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573692

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to which countries of concern on human rights the Government has authorised arms sales in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	44223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>From January 2015 – March 2016 licences have been granted for military goods to the following countries of human rights concern:</p><p>Afghanistan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Burundi; Central African Republic; China; Colombia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Egypt; Iraq; Israel and The Occupied Palestinian Territories; Maldives; Pakistan; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Syria; Turkmenistan; Venezuela; Yemen and Zimbabwe.</p><p>Further details on all licences granted for export are publically available as Official Statistics at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and any sanctions or embargoes that may be in place at the time an application is submitted for consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 08/09/2016 16:37:07 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 9746 answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox answering member 223
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

1467440

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 5499, for what reason his Department is unable to provide the total modelled condition need and average condition need per school for each local authority area or Parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	11878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The department plans to publish school level building condition data collected in the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme later this year. We are considering publication of the modelled average condition need per school at local authority and parliamentary constituency level and will set out plans when we publish the building condition data.</p><p>The department have published the total modelled condition need for the CDC programme, in the report published in May 2021, which is £11.4 billion. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The report also includes a regional breakdown of both modelled condition need and average condition need per school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2022 16:47:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1467200

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 5498, what school sites were officials in his Department referring to when they stated in emails to officials at 10 Downing Street dated 30 March 2022 and 4 April 2022 that some school sites are a risk to life.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	11875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Twickenham to the answer I gave on 27 May 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-19/5498" target="_blank">5498</a>. There are no open school or college buildings where the department is aware of an imminent risk to life. Very occasionally, we will need to support a responsible body, such as an academy trust, which takes a decision to close part, or all, of a school for safety reasons, while the necessary remedial works are carried out.</p><p>Given the age and design life of some schools, the department expects that some school buildings will need to be replaced in future. For this reason, we have launched a 10-year School Rebuilding Programme which will deliver 500 rebuilding and refurbishment projects at schools across England, transforming education for hundreds of thousands of pupils. We also provide annual condition funding to schools and those responsible for school buildings, to ensure schools remain safe and in good working order. Since 2015, £13.1 billion in condition funding has been allocated, including £1.8 billion committed for the 2022/23 financial year. Allocations are informed by consistent data on the condition of schools, and we also provide extensive guidance on safe and effective management of the school estate.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2022 16:42:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464529

	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	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the schools in each (a) local authority area and (b) Parliamentary constituency that were surveyed during the 2017-19 Condition Data Collection Programme had at least one building element graded D (bad).
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	5500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The number of schools assessed as having at least one construction type graded D in the Condition Data Collection by i) local authority and ii) parliamentary constituency is set out in the attached documents.</p><p>The department expects to publish more detailed data from the Condition Data Collection programme later this year and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 5500_table_CDC_Local_Authority.pdf title 5500_table_1 2 file name 5500_table_CDC_Parliamentary_Constituency.pdf title 5500_table_2 question first answered 27/05/2022 13:43:00 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464521

	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	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) total modelled condition need and (b) average condition need per school which was found during the Condition Data Collection programme in 2017 to 2019 in (i) each local authority area and (ii) Westminster constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	5499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The total modelled condition need, defined as the modelled cost of the remedial work to repair or replace all defective elements in the school estate, is £11.4 billion. Further details can be found in the report published in May 2021, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The report includes a regional breakdown of both modelled condition need and average condition need per school. The department expects to publish more detailed data from the Condition Data Collection programme later this year and will set out further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/05/2022 13:37:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464466

	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	Schools: Buildings
	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 school and college sites which pose a risk to life; and if he will a publish a list of those sites.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	5498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>There are no open school or college buildings where the department know of an imminent risk to life. On those rare occasions where we know of buildings that do pose such a risk, immediate action is taken, ranging from partial closure and remedial works, to a complete rebuilding of the school or college.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/05/2022 10:28:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464536

	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	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been visited as part of his Department's Condition Data Collection 2 programme to date; and if he will publish a summary of that programme's findings to date.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	5501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>As of 20 May 2022, 4,705 schools have been visited as part of the Condition Data Collection (CDC) 2 programme. The department has validated and quality assured school condition datasets for 2,621 of those schools, which represents less than 12% of schools included in the CDC2 programme.</p><p>The number of schools that we have validated CDC2 data for represents too small a sample to draw conclusions on the condition of school buildings across the school estate in England. The department plans to publish summary findings of the CDC2 programme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/05/2022 16:55:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464465

	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	Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on expanding the School Rebuilding Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	5497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The department engages regularly with HM Treasury about investment in schools, including capital investment.</p><p>Well-maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the department. In recent years the department has announced significant increases in capital funding to improve the condition of schools. We have also allocated over £13 billion to schools and those responsible for school buildings since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year. In addition, our School Rebuilding Programme will transform 500 schools over the next decade, prioritising schools in poor condition or with potential safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/05/2022 16:50:02 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464174

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2022
	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, with reference to Point 162 in the Schools White Paper, which specific provision in the Schools Bill will ensure that local authorities take responsibility for managing all applications for in-year admissions.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	4702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The proposal for local authorities to manage in-year admissions does not require primary legislation.</p><p>As part of the Schools White Paper, the department has committed to consulting on reforms the schools admissions framework including requiring local authorities to manage in-year applications, as well as applications in the normal round.</p><p>The department is working with stakeholders to refine our proposals. We will then carry out a full public consultation as required by statute when making changes to the School Admissions Code before implementing proposed changes to the code.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/05/2022 16:13:39 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1461503

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of removing VAT applied to school uniforms in the context of rising living costs.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>Officials at the department meet regularly with counterparts across government to discuss national priorities.</p><p>Under the current VAT rules, all children’s clothing and footwear designed for young people less than 14 years of age, including school uniforms, attract a zero-rate of VAT. This means that no VAT is charged on the sale of these items.</p><p>The UK is one of only two countries among the 37 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries to maintain a VAT relief for children’s clothing. This costs Her Majesty’s Treasury £2 billion per year. Expanding that relief would come at a further cost and would have to be balanced by increased taxes elsewhere or reductions in government spending.</p><p>The government is supporting the hardest hit with £22 billion of help with the cost of living, including cutting hundreds of pounds off household bills, and keeps all taxes under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/05/2022 15:12:34 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson