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418023

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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, how many secondary and primary school pupils in England are educated by a local authority other than the one in which they reside.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Mrs Caroline Spelman
uin	9719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Data from the January 2015 school census shows the number of primary and secondary school pupils who were educated at a school within a different local authority to the one in which they resided. This information is available in tables 12a and 12b of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2015’ statistical first release, published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 14:12:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

417602

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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 secondary schools chose not to publish an overview of their GCSE results for the school year 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	9612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2015 13:26:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

417603

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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, if she plans to require secondary schools to publish an overview of their annual GCSE results.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	9613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 of the School Information (England) Regulations 2008 requires maintained secondary schools to publish their most recent key stage 4 results on their websites.</p><p> </p><p>In particular they must publish:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The percentage achieving 5 + A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) including English and mathematics GCSEs;</p></li><li><p>the percentage achieving the English Baccalaureate; and</p></li><li><p>the percentage of pupils making expected progress.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Academies should also publish examination and assessment information as set out in their individual funding agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2015 13:27:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

417605

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	International Baccalaureate
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 offer the International Baccalaureate.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	9621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify how many schools offer the International Baccalaureate. However, the Department for Education publishes information on schools that entered students for the different aspects of the International Baccalaureate in a particular year as part of the school performance tables. This information is available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html</a> (2014_16-18_Underlying_Data_Institution_Level.zip (Tables 6 to 9)).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 16:08:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

417614

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which external organisations she has met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many times she has met each such organisation.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	9535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation; it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Ministers meet with a range of external organisations to discuss the government's objectives in Europe. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 16:04:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

417241

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve procurement in the education sector; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	9183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>To improve procurement efficiencies in the schools sector the Department for Education works closely with the Crown Commercial Service and other public sector buying organisations to create deals which better meet school needs. Schools procurement guidance is available on GOV.UK together with practical steps that schools can take such as, encouraging schools to share market intelligence, expertise, and buying common items collaboratively to achieve economies of scale from the supply market.</p><p> </p><p>The department works closely with representative school groups such as the Association of School and College Leaders and the National Association of School Business Managers to raise awareness of good deals available for schools and the benefits of adopting best practice procurement. To increase commercial capability and capacity in schools we have piloted a train the trainer programme which has been very well received.</p><p> </p><p>Schools procurement guidance is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/departmental-advice-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/departmental-advice-schools</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 14:24:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

417255

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments in respect of carbon offsetting were made in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education spent the following amounts on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years, and with the following companies:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Company</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£835</p></td><td><p>South Pole Carbon Asset Management.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£120</p></td><td><p>EDF Trading Ltd.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£896</p></td><td><p>South Pole Carbon Asset Management.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department undertakes its carbon offsetting by purchasing Certified Emissions Reduction (CER) credits through the Government Carbon Offsetting Facility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 15:59:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417258

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for her Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education commissions external organisations to carry out policy research and evaluation. All of the commissioned research and evaluation feeds into policy strategy, development and refinement.</p><p> </p><p>The department follows Government Social Research (GSR) commissioning and publication protocol and ensures research and evaluation products are made publicly available and released promptly upon completion.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2010/11 and 2014/15, the department spent a total of £71.1 million on policy research and evaluation undertaken by external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The department predicts an expenditure of c.£12,000,000 on policy research and evaluation in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The information below covers all research and evaluation commissioned by the Department for Education and its agencies. The agencies are: the National College for Teaching and Leadership, the Standards and Testing Agency and the Education Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010 the department’s commissioned work and the work commissioned by its agencies has been published on the following websites:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Department for Education (March 2010-March 2013): <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403150653/https:/www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllRsgPublications/Page1" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130403150653/https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllRsgPublications/Page1</a></p></li><li><p>Department of Education: (Since April 2013): <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=research-and-analysis&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=research-and-analysis&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-education</a></p></li><li><p>Completed policy evaluation and research carried out by departmental agencies can also be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications</a></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The department also funded three research centres until March 2013. The evaluations and research carried out by the research centres can be found on the following websites:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre: <a href="http://www.cwrc.ac.uk/resources/773.html" target="_blank">www.cwrc.ac.uk/resources/773.html</a></p></li><li><p>Centre for Understanding Behaviour Change: <a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cubec/researchreports/" target="_blank">www.bristol.ac.uk/cubec/researchreports/</a></p></li><li><p>Centre for Analysis of Youth Transitions: <a href="http://www.ifs.org.uk/search/publications?centres%5B0%5D=325&amp;sorting=newest" target="_blank">www.ifs.org.uk/search/publications?centres%5B0%5D=325&amp;sorting=newest</a></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Details of which organisation carried out the research or evaluation studies can be found on the front page of each report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 15:58:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

416157

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate Ofsted has made of the cost of requiring inspectors of specialist provision for deaf children to be teachers of the deaf.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	8389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the hon. Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 8420 question first answered 14/09/2015 14:17:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

416402

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department gathers on the comparative performance of students with (a) A' level, (b) BTec and (c) IB qualifications in gaining entry to higher education institutions in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	8669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education produces statistics on England only. The responsibility for statistics about education in Wales lies with the Welsh devolved administration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information for England is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2015 14:15:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner