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347129

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary free schools, (b) secondary free schools and (c) university technical colleges have been approved in each local authority area in England and Wales since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the attached tables.</p><p>The figures provided are for England only. Education policy in Wales is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/06/2015 14:11:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name PQ277 attachement - Free schools and UTCs in each local authority.xlsx title Free schools and UTCs in each local authority
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349919

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to schools on the provision of (a) alcohol and (b) drugs education; and whether such guidance requires the specific mention of new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Drugs education is a statutory part of the new national curriculum for science. Pupils should be taught about the effects of recreational drugs, including substance misuse (including alcohol), on behaviour, health and life processes. Teaching in this area can be further strengthened through PSHE education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Effective drug and alcohol education plays an important role in helping to ensure that young people are equipped with the information they need to make informed, healthy decisions and to keep themselves safe. Schools have access to specific information about drugs and alcohol, including resources via the PSHE Association: <a href="http://%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20www.pshe-association.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=1027" target="_blank"> www.pshe-association.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=1027</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 2166 question first answered 16/06/2015 15:31:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349923

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department has provided to (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) further education colleges, (d) local education authorities and (e) academy chains to help them comply with statutory requirements placed on them by the Counter-Terrorism Act 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Keeping children safe from risks of radicalisation is a safeguarding matter and should be approached in the same way as safeguarding children from other risks. School staff should use their professional judgement in identifying children who might be at risk of radicalisation and act proportionately. Our statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education, includes specific references to radicalisation and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/435939/Keeping_children_safe_in_education.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/435939/Keeping_children_safe_in_education.pdf</a></p><p>The Government also published statutory guidance in March setting out the types of activity we expect specified authorities to consider when complying with the duty, which includes a chapter aimed specifically at schools. This information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417943/Prevent_Duty_Guidance_England_Wales.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417943/Prevent_Duty_Guidance_England_Wales.pdf</a></p><p>A training package called the Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP) has been provided to public sector workers and others in the community since 2007, including in schools. It is designed to help identify when people may be vulnerable to radicalisation, how to raise concerns and what proportionate responses should be taken. It is regularly updated and refreshed to deal with any emerging issues.</p><p>The Department will issue further practical advice for schools on the Counter Terrorism and Security Act shortly.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/06/2015 15:54:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349924

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of good quality drug and alcohol education in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Drugs education is a statutory part of the new national curriculum for science. Pupils should be taught about the effects of recreational drugs, including substance misuse (including alcohol), on behaviour, health and life processes. Teaching in this area can be further strengthened through PSHE education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Effective drug and alcohol education plays an important role in helping to ensure that young people are equipped with the information they need to make informed, healthy decisions and to keep themselves safe. Schools have access to specific information about drugs and alcohol, including resources via the PSHE Association: <a href="http://%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20www.pshe-association.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=1027" target="_blank"> www.pshe-association.org.uk/content.aspx?CategoryID=1027</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 2204 question first answered 16/06/2015 15:31:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

349925

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Speech and Language Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the joint commissioning with clinical commissioning groups of speech and language therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not issued specific guidance on joint commissioning for speech and language therapy. Chapter three of the 0 – 25 Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2015 provides guidance on working together for joint outcomes which includes guidance on joint commissioning. The department worked closely with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists when developing the guidance. The Royal College also issued its own guidance to speech and language therapists on the new duties placed on health partners by the Children and Families Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the department has contributed to guidance and resources on joint commissioning provided by the Council for Disabled Children, the National Development Team for Inclusion and Mott Macdonald.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/06/2015 09:20:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

424888

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Kingston upon Hull
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provided for the McAuley Free School project in Hull.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	14009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>The McAuley Free School project opened in 2013 as The Boulevard Academy in Hull and received an outstanding Ofsted report in June 2015.</p><p>As with all free schools, this project received a project development grant to help the Trust cover costs in the run up to opening a free school (the pre-opening stage). The funding is designed to enable Trusts to cover everything they will need to buy up to the point at which the school opens. Post-opening funding expenditure was agreed to cover essential initial costs, such as buying books and equipment. Capital funding rates are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>.</p><p>Since opening, The Boulevard Academy has received its school block allocation of revenue funding, in line with all other maintained schools and academies. Information on schools block allocations for the academic years since 2013/14 is published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=schools+block+funding+allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search?q=schools+block+funding+allocations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 03/11/2015 17:21:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

604048

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Relationships and Sex Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 404 of the Education Act 1996, what her Department's policy is on the teaching of sex and relationships education in proposed new grammar schools.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>Our plan is that the curriculum requirements that apply to existing grammar schools will apply to any proposed new grammar schools.</p><p> </p><p>The requirement under section 404 of the Education Act 1996 for schools to have a statement of their policy on the provision of sex education applies to maintained schools, and the requirement to teach sex education (under section 80 of the Education Act 1996) applies to maintained secondary schools only. Grammar schools operating in the maintained sector are required to teach sex education and must adhere to the requirement under section 404 of the Education Act 1996.</p><p> </p><p>Academies, including grammar schools which are academies, must teach a broad and balanced curriculum and in respect of sex education, they must – like maintained schools - have regard to the Secretary of State’s statutory Sex and Relationship Education guidance issued in 2000. The guidance stipulates that schools must have an up-to-date policy in relation to their sex and relationship education provision. The guidance can be access via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sex-and-relationship-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sex-and-relationship-education</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/10/2016 13:36:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652304

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much public funding the Education Funding Agency expects to (a) successfully claw back and (b) fail to claw back from free schools which have failed to attract the number of students initially planned for the current academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56162 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652308

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Agency identified as needing to be clawed back from new free schools which failed to attract the planned number of students in each academic year since 2009-10; and how many free schools were identified as having funds which needed to be clawed back in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56162 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652309

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Education Funding Agency has clawed back from free schools due to such schools admitting fewer pupils than planned in each academic year since 2009-10; and how much such funding has not yet been clawed back from such schools relating to each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson