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443225

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Travellers
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 address the disproportionate number of exclusions from school of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	21520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s approach is to develop opportunities for everyone. This includes measures to improve literacy and numeracy, and the quality of teaching; targeting resource through the pupil premium to ensure every young person, regardless of birth or background, has the opportunity to realise their full potential.</p><br /><p>Inequality in relation to exclusion is a complex and longstanding issue. Many of the issues that underlie the inequalities seen in exclusion are inseparable from those that lead to other educational inequalities, including academic attainment. Removing the barriers to children engaging with education is fundamental to attendance, academic attainment, improving behaviour and reducing the need for exclusion.</p><br /><p>Through the pupil premium, schools receive additional funding to help them support their disadvantaged pupils, and have flexibility over how they use this to improve the progress and attainment of those pupils. In the current financial year, 59% of Gypsy and Roma pupils and 72% of Traveller pupils are eligible for the pupil premium, compared with 28% of all pupils.</p><br /><p>In 2012, the Government funded two local authorities (Cambridgeshire and Kent) to each appoint a Virtual Head Teacher to support schools in raising the attainment of GRT pupils, to increase awareness of the common issues faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils and to help schools to overcome them. The findings of these pilots are available at <a href="https://www.learntogether.org.uk/Resources/Documents/Cambs%20VHT%20DfE%20final%20report.doc" target="_blank">https://www.learntogether.org.uk/Resources/Documents/Cambs%20VHT%20DfE%20final%20report.doc</a> and <a href="http://www.edukent.co.uk/images/uploads/misc_files/VHT_Kent_Final_report_GH.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.edukent.co.uk/images/uploads/misc_files/VHT_Kent_Final_report_GH.pdf</a>.</p><br /><p>The Department has also produced short case studies of schools that have been successful in improving the attendance and attainment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils. These are available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-supporting-access-to-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/gypsy-roma-and-traveller-pupils-supporting-access-to-education</a>.</p><br /><p>Schools have duties under the Equality Act 2010 not to discriminate against pupils, including in the exclusion process. These duties are considered as part of the inspection process and complaints processes exist to consider individual complaints.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2016 14:50:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

443226

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will re-establish the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Education Stakeholder Group; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	21519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>We are currently considering the Department's role in the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Education Stakeholder Group. Officials will be writing to members of the group in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2016 17:19:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

443227

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Food Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate how many pupils are being taught how to cook in the 2015-16 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	21599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not held by the Department for Education.</p><p>Under the National Curriculum, as updated in September 2014, cooking is now compulsory for pupils in Key Stages 1-3 in maintained schools. Children are taught about food, nutrition and healthy eating and how to cook a repertoire of dishes.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:51:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

443229

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many jobs in (a) her Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	21445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>No jobs in either the Department for Education or any of its non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies or other accountable statutory bodies have been abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent since 2010, and no such jobs will be abolished or relocated from Stoke-on-Trent by 2020</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2016 17:27:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

443231

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443232

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people of each gender work in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	21480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2015, there were 1468 men and 2026 women working in the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:54:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

443235

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

442903

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: 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 3 December 2015 to Question 18680, for what reasons her Department does not hold information on (a) the number of academies in England that were in deficit and (b) the total deficit of those academies in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	21397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information in the form requested and it could be calculated only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Academy trust accounts have only been consolidated into those of the department from 2012-13 (academic year 2011/12). Analysis of academy trusts in deficit before then would require reviewing individually each trust’s accounts.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2016 16:21:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 38233 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

442910

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
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 16 December 2015 to Question 19591, what alternative provision is available for bullied children who subsequently develop complex needs; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure government funding attaches to a child requiring alternative provision but lacking an EHC plan because the damage from bullying has caused a collapse in self-esteem and wellbeing rather than a physical medical condition.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	21192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Any pupil who can no longer attend a mainstream school due to complex needs, including those related to mental health issues, must be provided with alternative education. It is for the local authority to decide the most suitable provision and they are encouraged to take into account the views of relevant professionals, such as medical practitioners, as well as parents and pupils. Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 lays a duty on local authorities to arrange education for pupils of compulsory school age who would not otherwise receive it. Local authorities use a portion of their high needs budget to fund this provision. Schools are also free to use their budgets to commission alternative education for pupils who have complex needs they judge would be best managed with such an approach.</p><p>The Department has issued guidance on alternative provision: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alternative-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alternative-provision</a>. The Department has also issued guidance on the education of pupils with complex medical needs that cannot be managed in a mainstream school: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-for-children-with-health-needs-who-cannot-attend-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-for-children-with-health-needs-who-cannot-attend-school</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2016 17:30:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

442598

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on religious education as a compulsory part of the school curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	21018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The government firmly believes in the importance of religious education (RE).</p><p>RE is a compulsory subject for all pupils up to the age of 18 in state funded schools. For schools without a religious character, the RE curriculum needs to reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:53:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon