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455716

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Musical Instruments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of state (a) primary and (b) secondary students who are learning a musical instrument; and how many such students are learning that musical instrument for free.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	28761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Music is compulsory for all children in key stages 1-3 in maintained schools. One of the requirements of the National Curriculum is that pupils are taught to play musical instruments. Schools are not permitted to charge for teaching that is required by the National Curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £75m in 2015-16 in a network of music education hubs. Music education hubs have four core roles, one of which is to ensure that every child aged 5-18 learns to play a musical instrument through whole class ensemble teaching. Data published by Arts Council England in March 2015 showed that 596,820 pupils in the academic year 2013/14 learned to play an instrument through whole class ensemble teaching. This teaching is provided free for pupils.</p><p>The data is available here: <a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Music_Education_Hubs_2014_Report_final_March_2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/Music_Education_Hubs_2014_Report_final_March_2015.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England will publish data for the 2014-15 academic year in due course. This will include more extensive data on the number of pupils who have singing or instrumental lessons.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2016 17:31:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

455719

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
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, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether her Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	28709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2016 17:10:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

455284

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The amount spent on overtime payments to Department for Education staff, for the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2016.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>£38,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>£44,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>£44,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>£37,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>£26,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>£26,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>£40,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>£36,238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>£24,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>£27,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>£75,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>£46,706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>£42,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>£44,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>£47,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>£40,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>£34,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>£35,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>£54,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>£45,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>£53,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>£36,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>£64,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>£53,992</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are for the core Department and cover payments to employees and to contingent labour. Those provided for the period April 2015 to January 2016 are as yet unaudited.</p><p>All employees on Department for Education contracts from grades EA to SEO are entitled to overtime payments. Grades 7 and 6 are not entitled to overtime but can claim discretionary payments for exceptionally long hours.</p><p>Overtime costs are typically around 0.5% of the total monthly payroll.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:48:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455287

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Human Rights Act 1998
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil law suits have been brought against her Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements have cost the public purse since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available because separate data for cases based wholly or partially on the Human Rights Act 1998 are not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:46:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455288

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the role of the local authorities is in identifying poorly performing schools.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	28499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a number of statutory powers they may use in maintained schools that are “eligible for intervention”. These powers are described in more detail in the Schools Causing Concern guidance, available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469299/Schools_causing_concern_draft_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469299/Schools_causing_concern_draft_guidance.pdf</a></p><p>Schools are “eligible for intervention” where they have been judged as inadequate by Ofsted, where they have failed to comply with a warning notice or where - following 2016 results – they fall within the definition of coasting. Local authorities have powers to give warning notices to maintained schools where they have concerns about unacceptable performance (e.g. where a school is below floor standards), where there has been a breakdown in leadership and governance, or the safety of pupils or staff may be being threatened.</p><p>We ran a public consultation during October to December 2015, which sought views on draft revisions to the Schools Causing Concern guidance in light of the Education and Adoption Bill. The consultation response and the revised Schools Causing Concern guidance will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:55:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

455289

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Length of Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary full-time teachers have completed (i) three, (ii) five, (iii) 10, (iv) 15 and (v) 20 years of teaching since qualifying.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	28492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The Department publishes statistics showing, for each calendar year since 1996, the number of teachers that have qualified and entered service and the percentage that remain in service in each following year.</p><p> </p><p>The number of teachers in our schools continues to grow year-on-year. Teaching has a lower turnover rate than the economy as a whole; 90 per cent of teachers in state schools stay in the profession from one year to the next. The latest data show that 72 per cent of teachers that qualified during 2009 and were in service by March 2010 were still in service five years later. Similarly, 62 per cent of teachers that qualified during 2004 and were in service by March 2005 were still in service ten years later.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are published in table C2 of the additional tables in the School Workforce in England Statistical First Release, November 2014. This publication is attached and available on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/03/2016 17:06:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 28492_Additional_Tables_SFR21_2015.xls title 28492_School_Workforce_Additional_Tables
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

455291

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Employment Tribunals Service
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 from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The cost of Employment Tribunals can be found within the HMCTS annual accounts published at<em>: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/03/2016 11:17:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455292

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the rate of pay is for cleaners in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The hourly rate of pay for cleaners working in buildings managed by the Department for Education is between £7.85 and £9.15 depending on location and duration of tenure.</p><p>The Government Equality Office is based within buildings managed by the Department for Education, and therefore the same rates apply.</p><p>From 1 April 2016, the rate of pay will be increased to the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 28606 question first answered 04/03/2016 12:48:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

455294

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars her Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Since August 2012 the Department for Education has issued: 997 publications[1] and 121 consultation exercises. Since 2012 a digital-by-default policy has applied to departmental publications and consultations. These are available on GOV.UK.</p><p>The department no longer uses the term circulars as a publication type. The department issues emails to schools and local authorities periodically to draw their attention to information and guidance that has been published on GOV.UK. 321 such email newsletters were issued in the period in question. These are referenced by the date issued and audience, and so there is no list of titles available.</p><ul><li><p>Attachment A shows the titles of DfE publications since August 2012.</p></li><li><p>Attachment B shows the titles of DfE consultations carried out since August 2012.</p></li></ul><p>[1] This information has been sourced from GOV.UK. It is possible that some records may be incomplete for the period prior to the migration to GOV.UK (August 2012 to August 2013).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 28670 - Attachment A - DfE publications since August 2012.xlsx title Attachment A 2 file name 28670 - Attachment B - DfE consultations launched since August 2012.docx title Attachment B question first answered 09/03/2016 16:10:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455295

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:49:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth