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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

164343

	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	Electronic Government
	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 its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	215661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with Cabinet Office’s Government Digital Services (GDS) to embed a ‘digital by default’ approach to the development of all of our services and to ensure that our services have the appropriate high-quality, cost effective support in place for those who need help to use them. In December 2014, an annual report will be published on GOV.UK outlining the progress we have made against the key 16 actions stipulated by GDS to ensure that our services are available online. We are currently refreshing our departmental digital strategy for 2015 and beyond.</p><p>The current strategy is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-departmental-digital-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-departmental-digital-strategy</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:54:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164142

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Art Works
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	215575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government Art Collection covers the cost of transporting, installing and removing works of art in government departments, except in particular circumstances.</p><p>The breakdown of this information by Department is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:49:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

164143

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Religion: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2014 to Question 214915, who the representatives from religious and non-religious communities were that she consulted about proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	215570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State spoke to senior representatives from the Catholic Church, Church of England, United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, Network of Sikh Organisations, Network of Buddhist Organisations and Hindu Council UK. She also spoke with representatives from the Religious Education Council for England and Wales and British Humanist Association.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2014 14:58:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

164144

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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 steps she is taking to ensure that funding calculations for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools track demand and pupil numbers closely.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
	uin	215586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Funding to local authorities for both primary and secondary schools is calculated on the basis of pupil numbers recorded in the Schools Census in October of the previous year. This lagged funding system allows local authorities to set firm school budgets before the financial year starts, which helps schools’ financial planning. The lagged funding system means that institutions experiencing growth in-year will not ordinarily see increases in their funding until the following financial year.</p><p>Local authorities do have the freedom to top slice the dedicated schools grant to form a growth fund, which can be used to support schools and academies suffering financial difficulty due to growing pupil numbers in their area. It is for local authorities to decide whether to set up a growth fund, and which schools in their areas should benefit from this fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/11/2014 12:46:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

164146

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Anti-bullying Week
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department took to ensure that primary and secondary schools in England marked anti-bullying week; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle homophobic bullying in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	215545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has sent a clear message to all schools that bullying is unacceptable and that they should take steps to prevent it from happening and to tackle it when it does.</p><p>While it was a matter for schools to determine whether to mark anti-bullying week, the Department for Education supported activities held as part of anti-bullying week. Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Reform, attended an event hosted by the Diana Award to celebrate the work of its anti-bullying ambassadors. Edward Timpson, Minister of State for Children and Families, attended an event hosted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, which focused on the bullying of children with special educational needs and disabilities. He also attended an anti-bullying assembly at the Ark Global Academy in London which featured WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, which champions anti-bullying in the USA) as part of the lead-in to anti-bullying week.</p><p>As well as raising the profile of the occasion via the Department’s twitter account, we also published two pieces of advice at the beginning of anti-bullying week. The first is to on help teachers to guard themselves against cyberbullying and what to do if it happens. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf</a></p><p>The second piece of advice is for parents on how to help keep their children safe from cyberbullying, the signs to look for that they might be being cyberbullied and how to respond if they are. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf</a></p><p>The Department is providing just under £4 million to anti-bullying organisations over two years (2013-15) and it has recently launched two grant programmes: a £25 million voluntary and community sector grant which includes work to address all bullying in schools; and a £2 million grant in conjunction with the Government Equalities office to support projects that specifically tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:52:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

156957

	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	Class Sizes: Heywood and Middleton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) junior schools in Heywood and Middleton constituency have class sizes in excess of 30 pupils.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	215476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>According to the January 2014 school census, there were a total of seven schools with one or more infant (key stage 1) classes in excess of 30 pupils in Heywood and Middleton constituency. All of these classes had between 31 and 35 pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were a further eight schools with one or more junior (key stage 2) classes in excess of 30 pupils. All but one of these classes had between 31 and 35 pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/11/2014 16:51:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

157083

	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	Faith Schools: Hackney
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take to safeguard children from the Charedi community in Hackney currently studying in unregistered schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL3028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Lead responsibility for the safeguarding of children living in Hackney rests with Hackney Council. We are working with the Council and other agencies in the area to ensure that the needs of children in unregistered schools are met, and that appropriate action is taken to regularise the position of these establishments.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/11/2014 17:30:33 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

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