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100142

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	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1 million made available for teachers and special educational needs support staff through the National Scholarship Fund has been awarded.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211205 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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

100146

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	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs support staff have bid for funds from the National Scholarship Fund to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211317 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100147

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	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have parent governors been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211234 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100148

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	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have members been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of members. The model articles of association for academy trusts set out the arrangements for the composition of the members. Members may be appointed by a foundation or sponsor body, or by a special resolution of the existing members.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:33:26 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100149

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	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have directors of the board been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211249 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

99804

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City Technology Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many city technology colleges still exist; and how many such colleges have converted to Academy status to date.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>There are three open city technology colleges. There are 12 open academies whose predecessor school was a city technology college.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:34:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

99806

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City Technology Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in schools with city technology college status are looked-after children; and how this figure compares to other schools in their local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest information on numbers of children looked-after in each school is for 2013. There were three schools with city technology college status for which information was returned on the spring 2013 school census. The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of city technology college</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Emmanuel College</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Thomas Telford School</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority</p></td><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of looked-after children attending<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headcount of children in school<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looked-after children as a percentage of headcount</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of looked-after children attending all state funded secondary schools in local authority<sup>1,3</sup></p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of children attending all state funded secondary schools in local authority<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>22,075</p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>10,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looked-after children as a percentage of all those attending state funded secondary schools in the local authority</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 2013 SSDA903 Children looked after data collection matched to the spring census 2013</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>From SSDA903 Children looked-after data collection matched to the spring census 2013. To be included in this data, children must have been looked after during the year from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, had a UPN submitted by the local authority and been successfully matched with the spring 2013 school census.</li><li>Taken from the spring 2013 census described in the Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2013 Statistical First Release.</li><li>Relates to the local authority where the children were educated. The local authority responsible for the care of the children may be different.</li><li>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5, percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.</li><li>x denotes a number from 1 to 5 inclusive, which has been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Percentages have been suppressed where the numerator was 5 or less.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:27:55 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

99807

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City Technology Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to make national guidance on fair admissions which gives priority to looked-after children binding on city technology colleges.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>All maintained and academy schools must comply with the School Admissions Code. This requires them to give highest admissions priority to looked-after and previously looked-after children.</p><p>The School Admissions Code does not apply, however, to city technology colleges (CTCs), including city colleges for the technology of the arts (CCTAs), which are independent schools set up under provisions originally within the Education Reform Act 1998.</p><p>Each of these schools was established prior to the introduction of a mandatory School Admissions Code, so the funding agreements put in place do not require them to give priority to looked-after or previously looked after children.</p><p>Any variation in those funding agreements has to be with the CTC or CCTA’s agreement.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:32:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

99808

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects Ofsted to report on the role of inspection in monitoring specialist education support services for children with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	211167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 September 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-09-10/208892/" target="_blank">208892</a>.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 23/10/2014 11:06:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke