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100145

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her contribution of 22 July 2014, Official Report, column 1262, what progress her Department has made on implementing the commitments made in the 2011 Prevent Strategy review; and what plans she has to publish the information on her Department's work in this area.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	211284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government publishes an annual report which describes recent developments in the terrorist threat to the UK and its interests, and the progress made in our counter-terrorism work. This includes high-level information about the contribution of different Government departments to the implementation of the Prevent strategy.</p><p>The Secretary of State's statement to the House on 22 July, in response to Peter Clarke's report into allegations about schools in Birmingham, set out the latest steps that the Government is taking to increase the resilience of schools to extremism.</p><p>The Secretary of State is still considering the best format to update the House on delivery of the Department’s commitments, and will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:31:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

223934

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken on the implementation of the commitments made in and monitoring of outcomes following the 2011 Prevent Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	225665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Prevent programme is a strand of CONTEST – the UK’s strategy for countering extremism – aimed at stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism and extremism. The Government publishes an annual report on CONTEST which describes recent developments in the terrorist threat to the UK and its interests, and the progress made in our counter-terrorism work. This includes high-level information about the contribution of different Government departments to the implementation of the Prevent Strategy. The most recent report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contest-annual-report-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contest-annual-report-2013</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education established a dedicated unit to lead work on the commitments set out in the Prevent strategy. This work has focussed on putting in place due diligence arrangements and strengthening regulatory frameworks to reduce the risk of children and young people being exposed to extremist views and to increase their resilience to extremism and radicalisation. The Secretary of State made a statement to the House on 29 January on the progress the Department is making to implement the recommendations contained in Peter Clarke’s report on Birmingham schools, and this gives details of a number of steps the Department has taken to tackle extremism in schools. The statement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/update-on-birmingham-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/update-on-birmingham-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/03/2015 17:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

223935

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help schools in Tower Hamlets tackle radicalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	225666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Tower Hamlets is one of 30 Prevent priority areas, identified through a prioritisation process which assesses information from police, local authorities and others. Each priority area receives funding for a Prevent coordinator, and is supported by the Home Office to develop delivery plans relating to Prevent objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local Prevent co-ordinators work with partners in their areas, including schools, for example by training frontline staff in tackling extremism and identifying people at risk. The local police also provide support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education also works with individual schools where concerns arise. Following recent reports of pupils from Bethnal Green Academy travelling to Syria, the Department is providing support to the school through the Regional Schools Commissioner, in addition to the support being provided by the local authority and police in particular. <strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 04/03/2015 17:42:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

225462

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 10.42 of the Prevent Review, published in 2011, what steps her Department took between 2011 and 2014 to improve training and information on radicalisation for schools.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	226500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Prevent programme is a strand of CONTEST – the UK’s strategy for countering extremism – aimed at stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism and extremism. Schools are important to the Prevent strategy both in order to reduce risks of radicalisation, and because schools should be safe spaces where children and young people can challenge and discuss ideas around extremism. Training and information for schools is provided mainly through local Prevent networks, funded by the Home Office, and by the local police, who are best placed to work with schools and to provide support tailored to their particular circumstances. The support available includes trained experts who can deliver training and information in schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Prevent strategy over 130,000 public sector workers, including school staff, have been trained on tackling extremism and identifying people at risk. Schools have access to a wide range of products to help them build pupils’ resilience to extremism and radicalisation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/03/2015 17:43:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

225463

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	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 4 March 2015 to Question 225665, what work her Department undertook between 2011 and 2014 to implement the review of the Prevent Strategy in 2011, and what evaluation was undertaken of that work.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	226501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education set up a dedicated unit, the Due Diligence and Counter Extremism Group, now a director-led group, to lead its contribution to the Prevent strategy, in particular by working to reduce the risk of unsuitable individuals and organisations from gaining influence over schools and strengthening regulatory frameworks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has carried out due diligence checks to establish the suitability of individuals and organisations seeking to become involved in schools and in other activity involving children and young people. Work on strengthening regulatory frameworks includes, but is not limited to, amending the standards applying to institutions, teachers and governors to require them to conduct themselves in a way which is compatible with fundamental British values and enabling the Secretary of State and others to take action where they fail to do so. Ofsted has strengthened the school inspections handbook so that inspectors take account of how well schools promote fundamental British values, and protect pupils from the risks of extremism and radicalisation, when judging their effectiveness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of local Prevent projects, funded by the Home Office, engage schools and supplementary schools and train teachers in priority areas. The Home Office has established a monitoring framework to evaluate the local delivery of Prevent project funding to local authorities. The process for allocating funds requires projects to be evidence-based with clear steps to evaluate activity. The Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) collates the evidence from projects it funds in order to evaluate consistently across similar projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/03/2015 17:46:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

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