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	date	09/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on primary education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the appropriateness of the (a) phonics screening check in year 1, (b) autumn term phonics screening check in year 2, (c) key stage 1 SATs in year 2, (d) multiplication tables check in year 4 and (e) key stage 2 SATs in year 6 as a form of assessment.
	session	2021/22
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	137240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The department is taking forward a full programme of primary assessments to take place in the 2021/22 academic year. The assessments will help parents, schools, and the department to understand more clearly the impact of the pandemic on pupils, and how this varies between particular groups of pupils (for example, disadvantaged pupils), schools, and local authority areas.</p><p>At a local level, the data will provide vital information to parents about their child’s attainment, support transition to secondary schools, and identify where additional support is best targeted to individuals. At a national level, the data will help inform policy decisions about support for schools, enable analysis to underpin education recovery initiatives and understand their effectiveness, and to track system progress as we emerge from the pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/03/2022 14:08:29 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that primary school staff are able to access lateral flow testing.
	session	2019/21
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	135800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Rapid, regular testing for people without symptoms of COVID-19 will be made available to primary staff by the end of January with kits being delivered from 18 January. All primary school staff will be offered home test kits for routine testing. These kits contain Lateral Flow Device tests which enable self-swabbing. They are designed for use at home so staff can complete the test before coming in to work.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/01/2021 17:36:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe