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1134271

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Transforming Children Green Paper, what his strategy is for ensuring a joined-up approach between school mental health leads and other appropriate agencies to improve the mental health of young people.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	268626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has a joint programme of work with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Health Education England to deliver the proposals set out in the green paper ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’.</p><p> </p><p>New Mental Health Support Teams are being introduced jointly by the Department and NHS England and will be available to 20-25% of England by 2023. These teams will work with schools and colleges and other professionals such as educational psychologists, school nurses, counsellors and social workers to supplement existing support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also incentivising schools and colleges to identify and train a senior mental health lead, who will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of a whole school or college approach to promoting better mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is providing training through the Link programme to schools and colleges in England over four years from autumn 2019. The Link programme is designed to develop effective partnership working between schools and colleges and NHS specialist mental health services for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/07/2019 11:22:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 125813 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1015165

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 190480 on Pupil Exclusions, what steps Ofsted would undertake in the event that during a (a) section 5 school inspection or (b) joint Ofsted and Care Quality Commission inspection it found evidence of unlawful practice in relation to school exclusions; and who such evidence would be reported to.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	195664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2018 17:18:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1005827

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers Ofsted has to investigate the (a) level of and (b) reason for school exclusions through its (i) school inspections and (ii) joint area inspections with the Care Quality Commission.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	190480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Ofsted has a duty to consider pupils’ behaviour and safety as part of its section 5 school inspections. While it is not Ofsted’s role to investigate individual cases, inspectors always look at exclusions on school inspections and ask head teachers about trends and reasons for exclusions. The issue of exclusion is also covered as part of the joint Ofsted/Care Quality Commission inspections of local authorities’ effectiveness in identifying and meeting the needs of children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities. Inspectors will report on overall levels of exclusions, and may comment when there is a specific or recurring trend.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2018 16:05:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

523025

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children from disadvantaged backgrounds in (a) Burnley and (b) Lancashire gained five or more GCSEs including English and mathematics in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	39364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The percentage of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at A* -C, including English and mathematics by local authority and disadvantaged backgrounds in 2014 and 2015 is published in the GCSE and equivalent statistical first release.[1],[2].</p><p> </p><p>Burnley district level information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>2015:</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2014-to-2015</a> (table LA9)</p><p> </p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a> (table 6)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/06/2016 16:05:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

523026

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Burnley and (b) Lancashire eligible for free school meals attain level four or above at Key Stage 2 in reading, mathematics and writing.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	39333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The percentage of pupils who are eligible for free school meals and attain level 4 or above in key stage 2 reading, mathematics and writing, is published in the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2: 2015,” statistical first release[1].</p><p> </p><p>Burnley district level information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>[1] KS2 for 2014/15:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/483612/SFR47_2015_KS2_LA_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/483612/SFR47_2015_KS2_LA_Tables.xlsx</a> (Table 25 by local authorities)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/06/2016 16:03:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

523027

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the teacher to pupil ratio is in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	39332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The following link provides the pupil to teacher ratio (PTR) in (a) state funded secondary and (b) state funded primary schools in Lancashire local authority and in England for November 2014, the latest information available: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/06/2016 16:03:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

521163

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mandarin Language: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Mandarin language teachers are working in schools; and how many people are training to teach the Mandarin language.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	38243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we know from the annual School Workforce Census how many teachers are teaching Other Modern Foreign Languages in secondary schools, we cannot identify how many are teaching Mandarin.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement last September of a £10 million fund for Mandarin teaching in English schools, the Department is starting a Mandarin Excellence Programme in September 2016 with the aim of teaching Mandarin Chinese to a high level to at least 5,000 pupils by 2020. This programme will ensure that there is a sufficient number of teachers for these pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/06/2016 16:48:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

521166

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) mathematics and (b) physics teachers completed teacher training through each available teacher training route in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	38182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is available in Table 1a of the Main tables: SFR46/2015 found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>This table shows the number of postgraduates recruited to Initial Teacher Training in the academic year 2015/16 by route and subject, including mathematics and physics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/06/2016 16:42:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

515306

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Burnley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were not allocated a place at their preferred primary school place in Burnley in the academic year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	35428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Information on school place preferences being met is not available at constituency level. Data is collected at local authority level and the figures for Lancashire local authority (which includes the Burnley constituency) show that for the academic year 2015-16 a total of 448 applicants did not receive an offer of any of their top three preferences. Full details are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Lancashire local authority, primary school preferences, 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of applicants</p></td><td><p>13,444</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants who received 1st preference</p></td><td><p>11,889</p></td><td><p>88.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants who did not receive 1st preference</p></td><td><p>1,555</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applicants who received a preferred offer</p></td><td><p>12,996</p></td><td><p>96.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Did not receive a preferred offer</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Lancashire’s figures were an improvement on their results for 2014/15, when 504 applicants did not receive an offer of any of their preferred schools, out of a total of 13,543 applications. This meant that 3.7% did not receive a preferred offer (compared to 3.3% in 2015/16), whilst 96.3% did receive an offer of one of their preferred schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 15:59:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

513615

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Select Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times she has attended public meetings of the Education Committee since her appointment.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	34344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education has given evidence to the Education Select Committee six times since she was appointed in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/05/2016 16:27:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper