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1699167
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Regional Schools Commissioners: Finance and Staff more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual budget is for regional schools commissioners, per commissioner per region in each financial year since 2014-15; and how many staff were employed by each commissioner on average in each financial year since 2014-15. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 20781 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-16more like thismore than 2024-04-16
answer text <p>The department has identified the costs as the workforce costs and the General Administration Expenditure for the Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) and their teams up to 2022, and for Regional Directors and their teams from 2022 onwards. RSCs were replaced in 2022 by Regional Directors with an expanded remit.</p><p> </p><p>The department's policy of retaining financial records for seven years limits access to data before the 2016/17 financial year.</p><p>In 2019 the department underwent re-organisation to align its delivery work in relation to academies, free schools and school improvement, bringing together functions that were previously delivered in different parts of the department. This data for 2019/2022 is therefore not directly comparable to previous years, as the functions delivered by the RSC teams expanded.</p><p>The RSC Staff programme budget, represented in the table below, was held centrally until the 2020/2021 financial year and then was split and allocated to the individual regions from 2021/2022. This was a change in where the budget sat rather than a change in staffing levels.</p><p><strong>Workforce actual spend data for Regional Schools Commissioner teams 2016/2022 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Workforce Actual Spend (Millions of GBP)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2017-18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2018/19 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2019/20 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2020/21 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2021/22 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East of England and North East London</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.60</p></td><td><p>£1.62</p></td><td><p>£1.15</p></td><td><p>£1.07</p></td><td><p>£1.20</p></td><td><p>£1.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East Midlands and Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.90</p></td><td><p>£1.48</p></td><td><p>£1.39</p></td><td><p>£1.10</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td><td><p>£2.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC Lancashire and West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.85</p></td><td><p>£1.91</p></td><td><p>£1.45</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td><td><p>£1.39</p></td><td><p>£2.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North &amp; Opportunity North East </strong></p></td><td><p>£1.57</p></td><td><p>£1.29</p></td><td><p>£1.16</p></td><td><p>£0.74</p></td><td><p>£0.93</p></td><td><p>£3.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North West London and South Central England</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.89</p></td><td><p>£1.62</p></td><td><p>£1.27</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td><td><p>£1.51</p></td><td><p>£3.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC South East and South London</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.18</p></td><td><p>£1.66</p></td><td><p>£1.43</p></td><td><p>£1.11</p></td><td><p>£1.63</p></td><td><p>£3.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSD South West</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.20</p></td><td><p>£1.98</p></td><td><p>£1.39</p></td><td><p>£1.59</p></td><td><p>£1.81</p></td><td><p>£3.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.90</p></td><td><p>£1.91</p></td><td><p>£1.15</p></td><td><p>£1.20</p></td><td><p>£1.67</p></td><td><p>£3.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC Staff Programme Costs*</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.08</p></td><td><p>£9.95</p></td><td><p>£14.68</p></td><td><p>£15.90</p></td><td><p>£16.31</p></td><td><p>£0.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent staffing data for Regional Schools Commissioner teams 2016/2022 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Staff per Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY20/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY21/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East of England and North East London</strong></p></td><td><p>44.01</p></td><td><p>41.46</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>41.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East Midlands and Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>46.99</p></td><td><p>59.93</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>51.4</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>49.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC Lancashire and West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>54.16</p></td><td><p>68.71</p></td><td><p>48.6</p></td><td><p>64.2</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>54.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North &amp; Opportunity North East</strong></p></td><td><p>40.48</p></td><td><p>41.28</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td><td><p>41.9</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>37.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North West London and South Central England</strong></p></td><td><p>49.35</p></td><td><p>52.43</p></td><td><p>48.4</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC South East and South London</strong></p></td><td><p>54.19</p></td><td><p>58.52</p></td><td><p>42.4</p></td><td><p>61.7</p></td><td><p>54.8</p></td><td><p>52.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC South West</strong></p></td><td><p>54.66</p></td><td><p>55.59</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>67.2</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>58.62</p></td><td><p>52.57</p></td><td><p>46.7</p></td><td><p>57.9</p></td><td><p>58.6</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In July 2022, the creation of Regions Group within the department led to the replacement of the RSC role with Regional Directors, with a broader remit for the delivery of special educational needs and disabilities support and children’s social care improvement and interventions in their regions alongside their role in relation to academies and free schools. The regional structures were also re-organised to align with geographical boundaries of English regions. This data is therefore not directly comparable to the previous years.</p><p><strong>Workforce actual spend data for Regional Director teams 2022/2024</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Workforce Actual Spend Data for Regional Director Teams 2022 – 2024 (Millions of GBP)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Workforce Actual</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Workforce Actual (at end of Feb 2024)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2022/23 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2023/24 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.70</p></td><td><p>£3.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.60</p></td><td><p>£3.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - London</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.06</p></td><td><p>£3.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North East</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.47</p></td><td><p>£2.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.44</p></td><td><p>£4.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South East</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.04</p></td><td><p>£3.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.34</p></td><td><p>£4.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.26</p></td><td><p>£3.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.00</p></td><td><p>£3.89</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent staffing data for Regional Director teams 2022/2024</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Staff per Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY22/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY23/24 (Actual FTE at end of Feb 24)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td><td><p>54.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>53.0</p></td><td><p>65.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - London</strong></p></td><td><p>55.6</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North East</strong></p></td><td><p>38.3</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North West</strong></p></td><td><p>76.2</p></td><td><p>80.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South East</strong></p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>61.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South West</strong></p></td><td><p>66.3</p></td><td><p>78.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>69.7</p></td><td><p>70.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td><td><p>71.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-16T16:09:23.403Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-16T16:09:23.403Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1699203
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading English Language and Mathematics: Further Education more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact of the 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding on (a) student experience of learning at and (b) staffing levels in (i) further education colleges and (ii) independent training providers. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 20782 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-15more like thismore than 2024-04-15
answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of literacy and numeracy skills, both in work and everyday life. Securing good levels of literacy and numeracy has a positive impact on participation in society, improves earnings and employment opportunities and opens doors to further learning.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the mathematics and English condition of funding are intended to have a positive effect on 16-19 students, giving them the English and mathematics skills they need to progress in life and work. The changes also bring England in line with other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where 16-19 students receive significantly more hours of English and mathematics teaching. For the 2024/2025 academic year, the department expects providers to comply as far as reasonably possible with the changes, so they have time to plan and prepare before the department measures compliance from the 2025/2026 academic year. Only then will the department begin the phased removal of the tolerance. More information about mathematics and English condition funding can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As the department works with the sector on implementation, the department remains committed to considering the impacts on students in further education colleges and independent training providers. This includes the workforce implications, and maximising the benefits for them.</p>
answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate more like this
answering member printed Luke Hall more like this
grouped question UIN 20783 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-15T12:38:50.793Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-15T12:38:50.793Z
answering member
4450
label Biography information for Luke Hall more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1699204
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading English Language and Mathematics: Further Education more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the phased removal of the tolerance of students who do not meet the 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding from 5% to 0%, starting in academic year 2026-27, on (a) further education colleges and (b) independent training providers. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 20783 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-15more like thismore than 2024-04-15
answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of literacy and numeracy skills, both in work and everyday life. Securing good levels of literacy and numeracy has a positive impact on participation in society, improves earnings and employment opportunities and opens doors to further learning.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the mathematics and English condition of funding are intended to have a positive effect on 16-19 students, giving them the English and mathematics skills they need to progress in life and work. The changes also bring England in line with other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where 16-19 students receive significantly more hours of English and mathematics teaching. For the 2024/2025 academic year, the department expects providers to comply as far as reasonably possible with the changes, so they have time to plan and prepare before the department measures compliance from the 2025/2026 academic year. Only then will the department begin the phased removal of the tolerance. More information about mathematics and English condition funding can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As the department works with the sector on implementation, the department remains committed to considering the impacts on students in further education colleges and independent training providers. This includes the workforce implications, and maximising the benefits for them.</p>
answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate more like this
answering member printed Luke Hall more like this
grouped question UIN 20782 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-15T12:38:50.827Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-15T12:38:50.827Z
answering member
4450
label Biography information for Luke Hall more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1700644
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Detection Rates more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of unsolved crimes. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 902331 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-15more like thismore than 2024-04-15
answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring all partners across the Criminal Justice System (CJS) work better together to increase the number of cases being charged and prosecuted and improve case progression.</p><p>We welcome the commitment from police forces across England and Wales to pursue all leads where there is a reasonable chance it could result in catching a perpetrator and solving a crime.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-15T14:51:37.77Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-15T14:51:37.77Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1697992
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-21more like thismore than 2024-03-21
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Global Partnership for Education more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps the Department has taken to support the work of the Global Partnership for Education. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 19970 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-04-02more like thismore than 2024-04-02
answer text <p>Ensuring access to quality education is an FCDO priority. The UK is a founding member and top bilateral donor to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). GPE estimates that its support will help partner countries get 40 million more girls into school and support 17 million more girls to read in low and lower-middle income countries by 2025. In 2021, the UK co-hosted the Global Education Summit, helping to raise a historic $4 billion in donor pledges for GPE, including the UK's pledge of £430 million to GPE over five years. So far, the UK has disbursed £60 million in line with the FCDO Spending Review allocation.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-04-02T10:03:32.89Zmore like thismore than 2024-04-02T10:03:32.89Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1692963
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-01more like thismore than 2024-03-01
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Universities more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department has included Russell Group progression as a measure in school performance data and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this inclusion on (a) schools and (b) non-Russell Group universities. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 16510 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-19more like thismore than 2024-03-19
answer text <p>The percentage of students progressing to Russell Group universities metric provides useful information to parents and students about which schools and colleges support their students to go on to study at this group of research intensive institutions. This is a supplementary measure to the department’s main headline and top-level additional destination measures. Russell Group is a term which is widely understood. Most Russell Group universities are in the top third higher education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The department keeps all measures under regular review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-19T16:55:46.967Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-19T16:55:46.967Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1692865
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-29more like thismore than 2024-02-29
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Finance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional capital funding has been spent in each of the local authorities with a Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention to support delivery of the agreement where this forms part of the agreement. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 16446 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-08more like thismore than 2024-03-08
answer text <p>The Safety Valve programme targets the local authorities with the highest Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficits. The programme requires the local authorities involved to develop substantial plans for reform to their high needs systems, with support and challenge from the department, to rapidly place them on a sustainable footing. If the local authorities can demonstrate sufficiently that their DSG management plans create lasting sustainability and are effective for children and young people, including reaching an in-year balance as quickly as possible, then the department will enter into an agreement to hold the authority to account for delivery.</p><p>Through the agreements, the authorities are subsequently held to account for their reform and savings targets via regular reporting to the department. The department will help the local authorities with additional revenue funding over time to contribute to their historic deficits, but this is contingent on delivery of the reforms in the agreements.</p><p>Capital funding is a necessary feature of many local authorities’ DSG management plans, in cases where investment in local infrastructure will result in the availability of more appropriate provision and subsequent revenue savings. Local authorities with Safety Valve agreements are therefore invited to apply for additional high needs capital funding, to be provided as a one-off ‘top-up’ to their high needs provision capital allocations (HNPCA).</p><p>Out of the 34 local authorities that currently have Safety Valve agreements, we have allocated additional capital funding to 22. The funding allocated to these local authorities is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional capital funding allocated through the Safety Valve programme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>£3,780,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>£1,220,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>£3,616,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>£3,851,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>£7,530,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>£6,962,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>£8,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>£8,270,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>£4,323,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>£8,558,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>£9,903,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>£11,290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>£7,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>£7,188,479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>£9,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>£6,153,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>£2,918,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>£4,681,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>£6,332,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£131,280,684</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 12 local authorities that did not receive additional capital either did not apply or did not successfully demonstrate to the department that capital support was necessary to support their DSG management plans.</p><p>In order to receive additional capital funding, local authorities’ proposals must demonstrate how investment would align to the reform plans and savings targets in their Safety Valve agreements. Proposals also need to show how capital plans will meet identified gaps in provision and improve the local provision offer. Once funding is allocated, local authorities have appropriate flexibility to make sensible adjustments to their plans, reflecting that the statutory duty to provide sufficient school places remains with the local authority.</p><p>6 local authorities are currently in Safety Valve negotiations with the department and have also been invited to apply for capital funding. The outcome of those negotiations and any additional capital funding being allocated will be communicated to local authorities shortly, and additional capital funding will be paid to local authorities as part of their 2024/25 HNPCA allocations later this year.</p>
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
grouped question UIN 16447 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-08T11:01:53.127Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-08T11:01:53.127Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1692866
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-29more like thismore than 2024-02-29
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Special Educational Needs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many additional SEND places have been opened in each of the local authorities that have a Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention since the agreement was put in place. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 16447 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-08more like thismore than 2024-03-08
answer text <p>The Safety Valve programme targets the local authorities with the highest Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficits. The programme requires the local authorities involved to develop substantial plans for reform to their high needs systems, with support and challenge from the department, to rapidly place them on a sustainable footing. If the local authorities can demonstrate sufficiently that their DSG management plans create lasting sustainability and are effective for children and young people, including reaching an in-year balance as quickly as possible, then the department will enter into an agreement to hold the authority to account for delivery.</p><p>Through the agreements, the authorities are subsequently held to account for their reform and savings targets via regular reporting to the department. The department will help the local authorities with additional revenue funding over time to contribute to their historic deficits, but this is contingent on delivery of the reforms in the agreements.</p><p>Capital funding is a necessary feature of many local authorities’ DSG management plans, in cases where investment in local infrastructure will result in the availability of more appropriate provision and subsequent revenue savings. Local authorities with Safety Valve agreements are therefore invited to apply for additional high needs capital funding, to be provided as a one-off ‘top-up’ to their high needs provision capital allocations (HNPCA).</p><p>Out of the 34 local authorities that currently have Safety Valve agreements, we have allocated additional capital funding to 22. The funding allocated to these local authorities is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Additional capital funding allocated through the Safety Valve programme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>£3,780,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>£1,220,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>£3,616,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>£3,851,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>£7,530,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>£6,962,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>£8,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>£8,270,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>£4,323,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>£8,558,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>£9,903,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>£11,290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>£7,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>£7,188,479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>£3,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>£9,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>£6,153,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>£2,918,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>£4,681,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>£6,332,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£131,280,684</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 12 local authorities that did not receive additional capital either did not apply or did not successfully demonstrate to the department that capital support was necessary to support their DSG management plans.</p><p>In order to receive additional capital funding, local authorities’ proposals must demonstrate how investment would align to the reform plans and savings targets in their Safety Valve agreements. Proposals also need to show how capital plans will meet identified gaps in provision and improve the local provision offer. Once funding is allocated, local authorities have appropriate flexibility to make sensible adjustments to their plans, reflecting that the statutory duty to provide sufficient school places remains with the local authority.</p><p>6 local authorities are currently in Safety Valve negotiations with the department and have also been invited to apply for capital funding. The outcome of those negotiations and any additional capital funding being allocated will be communicated to local authorities shortly, and additional capital funding will be paid to local authorities as part of their 2024/25 HNPCA allocations later this year.</p>
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
grouped question UIN 16446 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-08T11:01:53.19Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-08T11:01:53.19Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1690359
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-20more like thismore than 2024-02-20
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Mobile Phones more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's guidance on mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance on the number of children using mobile phones in school. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 14964 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-28more like thismore than 2024-02-28
answer text <p>The department assessed the different approaches to managing the use of mobile phones in schools in the ‘School Snapshot Survey: Winter 2019’.</p><p>This showed that 48% of secondary schools permitted regulated use of mobile phones at specific points during the school day and that only 16% had outright bans.</p><p>In March 2023, 15% of school leaders and 53% of pupils reported that mobile phones were used in lessons when they were not supposed to. Mobile phone use in lessons when not permitted can have an impact on the learning time for all pupils in the class and lead to online bullying, distraction and classroom disruption.</p><p>The publication of the ‘Mobile phones in schools’ guidance has the potential to impact pupils using phones in all schools where strict policies have not yet been effectively implemented.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-28T11:31:45.39Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-28T11:31:45.39Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
1690158
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-19more like thismore than 2024-02-19
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading English Language and Mathematics: GCSE more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 11876 on English Language and Mathematics: GCSE, how many and what proportion of young people from a disadvantaged background achieved a pass in GCSE (a) English and (b) maths in 16-19 education by their prior grade at age 16 in the corresponding qualification only in the 2022-23 academic year. more like this
tabling member constituency Twickenham remove filter
tabling member printed
Munira Wilson more like this
uin 14763 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-23more like thismore than 2024-02-23
answer text <p>The data required to produce post-16 English and mathematics GCSE attainment by prior attainment in those subjects by disadvantage status is not yet published for 2022/23. It is scheduled for publication in the National Statistics release ‘Level 2 and 3 attainment age 16 to 25’ at the end of April 2024, which will be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19</a>.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-23T12:22:07.773Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-23T12:22:07.773Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
4776
label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this