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910218

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
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 21 May 2018 to Question 144926 on Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments, if he will publish the (a) principal places of residence and (b) main employment and occupational sectors declared by applicants for Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	147465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We received 21 applications for the role of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. Of those, 20 completed diversity monitoring forms. A breakdown by principal places of residence and main employment and occupational sectors are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Principal places of residence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Main employment and occupational sectors</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private sector</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wider public sector</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third sector</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To protect personal information we have not provided more detailed geographic information on the candidates’ place of residence.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:10:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

910219

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Closures
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 22 January 2018 to Question 123506, on Children's Centres: Closures, if he will publish the (a) name and (b) post-code of Sure Start centres that closed between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	147335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Since 18 September 2017, real-time data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities[1], the attached document provides details of the name and postcode of children’s centres that closed between 2010 and 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Councils are reconfiguring services to deliver them more efficiently. If a council decides to close a children’s centre, statutory guidance is clear that they should demonstrate that local children and families would not be adversely affected and local areas continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The list of children’s centres closed between 2010 and 2016 is based on information supplied by local authorities as at 24 May 2018 (8:30am). These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in the future, since local authorities may update the database at any time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:29:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 147335_Names_and_postcodes_of_childrens_centres__closed_2010-2016.pdf title Names_postcodes_of_childrens_centres_closed2010/16
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

910386

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Chair of the Social Mobility Commission recommended, published by his Department on 23 May 2018, what the timetable is for the appointment process for the remaining Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commissioners to commence.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	147467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The recruitment process for the Social Mobility Commissioners will begin in the coming weeks. This process will not be completed until a new Chair is formally appointed. This will allow the Chair to be involved in the process of recruiting a high quality Board with a range of skills and expertise.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:08:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

909347

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Rotherham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) all children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a good level of development at the age of five in Rotherham constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	146872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is in the attached table<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 13:30:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 146872_children_achieving_good_level_of_development_in_EY.docx title children_achieving_good_level_of_development_in_EY
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

909530

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Offences against Children
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 ensure that there is a zero tolerance approach to sexual assault and harassment by staff of students in schools.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	146832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>All children, from whatever background and no matter what challenges they face, deserve a safe environment in which they can learn.</p><p>The Teachers’ Standards 2012 state that teachers, as part of their professional duties, should safeguard children’s wellbeing.</p><p>Statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), sets out that governing bodies and proprietors should ensure policies/procedures are in place for appropriate action to be taken to safeguard and promote children’s welfare. This includes a staff behaviour policy (code of conduct). When drafting staff behaviour policies, consideration should be given to Section 16 of The Sexual Offences Act 2003, whereby it is an offence for a person aged 18 or over to have a sexual relationship with a child under 18 where that person is in a position of trust to the child.</p><p>All staff should undergo safeguarding/child protection training at induction and know of the systems in their school or college that support safeguarding. This training should be regularly updated.</p><p>Part 4 of KCSIE provides detailed advice on managing allegations of abuse made against teachers and other staff. Where a person is dismissed or the employer ceases to use the person’s service, or the person resigns, schools and colleges have a legal duty to refer to the Disclosure and Barring Service anyone who has harmed, or poses a risk of harm to a child or vulnerable adult, for consideration of whether to bar the person from working with children. In cases involving teaching staff, schools also have a duty to consider a referral the Teaching Regulation Agency to consider prohibiting the individual from teaching.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:06:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

909572

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet with the National Deaf Children’s Society to discuss the Society’s recent research finding that over a third of local authorities are cutting funding from deaf children’s education.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	146815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards attended the All Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness on 12 March and recently met with the Chief Executive of the National Deaf Children’s Society to understand the challenges facing children and young people with hearing impairments.</p><p> </p><p>Officials will explore the findings of this research with the National Deaf Children's Society, as members of the National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP), to ensure schools have access to the support they need to support pupils with sensory impairments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/06/2018 06:14:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

909028

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Intercountry Adoption
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 support families in adopting children from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	146188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education provides a service to process intercountry adoption cases in accordance with the legislative framework. We provide prospective adopters with information and guidance on the intercountry process but do not provide legal advice on individual cases and independent legal advice may need to be obtained. Prospective adopters habitually resident in the UK, who wish to undertake an intercountry adoption need to be assessed and approved by a registered adoption agency, which will support them through the process.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the intercountry adoption process can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/child-adoption/adopting-a-child-from-overseas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/child-adoption/adopting-a-child-from-overseas</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/05/2018 10:22:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

909160

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Chester Academies Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he first received information on the financial difficulties experienced by the University of Chester Academies Trust.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	146284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The department first received information on the financial difficulties experienced by the University of Chester Academies Trust in July 2016. The budget forecast report showed a financial deficit for the year ahead resulting in a cumulative deficit at 31 August 2017. The Education and Skills Funding Agency commenced intervention, however the financial position continued to deteriorate, and as a result a Financial Notice to Improve warning letter was issued in February 2017.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/05/2018 16:55:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

909161

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Chester CE Academy
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 improve performance of University Church of England Academy.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	146285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The department has continued to work closely with the University of Chester Academies Trust to support improvements at University of Chester CE Academy (UCEA). The Cheshire Vale Teaching School Alliance (CVTSA) and their secondary school, Tarporley High School (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), are providing additional support which has been funded through an emergency Strategic School Improvement Funding grant.</p><p>Specialist leaders of education from CVTSA are working with middle and senior leaders in the school, supporting them to improve their knowledge, skills and confidence in order to improve standards. The recent Ofsted monitoring inspection in March 2018 was positive about the impact of this additional support:</p><p>“The scope and intensity of the school’s work with staff from CVTSA has increased dramatically over the course of this term. In January 2018, the acting principal and vice-principal were made permanent in their roles. Senior leaders feel that they now have the freedom, authority and support to increase the intensity of their efforts to improve the school.”</p><p>The report recognises that it is too early to assess the full impact of the additional support. In order to release capacity in the trust and to enable it to support UCEA better, the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner has agreed with the trust to initially rebroker four schools (University Primary Academy Weaverham, University Primary Academy Kidsgrove, University Academy Kidsgrove and University of Chester Academy Northwich).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/05/2018 16:51:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

909162

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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 academy schools have been removed from their sponsors and placed (a) in new trusts and (b) into local authority control in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	146286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Where a trust has failed to improve a school that was underperforming, Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) have intervened, and that may have led to the academy being transferred to a new trust. An academy may also apply to change trust arrangements voluntarily. For example, a single academy may want to join a multi-academy trust (MAT) because it wants to benefit from the greater capacity this can provide. Information on academies that have moved trusts between 2013/14 to 2016/17 was published in September 2017 and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-transfers-and-grant-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-transfers-and-grant-funding</a>. This publication provides information on the funding associated with the transfer of academies to different trusts, whether this was initiated voluntarily by the academy or trust, or whether an RSC made a decision that this would be in the best interests of pupils at the academy. Data on academy transfers before 2013/14 is not available. No academies have been placed back into local authority control.</p><p> </p><p>The publication will be updated annually to show academies that have moved trust for the following financial year; the data for 2017-2018 financial will be released in July 2018.</p><p><strong>Table 1. Number of academies that have moved trust by financial year (Source: Academy trust transfers and grant funding)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of academies that moved trusts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/05/2018 16:52:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders