crucial to judgements about ITT quality.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-education-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-30-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-education-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-30-june-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/04/2019 15:38:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1088804

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230859 on Schools: Finance, how many head teachers he has had discussions with in each month from February 2018 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	232641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets with head teachers of schools to discuss issues including funding regularly. Our records show that on average, from February 2018 to date, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has met nine head teachers each month. This figure includes head teachers that he has met in formal meetings, visits and reference groups, but does not include the many other occasions where my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has met head teachers in this time, including meetings, roundtable discussions, conferences, and events, nor does it reflect the other teachers and school staff he will have met during visits and meetings, so the actual figure is likely to be much higher.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/03/2019 14:45:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran