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1470600

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to integrate education on individual identity for young people into personal, social, health and economic education.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	18956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>Schools must have regard to the relationships education and relationships and sex education and health education statutory guidance. This states that pupils should be taught the facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health, and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way.</p><p>Schools have flexibility over how they deliver these subjects. They can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs and backgrounds of their pupils.</p><p>Schools should be a safe and welcoming space for all pupils, regardless of how they identify. The department understands this can be a difficult subject to address, and we will be working with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to develop guidance in this area.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/06/2022 13:29:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467180

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the pay of teaching assistants.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	11743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The department gives schools the freedom to determine the pay and conditions of their teaching assistants (TAs). Most are paid according to local government pay scales, and all are required to be paid at least the statutory minimum wage.</p><p>While the department does not set the pay for non-teaching staff, we can confirm that an agreement has been reached regarding support staff pay. Eligible support staff on pay spine points 2 and above will receive a 1.75% per annum pay rise, payable from April 2021, with staff on point 1 receiving a 2.75% rise.</p><p>TAs have a critical role in provide a huge breadth of support to pupils in different contexts, including supporting pupil outcomes. The department recently published the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, which highlights the key role of TAs in supporting children and young people with SEND to access learning in the classroom. We will set out clear guidance on the effective use and deployment of TAs to support children and young people with SEND as part of the national standards.</p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation has produced guidance for schools on making the best use of TAs and has conducted research which highlights the benefits made by TAs on pupil attainment and learning when deployed in educational settings.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 11744 question first answered 14/06/2022 16:22:59 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467183

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the contribution made by Teaching Assistants to educational settings; and if his Department will undertake a review of Teaching Assistants pay.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	11744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The department gives schools the freedom to determine the pay and conditions of their teaching assistants (TAs). Most are paid according to local government pay scales, and all are required to be paid at least the statutory minimum wage.</p><p>While the department does not set the pay for non-teaching staff, we can confirm that an agreement has been reached regarding support staff pay. Eligible support staff on pay spine points 2 and above will receive a 1.75% per annum pay rise, payable from April 2021, with staff on point 1 receiving a 2.75% rise.</p><p>TAs have a critical role in provide a huge breadth of support to pupils in different contexts, including supporting pupil outcomes. The department recently published the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, which highlights the key role of TAs in supporting children and young people with SEND to access learning in the classroom. We will set out clear guidance on the effective use and deployment of TAs to support children and young people with SEND as part of the national standards.</p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation has produced guidance for schools on making the best use of TAs and has conducted research which highlights the benefits made by TAs on pupil attainment and learning when deployed in educational settings.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 11743 question first answered 14/06/2022 16:22:59 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464177

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Youth Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about integrating a youth service with the education system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises the significant benefits that youth services can have for children and young people. The department knows that many providers do an excellent job in providing enriching activities for children in a safe and supportive environment, and we are committed to working with providers to explore how we can continue to support them to do so. The department is already making a significant investment through the £200 million per year holiday activities and food programme, funding local authorities across England to supporting disadvantaged pupils and their families with enriching activities and healthy food.</p><p>As part of the Levelling Up white paper, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), recently announced the National Youth Guarantee, ensuring that every young person in the country (11- to 18-year-olds, and up to 25 years old for those with special educational needs and disabilities) will have access to a) regular clubs and activities, b) adventures away from home and c) volunteering opportunities by the end of 2025.</p><p>The department is working with the DCMS and the National Citizen Service on how to make links between schools, youth services and other providers to deliver the National Youth Guarantee. This will include looking at how to promote volunteering and expanding access to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and cadet schemes. Through this work, the department will look at how to make the best use of premises and how links to youth services can help provide access to targeted support for every child that needs it.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 4614 question first answered 26/05/2022 15:31:34 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1464178

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Youth Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using school buildings for delivering youth services where youth clubs do not exist.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises the significant benefits that youth services can have for children and young people. The department knows that many providers do an excellent job in providing enriching activities for children in a safe and supportive environment, and we are committed to working with providers to explore how we can continue to support them to do so. The department is already making a significant investment through the £200 million per year holiday activities and food programme, funding local authorities across England to supporting disadvantaged pupils and their families with enriching activities and healthy food.</p><p>As part of the Levelling Up white paper, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), recently announced the National Youth Guarantee, ensuring that every young person in the country (11- to 18-year-olds, and up to 25 years old for those with special educational needs and disabilities) will have access to a) regular clubs and activities, b) adventures away from home and c) volunteering opportunities by the end of 2025.</p><p>The department is working with the DCMS and the National Citizen Service on how to make links between schools, youth services and other providers to deliver the National Youth Guarantee. This will include looking at how to promote volunteering and expanding access to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and cadet schemes. Through this work, the department will look at how to make the best use of premises and how links to youth services can help provide access to targeted support for every child that needs it.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 4613 question first answered 26/05/2022 15:31:34 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1463587

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason children and young people who present as causing serious risk to themselves or others are placed in police cells.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Children may be placed in police cells for several reasons, on which we do not hold data. However, the police, children’s social care, legal advisers, Crown Prosecution Service, and the youth justice system should work together to ensure that the time a child spends in police cells is reduced to the minimum.</p><p>Police custody is governed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice, which makes it clear that children and young people are a protected group with specific vulnerabilities. The local authority has a duty (discharged by its youth justice services) to provide all under 18-year-olds with an appropriate adult. In addition to protection under domestic law, their treatment in detention is governed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child, which the UK has signed and ratified.</p><p>The department’s statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) sets out a framework for the three local safeguarding partners (including the police) to work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and meet their needs. This guidance is clear that children who are offenders (or alleged offenders) are entitled to the same safeguarding as other children and due regard should be always given to their welfare. The full guidance can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a></p><p>The fact that a child has been taken into police custody may indicate a wider safeguarding risk in their life which requires input from other agencies. The police’s Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme, funded by the Home Office, identifies, and shares best practice across forces in responding to incidents involving vulnerable children.</p><p>The ideal situation is to prevent children coming into the justice system. Turnaround is a new £60m youth early intervention programme led by the Ministry of Justice. Building on the success of the Government’s Supporting Families programme, Turnaround will provide funding for youth justice teams to intervene earlier, working with children to address their needs and build on their strengths and help them access support to turn their lives around.</p><p>Where accommodating a child or young person in a specialist unit is appropriate, this should be actioned as soon as possible. Legislation introduced in 2017 banned the use of police cells as a place of safety for children in mental health crisis under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 3676 question first answered 25/05/2022 13:53:09 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1463588

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the police on ensuring that children and young people who are at risk to themselves and others are placed in specialist units.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>Children may be placed in police cells for several reasons, on which we do not hold data. However, the police, children’s social care, legal advisers, Crown Prosecution Service, and the youth justice system should work together to ensure that the time a child spends in police cells is reduced to the minimum.</p><p>Police custody is governed by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice, which makes it clear that children and young people are a protected group with specific vulnerabilities. The local authority has a duty (discharged by its youth justice services) to provide all under 18-year-olds with an appropriate adult. In addition to protection under domestic law, their treatment in detention is governed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child, which the UK has signed and ratified.</p><p>The department’s statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) sets out a framework for the three local safeguarding partners (including the police) to work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and meet their needs. This guidance is clear that children who are offenders (or alleged offenders) are entitled to the same safeguarding as other children and due regard should be always given to their welfare. The full guidance can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a></p><p>The fact that a child has been taken into police custody may indicate a wider safeguarding risk in their life which requires input from other agencies. The police’s Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme, funded by the Home Office, identifies, and shares best practice across forces in responding to incidents involving vulnerable children.</p><p>The ideal situation is to prevent children coming into the justice system. Turnaround is a new £60m youth early intervention programme led by the Ministry of Justice. Building on the success of the Government’s Supporting Families programme, Turnaround will provide funding for youth justice teams to intervene earlier, working with children to address their needs and build on their strengths and help them access support to turn their lives around.</p><p>Where accommodating a child or young person in a specialist unit is appropriate, this should be actioned as soon as possible. Legislation introduced in 2017 banned the use of police cells as a place of safety for children in mental health crisis under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 3675 question first answered 25/05/2022 13:53:09 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459924

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the findings on the effectiveness of educational interventions in reducing violence against women and girls in the Government's strategy for tackling violence against women and girls, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the national curriculum to include awareness of public sexual harassment; and if he will meet representatives of the Our Streets Now campaign to discuss the inclusion of public sexual harassment awareness in the national curriculum.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	158995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>In primary schools, age-appropriate relationships education (RE) includes supporting children to learn about what healthy relationships are, their importance, and how to develop mutually respectful relationships in all contexts, including online. This is intended to provide a foundation for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) at secondary school.</p><p>In secondary schools, RE broadens to become age-appropriate RSHE. It includes factual knowledge around sex, sexual health and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships.</p><p>RSHE statutory guidance advises schools to be conscious of issues such as sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and gender stereotypes. It also advises to take positive action to tackle these issues.</p><p>The department expects young people to learn what positive, healthy relationships look like, to learn about consent and to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations. This includes supporting pupils to recognise what constitutes abuse in a range of contexts, including in public, and to ensure pupils know where to seek help and report abuse. Pupils should also learn to address inappropriate behaviour, harassment, abuse, or exploitation. The topic being safe within RSHE covers a range of abusive behaviours. The department’s teacher training module also includes a section on asking for help and support.</p><p>In March 2021, the former Secretary of State for Education commissioned Ofsted to undertake an immediate review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, including primary schools. The review was published on 10 June 2021 and the department accepted the findings of the review in full, committing to go further than its recommendations.</p><p>Following the publication of Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in June 2021, the department is developing new non-statutory guidance. The guidance will provide more detail on when specific content around harassment and abuse, including consent, should be taught. Officials met with Our Streets Now to discuss the inclusion of public sexual harassment in the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 158996 question first answered 28/04/2022 09:05:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1459925

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Curriculum
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 help ensure that children are educated on (a) understanding and (b) reporting public sexual harassment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	158996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>In primary schools, age-appropriate relationships education (RE) includes supporting children to learn about what healthy relationships are, their importance, and how to develop mutually respectful relationships in all contexts, including online. This is intended to provide a foundation for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) at secondary school.</p><p>In secondary schools, RE broadens to become age-appropriate RSHE. It includes factual knowledge around sex, sexual health and sexuality, set firmly within the context of relationships.</p><p>RSHE statutory guidance advises schools to be conscious of issues such as sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and gender stereotypes. It also advises to take positive action to tackle these issues.</p><p>The department expects young people to learn what positive, healthy relationships look like, to learn about consent and to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations. This includes supporting pupils to recognise what constitutes abuse in a range of contexts, including in public, and to ensure pupils know where to seek help and report abuse. Pupils should also learn to address inappropriate behaviour, harassment, abuse, or exploitation. The topic being safe within RSHE covers a range of abusive behaviours. The department’s teacher training module also includes a section on asking for help and support.</p><p>In March 2021, the former Secretary of State for Education commissioned Ofsted to undertake an immediate review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges, including primary schools. The review was published on 10 June 2021 and the department accepted the findings of the review in full, committing to go further than its recommendations.</p><p>Following the publication of Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in June 2021, the department is developing new non-statutory guidance. The guidance will provide more detail on when specific content around harassment and abuse, including consent, should be taught. Officials met with Our Streets Now to discuss the inclusion of public sexual harassment in the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 158995 question first answered 28/04/2022 09:05:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1456504

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Musical Instruments: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to enable every child to learn a musical instrument.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	151200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The government remains committed to continued support for music education. Following the Spending Review settlement, the department announced that it will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education through our music, arts, and heritage programmes, working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Arts Council England and others. As part of this funding, the department has committed £79 million for the 2022/23 financial year for music hubs.</p><p>Music hubs are groups of organisations, such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community, or voluntary organisations, that work together to create joined-up music education provision and provide specialist music education services to around 90% of state-funded schools. This includes whole class and group ensemble teaching, and individual instrument tuition.</p><p>Hubs also ensure that progression routes are clear and affordable, and some hubs provide instrument loans to children and young people to achieve this.</p><p>The government’s focus on high quality music education is also reflected in our commitment to refresh the National Plan for Music Education. The plan will be co-published alongside DCMS later this year.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/04/2022 14:44:12 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell