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625818

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many requests for directions to admit a child to an academy the Education Funding Agency has received from councils since its establishment on 1 April 2012; and how many such directions were issued in the last four years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has received 121 requests for directions to admit a child to an academy from Local Authorities since its establishment on 1 April 2012 to 31 October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>These requests have resulted in the EFA issuing 15 directions to admit over the same period.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 14:52:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

592951

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timetable for the announcement of successful bids for the pilot scheme for capital loans to multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL2077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We will notify multi-academy trusts (MATs) who have applied for the MAT capital loan pilot of their outcomes shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/10/2016 16:25:39 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

417477

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Education Funding Agency did not consult all relevant partners when purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Consultation with any partners or tenants is a matter for the vendor of the building rather than the Education Funding Agency as purchasers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417478

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Education Funding Agency became involved in purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham; what price they paid for the building; and who received the purchase monies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency first visited the property and began negotiations on 8 July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The purchase price was £1,500,000 (exclusive of VAT).</p><p>The vendor, Birmingham Metropolitan College, received the purchase monies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:05:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417479

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Department is responsible for ensuring that the project regarding the change of ownership and function of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham, complies with financial rules under the European Regional Development Fund.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) was not party to the original funding agreement with the European Regional Development Fund and therefore ensuring relevant consultation and compliance is a matter for the vendor rather than the purchaser.</p><p><br> EFA legal team confirmed that the title contained no caution or charge in respect of the European Regional Development Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417480

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions took place, and with which organisations, about the proposal to lift the restrictive covenants regarding community access in respect of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The property was purchased subject to restrictions on title relating to community access. No restrictive covenants regarding community access have been removed or amended and therefore no consultation was necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417481

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguarding arrangements are in place for the free school that will operate in part of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL2077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>All schools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. Ofsted has completed a pre-registration inspection at this school and advised that this school is likely to meet all the independent school standards when it opens, including those relating to the welfare, health and safety of its pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Trust is preparing a management plan so that the school will be able to operate independently from the other occupants in the premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The September 2015 pupil intake will be located on the second floor which is not co-habited by others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:20 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

641843

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the circumstances under which an institution may either lose degree-awarding powers, or lose the right to a university title.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Under current guidance[1], some types of degree-awarding powers (i.e. for institutions in the further education sector and institutions that are not funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England) are made on a six-yearly renewable basis. Therefore, these powers are not automatically renewed.</p><p>As set out in published guidance[2], in circumstances such as a change of ownership or control, an assessment is made of any provider with university title or degree-awarding powers to determine whether the change would affect the continuing eligibility of that provider to hold university title or degree-awarding powers.</p><p> </p><p>[1] ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526813/BIS-15-525-degree-awarding-powers.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers</a>’</p><p>[2] ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526813/BIS-15-525-degree-awarding-powers.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers</a>’ and ‘Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title’</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_and_Process_for_applying_for_Taught_Degree_Awarding_Powers_and_Research_Degree_Awarding_Powers.pdf title Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria 2 file name Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_and_Process_for_applying_for_University_Title_and_University_College_Title.pdf title Guidance_for_Higher_Education_Providers_Criteria_a question first answered 06/12/2016 16:35:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

641844

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any English institutions have had their degree-awarding powers or university title removed, other than indirectly via merger with other institutions, between 1990 and 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL3415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>No English institutions have had their degree-awarding powers or university title removed during this period, other than indirectly via merger with other institutions or through similar structural changes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/12/2016 15:24:13 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

626803

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of children in schools currently graded by OFSTED as good or outstanding, which were graded as requiring improvement or inadequate in 2010, are in (1) academies, and (2) other state-maintained schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL2881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The table attached shows the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools that were judged to be good or outstanding in their most recent inspection broken down by the previous inspection result and whether they are (1) academies or (2) other state-funded schools.</p><p>Providing the complete information requested would exceed the word limit for responses to written parliamentary questions. The table has therefore been attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/11/2016 16:30:23 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL2881_number_and_percentage_of_pupils_currently_in_good_or_outstanding_schools_in_academies_and_ maintained_schools.xls title attachment - table
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding