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175235

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital the Government has provided for investment in York schools in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	221784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows capital funding for the financial years 2005-06 onwards.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>City of York</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Capital allocations<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PFI (private finance initiative) credits<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>—</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>—</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>—</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td><td><p>—</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td><td><p>—</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>—</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (provisional)</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Notes<em><br> </em>1. Capital allocations includes capital grant and supported borrowing allocations. <br> 2. PFI credit allocations, where applicable are counted at financial close. PFI credits were not made after 2010-11.</p><p>3. Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.</p><p>4. Capital allocations are made to York Unitary Authority for local authority maintained schools.<br> 5. — indicates that no funding was given in that year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital figures provided show the capital funding allocated to York City Council and its schools through all of the Department for Education’s capital programmes over the period requested. These figures include the formulaic capital allocations such as those for Basic Need and Capital Maintenance, and those for more targeted programmes such as the Primary Capital Programme and Building Schools for the Future.</p><p> </p><p>Since the formation of the Education Funding Agency in April 2012 major efficiency savings have been made in the cost of building new schools. We have seen the cost of new schools cut by about 35% compared to schools procured under the Building Schools for the Future programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/01/2015 15:19:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

222929

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pay for teachers was in York unitary authority area in 2008-09 and in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	224859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The following table provides the mean and median salaries (in cash terms) of full-time regular qualified teachers in service in publicly funded schools for York local authority and England, in each March, 2009 and 2010 and November 2010 to November 2013. The source of this information is the Database of Teacher Records (March 2009 and 2010) and the School Workforce Census (November 2010 to 2013).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>York</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013 [1]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>£37,500</p></td><td><p>£38,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>£37,100</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012 [1],[2]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>£36,300</p></td><td><p>£37,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>£35,900</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011 [1]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>£37,200</p></td><td><p>£37,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010 [1]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>£37,600</p></td><td><p>£38,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010 [3]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>£35,900</p></td><td><p>£37,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>£35,100</p></td><td><p>£36,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2009 [2]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>£36,800</p></td><td><p>£36,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Median</p></td><td><p>£36,600</p></td><td><p>£35,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: School Workforce Census.</p><p>[2] November 2013 figures exclude one large academy in York.</p><p>[3] Source: Database of Teacher Records.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/03/2015 13:12:40 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

170374

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Worcestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital grants for buildings repairs and maintenance her Department has given to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges in Worcester in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Worcester
	tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
	uin	218802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Capital maintenance funding for maintained schools is calculated at local authority level, and provided directly to the authority. Schools also receive a small amount of devolved capital funding directly to allow them to pay for minor maintenance and repair works. It is for the local authority to decide on the priorities for their funding, according to local need and the Department for Education does not hold data on how local authority allocations are prioritised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Allocations to Worcestershire since 2011 have been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>11-12</p></td><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devolved Formula Capital</p></td><td><p>£2,062,422</p></td><td><p>£1,684,786</p></td><td><p>£1,516,962</p></td><td><p>£1,410,980</p></td><td><p>£6,675,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance</p></td><td><p>£11,392,278</p></td><td><p>£8,793,810</p></td><td><p>£7,096,726</p></td><td><p>£6,617,555</p></td><td><p>£33,900,369</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding for academies is provided separately via the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund (ACMF), a bidding process to which academies apply for specific works. 4 schools in Worcester have received funding under ACMF since 2011:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>School Name</p></td><td><p>Phase</p></td><td><p>11-12</p></td><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Perowne CofE College</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£158,050</p></td><td><p>£311,400</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christopher Whitehead Language College</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£150,297</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£396,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nunnery Wood High School</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,941,440</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warndon Primary School</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£328,858</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A further £11,252,093 has been provided to academies across Worcestershire more widely over the same period. All academies also receive the small devolved allocation, the same as maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p>The following grants have been made to Sixth Form Colleges in Worcester over the same period. Worcester Sixth Form College received funding through a devolved allocation similar to those given to maintained schools and academies, and via the Building Condition Improvement Fund, a bidding process similar to the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund. New College Worcester received a small amount of capital funding support as an independent special provider:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>11-12</p></td><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>14-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>£1,069,034</p></td><td><p>£1,005,972</p></td><td><p>£1,540,387</p></td><td><p>£186,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New College Worcester</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£6,465</p></td><td><p>£169</p></td><td><p>£4,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 18/12/2014 11:07:28 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

226645

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that funding is available for schools to enable them to maintain the variety of A-levels they offer.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
	uin	227129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>For the academic year 2015/16, the Department for Education has maintained the base rate of funding for 16- to 19-year-olds in schools and colleges at £4,000 for full-time 16- and 17-year-olds, and £3,300 for 18-year-olds. This is sufficient to fund a study programme of 600 hours, which is enough for students to take three A levels and one AS level, plus around 150 hours of enrichment or tutorial activity across each two-year course. It is for schools to determine what they offer their students, taking into account the needs and aspirations of their students as well as the overall budget available to the school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/03/2015 17:30:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal

226646

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding is available to schools to enable pupils to continue at A-level subjects they took at GCSE.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
	uin	227130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Funding for 16- to 19-year-olds is sufficient for students to take three A levels and one AS level, plus around 150 hours of enrichment or tutorial activity across each two-year course. It is up to individuals to choose which subjects they wish to take at A level and not all students will choose to continue to study the same subjects they took at GCSE. It is for schools to determine what they offer their students, taking into account the needs and aspirations of their students as well as the overall budget available to the school.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/03/2015 17:28:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal

101106

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Secondary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics there were in UK secondary schools in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	212006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of science (by separate science subject), technology, engineering and mathematics teachers in service in publicly funded secondary schools in England in November of each year from 2011 to 2013: [1], [2]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Subject [3]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physics</p></td><td><p>5,900</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemistry</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p>7,200</p></td><td><p>7,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biology</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combined/General Science</p></td><td><p>34,700</p></td><td><p>32,700</p></td><td><p>32,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Sciences</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>13,800</p></td><td><p>13,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mathematics</p></td><td><p>35,200</p></td><td><p>32,800</p></td><td><p>33,300</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Source: School Workforce Census</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are based on a large sample of over 70% of secondary schools.</p><p>[2] Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>[3] Each teacher is counted once under each subject they teach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the respective devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:58:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

106426

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
	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 potential costs and benefits of the introduction of universal infant free school meals in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	213397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is responsible for the introduction of the requirement that state-funded schools in England should offer universal infant free school meals, which came into effect on 1 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2009 and 2011 the Department for Education and the Department of Health piloted the provision of universal free school meals in Durham and Newham. The independent evaluation of those pilots showed that there were a number of benefits arising from the provision of universal free school meals, including improved attainment, healthier eating habits and increases in the uptake of meals among children who would have been eligible for free school meals under the existing criteria. We also know, from research carried out by the School Food Trust (now Children’s Food Trust), that universal infant free school meals will save families who previously paid for school lunches up to £400 a year per infant child.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has used School Food Trust research into the costs of school meal provision, as well as feedback from local authorities and stakeholders, to inform the allocation of funding for this policy and the targeting of implementation support. In particular, this research informed the decision to allocate £2.30 of revenue funding per meal taken by newly eligible pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:27:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227284

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students are taught in schools rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>As Ofsted is responsible for the requested statistics, this is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 19/03/2015 14:27:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

100950

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department has given to primary schools to ensure that they can provide sufficient places.
	tabling member constituency	Winchester
	tabling member printed	Steve Brine
	uin	905650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>We are investing £5 billion over this Parliament to support local authorities in their duty to secure sufficient school places for their area.</p><p> </p><p>This has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/10/2014 17:17:46 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

155823

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the statutory guidance for local authorities on post-16 transport to education and training in order to take account of the increase in the education participation age to 18.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	214418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The post-16 transport guidance for local authorities was reviewed following the introduction of legislation to raise the participation age in 2013 and an updated version was published in February this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16- to 19-year-olds continues to rest with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions which best match local needs and circumstances. Local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on the needs of their population, the local transport infrastructure, and the resources they have available. The Government has no plans at present to extend the statutory requirement beyond this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Most 16- to 19-year-olds have access to a discount or concession on local travel, from their local transport provider, their local authority, or from their education or training provider. The £180 million Bursary Fund is also available to support young people with the costs associated with attending education or training, and transport is the biggest single area of expenditure for which this fund is used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/11/2014 16:58:13 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey