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1134836

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase funding for Sure Start in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	269754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty under the Childcare Act 2006 to ensure there are sufficient Sure Start children’s centres to meet the needs of local families. Funding for children’s services (including children’s centres) is made available through the local government finance settlement. In addition, other government funding, including that for public health, adult skills training and troubled families may also be used locally to support services delivered wholly, or in part, through children’s centres. Children’s services funding for 2020-21 and beyond will be determined in the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 12:20:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1134857

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education: GCE A-level and GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in London studied physical education to (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	269687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pupils at the end of key stage 4[1] entered into GCSE physical education (PE) in London, and the number of A level entries in PE by 16 to 18-year-olds in London, 2011/12 to 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pupils entered into GCSE PE</p></td><td><p>10,251</p></td><td><p>11,197</p></td><td><p>11,963</p></td><td><p>13,081</p></td><td><p>12,274</p></td><td><p>12,509</p></td><td><p>10,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PE A level 16 to 18-year-olds entries</p></td><td><p>1,239</p></td><td><p>1,065</p></td><td><p>1,039</p></td><td><p>1,009</p></td><td><p>919</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of pupils that studied PE at key stage 4 is not available, but the number of pupils that entered a GCSE exam in PE has been provided as a proxy. For A levels, the figures provided relate to the number of PE exam entries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 15:17:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1134919

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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: Deloitte and Touche
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 13 June 2019 to Question 262315 on Wakefield City Academies Trust: Deloitte and Touche, what services were provided by Deloitte LLP under its contract in relation to the closure of Wakefield City Academies Trust.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	269696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The department has worked closely with the Wakefield City Academies Trust board to ensure all 21 schools transferred smoothly to the new trusts, to minimise disruption for pupils. This included securing additional specialist capacity from Deloitte LLP to undertake a financial review of all 21 schools, provide assurance on the Trust’s financial position, and advise on options to support the closure of the Trust.</p><p>The contract between the Education and Skills Funding Agency and Deloitte LLP, which includes the full scope of the services, is published on Contracts Finder, which is available at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d85bc16e-739c-4191-80ba-60fbee8d56ae?p=@FQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=U" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d85bc16e-739c-4191-80ba-60fbee8d56ae?p=@FQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=U</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 11:31:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1134969

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Refugees: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to local councils to ensure that young refugees are protected by an adequate level of safeguarding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	269802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the Children Act 1989, local authorities are required to provide services for children in their local areas for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting their welfare, this includes children who are refugees. 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' (2018) clarifies the core legal requirements for how agencies work together to keep children safe, including responding to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Some children arrive in the country as unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, local authorities are under a statutory obligation to provide accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. This means that they become looked-after children and receive the same safeguards and services as any other looked-after child.</p><p>The government recognises that unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children can be some of the most vulnerable in our society. The government’s vision and additional commitment to care for these children is set out in the ‘Safeguarding Strategy for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children’. The government has also published statutory guidance on the ‘Care of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Child Victims of Modern Slavery’ to help local authorities to care effectively for these children.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 12:54:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1135026

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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 much funding his Department has spent or plans to spend on converting schools to academies in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, (f) 2022-23 and (g) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	269833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Between 2017-18 and the end of May 2019, the department has spent £69 million on pre-opening start-up grants to support local authority schools to convert to become academies. This includes the conversion of failing local authority schools to become sponsored academies in order to improve pupil outcomes. In addition, further capital costs are incurred for some cases where the fabric of school buildings has not been sufficiently well maintained.</p><p>Further details can be found in in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£38 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20 (as at end of May 2019)</p></td><td><p>£1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£69 million</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Future years’ spending plans have yet to be determined and will form part of the next Spending Review.</p><p>Academy status leads to a more dynamic and responsive education system by allowing schools to make decisions based on local need and the interests of their pupils.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, is required by legislation to intervene in underperforming maintained schools rated inadequate by Ofsted and to issue an academy order for the school to become a sponsored academy. Recent research found that sponsored academies, particularly those open longest, have made substantial gains in performance in comparison with similar non-academy schools. The latest figures show that over 7 out of 10 sponsored academies are good or outstanding, replacing schools that were mostly underperforming. 85% of children are now in good or outstanding schools, compared to just 66% in 2010, and this is in part down to our reforms.</p><p>Where academies choose to come together in academy trusts, they can take advantage of economies of scale and drive down the costs of procurement and so are able to invest more in teaching. By working in partnership with each other, schools can benefit from sharing staff, curriculum expertise and effective pedagogy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 16:59:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1134461

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to respond to the recommendations in the report entitled, Elitist Britain 2019, published by the Social Mobility Commission in June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	268988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the publication of the Social Mobility Commission’s (SMC) important report and the work that Dame Martina Milburn and her commissioners are doing to promote social mobility across the United Kingdom.</p><p>We give careful consideration to the work of the SMC. However, in keeping with other SMC reports, we do not plan to publish a formal government response.</p><p>Professions like law, politics and journalism have been dominated by independently schooled people. By making sure that our state schools offer a comparable education to private schools, we will drive down these inequalities.</p><p>The gap between state funded schools and independent schools has never been smaller. 85% of state funded schools are now rated good or outstanding, compared to 66 % in 2010. Academies across the country, like Brampton Manor in East London, are rivalling the results of prestigious private schools.</p><p>A range of reforms focusing on strengthening state education has driven this. Phonics is helping early literacy; more pupils leave primary school meeting the expected standards in maths and English and our reformed GCSEs make sure 16-year-olds have the knowledge parents expect.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 12:23:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1134636

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy for his Department to procure only plastic free period products for schools.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	269008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The department is committed to encouraging the use of sustainable products where possible. The Invitation to Tender for the Period Products scheme in England has set out that the provision must include environmentally friendly sanitary pads as a minimum requirement. In addition, bidders are encouraged to provide further sustainable products and consider the environment in packaging, delivery and other ways over and above the products themselves.</p><p>We are committed to keeping this subject under review and we will continue to seek opportunities to encourage the use of sustainable products as the scheme develops, for example through guidance to schools and 16-19 institutions. In addition we will actively monitor product take up through the course of the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 11:34:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1134032

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make available the scoring data of the respective bids for grant funding from the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	268442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the 2019 Holiday Activities and Food programme. The department invited organisations to bid to take on the role of testing the coordination of free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p> </p><p>92 bids were received and on 8 May 2019, we announced the 11 organisations that had been successful in securing funding for this summer. Since then, officials have provided feedback to unsuccessful bidders, including the bid submitted for the Bristol area that was supported by the hon. Member for Bristol East. Any organisation that submitted an unsuccessful bid can request a breakdown of their scoring data by contacting the department.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 27/06/2019 16:25:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1134072

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health and Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how long the funding commitments are for the (a) Primary Sports Premium and (b) Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	268532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The primary PE and Sports Premium funding is committed up until the end of the 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>The healthy pupils capital fund was announced as a one-off fund for 2018-19.</p><p>Funding for the 2020/21 academic year onwards will be considered in the context of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 15:15:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1134147

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what programmes are being funded by the revenue raised from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	268569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Budget 2016 announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. The Department for Education will receive £575 million during the current Spending Review period. Funding for 2020-21 onwards will be considered at the next Spending Review.</p><p>The funding has been used for the following projects:</p><ul><li>Healthy Pupils Capital Fund (HCPF) - £100 million of revenue generated from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is being used for the HCPF. This one-year fund for 2018-19 is intended to improve children’s and young people’s physical and mental health. This is being achieved through enhancing access to facilities for physical activity, healthy eating, mental health and wellbeing and medical conditions. These facilities include kitchens, dining facilities, changing rooms, playgrounds and sports facilities. There are no plans for the HCPF to continue beyond 2018-19.</li><li>Primary PE and Sport Premium - In September 2017 we announced doubled funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium to £320 million a year using revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</li><li>Essential Life Skills (ELS) - We have invested £22 million in an ELS programme to enable disadvantaged children and young people, living in some of the most deprived parts of the country to participate in regular extra-curricular activities which will enable them to develop essential life skills and get the best start in life. The ELS programme is targeting disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-18 across 12 opportunity areas (OA). We have disbursed funding of £7.95 million in 2017-18 and £13.8 million in 2018-19 to the 12 OAs to deliver ELS activities.</li><li>National Schools Breakfast Programme (NSBP) - We are investing up to £26 million into the NSBP. This money will kick start or improve breakfast clubs in over 1,700 schools. The focus of these clubs has been to target the most disadvantaged areas of the country (including the Department for Education’s OAs) to help make sure every child gets the best start in life.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 12:26:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis