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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

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

518400

	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	Teachers: Parking
	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 9 May 2016 to Question 36326, what representations she has received from (a) schools and (b) trades union representatives on the ability of academy trusts to charge teachers for car parking services on school grounds; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	36990
	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 12:09:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

518401

	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	Academies: Finance
	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 total amount awarded to schools in pre-opening support grants in each month of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	36991
	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 11:31:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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

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

518193

	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: Hotels
	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 the public purse of hotel bookings her Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	36824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, the Department publishes details on our spend, including data on expenses, travel and hotel costs on GOV.UK. Publication includes all spend which, in compliance with HM Treasury guidance, does not compromise national or personal security, foreign relations or legal obligations under acts such as the Data Protection Act.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Total travel and subsistence spend is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Senior civil servant expenses and hospitality are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-senior-civil-servant-expenses-and-hospitality" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-senior-civil-servant-expenses-and-hospitality</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/05/2016 12:15:49 question first ministerially corrected 13/05/2016 09:53:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 60911 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

518194

	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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2016 to Question 36211, whether (a) free and (b) new schools which open in a local education authority area are funded from the same delegated schools budget that existed prior to their opening.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	36821
	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 12:11:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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