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1166610

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Weald of Kent Grammar School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions and for how long the (a) headteacher and (b) other members of the Senior Leadership team based at the original school site at the Weald of Kent grammar school have visited the annex site in Sevenoaks.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	6391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Department does not hold operational information at this level. However, given the uniqueness of this particular case, the Department has assured itself that the Weald of Kent does indeed continue to operate as one school across two sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2019 16:08:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1166641

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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 he has made of the cost of extending 30 hours' free childcare to 52 weeks a year.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	6367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>All the free early education and childcare entitlements can be ‘stretched’ by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays, for example 23 hours for 48 weeks of the year, and free places can be delivered at weekends.</p><p>No estimate has been made of the cost of 30 hours’ free childcare for 52 weeks of the year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2019 15:51:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1166659

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
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 23 October 2019 to Question 872, what the timescale is for the development of the GCSE in British Sign Language; and whether his Department has set a deadline for its implementation.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	6201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not set a deadline for the implementation of a GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL).</p><p>Implementing a GCSE in BSL requires the draft subject content to meet the rigorous requirements that apply to all GCSEs. If the content meets these criteria, at least one independent awarding organisation will need to develop a specification and have it accredited by Ofqual before a GCSE in BSL can be offered in schools. At this stage, the Department is not able to predict if or when this will happen, but we have indicated that our clear aim is to have a BSL GCSE available as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2019 17:40:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1166696

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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, what funding was allocated to (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in (i) Harborough constituency and (ii) England in 2017-18; and what the provisional allocation is for (A) Harborough constituency and (B) England for 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	6513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Schools block funding figures for 2017-18 and 2020-21 in Leicestershire local authority and England are set out in the table below, with the latter being provisional and subject to finalisation of the Dedicated Schools Grant. Total schools block funding is not allocated to parliamentary constituencies nor by phase.</p><p><strong>School block funding figures</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21 (provisional)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicestershire (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p>368.3</p></td><td><p>409.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p>33,093.6</p></td><td><p>35,593.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2019 17:20:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1166719

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to limit the use of isolation booths in schools.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	6248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines measures to encourage good behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils. The school’s behaviour policy should set out the behaviour expected of pupils, the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour, and rewards for good behaviour. This should be communicated to all pupils, school staff, and parents.</p><p>To help schools develop effective strategies, the Department has produced advice for schools which covers what should be included in the behaviour policy. This advice can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Existing guidance makes clear that schools can adopt a policy which allows disruptive pupils to be placed in isolation away from other pupils for a limited period. If a school uses isolation rooms as a disciplinary penalty, this should be made clear in their behaviour policy. As with other disciplinary penalties, schools must act lawfully, reasonably and proportionately in all cases. The school must also ensure the health and safety of pupils.</p><p>It is for individual schools to decide how long a particular pupil should be kept in isolation and for the staff member in charge to determine what pupils may and may not do during the time they are there. Schools should ensure that pupils are kept in isolation no longer than is necessary and their time spent there is used as constructively as possible. Schools must allow pupils time to eat or use the toilet.</p><p>The Department has made no recent assessment of trends in the level of the use of isolation booths in schools, and has no plans to collect national data on their use.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 6249 6250 question first answered 31/10/2019 16:23:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1166721

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to collect information on the use of isolation booths by schools.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	6249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines measures to encourage good behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils. The school’s behaviour policy should set out the behaviour expected of pupils, the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour, and rewards for good behaviour. This should be communicated to all pupils, school staff, and parents.</p><p>To help schools develop effective strategies, the Department has produced advice for schools which covers what should be included in the behaviour policy. This advice can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Existing guidance makes clear that schools can adopt a policy which allows disruptive pupils to be placed in isolation away from other pupils for a limited period. If a school uses isolation rooms as a disciplinary penalty, this should be made clear in their behaviour policy. As with other disciplinary penalties, schools must act lawfully, reasonably and proportionately in all cases. The school must also ensure the health and safety of pupils.</p><p>It is for individual schools to decide how long a particular pupil should be kept in isolation and for the staff member in charge to determine what pupils may and may not do during the time they are there. Schools should ensure that pupils are kept in isolation no longer than is necessary and their time spent there is used as constructively as possible. Schools must allow pupils time to eat or use the toilet.</p><p>The Department has made no recent assessment of trends in the level of the use of isolation booths in schools, and has no plans to collect national data on their use.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 6248 6250 question first answered 31/10/2019 16:23:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1166723

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
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 trends in the level of the use of isolation booths in schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	6250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines measures to encourage good behaviour and prevent all forms of bullying amongst pupils. The school’s behaviour policy should set out the behaviour expected of pupils, the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour, and rewards for good behaviour. This should be communicated to all pupils, school staff, and parents.</p><p>To help schools develop effective strategies, the Department has produced advice for schools which covers what should be included in the behaviour policy. This advice can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Existing guidance makes clear that schools can adopt a policy which allows disruptive pupils to be placed in isolation away from other pupils for a limited period. If a school uses isolation rooms as a disciplinary penalty, this should be made clear in their behaviour policy. As with other disciplinary penalties, schools must act lawfully, reasonably and proportionately in all cases. The school must also ensure the health and safety of pupils.</p><p>It is for individual schools to decide how long a particular pupil should be kept in isolation and for the staff member in charge to determine what pupils may and may not do during the time they are there. Schools should ensure that pupils are kept in isolation no longer than is necessary and their time spent there is used as constructively as possible. Schools must allow pupils time to eat or use the toilet.</p><p>The Department has made no recent assessment of trends in the level of the use of isolation booths in schools, and has no plans to collect national data on their use.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 6248 6249 question first answered 31/10/2019 16:23:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1156384

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will extend the Holiday Activities and Food programme to cover school holidays in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	5405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Holiday Activities and Food Programme will run again in 2020. The Department for Education has published an invitation to bid which closes on 13 December 2019. Further information is available here: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2cd0c5d3-e34f-4040-b0c9-17188231346b" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2cd0c5d3-e34f-4040-b0c9-17188231346b</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/10/2019 16:50:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1156186

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Curriculum: Renewable Energy and Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national curriculum includes the knowledge and skills needed for work in (a) the renewable energy sector and (b) green technology.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	5080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Curriculum aims to prepare pupils with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a wide range of careers. This includes preparing students for further study in engineering and technology which supports careers in sectors such as green technology and renewable energy.</p><p> </p><p>The primary science curriculum lays the foundation for the understanding of energy and mechanics through topics such as light, electricity and forces. This is built upon during Key Stage 3 and 4 physics which includes substantial teaching on topics including energy, electricity, forces and motion. This will be supported by the study of Mathematics. Students may also choose to study GCSEs in design and technology or engineering which teach students to understand technical and engineering processes respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The National Curriculum also teaches pupils about topics such as climate change, use of natural resources and the impact of human actions on the environment in the science and geography programmes of study. This includes study of renewable and non-renewable energy sources in Key Stage 4 physics and the efficacy of recycling in Key Stage 3 chemistry. In 2017, the Department introduced a new environmental science A-Level. This enables students to study topics that will support their understanding of energy resources, including the impact of technology on developing sustainable sources of energy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, T-Levels are being introduced as part of the Government's commitment to reforming technical education, supporting future skills needs across the economy. In setting T-Level content, employers must consider the inclusion of knowledge and understanding of sustainability as relevant to their sector. For example, in construction, T-Level students will be required to learn about renewable energy and emerging technologies to support energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2019 14:08:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1156260

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Finance
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 22 October 2019 to Question 235, on Sex and Relationship Education: Finance, how much funding he plans to allocate to a programme of support for schools to teach (a) relationships education in primary schools, (b) relationships and sex education in secondary schools, and (c) health education in state-funded schools in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	4978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to investing in a programme of support for schools to deliver high quality teaching of Relationship and Health Education in primary schools and Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education in secondary schools. The Department’s internal budgets for 2020-21, including supporting the implementation of the new subjects, have not yet been set and this will be confirmed later in the autumn.</p><p>Further to the programme of support for the new subjects, schools are free to choose how they spend their funding to support their pupils. Overall, school funding is increasing by 5% in 2020-21. The Department is committed to ensuring that per-pupil funding for every school can rise at least in line with inflation next year and faster than inflation for most.</p><p>This is part of the Government’s investment of a total of £14 billion additional funding for schools over the next three years – the largest cash boost in over a decade – which will allow for a cash increase of £2.6 billion next year, with increases of £4.8 billion and £7.1 billion in 2021-22 and 2022-23 respectively, compared to 2019-20.</p><p>The Department is committed to delivering the greatest gains to areas which have been historically underfunded, removing the previous cap on gains so that funding flows through in full. At the same time, we are levelling up the lowest funded schools to ensure they have the right investment to deliver an outstanding education. Every secondary school will receive at least £5,000 per pupil, and every primary school at least £3,750 next year – putting primary schools on the path to receiving at least £4,000 per pupil the following year.</p><p>The Department trusts schools and head teachers to spend their budgets in a way that achieves the best outcomes for their pupils, including how best to support the teaching of the curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2019 17:33:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas