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1108713
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-01more like thismore than 2019-04-01
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 Relationships and Sex 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 he plans to take steps to ensure that testing, treatment and prevention will be covered thoroughly enough in Relationships and Sex Education to reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in young people; and if he will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency North Norfolk more like this
tabling member printed
Norman Lamb more like this
uin 239199 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answer text <p>Pupils need to know how to protect their own mental and physical health, they need to know what activities, behaviours and circumstances can risk these and they need to know when and how to seek help both for themselves and others.</p><p> </p><p>At secondary school, by introducing health education alongside relationships and sex education (RSE), the Government will ensure that pupils are taught age appropriate knowledge about sexual health. In health education, this includes the benefits of regular self-examination and screening, and the facts and science relating to immunisation and vaccination. This is complemented by content in RSE about how sexually transmitted infections are passed on and treated, how risks can be reduced, the importance of and facts about testing and prevalence and the impact sexually transmitted infections can have on those who contract them. This will be set in the context of how to get further advice, including how and where to access advice and treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to supporting schools to deliver high quality teaching of relationships education, RSE and health education. A budget of £6 million has been allocated in 2019/20 financial year to develop a programme of support for schools. Further funding beyond the next financial year is a matter of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-04T14:47:58.717Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-04T14:47:58.717Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
tabling member
1439
label Biography information for Norman Lamb more like this
1108724
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-01more like thismore than 2019-04-01
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: Admissions 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 Table 2e, Schools Pupils and Their Characteristics, National Tables, how many primary schools had 801 or more pupils on their roll in each (a) region and (b) local authority in England in January 2018. more like this
tabling member constituency Ashton-under-Lyne more like this
tabling member printed
Angela Rayner more like this
uin 239252 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answer text <p>There were 129 stated-funded primary schools with 801 or more pupils in England in January 2018. The tables below provide this by region and local authority.</p><p>These figures are derived from the data published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>Data for each school is available in the underlying data, contained in the file named ‘Schools_Pupils_and_their_Characteristics _2018_Schools_Pupils_UD’.</p><p>A large school does not mean larger class sizes. Despite an increase of over half a million children attending state-funded primary schools in England between 2010 and 2018, the average primary class size has remained stable.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is undertaking the biggest expansion in school places in two generations, and recent statistics show we are well on track to create one million places nationwide in the decade to 2020, reversing a reduction of 100,000 school places between 2004 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 – State-funded primary schools with 801 or more pupils in January 2018, by region</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 - State-funded primary schools with 801 or more pupils in January 2018, by local authority</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol City of</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School census</p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-04T14:42:12.737Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-04T14:42:12.737Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
tabling member
4356
label Biography information for Angela Rayner more like this
1108806
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-04-01more like thismore than 2019-04-01
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 Pupil Exclusions 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 steps his department is taking to discourage schools from excluding primary-aged pupils. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Jim Cunningham more like this
uin 239182 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answer text <p>Good discipline in schools is essential to ensure that all pupils can benefit from the opportunities provided by education. Schools can only exclude a pupil for a disciplinary reason, and all decisions to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. The Government supports head teachers in using exclusion as a sanction, where it is warranted.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance issued to schools is clear that they should consider underlying causes of poor behaviour before issuing an exclusion as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the Government launched an externally-led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review is exploring how head teachers use exclusion, and why pupils with particular characteristics are more likely to be excluded from school. It is also considering the differences in exclusion rates across primary and secondary schools in England. The review and the Government response will be published shortly.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-04T15:11:49.313Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-04T15:11:49.313Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
tabling member
308
label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham more like this
1105921
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-28more like thismore than 2019-03-28
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: Admissions 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 many new school places his Department estimates will be created by all centrally funded school places programmes in the (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 academic years. more like this
tabling member constituency Ashton-under-Lyne more like this
tabling member printed
Angela Rayner more like this
uin 238365 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-02more like thismore than 2019-04-02
answer text <p>The Government has committed £7 billion of funding for school places between 2015 and 2021, on top of investment in the free schools programme. The Government is on track to deliver an additional one million school places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations.</p><p>The Department collects pupil forecasts, existing school capacities, and plans to deliver additional school places from each local authority via the annual school capacity survey. This is combined with information on centrally funded projects to add places, such as new free schools.</p><p>The latest available estimates on the number of new school places created by centrally funded school places programme are 23,817 places in 2018/19, 23,775 places in 2019/20, and 20,447 places in 2020/21. School capacity statistics publications are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-02T16:51:12.063Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-02T16:51:12.063Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
tabling member
4356
label Biography information for Angela Rayner more like this
1105674
registered interest true more like this
date less than 2019-03-27more like thismore than 2019-03-27
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: Teachers 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 the findings of the National Deaf Children’s Society’s press release of 18 March 2019, A system in crisis: the daily battle for specialist teachers, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of specialist teachers. more like this
tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
tabling member printed
Dan Jarvis more like this
uin 237774 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answer text <p>The data collected via the School Workforce Census shows that full time equivalent teacher numbers in special schools have risen by 2,900 between 2010 and 2017 (19%).</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department recognises that some schools, including special schools, are facing challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers. That is why in January 2019 the Department launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, which outlines four key areas for reform and investment. These include creating the right climate for leaders to establish supportive school cultures, transforming support for early career teachers, building a career structure that remains attractive to teachers as their careers and lives develop, and making it easier for people to become teachers.</p><p>Designed collaboratively with the sector, the centrepiece of the strategy is the Early Career Framework (ECF), which will underpin a fully funded, two year package of structured support for all early career teachers. The ECF draws on the best available research evidence and has been designed around the most effective forms of professional development for improving teacher retention for early career teachers. The strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy</a>.</p><p>For the 2019/20 recruitment cycle, the Department is taking forward the successful recruitment strategies from the last cycle, including boosting our marketing and support to applicants, providing generous bursaries for priority subjects, making it easier to take the skills test, and working with providers to ensure we are accepting every applicant who is ready to train to teach.</p><p>The Department is also addressing the issues that teachers cite as reasons for leaving the profession, by continuing to work extensively with unions, teachers and Ofsted to challenge and remove unhelpful practices that create unnecessary workload.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2019-04-04T15:52:03.62Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
previous answer version
111107
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
4243
label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
1105142
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-26more like thismore than 2019-03-26
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 Schools: Birkenhead 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, which schools in Birkenhead have expanded their intake without undertaking a public consultation in the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Birkenhead more like this
tabling member printed
Frank Field more like this
uin 237009 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Department does not collect information relating to the published admissions numbers of individual schools.</p><p>All school admission authorities must set a published admissions number (PAN). This is the number of pupils the school will admit at their normal point of entry, for example, to the reception year of a primary school.</p><p>Admission authorities are not required to consult before increasing their PAN. They must, however, notify the local authority of any intention to do so.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-04T15:46:12.023Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-04T15:46:12.023Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
previous answer version
111136
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
478
label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead more like this
1105166
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-26more like thismore than 2019-03-26
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 Department for Education: Public Expenditure 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 15 March 2019 to Question 229154 on Department for Education: Public Expenditure, how much of the (a) £23 billion his Department has allocated to the school estate and (b) £7 billion his Department has allocated for the creation of new school places between 2015 and 2021 will be spent in the fiscal year (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18, (iii) 2018-19, (iv) 2019-20 and (v) 2020-21. more like this
tabling member constituency Ashton-under-Lyne more like this
tabling member printed
Angela Rayner more like this
uin 237123 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-04more like thismore than 2019-04-04
answer text <p>The Department’s Supplementary Estimate publishes budgets for school's capital programmes annually, which are set out as below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.170 million</p></td><td><p>£4.393 million</p></td><td><p>£4.663 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Detailed spending plans for future financial years will be set out in future Main and Supplementary Estimates. The sources for this information are available here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Estimates-Memoranda/Department-for-Education-Supplementary-Estimate-2017-18-Memorandum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Estimates-Memoranda/Department-for-Education-Supplementary-Estimate-2017-18-Memorandum.pdf</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Department-for-Education-Main-Estimate-2018-19-Memorandum%20.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/Department-for-Education-Main-Estimate-2018-19-Memorandum%20.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed £7 billion to create new school places between 2015 and 2021. This includes spend in 2015-16 as well as the years specified in the question. The Department’s main capital funding for new school places is through the annual basic need allocations. The payment schedule for these allocations can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also committed £365 million between 2018 and 2021 to create new places and improve facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. The payment schedule can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Additional school places are also created through other capital programmes, including the Condition Improvement Fund, to which a link can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a>.</p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-04T15:42:36.867Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-04T15:42:36.867Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
previous answer version
111288
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
4356
label Biography information for Angela Rayner more like this
1105238
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-26more like thismore than 2019-03-26
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 Schools: Homophobia 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 assessment he has made of trends in the level of homophobic abuse of pupils in schools. more like this
tabling member constituency Cardiff Central more like this
tabling member printed
Jo Stevens more like this
uin 237172 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-02more like thismore than 2019-04-02
answer text <p>The Department’s most recent figures on the levels of homophobic bullying in schools come from our omnibus surveys of school staff and pupils, parents and carers. The school snapshot survey 2016/17 interviewed senior leaders and teachers, and showed that 14% of those interviewed had seen homophobic or biphobic bullying either sometimes or often in the previous 12 months. This publication can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-snapshot-survey-winter-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-snapshot-survey-winter-2017</a>.</p><p>This is similar to the results from the teacher voice omnibus 2015/16, which showed that 13% had seen homophobic or biphobic bullying sometimes. The publication can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-voice-omnibus-november-2016-survey-dfe-questions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-voice-omnibus-november-2016-survey-dfe-questions</a>.</p><p>In the pupil and parent or carer omnibus survey 2016/17, 10% of pupils reported that they had been bullied in the past year because they are, or someone says they are, gay, lesbian or bisexual; 4% had been bullied daily, weekly, or monthly. The same survey conducted in 2017/18 shows a similar pattern with 13% of pupils reported that they had been bullied in the past year because they are, or someone says they are, gay, lesbian or bisexual; 6% had been bullied daily, weekly, or monthly. The publication can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-and-their-parents-or-carers-omnibus-wave-1-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-and-their-parents-or-carers-omnibus-wave-1-survey</a>.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office is providing £4 million of funding, from September 2016 to March 2020, to help schools prevent and respond to homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. In November 2018 the Department also published ‘Respectful School Communities’, available at <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leader" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leader</a>, which is a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind. The Department is also making relationships education compulsory in all primary schools, relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools and health education compulsory in all state-funded schools. This will address bullying of all kinds, with a focus on supporting pupils to develop positive respectful relationships, understanding the impact of harmful stereotypes and developing pupil wellbeing.</p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-02T14:16:51.027Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-02T14:16:51.027Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
previous answer version
111121
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
4425
label Biography information for Jo Stevens more like this
1105239
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-26more like thismore than 2019-03-26
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 Schools: Crimes of Violence 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 many violent incidents directed at teachers at schools there were in each of the last five academic years. more like this
tabling member constituency Cardiff Central more like this
tabling member printed
Jo Stevens more like this
uin 237173 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-02more like thismore than 2019-04-02
answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-02T14:08:08.037Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-02T14:08:08.037Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
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answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
answering member
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label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Jo Stevens more like this
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-25more like thismore than 2019-03-25
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 STEM Subjects: Skilled Workers more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the skills gap in STEM subjects. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
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Jim Shannon more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-04-02more like thismore than 2019-04-02
answer text <p>To address the shortage of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills, the Department is encouraging more students into STEM education and training, at all stages from primary school to higher education. As part of the Industrial Strategy, the Government has committed substantial spending on mathematics, digital and technical education to increase the take-up and better teaching of STEM subjects in schools. For example, the Department is funding a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching and participation, and the Advanced Maths Premium which aims to support schools and colleges in tackling some of the financial barriers to increase participation in post-16 maths.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to tackling the gender imbalance in STEM subjects, and has invested in programmes to address female participation, particularly in subjects like computing and physics. This includes the Stimulating Physics Network which has a specific strand focusing on increasing the number of girls’ in physics A level. A Gender Balance in Computing pilot programme will also be launched this year to identify practical interventions that schools (at all stages, excluding post-16) can implement to improve girls’ participation in computing.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is improving careers advice in schools so that young people are aware of the high quality options available for both technical and academic routes into STEM and that they have access to information about the variety of careers that STEM pathways have to offer. STEM activities, including employer talks and work visits, are built into school career programmes and the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company funds opportunities for young people to meet a wide range of STEM employers.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-04-02T16:54:44.823Zmore like thismore than 2019-04-02T16:54:44.823Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Nick Gibb remove filter
tabling member
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label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this