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794023

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2017 to Question 110875, when her Department last reviewed the statutory guidance entitled Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school; and whether any changes have been made to that guidance to address a lack of awareness and compliance in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	115111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The department worked with a range of stakeholders including the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance, unions, members of the school workforce and parents and their children on developing the statutory guidance, a draft of which was subject to public consultation in early 2014. Updates to the guidance were made in December 2015, which included clarifying the distinction between statutory and non-statutory guidance and adding references to the special educational needs and disabilities code of practice.</p><p> </p><p>Governing boards should ensure that all schools develop a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions, which is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff. We keep the guidance under review, including in the context of school awareness, and the role it plays in securing accessibility of school policies.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements upon schools, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of a range of groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in their March 2017 school inspection update, reminding inspectors that they should consider how schools are meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115112 115113 question first answered 30/11/2017 15:25:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

786339

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds any responsibility for ensuring that all schools in England are aware of and compliant with the statutory guidance entitled, Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	111949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government understands how important it is that children with medical conditions are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why the Government introduced the duty, under Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014, to require governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions, and has provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area.</p><p>Whilst the Department for Communities and Local Government holds no responsibility in the area, the Government continues to work with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to help raise further awareness of the duty on schools, and have recently promoted the duty through the Department for Education’s social media channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/11/2017 17:34:23 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

795951

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Government has allocated to the healthy pupil capital fund in the next two financial years; and what proportion of that funding is ring-fenced from the soft drinks industry levy.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	116266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State on 17 July, we will invest £100 million in 2018-19 for healthy pupils’ capital. All funding for the healthy pupils capital fund will be provided by the soft drinks industry levy.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2017 13:04:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

782107

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend the statutory guidance entitled Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school to include a requirement for all schools to publish their medical conditions policies.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	110875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>We know how important it is that children with medical conditions are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why we introduced the duty, under section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014, to require governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and have provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area.</p><p> </p><p>We keep this statutory guidance under review. We will continue to ensure that it clearly sets out the arrangements that governing boards should be making to support pupils with medical conditions, based on best practice.</p><p> </p><p>All governing boards should ensure that the school's policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/11/2017 14:56:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

754623

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance given to primary schools on the implementation of the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	6557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for Education (DfE) are developing proposals on how the £100 million healthy pupils capital funding will be allocated most effectively to schools. Further information and guidance will be available later this year.</p><p>They work closely with their counterparts from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) across a number of programmes to ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to lead healthy, active lives. DfE officials also regularly meet with a number of national governing bodies of different sports.</p><p>Ministers from DfE, DCMS and the Department of Health meet with stakeholders in a regular ministerial board on school sport.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 6562 question first answered 07/09/2017 09:55:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

795921

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	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 28 November 2017 to Question 114597, if she will make it her Department's policy to hold data on whether schools have received guidance on their statutory duty towards their pupils' health.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	116241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Social media activity supporting promotion of guidance on supporting pupils at school with medical conditions was made under the routine activity of the Social Media team of the Communications Group at my department.</p><p>Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on governing bodies of maintained schools, proprietors of academies and management committees of pupil referral units (PRUs) to make arrangements for supporting pupils at their school with medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>It is not my department's current policy to hold data on whether schools have received guidance on their statutory duty. Data management in schools was a key issue emerging from our 2014 school workload challenge. In light of that, an independent review group was set up to look at workload associated with data management, chaired by Lauren Costello OBE (then managing director of the White Horse Federation), and including headteachers such as Edison David and Sarah Thompson, teachers, sector experts and representatives from Ofsted and trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>Their report highlighted the need to streamline practice and maintain a proportionate approach. Their report on data management sets out clear principles for government and the education sector related to reducing data burdens. These include commitments only to collect what is needed to support outcomes for children, and to consider the workload burden of any new data collections.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 116239 question first answered 06/12/2017 17:49:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

795919

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	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 28 November 2017 to Question 114597, what funds her Department allocated to promote that guidance through its social media channels.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	116239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Social media activity supporting promotion of guidance on supporting pupils at school with medical conditions was made under the routine activity of the Social Media team of the Communications Group at my department.</p><p>Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on governing bodies of maintained schools, proprietors of academies and management committees of pupil referral units (PRUs) to make arrangements for supporting pupils at their school with medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>It is not my department's current policy to hold data on whether schools have received guidance on their statutory duty. Data management in schools was a key issue emerging from our 2014 school workload challenge. In light of that, an independent review group was set up to look at workload associated with data management, chaired by Lauren Costello OBE (then managing director of the White Horse Federation), and including headteachers such as Edison David and Sarah Thompson, teachers, sector experts and representatives from Ofsted and trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>Their report highlighted the need to streamline practice and maintain a proportionate approach. Their report on data management sets out clear principles for government and the education sector related to reducing data burdens. These include commitments only to collect what is needed to support outcomes for children, and to consider the workload burden of any new data collections.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 116241 question first answered 06/12/2017 17:49:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

795338

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	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 7 November 2017 to Question 110185, if she will instigate a review, in advance of the existing review date in 2019, of (a) the Common Inspection Framework and (b) its component safeguarding document, to ensure that each of those publications contains adequate information relevant to the duty of schools to support pupils with medical conditions.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	115759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has introduced the requirement for governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions. We have also provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area. This ensures governing boards develop policy to help pupils with medical conditions that is readily accessible to parents and school staff.</p><p> </p><p>The government currently has no plans to survey how many educational institutions have policies in place.</p><p> </p><p>The content of the Common Inspection Framework, safeguarding guidance and training of inspectors are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for West Ham and I will deposit a copy of her reply in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115758 115760 question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

795339

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	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 7 November 2017 to Question 110185, if she will review the training regime for Ofsted inspectors to ensure that those inspectors receive training on monitoring and assessing the compliance of schools carrying out their duty to support pupils with medical conditions.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	115760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has introduced the requirement for governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions. We have also provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area. This ensures governing boards develop policy to help pupils with medical conditions that is readily accessible to parents and school staff.</p><p> </p><p>The government currently has no plans to survey how many educational institutions have policies in place.</p><p> </p><p>The content of the Common Inspection Framework, safeguarding guidance and training of inspectors are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for West Ham and I will deposit a copy of her reply in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115758 115759 question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

795337

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	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 7 November 2017 to Question 110185, if she will undertake a survey, similar to her Department's Supporting mental health in schools and colleges survey published in August 2017, to evaluate how many educational institutions have policies for supporting pupils with medical conditions.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	115758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has introduced the requirement for governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions. We have also provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area. This ensures governing boards develop policy to help pupils with medical conditions that is readily accessible to parents and school staff.</p><p> </p><p>The government currently has no plans to survey how many educational institutions have policies in place.</p><p> </p><p>The content of the Common Inspection Framework, safeguarding guidance and training of inspectors are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for West Ham and I will deposit a copy of her reply in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 115759 115760 question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown