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177482

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	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, for what reasons the Schools Admissions Code precludes admissions authorities from taking into account how long a child has been on the waiting list for a school place.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	223093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code requires that all school places, including those offered to pupils on a school’s waiting list, are allocated strictly in accordance with a school’s published admissions criteria. This ensures fairness and transparency in the process and means that those applying for admission to a school understand from the outset their likelihood of gaining a place. It also means that there is no incentive for those who do not closely match a school’s admissions criteria, to remain on a waiting list while occupying a place at an alternative school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 15:43:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

222469

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the salary sacrifice scheme available to teachers does not cover the purchase of cars.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	224613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools, have the freedom to set their own pay and conditions policies, and so are free to offer their teachers access to car purchase salary sacrifice schemes. Currently 15% of all primary schools and 62% of all secondary schools are academies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In local authority maintained schools, changes to the statutory pay and conditions of teachers must first be referred to the independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB). Recent STRB referrals have focused on fundamental reforms to the overall pay and conditions framework for teachers. Following the STRB’s recommendations, these reforms have given schools much greater freedom to attract and retain the best teachers and to reward individuals in line with their contribution to improving their pupils’ achievements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The demands on the STRB’s time and resources in the reform process mean that the Government has had to make hard decisions on the issues it refers to STRB. In light of the focus of the important referrals above, we have not prioritised revisions to the existing salary sacrifice arrangements. However, the Government will consider whether the issue should be included in future referrals to the STRB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/02/2015 15:54:42 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

223256

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many blocks recorded as part of the Property Data Survey Programme were in (a) good, (b) satisfactory, (c) poor and (d) bad condition.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	225254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey does not provide an overall assessment of a block in the manner requested. The surveyors who visited schools made an assessment of the condition of individual construction types within each block, such as different types of roofs or walls for which we hold individual records, but did not attempt to rate blocks on a ‘good’ to ‘bad’ scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:42:20 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

177826

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Class Sizes: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many classes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency reported having class sizes in excess of 30 pupils in (i) January 2015 and (ii) May 2010; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Data is not yet available for January 2015, or specifically for May 2010, so January 2014 and January 2010 have been given as the closest alternative dates to these.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2010, there were 33 primary school classes and two secondary school classes in excess of 30 pupils in Blackpool South constituency. That represents 15.3% and 1.4% respectively of the total number of classes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, there were 19 primary school classes and six secondary school classes in excess of 30 pupils in the constituency. That represents 8.4% and 4.8% respectively of the total number of classes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for January 2015 is currently being collected and processed and will be available in June 2015. Data on class sizes is collected as part of the January school census. This means that data specifically for May 2010 is not available and the figures for January 2010 have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 17:17:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

178310

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many entrants there were into initial teacher education in England in the academic years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what the level of recruitment of such entrants for the forthcoming academic year was at 1 February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	223692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment information for the 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 academic years is provided in the following table. This information is published in the annual ITT census. Information for the 2015/16 academic year will be available when we publish the next census at the end of November 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UCAS publish within cycle recruitment reports, the latest of which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases" target="_blank">www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Initial teacher training new entrants, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>New entrants to Primary programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New entrants to Secondary programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total new entrants</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18,360</p></td><td><p>19,440</p></td><td><p>37,800</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>19,870</p></td><td><p>15,850</p></td><td><p>35,720</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>20,480</p></td><td><p>14,815</p></td><td><p>34,880</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>19,445</p></td><td><p>13,334</p></td><td><p>32,779</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>19,213</p></td><td><p>12,943</p></td><td><p>32,543</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>1) Figures for 2014/15 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2013/14 have been revised.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2) Teach First and Troops to Teachers are excluded.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>3) Data refers to the number of new entrants on 8 October 2014 and was extracted on 10 November 2014.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>4) Total includes forecast registrations in 2014/15.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This year we have recruited 32,156 trainees with a further 387 projected to start later in the academic year. This is slightly less than the number recruited in 2013, however, this will not result in a teacher shortage since not all trainees progress into teaching immediately after training, and schools can recruit teachers from other avenues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is taking a number of steps to drive up recruitment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for 2015/16, including increasing bursaries and scholarships for postgraduate ITT recruitment up to £25,000; paying a £5,000 bonus to maths, physics and computing trainees on our salaried scheme; and continuing to promote the subject knowledge enhancement programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/02/2015 17:26:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

177696

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of physical education training trainee teachers received in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
	uin	223312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 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 11/02/2015 17:24:33 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	403 label Biography information for Mr Gerry Sutcliffe

178951

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	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, how many schools (a) submitted requests for and (b) have been granted funding because of significant asbestos problems under the second phase of the Priority Schools Building Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	224104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The aim of the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP2) is to undertake rebuilding and refurbishment projects in schools with buildings in the very worst condition. PSBP2 is not an asbestos removal programme as, in most cases, the presence of asbestos can be safely managed with minimal investment. However, the Department for Education announced when the programme was launched that it would consider some situations where the presence of asbestos means the annual costs of safely managing it are excessive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A total of 1299 schools submitted an expression of interest (EOI) for the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme. 307 schools indicated in their EOI that they had significant asbestos issues and provided relevant supporting documentation. These cases were assessed by independent technical advisers. This assessment considered whether the issues meant areas were already or likely to become inaccessible, whether the issues were classified as high risk or whether the presence of asbestos impacts on the operation or the maintenance of the school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Eight schools met these criteria and in these cases the cost of removing or encapsulating asbestos was included in the calculation of the school’s condition need. Of these, six had sufficiently poor overall condition need to be included in the programme. Further information on the methodology used to prioritise schools for inclusion in PSBP2 is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401689/PSBP2_Methodology.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401689/PSBP2_Methodology.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In all blocks where the condition need will be addressed, all asbestos will be dealt with appropriately, whether raised as a specific concern or not.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PSBP2 is intended to sit alongside - and not to replace or substitute - the responsibility that local authorities, governing bodies, trustees, dioceses and other bodies have for the maintenance of school buildings in their care. Given that PSBP2 is a six year programme (running between 2015 and 2021), it is essential that schools continue to address any concerns with regards to asbestos in an appropriate timescale and do not rely on PSBP2 to address immediate needs. All applicants have been made aware of this requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside announcing the schools to be included in PSBP2, the Government also announced school condition allocations for the next three years. We have reformed these allocations so that they reflect the condition of school buildings; this means that those schools in poor condition who missed out on PSBP2 can be confident that their needs will instead be reflected in the funding we make available to their local authority, trust or voluntary aided partnership for improving the condition of their schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/02/2015 09:35:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

177831

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils<sup>1</sup> at the end of key stage 4 <del class="ministerial">in Blackpool local authority and in England</del><ins class="ministerial">by parliamentary constiuency of school location</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)<sup>2,3,4</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td><td><p>% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">253</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42.1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>556,002</p></td><td><p>315,873</p></td><td><p>56.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">605</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>575,970</p></td><td><p>318,720</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.</p><p>3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).</p><p>4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, <del class="ministerial">I</del><ins class="ministerial">i</ins>t is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 16:44:25 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2015 11:56:15 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 43519 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177830

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students qualified for free school meals in schools in Blackpool South constituency in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what these numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. Information on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals but not claiming them is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent information on the number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals relates to the 2013/14 academic year, which is published in the ‘School, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’ Statistical First Release. [1] Tables 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2009/10 academic year is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2010’ Statistical First Release.[2] Tables 11a, 11b and 11c provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for both years are given below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p><strong>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals:<br> Blackpool local authority</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>State-funded nursery and primary schools (1)(2)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>State-funded secondary schools (3)(4)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>Special schools (5)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2010</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>10,771</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,791</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>242</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,228</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1,769</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>112</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>22.7</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>11,047</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,038</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>259</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,179</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1,852</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>121</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>26.3</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p><em>Source: School Census</em></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>1. Includes state-funded nursery schools, direct grant nursery (the single institution of this type had not been included in this table in recent years) and middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>2. Includes all primary academies, including free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>3. Includes middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14"><p>4. Includes city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="13"><p>5. Excludes general hospital schools. Includes non-maintained special schools, special academies and special free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>6. Pupils who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between 5 and 15.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010</a><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 16:15:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

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	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who qualified for free school meals in schools in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Figures for GCSE attainment for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year by pupil characteristics were published on GOV.UK[1] in January 2015. A time series of local authority attainment for pupils by free school meal eligibility at local authority level is included in the publication; constituency level information by pupil characteristics is not published.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures for the number of pupils eligible for free school meals who received five GCSEs grade A* to C including English and mathematics in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 for Blackpool local authority and England can be found in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/02/2015 15:23:10 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 223495 GCSE achievement KS4 FSM in Blackpool LA and England.xls title GCSE achievement FSM eligible Blackpool LA & Engla
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden