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1061056

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	221673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has highlighted tackling bullying and harassment as one of its three diversity and inclusion priorities for 2019. It recently appointed fair treatment ambassadors on all of its sites to provide support and advice to people who report bullying or harassment, and has also provided training for managers on inclusive leadership, disability awareness and unconscious bias.</p><p> </p><p>In the most recent People Survey, 11% of respondents across the Civil Service, on average, told us that they had experienced bullying or harassment at work in the 12 months preceding the survey. Whilst this figure has remained stable since 2016, we recognise that certain groups of staff are more likely to say than others that they have experienced this type of unacceptable behaviour. This includes staff members with long-term limiting conditions who, in the vast majority of departments and agencies, were more likely to say that they had been bullied or harassed in the last 12 months than staff members with no long-term limiting conditions. We are strengthening the routes for staff to report bullying and harassment to make sure that all staff are fully supported throughout the process and to make sure that the cultures are positive and inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The high level People Survey results for each organisation, including reported rates of bullying and harassment, were published last December on GOV.UK. Each spring, the Cabinet Office conducts and publishes a range of further analysis on the People Survey responses, including the results by gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and health status. Similar analysis will be conducted again this year and made available on GOV.UK. In the meantime, the results for the 2017 survey are summarised in the attached table. A copy of this table has been placed in the Houses of both Libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Data on health status for the Civil Service People Survey 2017, which are arranged by organisation, can be found in the attached table. Long-term health status is captured in the People Survey through questions J04 and J04A. J04 asks if the individual has a &quot;long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?&quot; and, if they answer yes, J04A asks whether their condition, illness or disability has an impact on their daily activity or the work they can do.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Results are aggregated in to two broad categories: &quot;No long-term limiting condition&quot;, combining those who answer No to either J04 or J04A; and, &quot;Long-term limiting condition&quot;, those who answer Yes to J04 and who answer that their condition limits what they can do either &quot;a little&quot; or &quot;a lot&quot; at J04A.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:21:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 221673_2017_Civil_Service_People_Survey_Responses.pdf title 221673_2017_Civil_Service_People_Survey_Responses previous answer version 103208 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1056712

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Antisemitism
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 within schools to tackle antisemitism.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	218172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Any form of intolerance or bullying, including antisemitism is unacceptable. Schools must promote our shared values, which includes mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs. The department supports schools to implement this requirement through a range of resources, such as those included on the Educate Against Hate website, as well as by working with networks of experts on the ground who provide direct support to schools on this. Every state-funded school, maintained and academy, must also teach religious education to all pupils up to the age of 18.</p><p> </p><p>Schools must comply with the requirements of the Equality Act and must also have a behaviour policy which includes measures to prevent bullying. Recent research commissioned by the department details common strategies that schools have found to be effective for combating bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The department is funding a number of projects to help schools tackle bullying, including hate-related bullying. This includes funding the Anne Frank Trust to develop their ‘Free to Be’ debate programme, which encourages young people to think about the importance of tackling prejudice, discrimination and bullying. We also recently published the ‘Respectful Schools Communities’ toolkit; a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline.</p><p>The department is fully committed to educating pupils about the Holocaust and is the only topic that is compulsory in the national curriculum for history. We fund the Centre for Holocaust at University College London to train trainee and serving teachers to teach this important subject and to set up a network of Beacon schools to share good practice. We also fund the Holocaust Education Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ programme, which enables teachers and sixth form students to visit Auschwitz.</p><p>Schools can also address intolerance and bullying as part of non-statutory personal, social, health and economic education. We are also making relationships education compulsory in all primary schools and relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools. We have completed a public consultation on draft guidance which is clear that pupils will be taught about the importance of building respectful relationships including, for example, understanding the impact of bullying and how stereotypes can be damaging.</p><p>Subject to making the regulations, schools will be required to teach these new subjects from September 2020, but they will be encouraged and supported to start teaching them from September 2019 on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2019 16:22:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 101439 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1056750

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials from his Department have been seconded from their primary role to make preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	218153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the top priority of the government to leave the EU with a deal, but it is also the responsibility of government to prepare for all scenarios, including the prospect of a no deal. The Civil Service is focused on delivering the government’s most pressing priorities, so it is only sensible that we make use of the resources and expertise we have available to make sure the UK is prepared for all Brexit scenarios on exit day. This includes departments sharing staff and working together on joint projects. The number of people seconded to other government departments to support preparations for leaving the EU without a deal is 70.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/02/2019 14:17:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 102295 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1054666

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption and Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in his Department work on the (a) free school and (b) adoption policy streams; and how many civil servants worked on those streams in June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	216122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Civil servants working within the Free Schools Directorate are responsible for the policy development and the delivery of the free schools programme. They are supported by civil servants working within the Free Schools Capital Division, who are responsible for finding sites and buildings, and refurbishing existing buildings for new free schools. The Free Schools Programme is predominantly delivered by central government, with tightly prescribed responsibilities for local authorities. As of 5 February 2019, there are approximately 290 full-time equivalent civil servants working in the Free Schools Directorate and within the Free Schools Capital Division (which sits in the Operations Directorate). In June 2016, there were slightly fewer civil servants working within Free Schools Directorate and the Free Schools Capital Division.</p><p>As of 5 February 2019, there are approximately 15 full-time equivalent civil servants working on adoption policy in the Social Care, Mobility and Disadvantage Directorate. In June 2016, there were approximately 20 full-time equivalent civil servants working on adoption policy in the Social Care, Mobility and Disadvantage Directorate. These civil servants are responsible for national adoption policy. The majority of the delivery of adoption policy is carried out by the local adoption agencies in each top tier local authority, based on the statutory requirements.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/02/2019 12:00:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 100465 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1046845

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Standards
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 to ensure that children in home education placements have a high standard of education and care.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	211799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government supports the right of parents to educate their children at home, and many families do this well, taking on a very significant responsibility in doing so. Local authorities are responsible for identifying any children who are not receiving a suitable education and taking steps to remedy that situation, if necessary, by enforcing school attendance.</p><p>We want to make sure that every child receives a good education. In some cases, the government is concerned about the quality of education which some children are receiving at home, especially in the context of the increasing numbers of children who are being removed from school to be educated at home.</p><p>As a result, the government consulted in 2018 on revised guidance for local authorities and parents on home education. The finalised versions of this guidance will be published shortly. At the same time, a call for evidence on the issues of registration and monitoring of children educated at home, and support for home educating families, was held, and a government response document setting out proposed next steps will also be published soon.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/01/2019 17:01:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 97796 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1047034

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current funding for the 16 to 19 bursary.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds to help with the education-related costs associated with staying in post-16 education. The 16-19 Bursary Fund is the principal scheme. Under the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, young people are eligible for awards of up to £1,200 per year (in particular, vulnerable groups that generally do not receive financial support from their families). Those not in these particular vulnerable groups, but who still need financial support, can apply to their education institution for discretionary bursary support. Each institution receives an allocation to make available these discretionary bursaries.</p><p>The department spoke with a sample of schools, colleges and other 16-19 education providers in 2018 to help us understand how the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund was being used and to assess the extent to which discretionary bursary allocations met the needs of students in the different institutions. Providers were using the available funds to support their most disadvantaged students, but there were different responses on the adequacy of funding. We are continuing to keep the use of the fund under review to inform our understanding of whether it is providing effective support to our most economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>With regard to its effectiveness in promoting social mobility, providers have the flexibility to target those young people in most need of financial support to stay on in further education and training. This flexibility helps to ensure that the poorest students get the same opportunities available to those with more financial support, for example, by purchasing equipment for technical courses, taking part in trips, purchasing books, participating in industry placements and getting support with UCAS fees. The majority of providers that the department spoke to in 2018 confirmed that this funding was making a significant impact on the ability of young people to access opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/01/2019 16:49:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 97554 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1047035

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund: Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 16 - 19 bursary in promoting social mobility.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	211664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds to help with the education-related costs associated with staying in post-16 education. The 16-19 Bursary Fund is the principal scheme. Under the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, young people are eligible for awards of up to £1,200 per year (in particular, vulnerable groups that generally do not receive financial support from their families). Those not in these particular vulnerable groups, but who still need financial support, can apply to their education institution for discretionary bursary support. Each institution receives an allocation to make available these discretionary bursaries.</p><p>The department spoke with a sample of schools, colleges and other 16-19 education providers in 2018 to help us understand how the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund was being used and to assess the extent to which discretionary bursary allocations met the needs of students in the different institutions. Providers were using the available funds to support their most disadvantaged students, but there were different responses on the adequacy of funding. We are continuing to keep the use of the fund under review to inform our understanding of whether it is providing effective support to our most economically disadvantaged students.</p><p>With regard to its effectiveness in promoting social mobility, providers have the flexibility to target those young people in most need of financial support to stay on in further education and training. This flexibility helps to ensure that the poorest students get the same opportunities available to those with more financial support, for example, by purchasing equipment for technical courses, taking part in trips, purchasing books, participating in industry placements and getting support with UCAS fees. The majority of providers that the department spoke to in 2018 confirmed that this funding was making a significant impact on the ability of young people to access opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/01/2019 16:50:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 97893 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023046

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Interserve on the viability of existing apprenticeship training following their refinancing talks.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Officials continue to monitor the delivery of apprenticeship provision provided by Interserve to ensure that it meets our quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2018 12:14:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91959 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023050

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has had with the Institute for Apprenticeships on the viability of existing apprenticeship training at Interserve following their refinancing talks.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships has not been involved in any discussions with regard to apprenticeship training at Interserve. This is a matter for the ESFA, and officials continue to monitor the delivery of apprenticeship provision provided by Interserve to ensure it meets quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2018 12:12:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91958 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023054

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans his Department has to protect apprentices in the event of the collapse of Interserve.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>In the event of a provider failure, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has a well-established approach to managing learner transfers, including establishing a dedicated taskforce of staff from within the agency who are experienced in managing this type of situation. The team will ensure learners and apprentices secure alternative high-quality provision in order to continue their apprenticeship or learning with minimum disruption and provide support to affected employers and apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/12/2018 15:45:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91954 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden