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1050027

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average state school class size is in (a) the UK, (b) Hampshire and (c) the city of Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	213450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>information on average class sizes in state-funded schools in England is published in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>In January 2018, the average primary school class size was 27.1, while the average secondary school class size was 21.2.</p><p>In Hampshire, the average class size for state-funded primary schools is 27.7, while the average class size for state-funded secondary schools is 23.0.</p><p>In Portsmouth, the average class size for state-funded primary schools is 27.6, while the average class size for state-funded secondary schools is 21.9.</p><p>​This only covers England, as education in the UK is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/02/2019 16:22:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1050087

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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, how many teachers have moved down the pay scale in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	213211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2019 14:45:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1050094

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teaching assistants and (b) specialist support staff have been employed in primary schools in (i) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (ii) the London borough of Lewisham, (iii) London and (iv) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	213417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table provides the full time equivalent number of teaching assistants, support staff and auxiliary staff in service in state funded nursery/primary and secondary schools in Lewisham Deptford constituency, London Borough of Lewisham local authority and England in each November, 2010 to 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 213418 question first answered 01/02/2019 14:57:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 213417_213418_Table.pdf title 213417_213418_Table
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1050095

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teaching assistants and (b) specialist support staff have been employed in secondary schools in (i) Lewisham Deptford constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Lewisham, (iii) London and (iv) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	213418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table provides the full time equivalent number of teaching assistants, support staff and auxiliary staff in service in state funded nursery/primary and secondary schools in Lewisham Deptford constituency, London Borough of Lewisham local authority and England in each November, 2010 to 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 213417 question first answered 01/02/2019 14:57:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 213417_213418_Table.pdf title 213417_213418_Table
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1050107

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the January 2019 survey of members of the National Education Union, what steps he is taking to respond to concerns raised in that survey on the effect of reductions in the number of teaching assistants and learning support assistants on the quality of teaching.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	213455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent teaching assistants in state funded schools in England was 262,800 in 2017. This is 48,900 more than reported in November 2010, and 30,500 more than reported five years previously. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p>The figures above include learning support assistants, who report under this category in the school workforce census.</p><p>Schools are best placed to determine how to meet the needs of their pupils, including making decisions about the recruitment, training and deployment of teaching assistants. The Government recognises appropriately skilled and deployed support staff can make an important contribution to the development of children and the support of teachers in delivering teaching and learning.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/02/2019 13:50:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1050139

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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 estimates his Department has made of the comparable costs of the (a) recommendations of the School Teachers’ Pay Review Body that all pay and allowance ranges for teachers and school leaders are uplifted by 3.5% from September 2018 and (b) his Department's pay package introduced following the that School Teachers’ Pay Review Body report.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	213396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018, the Department accepted in full the School Teachers’ Pay Review Body (STRB) recommendation for a 3.5% uplift to the minima and maxima of the main pay range. As a result, classroom teachers will see starting salaries increasing by between £803 and £1,004. The Department also announced a substantial uplift to pay ranges for leaders and higher-paid teachers: 2% on the upper pay range and 1.5% on the leadership pay range.</p><p>This was supported by a new Teachers’ Pay Grant of £508 million over two years, covering the difference between these awards and the 1% award that schools would have anticipated under the previous public sector pay cap. This was funded using existing Department for Education resources, recognising that the pay award would have a significant impact on school budgets.</p><p>Providing an equivalent Teachers’ Pay Grant to cover the difference between a 3.5% award for all pay ranges and the previous public sector pay cap would have cost over £900m across two years.</p><p>In line with the overall government approach to pay review body recommendations across the public sector, the Department needs to balance the importance of rewarding teachers with ensuring awards are affordable and fair to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2019 17:03:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1050243

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to answer the letter from Councillor Jonathan Pryor, executive member for learning for Leeds City Council, dated 26 September 2018, on school funding in Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	213379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The letter to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, dated 26 September 2018, was passed to my right hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System as the Minister responsible for this policy area. A response was signed and sent via email to Councillor Pryor on 29 October 2018. This reply was also sent again on 29 January 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2019 16:48:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1050246

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Academies
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 Teacher Recruitment and Retention strategy, whether the commitment to fund five per cent off timetable in the second year of teaching will apply to teachers in academies.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	213380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Once reforms for induction are introduced nationally, all early career teachers in their second year of statutory induction will be entitled to funded five per cent off timetable, subject to regulatory changes. All relevant institutions, including those academies that choose to provide induction, will have to comply with these regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2019 16:42:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1050247

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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, with reference to the document entitled, Early Career Framework published by his Department on 28 January 2018, whether the funding commitments to support will be included in the forthcoming Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	213381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Teacher recruitment and retention is a high priority issue for the Government, and the Department is committed to taking further action. The Department will be funding the Early Career Framework (ECF) reforms in full. The Spending Review 2019 will set Departmental budgets and confirm the precise funding details for the ECF.</p><p> </p><p>By the time the ECF reforms are fully in place the Department anticipates investing at least an additional £130 million every year to support delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for national roll-out will include funding and guaranteeing 5% off timetable in the second year of teaching for all early career teachers, with funding based on the number of early career teachers a school is supporting. It will also include the creation of high quality curricula and training materials paid for by the Department and available for free. The roll-out will further establish full ECF training programmes, with teachers’ access to programmes funded by the Department. It will also ensure funding the time for mentors to support early career teachers, and fully funded mentor training.</p><p> </p><p>The £130 million funding reflects what individual schools are expected to need on a yearly basis to support delivery of the ECF in full.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2019 14:57:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1050248

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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, with reference to the publication entitled, Early Career Framework published by his Department on 28 January 2019, whether he has plans to allocate funding in excess of £130 million if a request is made; and whether any additional funding will be provided by HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	213382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The £130 million funding package represents an ongoing investment in the development of early career teachers and their mentors. Once fully rolled out, all schools will be able to draw on fully funded and quality assured training and support.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for national roll-out will include funding and guaranteeing 5% off timetable in the second year of teaching for all early career teachers, with funding based on the number of early career teachers a school is supporting. It will also include the creation of high quality curricula and training materials paid for by the Department and available for free. The roll-out will further establish full Early Career Framework (ECF) training programmes, with teachers’ access to programmes funded by the Department, rather than schools. It will also ensure funding time for mentors to support early career teachers, and fully funded mentor training.</p><p> </p><p>The £130 million funding reflects what individual schools are expected to need on a yearly basis to support delivery of the ECF in full. The early roll-out phase will help the Department collect evidence on how to roll out the framework nationally in September 2021 and ensure it meets the needs of early career teachers and enables them to enjoy a successful start in the profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review 2019 will set wider Departmental budgets and confirm the precise funding details for the ECF.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2019 14:53:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner