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731255

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains the Government's policy to allow the opening of new grammar schools.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>There was no education bill in the Queen’s Speech, and therefore the ban on opening new grammar schools will remain in place.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 27/06/2017 08:29:55 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

731165

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, what the real terms per pupil change in the overall schools budget will be in each of the next three years taking into account salary and national insurance increases, the apprenticeship levy and anticipated growth in pupil numbers.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to make sure that all pupils, regardless of where they live or their background, receive a good education that enables them to fulfil their potential. We have made significant progress as there are now 1.8 million more pupils in schools that are rated as good or outstanding than there were in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure every school has the resources it needs to deliver an excellent education for every pupil. That is why the core schools budget has been protected in real terms since 2010 and is set to rise from £41 billion in 2017-18 to over £42 billion in 2019-20 with increasing pupil numbers.</p><p> </p><p>We know that the way in which schools use their money is also an important factor in delivering the best outcomes for pupils. We will, therefore, continue to provide support to help them use their funding in cost effective ways. The Government has produced tools, information and guidance to support improved financial health and efficiency in schools, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency.</p><p>Further details on the Government’s plans will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2017 16:54:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

731155

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools and education establishments are fully compliant with fire and safety regulations; and if she will ensure that checks will be made to ensure the safety of schools.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for ensuring compliance with fire and safety regulations sits with the employer of staff in a school or other educational establishment. Depending on the type of establishment, the employer may be the local authority, trust, diocese or proprietor.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking the potential impact from the Grenfell Tower seriously and as such, we are taking a strategic approach to the assessment of the wider public sector estate. The Department is undertaking an analysis of all school buildings to identify those over four storeys high, to ensure we include all buildings that are over 18m in our analysis. This analysis is to establish what, if any, external cladding has been used on these buildings.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2017 16:55:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

731534

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Sponsorship
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the involvement of universities in academy sponsorship, the founding of free schools and charging maximum tuition fees.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I provided on 27/06/2017 to Question number 713 and 714.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 458 question first answered 27/06/2017 13:21:54 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731542

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Sponsorship
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the number of independent schools involved in academy sponsorship or the founding of free schools
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I provided on 27/06/2017 to Question number 713 and 714.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 455 question first answered 27/06/2017 13:21:54 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731544

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the ban on the establishment of new selective schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 27/06/2017 to Question number 128.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 27/06/2017 12:50:18 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731573

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on introducing a curriculum fund to encourage cultural and scientific institutions to help develop knowledge-rich materials for schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>We want all pupils to benefit from a knowledge rich education. We will provide further details about the curriculum fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 658 question first answered 27/06/2017 16:58:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731117

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish her plans for ensuring the content of relationships education in primary schools is age appropriate; and if she will place a copy of those plans in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	56
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Social Work Act (2017) places a duty on the Secretary of State to make relationships education mandatory in all primary schools, and relationships and sex education mandatory in all secondary schools, in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also made a commitment to ensuring that the updated guidance and regulations for these subjects would be age appropriate and support the knowledge children and young people need to stay safe and to develop positive relationships.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education intends to conduct thorough and wide ranging engagement on relationships education and relationships and sex education. This will determine the content of the regulations and statutory guidance, covering subject content, school practice and quality of delivery. The Department will seek evidence from schools and teachers; parents and pupils; experts in safeguarding and child wellbeing; subject experts; voluntary organisations and other interested parties; and other Government departments and public sector bodies. We will set out more details about the engagement process shortly and the work to consider age appropriate subject content. This work will result in draft regulations and guidance on which we will consult. Following consultation, regulations will be laid in the House allowing for a full and considered debate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2017 16:58:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

731963

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Harrow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for primary and secondary schools in Harrow in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The core schools budget has been protected in real terms since 2010 and is set to rise from £41 billion in 2017-18 to over £42 billion in 2019-20 with increasing pupil numbers. We are considering the more than 25,000 responses we received to the consultation on the National Funding Formula, and will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2017 13:19:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

731701

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	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, what plans she has to increase transparency in school budgets for parents; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department publishes information annually on income and expenditure for maintained schools and academies.</p><p>Data on income and expenditure for academies is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>Data on income and expenditure for maintained schools is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/la-and-school-expenditure-2015-to-2016-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/la-and-school-expenditure-2015-to-2016-financial-year</a>.</p><p>We know that the way funding is distributed to schools in England is currently unfair and opaque. That is why we recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools, and why we will deliver on our commitment to make funding fairer and more transparent.</p><p> </p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation, which we are analysing in detail. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2017 13:11:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland