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	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government plans to provide for the removal of asbestos in maintained schools that are to be converted into academies.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	36708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of asbestos in schools very seriously and is supporting those in schools and responsible bodies who have the legal responsibility for safely managing asbestos in their schools.</p><p>The Department provides funding to schools to help them keep their school buildings in a good state of repair. Between 2015 and 2018 this investment will total £4.2 billion and schools and responsible bodies are able to use this funding to remove asbestos where that is appropriate.</p><p>For maintained schools, the local authority as responsible body receives an annual allocation of capital funding to repair and upgrade existing buildings. Local authorities are expected to treat fairly those schools considering conversion to an academy and to honour any commitments of capital funding that they have made, in respect of building projects at those schools.</p><p>Following conversion, a school can be part of a larger multi-academy trust, a smaller multi-academy trust or a standalone academy. Larger multi-academy trusts (MATs) have access to annual formulaic school condition allocations (SCA), which they can pass on to their constituent schools to address any serious asbestos concerns. For stand-alone academies and academies in smaller multi academy trusts, funding is available through the condition improvement fund (CIF) where they bid for capital funding. As set out in the guidance for prospective bidders, the highest priority is given to health and safety issues due to the poor condition of buildings, including emergency asbestos removal.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/05/2016 16:09:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

518149

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures she plans to take to support further education students with additional travel costs arising from mergers of institutions as a result of area reviews of post-16 education.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	36936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Area reviews of post-16 education are focused on meeting the needs of learners in each area, and because they are overseen by steering groups including Chairs and Principals of colleges as well as local authorities, they are well placed to do this. The steering group’s discussions and recommendations are based on the best available evidence, including an analysis of local economic and educational needs and the mapping of current curriculum provision and travel to learn patterns. Recommendations made by the steering group, including mergers, should improve access to better quality teaching delivered by sustainable institutions focused on meeting learner need.</p><p>Local authorities are members of area review steering groups and have statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16- to 19-year-olds. We expect local authorities to make reasonable decisions about the support they offer based on the needs of their young people, local transport infrastructure and the resources they have available. Authorities will need to take account of the recommendations arising from each area review and the impact on transport for learners. We will reflect this in the next version of the post-16 transport statutory guidance which we plan to update in the autumn.</p><p>Most young people already have access to some kind of discount or concession on bus or train travel, either from their local authority, local transport providers, or from their school or college, and we would expect this to continue following any changes to post-16 provision as a result of area reviews. The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund will continue to be available to support those young people who most need it, with the costs of attending post-16 education or training such as transport and meals.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 36935 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:17:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

518196

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Merseyside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many cases of child abuse and neglect were reported in (a) Merseyside and (b) St Helens in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	36835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. We do not collect the reason for referrals so cannot identify how many of these were due to abuse or neglect.</p><p>Data on referrals is available by local authority and region in the annual statistical first release ‘Characteristics of children in need’’[1].</p><p>Once a child has been referred and any relevant assessments have been carried out, we collect information on the primary needs of children in need of children’s social care services. In 2014/15, 66% of children in need in St Helens local authority had a primary need of abuse or neglect.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2016 09:42:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

518206

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Transport
	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 13 April 2016 to Question 33944, whether the decision not to change statutory guidance on post-16 transport to education and training will be subject to review as area reviews of further education progress.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	36935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Area reviews of post-16 education are focused on meeting the needs of learners in each area, and because they are overseen by steering groups including Chairs and Principals of colleges as well as local authorities, they are well placed to do this. The steering group’s discussions and recommendations are based on the best available evidence, including an analysis of local economic and educational needs and the mapping of current curriculum provision and travel to learn patterns. Recommendations made by the steering group, including mergers, should improve access to better quality teaching delivered by sustainable institutions focused on meeting learner need.</p><p>Local authorities are members of area review steering groups and have statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16- to 19-year-olds. We expect local authorities to make reasonable decisions about the support they offer based on the needs of their young people, local transport infrastructure and the resources they have available. Authorities will need to take account of the recommendations arising from each area review and the impact on transport for learners. We will reflect this in the next version of the post-16 transport statutory guidance which we plan to update in the autumn.</p><p>Most young people already have access to some kind of discount or concession on bus or train travel, either from their local authority, local transport providers, or from their school or college, and we would expect this to continue following any changes to post-16 provision as a result of area reviews. The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund will continue to be available to support those young people who most need it, with the costs of attending post-16 education or training such as transport and meals.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 36936 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:17:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

518207

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to schools for supporting children with learning difficulties in (a) Manchester, Withington constituency and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	36909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Funding for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) is allocated to local authorities through the dedicated schools grant, which includes both funding to be delegated to mainstream schools, and funding for the additional costs associated with educating children and young people with high needs.</p><p>Schools are funded through a formula set by their local authority, and local authorities are required to delegate funds to a level that enables schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with SEN up to £6,000 per annum. It is for individual schools to decide how they allocate their overall budget to ensure they meet the specific needs of children with learning difficulties.</p><p>For those pupils whose additional support costs more than £6,000 the local authority pays top-up funding to the schools from their high needs budget. Top-up funding rates are for local authorities to agree with their schools.</p><p>The high needs allocation, within the dedicated schools grant, for the Greater Manchester local authorities in each of the last three years were as set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14 (£million)</p></td><td><p>2014-15 (£million)</p></td><td><p>2015-16 (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>25.83</p></td><td><p>27.15</p></td><td><p>27.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>22.50</p></td><td><p>24.08</p></td><td><p>24.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>59.83</p></td><td><p>63.34</p></td><td><p>64.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>23.54</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>25.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>22.10</p></td><td><p>22.75</p></td><td><p>22.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>27.62</p></td><td><p>29.04</p></td><td><p>29.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>25.82</p></td><td><p>27.14</p></td><td><p>28.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>13.81</p></td><td><p>14.79</p></td><td><p>14.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>22.88</p></td><td><p>23.34</p></td><td><p>24.08</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold information on the total funding for supporting children with learning difficulties allocated to schools in the Manchester, Withington constituency or in the Greater Manchester area.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/05/2016 09:17:06 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

518208

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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 improve transparency and accountability in spending by schools.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	36923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Appropriate arrangements are currently in place to ensure that school spending is transparent. Details of income and expenditure in all maintained schools and academies are published annually by the department in Statistical First Releases, available on GOV.UK. The Permanent Secretary’s Accountability System Statement sets out in detail the accountability system for education, including maintained schools and academies, and for children’s services.</p><p>While we are always interested in improving transparency and accountability in spending by schools we have no current plans for changes.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/05/2016 09:17:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518394

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the Dedicated Schools Grant allocated to Lancashire County Council was spent on Special Educational Needs support for children under five years old in the last year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	uin	37002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15 the spend on Special Educational Needs support for children under five years from the high needs block of the dedicated schools grant allocated to Lancashire County Council was about £2.53 million. This information is as reported by the local authority and published in the following document: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-outturn-2014-to-2015-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/section-251-outturn-2014-to-2015-data</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/05/2016 09:19:05 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

518403

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Burnley and (b) Lancashire have an Education, Health and Care 0-25 years Special Educational Needs plan.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
	uin	37005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan by local authority in January 2015 based on the SEN2 return is available on GOV.UK in the Statistical First Release ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England 2015’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2015</a> (Table 3).</p><p>This data is collected at local authority level and cannot be disaggregated to constituency level.</p><p>Data for January 2016 will be published on 26 May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2016 09:38:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper