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1138197

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Design and Technology: English Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the correlation between the number of students studying (a) design and technology and (b) the English Baccalaureate.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	275703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Following an assessment, the Department has found no evidence to demonstrate that entries to the design and technology (D&amp;T) GCSE have fallen as a direct consequence of an increase in students taking the English Baccalaureate (EBacc). The gradual decline in the proportion of pupils entered for D&amp;T GCSE started in 2001, when the subject became non-compulsory at Key Stage 4. The EBacc was first introduced in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The EBacc encourages young people to take core academic subjects, keeping their options open for further study and future careers. The Department is clear that it should be studied alongside other subjects, such as D&amp;T, and it has been designed to allow pupils to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has reformed D&amp;T GCSE so that it has a greater emphasis on the iterative design process, something that subject experts advise is at the core of contemporary industry practice. It also includes more on the technical knowledge required, including cutting edge technology and processes. These structural changes make it more accessible to pupils and easier for teachers to deliver whilst maintaining the rigour and challenge the Department expects of a GCSE subject. It will take time for the new GCSE to embed given the significant changes. The Department continues to attract more graduates into teaching and have increased the bursary offered for most D&amp;T teacher trainees through the introduction of a £12,000 bursary for trainees with a 2:2 or higher. Previously those with a 2:1 received £9,000 and those with a 2:2 received no bursary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/07/2019 15:13:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1137414

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to increase gender equality in STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	274538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. Efforts have been made to ensure that girls and boys can succeed on an equal basis particularly in STEM. Data from the Joint Council for Qualifications shows that entries by girls made up 27.2% of all entries to A levels in STEM subjects in 2018, an increase of 6.4 percentage points since 2010. There is near gender parity in most STEM subjects at GCSE with entries by girls making up 50% of those sitting biology, physics and chemistry GCSEs respectively in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is funding a £2.4 million program to improve girls’ participation in computer science. The Department also funds the Stimulating Physics Network to improve progression to A level physics with a particular focus on improving girls’ participation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to improving STEM careers advice in schools in the Careers Strategy. This includes ensuring that STEM engagement, such as with employers and apprenticeships, are built into school career programmes by updating school and college statutory guidance. The Department is also raising awareness of the range of careers that STEM qualifications offer through programmes such as STEM ambassadors, 44% of which ambassadors are women.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/07/2019 16:33:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1137521

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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 level of education funding was per pupil in Suffolk in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	274501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>​The revenue funding allocated for schools for financial years 2009-10 and 2018-19 for Suffolk local authority are shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Suffolk local authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£420.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£549.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/07/2019 11:31:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1137598

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures he holds on the cost of music lessons for (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils per term for each local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	274610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally regarding individual schools and how much they spend on music education, as this is delivered within every school's core funding. However, the Government is clear that music is an important subject and that all pupils should receive a high quality music education, at least up to age 14 as part of the national curriculum. In addition, the Government is providing funding of over £300 million for music education hubs between 2016 and 2020.</p><p>Music education hubs cover every local authority area, and focus on assessing and meeting local needs of children, drawing on a range of local, national and regional music and arts provision in each area. The core roles of the hubs are to ensure that every child aged 5-18 can learn a musical instrument through whole-class ensemble teaching programmes for ideally a year (but for a minimum of a term) of weekly tuition on the same instrument. Their role is also to provide opportunities to play in ensembles and to perform from an early stage, to ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people, and to develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available in the area.</p><p>Financial allocations to music education hubs by local authority area can be found at: <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/music-education/music-education-hubs" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/music-education/music-education-hubs</a>.</p><p>In order to ensure all pupils are able to enjoy a high quality music education, the Department is developing and publishing a non-statutory model music curriculum for Key Stages 1-3. This will expand on the statutory programmes of study and act as a benchmark for all schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/07/2019 14:30:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1137624

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Average Earnings
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 September 2017 to Question 8320 on Classroom Assistants: Average Earnings, if he will publish that salary data for (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	274506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the average salary for all full-time general teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants and all teaching assistants in local authority maintained schools, academy schools and free schools in England, as at November 2017 and 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time General Teaching Assistants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time Higher Level Teaching Assistants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time All Teaching Assistants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority Maintained Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,396</p></td><td><p>£22,911</p></td><td><p>£19,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academies</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,020</p></td><td><p>£22,019</p></td><td><p>£19,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£17,502</p></td><td><p>£20,319</p></td><td><p>£17,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,160</p></td><td><p>£22,542</p></td><td><p>£19,508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority Maintained Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,645</p></td><td><p>£23,362</p></td><td><p>£20,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academies</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,390</p></td><td><p>£22,407</p></td><td><p>£19,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£17,942</p></td><td><p>£20,341</p></td><td><p>£18,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,457</p></td><td><p>£22,917</p></td><td><p>£19,820</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/07/2019 09:50:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1136283

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	State Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state schools in England are classified as (a) rural town and fringe, (b) in a sparse setting, (c) rural village and hamlet, (d) urban, (f) urban major conurbation, (g) urban minor conurbation and (h) urban city and town.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	272250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Table 1 below details the number of state[1] schools in England at each rural/urban classification.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 below details the percentage of state schools in England at each rural/urban classification.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Rural/Urban Classification</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All-through</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural hamlet and isolated dwelling</p></td><td><p>731</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural town and fringe</p></td><td><p>1766</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural village</p></td><td><p>2051</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural village in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban city and town</p></td><td><p>6422</p></td><td><p>1511</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban city and town in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban major conurbation</p></td><td><p>4900</p></td><td><p>1124</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban minor conurbation</p></td><td><p>553</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Rural/Urban Classification </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of state schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural hamlet and isolated dwelling</p></td><td><p>3.88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>0.43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural town and fringe</p></td><td><p>10.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>0.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural village</p></td><td><p>10.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural village in a sparse setting</p></td><td><p>0.79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban city and town</p></td><td><p>39.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban city and town in sparse setting</p></td><td><p>0.17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban major conurbation</p></td><td><p>30.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban minor conurbation</p></td><td><p>3.29%[2]</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[3] (the Department’s register of schools). This can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative provision or special schools.</p><p>[2] The percentages used have been rounded to two decimal places.</p><p>[3] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/07/2019 15:56:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135867

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with an education health and care plan receive free home to school transport in England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	271489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally about the number of children that receive free home to school transport.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide free home to school transport for all eligible children. They also have a discretionary power to provide free or subsidised home to school transport for other children.</p><p>A child is eligible for free home to school transport if they are of compulsory school age and they attend their nearest suitable school and it is more than the statutory walking distance from their home. The statutory walking distance is two miles for children under the age of eight and three miles for children aged eight and over. They are also eligible if they attend their nearest suitable school and cannot reasonably be expected to walk there because of their special educational needs, disability or mobility problem, or because the route is unsafe.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 271488 271490 271491 question first answered 09/07/2019 11:47:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1135869

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Transport
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 number of children with with an education health and care plan that are unable to access education as a result of inadequate provision of free home to school transport.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	271491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally about the number of children that receive free home to school transport.</p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide free home to school transport for all eligible children. They also have a discretionary power to provide free or subsidised home to school transport for other children.</p><p>A child is eligible for free home to school transport if they are of compulsory school age and they attend their nearest suitable school and it is more than the statutory walking distance from their home. The statutory walking distance is two miles for children under the age of eight and three miles for children aged eight and over. They are also eligible if they attend their nearest suitable school and cannot reasonably be expected to walk there because of their special educational needs, disability or mobility problem, or because the route is unsafe.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 271488 271489 271490 question first answered 09/07/2019 11:47:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1135876

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been spent from the public purse on free home to school transport for children and young people with special educational needs in (a) pre-16 and (b) post-16 education in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	271585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to submit statements about planned and actual expenditure on education and children and young people’s services to the Secretary of State for Education. This data includes spending on home to school transport and home to post-16 provision transport. The data is available in the attached table and is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance</a>.</p><p>Regarding the amount spent specifically on transport for children with Education Health and Care Plans, on chaperones to support children with special education needs, or on specialist providers of transport for children with special educational needs, the information requested is not held centrally. The Department also does not collect information about other public funds that may be spent on home to school transport, for example, through the 16 -19 bursary fund.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 271583 271584 271586 271587 271588 question first answered 09/07/2019 11:38:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 271583_271584_271585_271586_271587_271588_SEN_transport_table.pdf title 271583-271588_PDF
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1135877

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been spent from the public purse on free home to school transport on children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan in (a) pre-16 and (b) post-16 education in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	271586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to submit statements about planned and actual expenditure on education and children and young people’s services to the Secretary of State for Education. This data includes spending on home to school transport and home to post-16 provision transport. The data is available in the attached table and is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance</a>.</p><p>Regarding the amount spent specifically on transport for children with Education Health and Care Plans, on chaperones to support children with special education needs, or on specialist providers of transport for children with special educational needs, the information requested is not held centrally. The Department also does not collect information about other public funds that may be spent on home to school transport, for example, through the 16 -19 bursary fund.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 271583 271584 271585 271587 271588 question first answered 09/07/2019 11:38:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 271583_271584_271585_271586_271587_271588_SEN_transport_table.pdf title 271583-271588_PDF
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy