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431537

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	ICT: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote the availability of computer-making and robot-making kits for children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>There are a number of resources available to support computing education and schools are best placed to decide what will be most effective for their pupils.</p><p>The national curriculum in computing emphasises the academic discipline of computer science. Through studying topics such as computational logic, algorithms and data representation, pupils are obtaining insight into how the digital technologies that they use every day actually work<del class="ministerial"> and understanding how these technology products result from human ingenuity and rational design processes</del>. We want young people to have the opportunity to<del class="ministerial"> actively </del>create new technologies, rather than being passive consumers of them.</p><p>The Government has spent more than £4.5 million over the past three years to support schools in delivering high quality computing teaching. This includes £3 million for Computing At School to build a national network of over 350 ‘Master Teachers’ in Computer Science whom schools can commission to provide training for their teachers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/11/2015 16:15:46 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2015 17:08:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 32663 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

432976

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools require pupils to wear a burqa or jilbab as part of their uniform.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	902428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information about individual schools’ uniform policies.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities legislation and act reasonably, fairly and flexibly in the interests of all their children.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information about individual schools’ uniform policies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities law, and act reasonably and fairly in the interests of all their students.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We would expect all schools to act flexibly in response to reasonable requests to vary their uniform policy.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department's guidance on school uniform is available online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:15:11 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:18:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 32754 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

432979

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	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, what steps she is taking to provide parents of summer-born children with flexibility to decide in which year group their children start school.
	tabling member constituency	Horsham
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Quin
	uin	902431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We recognise the vital importance of early intervention, particularly for the most disadvantaged members of society and the crucial role played by education and children’s services in promoting good outcomes for children and families. The latest Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2014-to-2015</a> show that the proportion of children achieving a good level of development in relation to the most deprived areas, SEN, free school meal eligibility, term of birth, first language and ethnicity is improving. The proportion of children eligible for FSM has increased from 45% in 2014 to 51% in 2015 and the gap between FSM and other children has narrowed from 18.9 percentage points in 2014 to 17.7 in 2015</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are concerned that some parents of summer born children either feel forced to send their children to school before they are ready, and before compulsory school age, or risk missing the reception year at school where the essential teaching of early reading and arithmetic takes place.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Subject to parliamentary approval, we have therefore decided to amend the School Admissions Code to ensure that summer born children can be admitted to the reception class at the age of five, where this is what their parents want, and can remain with that cohort as they progress through school, including through to secondary school. We will conduct a full public consultation in due course. </ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">I recently set out this policy intent in an open letter to parents, schools and local authorities. The letter is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/summer-born-children-nick-gibbs-letter-about-school-admissions.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:10:57 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:17:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 32746 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin

442298

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Fire Stations: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the purchase of the Kingsland Fire Station site for use by the Hackney New Primary School; and what the gain to the public purse was of the sale of that site.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
	uin	20737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Neither the Secretary of State for Education nor the Department for Education has purchased this site. The Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) purchased Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The purchase of Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4DR for the sum of £16,000,000 (exclusive of VAT) from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority was funded from the Department for Education’s budget and made in the name of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The site has not been sold on.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2016 16:57:24 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2016 11:40:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 38163 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

443231

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443235

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448274

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care are currently subject to Staying Put arrangements in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	24560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday during the year ending 31 March 2015, who are eligible for care leaver support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford Borough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NE Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">15*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. England total has been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>x. Figures not shown in order to protect confidentiality.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Since the publication of PQ 24560, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets has notified the Department of a correction to their figure for the ‘Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday’. Tower Hamlets submitted data stating this figure as 0, when it should have been 15 (rounded).</ins></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:37:18 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2016 09:56:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 42550 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

449804

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	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, how many appeals were heard by the Education Funding Agency and Local Government Ombudsman in relation to admissions decisions made by (a) academies, (b) academies which were previously maintained schools and (c) free schools in each year since 2009-10; how many such appeals were upheld; which schools were subject to those appeals; and what proportion of academies and free schools those schools represent.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	25402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Parents have the right to complain to an admission authority regarding its decision to refuse admission of a child. The admission authority must establish an independent appeals panel to hear the complaint. On behalf of the Secretary of State, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) will investigate complaints about the appeals process operated by independent appeal panels for academies and free schools.</p><p>The table below provides information on admission appeals complaints assessed as being in scope for investigation by EFA since April 2012, when it was established. EFA has no record of admission appeal complaints in the last four financial years from any Civil Society Organisations.</p><p>The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) handles the appeals process operated in respect of maintained schools. The Department does not hold information on the number of admission appeals complaints heard by the LGO. The LGO should hold this information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong>Current financial year to date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ25402 (A) Total number of admission appeal complaints about academies investigated by EFA</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ25402 (B) Total number of admission appeal complaints about academies which were previously maintained schools investigated by EFA</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ25402 (C) Total number of admission appeal complaints about free schools investigated by EFA</p></td><td><p>Not recorded centrally for this financial year</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of admission appeal complaints fully upheld by EFA</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Name of schools where EFA has investigated an admission appeal complaint subject to appeals</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total appeals complaints investigated, as a proportion of open academies and free schools</p></td><td><p>5% (of 2,796)</p></td><td><p>4% (of 3,874)</p></td><td><p>3% (of 4,881)</p></td><td><p>4% (of 5,447)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson previous answer version 43884 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson 43939 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson question first answered 09/02/2016 13:58:14 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2016 17:19:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 25402 and 25404 attachment.xlsx title 25402 and 25404 attachment
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

449805

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	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, how many appeals were made by civil society organisations to the Education Funding Agency and Local Government Ombudsman in relation to admissions decisions made by (a) academies, (b) academies which were previously maintained schools and (c) free schools in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	25404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Parents have the right to complain to an admission authority regarding its decision to refuse admission of a child. The admission authority must establish an independent appeals panel to hear the complaint. On behalf of the Secretary of State, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) will investigate complaints about the appeals process operated by independent appeal panels for academies and free schools.</p><p>The table below provides information on admission appeals complaints assessed as being in scope for investigation by EFA since April 2012, when it was established. EFA has no record of admission appeal complaints in the last four financial years from any Civil Society Organisations.</p><p>The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) handles the appeals process operated in respect of maintained schools. The Department does not hold information on the number of admission appeals complaints heard by the LGO. The LGO should hold this information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Financial year 2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 </strong>Current financial year to date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ25402 (A) Total number of admission appeal complaints about academies investigated by EFA</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ25402 (B) Total number of admission appeal complaints about academies which were previously maintained schools investigated by EFA</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ25402 (C) Total number of admission appeal complaints about free schools investigated by EFA</p></td><td><p>Not recorded centrally for this financial year</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of admission appeal complaints fully upheld by EFA</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Name of schools where EFA has investigated an admission appeal complaint subject to appeals</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td><td><p>See attachment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total appeals complaints investigated, as a proportion of open academies and free schools</p></td><td><p>5% (of 2,796)</p></td><td><p>4% (of 3,874)</p></td><td><p>3% (of 4,881)</p></td><td><p>4% (of 5,447)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson previous answer version 43883 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson 44366 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson question first answered 09/02/2016 13:58:14 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2016 17:19:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 25402 and 25404 attachment.xlsx title 25402 and 25404 attachment
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517141

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	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, what information her Department holds on the relationship between the degree classifications of trainee teachers with their later performance in a teaching career.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	36309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In order to complete initial teacher training successfully, all trainees must meet the Teachers’ Standards in full. The standards emphasise the importance of the basics of good teaching, such as strong subject knowledge and effective behaviour management. Following the review teacher training by Sir Andrew Carter, we have a commissioned an expert group to develop a new framework of content for training, based closely on the Teachers’ Standards and reiterating the requirement to place a clear focus on essentials such as the effective development of subject knowledge and being able to identify and respond to special educational needs. The group will be making its recommendations to Ministers shortly.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/05/2016 12:15:13 question first ministerially corrected 13/05/2016 09:53:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 60912 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin