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1172898

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in schools in North West Durham passed the phonics screening check (a) when it was introduced and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	7234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department introduced the phonics screening check for Year 1 pupils in 2012. The latest available figures are for the academic year 2018-19. Figures for the proportion of children in state-funded schools in North West Durham who met the expected standard in phonics in Year 1 are set out in the table below. As shown, 60% of pupils in state-funded schools in the parliamentary constituency met the expected standard in 2012, compared to 83% in 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in Year 1 in the phonics screening check</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>All state funded schools, England (2012, 2019)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No. eligible pupils</p></td><td><p>% met standard</p></td><td><p>No. eligible pupils</p></td><td><p>% met standard</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>592,007</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>649,152</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham</p></td><td><p>5,402</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>5,622</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham</p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>1009</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Equivalent figures for England and the local authority of County Durham are provided for context.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2020 13:10:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1172913

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers employed by the state sector are non-UK EU nationals.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	7107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee’s report, ‘A full review of the Shortage Occupation List (May 2019)’, estimated that around 4% of secondary school teachers and around 2% of primary and nursery school teachers were born in the EEA (excluding the UK).</p><p>The Department publishes data on the nationality of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) trainees. In 2019-20, there were 28,859 postgraduate new entrants to ITT whose nationality was known (98% of all postgraduate new entrants). Of these, 5% (1,484) were EEA nationals (excluding the UK). This is the same proportion as in academic years 2018-19, 2017-18, and 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2020 14:16:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1172931

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics and Science: Teachers
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 number of vacancies for permanent science and maths teachers at high schools in London; what steps he is taking to fill those vacancies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	7096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department’s latest statistics show that in London in 2018, there were 87 unfilled or temporarily filled full-time classroom teacher vacancies in science (including biology, physics, chemistry, computer science, general science and other science) and 55 full-time classroom teacher vacancies in mathematics. This is a 15% decrease in the number of vacancies in science and an 11% decrease in the number of vacancies in mathematics compared to 2017.</p><p>It is a top priority of the Department to ensure there are excellent teachers for every child which is why we launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy last year. We understand the challenge of filling vacancies is not just of recruitment, but it is also of retaining the teachers we do have. The Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy includes the biggest teaching reform in a generation, the Early Career Framework (ECF). The ECF provides new teachers across all subjects with the solid foundations for a successful career in teaching, backed by £130 million a year in funding when fully rolled out in 2021.</p><p>As the economy improves, we know that the demand for talented graduates increases. To put teaching on a par with the top graduate professions, we have committed to plans to raise starting salaries for new teachers to £30,000 by 2022-23.</p><p>The Department understands that recruitment and retention challenges are more pronounced in some subjects than others, which is why we have targeted initiatives aiming to improve recruitment and retention in our priority subjects – including physics, chemistry, biology, computing and mathematics.</p><p>We have announced tax-free bursaries of £26,000 for physics, chemistry, biology, computing and mathematics trainees with a 2:2 or higher starting their teacher training 2020-21. Teachers in physics, chemistry and mathematics will also receive three early-career payments totalling £6,000 spread across years two, three and four of teaching.</p><p>The Department is also offering prestigious scholarship schemes to those starting their teacher training in 2020-21 for priority subjects including mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing. These scholarships are delivered in partnership with professional bodies and successful scholars will receive a bursary of £28,000 tax-free, as well as the same early-career payments as those who receive a bursary. All successful scholars will also receive a package of support provided by the professional bodies including free membership, resources and early career support.</p><p>In addition to this, the Department has set aside £30 million in tailored support for schools struggling with teacher recruitment and retention. This support is designed to help schools improve existing recruitment and retention plans, join national programmes, build local partnerships or fund new initiatives. 27 schools in London are currently receiving this support.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2020 14:38:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1172934

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Carbon Emissions
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 are taking steps to insulate their buildings to meet local and national carbon reduction targets.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Department encourages schools to limit their impact on the environment by taking a range of actions including minimising heat loss through improved insulation. The Department has a programme of capital investment in schools and will have spent £22 billion on new and improved school buildings between 2017 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Schools Buying Strategy was created to help schools with procurement to help ensure they get the best value for money. There are a wide range of recommended frameworks and support which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-for-schools</a>. Advice on good estate management, including the Salix loan scheme can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/information-training-and-tools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/information-training-and-tools</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Salix Finance Ltd.</strong> was established in 2004 as an independent, publicly funded company through which interest-free government funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government provides the public sector with loans for projects to improve energy, reduce bills and reduce carbon emissions. Schools can access Salix funding through three routes:</p><p>1) the Salix Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme for maintained schools.[1]</p><p>2) Salix Energy Efficiency Fund for academies administered directly by Salix.[2]</p><p>3) through the DfE’s Condition Improvement Fund.[3]</p><p> </p><p>[1] For maintained schools, information is available on gov.uk and promoted by the department at schools’ events and shows.</p><p> </p><p>[2] The department promotes the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund on gov.uk and will notify academies via an email bulletin.</p><p> </p><p>[3] For academies that are eligible to apply to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), the department alerts them by direct email and also publishes information on Salix in the CIF applicant guidance which we have promoted on gov.uk at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 7251 question first answered 31/01/2020 14:22:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172936

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Carbon Emissions
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 schools are aware of the Salix Loan available to insulate school buildings and meet carbon reduction targets.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Department encourages schools to limit their impact on the environment by taking a range of actions including minimising heat loss through improved insulation. The Department has a programme of capital investment in schools and will have spent £22 billion on new and improved school buildings between 2017 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Schools Buying Strategy was created to help schools with procurement to help ensure they get the best value for money. There are a wide range of recommended frameworks and support which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buying-for-schools</a>. Advice on good estate management, including the Salix loan scheme can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/information-training-and-tools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/information-training-and-tools</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Salix Finance Ltd.</strong> was established in 2004 as an independent, publicly funded company through which interest-free government funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government provides the public sector with loans for projects to improve energy, reduce bills and reduce carbon emissions. Schools can access Salix funding through three routes:</p><p>1) the Salix Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme for maintained schools.[1]</p><p>2) Salix Energy Efficiency Fund for academies administered directly by Salix.[2]</p><p>3) through the DfE’s Condition Improvement Fund.[3]</p><p> </p><p>[1] For maintained schools, information is available on gov.uk and promoted by the department at schools’ events and shows.</p><p> </p><p>[2] The department promotes the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund on gov.uk and will notify academies via an email bulletin.</p><p> </p><p>[3] For academies that are eligible to apply to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), the department alerts them by direct email and also publishes information on Salix in the CIF applicant guidance which we have promoted on gov.uk at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 7249 question first answered 31/01/2020 14:22:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172971

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Art and Design: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were entered for art and design GCSE in (a) England and (b) each Local Education Authority area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	7125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>​The number of pupils entered for art and design GCSE in England and each Local Education Authority area in each year since 2010 can be found in the excel spreadsheet attached.</p><p>The number of pupils entered for art and design GCSEs in England1 has fluctuated across the last 10 years, but the current year’s figure of 155,731 pupils entered is the highest number of pupils entered since 2015, and the second highest of the last 10 years. In 2019, there has been a 10.6% increase in number of pupils entered for art and design GCSEs compared to 2018, and a 5.7% increase compared to 2010.​</p><p>Any trends observed in the attached figures should be treated with caution and considered against changes in methodology over the ten year period, changes in cohort and more recently, changes in entry behaviour from schools following the introduction of 9-1 reformed GCSEs across all GCSE subjects, including art and design.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/01/2020 17:28:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 7125_table_GCSE_art_&_design_entries .pdf title 7125_table
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1172972

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Art and Design: 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 were entered for A-level art and design in (a) England and (b) each Local Education Authority area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	7126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of pupils entered for art and design A-Levels in England and each Local Education Authority area in each year since 2012 can be found in the table attached. The data for 2010-2012 is not currently available at a granular enough level to allow us to provide either local authority data, or local authority national aggregates, for these years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of pupils entered for art and design A-Levels in England[1] has decreased over that time, but has been relatively stable over the past 3 years, with around 35,000 entries.</p><p> </p><p>[1] England totals derived as per attached spreadsheet, for state funded schools only and the sum of local authority figures. Therefore, these may deviate from published, national figures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/01/2020 17:49:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 7126_table_a_level_art_&_design_entries .pdf title 7126_table
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1172545

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Gambling: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of Gambling Commission's Young people and gambling survey 2019 published on 23 October 2019, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on educating school children about the risks of gambling and in-game loot boxes and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the levies on gambling to pay for such education.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	6730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, meets regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the agenda of the Department for Education. This includes relevant topics covered by the new subjects of relationships education (for primary age pupils), relationships and sex education (for secondary age pupils) and health education (for all pupils in state-funded schools). The Department for Education has worked with other Departments, including the Department for Health and Social Care, in developing the content for the new curriculum subjects which will be taught in schools from September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education wants to equip young people for adult life and to make a positive contribution to society. The statutory guidance for the new subjects was published in June 2019, which is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805781/Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805781/Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The subjects will support all young people in terms of managing risk, making informed decisions, as well as in key aspects such as mental wellbeing and online behavior. Under the topic of internet safety and harms, it sets out that young people should be taught about the risks related to online gambling, including the accumulation of debt, how advertising and information is targeted at them, and how to be a discerning consumer of information online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2020 13:26:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1172563

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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, if his Department will make an assessment of the proportion of pupils removed from the school roll without an exclusion with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>A pupil’s name can lawfully be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in Regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as amended.</p><p>All schools must notify the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register under any of the grounds prescribed in Regulation 8, as soon as the ground for removal is met and no later than the time at which the pupil’s name is removed from the register. The Department does not hold information centrally on the reason pupils are removed from the school register.</p><p>The Department has made clear the practice of off-rolling, whereby children are removed from school rolls without formal exclusion in ways that are in the interests of the school rather than the pupil, is unacceptable. Informal or unofficial exclusions are unlawful and we have previously written to schools to remind them of the rules on exclusions. Any school off-rolling on the basis of academic achievement is quite simply breaking the law.</p><p>We are continuing to work with Ofsted to tackle the practice of off-rolling. Since September 2019, Ofsted’s new education inspection framework details that where inspectors find off-rolling, this will always be addressed in the inspection report, and where appropriate, could lead to a school’s leadership being judged inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 6692 question first answered 31/01/2020 14:13:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172564

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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, if he will make an assessment of the role played by academic achievement in the removal from the school roll of pupils without an exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>A pupil’s name can lawfully be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in Regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 as amended.</p><p>All schools must notify the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register under any of the grounds prescribed in Regulation 8, as soon as the ground for removal is met and no later than the time at which the pupil’s name is removed from the register. The Department does not hold information centrally on the reason pupils are removed from the school register.</p><p>The Department has made clear the practice of off-rolling, whereby children are removed from school rolls without formal exclusion in ways that are in the interests of the school rather than the pupil, is unacceptable. Informal or unofficial exclusions are unlawful and we have previously written to schools to remind them of the rules on exclusions. Any school off-rolling on the basis of academic achievement is quite simply breaking the law.</p><p>We are continuing to work with Ofsted to tackle the practice of off-rolling. Since September 2019, Ofsted’s new education inspection framework details that where inspectors find off-rolling, this will always be addressed in the inspection report, and where appropriate, could lead to a school’s leadership being judged inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 6691 question first answered 31/01/2020 14:13:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed