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101545

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase digital engagement by local education authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	212383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The development and use of digital media by local authorities is a matter for local decision by them.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 16:08:33 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

101482

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours per week of education juvenile boys in Hindley and Cookham Wood young offender institutions had in each week in June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	212297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Young Offender’s Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 1</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 02/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 2</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 09/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 3</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 16/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 4</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 23/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 5</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 30/06/2014 (one day in June)</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMYOI Hindley</strong></p></td><td><p>15.22</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14.85</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14.07</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14.73</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.42</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMYOI Cookham Wood</strong></p></td><td><p>8.29</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8.30</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9.87</p><p> </p></td><td><p>11.28</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.93</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The contracted number of hours per learner per (full) week is 15. The variation in the hours received results from legitimate absences, such as attending court, attending appointments and illness, and occasional provider cancellations (which we reconcile against for funding). The Education Funding Agency works closely with the providers, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Youth Justice Board to resolve issues affecting the delivery of education and training.</p><p> </p><p>The shortfall in hours per learner shown at HMYOI Cookham Wood is due to cancellations by the prison, rather than by the education provider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 17:56:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

101367

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people without a recognised teaching qualification are employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the north west and (ii) Warrington.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	212264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the headcount number [1] and percentage of teachers without Qualified Teacher Status in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in (i) the North West and (ii) Warrington local authority in November 2013:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PRIMARY SCHOOLS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Teachers without Qualified Teacher Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Teachers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Teachers without Qualified Teacher Status </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Local Authority</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>31,470</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>5,660</p></td><td><p>238,300</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SECONDARY SCHOOLS</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Local Authority</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>29,830</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>11,770</p></td><td><p>227,960</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on data from the School Workforce Census, published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Differs from the published national figure as the table does not include an estimate of unqualified teachers in those schools who did not make a School Workforce Census return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 14:02:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

101370

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	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 how many additional teachers will be needed in each year to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	212178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides estimates for the number of teachers needed in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2020/21. This need for teachers will be met through a combination of new trainees, those returning to the profession and those entering the state-funded sector in England for the first time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>29,200</p></td><td><p>28,400</p></td><td><p>27,200</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td><td><p>23,500</p></td><td><p>24,200</p></td><td><p>24,900</p></td><td><p>25,100</p></td><td><p>24,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Teacher Supply Model</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state-funded sector in England. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimates for the future demand for teachers use the projected number of pupils in schools, assumed Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) and our best estimates for the number of teachers required to implement the Department’s policy initiatives. The model also takes into account other flows within the existing stock of teachers such as those leaving the profession or retiring as well as those expected to return to teaching in the state-funded sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Department forecasts the need for teacher trainees one year in advance in line with the annual ITT allocation decisions. However, the TSM also forecasts teacher demand over ten years to provide an overview of long term trends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. As with any forecast, the uncertainty increases the further we look into the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published estimates of teacher demand in part 1 of the TSM, which is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:26:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

101369

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers retired (a) due to age, (b) due to health problems and (c) prematurely from publicly-funded schools in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	212177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of teachers who were awarded age, ill-health and premature retirement benefits from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme in 2012-13 and whose last recorded service was in a publicly funded school in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age retirements</p></td><td><p>9,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ill health retirements</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Premature retirements [1]</p></td><td><p>8,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>18,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Teachers’ Pensioner Statistical System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are provisional and are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes premature and actuarially reduced awards of pension benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:31:26 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

101363

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many black and minority ethnic teachers there are in state (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	212173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Figures from the School Workforce Census of November 2013 show there were 12,800 black and minority ethnic teachers in publicly funded primary schools and 18,600 in publicly funded secondary schools in England; a total of 31,400 teachers (an increase from 25,900 in November 2010). This represents 6% of primary school teachers and 9% of all secondary school teachers. 7% of all teachers in primary and secondary schools in England come from black and other ethnic minority groups.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:42:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

101108

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private finance initiative projects her Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	212095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not entered into any private finance contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has, however, approved 171 private finance schools contracts entered into by other bodies, such as local authorities. Details of these contracts are published online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2013-summary-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2013-summary-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 16:13:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

101104

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the Pupil Premium to children who are educated at home and have (a) foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and (b) other special needs.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the Pupil Premium to children who are educated at home, or to children with either foetal alcohol spectrum disorder or other special needs. The aim of the Pupil Premium is to help schools close the attainment gap, with funding focused on those children who have been on free school meals at some point in the last six years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government respects the right of parents to choose how their children are educated, whether this is at home or in any of the institutions available to them. However, parents who choose to home educate their children must take responsibility for the costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have the power to choose to give assistance to parents who home school. This can include providing support to children with special educational needs, whether or not they have a statement or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. The 0-25 SEND Code of Practice makes it clear that local authorities should work with parents and consider whether to provide support in the home to help the parents make suitable provision. Where an authority draws up a statement or EHC plan which ‘names’ home education as the right provision for the child then they must make any additional special educational provision set out by the statement or plan.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:51:55 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101103

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the merits of extending the Pupil Premium to all children educated at home.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The aim of the Pupil Premium is to raise the attainment of mainly economically disadvantaged pupils, which is why the funding is focused on those children who have been on free school meals at some point in the last six years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the Pupil Premium to children who are educated at home. The Government respects the right of parents to choose how their children are educated, whether this is at home or in any of the institutions available to them. However, parents who choose to home educate their children must take responsibility for costs. Local authorities have the power to give assistance to parents who home school if they so choose.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:54:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101106

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