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42732

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers teaching in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) Lambeth and (e) Streatham parliamentary constituency have undertook specialist training on educational provision for children and young people on the autism spectrum in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	191882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>These figures are not collected centrally. Schools make their own decisions on what training their staffs need to support their pupils based on the individual circumstances of the school.</p><p>The Department for Education funds the Autism Education Trust (AET) to provide tiered training on autism: basic awareness training for teaching and non-teaching staff at level 1; practical knowledge and hands-on tools and techniques for all staff working directly with children and young people with autistic spectrum disorders at level 2; and level 3 training for those seeking more advanced knowledge and those pursuing a training role, such as lead practitioners in autism and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators. Between 2011 and 2013 the AET received grant funding to provide training to schools and from 2013 to 2015 is receiving funding under contract to provide training to early years providers, schools and further education colleges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

42735

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many available school places there are at schools that provide specialist support for children and young people on the atuism spectrum in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) Lambeth and (e) Streatham parliamentary constituency; and how many such places will be available in each of the next 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	191883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>These figures are not collected centrally. The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of places available to provide specialist support in schools for children and young people on the autism spectrum. Local authorities are expected to keep their arrangements for providing special educational needs under review.</p><p>We do collect the numbers of pupils in special schools in England with a primary need of ‘Autistic Spectrum Disorder' are given in the table below.</p><p>Pupils with special educational needs with a primary need of ‘Autistic Spectrum Disorder' in special schools in England, January 2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>20,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p>Information on special educational needs is published annually in the publication Special Educational Needs in England', available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

43701

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of educational provision for children and young people on the autism spectrum in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the London Borough of Lambeth and (e) Streatham constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	192472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education recognises that provision for all children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) across England, including those on the autism spectrum, needs to be improved and that is why we are taking forward the reforms in the Children and Families Act, which recently received Royal Assent. Part 3 of the Act will bring about significant reforms to the SEN system from which children and young people with autism will benefit along with their peers, in particular from earlier, and more comprehensive, assessment and intervention and stronger arrangements for the transition from children's to adult services, which many on the spectrum can find extremely difficult. </p><p>In 2008 the Autism Education Trust published a report ‘Educational provision for children and young people living in England'. That report found that “practice in many mainstream and special schools had improved tremendously over recent years” but that there was still much to be done “in reaching staff in schools who are not yet familiar with the particular needs of pupils on the autism spectrum and who struggle to teach them effectively.”</p><p>The Government has continued to fund the Trust, putting the emphasis on improving awareness and skills amongst early years, schools and further education staff. From January 2012 to February 2014, 22,451 staff have received level 1 basic awareness training, 3,214 have received level 2 hands-on tools and techniques training and 775 have received level 3 training for those who want to develop their knowledge of autism further and those who will themselves take on a training role, such as school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators. </p><p>Education, including SEN, is a devolved matter and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have responsibility for autism educational provision in their administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

43965

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government announcement entitled New opportunities for young people on 27 February 2014, by what date he expects a new website providing information on training and apprenticeship opportunities for young people to be operational.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	192985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government's aim is to ensure that in every local area, young people aged 16 have access to an online portal that gives them access to a range of education and training opportunities.</p><p>Over the coming weeks, we will be discussing with local authorities and others interested in this area how this portal can most effectively be delivered and will make further announcements in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

156677

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) sixth form colleges and (d) pupil referral units on dealing with (i) racist bullying, (ii) homophobic bullying, (iii) gender-based bullying and (iv) sexual exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	215257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has sent a clear message to schools that all forms of bullying, for whatever reason, are absolutely unacceptable and should not tolerated. All schools are required, by law, to have a behaviour policy with measures to address all forms of bullying. Schools are free to develop their own anti-bullying strategies but they are held clearly to account for their effectiveness through Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have issued specific advice[1] to schools on preventing and tackling bullying in which we link to national organisations such as the Anti-Bullying Alliance, who can provide specialist advice to schools to tackle specific types of bullying, such as racist, homophobic and gender based bullying. We issued a leaflet about bullying which outlined schools’ responsibilities to make appropriate provision for a bullied child’s social, emotional and mental health needs, and issued case studies on how good schools manage bullying[2]. We also published two pieces of advice, one on helping teachers[3] to guard themselves against cyberbullying and the second for parents[4] to help keep their children safe from cyberbullying. Teachers, as well as pupils, deserve to feel safe and free from bullying.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have issued statutory guidance for teachers, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013)[5] and Keeping Children Safe in Education (2014)[6], which sets out what schools must do to safeguard and promote the welfare of their pupils, including in relation to sexual exploitation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also ensuring that children are better educated about the dangers of the internet, including bullying. From this term children are now learning about internet safety as part of the new national curriculum, and Safer Internet Day is widely promoted each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/managing-behaviour-and-bullying-in-schools-case-studies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/managing-behaviour-and-bullying-in-schools-case-studies</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf</a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf</a></p><p>[5] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children</a></p><p>[6] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2014 15:11:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

156678

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Referral Units
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 in (a) the UK, (b) England and Wales, (c) London, (d) each London borough and (e) Streatham constituency have been enrolled at Pupil Referral Units in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of such children have achieved five or more GCSEs.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	215358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils enrolled in pupil referral units in January 2014 in England and each local authority is published in the schools, pupils and their characteristics statistical first release[1].</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of pupils in pupil referral units at the end of key stage 4 achieving five or more GCSEs including equivalents is published in the 2012/13 GCSE statistical first release[2].</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education produces statistics on England only. The responsibility for education statistics in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales lies with each devolved administration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a> (National, Local Authority and Regional figures: Table 7b)</p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (National figures: Table 3a; Local Authority and regional figures: Table P1)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2014 15:04:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222925

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently employs 46 Apprentices. The information requested is supplied in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>DfE apprentices by age - at end January 2015</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of staff </strong><em>(number previously worked in Civil Service<sup>1</sup>)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>DfE</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Agencies</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(1)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(1)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(0)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Age Band</p></td><td><p>16-18</p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(0)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><em>(0)</em></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><em>(0)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p><strong>38</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(1)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p><em>(1)</em></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><em>(0)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>(0)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><em>(0)</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>(0)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: DfE HR</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1. Where civil service start date is before DfE start date</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:15:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224692

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	226057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has overhauled public procurement to open it up to businesses of all sizes. On 25 February 2015, we announced that central government spent £11.4 billion with SMEs in 2013-14, a record 26.1% of direct and indirect spend. This meets our aspiration, set in 2010, that 25% of government procurement spend would be with SMEs by the end of this Parliament.</p><p>The data on central government spend with SMEs in 2013-14 is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2015 16:53:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224848

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of undisputed invoices her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	226073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education and Education Funding Agency (EFA) report this information via their Annual Report and Accounts. Both links are below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfe-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/efa-annual-report-and-accounts-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/efa-annual-report-and-accounts-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the first link above, on Page 57 the core Department reports 86.2% of undisputed invoices were paid within 5 calendar days during the 2013 to 2014 financial year. The Government’s target is to pay 80% of undisputed invoices within five days. The core Department is performing above this target.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the second link above, on Page 44 the EFA reports 33% of invoices were paid within 5 calendar days during the 2013 to 2014 financial year. The EFA does not differentiate between valid and invalid invoices. This explains the lower performance figure as the majority of invoices received did not meet the “submitted correctly requirement”. The EFA is taking action to resolve these issues and there has been significant improvement, with 50% of invoices paid within five days in the final quarter of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available for all of our agencies and non-departmental public bodies as there is no current requirement for them to report on their prompt payment performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2015 17:01:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224849

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	226166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s standard terms and conditions contain a clause requiring contractors to pay subcontractors within 10 days where the subcontractor is an SME, or 30 days either where the subcontractor is not an SME or both the contractor and the subcontractor are SMEs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2015 16:59:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224850

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	226150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not ask suppliers if they are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code. Our standard terms and conditions contain prompt payment clauses that are equal to or better than the standard 30 day period in the Prompt Payment Code<em>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2015 15:25:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224851

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of suppliers to her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	226182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>An answer could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2015 16:58:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227285

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	227557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The total amount the Department for Education and its agencies has spent on formal research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total Departmental spending, can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Research Spend Actual (£M)</p></td><td><p>Research expenditure as a proportion of total Departmental expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0.046%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0.023%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.027%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.026%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2010-2013 data is available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-352137" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-352137</a>. The figures we have supplied for research spend for the financial year 2013/14 have already been supplied to the ONS as part of the 2014 Government Research and Development Survey. This survey has yet to be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2015 13:46:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417258

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for her Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education commissions external organisations to carry out policy research and evaluation. All of the commissioned research and evaluation feeds into policy strategy, development and refinement.</p><p> </p><p>The department follows Government Social Research (GSR) commissioning and publication protocol and ensures research and evaluation products are made publicly available and released promptly upon completion.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2010/11 and 2014/15, the department spent a total of £71.1 million on policy research and evaluation undertaken by external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The department predicts an expenditure of c.£12,000,000 on policy research and evaluation in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The information below covers all research and evaluation commissioned by the Department for Education and its agencies. The agencies are: the National College for Teaching and Leadership, the Standards and Testing Agency and the Education Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010 the department’s commissioned work and the work commissioned by its agencies has been published on the following websites:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Department for Education (March 2010-March 2013): <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403150653/https:/www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllRsgPublications/Page1" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403150653/https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllRsgPublications/Page1</a></p></li><li><p>Department of Education: (Since April 2013): <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=research-and-analysis&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=research-and-analysis&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-education</a></p></li><li><p>Completed policy evaluation and research carried out by departmental agencies can also be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications</a></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The department also funded three research centres until March 2013. The evaluations and research carried out by the research centres can be found on the following websites:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre: <a href="http://www.cwrc.ac.uk/resources/773.html" target="_blank">www.cwrc.ac.uk/resources/773.html</a></p></li><li><p>Centre for Understanding Behaviour Change: <a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cubec/researchreports/" target="_blank">www.bristol.ac.uk/cubec/researchreports/</a></p></li><li><p>Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions: <a href="http://www.ifs.org.uk/search/publications?centres%5B0%5D=325&amp;sorting=newest" target="_blank">www.ifs.org.uk/search/publications?centres%5B0%5D=325&amp;sorting=newest</a></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Details of which organisation carried out the research or evaluation studies can be found on the front page of each report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 15:58:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

456101

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to respond to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC); and whether her Department has made an assessment of the submission to the CRC by the Children's Rights Alliance England in their See It, Say It, Change It report, published in July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	29019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>As part of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, the UK Delegation will attend an oral hearing with the UN Committee in May 2016. Following this, the UN will produce concluding observations, which the UK will consider.</p><p>The Government welcomes the views of children and young people. Senior officials, including the UK State Party’s delegation, have read and noted the contents of the ‘<em>See It, Say It, Change It’</em> report and the Minister for Children and Families will meet with the group of young people who produced it to hear more about the issues that concern them.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/03/2016 15:14:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

535200

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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, when her Department plans to publish the findings of the first phase of its consultation on a national schools funding formula; and when the second phase of that consultation is planned to commence.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	42318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We received a high number of responses to the first stage of our consultation on the principles and building blocks of the schools national funding formula. Those will inform our detailed proposals for the design of the formula, which we will put forward later this year. We must allow appropriate time to consider what would be significant reforms, and we remain committed to introducing the formula from 2017-18 so that schools can start to benefit from fairer funding as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/07/2016 16:39:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

577499

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many citizens of other EU countries work in her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	45508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not keep records of whether its employees are citizens of other EU countries. Departmental staff includes Executive Agencies, but excludes Non-Departmental Public Bodies and all non-payroll staff as this information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/09/2016 13:32:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1127305

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Charitable Donations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of comprehensive primary school funding which comes from donations by parents or guardians of pupils.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	255676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested, regarding the proportion of funding which comes from donations by parents or guardians of pupils, is not held centrally. Schools’ financial returns show that overall income from donations and voluntary funds has remained steady at about 0.7% of schools’ overall budgets since 2011-12.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2019 13:52:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1127473

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were absent from school in the 2018-19 academic year due to mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	256253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Department published data on absence due to illness, but not on type of illness, in table 2 of the annual “Pupil absence in schools in England” statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>.​</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2019 15:48:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130520

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-age children whose parents or guardians have requested a school place have been out of school for more than a term in the (a) UK and (b) London Borough of Lambeth in the (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19 academic years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>​The information requested is not held centrally. The Department does not hold data on the number of in-year admission applications made and the length of time a child has been out of school prior to their parents or guardians submitting an application.</p><p>Parents can apply for a place at any school, at any time. When parents apply for a school place outside of the normal admissions round, this is classed as an in-year admission. This process is managed at a local level by either the local authority, where it coordinates the in-year admissions for schools in their area, or directly by the admission authority of the school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/06/2019 16:51:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130529

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Literacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment his Department’s has made of adult literacy levels in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The department has not conducted an assessment of adult literacy levels within the past 5 years.</p><p>We participate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Survey of Adult Skills to assess our performance in literacy, which was last conducted in England and 24 other countries in 2011-12. Findings from the survey can be found at: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/skills/" target="_blank">http://www.oecd.org/skills/</a>.</p><p>The next Survey of Adult Skills will take place in 2021/22, with results available in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/06/2019 13:21:40 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130530

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adult education providers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The tables below show the number of providers that we allocated funds to in each of the funding years.</p><p> </p><p>Note that in 2014/15 and 2015/16, the Adult Skills budget was part of the Apprenticeship budget and allocated as such. The Adult Education Budget was created in 2016/17, separate from apprenticeships. For the years 2014/15 and 2015/16 therefore, the number of providers includes those with Adult Skills and Adult Apprenticeship allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Adult Skills Budget and Adult Apprenticeship Allocations </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Providers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Adult Education Budget Allocations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Providers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>646</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/06/2019 13:36:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130521

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of primary school funding that has been donated by parents or guardians of pupils in (a) South London and (b) the London Borough of Lambeth.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>​The information requested is not held centrally, as the Department does not collect data about donations from parents. However, schools’ financial returns show that the proportion of income from all donations and voluntary funds in London Primary schools was 0.7% in 2017-18, which is the same as the national average. In Lambeth, this figure was 0.3% in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/06/2019 11:53:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130531

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults over 25 years of age who have undertaken a non-university course in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of learners aged 25 and over participating on government-funded further education courses in each academic year are shown in the attached table. These figures include learners on government-funded further education courses that are delivered in higher education institutions.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/06/2019 13:16:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 261228_table_showing_learners_aged_25_or_over_participating_in_government_funded_further_education_courses.doc title 261228_table
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1183740

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support children in care who are victims of trafficking.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	27059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The government provides Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs). They are an independent source of advice for trafficked children, working with multi-agency partners to advocate on behalf of the child so that they are protected from further harm and to promote the child’s recovery. Last year, ICTGs were successfully rolled out to one third of all local authorities in England and Wales and the Government remains committed to rolling ICTGs out nationally.</p><p>The ‘Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010’ were amended in 2014 to require that local authorities’ duties to care for looked after children are fulfilled with particular regard to a child’s circumstances and needs as a trafficked child. The Regulations apply to all children, regardless of their immigration status, nationality or documentation.</p><p>The departments statutory guidance ‘Care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery (2017)’ sets out detailed steps that local authorities should take to care for children who are victims of modern slavery, including trafficking. It emphasises that care placement decisions should take particular account of protecting the child from any continued risk from traffickers and processes should be in place to monitor policies and performance relating to child victims of modern slavery. Responsible managers should understand the risks and issues facing child victims of modern slavery and review best practice in planning for the care of these children.</p><p>The statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeguard children (2018)' actively promotes a child centred, multi-agency approach to safeguarding all children and specifically highlights the need to manage complex risks to children from exploitation by criminal gangs, including trafficking and modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 16/03/2020 19:35:00 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy