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1483530

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme: Publicity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the outbound call campaign relating to the National Tutoring Programme which was launched by his Department on 28 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	25988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The department’s calls to schools are part of the wider campaign to improve awareness and increase school engagement with the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), allowing more pupils to benefit from personalised catch-up support.</p><p>The costs are covered by the existing funding envelope. The department staff resource for the NTP call campaign was seven existing full time equivalent employees. Additional support was provided by up to ten agency staff already engaged by the department to deliver another campaign.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 30/06/2022 11:59:51 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1471078

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus and Ventilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to issue guidance to schools on undertaking work during the 2022 summer school holidays to (a) improve ventilation and (b) reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	19677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Schools should always create a healthy indoor environment for occupants. This includes keeping spaces ventilated to reduce the concentration of pathogens in the air, such as COVID-19, and to manage indoor temperatures.</p><p>In 2017, the department published ‘Building Bulletin 101’, guidance for school design on ventilation, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality. This includes the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines and Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010 for indoor air quality. The full publication can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ventilation-thermal-comfort-and-indoor-air-quality-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ventilation-thermal-comfort-and-indoor-air-quality-in-schools</a>.</p><p>When carrying out works to make building improvements, schools should use the environmental standards set out in the department's ‘Employer’s requirements Part A: General conditions’ guidance. The current version was updated recently and published in November 2021. This can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes</a>.</p><p>The department has produced the ‘Good estate management for schools’ guidance, located on GOV.UK. The guidance provides education providers with resources and guidance on managing the estate, including reducing water and energy usage. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/health-and-safety" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/health-and-safety</a></p><p>In the 2021/22 academic year, the department provided over 386,000 CO2 monitors to state-funded education providers, including early years, schools, and further education providers, backed by £25 million in government funding. The monitors enable staff to identify areas where ventilation needs to be improved and provide reassurance that existing ventilation measures are working, helping balance the need for good ventilation with keeping classrooms warm.</p><p>In January 2022, the government committed to fulfil all eligible applications for air cleaning units to state-funded education providers for poorly ventilated teaching spaces where quick fixes to improve ventilation are not possible. The latest delivery figures can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/delivery-of-air-cleaning-units" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/delivery-of-air-cleaning-units</a>.</p><p>Maintaining adequate ventilation remains the responsibility of individual schools. The law says employers, including education and childcare providers, must make sure there is an adequate supply of fresh air in enclosed areas of the workplace. This has not changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health and Safety Executive provides more information on this here: <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/ventilation/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/ventilation/index.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/06/2022 13:36:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1467769

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Health Education
	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 all schools are teaching up-to-date information about HIV.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	13231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>Relationships Education is a statutory subject in primary and secondary schools. Through this subject, pupils are taught about what healthy, respectful relationships are, and about the impact of their behaviour on others.</p><p>Through Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), pupils in secondary school are taught factual knowledge around sex, sexual health, and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships. Pupils should learn about contraception, sexually transmitted infections, developing intimate relationships, and resisting pressure to have sex.</p><p>The ‘Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ topic specifies that by the end of secondary school, pupils should know how the different sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, are transmitted. Pupils should also understand how risk can be reduced through safer sex and the importance of testing. Additionally, pupils are taught about HIV/AIDS at key stages 3 and 4 of the science curriculum.</p><p>To support teachers to deliver these topics safely and with confidence, the department has produced RSE and Health Education teacher training modules. At the beginning of each module, the school is encouraged to name the appropriate lead for the topic in school, any relevant policies, specialist support available locally, and additional information. The topic of ‘Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ includes content on sexually transmitted infections and sexual health advice which emphasises that everyone, regardless of age, has the right to free and confidential sexual health advice and services.</p><p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support all pupils with medical conditions. The government also published statutory guidance for schools. The guidance does not specify which medical conditions should be supported in schools. Instead, it focuses on how to meet the needs of each individual child and how their medical condition impacts their school life. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, schools are required to make reasonable adjustments and to not discriminate against disabled children, including those with long-term health conditions, in relation to their education. This is to ensure that schools are not putting those with long-term health problems at a substantial disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 13232 13233 question first answered 14/06/2022 10:14:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1467770

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: HIV Infection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance is provided to schools to ensure that HIV stigma does not occur among teachers or pupils.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	13232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>Relationships Education is a statutory subject in primary and secondary schools. Through this subject, pupils are taught about what healthy, respectful relationships are, and about the impact of their behaviour on others.</p><p>Through Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), pupils in secondary school are taught factual knowledge around sex, sexual health, and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships. Pupils should learn about contraception, sexually transmitted infections, developing intimate relationships, and resisting pressure to have sex.</p><p>The ‘Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ topic specifies that by the end of secondary school, pupils should know how the different sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, are transmitted. Pupils should also understand how risk can be reduced through safer sex and the importance of testing. Additionally, pupils are taught about HIV/AIDS at key stages 3 and 4 of the science curriculum.</p><p>To support teachers to deliver these topics safely and with confidence, the department has produced RSE and Health Education teacher training modules. At the beginning of each module, the school is encouraged to name the appropriate lead for the topic in school, any relevant policies, specialist support available locally, and additional information. The topic of ‘Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ includes content on sexually transmitted infections and sexual health advice which emphasises that everyone, regardless of age, has the right to free and confidential sexual health advice and services.</p><p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support all pupils with medical conditions. The government also published statutory guidance for schools. The guidance does not specify which medical conditions should be supported in schools. Instead, it focuses on how to meet the needs of each individual child and how their medical condition impacts their school life. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, schools are required to make reasonable adjustments and to not discriminate against disabled children, including those with long-term health conditions, in relation to their education. This is to ensure that schools are not putting those with long-term health problems at a substantial disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 13231 13233 question first answered 14/06/2022 10:14:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1467771

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: HIV Infection
	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 children who are living with, or affected by, HIV are supported to do well in school.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	13233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>Relationships Education is a statutory subject in primary and secondary schools. Through this subject, pupils are taught about what healthy, respectful relationships are, and about the impact of their behaviour on others.</p><p>Through Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), pupils in secondary school are taught factual knowledge around sex, sexual health, and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships. Pupils should learn about contraception, sexually transmitted infections, developing intimate relationships, and resisting pressure to have sex.</p><p>The ‘Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ topic specifies that by the end of secondary school, pupils should know how the different sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, are transmitted. Pupils should also understand how risk can be reduced through safer sex and the importance of testing. Additionally, pupils are taught about HIV/AIDS at key stages 3 and 4 of the science curriculum.</p><p>To support teachers to deliver these topics safely and with confidence, the department has produced RSE and Health Education teacher training modules. At the beginning of each module, the school is encouraged to name the appropriate lead for the topic in school, any relevant policies, specialist support available locally, and additional information. The topic of ‘Intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’ includes content on sexually transmitted infections and sexual health advice which emphasises that everyone, regardless of age, has the right to free and confidential sexual health advice and services.</p><p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support all pupils with medical conditions. The government also published statutory guidance for schools. The guidance does not specify which medical conditions should be supported in schools. Instead, it focuses on how to meet the needs of each individual child and how their medical condition impacts their school life. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, schools are required to make reasonable adjustments and to not discriminate against disabled children, including those with long-term health conditions, in relation to their education. This is to ensure that schools are not putting those with long-term health problems at a substantial disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 13231 13232 question first answered 14/06/2022 10:14:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1465712

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to each local authority area to meet the National Funding Formula funding floor in 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	9128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>In the attached spreadsheet the department has provided:</p><ul><li>a local authority breakdown of floor funding through the National Funding Formula (NFF).</li><li>a local authority breakdown of the number of schools attracting floor funding.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important to note the differences in floor funding allocated to local authorities and minimum funding guarantee (MFG) funding allocated to schools through local funding formulae.</p><p>The NFF does not currently determine individual schools’ funding directly. NFF funding calculated through the floor is given to local authorities as part of their overall Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations. Individual schools’ budgets are determined by local funding formulae, which must include an MFG. The MFG acts, within local formulae, in a similar manner to the funding floor in the NFF. Because schools’ individual budgets are set by reference to the local formula, not the NFF, the number of schools attracting floor funding provided is not the same as the number of schools receiving MFG funding.</p><p>The total floor funding allocation figures provided here are the allocations calculated in July 2020. These allocations were used in the calculation of primary units of funding and secondary units of funding for each local authority, which are then multiplied by pupil numbers from the October 2020 census to give local authorities their final, overall DSG allocations published in December 2020.</p><p>Published notional school budgets in the NFF for local authority maintained schools are based on the 2020/21 academic year Authority Proforma Tool (APT) data. Published notional NFF school budgets for academies and free schools are based on the 2020/21 academic year General Annual Grant (GAG) data. Published local authority budgets are based on the 2020/21 financial year APT data for all schools, including academies and free schools. The figures used in this response are based on APT data for all schools, and will therefore differ from APT and GAG data which is used in the total spend figures in the 2021/22 financial year NFF policy document published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p><p>Chapter 6 of the 2018/19 academic year schools block national funding formula, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647789/Schools_block_national_funding_formula_technical_note.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647789/Schools_block_national_funding_formula_technical_note.pdf</a>, explains the reason for this use of data.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 9129 question first answered 06/06/2022 15:18:33 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 9128_9129_floor_funding.xlsx title 9128_9129_table
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1465716

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many schools in each local authority area did the local authority receive additional funding as a result of their core national funding formula being below the schools national funding formula floor in 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	9129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>In the attached spreadsheet the department has provided:</p><ul><li>a local authority breakdown of floor funding through the National Funding Formula (NFF).</li><li>a local authority breakdown of the number of schools attracting floor funding.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important to note the differences in floor funding allocated to local authorities and minimum funding guarantee (MFG) funding allocated to schools through local funding formulae.</p><p>The NFF does not currently determine individual schools’ funding directly. NFF funding calculated through the floor is given to local authorities as part of their overall Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations. Individual schools’ budgets are determined by local funding formulae, which must include an MFG. The MFG acts, within local formulae, in a similar manner to the funding floor in the NFF. Because schools’ individual budgets are set by reference to the local formula, not the NFF, the number of schools attracting floor funding provided is not the same as the number of schools receiving MFG funding.</p><p>The total floor funding allocation figures provided here are the allocations calculated in July 2020. These allocations were used in the calculation of primary units of funding and secondary units of funding for each local authority, which are then multiplied by pupil numbers from the October 2020 census to give local authorities their final, overall DSG allocations published in December 2020.</p><p>Published notional school budgets in the NFF for local authority maintained schools are based on the 2020/21 academic year Authority Proforma Tool (APT) data. Published notional NFF school budgets for academies and free schools are based on the 2020/21 academic year General Annual Grant (GAG) data. Published local authority budgets are based on the 2020/21 financial year APT data for all schools, including academies and free schools. The figures used in this response are based on APT data for all schools, and will therefore differ from APT and GAG data which is used in the total spend figures in the 2021/22 financial year NFF policy document published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p><p>Chapter 6 of the 2018/19 academic year schools block national funding formula, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647789/Schools_block_national_funding_formula_technical_note.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647789/Schools_block_national_funding_formula_technical_note.pdf</a>, explains the reason for this use of data.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 9128 question first answered 06/06/2022 15:18:33 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 9128_9129_floor_funding.xlsx title 9128_9129_table
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1464661

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the book being sent to schools about Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee, if he will place a copy in the Library; and whether he made arrangements to send a copy to each of the legal deposit libraries in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	5679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>A copy of the commemorative book, ‘Queen Elizabeth: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration’, will be placed in the libraries of both Houses. I can also confirm that the publisher, DK Books, will deposit a copy with each of the legal deposit libraries in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/05/2022 10:50:14 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1464435

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	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, what his Department's policy is on what exceptional circumstances a school with a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating under control of a multi-academy trust could request to the regulator to move to the control of a different multi-academy trust.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	5485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Schools White Paper, the department will be consulting on the exceptional circumstances in which a good school could request that the regulator agrees to the school moving to a stronger trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/05/2022 15:49:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1464436

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of primary schools previously judged Outstanding by Ofsted rating who retain that status when re-inspected under the control of a (a) local authority and (b) multi-academy trust over the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	5486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The department has not made such an assessment as between June 2012 and November 2020 schools judged to be Outstanding by Ofsted at their most recent inspection were exempt from further routine inspections. During this period, re-inspections of outstanding primary schools only took place if there were significant concerns and those schools would have been unrepresentative of primary schools in general.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/05/2022 10:57:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan