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1079011

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Governing Bodies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the governance of multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL14128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The department’s expectations of effective governance in multi academy trusts (MATs) is set out in the Academies Financial Handbook and Governance Handbook. This includes the skills, knowledge and behaviours that boards need to demonstrate to be effective. Both handbooks are currently being updated and once completed, copies will be <ins class="ministerial">placed</ins> <del class="ministerial">available</del> in the Libraries of both Houses. The Academies Financial Handbook is updated annually.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Academies Ambassadors Programme, over 1200 volunteers with commercial and business experience have been recruited to join academy boards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/03/2019 17:05:25 question first ministerially corrected 14/03/2019 12:35:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton previous answer version 107039 answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1078999

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Day
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools are finishing before (1) 12 noon, and (2) 1pm on Fridays.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL14117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All schools have the autonomy to decide the structure and duration of their school day, which includes the flexibility to decide when their school day should start and finish.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on when schools finish their school day.</p><p>Maintained schools are required to be open to educate their pupils for at least 380 sessions (190 days) each school year. Maintained schools cannot lawfully reduce the length of the school week if this takes the total number of sessions below that.</p><p>In the event that a school decides to make changes to its school day, it is our expectation that the school should act reasonably when making such decisions; giving parents notice and considering the impact on those affected.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/03/2019 17:34:06 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1079006

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy that all maintained schools should convert to academy status; and if so, by which date they intend that all maintained chools should be converted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL14124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The government believes that all schools can benefit from becoming an academy as part of a multi-academy trust (MAT). The department does not think it is necessary at this time to set a timescale for this ambition to be realised.</p><p>Academy conversion remains a positive choice for many schools who are voluntarily choosing to convert to enjoy the benefits of autonomy and working in collaboration with other schools as part of a MAT. More than 50% of all pupils in state funded schools in England are educated in an academy or free school. The department has been clear that maintained schools are only required to become sponsored academies, due to educational underperformance, if they are judged inadequate by Ofsted.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/03/2019 17:05:08 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1082173

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure disadvantaged young people are able to access degree apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	228565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The availability of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships has grown significantly. 78 standards available at level 6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>The National Apprenticeship Service works with local partners and through an employer engagement campaign across the most deprived local authority areas (65 areas in total) to ensure that apprenticeships are available in disadvantaged areas at all levels. We have also recently launched our ‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth, Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships particularly at higher levels.</p><p>We have specifically supported degree apprenticeships for those under-represented through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund. In 2017, we launched the second phase of the fund, which included criteria aimed at encouraging access to degree apprenticeships for: disadvantaged groups, disadvantaged areas, expanding provision in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and gender diversity in STEM. The fund has also supported a range of awareness-raising activities aimed at higher and degree apprenticeships, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service/National Apprenticeship Service careers fairs and offering access to 240,000 Year 12 students.</p><p>We have increased the proportion of people starting an apprenticeship from black and minority ethnic backgrounds to 11.2% in 2017/18 from an average of 10% in 2010/15. We have also increased the proportion of apprenticeships starts by people with learning difficulties and disabilities to 11.2 per cent.</p><p>We do not differentiate between access or performance criteria at different apprenticeship levels, but we do have programme-wide targets and strive to widen participation across all levels of apprenticeships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 228566 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:21:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1082175

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to establish performance criteria for degree apprenticeships and social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	228566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The availability of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships has grown significantly. 78 standards available at level 6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>The National Apprenticeship Service works with local partners and through an employer engagement campaign across the most deprived local authority areas (65 areas in total) to ensure that apprenticeships are available in disadvantaged areas at all levels. We have also recently launched our ‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth, Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships particularly at higher levels.</p><p>We have specifically supported degree apprenticeships for those under-represented through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund. In 2017, we launched the second phase of the fund, which included criteria aimed at encouraging access to degree apprenticeships for: disadvantaged groups, disadvantaged areas, expanding provision in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and gender diversity in STEM. The fund has also supported a range of awareness-raising activities aimed at higher and degree apprenticeships, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service/National Apprenticeship Service careers fairs and offering access to 240,000 Year 12 students.</p><p>We have increased the proportion of people starting an apprenticeship from black and minority ethnic backgrounds to 11.2% in 2017/18 from an average of 10% in 2010/15. We have also increased the proportion of apprenticeships starts by people with learning difficulties and disabilities to 11.2 per cent.</p><p>We do not differentiate between access or performance criteria at different apprenticeship levels, but we do have programme-wide targets and strive to widen participation across all levels of apprenticeships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 228565 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:21:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1082215

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Social Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the number of grammar schools on levels of social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Grammar schools are popular and oversubscribed. 98% of grammar schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted; 84% are rated outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>Research shows that disadvantaged children attending grammar schools gain the greatest benefit in terms of their attainment.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p> </p><p>The Selective Schools Expansion Fund will fund selective school expansion only if there is a need for places and the schools have deliverable and ambitious plans in place to admit more disadvantaged pupils. Previous administrations permitted selective schools to expand without placing any requirements upon them to admit more disadvantaged children. Sixteen grammar schools have successfully secured funding to expand via the SSEF and a second bidding round has been launched.</p><p>In order to promote greater social mobility, the Department has also agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Grammar School Heads Association under the terms of which the Association has agreed to work with its members to increase the number of disadvantaged pupils on roll.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Atkinson and Gregg ‘Who Benefits from Grammar Schools’ 2004 (<a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/cmpo/migrated/documents/bulletin11.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/cmpo/migrated/documents/bulletin11.pdf</a>) ‘Poor pupils who make it into grammar schools do exceptionally well, getting nearly eight grade points more – equivalent to eight GCSEs being raised from a C to a B. Those not attending grammar schools do no worse than their peers in non-selective LEAs. It is clear from this that selection does indeed work in favour of bright pupils from poor backgrounds’. Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson and Rebecca Johnes (2016), also found that ‘for children entitled to free school meals and attending grammar schools the estimated effect is larger than for non-FSM children – at around half a grade higher in each of eight GCSEs. However, it is important to note that this is based on just 500 grammar school pupils out of almost 90,000 FSM pupils in any single year group’ ‘<a href="http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/29308/1/Grammar_schools_and_social_mobility_policy_options_v2-1.pdf" target="_blank">Grammar schools and social mobility’, (Education Policy Institute)</a> (<a href="http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/29308/1/Grammar_schools_and_social_mobility_policy_options_v2-1.pdf" target="_blank">http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/29308/1/Grammar_schools_and_social_mobility_policy_options_v2-1.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2019 17:30:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Mr David Davis

1082218

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Medicine: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of medical education per student in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228572 228573 228574 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Mr David Davis

1082219

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Engineering: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of engineering education per student in higher education institutions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228573 228574 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Mr David Davis

1082220

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Media: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of social media studies education per student in higher education in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228572 228574 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Mr David Davis

1082222

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Dentistry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of dental education per student in higher education in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228572 228573 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Mr David Davis