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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

518192

	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	Department for Education: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many responses to freedom of information requests have been reviewed by her Department's special advisers before being issued to the individual or organisation requesting information in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	36837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Special advisers do not routinely review responses to all FOI requests, nor have figures in relation to this been routinely collected. The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/05/2016 09:58:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

518195

	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	Class Sizes: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Key Stage 1 children in (a) Ashfield and (b) Nottinghamshire were in classes of more than 35 children in the academic year beginning September (i) 2015, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	36822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Information about the number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with more than 30 pupils is available at school level in the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics[1].</p><p>Information on class sizes for the academic year beginning September 2015 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.</p><p>The following table shows the number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with more than 30 pupils in schools in Ashfield constituency and Nottinghamshire local authority for the academic years beginning in September 2013 and 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ashfield Constituency</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire LA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014 (academic year beginning September 2013)</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>1,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015 (academic year beginning September 2014)</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>1,215</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There were no pupils in key stage 1 classes of more than 35 in either Ashfield or Nottinghamshire in January 2014 or January 2015.</p><p>[1] Data from January 2014 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a> in the file called ‘SFR15_2014_school_level_classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p><p>Data from January 2015 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a> in the file called ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 36802 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:44:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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

518197

	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	Academies: Merseyside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of converting schools into academies in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) Merseyside.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	36815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2016 12:10:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

518198

	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	Class Sizes: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many key stage 1 children in (a) Ashfield and (b) Nottinghamshire were in classes of more than 30 children in the academic year beginning September (i) 2015, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	36802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Information about the number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with more than 30 pupils is available at school level in the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics[1].</p><p>Information on class sizes for the academic year beginning September 2015 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.</p><p>The following table shows the number of pupils in key stage 1 classes with more than 30 pupils in schools in Ashfield constituency and Nottinghamshire local authority for the academic years beginning in September 2013 and 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ashfield Constituency</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire LA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014 (academic year beginning September 2013)</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>1,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015 (academic year beginning September 2014)</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>1,215</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There were no pupils in key stage 1 classes of more than 35 in either Ashfield or Nottinghamshire in January 2014 or January 2015.</p><p>[1] Data from January 2014 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a> in the file called ‘SFR15_2014_school_level_classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p><p>Data from January 2015 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a> in the file called ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 36822 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:44:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

518200

	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	Pupils: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies on the pressures on school places due to immigration from (i) EU and (ii) non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	36751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 36752 36755 question first answered 12/05/2016 12:10:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

518201

	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	Pupils: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the effect of immigration on the demand for school places; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	36752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 36751 36755 question first answered 12/05/2016 12:10:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

518202

	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	Primary Education: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school age children from Nottinghamshire who have applied for a place at primary school starting in September 2016 were not accepted at their first or second choice schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	36774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on school place preferences for entry in September 2016 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.</p><p>Data for the most recent years available is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Nottinghamshire local authority, primary school preferences, 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of applicants</p></td><td><p>9,171</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Of which those who:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Received 1st or 2nd preference</p></td><td><p>8,687</p></td><td><p>94.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Did not receive 1st or 2nd preference</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/05/2016 09:55:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero