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1077545

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK schools that undertook (a) the partial removal of asbestos and (b) the total removal of asbestos from school buildings in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	226030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department started to collect data on asbestos management in schools in 2016. All state-funded schools in England were invited to participate in the voluntary data collection and 25% responded. The findings were published in a report on GOV.UK in February 2017, but the data collection did not include information about how much asbestos had been removed from the school estate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department launched a second data collection, the Asbestos Management Assurance Process, in March 2018, to help develop a more comprehensive understanding of asbestos management in the school estate which does include a question on asbestos removal. This data collection has just closed and responses are being analysed. The Department intends to publish the findings from this report in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>To help local authorities, governing bodies and academy trusts to meet their legal duties and manage asbestos effectively, the Department refers to advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). In February 2017, the Department also published ‘Asbestos Management in Schools’ guidance. The HSE advice is clear that if asbestos is unlikely to be damaged or disturbed, then it is best managed in situ. Although, the Department is also clear that when asbestos does pose a risk to safety and cannot be effectively managed in situ, it should be removed.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, the Department has allocated £6 billion to those responsible for school buildings and for essential maintenance and improvements, including removing or encapsulating asbestos when it is the safest course of action to do so. In addition, through the Priority School Building Programme, the Department is rebuilding or refurbishing buildings in the worst condition in over 500 schools across the country. Asbestos was a factor in selecting buildings for the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2019 13:07:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1077574

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Sexual Harassment
	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 universities on steps they can take to reduce levels of sexual misconduct towards students.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	226034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The government takes any form of violence and sexual harassment, including in higher education, extremely seriously. The department meets with individual universities and representative bodies on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues relating to student welfare. In addition, the department holds regular meetings with Universities UK (UUK) and the Office for Students (OfS) specifically on matters of sexual harassment and misconduct in higher education, including in relation to progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the UUK Taskforce’s on sexual violence, harassment and hate crime affecting university students.</p><p>Since the publication of these recommendations in 2016, a total investment of £4.7 million, match funded by higher education providers, has been invested by the OfS and its predecessor, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, in 119 safeguarding projects; £2.45 million of which was given to 63 projects specifically focussed on tackling sexual and gender-based violence in higher education. This work remains a priority for the department, which is why my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State’s guidance for the financial year 2019-20 asks the OfS to continue to support the student experience, including a focus on harassment and hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/03/2019 12:16:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1077582

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of UK schools with internet speeds of (a) less than 10 Mbps, (b) between 10 and 30 Mbps and (c) over 30 Mbps.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	226038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>According to data from Ofcom[1], there are at least 200 schools in areas that cannot receive connection speeds of over 10Mbps, and 500[2] schools in areas that cannot receive connection speeds of over 30Mbps.</p><p>The Department recognises the importance of broadband infrastructure for schools. The Department is working with industry and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to accelerate the full fibre internet connectivity rollout to all schools. In addition to this, the Department is supporting those schools most in need[3] that would not otherwise receive a timely upgrade through commercial routes. The Department has therefore identified hundreds of schools where connectivity will be accelerated by funding a new full fibre connection over the next two years, bringing schools, local communities and businesses onto an ultrafast, full fibre connection.</p><p>The Department will be publishing the Education Technology Strategy in the spring, which will include how schools are being supported to overcome the barrier of internet connectivity to harness the opportunities of technology.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/multi-sector-research/infrastructure-research/connected-nations-2018" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/multi-sector-research/infrastructure-research/connected-nations-2018</a>. This data refers only to schools in England.</p><p>[2] The 500 schools include the 200 schools that are in areas that cannot receive connection speeds of over 10Mbps.</p><p>[3] As announced in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, the market alone is unlikely to support network deployment in the final c.10% of premises. The review can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-telecoms-infrastructure-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-telecoms-infrastructure-review</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2019 14:18:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079570

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) paid and (b) unpaid overtime hours worked by teachers in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	227364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Teachers are not paid overtime as part of the national framework of terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) sets out the terms and conditions, including working hours, of teachers employed in maintained schools in England. The STPCD requires that teachers be available for work on 195 days each year, of which 190 are teaching days (the other five being for INSET); teachers are also required to be available for 1265 hours each year to be allocated reasonably across these days. The 1265 hours make up the directed hours, which are available for headteachers to direct the work of teachers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the directed time, teachers must also work &quot;such reasonable additional hours as may be necessary to enable the effective discharge of the teacher’s professional duties&quot;.</p><p> </p><p>Non-maintained schools, including academies and free schools, are responsible for determining the pay and conditions of their staff themselves. Such schools are not obliged to follow the statutory arrangements set out in the STPCD, although they may still choose to do so if they wish.</p><p>The Department collects robust information about teachers’ working hours in both the Teaching and Learning International Survey and the Teacher Workload Survey, including time spent on teaching and non-teaching activities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2019 16:21:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079575

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of children in the UK applying for a secondary school place who were accepted by their first choice every year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	227368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>​The proportion of children who applied through the coordinated admissions process for a place at secondary school, and were made an offer of their first choice school, is provided in the table below for entry into the academic years 2010/11 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Entry into academic year</p></td><td><p>Proportion made 1st preference offer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>83.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>85.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>86.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>84.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>82.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Secondary application and offer data are currently being collected and are scheduled to be published, alongside primary level data, in June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2019 15:57:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1082591

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of 16 to 18 year olds in full-time education studying foreign language courses in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	229081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of 16-18 year olds studying modern foreign languages is not held centrally, but the number of students entering an A level exam in any modern foreign language has been provided as a proxy.</p><p> </p><p>The number of entries by students at the end of their 16-18 study in England for 2009/10 to 2017/18[1] inclusive is provided in the tables below. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2017-to-2018-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2017-to-2018-revised</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of entries (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>29.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>26.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15[2]</p></td><td><p>27.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>26.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18[3],[4]</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 16-18 attainment data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Covers examination results of students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August 2017.</p><p>[2] Figures from 2012/13 to 2014/15 cover students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the reporting year. Figures for earlier years cover students who were entered for at least one A level, applied single award A level, applied double award A level or combined A/AS level in the summer of the reporting year.</p><p>[3] Figures for 2015/16 onwards cover students at the of advanced level study who were entered for at least one A/AS level, applied single A/AS level, applied double A/AS level or combined A/AS level during their 16-18 study. As a result there has been a large increase in the number of A level students since 2016 and therefore figures are not directly comparable to earlier years.</p><p>[4] 2018 figures are based on revised data. Figures for all other years are final.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:40:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1082607

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of gender-based pay inequality in the education sector.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	229082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2018 provisional data shows that the median pay gap in the UK between male and female teaching and education professionals is 6.1%.</p><p>The Department is committed to working with schools to address barriers that can prevent women from progressing in the workplace. £2 million has been invested in new nationwide school led equality and diversity hubs to share expertise and provide professional development for teachers with protected characteristics, including women. The Department is also working with school leaders to expand opportunities for flexible work in schools which will help to retain experienced female teachers in the profession.</p><p>The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document states that, ‘Procedures for determining pay must comply with all the requirements of discrimination legislation. Procedures for determining pay should also be consistent with the principles of public life – objectivity, openness and accountability.’</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 17:48:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1083563

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Contraception
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of different forms of contraception among students in secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	229604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The current subject of sex education and the associated sex and relationship Education guidance, published in 2000, set out that schools should provide young people with information about different types of contraception, safe sex and how they can access local sources of further advice and treatment. As part of the Key Stage 4 biology curriculum and the combined science GCSE, pupils are taught about hormones in human reproduction, and about hormonal and non-hormonal methods of contraception.</p><p> </p><p>The new subject of relationships and sex education will also cover contraception. Under the topic of ‘intimate and sexual relationships, including sexual health’, the draft guidance sets out that secondary pupils should know the facts about the full range of contraceptive choices, efficacy and options available. They should also know how the different sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDs, are transmitted, how risk can be reduced through safer sex (including through condom use) and the importance of and facts about testing. Pupils should also be taught how to get further advice, including how and where to access confidential sexual and reproductive health advice and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to making the regulations, schools will be required to teach the new subjects of relationships education (primary), relationships and sex education (secondary) and health education (all schools) from September 2020, and they will be encouraged and supported to start teaching them from September 2019 on a voluntary basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/03/2019 17:16:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1083573

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Knives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of schools in England that have metal- or knife-detecting technology.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	229608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/03/2019 17:42:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1084392

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds studying for degree-level apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	230030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The availability of level 6+ apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships has grown significantly, with 78 standards now available at levels 6 and 7, of which 60 include a degree. The National Apprenticeship Service works with local partners and through an employer engagement campaign across the most deprived local authority areas (65 in total) to make sure that apprenticeships are available in disadvantaged areas at all levels.</p><p>We have also recently launched our Opportunities Through Apprenticeships project, working with local authorities, employers and providers in Portsmouth, South Tyneside, Nottingham and Torbay to increase participation in high-value apprenticeships and drive social mobility. We have supported degree apprenticeships for those from disadvantaged backgrounds through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund.</p><p>In 2017, we launched the second phase of the fund to expand degree apprenticeships and to widen access to the opportunities they offer. The fund also incorporated measures to expand provision in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and improve gender diversity in STEM apprenticeships. It also supported a range of awareness-raising activities focusing on higher-level and degree apprenticeships, including 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service/National Apprenticeship Service careers fairs offering 240,000 Year 12 students access to information on high quality technical education options at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/03/2019 17:27:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham