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65966

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Business: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to encourage businesses to engage with schools so that students develop a more practical understanding of business.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	204193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education wants to give employers a much greater role in inspiring and motivating young people about the world of work. We published statutory guidance in April to improve links between schools and employers so that pupils can receive careers advice from people with experience of business. More employers are getting involved by interacting with young people in the classroom and giving them an insight into the workplace. This can also include coaching, mentoring, work tasters and work experience. From October we are reshaping the role of the National Careers Service (NCS) to expand its offer to schools and colleges. It will be easier for employers and educators to participate in the NCS.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to connect the education system to the world of work to ensure that young people have the skills, experience and qualifications that employers want. Last month we announced the introduction of Technical Awards for students aged between 14 and 16. These qualifications, which are equivalent to GCSEs, are developed in partnership with employers and will give students the opportunity to develop practical skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced Tech Levels for students aged between 16 and 19 who want to learn technical skills as an alternative to, or alongside, A levels. The 227 Tech Levels taught from September 2014 are all endorsed by employers, trades or professional bodies and cover most practical careers. From September 2016, all Tech Level courses will also involve employers in the delivery or assessment of the qualification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 15:25:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

79036

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top-choice school in (a) the UK, (b) Berkshire and (c) Windsor constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	206723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014’. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications</a></p><p>The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014. Data for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are produced by the devolved administrations.</p><p>The figures for England and the local authorities of West Berkshire and Windsor &amp; Maidenhead are given below. Data is provided by, and broken down as far as, local authority level. Therefore results by parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Proportion of applicants who received their first choice<br>primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">England</td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>85.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>86.3</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</td><td><p>85.1</p></td><td><p>80.5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Based on offers made on respective national offer days</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/09/2014 11:53:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

76315

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents are made aware of the use of halal meat in school dinners where non-halal meat is not an option.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	204383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government sets out the minimum standards for school food, which make sure children are served healthy, nutritious meals at school. Head teachers, governors and their caterers are best placed to make decisions about their school food policies, and how to communicate those to parents.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 14:38:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

79335

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Dismissal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching staff were dismissed as a result of unsatisfactory attendance in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	207000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/09/2014 12:00:26 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77579

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to confirm the level of extra funding for 2015-16 that will be allocated as a consequence of her consultation on fairer school funding earlier in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	205589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We have today published our consultation response confirming the level of extra funding that each local authority will receive.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/07/2014 15:00:34 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

77923

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is in the remit of Ofsted to investigate pupils' safety from asbestos in school buildings when it inspects schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	205782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not in Ofsted’s remit to assess asbestos management in schools. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the lead regulator on managing asbestos.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:52:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

78684

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of incentives designed to keep experienced teachers in the classroom.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	206443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Teacher retention remains high: 90% of those entering the profession are teaching one year later, and 78% are teaching after five years. Reforms to teachers’ pay mean that schools have greater flexibility to attract, retain and reward the very best teachers.</p><p> </p><p>A report by the Sutton Trust in 2011, <em>Improving the impact of teachers on pupil achievement in the UK, </em>concluded that a more flexible pay and promotion system would have the potential to attract and retain more high quality applicants to the teaching profession.</p><p> </p><p>We are intending to evaluate pay implementation, including the impact on teachers’ career intentions. This will begin in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/07/2014 15:25:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

76312

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Deal to provide life-saving defibrillators to schools, published in April 2014, what progress has been made on securing a supplier who will offer defibrillators to all schools at a reduced price in time for autumn term.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	204673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Officials from the Department for Education are currently working in partnership with Department of Health colleagues and stakeholders to explore a range of options.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 15:09:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

76736

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Morecambe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	204774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not allocate or record spending at a Parliamentary constituency level. The majority of funding provided by the Department for Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency is allocated indirectly via Lancashire local authority.[1]</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, we have shown total allocations to Lancashire local authority, and to free schools, non-recoupment academies and music education hubs within Lancashire, with revenue and capital spending in separate tables. We do allocate funding directly to providers of 16-19 education, so we have separately shown total allocations for 16-19 education within the constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale.</p><p> </p><p>Table A shows the total revenue allocations made by the Department to Lancashire local authority, and to free schools, non-recoupment academies and music education hubs within Lancashire, in each of the financial years 2010-11 to 2013-14. This funding includes: the Dedicated Schools Grant (including two-, three- and four-year-old education); non-recoupment academies and free schools funding; Pupil Premium; music and sport grants; SEND and adoption reform grants; the Early Intervention Grant before 2013-14; and, from 2013-14, the Education Services Grant. The figures provided are in cash terms.</p><p> </p><p>Table A: Revenue funding</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Total funding since the start <br>of 2010-11 financial year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total revenue <br>funding - Lancashire</p><p>(£m)</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>865</p></td><td><p>883</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>3,506</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures in Table A are not comparable year-on-year for the reasons given below:</p><p>1. Since May 2010, there have been transfers of funding between DfE and other Government departments. These were mainly small amounts but the most significant were the Education Services Grant (national total of £1.03bn), which transferred from DCLG to DfE in 2013-14, and the Early Intervention Grant (national total of £2.3bn), which transferred from DfE to DCLG in 2013-14, with only a topslice remaining in DfE budgets.</p><p>2. DfE has also provided some funding to other Government departments to contribute to programmes that were jointly funded and managed, such as the Child Poverty Programme, administered by DWP.</p><p>Table B shows the total capital allocations to Lancashire schools from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Complete information on the Department's capital spending by constituency is not held centrally. The figures provided are in cash terms.</p><p>Table B: Capital funding</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Total funding since the start <br>of 2010-11 financial year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total capital<br> funding - Lancashire</p><p>(£m)</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>278</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department provides funding directly to providers of 16-19 education on an academic year basis. Table C shows the total allocations made to post-16 institutions within the constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale during the academic years 2010/11 to 2013/14 by the DfE and its agencies. 2013/14 was the first year of funding under a new 16-19 funding formula, so figures are not directly comparable to those of previous years. The figures provided are in cash terms.</p><p> </p><p>Table C: 16-19 education</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Total funding since the start <br>of 2010-11 academic year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total 16-19 funding – <br>Morecambe and Lunesdale</p><p>(£m)</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] We provide funding for free schools, non-recoupment academies and 16-19 institutions directly and provide funding for music education hubs via Arts Council England.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/07/2014 14:04:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

78982

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her proposals are for the adoption of a revised funding formula for schools.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	David Mowat
	uin	904967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain committed to the introduction of a national funding formula after the next spending review, when we can give certainty to schools about how the formula will affect them over a number of years. In the meantime, our allocation of an extra £390 million to the least fairly-funded local authorities in the country will make a real difference to those local authorities, such as Warrington, that gain from the proposals.</p><p>According to our indicative figures, Warrington will gain an additional £500,000 in 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 16:41:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat