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43700

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school-age pupils who have been illegally excluded from school in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	192512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's statutory guidance makes clear that all exclusions from school must be lawful, reasonable and fair. The guidance sets out schools' responsibilities in relation to exclusion and includes examples of unlawful use of exclusion. There is no excuse for a school not to adhere to the correct process, and Ofsted takes seriously any evidence that a school has acted unlawfully in its use of exclusion.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

43705

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of schools in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire which carry out collective acts of Christian worship each day; what proportion those schools form of the total number of schools which are required to do so; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	192737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>All publicly funded maintained schools in England remain legally required to provide a daily act of worship for all registered pupils up to age 18 and the Government has no plans to change this. It does not, however,collect data on school provision in this area.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

44023

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's planned capital departmental expenditure limit will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	192822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's latest published planned capital departmental expenditure limit is set out in the recently published 2013-14 ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum' (Annex D), which can be accessed via the following link.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/DFE%20201314%20Supp%20Estimate%20Memorandum%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/DFE%20201314%20Supp%20Estimate%20Memorandum%20FINAL.pdf</a></p><p>A copy has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The information will be updated when the Main 2014-15 Estimate is published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

44025

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding was allocated for disadvantaged two year olds in Rotherham in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	192809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the amount of funding allocated to deliver the early education entitlement for two year olds in Rotherham are published online.</p><p>Figures for 2013-14 can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130903192841/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/earlylearningandchildcare/delivery/free%20entitlement%20to%20early%20education/b0070114/eefortwoyearolds/la-funding-allocations" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130903192841/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/earlylearningandchildcare/delivery/free%20entitlement%20to%20early%20education/b0070114/eefortwoyearolds/la-funding-allocations</a></p><p>Figures for 2014-15 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-learning-for-2-year-olds-letter-from-elizabeth-truss" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-learning-for-2-year-olds-letter-from-elizabeth-truss</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

44027

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requests for information relating to (a) abortion and (b) sex and relationships education were made to his Department under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each year since 2011; whether each such request was (i) agreed to and (ii) refused; if he will place in the Library a copy of the information provided in response to each request; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
	uin	192865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>A search of the Department for Education's central database for all correspondence, including Freedom of Information (FOI) requests using ‘abortion' and ‘sex and relationship' as search terms, found five FOI requests tabled in the period since 2011. In four cases no information was held. A copy of one response has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>A more detailed search could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

44028

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the mathematics teachers recently brought by his Department from Shanghai to England to help raise standards were chosen; who those teachers are; and which schools they came from.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	192916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the maths teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. Up to 60 teachers from each country will participate in the exchange which will start in the autumn term of the next academic year. Teachers from Shanghai will be sent to English schools designated as centres of excellence for maths. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers and schools will take part. The programme will be managed through our Maths Hubs network which will be in place by September.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

44356

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 improve opportunities for children in primary school to learn computer programming.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Naomi Long
	uin	193003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>As part of the reforms to the national curriculum, the Department for Education is strengthening the teaching of programming in schools by replacing ICT with computing. The new computing programmes of study, which will be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, have a much greater emphasis on computer science and include a significant focus on programming. Primary school pupils at key stage 1 will be taught to understand what algorithms are, create and debug simple programs, and use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs. Building on this, primary school pupils at key stage 2 will be taught to design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; and use logical reasoning to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.</p><p>The Department is funding several projects to help teachers acquire the necessary subject knowledge and skills to teach the new computing curriculum. We are funding the British Computer Society (BCS) to help primary school teachers improve their subject knowledge through online teach-yourself resources and 800 in-school workshops. We are also funding BCS to build a network of 400 ‘Master Teachers'. A further £500,000 competitive match-funded scheme was announced on 4 February to support excellent computing teaching and lever additional investment and engagement from business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

44361

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made for the number of three and four year olds who will benefit from his new early years premium; what the eligibility criteria is for those children; how those three and four year olds will be identified; what amount will be attached to each child; how the premium will be administered; whether all early years settings will be eligible to receive the premium for children in their care; and how many years that funding is guaranteed for.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	192995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The purpose of the £50 million funding through a Pupil Premium for early years, which the Government announced on 18 March, is to improve early years provision for disadvantaged three and four year-olds. We will consult on delivery of the Premium, including the eligibility criteria, prior to its introduction in April 2015. Funding decisions beyond 2015-16 will be determined in a future Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

44498

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	193216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the Maths Teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. The exchange will start in the next academic year. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers from Shanghai will participate.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

44697

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	193386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. hon member to the response of 26 March 2014, Hansard column 300W, provided by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane