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528008

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which EU (a) legislative and (b) other proposals her Department is leading negotiations on for the Government in the Council of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	40904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education is not leading any negotiations in the Council of the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Equalities Office is leading negotiations for the Government on a proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/07/2016 13:07:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

528009

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State for Schools of 19 May 2016, on term-time holidays, what progress the Government has made on improving levels of school attendance.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	40958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The High Court oral judgment represents a significant threat to one of the Government’s most important achievements in education over the last six years, improving school attendance.</p><p>There is abundant academic research which shows that time spent in school is one of the single strongest determinants of a pupil’s academic success. The most recent was published by the Department on 24 March, and shows that every extra day of school missed can affect a child’s attainment at the end of key stage 2 and key stage 4. This is unfair on children and potentially damaging to their life chances.</p><p>That is why we have unashamedly pursued a zero tolerance policy on unauthorised absence. We have increased the penalty notices issued to parents for pupils with unauthorised absence, shortened the time it takes to pay a notice from 42 day to 21 days, placed a greater emphasis on school attendance levels in inspection outcomes. We have also tightened the regulations in relation to term time holidays, so that headteachers should only grant such leave in exceptional circumstances. These measures have been very successful.</p><p>The number of persistent absentees in England’s schools has dropped by over 40% from 433,000 in 2009/10 to 246,000 in 2014/15. Some 6 million fewer days were lost due to authorised absences in the first five half terms in 2014/15 compared to the equivalent period in 2012/13 - a drop from a total of 47.9 million days missed to 41.8 million days missed. Overall absence rates have followed a significant downward trend: from 6.5% in the academic year ending in 2007 to 4.6% in the academic year ending in 2015. In 2012/13, 7.0% of all absences were accounted for by authorised term time holiday. This figure dropped to 2.6% of all absences in 2013/14 and 1.6% of all absences in 2014/15.</p><p>This means that pupils are spending many more hours in school being taught the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life. If we are going to address entrenched academic underachievement, continuing to improve school attendance will play a central role in achieving such an ambition.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2016 08:35:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

528010

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what EU directives related to her Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	40884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>There are no EU directives relating to the Department for Education’s responsibilities that are awaiting transposition into UK law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/07/2016 13:06:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

528022

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in England achieved a GCSE grade (a) C, (b) D and (c) E as their highest grade in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	41084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of students achieving a GCSE grade (a) C, (b) D and (c) E as their highest grade in each of the last five years[1] is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Students who have achieved a GCSE:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>Grade C as their highest grade</p></td><td><p>Grade D as their highest grade</p></td><td><p>Grade E as their highest grade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011[2]</p></td><td><p>627,093</p></td><td><p>121,190</p></td><td><p>50,848</p></td><td><p>26,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>620,617</p></td><td><p>123,601</p></td><td><p>46,914</p></td><td><p>26,322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>632,397</p></td><td><p>126,197</p></td><td><p>47,057</p></td><td><p>25,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014[3]</p></td><td><p>618,437</p></td><td><p>115,175</p></td><td><p>46,745</p></td><td><p>21,992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015[4]</p></td><td><p>611,081</p></td><td><p>111,815</p></td><td><p>44,699</p></td><td><p>19,380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source Key Stage 4 attainment data.</p><p>[1] Figures are based on final data.</p><p>[2] From 2010/11, discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance.</p><p>[3] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate. Consequently, the numbers supplied prior to 2013/14 are not comparable with those from 2013/14 onwards.</p><p>[4] In 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, was extended to all subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2016 15:42:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

528023

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in England achieved an A-level grade (a) C, (b) D and (c) E as their highest grade in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	41085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of students achieving an A-level grade (a) C, (b) D and (c) E as their highest grade in each of the last five years[1] is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Students[2] who have achieved an A-level[3]:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Students entered for at least one A level or applied single/double award A level</p></td><td><p>Grade C as their highest grade</p></td><td><p>Grade D as their highest grade</p></td><td><p>Grade E as their highest grade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>258,892</p></td><td><p>51,632</p></td><td><p>24,907</p></td><td><p>8,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>262,003</p></td><td><p>53,567</p></td><td><p>25,112</p></td><td><p>7,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>261,468</p></td><td><p>53,242</p></td><td><p>24,217</p></td><td><p>7,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>257,390</p></td><td><p>52,302</p></td><td><p>23,960</p></td><td><p>7,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>266,185</p></td><td><p>54,466</p></td><td><p>23,987</p></td><td><p>7,174</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source 16-18 attainment data.</p><p>[1] Figures are based on final data.</p><p>[2] Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of each academic year, ie 31 August.</p><p>[3] Covers A level examination results for the academic year in concern.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2016 15:41:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

528024

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish her Department's consultation on the changes to the School Admissions Code proposed in September 2015 on allowing parents to defer their summer born children's entry into school by a year.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	41074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>We have announced our intention to amend the School Admissions Code to support summer born children by allowing them to delay entry to the reception year until they are five and for those children to remain with that cohort as they progress through school.</p><p>We are currently considering whether any additional changes to the admissions system are necessary. Full details of proposed changes and of the consultation, including timings, will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2016 15:42:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

528025

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Schools to local authorities and schools of 8 September 2015 on the admission to school of summer born children, if she will amend the School Admissions Code to ensure that parents are able to defer their summer born children's entry into school by a year.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	41075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>We have announced our intention to amend the School Admissions Code to support summer born children by allowing them to delay entry to the reception year until they are five and for those children to remain with that cohort as they progress through school.</p><p>We are currently considering whether any additional changes to the admissions system are necessary. Full details of proposed changes and of the consultation, including timings, will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2016 14:31:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

525583

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
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 15 June 2016 to Question 40258, what the minimum number of responses is for results for a school to be published on Parent View.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. I have asked him to write to you and a copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/06/2016 10:22:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

525585

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure STEM-qualified teachers are exempt from the £35,000 income threshold for settlement for non-EU workers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	40844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government announced in 2012 that from 6 April 2016, Tier 2 visa holders who apply for settlement in the UK will be required to meet a minimum annual salary requirement of £35,000. Secondary education teachers from non-EU countries in the subjects of mathematics, chemistry and physics are on the shortage occupation list and thus are exempt from the £35,000 threshold.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 40845 question first answered 27/06/2016 15:05:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

525586

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure schools continue to recruit and retain non-EU nationals in STEM subjects who do not meet the £35,000 income threshold for settlement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	40845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government announced in 2012 that from 6 April 2016, Tier 2 visa holders who apply for settlement in the UK will be required to meet a minimum annual salary requirement of £35,000. Secondary education teachers from non-EU countries in the subjects of mathematics, chemistry and physics are on the shortage occupation list and thus are exempt from the £35,000 threshold.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 40844 question first answered 27/06/2016 15:05:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan