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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

164340

	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	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
	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 effect of not returning VAT costs of sixth form colleges on competition in the market for education provision for 16 to 19 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	215714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>All 16-19 providers are funded on an equal basis in relation to the students that they recruit but the Department for Education does not factor into funding the costs of the different legal and corporate status of 16-19 providers. The Department has not looked specifically at the impact of not paying VAT on competition in the market.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/11/2014 17:36:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

164341

	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	Free Schools
	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 3 November 2014 to Question 211963, if she will provide a list of the specified derogations from the Admissions Code that have been made by 54 free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	215695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>All academies and free schools must comply with the School Admissions Code. This ensures their admission arrangements are fair, clear and objective.</p><p>However, in limited circumstances, the Secretary of State has agreed different arrangements for academies and free schools, where she is content that to do so will benefit local children. Such schools must comply with the Code other than in the very limited circumstances specified by the Secretary of State.</p><p>Whilst, at the time of replying to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-27/211963/" target="_blank">211963</a>, we explained that the Secretary of State had agreed specific freedoms for 54 free schools (including UTCs), that list now stands at 56, and is set out as attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/12/2014 16:33:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Free_Schools_Admissions_Freedoms_December_2014.doc title Free schools - admissions freedoms - December 2014
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

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