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177831

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:58
	ddp modified	12/02/2015 12:36:12
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223477
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 16:44:25
	question first ministerially corrected	10/02/2015 11:56:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223477
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils<sup>1</sup> at the end of key stage 4 <del class="ministerial">in Blackpool local authority and in England</del><ins class="ministerial">by parliamentary constiuency of school location</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)<sup>2,3,4</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td><td><p>% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">253</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42.1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>556,002</p></td><td><p>315,873</p></td><td><p>56.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">605</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>575,970</p></td><td><p>318,720</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.</p><p>3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).</p><p>4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, <del class="ministerial">I</del><ins class="ministerial">i</ins>t is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml</a></p><p> </p>
	creator	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

823725

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/01/2018
	date	16/01/2018
	date tabled	16/01/2018
	ddp created	16/01/2018 21:15:48
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	16/01/2018 21:25:43 29/01/2018 11:46:09
	hansard heading	Pupil Referral Units
	house id	1
	identifier	123172
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/01/2018 14:58:25
	question first ministerially corrected	29/01/2018 11:15:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Pupil Referral Units there are for early years pupils.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 123172
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	123172
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Alternative provision (AP) is education put in place for children of compulsory school age who would not otherwise receive suitable education because of illness, exclusion or any other reason. AP is arranged by local authorities (and in some circumstances schools) and can be delivered by a range of providers, for example, pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies.</p><p><br /> As at <ins class="ministerial">24 </ins>January 2018, the Department’s <em>Get Information about schools</em> website shows there are <ins class="ministerial">42</ins><del class="ministerial">10</del> pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies that cater to early years pupils aged four and under. <ins class="ministerial">Of these 42 institutions, 10 offer provision for early years pupils aged three and under. </ins><em>Get Information about schools</em> is available at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

830527

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2018
	date	25/01/2018
	date tabled	25/01/2018
	ddp created	25/01/2018 19:20:15
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	25/01/2018 19:30:31 07/02/2018 09:37:05
	hansard heading	Educational Psychology
	house id	1
	identifier	125058
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/01/2018 17:51:10
	question first ministerially corrected	07/02/2018 09:06:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychologists were employed in all local authorities in 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 125058
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125058
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Figures for educational psychologists in service in all local authorities in 2017 are not available until Summer 2018.</ins></p><p>The attached table provides the number of Educational Psychologists (EPs) that were reported as being directly employed by each local authority in November 2016. The list excludes local authorities where EP provision has been outsourced or the provision has been shared with other local authorities. It would also be open to academies and free schools to obtain their own provision.</p><p> </p> attachment 1 file name 125058 - Full-time equivalent educational psychologists in service in state funded schools..xlsx
	creator	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

780446

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/11/2017
	date	30/10/2017
	date tabled	30/10/2017
	ddp created	31/10/2017 01:03:00
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	31/10/2017 01:10:19 19/01/2018 09:47:02
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	identifier	110271
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/11/2017 17:03:59
	question first ministerially corrected	19/01/2018 09:15:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered foster carers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 110271
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	110271
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) with the information requested.<ins class="ministerial"> A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</ins></p>
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

806067

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/12/2017
	date	13/12/2017
	date tabled	13/12/2017
	ddp created	13/12/2017 22:19:06
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	13/12/2017 22:28:53 08/01/2018 11:00:09
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Written Questions
	house id	1
	identifier	119165
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/12/2017 20:05:37
	question first ministerially corrected	08/01/2018 10:28:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have advised that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost associated with data collection and collation in the current session.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 119165
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	119165
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the current parliamentary session (as at 13 December 2017) <del class="ministerial">2,365</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,258</ins> written PQs have been answered by the Department. 33 <del class="ministerial">(1.4%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">(1.46%)</ins> of which were answered advising that the requested information was not available due to disproportionate costs.</p>
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

731563

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/06/2017
	date	21/06/2017
	date tabled	21/06/2017
	ddp created	22/06/2017 00:28:15
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	22/06/2017 01:16:51 04/07/2017 15:31:08
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	496
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/07/2017 15:26:55
	question first ministerially corrected	04/07/2017 14:59:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on teaching assistants becoming qualified teachers through a degree apprenticeship.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 496
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	496
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to building a stronger and more prosperous Britain for all. Developing an appropriate degree apprenticeship, that protects the professional status of teaching, will be an effective way of upskilling those individuals with a passion for teaching, such as teaching assistants. We will work with the sector in progressing this work, with employers at the heart of the route’s development.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is developing an appropriate degree apprenticeship, that protects the professional status of teaching and will be an effective way of upskilling those individuals with a passion for teaching, such as teaching assistants. We will work with the sector in progressing this work, with employers at the heart of the route’s development.</ins></p>
	creator	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

347131

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/06/2015
	date	27/05/2015
	date tabled	27/05/2015
	ddp created	28/05/2015 00:06:17
	ddp modified	04/06/2015 11:42:55
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE
	house id	1
	identifier	280
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	01/06/2015 16:56:14
	question first ministerially corrected	02/06/2015 13:51:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the trends in the number of students who take vocational GCSEs who go on to study at university.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 280
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information has been supplied below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of pupils entering higher education having achieved at least one vocational GCSE qualification</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupils in HE with at least one vocational GCSE by the end of key stage 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21,655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: National Pupil Database, HESA dataset</p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347132

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/06/2015
	date	27/05/2015
	date tabled	27/05/2015
	ddp created	28/05/2015 00:06:18
	ddp modified	04/06/2015 11:42:57
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE
	house id	1
	identifier	281
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	01/06/2015 16:57:44
	question first ministerially corrected	02/06/2015 13:52:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vocational GCSEs were taken in each year since 2007.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 281
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	281
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Results of GCSEs in Applied[1] (vocational) subjects of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Entries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>147,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>114,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>138,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>113,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>95,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>23,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>12,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[2][3]</p></td><td><p>7,881</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For the years 2008/09 to 2010/11 this includes entries in both single and double award applied GCSEs. All other years include entries for double award applied GCSEs only.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014</a>. The first entry policy was introduced in 2013/14; this policy could have affected the total number of entries in 2013/14.</p><p>[3] Double Award vocational GCSEs are equivalent to 1 GCSE.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347138

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/06/2015
	date	27/05/2015
	date tabled	27/05/2015
	ddp created	28/05/2015 00:06:25
	ddp modified	04/06/2015 11:42:59
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	house id	1
	identifier	295
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	01/06/2015 16:51:41
	question first ministerially corrected	02/06/2015 13:51:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many BTEC qualifications at each level were taken in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 295
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	295
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Data relating to the number of awards for BTEC qualifications by level has only been collected since the 2005/06 academic year. Therefore, figures for 2005/06 to 2013/14 inclusive are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>BTEC qualification<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> numbers of pupils at the end of Key stage 4<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a> in all schools</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of Awards</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn3" target="_blank">[3]</a>,<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn4" target="_blank">[4]</a></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>37,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>102,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>166,242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>259,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>283,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p></td><td><p>13,661</p></td><td><p>463,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,949</p></td><td><p>503,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>294,729</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Until 2010/11, comprises BTEC First Diploma and BTEC First Certificate. From 2011/12, it comprises BTEC Award, BTEC Certificate and BTEC Diploma.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Those in all schools who were at the end of key stage 4 in the relevant academic year.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Includes achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Figures for 2006/07 and 2007/08 are provisional, all other years are revised.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref5" target="_blank">[5]</a> From 2011/12 onwards, BTEC and OCR qualifications awarded as part of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) are included in their respective BTEC and OCR qualification categories.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations and the first entry policy have been implemented. Only those BTEC qualifications mentioned in the document at the following link are included: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf</a>. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years may not be directly comparable to previous years.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	05/02/2015
	date tabled	05/02/2015
	ddp created	05/02/2015 21:01:25
	ddp modified	03/03/2015 11:12:31
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: North West
	house id	1
	identifier	223512
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/02/2015 17:31:03
	question first ministerially corrected	27/02/2015 12:43:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools there currently are in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West; and how much funding her Department has allocated to the funding of free schools in each such area.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223512
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223512
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In answer to the above question;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p>There are currently no free schools in Preston.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are currently three free schools in the local authority area of Lancashire with the total revenue funding allocation of £2,789,724 for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are currently <ins class="ministerial">ten</ins><del class="ministerial">seven</del> free schools in the county of Lancashire, which includes the local authorities of <ins class="ministerial">Lancashire,</ins> Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, with the total revenue funding allocation of <ins class="ministerial">£14,802,909.77</ins><del class="ministerial">£12,013,185</del> for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The North West has <ins class="ministerial">40</ins><del class="ministerial">41</del> free schools with a total revenue funding allocation of £54,002,376 for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p></li></ol><p> </p>
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