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1170360

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
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 help ensure that teachers have the training necessary to teach the new Relationships and Sex Education curriculum from September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	2554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is investing in a central programme of support for schools to help teachers introduce the new subjects of relationships education (for primary aged pupils), relationships and sex education (for secondary aged pupils) and health education (for all pupils in state-funded schools). This programme will include a new online service, featuring an implementation guide, training materials, and resources that teachers need to teach the new subjects. We are working with expert organisations, schools and teachers to develop this support. There will also be training available for teachers through regional networks, offering opportunities to improve subject knowledge and build confidence.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been working closely with over 1,600 schools who are acting on a voluntary basis as early adopters of the new subjects, so that we can support their journey, learn lessons and share good practice amongst all schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/01/2020 17:42:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1169864

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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, how many 3-4 year old children are ineligible for 30 hours of free childcare as a result of (a) one parent and (b) both parents not meeting the minimum earnings threshold.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department aims to ensure parents have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them increased flexibility in their working hours and helping children thrive in the crucial early years. The Department is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion to support our early education entitlements in 2020-21.</p><p>All 3-4-year-old children in England are eligible for the universal entitlement to 15 hours a week of early education. The additional 15 hours of early education a week, known as ’30 hours’, is available to families where both parents are working, or the sole parent is working in a lone parent family. To be eligible, each parent in a two-parent family, or the sole parent, must earn less than £100,000 a year and more than the equivalent to 16 hours a week at national minimum wage or national living wage (currently £6,800 a year). This also includes self-employed parents and parents on zero-hour contracts.</p><p> </p><p>All children aged 4 at 31 August in England are entitled to a place in a reception class at school starting that September.</p><p>The Department for Education estimates that in January 2019, 530,000 3-4-year-olds were ineligible for the additional 15 hours due to one or both of their parents earning below the lower income threshold. This is estimated as follows (figures rounded to nearest 10,000):</p><ul><li>There were 1,370,000 children aged 3 or 4 at 31 December 2018.</li><li>410,000 4-year-olds were in a reception place in January 2019.</li><li>A further 410,000 3-4 year-olds were eligible for 30 hours.</li><li>20,000 3-4-year-olds were ineligible for 30 hours due to one of their parents earning over £100,000 per year. This is estimated using the Survey of Personal Incomes publication.</li><li>Therefore we estimate that there are 530,000 3-4-year-olds who are ineligible for 30 hours because their parents do not meet the minimum income requirements. This includes families where one or both parents choose not to or are unable to work.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on these estimated 530,000 children separated out as requested in parts a and b of the question.</p><p> </p><p>There is support available for parents with childcare costs outside of the free early education entitlements. Eligible families can get help with 85% of their childcare costs through Universal Credit, subject to a monthly limit of £646 for one child or £1108 for two or more children. Further information can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/what-youll-get" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/what-youll-get</a>. Families can receive help with the costs of childcare from the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2020 17:37:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1169865

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
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 7 January 2020 to Question 134 on Pupil Premium, when his Department plans to publish funding rates for the pupil premium in the financial year 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>​The Department plans to confirm the funding rates for the pupil premium in the financial year 2020-21 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/01/2020 11:07:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1169573

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Raising expectations of children and parents, high standards for teachers and tackling bad behaviour: how schools in left behind areas can improve, published on 8 January 2020, whether he plans to fund Ofsted to trial a longer, deeper inspection approach with some of those schools.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	1434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is committed to tackling entrenched underperformance in schools wherever it exists.</p><p>Last September, following confirmation of the biggest funding boost for schools in a decade, totaling an additional £14 billion over three years, the Department announced that we will provide more support for persistently underperforming schools from high-performing, experienced school leaders. These mechanisms are now being put in place.</p><p> </p><p>We also confirmed that we would work with Ofsted so that it can provide more detailed analysis on areas of improvement for these schools. We have been doing so and will be confirming details in due course. This announcement can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-drive-to-continue-boosting-standards-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-drive-to-continue-boosting-standards-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 January, the Department also launched a public consultation on removing the exemption from routine inspection for schools previously rated outstanding by Ofsted. The aim is to lift the exemption from September 2020, subject to the consultation outcome and parliamentary approval. Ending the exemption will mean all parents have up to date information about every school and can be confident that their children’s schools are continuing to deliver the best education. The Department will provide additional funding for these inspections for 2020-21, and funding for subsequent years will be determined through the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The press release can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raising-expectations-of-children-and-parents-high-standards-for-teachers-and-tackling-bad-behaviour-how-schools-in-left-behind-areas-can-improve" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raising-expectations-of-children-and-parents-high-standards-for-teachers-and-tackling-bad-behaviour-how-schools-in-left-behind-areas-can-improve</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/01/2020 17:08:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1168312

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average level of per pupil funding in schools (a) was in 2009-10 and (b) will be in 2022-23, in 2019-20 prices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that average real terms (2019-20 prices) per pupil funding for 5-16 year olds has risen overall from £4,599 (primary) and £5,991 (secondary) per pupil in 2009-10, to £5,016 (primary) and £6,220 (secondary) in 2019-20. The figures were published here: <a href="https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/R162-Data-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/R162-Data-tables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>In August 2019, the Government announced the biggest funding boost for schools in a decade, which will give every school more money for every child. This includes an additional £2.6 billion for 2020-21, £4.8 billion for 2021-22, and £7.1 billion for 2022-23, in comparison to 2019-20. On top of this, the Department will provide £1.5 billion each year to fund additional pensions costs for teachers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2020 17:05:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1168313

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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 the eligibility criteria will be for (a) 15 and (b) 30 hours of free childcare for children aged two to four in each year from 2019-20 to 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department wants parents to have access to a range of affordable childcare, giving them increased flexibility in their working hours and helping children thrive in the crucial early years. We are spending around £3.5 billion on early education childcare entitlements in 2019-20 and my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced increases in hourly rates for our early education entitlements for 2020-21. In total, this Government is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion to support these entitlements in 2020-21.</p><p>The current eligibility criteria for (a) 15 and (b) 30 hours of free childcare for children aged two to four is the following:</p><p>Since September 2010, all three and four-year olds living in England have been entitled to 570 hours a year of funded early education over no fewer than 38 weeks of the year (which equates to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year). This is referred to as the universal funded early education entitlement.</p><p>From September 2013, the entitlement to 15 hours of funded early education per week for 38 weeks of the year was extended to some two-year olds. Information regarding eligibility for free early education and childcare can be found at the following links: <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/free-childcare-2-year-olds</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019 the Department extended the eligibility criteria for the free early education entitlement for the most disadvantaged two-year olds. Two-year old children in low income families are now able to take up a free place when their parent(s) have one of the following types of immigration status:</p><ul><li>Zambrano carer (derivative right to reside in the UK under European law as the primary carer of a British child or dependent adult)</li><li>Leave to remain with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) granted on family or private life (Article 8) grounds</li><li>‘Appeal rights exhausted’ (ARE) asylum seeker receiving asylum support from the Home Office under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999</li><li>Parents who are Zambrano carers or who have leave to remain with NRPF, must also be able to demonstrate that they have a low income</li></ul><p>The Government has no current plans to change the eligibility criteria of these entitlements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2020 16:21:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1168315

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his plans are to introduce an arts premium for secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Arts education is an important part of a broad and balanced curriculum and should not be the preserve of the elite but the entitlement of every child. Between 2016-20 the Department is providing almost £500 million of funding for a range of creative and performance arts education programmes including Music Education Hubs, the Music and Dance Scheme, the Dance and Drama Awards, and a set of diverse cultural education programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department believes that the arts help young people to learn creative skills and widen their horizons, so we will also offer an ‘Arts Premium’ to secondary schools to fund enriching activities for all pupils. The Department will share further details on the Premium in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2020 16:02:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1168316

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of increasing the teacher starting salary to £30,000.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s proposal for an increase in teachers’ starting salaries to £30,000 by 2022-23, along with increases elsewhere on the rest of the pay framework, will be affordable for schools within the additional funding announced at the Spending Round. This will see an additional £2.6 billion in core schools funding next year, with increases of £4.8 billion and £7.1 billion in 2021-22 and 2022-23 respectively.</p><p>Pay reform is subject to the School Teacher Review Body process and recommendations, but our assessment of affordability will be part of the evidence we provide as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2020 17:17:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1168335

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his policy to increase the per pupil funding of the deprivation element of the Pupil Premium in each year from 2019-20 to 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department plans to confirm the funding rates for the pupil premium in the financial year 2020-21 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2020 15:49:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1167028

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the objectives are of his Department's 4-year Solar Framework Market Engagement; and how much funding has been allocated to the project from his Department's (a) capital and (b) revenue budgets.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	7154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The objectives of the market engagement are to: establish potential future procurement options available to the Department, gather market intelligence with regard to supplier capabilities, and enable a decision-making process to determine if a Departmental Solar PV Framework is 1) required and 2) would be beneficial.</p><p> </p><p>No funding has been allocated as this work is being carried out through the Department’s capital direct sourcing team’s business as usual activities and forms part of their five year procurement programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2019 10:47:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner