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	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential costs and benefits of the introduction of universal infant free school meals in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	213397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is responsible for the introduction of the requirement that state-funded schools in England should offer universal infant free school meals, which came into effect on 1 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2009 and 2011 the Department for Education and the Department of Health piloted the provision of universal free school meals in Durham and Newham. The independent evaluation of those pilots showed that there were a number of benefits arising from the provision of universal free school meals, including improved attainment, healthier eating habits and increases in the uptake of meals among children who would have been eligible for free school meals under the existing criteria. We also know, from research carried out by the School Food Trust (now Children’s Food Trust), that universal infant free school meals will save families who previously paid for school lunches up to £400 a year per infant child.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has used School Food Trust research into the costs of school meal provision, as well as feedback from local authorities and stakeholders, to inform the allocation of funding for this policy and the targeting of implementation support. In particular, this research informed the decision to allocate £2.30 of revenue funding per meal taken by newly eligible pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:27:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

164342

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	ICT: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to encourage schools to provide students with hands-on programming experience.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	215688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The new computing programmes of study, which were introduced in September 2014, have a greater focus on how computers work and the basics of programming. They also cover digital literacy and the application of information technology. Primary school pupils should be taught how to design and write programs to accomplish specific goals, using sequencing, selection and repetition; and secondary school pupils should be taught to use at least two programming languages to solve a variety of computational problems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:56:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

101359

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in England also have a sibling in care; and how many looked-after children in England are (a) living with at least one of their siblings and (b) not living with any of their siblings.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
	uin	212283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 30/10/2014 16:10:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

101360

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in each local authority were in a foster care placement on 31 March (a) 2008, (b) 2010, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014; how many such children in each local authority were in a foster care placement with a relative or friend (i) inside and (ii) outside the authority boundary on each of those dates; how many such children in each local authority were under (A) an interim and (B) a full court order on each of those dates; and how many such children in each local authority area were looked after under a voluntary agreement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 on each of those dates.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
	uin	212293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Data for 2008, 2010 and 2013 has been placed in the Library. Data for 2014 will be published in December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/11/2014 17:38:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

156223

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) median and (b) mean wage was for childcare workers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	215075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey[1] collects data on the wages for childcare workers.</p><p>Tables providing figures on the mean wage for childcare workers for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 are provided in the attachment. The survey was not carried out in 2012 and so no figures are available for that year.</p><p> </p><p>Figures showing the median wage for childcare workers in each of the last five years are not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/11/2014 13:24:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Childcare_Workers_Mean_Pay_2009-2014.xls title Childcare Workers Mean Pay 2009-2014
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

156224

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of workers in the childcare sector who are employed on zero-hour contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	215076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not made an estimate of the proportion of workers in the childcare sector who are employed on zero-hour contracts.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/11/2014 13:18:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

101824

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Teaching Methods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children at secondary school are being efficiently grouped according to their academic ability.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	212550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education believes that individual schools are best placed to determine whether and how to group children by academic ability. There are many different models of pupil grouping, and schools themselves are best able to respond to their individual circumstances to meet the needs and capabilities of their pupils.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/11/2014 14:34:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

147486

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts signed by her Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	214005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. An answer could only be provided at disproportionate cost, as we would need to review all departmental contracts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is the Department for Education’s usual policy that contracts include a mutual, no faults termination clause which allows either party to terminate a contract by giving a period of notice. If the Department terminates such contracts under the ‘no faults’ clause we would reimburse the contractor for any committed or unavoidable cost, and would expect the contractor to take mitigating action to reduce such cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/11/2014 17:01:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

157095

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the nutritional requirements of the universal infant free school meals provided from September 2014.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The nutritional requirements for school meals, including universal infant free school meals, are currently set out in the Education (Nutritional Standards and Requirements for School Food) (England) Regulations 2007, which are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2359/contents/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2359/contents/made</a></p><p> </p><p>These regulations set out the food groups to be provided, and how frequently, along with the levels of key nutrients (such as iron, zinc and calcium) that the meals should contain. They also restrict the amounts of saturated fat, salt and sugar that can be served in meals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 1 January 2015, a new set of school food regulations will come into force for school meals (including universal infant free school meals). The regulations are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1603/contents/made</a></p><p> </p><p>The new regulations are based on food groups, to make it easier for cooks to create tasty, nutritious menus. They also restrict the amounts of fried foods, salt and sugar that can be served.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/11/2014 12:26:44 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

157096

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is a requirement of the universal infant free school meals provisions that a hot meal should be provided for certain infant pupils.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL3041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education expects all schools to be routinely offering a hot meal option to all their infant pupils. We know that over 98.5% of schools were on track to do so at the start of the autumn term. The Department is working with the small number of schools that were not, so that they can do so as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no legal requirement that meals should be hot, but it is much harder to meet the requirement to comply with the School Food Standards through the provision of cold food.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/11/2014 12:27:38 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch