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222471

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date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on extending the VAT refund scheme used by other schools to sixth form colleges.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	224684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s position on funding for sixth form colleges, and also for further education colleges, is that while the arguments for removing the sector’s liability for VAT are understood, it is not affordable to do this in financial years 2014-15 or 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/02/2015 16:02:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

222472

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received from charities, schools, lobby groups and educationalists on the Drop the Learning Tax campaign.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	224685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has received correspondence on the Drop the Learning Tax campaign from college representatives such as the Sixth Form Colleges Association, individual colleges and MPs, including a cross-party group led by the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/02/2015 16:11:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

64493

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances gender segregation of boys and girls in the classroom is permitted in schools; and if he will issue revised guidance on this matter to Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	202912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>A co-educational school adopting a policy of separation on the basis of sex, which treated girls less favourably than boys (or vice versa), would be acting unlawfully under the Equality Act 2010. The Department for Education has issued advice to schools on the application of the Equality Act 2010:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools</a></p><p>As this guidance states, it is possible to justify separate classes in exceptional circumstances, for example in delivering elements of sex and relationship education, or for PE. In all other cases, the Department expects co-educational schools to teach boys and girls in mixed classes and not to treat them differently because of their gender.</p><p> </p><p>Inspectors take into account guidance issued to schools by the Department, including the existing guidance on the Equality Act 2010. We would expect them to question a school about any segregation of pupils by gender to ensure that this is only taking place in exceptional circumstances as outlined by the Equality Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:10:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

64495

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances schools are permitted to require religious headcoverings or other religious items as part of compulsory uniform; and if he will issue revised guidance on this matter to Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	202910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Our guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities law, and act reasonably, fairly and flexibly in the interests of all their students.</p><p> </p><p>A school that required compulsory religious items as part of its policy may be at risk of breaching the Equality Act 2010; we would expect all schools to act flexibly in response to reasonable requests to vary their uniform policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's guidance on school uniform is available online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/07/2014 16:39:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman