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1541788

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers who qualified in each year from 2010-2020 were still in service in the English state school sector (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine, (j) ten and (k) eleven years after qualifying by (i) region and (ii) local authority.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	86460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Information on the retention rates of qualified teachers and the number of newly qualified entrants to state funded schools in England is published in the annual ‘School Workforce in England’ national statistics release. The information can be accessed 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>87.5% of teachers who qualified in 2020 were still teaching one year after qualification. In the year to November 2021, the full time equivalent of 43,981 teachers joined the state-funded sector in England, including 3,850 deferred newly qualified teachers and 22,059 newly qualified teachers.</p><p>The requested figures by region and local authority are in the attached tables. Figures relate to a teacher’s original location, which is not necessarily the location they were in when leaving the state funded sector. If a teacher moves to a state funded school in a different local authority or region, they are counted as still in service. One-year retention rates will be the least affected by movement across boundaries. Retention percentages may go up as well as down because the methodology employed allows for non-continuous service where teachers leave and re-join the state funded sector over time.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 86461 question first answered 21/11/2022 14:23:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 86460 86461 Table 161122.xlsx title 86460 86461 Table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1541789

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full time equivalent (a) deferred newly qualified and (b) newly qualified entrants there were to the state school sector in England between 2011-12 and 2021-22, by (i) region and (ii) local authority.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	86461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Information on the retention rates of qualified teachers and the number of newly qualified entrants to state funded schools in England is published in the annual ‘School Workforce in England’ national statistics release. The information can be accessed 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>87.5% of teachers who qualified in 2020 were still teaching one year after qualification. In the year to November 2021, the full time equivalent of 43,981 teachers joined the state-funded sector in England, including 3,850 deferred newly qualified teachers and 22,059 newly qualified teachers.</p><p>The requested figures by region and local authority are in the attached tables. Figures relate to a teacher’s original location, which is not necessarily the location they were in when leaving the state funded sector. If a teacher moves to a state funded school in a different local authority or region, they are counted as still in service. One-year retention rates will be the least affected by movement across boundaries. Retention percentages may go up as well as down because the methodology employed allows for non-continuous service where teachers leave and re-join the state funded sector over time.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 86460 question first answered 21/11/2022 14:23:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 86460 86461 Table 161122.xlsx title 86460 86461 Table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1541794

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sefton Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for schools in Sefton Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	86464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is prioritising further funding for schools. The 2022 Autumn Statement has provided an additional increase in the core schools’ budget, including £2.3 billion in funding for both mainstream schools and high needs in 2023/24 and 2024/25. After adjusting to take account of the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in 2024/25, £2 billion greater than published in the 2021 Spending Review.</p><p>The Department will set out plans for allocation of the additional funding provided by the Autumn Statement, including plans for funding in Sefton Council, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 10:29:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1541795

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sefton Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant of the Answer of 27 September to Question 44953 on Schools: Finance, how much funding schools in Sefton Central have received in the 2021-2022 academic year as of 14 November 2022; and what estimate he has made of his expected expenditure in those schools in that constituency in the 2023-24 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	86465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Schools in Sefton Central attracted over £68.6 million in the 2021/22 financial year, based on the schools National Funding Formula. This is an extra £2.6 million compared to the 2020/21 financial year. This represented an increase of 3.5% per pupil for their pupil-led funding compared to the 2020/21 financial year. Constituency figures are based on an aggregate of school allocations.</p><p>Core schools' funding is £4 billion higher this year than last year; and the additional funding announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement means it will rise by another £3.5 billion next year. Taken together, that means a 15% increase in funding in two years. The Department will set out its plans for allocation of the additional funding provided by the Autumn Statement shortly.</p><p>Information on school expenditure for maintained schools can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a>, and here for academies: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/academies-sector-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/academies-sector-annual-reports-and-accounts</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2022 13:19:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1541796

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sefton Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for schools in Sefton Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	86466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department engages regularly with His Majesty’s Treasury on a number of matters, including on school funding.</p><p>The Government is prioritising further funding for schools, including those in the Sefton Central constituency. The Autumn Statement has provided an additional increase in the core schools’ budget of £2.3 billion for both 2023/24 and 2024/25. After adjusting to account for the removal of the compensation for employer costs of the Health and Social Care Levy, this brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in 2024/25, £2 billion greater than published in the 2021 Spending Review. Schools funding is already £4 billion higher this year than last year, and this additional funding means that it will rise by a further £3.5 billion next year. Combined, that means a 15% increase in funding within two years.</p><p>The Department will set out plans for the distribution of the additional funding provided through the Autumn Statement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2022 11:31:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1541805

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
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 she plans to respond to the letter of 11 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on funding for schools in Sefton Central constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	86467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office minimum target is for Departments to reply to 95% of correspondence within 20 working days. The Department and its Ministers understand the importance of providing timely responses to correspondence, and have set an internal target for responding to MP correspondence within 18 working days. A response to the hon. Member’s letter will be sent by 7 December 2022 at the latest.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/11/2022 16:28:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1541808

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Speech and Language Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide further speech and language support in schools.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	86414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of speech and language in pupils’ development. The Department has invested £17 million to deliver the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme, which supports children in reception with their language. Over two thirds of eligible mainstream primary schools are taking part in this programme. This benefits around 90,000 children most in need of language support.</p><p>The Department has committed £24 million to boost literacy in schools this academic year. The majority of this funding will be distributed via the English Hubs Programme. Providing support for early language is one of the founding aims of the English Hub Programme and in January 2023, the Hubs will begin delivering a new early language support to schools, which has been designed by Hubs and external experts.</p><p>In July 2021, the Department published 'The reading framework: teaching the foundations of literacy', for teachers and school leaders. The document focuses on the early stages in the teaching of reading, and the contribution of talk and stories, in addition to phonics. It advises that teachers help children articulate their ideas in well-formed sentences, by scaffolding, extending, and developing their ideas.</p><p>The Department’s new National Professional Qualification for Leading Literacy and National Professional Qualification for Early Years Leadership launched in October 2022. Developing pupils’ language capability and wider understanding of language to support their studies, is a key element of both qualifications, including how to identify pupils whose language learning difficulties might impact on their ability to understand the curriculum.</p><p>The Department also knows that children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) frequently require additional support from a broad specialist workforce across education, health and care, including speech and language therapists. The Department is already taking steps to increase the capacity of the specialist workforce, as set out in the SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 12:15:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1541831

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Curriculum: British Overseas Territories
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 including teaching about the British Overseas Territories in the curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	86431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>There are opportunities within the themes and eras of the history curriculum for schools to include the Overseas Territories at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. At Key Stage 1, pupils should be taught changes within living memory and events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally. At Key Stage 2, the curriculum requires pupils to be taught aspects or themes in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066. At Key Stage 3, the teaching of the British Empire, the end of Empire, and Britain in the twentieth century can include the British Overseas Territories.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 12:00:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1541845

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of state-funded schools that have buildings affected by the rusting of steel reinforcements in concrete, so-called concrete cancer; and if she will provide a list of those schools.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	86617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department is currently asking all responsible bodies of state funded schools in England to complete a questionnaire about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their estates. RAAC is a type of concrete component containing a steel reinforcing bar, although this is a separate issue from ‘concrete cancer’. The information collected is actively being used to help the Department target and provide appropriate support to help responsible bodies manage RAAC in their estates.</p><p>Between 2017 – 2019, the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme collected information on the condition of 22,031 government funded schools in England.</p><p>CDC assessed the condition of the construction types in a school, grading elements such as roofs, windows, and heating systems with a condition grade from A (good/new) to D (poor/life expired).</p><p>CDC was a visual, non-intrusive data collection and did not collect the level of detail like presence of rust, so would not have necessarily identify issues with the structural frame of a building which will often be hidden. Bodies responsible for school buildings, such as academy trusts and local authorities, are expected to carry out their own surveys to effectively manage their estates and had the opportunity to submit professional evidence on structural issues as part of nominations to the School Rebuilding Programme.</p><p>The Department published a summary report of the CDC findings in May 2021 and plans to publish school level data for CDC by the end of the year. The summary report can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>Well maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the Department. The Department has allocated over £13 billion for improving the school estate since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed in 2022, and is also rebuilding 500 schools through the School Rebuilding Programme. The Department also provides a range of guidance, tools and support to help schools and responsible bodies effectively manage their school buildings and keep them safe.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 10:37:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1541869

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) non-disclosure and (b) other confidentiality agreements relating to (i) employment, (ii) bullying, (iii) misconduct and (iii) harassment cases have been agreed by their Department in each year since 1 January 2010; and how much money from the public purse has been spent on (A) legal costs and (B) financial settlements for such agreements in each year since 1 January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	86584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department has not used non-disclosure or other confidentiality agreements with current or former employees from 2014 onwards.</p><p>The Government is clear that confidentiality clauses should not be used to prevent staff from raising or discussing allegations of bullying, harassment, or discrimination.</p><p>The Department did enter into some such agreements between 2010 and 2013. The table below shows the number of such agreements and the financial settlements agreed in each financial year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of agreements</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost of settlements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td><td><p>£35,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td><td><p>£117,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 10</p></td><td><p>£122,885</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department does not hold information on the legal costs during that period.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 15:28:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran