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1046058

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	William Torbitt School
	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 potential merits of the planned academisation of William Torbitt primary school in Ilford North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	211266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is right that the department acts robustly and quickly where there is evidence of failure. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is under a duty to make an academy order for all maintained schools that have been judged Inadequate by Ofsted, requiring them to become an academy and receive additional support from a sponsor. We have a responsibility to ensure all pupils are getting a great education, and we will be unapologetic in acting where pupils’ education is suffering. This school was properly issued an Academy Order on 24 September 2018 following an Inadequate judgement published on 18 September 2018.</p><p>The Regional Schools Commissioner for the East of England and North East London has had discussions with the London Borough of Redbridge about the proposed academisation of this school.</p><p>Ofsted revisited William Torbitt Primary School on 9 January 2019. The department will consider the outcome of that inspection and whether the findings merit the revocation of the Academy Order.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211267 211268 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:27:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1046059

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	William Torbitt School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with the London Borough of Redbridge on the proposed academisation of William Torbitt primary school in Ilford North constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	211267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is right that the department acts robustly and quickly where there is evidence of failure. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is under a duty to make an academy order for all maintained schools that have been judged Inadequate by Ofsted, requiring them to become an academy and receive additional support from a sponsor. We have a responsibility to ensure all pupils are getting a great education, and we will be unapologetic in acting where pupils’ education is suffering. This school was properly issued an Academy Order on 24 September 2018 following an Inadequate judgement published on 18 September 2018.</p><p>The Regional Schools Commissioner for the East of England and North East London has had discussions with the London Borough of Redbridge about the proposed academisation of this school.</p><p>Ofsted revisited William Torbitt Primary School on 9 January 2019. The department will consider the outcome of that inspection and whether the findings merit the revocation of the Academy Order.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211266 211268 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:27:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1046060

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	William Torbitt School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allow William Torbitt primary school in Ilford North to remain as a local authority school because of its recent increases in standards.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	211268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>It is right that the department acts robustly and quickly where there is evidence of failure. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is under a duty to make an academy order for all maintained schools that have been judged Inadequate by Ofsted, requiring them to become an academy and receive additional support from a sponsor. We have a responsibility to ensure all pupils are getting a great education, and we will be unapologetic in acting where pupils’ education is suffering. This school was properly issued an Academy Order on 24 September 2018 following an Inadequate judgement published on 18 September 2018.</p><p>The Regional Schools Commissioner for the East of England and North East London has had discussions with the London Borough of Redbridge about the proposed academisation of this school.</p><p>Ofsted revisited William Torbitt Primary School on 9 January 2019. The department will consider the outcome of that inspection and whether the findings merit the revocation of the Academy Order.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211266 211267 question first answered 28/01/2019 17:27:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1045729

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teaching Assistants: Job Description
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued a standardised specification for the job description for teaching assistants.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	210657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not issued a job description or specification for the role of teaching assistants. It is for employers to define job roles and make decisions about contracts of employment. The Education Endowment Foundation has published evidence and guidance providing recommendations for the effective use of teaching assistants in order to support employers further on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/01/2019 16:29:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1046130

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Cooperatives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the proportion of early years providers that are co-operatives.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	211360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on early years providers that are co-operatives is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers collects data on group-based providers, maintained providers and childminders. The survey is published annually.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/01/2019 17:21:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1046131

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the specific funding needs of early-years settings in deprived communities where provision is almost exclusively local authority funded.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	211361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>We will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. That includes funding for our free early education entitlements, on which we plan to spend around £3.5 billion this year alone.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s Early Years National Funding Formula allocates funding to local authorities for the purpose of delivering our early years entitlements. Our new formula was introduced in April 2017 following extensive consultation and it includes an additional needs factor to weight funding according to disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>To accompany the government response to the consultation, we published an Equalities Impact Assessment looking into the effects of the formula on specific groups. Both documents may be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/early-years-funding-changes-to-funding-for-3-and-4-year-olds</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We also require local authority funding formulas, which allocate funding to providers, to have a mandatory deprivation supplement.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the need to keep the evidence base on costs up to date. We continue to monitor the provider market closely through a range of regular and one-off research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the provider market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/01/2019 17:12:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1046135

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech made in Halifax by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, what plans he has for a secretary of state for the north of England.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	211362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Though questions about the machinery of Government are not for me to decide, my comments reflect the importance of the Northern Powerhouse to this Government. We are committed to delivering power and money away from Whitehall, through the establishment of Mayoral combined authorities and growth deals and devolution deals across the North worth over £5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/01/2019 17:54:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1045957

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Skateboarding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to skateboarding from (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport (i) by recipient organisation and (ii) for what purpose in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	211228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>a) Between 2017-2018, Sport England invested £844,869 into 20 projects, including the refurbishment and development of skateparks and related facilities. Full details of these investments can be found on Sport England’s website.</p><p>(b) (i) UK Sport has allocated up to £166,825 from the innovative Aspiration Fund to support the sport’s route to the Tokyo Olympics. The skateboarding investment award made through the Aspiration Fund has been allocated to the sport pending identification of the best funding delivery model. This award is dependent upon the sport satisfying UK Sport’s conditions of award.</p><p>(b) (ii) The £3 million Aspiration Fund announced by DCMS in October 2018 allows sports who do not currently receive full UK Sport funding to develop plans to help teams and athletes qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Alongside skateboarding’s proposed qualification plan for Tokyo 2020, the sport must demonstrate how they will capitalise on the impact of competing at the 2020 Games and engage and inspire communities.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/01/2019 17:02:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1045959

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Skateboarding: Governing Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of compliance to the Code for Sports Governance of (a) the British Roller Sports Federation, (b) the British Skateboard Federation and (c) Skateboard GB / Skateboard England.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	211229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>UK Sport has carried out an initial governance assessment of the British Roller Sports Federation, British Skateboarding Federation and Skateboard GB; comparing publicly available information on each organisation with the requirements of A Code for Sports Governance.</p><p> </p><p>This type of assessment has been made on all potential Aspiration Fund (AF) recipients ahead of the full assessment carried out on successful AF recipients, leading to a confirmation of compliance with the Code or the establishment of a Governance Action Plan to achieve compliance.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/01/2019 17:06:13 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1045960

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Skateboarding: Governing Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with UK Sport on the most appropriate organisation to be recognised as the governing body of skateboarding.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	211230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers meet with UK Sport regularly to discuss a range of issues. UK Sport are providing ongoing guidance and support to all skateboarding parties as they aim to meet the conditions of UK Sport's Aspiration Fund award, announced in December 2018. This includes efforts to identify the appropriate delivery model of the funding to which the whole sport is committed.</p><p> </p><p>Skateboard GB and the British Roller Skating Federation are working with their International Federation, World Skate, to clarify recognition for the sport of Skateboarding at the Olympic Games.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 28/01/2019 17:07:26 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch