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1541096

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers have (a) the Qualification in Career Guidance, (b) the Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development, and (c) both of those qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	83608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s careers statutory guidance recommends that all careers professionals are qualified to a minimum of level 6 and that schools and colleges consult the UK Register of Careers Professionals, held by the Career Development Institute, when employing a careers professional. As at May 2022, over 1,800 people were on the register.</p><p>Information on the state-funded school workforce in England, including the Level 4 and above (post-A level equivalent) qualifications held by teachers, is published in the annual ‘School Workforce in England’ national statistic. The information is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As at November 2021, there were 23 teachers who reported a qualification with the subject Careers Guidance, and none who reported holding the Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2022 17:16:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1541166

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support the Government is providing to schools to help address the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Overall, core schools funding, including funding for both mainstream schools and high needs, increased by £4 billion in the 2022/23 financial year compared to the previous financial year, which equates to a 7% cash increase in funding per pupil.</p><p>Schools will also benefit from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. This will reduce how much schools need to spend on their energy, and give schools greater certainty over their budgets over the winter months. The details of the scheme can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers</a>.</p><p>The Department is also supporting schools with the school resource management (SRM) advice, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>. This includes a free range of practical tools and information to help all schools unlock efficiencies, which they can then reinvest based on their own priorities.</p><p>The SRM advice includes recommended deals for energy costs and ancillary services. The Department is also updating and strengthening guidance on a regular basis to inform schools of the market and commercial position, with practical advice on new and exiting existing contracts. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-buying-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-help-buying-for-schools</a>.</p><p>The Department knows that every school’s circumstances are different, and where schools are in serious financial difficulty, they should contact their Local Authority or the Education and Skills Funding Agency, who can provide advice and, in exceptional circumstances, financial support.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2022 16:56:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541167

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Barnsley East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding secondary schools in Barnsley East constituency have received each academic year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Allocations are calculated by Local Authority area, not by constituency. Maintained school allocations are calculated for a financial year that runs from April to March, while academies are funded on a financial year that matches the academic year. The figures provided show the total for the financial year across primary and secondary schools.</p><p>The revenue funding figures shown below are for 2013 to 2022. Before 2013/14, funding allocated by the Department through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) was allocated to Local Authorities as a single amount that was intended to fund school budget shares (including academies), local authority central services for schools, additional support for high needs pupils, and provision for early years education.</p><p>In 2013/14 the DSG was divided into funding blocks for a schools block, central services schools block, high needs block and early years block. The schools block is allocated based on the number of pupils in schools within each Local Authority. The amounts allocated by Barnsley Metropolitan Council from their schools block to primary and secondary schools and academies for each year since 2013/14 to 2021/22 are shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools classed as primary schools (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools classed as secondary schools (£) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>27,852,000</p></td><td><p>23,767,000</p></td><td><p>51,619,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>29,310,000</p></td><td><p>22,598,000</p></td><td><p>51,908,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>30,049,000</p></td><td><p>21,617,000</p></td><td><p>51,666,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>30,582,000</p></td><td><p>21,092,000</p></td><td><p>51,674,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>31,268,000</p></td><td><p>21,256,000</p></td><td><p>52,524,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>31,979,000</p></td><td><p>21,783,000</p></td><td><p>53,762,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>37,875,000</p></td><td><p>25,593,000</p></td><td><p>63,468,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>40,933,000</p></td><td><p>29,271,000</p></td><td><p>70,204,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>41,989,000</p></td><td><p>31,237,000</p></td><td><p>73,226,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*From 2019/20 onwards Pupil Premium, PE/Sport, and Universal Infant School Meals Grants are included</p><p>*Information for 2022/23 is due for publication at the end of January 2023.</p><p>This funding is allocated using the Local Authority’s own formulae based upon nationally agreed factors and the attached table shows the allocations for each school, rounded to the nearest £1,000.</p><p>Figures showing funding for each school in the Barnsley Metropolitan Council and relevant links to where these figures are published are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 83712 question first answered 16/11/2022 12:01:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 83711_83712_Table.xlsx title 83711_83712_table
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541168

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Barnsley East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding primary schools in Barnsley East constituency have received each academic year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Allocations are calculated by Local Authority area, not by constituency. Maintained school allocations are calculated for a financial year that runs from April to March, while academies are funded on a financial year that matches the academic year. The figures provided show the total for the financial year across primary and secondary schools.</p><p>The revenue funding figures shown below are for 2013 to 2022. Before 2013/14, funding allocated by the Department through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) was allocated to Local Authorities as a single amount that was intended to fund school budget shares (including academies), local authority central services for schools, additional support for high needs pupils, and provision for early years education.</p><p>In 2013/14 the DSG was divided into funding blocks for a schools block, central services schools block, high needs block and early years block. The schools block is allocated based on the number of pupils in schools within each Local Authority. The amounts allocated by Barnsley Metropolitan Council from their schools block to primary and secondary schools and academies for each year since 2013/14 to 2021/22 are shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools classed as primary schools (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools classed as secondary schools (£) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>27,852,000</p></td><td><p>23,767,000</p></td><td><p>51,619,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>29,310,000</p></td><td><p>22,598,000</p></td><td><p>51,908,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>30,049,000</p></td><td><p>21,617,000</p></td><td><p>51,666,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>30,582,000</p></td><td><p>21,092,000</p></td><td><p>51,674,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>31,268,000</p></td><td><p>21,256,000</p></td><td><p>52,524,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>31,979,000</p></td><td><p>21,783,000</p></td><td><p>53,762,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>37,875,000</p></td><td><p>25,593,000</p></td><td><p>63,468,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>40,933,000</p></td><td><p>29,271,000</p></td><td><p>70,204,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>41,989,000</p></td><td><p>31,237,000</p></td><td><p>73,226,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*From 2019/20 onwards Pupil Premium, PE/Sport, and Universal Infant School Meals Grants are included</p><p>*Information for 2022/23 is due for publication at the end of January 2023.</p><p>This funding is allocated using the Local Authority’s own formulae based upon nationally agreed factors and the attached table shows the allocations for each school, rounded to the nearest £1,000.</p><p>Figures showing funding for each school in the Barnsley Metropolitan Council and relevant links to where these figures are published are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 83711 question first answered 16/11/2022 12:01:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 83711_83712_Table.xlsx title 83711_83712_table
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541169

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to (a) issue guidance and (b) provide support for teachers where their pupils schooling has been impacted by the financial situation of their families, in the context of the cost of living crisis; and what assessment he has made of the impact of rising energy costs on school's budgets to provide support for low-income pupils.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	83713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to assess and monitor the effects of inflationary pressures on schools’ budgets. This includes working with schools to understand the effects on low-income pupils.</p><p>The 2022 Autumn Statement has provided an additional net increase in the core schools budget of £2 billion in 2023/24, and a further £2 billion in 2024/25, over and above totals announced at the Autumn and Budget Spending Review 2021. This brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in 2024/25. This will enable head teachers to continue to concentrate funding in the areas that positively support educational attainment. The 2022 Autumn Statement brings school funding for both mainstream and high needs to £4 billion higher than last year and will rise by a further £3.5 billion next year.</p><p>There will be targeted support for disadvantaged pupils through the pupil premium and the National Funding Formula (NFF). In the 2022/23 financial year, the Department is allocating approximately £2,000 per pupil, for all pupils who have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any point in the last six years. In total, this is an increase of 15% funding in two years.</p><p>From October 2022 to 31 March 2023, schools will benefit from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. This will provide a price reduction to protect them from high energy bills over the winter period.</p><p>The Department’s schools resource management (SRM) guidance includes Department approved frameworks for energy costs and ancillary services relating to energy. Schools can obtain free procurement support on energy and all other buying needs via the Get Help Buying for Schools service.</p><p>The Government is offering support to help families with the costs of childcare, housing, transport, and bills. The <strong>‘</strong>Help for Households’ guidance lists Government cost of living support available to families.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/12/2022 15:55:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1541292

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employees in her Department work on matters related to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	83578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>In March 2022, there were approximately 185 employees working in COVID-19 specific teams.</p><p> </p><p>From the end of March 2022, related COVID-19 work has been spread across several teams within the Department. The information on how many employees work on matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/11/2022 11:18:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541317

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 implications for her policies of rises in the number of pupils (a) eligible and (b) in receipt of free school meals.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming free school meals (FSM). This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, 37.5% of school children are now provided with FSM.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the consequences of the rising cost of living and is working with other government Departments to provide support. The Department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the Department believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p>The Department does not collect data on food brought into schools, nor consumed on school premises, other than FSM.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 83675 83677 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:20:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1541318

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 thresholds for free school meals; and what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on those thresholds.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming free school meals (FSM). This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, 37.5% of school children are now provided with FSM.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the consequences of the rising cost of living and is working with other government Departments to provide support. The Department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the Department believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p>The Department does not collect data on food brought into schools, nor consumed on school premises, other than FSM.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 83674 83677 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:20:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1541323

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of Ministerial severance pay in his Department between 1 January 2016 to 8 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	83730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The provision of severance payments for Ministers is set out in legislation.</p><p>Details of the severance payments made to Ministers when leaving office are published in departments’ annual reports and accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2022 12:01:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1541324

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the level of prevalence of teachers bringing food into schools for pupils.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	83677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming free school meals (FSM). This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, 37.5% of school children are now provided with FSM.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the consequences of the rising cost of living and is working with other government Departments to provide support. The Department will continue to keep FSM eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the Department believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p>The Department does not collect data on food brought into schools, nor consumed on school premises, other than FSM.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 83674 83675 question first answered 15/11/2022 17:20:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell