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1086334

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans the Secretary of State for Education has to meet headteachers to discuss the WorthLess? campaign and those headteachers' concerns over cuts in educational funding and the impact of such cuts on schools’ ability to provide an appropriate educational experience for children of all abilities; if so, when; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL14374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets regularly with teachers, headteachers and representative groups to discuss education issues, including school funding. Regarding the specific group mentioned, I have met with them, as has my right hon. Friend, the Minister of state for School Standards. Senior officials continue to engage with this organisation through a working group.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has been invited to meet with representative headteachers from this group twice since January 2018. These meetings were taken by myself and senior officials as part of ongoing engagement with this organisation through a working group.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14375 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:26:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1086336

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests to meet representative headteachers from the WorthLess? campaign have been declined by the Secretary of State for Education; and when such requests were refused.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL14375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets regularly with teachers, headteachers and representative groups to discuss education issues, including school funding. Regarding the specific group mentioned, I have met with them, as has my right hon. Friend, the Minister of state for School Standards. Senior officials continue to engage with this organisation through a working group.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has been invited to meet with representative headteachers from this group twice since January 2018. These meetings were taken by myself and senior officials as part of ongoing engagement with this organisation through a working group.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14374 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:26:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1086380

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy with regard to parents of state funded schools being asked to provide funding to support the operations of those schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL14410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring that state education remains free for school age children.</p><p>Schools cannot charge for education provided during the school day. Schools are also unable to charge for education outside of the school day where that education is provided in pursuance of a duty to provide the national curriculum, as part of a prescribed public examination or part of religious studies.</p><p>Nothing in legislation prohibits schools from asking parents for donations for any school activity. However, it must be clear that the request is voluntary and children must not be treated differently based on whether or not they made a contribution.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/03/2019 14:53:01 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1082431

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decrease in school spending per pupil in England on pupil educational achievement between 2009 and 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL14268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) figures show that school funding was protected in real terms per pupil between 2010-11 and 2015-16, and protected in real terms overall between 2015-16 and 2017-18. The department is committed to protecting funding in real terms per pupil across 2018-19 and 2019-20, with core funding for schools and high needs rising from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £43.5 billion in 2019-20. The IFS figures also show that real terms per pupil funding for 5 to 16 year olds in 2020 will be more than 50% higher than it was in 2000 and more than 70% higher than in 1990.</p><p>The department have also introduced the national funding formula to distribute this funding more fairly. Since 2017, the national funding formula has given every local authority more money for every pupil in every school, while allocating the biggest increases to the schools that have been the most underfunded.</p><p>Primary school children achieved their highest ever score in the most recent international reading tests in 2016. As at August 2018, 86% of schools have been rated good or outstanding, compared to 68% in 2010.</p><p>Despite prioritising spending on schools and making the distribution of that funding fairer across the country, the department recognises that budgets remain tight. That is why the department is supporting schools and head teachers to make the most of their budgets and reduce costs on expenditures like energy, water bills and materials.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/03/2019 14:45:05 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

1012541

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was the education services grant to local authorities in (1) 2013–14, (2) 2014–15, (3) 2015–16, and (4) 2016–17.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the education services grants (ESG) allocated to local authorities in each financial year from 2013-2014 to 2016-2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Education services grant allocated to local authorities in England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Allocation (£ millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>799.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>717.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>563.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>496.94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The removal of the ESG as of September 2017 was announced at the 2015 Spending Review – there was a note to this effect in the attached document (attachment 1).</p><p>The note states that the rationale for the removal was “making around £600 million savings from the ESG and supporting schools to realise efficiencies” and “Savings of around £600 million will be made on the ESG, including phasing out the additional funding schools receive through the ESG.”</p><p>Data sources:</p><p>2013-14 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant</a>.</p><p>2014-15 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p>2015-16 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>2016-17 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant-esg-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-services-grant-esg-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 06/12/2018 15:44:50 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL11733 attachment 1 doc..pdf title Attachment 1 for HL11733
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

972723

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the annual budgets for (1) maths hubs, (2) careers hubs, and (3) modern foreign languages hubs; and for how many years each type of hub will be funded.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL10306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the budget for 35 maths hubs across England between 2016-17 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths hubs</p></td><td><p>£14 million</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td><td><p>£23 million</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td><td><p>£6 million</p></td><td><p>£9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Teaching for Mastery programme in 2016 approximately 2,900 schools have taken part in the programme with a further 2,700 starting in the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The department announced on 3 August that there will be £4.8 million funding for the modern foreign languages (MFL) hubs programme, over the next four years. We expect that this will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL hubs</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MFL hubs programme will pilot an approach to raising the standard of teaching in modern foreign languages by taking forward the recommendations made in the Teaching Schools Council Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, which was led by head teacher and linguist Ian Bauckham.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of the pilot, in 2023, at least 400 schools will have received direct support from the MFL hubs.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy committed £5 million of funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to set up 20 new careers hubs across the country to test the model piloted in the North East to improve progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks, in addition to continuing to support the work of the original pilot hub in the North East. This will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Careers hubs</p></td><td><p>£2.6 million</p></td><td><p>£2.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, 10 of the new careers hubs will also receive a share of £1.25 million to spend on careers activities spread across both years.</p><p> </p><p>The hubs will start their work from September 2018 and are funded to run for two academic years until July 2020. The 20 new hubs and the expanded North East Hub will cover 700 schools and colleges in total.</p><p> </p><p>[1] For further information regarding the work of this review please see the following webpage: <a href="https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/" target="_blank">https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10305 question first answered 26/09/2018 13:35:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

927367

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in England and Wales they estimate will have a cash terms reduction in their budget for 2018–19, compared to 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL8808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Through the national funding formula (NFF) the government is giving every local authority in England more money for every pupil in every school in 2018-19 and 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table illustrates how much each school is attracting under the NFF in 2018-19, 2019-20 and under the fully implemented NFF. The first tab provides information on how to look up the NFF for a specific school and the NFF data for all schools. The spreadsheet and NFF data is also available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644809/Impact_of_the_schools_NFF.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/644809/Impact_of_the_schools_NFF.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has always been clear that local authorities remain responsible for determining schools’ final budget allocations in these years, in consultation with their schools. All local formulae must contain a Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) to limit the losses schools can see year on year. Local authorities have had the flexibility to set the MFG between -1.5% and +0.5% per pupil.</p><p>The Department understands that many local authorities have decided that the right thing to do is to replicate the national funding formula locally, including setting the MFG to pass on the minimum 0.5% per pupil increase in full to their schools. We support and encourage this. A school’s overall budget may also decline if it has fewer pupils year on year.</p><p>The Welsh Government is responsible for schools funding in Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 03/07/2018 13:19:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL8808 Impact_of_the_schools_NFF.xlsx title NFF_schools_allocation
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

927369

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they hold on the number of schools in England and Wales which are currently in financial deficit.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL8809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>We trust schools to manage their own budgets and the vast majority are operating with a cumulative surplus, with only a small percentage having a deficit. The latest published overall figures for England’s schools show 2,819 academy trusts (94.5%) and 14,645 local authority maintained schools (91%) reporting a cumulative surplus or breaking even, against 165 academy trusts and 1,461 maintained schools reporting a deficit. The percentage of maintained schools in deficit has remained stable compared to 2010, as has the total balance held by maintained schools, at £1.7 billion.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing an additional £1.3 billion to our schools across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above previous plans. Core funding for schools and high needs will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion this year and £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will maintain school and high needs funding in real terms per pupil over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of schools in deficit in Wales is a devolved matter, and therefore for the Welsh government to answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/07/2018 15:15:27 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie