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418414

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cheshire West and Chester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	10014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Only one school within the relevant areas is currently in special measures; the University of Chester Academy Northwich.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Ofsted monitoring inspections of 4 March 2015 and 10 June 2015, both found the school to be making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:21:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487840

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	33821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33822 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487842

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of delays in Crown Prosecution Service decision-making.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	33822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33821 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384919

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been made to the Education Funding Agency about academies and free schools in the last three years; and what proportion of such complaints have been upheld.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Open academies and free schools are required to handle complaints about them in accordance with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014. As is the case with maintained schools, complainants are expected to exhaust fully the academy’s complaints procedure before approaching the Education Funding Agency (EFA).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EFA is responsible for reviewing complaints about whether an academy or free school:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>has a complaints procedure in place that complies with the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014;</p></li><li><p>handled the complaint about it in line with its own, compliant, procedure;</p></li><li><p>breached its Funding Agreement in any other way.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>From April 2013 to May 2015 the EFA received 3,656 complaints about academies and free schools. 3,512 (96%) of these were not in scope for the EFA to consider. In these cases the EFA will redirect complainants to the appropriate body as soon as possible. 144 (4%) of the complaints received were in scope of the EFA’s remit. 32 (22%) of the in scope complaints were upheld or partially upheld. The EFA does not hold comparable data for the period 2012-13 centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 16:08:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384917

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of the total assets held by free schools; and what proportion of such assets were formerly held by public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Sites used by free schools are revalued when all construction work is complete. Costs of sites at the time of acquisition for individual free schools are published on gov.uk when a project's capital costs are no longer considered to be commercially sensitive i.e. when the construction contract has been signed. Data on 49 free schools has been published at this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Around a third of permanent sites acquired by the Education Funding Agency for free schools were previously owned by a public body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 16:12:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384918

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University of Chester Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the performance of the University of Chester Academies Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>We share your concerns about the performance of University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT).</p><p> </p><p>Following his appointment, Mr Pank Patel, Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for the West Midlands, which covers Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, has met the trust to challenge them on their strategic plans for improvement and has met the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Officials have visited UCAT academies to review progress and provide robust challenge on their action plans. As a result of these discussions the trust has implemented a number of changes, including introducing a new leadership structure and appointing a CEO.</p><p> </p><p>In September, they also appointed a strategic educational improvement partner, St John Plessington Catholic College (SJP), an outstanding academy located in Bebington on the Wirral and the lead in the St John Plessington Teaching School Alliance, to review their systems and introduce the necessary measures to bring about the rapid improvements necessary. This agreement will come to an end in the Autumn term, at which time Fallibroome Academy will be involved in coaching leadership and school improvement.</p><p> </p><p>With the introduction of these changes Mr Patel has been reassured that the trust is taking the right steps to build the necessary capacity to ensure that progress is made in each of their academies. Mr Patel and his team will continue to work closely with UCAT to monitor their progress. If rapid and sustainable progress is not made, he will not hesitate to take further action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 30/06/2015 12:56:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

384920

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the total held in reserves by each free school.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	3710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Free schools are independent organisations and hold reserves, both as working capital to manage day-to-day commitments, and to build funds for longer term planning as they cannot borrow commercially.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at the end of August 2014, the most recent year for which financial statements are available, open free schools - either as single free schools or as part of multi-academy trusts - held revenue reserves, as set out in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 30/06/2015 13:24:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Free_School_Reserves_August_2014.doc title Free_School_Reserves_August_2014
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

692515

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value is of public land transferred to free schools since the establishment of such schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	64751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Land acquired for free schools, including sites transferred from other public use, remains in public ownership. Free schools are delivering good quality places in areas where these are needed.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/03/2017 15:54:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

709659

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Land
	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 1 March 2017 to Question 64751, what the estimated value is of all land acquired to free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	67270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>A free school is a type of academy and is accountable through the same mechanisms as an academy, principally the funding agreement between the Secretary of State and the academy trust that operates the free school. Many free schools are part of a multi-academy trust (MAT). Free schools are delivering good quality places in areas where these are needed.</p><p>The value of academy trusts’ land and buildings recorded in the Education Funding Agency’s most recent annual report is £43.3bn.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 17/03/2017 14:12:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417259

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials her Department employs to administer the (a) academies and (b) free schools programme.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	9097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>At the end of August 2015 the Department for Education employed:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>281 full-time equivalent staff in its Academies Group and the Schools Commissioners Group working to open new academies and support them once opened; along with their administrative and corporate functions within the department.</p></li><li><p>101 full-time equivalent staff in its Free Schools Group and the Schools Commissioners Group working to assess free school applications, working with successful applicants as they prepare to open their schools and supporting the schools once opened; along with their administrative and corporate functions within the department.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/09/2015 15:49:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders