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810680

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the total spend by the Department for Education in each of the last four years in respect of (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Spend in £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Taxis*</p></td><td><p>First class train tickets</p></td><td><p>Business class air travel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>110,163</p></td><td><p>52,863</p></td><td><p>21,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>124,916</p></td><td><p>48,277</p></td><td><p>11,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>142,741</p></td><td><p>77,930</p></td><td><p>26,793</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>81,112</p></td><td><p>68,187</p></td><td><p>32,977</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*figure for taxis is drawn from the department’s expenses system. There may be expenditure for taxis through other routes but the information is not readily available and could only be compiled at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:41:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810729

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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, what estimate she has made of the costs incurred by schools of dyslexia assessments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) does not collect data on costs incurred by schools in the assessment of dyslexia. Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) of pupils, including arranging for appropriate tests. They receive funding which enables them to meet additional needs up to £6,000 per pupil with SEND. Building on 2013-16 funding, the DfE is funding the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) and partners in 2017-18, with £500,000 to facilitate better support for children with dyslexia. BDA resources include affordable (£20-£50) on-line screening tools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:47:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

810051

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the contribution of the childcare industry to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	120517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, the department will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. We have not recently undertaken an economic assessment of the contribution of the industry to the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:44:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

810135

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of primary school children who are eligible for free school meals in Coventry South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	120601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is published in the underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 16:09:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810164

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
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 25 July 2017 to Question 5159, if she will conduct an assessment on the effect of period poverty on young women and girls in schools.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	120630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects information on absences through the termly school census. The department collects data on the number of possible sessions, number of authorised absences, number of unauthorised absences and the reason for absence for each pupil. The reasons for absence do not include a category which would enable sessions missed due to a lack of access to menstrual products to be identified. Full details of the absence data we collect in the school census can be found in the census guidance here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department has sought to establish whether there has been any rigorous national assessment of the prevalence of period poverty or its impact on attendance, however none appears available. We reached out to school stakeholders in July 2017 through the Association of School and College Leaders forum asking for contributions on the issue and have received a very limited response. The department is producing additional analysis of the absence data in order to look for evidence of period poverty and will publish findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:56:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

810191

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the (a) legal and (b) other costs incurred by local authorities in respect of special educational needs and disability tribunals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We do not systematically collect data on the legal or other costs incurred by local authorities in respect of special educational needs and disability (SEND) tribunals.</p><p>The Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor commissioned a review of SEND disagreement resolution arrangements carried out by the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) at the University of Warwick, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-disagreement-resolution-arrangements-in-england-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-disagreement-resolution-arrangements-in-england-review</a>. As part of their analysis of the cost effectiveness of mediation, estimates were collected from a sample of local authorities on the hypothetical case costs in preparing for and attending the SEND Tribunal.</p><p>For a medium complexity case with no mediation and no hearing, the estimated cost to the local authority was £4,331 per appeal. For a case of the same complexity which involved no mediation but went to a full appeal, including a hearing, the estimated cost was £6,056 per appeal. These costs are broken down as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Preparation, of which: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4,331 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour (time/opportunity costs)</p></td><td><p>£4,123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional financial costs</p></td><td><p>£208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Attendance, of which: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£1,725 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour (time/opportunity costs)</p></td><td><p>£1,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional financial costs</p></td><td><p>£438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (preparation + attendance) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6,056 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The additional financial costs above relate to legal costs and overheads, for example, but have not been broken down further in the analysis.</p><p>The data collected, although offering a reasonable assessment of the costs incurred, are based on samples of which there is no way of assessing the extent to which they are representative of every local authority. As such the information should be considered indicative.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 18:04:02 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810240

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who are routinely missing school because they are unable to afford menstrual products.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	120706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>No girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her background or gender. Our current Sex and Relationships Education guidance encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Schools are best placed to identify and address the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5bn of additional funding this year alone.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to ensuring that any policy aimed at improving the attendance or attainment of pupils eligible for free school meals is based on robust evidence. We have sought to establish whether there has been any rigorous national assessment of the prevalence of period poverty or its impact on attendance, however none appears available. The department reached out to school stakeholders in July 2017 through the Association of School and College Leaders forum asking for contributions on the issue and have received a very limited response.</p><p>The department collects information on absence through the termly school census. We collect data on the number of possible sessions, number of authorised absences, number of unauthorised absences and the reason for absence for each pupil. The reasons for absence do not include a category, which would enable sessions missed due to a lack of access to menstrual products to be identified. The method of data collection does not enable us to identify pupils who are routinely missing school as we collect information on the total sessions missed each term. Full details of the absence data we collect in school census can be found in the census guidance here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census</a> . We are producing additional analysis of our absence data to look for evidence of period poverty and will publish findings in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have made it a priority to reduce school absence for all pupils and there has been some notable success in this area, with overall yearly absence rates decreasing from 6.5% of possible sessions missed in 2006/7 to 4.6% in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 120707 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:58:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

810241

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to provide free menstrual products to children on free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	120707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>No girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her background or gender. Our current Sex and Relationships Education guidance encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Schools are best placed to identify and address the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5bn of additional funding this year alone.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to ensuring that any policy aimed at improving the attendance or attainment of pupils eligible for free school meals is based on robust evidence. We have sought to establish whether there has been any rigorous national assessment of the prevalence of period poverty or its impact on attendance, however none appears available. The department reached out to school stakeholders in July 2017 through the Association of School and College Leaders forum asking for contributions on the issue and have received a very limited response.</p><p>The department collects information on absence through the termly school census. We collect data on the number of possible sessions, number of authorised absences, number of unauthorised absences and the reason for absence for each pupil. The reasons for absence do not include a category, which would enable sessions missed due to a lack of access to menstrual products to be identified. The method of data collection does not enable us to identify pupils who are routinely missing school as we collect information on the total sessions missed each term. Full details of the absence data we collect in school census can be found in the census guidance here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-census</a> . We are producing additional analysis of our absence data to look for evidence of period poverty and will publish findings in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have made it a priority to reduce school absence for all pupils and there has been some notable success in this area, with overall yearly absence rates decreasing from 6.5% of possible sessions missed in 2006/7 to 4.6% in 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 120706 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:59:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

810306

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Periods
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 3 July 2017 to Question 82, what support the Government provides to schools to assist them to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	120772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The government provides guidance on Sex and Relationship Education which outlines how and when schools can prepare girls and boys for puberty and menstruation. The year 5 programme of study also provides guidance to schools on how puberty should be covered in the Science curriculum. Schools and teachers should decide what to teach based on their pupils’ needs and, where appropriate, seek the support of specialist organisations and expert professionals. The Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) association supports schools by providing materials for teaching girls and boys about puberty and menstruation for children aged 8-11 and 11-12.</p><p> </p><p>The government is in the process of making Relationships Education in primary schools and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools mandatory and is considering expanding this to PSHE. We have launched a call for evidence to gather the views of teachers, parents, and most importantly, young people to help us shape relationships education and RSE and determine priorities for future guidance. This was launched on 19 December 2017 and closes on 12 February 2018: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/life-skills/pshe-rse-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/life-skills/pshe-rse-call-for-evidence</a>.</p><p>Schools are best placed to identify and address the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5 billion of additional funding this year alone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:43:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

810307

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Periods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.8 of the Sex and Relationship Education Guidelines, what is meant by the phrase make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation; and whether the intention of that phrase extends to schools acting to provide girls with free sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	120773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The government is clear that all young people deserve the opportunity of a rounded education that equips them with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need for adult life in modern Britain. Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) guidance thus encourages schools to prepare boys and girls for puberty, including menstruation. SRE guidance focuses primarily on supporting girls by helping them understand menstruation before they experience the onset of physical changes. However, it also prompts schools to consider providing sanitary protection for girls who start their periods at school and do not have the products necessary to continue their learning.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are best placed to identify and address the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5 billion of additional funding this year alone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/01/2018 17:41:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq