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1658829

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools the Building schools for the Future programme had planned to rebuild or refurbish; how many schools marked for rebuild or refurbishment were completed under the (a) Building Schools for the Future programme and (b) Priority School Building Programme; and how many schools that were not selected for either programme have been identified as having reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	198275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2023 11:30:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1627040

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	King Edward VII School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to pause the academisation process for King Edward VII School, Sheffield in the context of her Department and Ofsted reviewing the use of limiting judgments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	184772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>As with any school that receives an overall judgement of inadequate, King Edward VII School will become an academy. The school will be transferred to a trust with a strong track record of ensuring pupils receive the highest standard of education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/05/2023 13:48:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1599201

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of information published by her Department on the condition and safety of school buildings.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	903755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Condition Data Collection (CDC) was one of the largest and most comprehensive data collection programmes in the UK public sector. It collected data on the building condition of Government funded schools in England. It provides a robust evidence base to enable the Department to target the capital funding it provides for maintaining and rebuilding school buildings.</p><p>The key, high level findings of the CDC programme were published in May 2021 in the ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey: Key Findings’ report. This is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>Individual reports have been provided to schools and the relevant local authority or trust to help inform their maintenance plans alongside their own more detailed surveys and safety checks. The Department plans to publish detailed school level CDC data. This data is being prepared and will be published as soon as possible.</p><p>Well maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the Department. Over £13 billion has been allocated for improving the condition of schools since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year. The 10-year School Rebuilding Programme is condition led and 400 of the 500 available places on the programme have now been provisionally allocated.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2023 17:19:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1585008

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report of the Independent Commission on Assessment in Primary Education entitled Assessment for Children’s Learning: A new future for primary education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of that reports findings.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	141618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Primary assessments play a crucial role in supporting pupils to grasp the basics of reading, writing and mathematics and to prepare them for secondary school. They allow parents and schools to understand pupils’ achievements in relation to the age-related attainment expectations outlined in the National Curriculum.</p><p>In 2017, the Department carried out a consultation into primary assessment in England, with the aim of creating a settled policy in this area. The consultation received over 4,000 responses from a diverse range of backgrounds and specialisms, providing a broad and informed range of views.</p><p>The Department remains committed to producing and publishing school-level accountability measures, using full-cohort assessment data, which provide important information to support parents when choosing schools. The Department keeps all school performance measures under review, and welcome feedback on how it can be refined and improved. The Department keeps all school performance measures under review, and welcomes feedback on how it can be refined and improved.</p><p>As primary school tests and assessments returned in the 2021/22 academic year for the first time since 2019, without any adaptations, the results were not published in Key Stage 2 performance tables. The usual suite of Key Stage 2 accountability measures has been produced at school level and shared securely with primary schools, academy trusts, Local Authorities and Ofsted to inform school improvement, inspection and to help identify schools most in need of support. This is a transitional arrangement for the first year in which primary assessments returned. The Department intends to publish Key Stage 2 assessment data on the performance measures website again for the 2022/23 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 141619 question first answered 21/02/2023 11:58:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1585009

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Assessment in Primary Education.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	141619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>Primary assessments play a crucial role in supporting pupils to grasp the basics of reading, writing and mathematics and to prepare them for secondary school. They allow parents and schools to understand pupils’ achievements in relation to the age-related attainment expectations outlined in the National Curriculum.</p><p>In 2017, the Department carried out a consultation into primary assessment in England, with the aim of creating a settled policy in this area. The consultation received over 4,000 responses from a diverse range of backgrounds and specialisms, providing a broad and informed range of views.</p><p>The Department remains committed to producing and publishing school-level accountability measures, using full-cohort assessment data, which provide important information to support parents when choosing schools. The Department keeps all school performance measures under review, and welcome feedback on how it can be refined and improved. The Department keeps all school performance measures under review, and welcomes feedback on how it can be refined and improved.</p><p>As primary school tests and assessments returned in the 2021/22 academic year for the first time since 2019, without any adaptations, the results were not published in Key Stage 2 performance tables. The usual suite of Key Stage 2 accountability measures has been produced at school level and shared securely with primary schools, academy trusts, Local Authorities and Ofsted to inform school improvement, inspection and to help identify schools most in need of support. This is a transitional arrangement for the first year in which primary assessments returned. The Department intends to publish Key Stage 2 assessment data on the performance measures website again for the 2022/23 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 141618 question first answered 21/02/2023 11:58:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1585011

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
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 help ensure that children are not put under excessive pressure by tests in primary school.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	141620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not recommend that pupils in primary school devote excessive preparation time to assessment, and not at the expense of pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. Schools should support a culture of wellbeing amongst staff and pupils.</p><p>Research conducted by the University College London Institute of Education, which was published in 2021, found that there was little evidence to changes in wellbeing around the time of Key Stage 2 tests, or that children in England become happier once these tests are over.</p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring schools and colleges are safe, calm and supportive environments which promote mental wellbeing. The Department is committed to providing senior mental health lead training to all state schools and colleges by 2025. More than 10,000 schools and colleges have received senior mental health lead training grants so far, which includes more than 6 in 10 state-funded secondary schools. A further £10 million provided this year means up to two thirds of state schools and colleges can benefit by April 2023.</p><p>This is in addition to record funding for children and young people’s mental health support through the NHS long term plan, and the £79 million boost announced in 2021, meaning more than 2.4 million children and young people now have a mental health support team (MHST) attached to their schools and colleges. The number of MHSTs is planned to increase from 287 to over 500 teams by 2024.</p><p>The Department has also recently brought together all its sources of advice for schools and colleges into a single site on GOV.UK, which includes signposting to external sources of mental health and wellbeing support for teachers, school staff and school leaders. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-provision</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/02/2023 12:33:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1581252

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	King Edward VII School: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to concerns from parents and teachers on the most recent Ofsted report on King Edward VII School in Sheffield, whether she has made an assessment of the circumstances of the production and delivery of that report; if her Department will investigate that case and consider the school’s request for an appeal; and if she will meet with the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam to discuss that matter.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	133798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for Sheffield Hallam directly 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 01/02/2023 11:51:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1569067

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, why respondents were only asked about Automated External Defibrillators purchased within the last four years in her Department’s most recent survey on school defibrillator provision.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	128734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s defibrillator roll out, to all state funded schools in England without access to a defibrillator, began on 20 January 2023.</p><p>The Department’s defibrillator survey asked schools a small number of questions to establish if they needed a defibrillator. This included asking if they had a device that was over four years old. This is because defibrillators typically have a five year warranty and the Department wanted to ensure no school would be left without provision. To support schools, the Department has secured an eight year warranty and support package for the devices it is providing.</p><p>The Department’s defibrillator programme is targeted at schools. The Department will ensure defibrillators are available to over nine million pupils, visitors to schools and over 950,000 adults working in the school sector. NHS England, academic experts, and leading charities were all consulted in the development of the specification to ensure the device selected was suitable for both schools and communities. Each school will make the decision on whether to provide public use of their defibrillator. New guidance has been produced to support schools which can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130210/Automated_External_Defibrillators_Guidance_jan_23.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130210/Automated_External_Defibrillators_Guidance_jan_23.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department does not hold records on community provision of defibrillators. Over half of schools responded to the defibrillator survey, with approximately 60% of schools indicating they did not have a defibrillator or that their device was over four years old. The Department’s roll out is expected to be completed by the end of the 2022/23 academic year, ensuring that all state funded schools in England have access to a defibrillator. The latest information can be found in the Written Ministerial Statement laid before both Houses on 20 January 2023, available here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-20/hcws506" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-20/hcws506</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 128735 128736 question first answered 27/01/2023 13:01:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1569068

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Defibrillators: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what evidential basis did she determine the defibrillator requirements for (a) schools and (b) communities in her Department's recent tender for defibrillators.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	128735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s defibrillator roll out, to all state funded schools in England without access to a defibrillator, began on 20 January 2023.</p><p>The Department’s defibrillator survey asked schools a small number of questions to establish if they needed a defibrillator. This included asking if they had a device that was over four years old. This is because defibrillators typically have a five year warranty and the Department wanted to ensure no school would be left without provision. To support schools, the Department has secured an eight year warranty and support package for the devices it is providing.</p><p>The Department’s defibrillator programme is targeted at schools. The Department will ensure defibrillators are available to over nine million pupils, visitors to schools and over 950,000 adults working in the school sector. NHS England, academic experts, and leading charities were all consulted in the development of the specification to ensure the device selected was suitable for both schools and communities. Each school will make the decision on whether to provide public use of their defibrillator. New guidance has been produced to support schools which can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130210/Automated_External_Defibrillators_Guidance_jan_23.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130210/Automated_External_Defibrillators_Guidance_jan_23.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department does not hold records on community provision of defibrillators. Over half of schools responded to the defibrillator survey, with approximately 60% of schools indicating they did not have a defibrillator or that their device was over four years old. The Department’s roll out is expected to be completed by the end of the 2022/23 academic year, ensuring that all state funded schools in England have access to a defibrillator. The latest information can be found in the Written Ministerial Statement laid before both Houses on 20 January 2023, available here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-20/hcws506" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-20/hcws506</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 128734 128736 question first answered 27/01/2023 13:01:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1569069

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 58927, if he will he publish information held by his Department on school and community defibrillator provision to allow areas of most need to be identified.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	128736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s defibrillator roll out, to all state funded schools in England without access to a defibrillator, began on 20 January 2023.</p><p>The Department’s defibrillator survey asked schools a small number of questions to establish if they needed a defibrillator. This included asking if they had a device that was over four years old. This is because defibrillators typically have a five year warranty and the Department wanted to ensure no school would be left without provision. To support schools, the Department has secured an eight year warranty and support package for the devices it is providing.</p><p>The Department’s defibrillator programme is targeted at schools. The Department will ensure defibrillators are available to over nine million pupils, visitors to schools and over 950,000 adults working in the school sector. NHS England, academic experts, and leading charities were all consulted in the development of the specification to ensure the device selected was suitable for both schools and communities. Each school will make the decision on whether to provide public use of their defibrillator. New guidance has been produced to support schools which can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130210/Automated_External_Defibrillators_Guidance_jan_23.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1130210/Automated_External_Defibrillators_Guidance_jan_23.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department does not hold records on community provision of defibrillators. Over half of schools responded to the defibrillator survey, with approximately 60% of schools indicating they did not have a defibrillator or that their device was over four years old. The Department’s roll out is expected to be completed by the end of the 2022/23 academic year, ensuring that all state funded schools in England have access to a defibrillator. The latest information can be found in the Written Ministerial Statement laid before both Houses on 20 January 2023, available here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-20/hcws506" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-01-20/hcws506</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 128734 128735 question first answered 27/01/2023 13:01:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake