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1130925

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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, how much Wakefield City Academies Trust spent on services provided by Deloitte from 1 September 2017 to 31 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	262315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) has not paid Deloitte for services. From 1 September 2017 to 31 May 2019, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has paid £183,121 (excluding VAT) to Deloitte LLP under their contract for services in respect of WCAT’s closure.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/06/2019 16:33:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1130926

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time staff were employed by Wakefield City Academies Trust; and what the cost was of those staff, in each financial year from 1 September 2017 to 31 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	262316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The number of part‑time and full‑time staff employed by Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) and the cost of those staff are a matter for the Trust. Financial statements from the Trust are in the public domain.</p><p>The value of the WCAT pension deficit is also a matter for the Trust.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 262317 question first answered 13/06/2019 16:35:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1130928

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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, how many multi-academy trusts have collapsed since the introduction of such trusts.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	262318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The department’s latest records show that no academy trust has collapsed. Where there is a risk to public funds, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will intervene in a proportionate manner to avoid financial issues affecting school provision.</p><p>The ESFA has a robust intervention strategy to support an academy trust, which is a company limited by guarantee and subject to company law, to reach a stronger financial position. Intervention actions range from supporting and building trust capacity through to issuing a Financial Notice to Improve, or in the most serious cases, terminating a funding agreement after schools have been transferred to another trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/06/2019 16:31:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1130983

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Oxford
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 15 March 2019 to Question 231556, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of take-up of pupil premium in Oxford in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	262434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes information annually at national, local authority and parliamentary constituency levels on the number of pupils who are eligible for the pupil premium in the current financial year, as a result of their having been registered for benefits-based free school meals at any point in the last six years. Figures for the financial years between 2015 and 2019 are available on GOV.UK via the following links:</p><p>2015-16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2016-17: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2017-18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2018-19: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for Oxford East constituency show that between 2015-16 and 2018-19, the proportion of primary school pupils eligible for the pupil premium fell from 27.9% to 24.9%; and the proportion of eligible secondary school pupils fell from 40.3% to 36.7%.</p><p>Statistics for Oxford West and Abingdon constituency show the same pattern over this period: the proportion of primary school pupils eligible for the pupil premium fell from 14% to 12.5%, and the proportion of eligible secondary school pupils fell from 18.3% to 16.8%.</p><p>Statistics for Oxfordshire local authority show that between 2015-16 and 2018-19, the proportion of primary school pupils eligible for the pupil premium fell from 16.2% to 14.4%; and the proportion of eligible secondary school pupils fell from 19.5% to 18.1%.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/06/2019 12:04:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1130693

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Emslie Morgan Academy: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Regional Schools Commissioner for Yorkshire and Lancashire on the closure of Emslie Morgan Academy.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	261478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has not met with the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for Lancashire and West Yorkshire in relation to the closure of Emslie Morgan Academy. My noble friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, has however discussed the closure of Emslie Morgan Academy with the RSC and officials. The decision to close Emslie Morgan Academy was taken by the department, following the careful consideration of all available options.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/06/2019 12:13:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1130714

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
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 value for money of the national school breakfast programme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	261506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Stockton North to the answer I gave on 10 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-04/259855" target="_blank">259855</a>.</p><p>Decisions about any further funding will be taken as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261507 261508 question first answered 13/06/2019 15:14:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1130715

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to extend the national school breakfast programme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	261507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Stockton North to the answer I gave on 10 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-04/259855" target="_blank">259855</a>.</p><p>Decisions about any further funding will be taken as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261506 261508 question first answered 13/06/2019 15:14:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1130716

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Food Poverty
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 to lower the number of children at risk of starting the school day hungry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	261508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Stockton North to the answer I gave on 10 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-04/259855" target="_blank">259855</a>.</p><p>Decisions about any further funding will be taken as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261506 261507 question first answered 13/06/2019 15:14:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1130347

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adventure Learning Academy Trust and Bright Tribe Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what inquiries his Department is undertaking into financial irregularities at (a) Bright Tribe Trust and (b) Adventure Learning Academies Trust.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	261231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>We require a high level of accountability and transparency of academy trusts. Academy trusts’ status as companies, charities and public sector bodies, means they have a more rigorous tri-partite framework and are held up to greater scrutiny. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has worked closely with the Trusts and investigations are ongoing.</p><p>The results of the investigations are sensitive and cannot be shared at this time. Investigations are by nature complex and can take time to achieve the desired outcome. The ESFA is pursuing several avenues to ensure that matters are resolved in the public interest.</p><p>In addition, the department is working with the sector to continue building capacity and expertise in financial management, supporting effective school resource management with specialist advisers, three-year financial forecasting and developing buying hubs, and recommended deals for all schools.</p><p>All of this is reflected in the compliance of the sector, with fewer than 2% of academy trusts subject to an active financial notice to improve and 98% of academy trust accounts receiving unqualified opinions in both 2015/16 and 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/06/2019 16:38:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1130348

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adventure Learning Academy Trust and Bright Tribe Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the September 2018 Panorama programme on Bright Tribe Trust and Adventure Learning Academies Trust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	261232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The department has taken significant steps to further strengthen academies’ accountability. This is reflected in the year on year updates to the Academies Financial Handbook which strengthen accountability and transparency in the sector. The department introduced new rules in April 2019 for the declaration or approval of related party transactions. Our requirements are the most robust processes for related party transactions in any sector in the country.</p><p>The level of transparency for academies is higher than for local authority schools. The vast majority of trusts operate with a cumulative surplus and at the same time, over half a million pupils now study in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ sponsored academies that typically replaced underperforming local authority maintained schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/06/2019 15:04:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner