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1054847

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	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System met to discuss efficiency savings since his speech to the Schools and Academies Show on 21 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	216346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>My noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System regularly meets with stakeholders across the sector. Since the conference, he has met with a number of academy trusts to discuss their financial and educational performance, as he has done since taking up his role in the department. More broadly, the Education and Skills Funding Agency work with academy trusts to support effective schools resource management. This is done with specialist advisers and three-year financial forecasting, prioritising engagement with those trusts forecasting future deficits or declining reserves.</p><p> </p><p>Last October, the department launched a new self-assessment tool for academy trusts to reassure themselves that they are managing resources effectively and to identify adjustments to ensure effective resource management. To date, this tool has been downloaded over 5,000 times. The department continues to work with local authorities to improve school resource management in maintained schools and has developed a range of support and benchmarking tools for all schools and local authorities to assist with this.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/02/2019 17:57:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1043120

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria are used to determine the sponsor of a school that is subject to an academy order.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	209840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Regional Schools Commissioner’s (RSC) role in intervention is to ensure that a school that is subject to an academy order is matched with an academy trust that can support it to improve.</p><p>RSCs approve sponsors based upon the published criteria for applicants. The criteria are set out on the sponsor application form, which can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-sponsor-application-form" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-sponsor-application-form</a>.</p><p>They include the sponsor’s overall visions and plans for growth, educational and financial capacity, and governance. When matching a sponsor to a school that is subject to an academy order, the RSC will also consider a range of other information, such as the sponsor’s geography in relation to the school, the sponsor’s skillsets, capacity, specialist expertise and track record. This will ensure that the sponsor is a good match for the school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/01/2019 17:16:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1043121

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what records his Department keeps of the ministerial decision process relating to selection of sponsors of schools which are converted to academies.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	209841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) act in the name of my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and are accountable to him and to the National Schools Commissioner. RSCs are advised and challenged by Headteacher Boards (HTBs) comprised of outstanding academy headteachers and sector leaders. Half of all HTBs are directly elected by the academy sector. Working with their respective HTBs, RSCs are well placed to identify and commission the most appropriate support and intervention for underperforming schools and academies.</p><p>The department publishes meeting notes of all HTB meetings. As well as containing other RSC decisions, HTB meeting notes also contain RSC decisions on the selection of sponsors for underperforming schools. HTB meeting notes are published every six weeks and can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/headteacher-boards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/headteacher-boards</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/01/2019 14:32:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1027746

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 3 and 4 year old children are eligible for the Government's offer of 30 hours free childcare a week in each (a) region and (b) local authority in England.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	203435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The government set out in the 2015 Spending Review that we expect 390,000 three and four-year-old children to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the first year. This figure was a January snapshot and therefore an average across the year. Furthermore, the figure will change slightly year on year depending on the birth cohort and parental employment levels.</p><p>We do not have a robust estimate of eligibility at a regional and local authority level. Local authorities have a statutory duty under Section 7 of the Childcare Act (2006) to secure early education places free of charge for all eligible children and therefore we would expect local authorities to carry out analysis to understand their local demand.</p><p>We do publish termly experimental statistics showing the number of children in a place. The most recent publication showed that an estimated 339,974 children were in 30 hours places in the summer term. The full publication - including regional and local authority level breakdown - is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 14:58:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1023023

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	Healthy Schools Rating Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on testing delivery models for the healthy schools rating scheme; and when he plans to conclude the testing phase of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	200723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We remain committed to delivering the healthy schools rating scheme in a way that makes the most of existing resources available to schools. We are preparing our scheme based on testing and stakeholder feedback, and will continue to work with stakeholders across government, the food sector and charitable organisations. We will share more information shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/12/2018 14:13:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1019861

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his department has made of the number of children attending early years settings that are rated (a) inadequate and (b) requires improvement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	198852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/12/2018 10:08:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1015455

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are listed in the school census as (a) receiving SEN support and (b) being subject to a statement of SEN or Education Health and Care Plan in each year from 2015 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	196256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs including the type of need in the department's collection 'Statistics: special educational needs (SEN)':</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 17:22:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1011550

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	TBAP Multi-academy Trust: Cambridge
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 16 November 2018 to Question 188842 on TBAP Multi-academy Trust: Cambridge, on how many days that residential property was occupied.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	194174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is not aware of how many days the residential property in Cambridge was occupied. The ESFA understands that the property was the subject of a six-month agreement from March 2016, however due to underutilisation, the TBAP Trust negotiated an early termination date of 26 May 2016<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/11/2018 09:29:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1011552

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	TBAP Multi-academy Trust: Pensions
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 16 November 2018 to Question 188841 on TBAP Multi-academy Trust: Pensions, whether an assessment has been made of the effect on employee pension pots of those earlier non-payments into that pension fund.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	194175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency does not hold information as to whether the delay in payments from TBAP to the local authority resulted in late payments to the pension fund and it does not hold information as to whether such an assessment has been undertaken by TBAP or the local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/11/2018 09:39:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1008460

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
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 4 September 2018 to Question 168016, when he plans to place a copy of the report of the multi-academy trust review of Wakefield City Academies Trust carried out by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in the Libraries of both Houses.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	192119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The 2016 report has now been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This can also be found on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-management-and-governance-reviews-wakefield-city-academies-trust" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-management-and-governance-reviews-wakefield-city-academies-trust</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/11/2018 17:50:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner