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1125298

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Barnsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding announced to provide free meals and activities over the 2019 summer holidays will be provided to Barnsley.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	252033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>As there were no applications for funding from any organisations to deliver the programme in Barnsley this summer, Barnsley will not receive any funding from the 2019 Holiday Activities and Food programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/05/2019 15:59:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1125323

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Local Government Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on improving schools' access to local authority support for pupils and families that need it.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	251957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the Department for Education agenda.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/05/2019 15:56:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1125406

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Services: Northamptonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received from the children's services commissioner on progress in improving children's services in Northamptonshire in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	252080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Malcolm Newsam CBE was appointed as Commissioner for Children’s Services in Northamptonshire on 30 November 2018. He has submitted one report to date. This will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/05/2019 15:52:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1125471

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of disadvantaged children will not benefit from the funding for free school meals and activities during the summer break announced on 8 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	252120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We do not know the number of children that will not benefit from the funding for free school meals (FSM) and activities during the 2019 summer holidays. This would depend on how many children in the funded areas choose to take up the offer of free holiday provision.</p><p>Our 2019 programme will take place in 11 local authority areas. It will enable us to test the effectiveness of a model of local coordination of free holiday club provision. We are carrying out an independent evaluation of this programme and will publish the results of this, including information on attendance.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/05/2019 15:46:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1125014

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Marriage Guidance: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for grants for purposes set out in section 22 of the Family Law Act 1996 has been allocated in each financial year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	251264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for relationship support.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/05/2019 15:50:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1124685

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Music
	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 help ensure that all children have access to music while in early years education.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	250766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the regulatory standards for learning and development for all early years providers caring for children from birth to 5.</p><p>The EYFS defines 7 areas of learning under which sit 17 early learning goals (ELG) which summarise the knowledge, skills and understanding that all young children should have gained by the end of the reception year.</p><p>Under the ‘Expressive arts and design’ area of learning, the ‘Exploring and using media and materials’ ELG involves children singing songs, making music and dancing, and the ‘Being imaginative’ ELG involves children representing their ideas, thoughts and feelings through music.</p><p>We are currently in the process of piloting draft revised ELG which will retain a focus on music as an important part of a broad and balanced curriculum in the early years.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/05/2019 16:31:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1124695

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that universities develop courses in consultation with industry professionals to enable graduates to develop adequate skills for the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	250751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>It is important that universities focus on ensuring that their graduates have the skills needed, including technical, vocational and transferable skills, to gain a positive outcome from their degree. The primary aim of the Office for Students (OfS), the higher education regulator, is to ensure that higher education delivers positive outcomes for students and that it has a regulatory focus to ensure that students are able to progress into employment or further study.</p><p> </p><p>Collaboration between universities and business is increasingly important, both in the development of work-ready, highly skilled graduates and in contributing to local and regional economic growth. There is already a strong track record of collaboration. For example, Teesside University’s Digital City innovation initiative is helping local small and medium-sized enterprises to place graduate interns in their businesses by providing recruitment support and a 50% contribution towards their salary.</p><p> </p><p>The government is supporting greater collaboration between businesses and universities in a number of ways:</p><ul><li>The OfS, through its Industrial Strategy and Skills Challenge Competition is funding providers (including in collaboration with employers) to develop and implement projects to improve outcomes for graduates who seek employment in their home region. Details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/ofs-challenge-competition-industrial-strategy-and-skills-support-for-local-students-and-graduates/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/ofs-challenge-competition-industrial-strategy-and-skills-support-for-local-students-and-graduates/</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Similarly, the UK Research and Innovation 'Strength in Places Fund' is a competitive fund for collaborative bids between research institutions and businesses to support significant regional growth through research and innovation. Details can be found here: <a href="https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/strength-in-places-fund/" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/strength-in-places-fund/</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The OfS is providing £20 million for the Institute of Coding which will target a skills gap in digital skills and involves collaboration between education providers and industry. This includes working together to create core content and introducing flexible ways to learn.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The government also partially funds the National Centre for Universities and Business which promotes, develops and supports university and business collaboration across the UK.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important to remember, however, that universities are autonomous institutions and, as such, that they are responsible for the courses that they develop and that the government does not prescribe that certain content needs to be included.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/05/2019 16:45:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124702

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of holding pupils back a year at school as a result of poor (a) behaviour and (b) academic performance.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	250773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and therefore the Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports head teachers to create calm and ordered environments so that pupils can benefit from a school culture where teachers can teach and pupils can learn. As part of this, schools must ensure they have and publish a behaviour policy to support staff in managing behaviour, including the use of rewards and sanctions. Sanctions must be proportionate and fair responses that may vary according to the age of the pupils, and any other special circumstances that affect the pupil.</p><p> </p><p>Schools should make regular assessments of progress for all pupils. These should seek to identify pupils making less than expected progress. The first response to such progress should be high quality teaching targeted at their areas of weakness.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child is behaving poorly or is not making the expected progress academically, schools should look to see whether there are underlying factors such as Special Educational Needs, mental health difficulties or issues relating to housing, family or other domestic circumstances. Where a school does identify such causes they are expected to put appropriate support in place, potentially working with other agencies such as Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/05/2019 16:36:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124710

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he can will make an assessment of the effect of OFSTED grades on the recruitment and retention of teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	250781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has published analysis linking Ofsted ratings to the mobility and retention of teachers. This showed that of teachers who had moved between schools, 74% moved to schools with the same or better Ofsted rating compared with their previous school. The full analysis is published here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615729/SFR33_2017_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615729/SFR33_2017_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department’s recently published Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy has committed to simplifying the school accountability system, which the Department knows can create undue pressure on school leaders and increase teacher workload.</p><p>From September, the Department will use a single, transparent trigger - ‘Ofsted requires improvement’ - to offer head teachers funded support and bespoke guidance from an expert leader. This will help reduce pressures on schools, while maintaining robust accountability in cases of failure and a proactive offer of support for those who need it.</p><p>The proposed new Ofsted framework will also have an active focus on reducing teacher workload, with inspectors considering staff workload as part of the leadership and management judgment.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/05/2019 15:15:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124730

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference page of 32 of the Children’s Commissioner’s report, Keeping kids safe: Improving safeguarding responses to gang violence and criminal exploitation, published in February 2019, what steps he is taking to increase access to speech and language therapy to improve rates of early intervention.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	250742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and recognise the importance of identifying SLCN early to enable the right support to be put in place and reduce the impact that they may have in the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>We know that 28% of children finish their reception year still without the early communication, language and literacy skills they need to thrive. That is why my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has set out his ambition to halve this figure by 2028 and we are investing over £100 million through our social mobility programme to support this.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are aware of the concerns about the adequacy of funding for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England, including those with SLCN. That is why on 3 May 2019, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced a call for evidence from schools, colleges and local authorities to consider how the SEND and alternative provision financial arrangements in England could be improved. The call for evidence can be accessed through the following link: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/funding-for-send-and-those-who-need-ap-call-for-ev/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/funding-for-send-and-those-who-need-ap-call-for-ev/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/05/2019 16:27:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies