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48088

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	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, for what reasons local authorities are inspected by Ofsted separately from schools maintained by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	196164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Inspector has powers to carry out an inspection of the performance of a particular local authority function as set out in Section 136(1)(b) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006. Specifically, he can use this power to inspect how well the local authority is fulfilling its general duty to promote high standards and fulfilment by every child of their educational potential as set out in Section 13A of the Education Act 1996.</p><p> </p><p>These powers are separate from his powers and duties in relation to the inspection of individual schools which are set out in Section 5 and Section 8 of the Education Act 2005. Section 5 requires Her Majesty's Chief Inspector to inspect individual schools at prescribed intervals, and Section 8 Education Act 2005, contains a general power which enables the Chief Inspector to call for the inspection of a school in circumstances where he is not required to inspect.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

45883

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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, how many graduates have entered teaching since 2007 in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	194487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data for the number of graduates entering teaching within Brigg and Goole constituency as data is not collected on graduates entering teaching at the constituency level.</p><p>The numbers of graduates entering teaching since 2007 in England is published in Sector Level Reports found on the National College for Teaching and Leadership website:</p><p><a href="http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/sectorLevelReports.html" target="_blank">http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/sectorLevelReports.html</a></p><p>A summary of this information can be found in Table 1.</p><p>The Department does not hold data for the number of graduates entering teaching within Wales as education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of trainees awarded qualified teaching status (QTS) in teaching employment within 6 months, by academic year, in England.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12[1]</p></td><td><p>27,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>26,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>27,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09[2]</p></td><td><p>21,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>21,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>22,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures for 2011/12 have been rounded to the nearest 10</p><p>[2] Employment based initial teacher training (EBITT) figures are not included</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

45010

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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, how many people have entered (a) teacher training and (b) the teaching profession as qualified teachers in each of the last five years; and how many unqualified teachers have been employed in (i) England and (ii) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	193524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of initial teacher training entrants, qualified teacher entrants and full-time equivalent unqualified teachers in service in publicly funded schools in England, 2008 to the latest year available. Information on teachers starting training and entering service is not available by local authority area so cannot be provided for North Yorkshire. Figures for the number of full-time equivalent unqualified teachers are available and have been given.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) <strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p><p><strong>Qualified Teacher Entrants <strong>[3]</strong><strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Unqualified Teachers <strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>1st year trainees</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Full-time</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Part-time</p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>37,270</p></td><td><p>32,330</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td><td><p>17,530</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>38,920</p></td><td><p>29,620</p></td><td><p>8,410</p></td><td><p>17,390</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>37,900</p></td><td><p>29,770</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td><td><p>16,930</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36,520</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>15,150</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36,380</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>14,710</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Sources: ITT trainee number census (2012/13 and 2013/14) and Performance profiles data (2008/09 to 2011/12).</p><p>[2] 2012/13 and 2013/14 are based upon provisional ITT Census publications, and also contain Teach First.</p><p>[3] Source: Database of Teacher Records (March each year). Figures for 2011/12 and 2012/13 are not yet available.</p><p>[4] Figures are provisional for 2010/2011. Teacher entrants include all entrants who were awarded qualified teacher status in the previous calendar year and other qualified teachers who were recorded as entering the publicly funded sector for the first time.</p><p>[5] Sources: 618g (January 2008 and 2009) and School Workforce Census (November 2010 to 2012).2010/11 figures for North Yorkshire are not available because the data was collected in a new format and full confirmation of qualified teacher status was not provided.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

43055

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	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 service leavers have (a) applied to and (b) been accepted on the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	192172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme is a brand new programme, which started in January 2014. It provides a route into teaching for non-graduates with relevant skills and experience. It is a school-based two year programme, at the end of which service leavers will have both a degree and Qualified Teacher Status.</p><p>982 service leavers submitted an initial application to cohort 1 of the new undergraduate Troops to Teachers programme. 332 of these applications went forward to be considered by the initial teacher training provider, which is the normal first stage for initial teacher training applications. 41 service leavers joined the Troops to Teachers programme in January 2014.</p><p>These figures represent only the first cohort of Troops to Teachers trainees. We are looking forward to more service leavers joining the programme this September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

46737

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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, if he will amend the School Admissions Code to allow primary schools' admission arrangements to give priority to pupils attending a primary school's own nursery.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	195071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the response given to hon. Member for Enfield North, Nick de Bois, on 6 March 2014, Official Report Column 905W.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

46240

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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, if he will take steps to require all police referrals to the National College of Teaching and Leadership to include details of the school where the alleged teacher previously taught.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	194601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2014 answer text <p>Referrals by the police to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) are currently made under the Notifiable Occupations Scheme, which is the responsibility of the Home Office (Home Office Circular No. 6/2006). The scheme is currently under review with new provisions being considered by the Home Office to supersede the existing scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at NCTL are in discussions with the Association of Chief Police Officers to ensure that the new scheme continues to provide consistent, timely and relevant information. Disclosure of the teacher's current or last employment will be considered as part of those ongoing discussions.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

47212

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools construction, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each PSBP school.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	195610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold firm predictions for when every project will start or finish construction as time scales can shift in either direction.</p><p> </p><p>I do not believe it is appropriate to publish non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each Priority Schools Building Programme school.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

46503

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 426W, on schools: finance, what the (a) total and (b) per pupil funding for each local authority area for 2015-16 is under the proposals currently published for consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	195005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>I announced on 13 March that in 2015-16, in addition to funding all local authorities at the same cash level per pupil as in 2014-15, we will provide an additional £350 million to the least fairly funded local authorities in the country. Our indicative figures for each local authority that gains under our proposals are published in Annex A of the consultation document at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fairer-schools-funding-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fairer-schools-funding-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>We will protect the funding for all local authorities that do not gain under our minimum funding level proposals, ensuring that they will be funded at the same cash level per pupil as in 2014-15. The 2014-15 total and per pupil rates of funding for these local authorities are published at the following address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>We will be able to announce final decisions on per pupil funding for each gaining local authority in 2015-16 after we have considered responses to the consultation, which closes on 30 April. We will be able to announce the total funding for each local authority in 2015-16 once final pupil numbers are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

47934

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 205W, on primary education: admissions, and of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 904W, on academies, regarding primary school admissions from nursery schools, if he will make it his policy to reject the Chief Schools Adjudicator's recommendation to issue further guidance for admission authorities and instead amend the admissions code to enable primary schools to create all-through primary schools that include the years prior to reception.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	196101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code does not prevent a school from becoming an all-through primary school for children aged 2 or 3 to age 11. It does, however, prevent schools from giving priority for reception places to children who have been admitted to the nursery class unless they can do so fairly and without disadvantaging children whose parents choose other forms of early education.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers are considering the Chief Schools Adjudicator's recommendation that they issue further guidance for admission authorities so that there is fair access to schools for all children.</p><p> </p><p>We take fair access very seriously but also want to explore the incentives for schools to use their expertise to enhance early years education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

46499

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, how the progress of pupils with severe educational needs will be taken into account in his Department's accountability reform programme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	194854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>We plan to continue to publish information on attainment and progress of pupils with special educational needs at national and local authority level. A new web portal, which is under development, will improve access to 16-18 performance data, including the core demographic information such as special educational needs that is currently available for primary and secondary schools.</p><p>Any pupils not able to access the relevant end of key stage test will continue to have their attainment assessed by teachers, and we will retain P scales for reporting teachers' judgements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

46500

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, what account will be taken of the progress made by children who have entered the school beyond the baseline reception assessment procedure, but who do not warrant exemption under the final two years prior to Key Stage 2 exams.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	194855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Schools will continue to be expected to assess all of their pupils upon entering school and track their progress. Ofsted will expect to see evidence that pupils are making appropriate progress, with inspections informed by the school's data on pupil progress. Assessment at key stage 1 will remain a statutory requirement.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

48193

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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 assessment he has made of the merits of requiring all schools in the UK to fly the Union flag.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	196305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

47536

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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 criteria Ofsted uses when inspecting academies that do not follow the National Curriculum in Key Stage 3 and do not use National Curriculum levels; and how Ofsted judges pupil progress in these circumstances.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	195802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

45855

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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 plans he has to ensure long-term capital funding for sixth form colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	194366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The 2013 Spending Round confirmed the levels of capital funding that the Department for Education will receive between 2015 and 2021. This settlement will enable the Department to develop a long-term approach, allowing us to consider making allocations over a number of years, which would help schools, sixth-form colleges and their responsible bodies to plan with greater confidence.</p><p>I am clear that in future years our funding should be better targeted to where it is most needed, and it is for this reason that the Department is currently collecting up to date information on the condition of school buildings, including sixth-form colleges, through a comprehensive survey. This survey is due to be completed by the summer and it is our intention that the results will be used to inform the allocation of capital maintenance funding from 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

46079

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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 reports he has received about teaching standards and education at Ad-Deen Primary School, Ilford; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford South
	tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
	uin	194388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>The last report received by the Secretary of State for Education relating to teaching standards and education at Ad-Deen Primary School was from Ofsted following their inspection of the school on 19-20 January 2011. This judged the school to be satisfactory for curriculum, teaching and assessment.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

47939

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	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 support he plans to give schools which have no kitchen facilities and are unable to build such facilities because of financial constraints, and which cannot have meals delivered from other local schools, to enable them to provide free school meals for infant children; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	196056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is providing £150 million capital funding in 2014-15 to support the introduction of universal infant free school meals, in addition to over £1 billion additional revenue funding over the two years 2014 to 2016. Local authorities are also free to use some of the capital they receive for general maintenance and improvement purposes to upgrade kitchen and dining facilities in schools, if that is a priority locally.</p><p> </p><p>The pilots of universal free school meal provision which ran in Newham and Durham between 2009 and 2011 showed, however, that building new facilities is not the only way to increase school meal uptake.</p><p> </p><p>To help schools to find solutions which meet their local circumstances, on 6 March we launched a national support service which consists of a telephone and online advice service for schools, local authorities and caterers, and a direct-support service for schools which need additional support. The service is being provided by school food experts, the Children's Food Trust and the Lead Association for Catering in Education, in conjunction with a number of delivery partners. More information is available at: <a href="http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/Root/schools/schoolfoodplan" target="_blank">http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/Root/schools/schoolfoodplan</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

46237

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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 the (a) total and (b) average funding per head is under the basic funding formula for pupils in Somerset in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	194796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Total funding under the schools block element of the dedicated schools grant in financial year 2014 to 2015 for Somerset is £273.2 million, with an associated unit of funding per pupil of £4,278.</p><p>More information on the dedicated schools grant allocations for financial year 2014 to 2015 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

46236

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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 the (a) total and (b) average funding per head is under the basic funding formula for pupils in Staffordshire in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	194795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Total funding under the schools block element of the dedicated schools grant in financial year 2014 to 2015 for Staffordshire is £455.7 million, with an associated unit of funding per pupil of £4,310.</p><p>More information on the dedicated schools grant allocations for financial year 2014 to 2015 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

47535

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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, whether Ofsted's interpretation of closing the attainment gap between pupils eligible and not eligible for free school meals relates to the gap in attainment nationally or in the school being inspected.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	195857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

46497

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	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, which schools in Rossendale and Darwen have received funding from the pupil premium; and how many pupils in each such school have attracted such payments.
	tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
	tabling member printed	Jake Berry
	uin	194837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>In financial year 2013-14, 52 schools in Rossendale and Darwen received a pupil premium allocation. A list of these schools and the number of eligible pupils are provided below. In addition to the main deprivation pupil premium, schools receive allocations for looked after children and service children, though this information is not available at school level due to data protection issues. More information on pupil premium allocations for financial year 2013-14 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>School Name</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Pupils Eligible for the Deprivation Pupil Premium</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Britannia Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Primary School</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sharneyford Primary School</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup Thorn Primary School</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helmshore Primary School</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Water Primary School</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waterfoot Primary School</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonacliffe Primary School</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawshawbooth Primary School</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall St Paul's Constable Lee Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary's Rawtenstall Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edenfield Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Edgeside</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bacup</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St John with St Michael Church of England Primary School, Shawforth</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alder Grange Community and Technology School</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fearns Community Sports College</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitworth Community High School</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, Rossendale</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belthorn Primary School</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sunnyhurst Centre</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lower Darwen Primary School</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turton Belmont Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avondale Primary School</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudell Primary School</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holy Trinity VC School</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary School</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen St Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen St James' Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Edward's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen Vale High School</p></td><td><p>376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashleigh Primary School</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen Aldridge Community Academy</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>X - Schools with less than five pupils or a percentage based on less than five pupils or an allocation amount based on less than five pupils have had their figures suppressed for data protection.</p><p># - Pupil numbers for these schools are not included as they are either a maintained special school, special academy, pupil referral unit (PRU) or alternative provision (AP) academy. The premium for these establishments may be held with the local authority (please see the conditions of grant).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

48105

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the fiduciary duties applying to Ministers.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Jim Dowd
	uin	196152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code sets out the duties and responsibilities of Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	189 label Biography information for Jim Dowd

46362

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to suspend collective responsibility on any vote in the House on assisted suicide legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
	uin	194777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Issues on matters of conscience have, by tradition, been the subject of a free vote in the House of Commons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

46802

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 877, what the evidential basis was of his statement that the sale of the Royal Mail was in the manifesto of the last Government.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	195115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I was referring to the previous government's policy of seeking to part-privatise the Royal Mail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

48365

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the ability of the National Security Council to foster collective decision-making across Government.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	uin	196231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The National Security Council is a sub-committee of the full Cabinet. It addresses all elements of national security strategy. It seeks to understand the context, risks and opportunities facing the country; debates policy options; decides courses of action; and monitors and evaluates their implementation. It brings together Ministers and experts on a weekly basis, fostering genuine discussion and collective decision-making on both strategic and operational issues. Regularity of meetings enables Ministers to build up knowledge of particularly complex matters over time and to take well-informed decisions. Specialised sub-committees ensure that appropriate attention is paid to the most complex and technical issues.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron grouped question UIN 196229 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

48032

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of (a) Pakistan's possession of nuclear weapons and (b) the prospects of Pakistan joining the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty he discussed at his April 2014 meeting with his Pakistani counterpart.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	196132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>I have not met my Pakistani counterpart this month.</p><p> </p><p>At our meeting on 30 April I will discuss a range of foreign policy issues with Prime Minister Sharif.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn