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418414

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cheshire West and Chester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	10014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Only one school within the relevant areas is currently in special measures; the University of Chester Academy Northwich.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Ofsted monitoring inspections of 4 March 2015 and 10 June 2015, both found the school to be making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:21:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732543

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools each regional schools commissioner has responsibility for.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 June 2017 the numbers of academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs within each Regional Schools Commissioners’ (RSCs) region were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>RSC region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Academy</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free School</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Studio School</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UTC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>1004</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire &amp; West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East London &amp; East</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West London &amp; South Central</p></td><td><p>823</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>949</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West<br> Midlands</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6398</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>346</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6830</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>RSCs also work closely and co-operatively with local authorities to support improvement in maintained schools that are causing concern.</p><p>Further information on RSC responsibilities can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/schools-commissioners-group/about" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/schools-commissioners-group/about</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510080/schools-causing-concern-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510080/schools-causing-concern-guidance.pdf</a></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 16:19:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732537

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
	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 cost to schools of introducing universal free school breakfasts.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my answer to question 632.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/07/2017 09:33:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732539

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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 grammar schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Secretary of State provided on 27 June to Question number 128.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/07/2017 15:45:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732531

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is to improve the performance of multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The strongest multi-academy trusts (MATs) have had a transformative effect, turning around the performance of some of the most challenging schools in the country.</p><p>The Department offers a range of support to MATs to support them to be successful and to adopt the practices of the best performing. This can include: advice and guidance, peer-to-peer support, access to professional development activities, and funding.</p><p>Where schools in a trust are underperforming, regional schools commissioners and their teams work with trusts on a case by case basis to determine the best course of action to secure improvement for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 16:22:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732528

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers are available to her to improve the performance of multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to a school system in which all children have access to a good school place. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for holding all academies, including multi-academy trusts (MATs), to account and will intervene where necessary to bring about rapid improvement.</p><p>The main triggers for RSCs taking action are concerns regarding educational performance, financial management and governance. In the first instance, RSCs will look to provide the trust that runs the academy with support to secure improvements itself – for example through diagnostic visits from education advisors or arranging school–to-school support. In serious cases, RSCs have the power to issue warning notices setting out the improvements that are required and by when. Ultimately, the Education and Adoption Act 2016 provides the Secretary of State with powers to remove an academy from a MAT where it has been allowed to fail or coast, and transfer it to a new trust.</p><p>More detailed information about powers available for taking action in academies and how decisions are taken by RSCs are set out in the Schools Causing Concern Guidance and the RSCs Decision Making Framework, both of which are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577885/RSC_decision_making_framework_December_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577885/RSC_decision_making_framework_December_2016.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1061 question first answered 05/07/2017 16:22:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732529

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers are available to her to improve the performance of academy schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	1061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to a school system in which all children have access to a good school place. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for holding all academies, including multi-academy trusts (MATs), to account and will intervene where necessary to bring about rapid improvement.</p><p>The main triggers for RSCs taking action are concerns regarding educational performance, financial management and governance. In the first instance, RSCs will look to provide the trust that runs the academy with support to secure improvements itself – for example through diagnostic visits from education advisors or arranging school–to-school support. In serious cases, RSCs have the power to issue warning notices setting out the improvements that are required and by when. Ultimately, the Education and Adoption Act 2016 provides the Secretary of State with powers to remove an academy from a MAT where it has been allowed to fail or coast, and transfer it to a new trust.</p><p>More detailed information about powers available for taking action in academies and how decisions are taken by RSCs are set out in the Schools Causing Concern Guidance and the RSCs Decision Making Framework, both of which are available on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-causing-concern--2</a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577885/RSC_decision_making_framework_December_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577885/RSC_decision_making_framework_December_2016.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1060 question first answered 05/07/2017 16:22:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

767476

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what systems her Department has in place to prevent student loans from being claimed fraudulently.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	106466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Information setting out how the Department works with partners including the Student Loans Company, to minimise fraud, including fraud in the student finance system, is published on pages 48-49 of the Department’s Consolidated annual report and accounts for year ended 31 March 2017 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/10/2017 17:28:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

767477

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of student loans which are claimed fraudulently.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	106467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made a recent estimate of the proportion of student loans which are claimed fraudulently. However, the Student Loans Company (SLC) has made an estimate of the fraud rate in relation to student support payments (i.e payments of student loans and grants) for the financial year 2016-2017.</p><p>The SLC’s estimated fraud rate in relation to student support payments for the financial year 2016-2017 is 0.57%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/10/2017 17:34:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1550536

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	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 assessment she has made of the level of funding pressures on schools and their ability to deliver full-time education.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	108248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Association of School and College Leader’s survey findings were published in October 2022. In November, the 2022 Autumn Statement announced additional investment in schools. As a result, the core schools budget will increase by £2 billion in both 2023/24 and 2024/25, over and above totals announced in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review. This year, schools' funding is already £4 billion higher than last year. The Autumn Statement means it will rise by another £3.5 billion, on top of that, next year. Taken together, that means a 15% increase in funding in two years.</p><p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies have noted this additional funding will fully cover expected increases in school costs up to 2024 and will take spending per pupil back to at least 2010 levels in real terms. This means 2024/25 will be the highest ever level of spending on schools in real terms per pupil. It will enable head teachers to continue to concentrate funding in the areas that positively impact educational attainment. This includes high quality teaching and targeted support to the children who need it most.</p><p>The Department recognises that every school’s circumstances are different. Where schools are in financial difficulty, they should contact their Local Authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 108249 question first answered 19/12/2022 16:11:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders