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1002468

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Parents: Death
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they record annually the number of children in full-time education whose mothers or fathers have passed away; and if so, how many such children there were in each of the last six years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p>Information on schools and pupils is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/11/2018 16:17:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1081635

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: Curriculum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that a broad and balanced curriculum which includes music at Key Stage 3 is delivered across all schools.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL14168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>All state-funded schools are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. Ofsted is currently undertaking a consultation on its proposed new education inspection framework. The consultation runs until 5 April. Under its proposals, inspectors will assess the extent to which schools are providing a broad and balanced curriculum for their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of the All-Party Parliamentary Group's report. The number of secondary aged children in state-funded schools has decreased over time so it is not surprising that the overall number of children taking GCSE music has reduced. Since 2010, the proportion of pupils taking GCSE music has fluctuated but remained broadly stable, ranging between 6% and 7%.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14169 question first answered 18/03/2019 11:44:37 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1081636

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: GCSE
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education Music Education: State of the Nation, published on 4 February, that found that there has been a fall in the proportion of GCSE entries in Music of 16.66 per cent since 2014–15; and what plans they have to address that fall.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL14169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>All state-funded schools are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum. Ofsted is currently undertaking a consultation on its proposed new education inspection framework. The consultation runs until 5 April. Under its proposals, inspectors will assess the extent to which schools are providing a broad and balanced curriculum for their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of the All-Party Parliamentary Group's report. The number of secondary aged children in state-funded schools has decreased over time so it is not surprising that the overall number of children taking GCSE music has reduced. Since 2010, the proportion of pupils taking GCSE music has fluctuated but remained broadly stable, ranging between 6% and 7%.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14168 question first answered 18/03/2019 11:44:37 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1063534

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to ensure that children within the catchment area of a school with 100 per cent religious intake are not disadvantaged in the choice of schools available to them.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell
	uin	HL13772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to offering parents and children a diverse education system consisting of a wide variety of schools, and this includes faith schools.</p><p>Parents are able to express a preference for at least 3 schools they would like their child to attend and, subject to very limited exceptions, local authorities and school admission authorities must comply with that preference. However, where a school receives more applications than it has places available, places must be allocated in accordance with the school’s published oversubscription criteria.</p><p>It is for the admission authority of individual schools to decide which oversubscription criteria are most suitable for their school, according to the local circumstances.</p><p>Admission authorities of schools with a religious designation can choose to adopt faith-based oversubscription criteria. However, some faith schools choose to only allocate a proportion of their places with reference to faith, and some do not apply any faith criteria at all. Where a faith school has places available, it must admit all applicants, without reference to faith.</p><p>Anyone who believes that a school’s admission arrangements are unfair or unlawful may make an objection the Schools Adjudicator.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/02/2019 16:33:47 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4223 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell

809596

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimate by the Local Government Association that there will be a £2 billion funding gap in children’s social care by 2019–20.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bertin
	uin	HL4305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities increased spending on children and young people’s services to £9.2 billion in 2016-17. The government provides funding annually for children’s services through the general, ‘Local Government Finance Settlement’ approved by Parliament. Children’s services funding is not ring-fenced within the wider settlement.</p><p>The Local Government Association’s analysis is based on changes to elements of local government funding that can be spent on children’s services (including core council tax, locally retained business rates, the Revenue Support Grant and the Education Services Grant). It also includes a potential increase in demand for services arising from population trends and inflation.</p><p>The government recognises the role that councils play in providing services such as children’s social care. Local authorities in England will have access to more than £200 billion to deliver these services between 2015-16 and 2019-20. This year’s finance settlement for local government will see a real term increase in resources available to councils, from £44.3 billion in 2017-18 to £45.6 billion in 2019-20. Local authorities will have two years of real term increases in resources.</p><p>To help the children’s social care sector innovate and re-design service delivery to achieve higher quality and better value for money, the department has invested £200 million since 2014 in our ‘Innovation Programme’ and ‘Partners in Practice Programme’. As part of this, the department has committed £20 million to provide additional support to local authorities where the risk of service failure is highest.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/01/2018 13:36:18 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4577 label Biography information for Baroness Bertin

1092433

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Voluntary Schools: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide funding for additional rounds of the new capital scheme for voluntary-aided schools; and if so, how often they intend to do so.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Blackstone
	uin	HL14690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The department launched the capital scheme for voluntary-aided schools on the 15 November 2018 and the bidding round closed on 1 February 2019. We plan to launch a second bidding round in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 02/04/2019 16:03:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone

884189

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: GCSE
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have taken music subjects at GCSE level for each year since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
	uin	HL6874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The figures presented in the table below show the total number of pupils, at the end of key stage 4,[1] who entered GCSE (or equivalent) music since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate (2009/10).[2]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>Pupils entering GCSE music[3]</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils entering GCSE music3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>639,263</p></td><td><p>45,433</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>627,093</p></td><td><p>43,157</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>620,617</p></td><td><p>40,761</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>632,397</p></td><td><p>41,256</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[4]</p></td><td><p>618,437</p></td><td><p>42,446</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>611,024</p></td><td><p>43,698</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>600,425</p></td><td><p>41,650</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>587,640</p></td><td><p>38,901[5]</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017</a> (subject time series table).</p><p>[3] Includes pupils who were absent, whose results are pending, and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[4] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data. These are:</p><p> </p><p>1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil.</p><p>2) An early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p> </p><p>[5] 2017 figures are based on provisional data. Figures for all other years are final.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/04/2018 16:13:24 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

884190

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the additional investment needed to enable all young people to access high-quality music education, to learn a musical instrument and to enable clear progression routes to be available and affordable to all those who wish to continue.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
	uin	HL6875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In addition to funding that schools receive to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, department funding for music education hubs has increased from £58 million in 2014/15 to £75 million each year until 2020. Music education hubs support and enhance the quality of music teaching in schools, reaching beyond school boundaries, to ensure that the aims of the National Plan are delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has not made estimates of the additional investment needed to enable all young people to access high-quality music education. However, the National Plan for Music Education made it clear that in most cases Department for Education funding would be only one of a number of funding sources available to music education hubs.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/04/2018 16:05:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

967425

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students were in key stage 4 in state secondary schools in England in each year from 2010 to 2017; and what was the annual percentage change in the number of students for each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
	uin	HL9924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the table below:</p><p>Number of pupils by key stages 3 and 4 in secondary schools</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>year</p></td><td><p>key stage 3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>% change</p></td><td><p>key stage 4</p></td><td><p>% change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,677,023</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,134,938</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,670,486</p></td><td><p>-0.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,117,700</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,640,040</p></td><td><p>-1.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,121,510</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,610,360</p></td><td><p>-1.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,117,765</p></td><td><p>-0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,585,635</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,100,400</p></td><td><p>-1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,595,066</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,082,750</p></td><td><p>-1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,630,578</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,059,175</p></td><td><p>-2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,678,497</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,043,635</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9927 question first answered 18/09/2018 14:09:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury

967429

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students were in key stage 3 in state secondary schools in England in each year from 2010 to 2017; and what was the annual percentage change in the number of students for each of those years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
	uin	HL9927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the table below:</p><p>Number of pupils by key stages 3 and 4 in secondary schools</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>year</p></td><td><p>key stage 3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>% change</p></td><td><p>key stage 4</p></td><td><p>% change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,677,023</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,134,938</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,670,486</p></td><td><p>-0.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,117,700</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,640,040</p></td><td><p>-1.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,121,510</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,610,360</p></td><td><p>-1.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,117,765</p></td><td><p>-0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,585,635</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,100,400</p></td><td><p>-1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,595,066</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,082,750</p></td><td><p>-1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,630,578</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,059,175</p></td><td><p>-2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,678,497</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,043,635</p></td><td><p>-1.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL9924 question first answered 18/09/2018 14:09:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3699 label Biography information for Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury