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1125699

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England that are due to close have been inspected by Ofsted in the last 12 months; how much did each such inspection cost; and what the outcomes were of each of those inspections.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	252627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 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 and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/05/2019 15:23:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1125701

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much notice (a) schools and (b) local authorities are given for Ofsted school inspections.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	252629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 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 and 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 14/05/2019 15:26:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1111217

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the protection of teachers with disabilities from discrimination.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	243476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act (2010) provides a single, consolidated source of anti-discrimination law, covering all the types of discrimination that are unlawful. In England and Wales, the Act applies to all maintained and independent schools, including academies, and non-maintained special schools. To support schools in ensuring they comply with the provisions of the Act, we published ‘The Equality Act (2010): advice for schools’ in February 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First is committed to ensuring that all candidates and participants are treated fairly - irrespective of disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, religion or any other factor.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First looks for teaching potential in all candidates. Identifying information of candidates is removed from the screening process and recruiters are trained to avoid unconscious bias. Teach First encourages applications from candidates with disabilities and provides any additional support needed during training alongside their placement school and university partners.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 243477 243478 question first answered 15/04/2019 15:37:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1111218

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards are in place in the Teach First programme to protect teachers with disabilities from discrimination.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	243477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act (2010) provides a single, consolidated source of anti-discrimination law, covering all the types of discrimination that are unlawful. In England and Wales, the Act applies to all maintained and independent schools, including academies, and non-maintained special schools. To support schools in ensuring they comply with the provisions of the Act, we published ‘The Equality Act (2010): advice for schools’ in February 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First is committed to ensuring that all candidates and participants are treated fairly - irrespective of disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, religion or any other factor.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First looks for teaching potential in all candidates. Identifying information of candidates is removed from the screening process and recruiters are trained to avoid unconscious bias. Teach First encourages applications from candidates with disabilities and provides any additional support needed during training alongside their placement school and university partners.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 243476 243478 question first answered 15/04/2019 15:37:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1111219

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Dyspraxia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support provided to teachers with Dyspraxia.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	243478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act (2010) provides a single, consolidated source of anti-discrimination law, covering all the types of discrimination that are unlawful. In England and Wales, the Act applies to all maintained and independent schools, including academies, and non-maintained special schools. To support schools in ensuring they comply with the provisions of the Act, we published ‘The Equality Act (2010): advice for schools’ in February 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First is committed to ensuring that all candidates and participants are treated fairly - irrespective of disability, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, religion or any other factor.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First looks for teaching potential in all candidates. Identifying information of candidates is removed from the screening process and recruiters are trained to avoid unconscious bias. Teach First encourages applications from candidates with disabilities and provides any additional support needed during training alongside their placement school and university partners.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 243476 243477 question first answered 15/04/2019 15:37:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1086486

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require local authorities to ensure that school staff who teach young people with vision impairment have appropriate training from a specialist.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	230742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>To teach a class of pupils with vision impairment, a teacher must hold a mandatory qualification, in addition to qualified teacher status. The Department is currently reviewing the educational outcomes of the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and schools and colleges to keep the provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) under review and to consider carefully how best to meet the needs of children and young people in their area, including those with vision impairment. To support local authorities, the Department has announced an additional £250 million high needs funding, over this year and the next. This will bring the total allocated for high needs next year to £6.3 billion.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, £3.4 million is being provided for 2018 to 2020 to equip the school workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including vision impairment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 17:59:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1082554

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment
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 7 February to Question 216193 on Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment, what powers have been awarded to the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation to follow up with awarding organisations when mistakes in adapted past papers and national tests for young people with a visual impairment are reported.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	229143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>In relation to qualifications, this is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write to the Hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. <br> <br> Ofqual regulates statutory national curriculum assessments. In doing this they have two statutory objectives: to promote the development and implementation of national assessments which give a reliable indication of achievement and indicate a consistent level of attainment, including over time, between comparable assessments; and to promote public confidence in national assessments. Ofqual has no specific powers to follow up with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) if there are mistakes in national tests. Modified tests are developed by a Modified Test Agency contracted to STA, who conduct Quality Assurance proofing at different stages in the development of materials. STA also engages external proofers during this process to ensure that any errors in questions are detected and rectified before materials are sent to schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 17:51:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1081876

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have (a) been granted permission to move (i) up to 0.5 per cent or (ii) in excess of 0.5 per cent of schools block funding to high needs block funding, (b) been denied permission to move schools block funding to high needs block funding and (c) made a request to move schools block funding to high needs block funding but no decision has yet been made; and what criteria his Department uses to determine such applications.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has made his decision in respect of all requests to move funds from the schools block to the high needs block. All schools block movement requests are reviewed against the criteria set out in paragraph 138 of the schools revenue funding operational guide 2019-20 and the disapplication request form.</p><p>The table below provides information on local authorities that have had: approved requests to move up to 0.5%, approved requests to move in excess of 0.5%, and rejected requests to move block funding.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.5% or under</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>over 0.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Decision</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Partially approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Partially approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Partially approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Partially approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Approved</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>X</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>X indicates the transfer requested</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2019 15:56:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1047699

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's guidance entitled Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above, what the annual cost to the public purse is of Staying put.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	212381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>​Since its introduction in May 2014, the department has provided over £90 million in funding to local authorities to implement Staying Put, and the department has also committed to provide a further £23.77m in 2019/20. The funding breakdown for each year is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£7.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£14.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£22.85 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£23.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£23.77 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£114.32 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Decisions on funding beyond March 2020 will be subject to the outcome of the next Spending Review.</p><p>The department collects information on the amount that local authorities spend on children’s social care overall, but this does not identify expenditure on Staying Put separately, so DfE does not hold the information necessary to estimate the total cost of Staying Put to the public purse.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/01/2019 17:48:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1041662

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of any additional resources required to deliver an integrated care approach for 0-25 year olds with mental health problems across health, social care, education and the voluntary sector as outlined in the the NHS long-term plan.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	208886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps to support greater integration of care to make the best use of existing resources, including the significant additional funding for children and young people’s mental health that NHS England will make available under its Long Term Plan.</p><p>The Government has already introduced requirements under special educational needs and disability (SEND) legislation for joint commissioning across education, health and social care. The Department and NHS England ran a training pilot designed to build links between schools and colleges and NHS services, which will be rolled out across England starting later this year. The Department is coordinating work with the higher education sector to improve support for students as they move to university.</p><p>The priority given to 0-25 mental health services under the Long Term Plan has the potential to support this work. In particular, it can allow greater continuity of support for vulnerable children for whom other support already extends beyond 18, and for university students.</p><p>Local decision making is important to ensure this change supports the effective use of resources. The additional £1.4 billion made available to develop capacity and capability across the system from 2015-20 has already started to result in increased provision. The funding is linked to local transformation plans, drawn up by clinical commissioning groups with other local partners, which are intended to cover the all provision from prevention to specialist services.</p><p>The introduction of new mental health support teams linked to schools and colleges will be an important part of developing collaboration between education and health services. These teams will be based in and near schools and colleges and make links to other services, including social care and the voluntary sector. The first 25 trailblazer areas will be fully operational by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/01/2019 11:28:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck