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1403844

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils are receiving tutoring or academic mentoring from National Tutoring Programme tuition partners.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	106691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The national tutoring programme aims to deliver up to 2 million tuition courses this year, and up to 90 million tuition hours by the 2024/25 academic year across the programme’s 3 pillars.</p><p>The programme is currently on course to deliver its objectives. Schools know their pupils best and have the freedom to enrol those who will benefit most. So far, an estimated 230,000 courses have been started by pupils through the school-led tutoring pillar, an estimated 20,000 with academic mentors and an estimated 52,000 with tuition partners. As a course consists of 15 tuition hours, this means pupils who need it most will be receiving millions of hours of high quality support.</p><p>We do not currently publish statistics by school phase but will consider doing so going forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/01/2022 12:20:14 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1403874

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total amount of funding paid to supply agencies from schools was in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	106845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Local authority and school expenditure is published annually, with the latest available data being the 2020-21 financial year, and is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>. Please note that this publication does not include academies.</p><p>School level data (including academies) is available at the Schools Financial Benchmarking website, with the latest available data being the 2020-21 financial year for local authority maintained schools and the 2019-20 academic year for academies (to be updated to the 2020-21 academic year in spring 2022): <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources</a>.</p><p>Available data on expenditure in schools on agency supply teaching staff is set out below.</p><p>Table 1: Schools in England expenditure on agency supply teaching staff, £million and percentage of total expenditure</p><p>2018-19 to 2020-21<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority maintained schools (£ million)</p></td><td><p>£425.8</p></td><td><p>£410.7</p></td><td><p>£274.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of total expenditure</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academies<sup>3</sup> (£ million)</p></td><td><p>£373.1</p></td><td><p>£333.2</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of total expenditure</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: local authority maintained schools - Consistent Financial Reporting. Academies - academy account returns.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Local authority maintained schools by financial year, academies by academic year.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Information for academies for the academic year 2020-21 will be available in spring 2022.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Includes expenditure by academies and central expenditure by multi academy trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 106846 question first answered 21/01/2022 17:59:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1403875

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers: Vetting
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 total amount spent by schools as a proportion of they public funding receive on additional staff from supply agencies in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	106846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Local authority and school expenditure is published annually, with the latest available data being the 2020-21 financial year, and is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>. Please note that this publication does not include academies.</p><p>School level data (including academies) is available at the Schools Financial Benchmarking website, with the latest available data being the 2020-21 financial year for local authority maintained schools and the 2019-20 academic year for academies (to be updated to the 2020-21 academic year in spring 2022): <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources</a>.</p><p>Available data on expenditure in schools on agency supply teaching staff is set out below.</p><p>Table 1: Schools in England expenditure on agency supply teaching staff, £million and percentage of total expenditure</p><p>2018-19 to 2020-21<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority maintained schools (£ million)</p></td><td><p>£425.8</p></td><td><p>£410.7</p></td><td><p>£274.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of total expenditure</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academies<sup>3</sup> (£ million)</p></td><td><p>£373.1</p></td><td><p>£333.2</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of total expenditure</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: local authority maintained schools - Consistent Financial Reporting. Academies - academy account returns.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Local authority maintained schools by financial year, academies by academic year.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Information for academies for the academic year 2020-21 will be available in spring 2022.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Includes expenditure by academies and central expenditure by multi academy trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 106845 question first answered 21/01/2022 17:59:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1403876

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much schools have paid to supply agencies to bring retired and ex-teachers back to teaching to cover for covid-19-related absences in (a) November 2021 and (b) December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	106847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Schools have continued to receive their budgets in full throughout the COVID-19 outbreak regardless of periods of full or partial closure.</p><p>In addition, the department has re-introduced the COVID-19 workforce fund to provide financial support to eligible schools and colleges for additional staff absence costs incurred from 22 November until the February spring half term in 2022. The fund is available to support schools and colleges facing the greatest staffing and funding pressures to continue to deliver face-to-face, high quality education to all pupils.</p><p>School funding remains one of the department’s key priorities, which is why this government continues to deliver year on year, real terms per pupil increases to school funding with the total core school budget increasing to £56.8 billion by 2024-25.</p><p>In 2022-23 alone core schools funding will increase by £4 billion compared to 2021-22, a 5% real terms per pupil boost. This will help schools rise to the challenges of COVID-19, increase teacher pay, and meet the cost of the Health and Social Care Levy, while continuing their work to raise attainment.</p><p>Local authority and school expenditure is published annually, with the latest available data being the 2020-21 financial year, and is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p><p>Please note that this publication does not include academies.</p><p>School level data (including academies) is available at the schools financial benchmarking website, with the latest available data being the 2020-21 financial year for local authority maintained schools and the 2019/20 academic year for academies (to be updated to the 2020/21 academic year in spring 2022): <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 106848 106849 question first answered 21/01/2022 17:58:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1403881

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teacher: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply staff left the teaching profession as a result of not being furloughed in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	106851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The department does not collect or hold the information that has been requested.</p><p>Supply agencies providing temporary staff to schools are independent private companies and as such decisions over their use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are not reported to the department, but a matter for employees and employers.</p><p>The department does not hold data on the general numbers of supply staff, or any data on whether they are active as supply teachers at any time.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 106850 question first answered 21/01/2022 17:40:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1403917

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) teaching staff and (b) support staff have been infected with covid-19 compared to the rest of the population.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	106769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes the proportion of staff testing positive for antibodies indicative of a prior COVID-19 infection as part of the Schools Infection Survey (SIS). The most recent publication, based on samples from 14 June to 6 July 2021, estimated 23.4% of secondary school staff and 25.2% of primary school staff are testing positive for such antibodies, showing they had been infected with COVID-19 in the past. Such statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/covid19schoolsinfectionsurveyengland/round6june2021" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/covid19schoolsinfectionsurveyengland/round6june2021</a>.</p><p>There is no immediate comparator, however, as the antibody test used in this study detects antibodies produced following natural infection, which is different to the antibody test used in the ONS COVID-19 infection survey that detects antibodies from vaccination as well as infection.</p><p>Since September 2021, the ONS has published analysis of the characteristics of people more likely to test positive for COVID-19 on a fortnightly basis. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/19january2022" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveycharacteristicsofpeopletestingpositiveforcovid19uk/19january2022</a>.</p><p>From 20 September to 28 November 2021, those working in the education sector were identified as more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than other working adults. This was the first time that the analysis showed those working in education as more likely to test positive and was likely linked to the previously higher Delta case rates in children during the autumn term.</p><p>The ONS also analysed infection rates by occupation from 1 September 2020 to 7 January 2021 based on their COVID-19 infection survey. Occupational risk is a continuum. Within this, there are a group of occupations at the upper end of the continuum, that have no significant difference with the majority of other occupations but show a higher probability of testing positive compared with some of those at the lower end. At the upper end are caring personal service occupations, protective service occupations, teaching and other education professionals, secretarial and related occupations, and other managers and proprietors.</p><p>The department estimates that on 6 January 2022, 4.0% of teachers and school leaders, and 3.9% of teaching assistants and other staff, were absent from open schools with a confirmed case of COVID-19. A further 0.8% of teaching staff and 0.9% of support staff were absent due to a suspected case of COVID-19. Updated figures will be published on 25 January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/01/2022 17:38:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1403956

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of classrooms in England that have no mechanical ventilation.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	106852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number and proportions of classrooms in England that have no mechanical ventilation.</p><p>Maintaining adequate ventilation remains the responsibility of individual providers. The law says employers, including education and childcare providers, must make sure there is an adequate supply of fresh air in enclosed areas of the workplace. This has not changed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Health and Safety Executive provides more information on this here: <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/equipment-and-machinery/air-conditioning-and-ventilation/index.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/equipment-and-machinery/air-conditioning-and-ventilation/index.htm</a>. Providers are expected to plan and prioritise any necessary remedial works within existing budgets. For more substantial capital works, education providers and those responsible for buildings have access to funding to improve the condition of buildings through different routes depending on their size and type.</p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, we have emphasised the importance of ventilation and provided guidance to providers on ventilation requirements. We have always said that where a provider is in operation it is important to ensure that it is well ventilated and that a comfortable teaching environment is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/01/2022 18:03:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1404024

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Schools: Ventilation
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 January 2022 to Question 100627, on Special Schools: Ventilation, how many CO2 monitors were offered to special schools.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	106813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The CO2 monitor roll out began in September 2021 to all state-funded education providers, including early years, schools and further education providers. This included all special schools and alternative provision, who were prioritised to receive their monitors first given their higher-than-average numbers of vulnerable pupils.</p><p>As of 14 January 2022, the department has delivered 22,859 CO2 monitors to special schools, including post-16 special and alternative provision education providers, and 42,665 CO2 monitors to nurseries and early years education providers.</p><p>The programme provided state-funded education providers, including special schools, nurseries, and early years education providers, with sufficient monitors to take representative readings from across their estate assessing all spaces in a relatively short space of time. All education providers have received roughly one monitor for every two teaching rooms. Precise numbers vary according to different provider types. CO2 monitors are portable and so schools and other education providers can move them around to test their full estate, starting with areas they suspect may be poorly ventilated.</p><p>The department has also provided guidance on how to use CO2 monitors. This is available on the ventilation document sharing platform that all providers have access to.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 106814 question first answered 25/01/2022 12:30:24 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1404026

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Ventilation
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 January 2022 to Question 100627, on Special Schools: Ventilation, how many CO2 monitors were offered to nurseries and early years settings.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	106814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The CO2 monitor roll out began in September 2021 to all state-funded education providers, including early years, schools and further education providers. This included all special schools and alternative provision, who were prioritised to receive their monitors first given their higher-than-average numbers of vulnerable pupils.</p><p>As of 14 January 2022, the department has delivered 22,859 CO2 monitors to special schools, including post-16 special and alternative provision education providers, and 42,665 CO2 monitors to nurseries and early years education providers.</p><p>The programme provided state-funded education providers, including special schools, nurseries, and early years education providers, with sufficient monitors to take representative readings from across their estate assessing all spaces in a relatively short space of time. All education providers have received roughly one monitor for every two teaching rooms. Precise numbers vary according to different provider types. CO2 monitors are portable and so schools and other education providers can move them around to test their full estate, starting with areas they suspect may be poorly ventilated.</p><p>The department has also provided guidance on how to use CO2 monitors. This is available on the ventilation document sharing platform that all providers have access to.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 106813 question first answered 25/01/2022 12:30:24 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1403366

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she made of the impact on (a) children aged five to 11 who are clinically extremely vulnerable or who have a close relative who is immunosuppressed and (b) the staff working with those children who are either clinically extremely vulnerable or have a close relative who is immunosuppressed, of allowing children aged five to 11 in families where there is a confirmed covid-19 case to continue attending school; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	105597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The department will always prioritise the health and welfare of staff, pupils and students.</p><p>At the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, shielding was introduced as one of the few ways to support those who, at the time, were considered clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV).</p><p>The situation is now very different to when shielding was first introduced. We know a lot more about COVID-19 and what makes someone more or less vulnerable to the virus. The vaccine continues to be successfully rolled out, and other treatments and interventions are becoming available.</p><p>We are committed to protecting education, which is why the safety measures are based on the latest scientific advice and strike a balance between managing transmission risk with measures such as regular testing, enhanced ventilation and hygiene, and reducing disruption to face-to-face learning.</p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have not advised people to shield since 1 April 2021, and people previously identified as CEV were advised to follow the same guidance as the general population. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do</a>.</p><p>All children and young people previously considered CEV were advised to return to childcare and education provision when shielding paused on 1 April. The decision to include children as part of the CEV group was based on the information that we had at the time. Now that we have more evidence, the clinical review panel has been able to recommend that all children and young people are no longer considered to be CEV and have been removed from the Shielded Patient List. However, if a child or young person has been advised to isolate or reduce their social contact by their specialist, due to the nature of their medical condition or treatment, they should continue to follow the advice of their specialist.</p><p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has advised that children aged 5 to 11 in a clinical risk group, and household contacts of individuals who are immunosuppressed, should be offered 2 10mcg doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with an interval of 8 weeks between the first and second doses. The NHS is working through updated guidance and will set out how this is going to be operationalised in due course.</p><p>Vaccines remain an effective measure against COVID-19. We recommend all school staff take up the offer of a vaccine.</p><p>Education providers should continue to ensure good hygiene for everyone, maintain appropriate cleaning regimes, keep spaces well ventilated and follow public health advice on testing, self-isolation and managing confirmed cases of COVID-19. They should continue to conduct risk assessments for their particular circumstances and take appropriate action in line with our guidance, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak</a>.</p><p>It is important that we reduce the disruption to children and young people’s education, particularly given that the direct clinical risks to children are extremely low. The evidence is clear that being out of education causes significant harm to educational attainment, life chances, mental and physical health, which is why children should continue to attend their education provision, unless they are symptomatic or test positive for COVID-19. All students and pupils aged 5 and above are strongly advised to take seven daily lateral flow device tests if they are identified by Test and Trace as a close contact of a confirmed positive case.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/01/2022 16:36:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire