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418413

	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	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

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

418415

	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	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	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 ensure pupils are able to share information about their backgrounds and cultures as part of personal, social and health education.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Education is a devolved power; as such, this reply concerns schools in England only.</p><p> </p><p>It is for schools to tailor their personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) programme to reflect the needs of their pupils. We expect teachers to understand how best to create a safe environment for PSHE, so that pupils feel able to discuss and reflect on issues that are important to them. We have provided funding to the PSHE Association to work with schools to advise them in developing their own PSHE curriculum and improve the quality of teaching. This includes signposting schools to high-quality resources.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Education guidance on promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils states that pupils must be encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance. The guidance for schools is found online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-fundamental-british-values-through-smsc" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-fundamental-british-values-through-smsc</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:02:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759694

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government plans to consult on statutory guidance on Relationships and Sex Education provided for in the Children and Social Work Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	10022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Social Work Act (2017) places a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to make Relationships Education mandatory in all primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education mandatory in all secondary schools, in England.</p><p>As part of our next steps, the Department intends to conduct a thorough and wide ranging engagement on Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education. This will determine the content of the regulations and statutory guidance, covering subject content, school practice and quality of delivery. We will ensure the subjects are carefully designed to safeguard and support pupils whilst being deliverable for schools.</p><p>The Department is fully committed to this programme of work and will set out shortly more details about the engagement process, the timetable and the work to consider age appropriate subject content.</p><p>This will result in draft regulations and guidance on which we will consult. Following consultation, regulations will be laid in the House allowing for a full and considered debate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2017 14:58:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

759693

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left her Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>When numbers are so small that individuals could be identified, identifying details are masked to protect their privacy. Since 31 March 2016, fewer than five individuals have left the Department for Education under an exit scheme and a total of £95,000 has been paid.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/09/2017 14:13:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

732617

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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, how many teachers by subject were employed in (a) Bradford, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year from 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	1005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on the number of teachers in state funded secondary schools in England teaching each subject is in Table 11 of the ‘School Workforce in England: November 2016’ statistical release which was published on 22 June 2017 and is available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The statistics published are for England only and are estimates based on a large sample of secondary school teachers. Local authority and regional data are not available. Statistics on the number of teachers teaching each subject in primary schools are not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/07/2017 14:03:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

759689

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Southend on Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her most recent estimate is of the funding required to establish a free school in Southend-on-Sea in 2019; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	10058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The department has not made an estimate of the funding required to establish a free school in Southend-on-Sea in 2019.</p><p>The department has provided Southend-on-Sea Borough Council with £20 million to fund new school places between 2011 and 2017 and a further £9.5 million for 2017 to 2020. This includes nearly £5 million for school places the local authority reported were needed for September 2019.</p><p>Where a local authority has identified that an area needs enough additional places to warrant a new school, it should run a competition to identify potential providers to run the school.</p><p>Guidance on this process is available on GOV.UK via this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/establishing-a-new-school-free-school-presumption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/establishing-a-new-school-free-school-presumption</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/09/2017 13:03:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

759690

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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, how many unfilled places there were in primary schools in 2016-17; and what proportion of the total number of school places that figure represents in each such area.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	10059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 1 May 2016, the total number of unfilled primary places in England was 461,065; the number of unfilled places as a percentage of total primary places was 9.7 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The capacity data are published on an annual basis, giving equivalent local authority and regional totals, through the SCAP tables. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2017 15:12:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

732618

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers by subject left employment in (a) Bradford, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year from 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	1006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information, for 2011 to 2015, is available showing the percentage of teachers leaving service from state funded primary and separately for state funded secondary by region in England. This information is contained in section 2 of the ‘Local analysis of teacher workforce: 2010 to 2015’ statistical release available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-analysis-of-teacher-workforce-2010-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-analysis-of-teacher-workforce-2010-to-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information, for 2011 and 2015, is also available showing the percentage of teachers leaving service by subject from state funded secondary in England. This information is contained in table 2.1 of the ‘Teachers Analysis Compendium 2017’ statistical release available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of teachers leaving by subject are not available.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/07/2017 14:23:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

759691

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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, which statutory functions allow her to guarantee that no school will see a cut in funding as a consequence of the national funding formula for local authority maintained schools and academy schools.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	10063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Under the national funding formula for schools, every school will attract at least 0.5% more per pupil in 2018-19, and 1% more in 2019-20, compared to its baseline.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s announcement on 17 July, local authorities will continue to be responsible for determining actual funding allocations to schools in 2018‑19 and 2019-20, to support the implementation of the national funding formula.</p><p>As every local authority in every part of the country will receive a per pupil cash increase in funding, the great majority of schools should be able to receive a per pupil cash increase, too. But ultimately, this is a decision for local authorities to make following local consultation with their schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 09:53:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane