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1403844

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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

1402967

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
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, what proportion of former teachers who responded to the Government's appeal for support on 16 December 2021 had left the profession (a) after 16 June 2021, (b) between 16 December 2020 and 15 June 2021, (c) between 16 December 2015 and 15 December 2020, (d) between 16 December 2010 and 15 December 2020 and (e) before 16 December 2010.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>On 12 January 2022, the department published initial data from a sample of supply agencies gathered between 20 December 2021 and 7 January 2022. This showed that 485 former teachers have signed up with supply agencies, and over 100 Teach First alumni have also expressed interest in returning to the classroom.</p><p>Given the size of the sample, the true number of sign-ups since the call was launched will be larger. Full details of the data release can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/number-of-ex-teachers-joining-the-school-workforce-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/number-of-ex-teachers-joining-the-school-workforce-2021-to-2022</a>.</p><p>The department directed the call for ex teachers through employment agencies as they are best placed to match the supply that is coming forward with the demand that is there from schools. Using employment agencies also reduces the administrative burden of temporary recruitment from our schools.</p><p>We need to balance the need for data with the burden we place on those collating it. Therefore, we have not asked agencies to collect data such as how long ago people worked in schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 17:45:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402969

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to make any substantive changes to the National Funding Formula for the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The department updates the national funding formula (NFF) annually and publishes the confirmed formula in advance of the dedicated schools grant (DSG).</p><p>We have already announced one substantive change in 2023-24, which is to roll the schools supplementary funding, worth £1.2 billion in the 2022-23 financial year, into the NFF. The schools supplementary grant will be allocated in the form of a separate grant for 2022-23 only and will be subsequently rolled into the yearly DSG allocations for the remainder of the spending review period.</p><p>In addition, in our consultation on 'Fair School Funding for All: Completing the Reforms to the national funding formula', published in July 2021, we set out further proposals for developing the schools NFF to improve the premises factors in the NFF. These proposals include reforming the approach to funding for schools experiencing significant growth in pupil numbers and beginning the process of transition to a directly funded formula within the NFF in 2023-24.</p><p>We will announce the outcome of that consultation, including any changes to be introduced in 2023-24, in due course.</p><p>In December, schools, high needs and early years funding allocations for 2022-23 financial year have been published through the DSG: 2022 to 2023 guidance, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2022-to-2023</a>, and the schools supplementary grant 2022 to 2023 guidance, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-supplementary-grant-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-supplementary-grant-2022-to-2023</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2022 09:52:29 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402970

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
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 changes his Department has made to (a) guidance and (b) regulations relating to specifications for new school buildings to improve ventilation in future classrooms.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Schools should always create a healthy indoor environment for occupants, this includes keeping spaces ventilated to reduce the concentration of pathogens in the air, such as SARS-CoV-2. Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, the department has emphasised the importance of ventilation and provided guidance to schools, colleges and nurseries on ventilation requirements.</p><p>In 2018, the department published Building Bulletin 101 (BB101), guidance for school design on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality. This includes the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines and Air Quality Standards Regulation 2010 for indoor air quality.</p><p>Further, the department sets environmental standards for centrally delivered new schools and sets a minimum specification for ventilation to address healthy indoor air quality. The current version was updated recently and published in November 2021. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes</a>.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 104318 question first answered 24/01/2022 12:57:57 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402971

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
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, when his Department last changed the (a) guidance and (b) regulations on specifications for new school buildings to improve ventilation in future classrooms.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Schools should always create a healthy indoor environment for occupants, this includes keeping spaces ventilated to reduce the concentration of pathogens in the air, such as SARS-CoV-2. Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, the department has emphasised the importance of ventilation and provided guidance to schools, colleges and nurseries on ventilation requirements.</p><p>In 2018, the department published Building Bulletin 101 (BB101), guidance for school design on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality. This includes the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines and Air Quality Standards Regulation 2010 for indoor air quality.</p><p>Further, the department sets environmental standards for centrally delivered new schools and sets a minimum specification for ventilation to address healthy indoor air quality. The current version was updated recently and published in November 2021. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes</a>.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 104317 question first answered 24/01/2022 12:57:57 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402972

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with external stakeholders on the best means to evaluate his Department's Opportunity areas programme in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The department has commissioned external contractors to carry out an evaluation of the Opportunity Area (OA) programme. The national process evaluation is being conducted by NatCen, whilst the intervention level evaluations, which focus on five specific OA projects, are being conducted by York Consulting.</p><p>Each evaluation has a steering group which helps to guide, and quality assure its design and delivery. Members include academic experts, OA partnership board chairs, delivery leads and education stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2022 13:22:12 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402973

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has made to update the contingency plans and guidance for future health crises for (a) his Department, (b) schools, (c) nurseries and early years providers, (d) colleges, (e) further education institutions and (f) universities and the higher education sector.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The government developed its contingency framework for education and childcare providers to help them, and others who work with them, to manage the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and have contingency plans in place for future COVID-19 outbreaks. This guidance is regularly updated, most recently on 21 January 2022, and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-local-restrictions-in-education-and-childcare-settings/contingency-framework-education-and-childcare-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-local-restrictions-in-education-and-childcare-settings/contingency-framework-education-and-childcare-settings</a></p><p>Education providers are required to prepare their own outbreak response plans, and then in December to refresh them before the end of term. Any measures providers are required to implement are supported by comprehensive national guidance. We work very closely across government to ensure our planning is in step with wider society and informed by the most up to date public health advice.</p><p>The department is considering how the changes made to respond to COVID-19 can support wider readiness for future potential public health scenarios. A contingency framework for any future health crisis would draw upon lessons learnt from COVID-19, but would need to be specific to the new circumstances and part of a coherent cross-government response.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2022 15:57:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402975

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) teachers and (b) ex-teachers who were (i) below and (ii) above the state pension age in December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of teachers and teacher retirements, is published in the annual ‘school workforce in England’ national statistic at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As at November 2020 (latest information available) 1,656 (less than 1% of teachers) teachers working in state-funded schools in England were over the state pension age of 66 years old (<strong>Table 1</strong>). 316,688 ex-teachers (58% of ex-teachers) who no longer work within state-funded schools in England were under state pension age. This includes not only those teachers who left the profession, but also those who left to work in other countries, in further education, and in private schools. Many of these ex-teachers may now be employed in other sectors and occupations outside of education.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Headcount of qualified teachers and teachers out of service<sup>1</sup> in state-funded schools by age group<sup>2,3</sup></strong></p><p>November 2020</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Teachers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Teachers out of service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 66</p></td><td><p>490,083</p></td><td><p>316,688</p></td><td><p>806,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66 and over</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>231,675</p></td><td><p>233,331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown age</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>491,741</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>548,897</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,040,638</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census 2020 and Database of Teacher Records 2021</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Please note that teachers who no longer work within state-funded schools in England are classed as teachers out of service (ex-teachers) in this response. This therefore includes not only those teachers who left the profession, but also those who left to work in other countries, in further education, and in private schools. This excludes people who are known to have died.</p><p><sup>2</sup> State pension age as at November 2020 was 66 years old.</p><p><sup>3</sup> Age as at November 2020 for teachers, and March 2021 for teachers out of service.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2022 13:28:45 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402976

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total capital budget was for schools in England in each year between 2002 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The department provides annual capital funding to support the education sector. This includes funding to create sufficient school places and to maintain and improve the condition of the school estate. In addition, the department also delivers capital building programmes, including the free schools programme, Priority School Building Programme and the new School Rebuilding Programme. The department’s capital budget also supports providers other than schools. This includes post-16 and early years providers, as well as the department’s own estate. There is no separate capital budget for schools specifically.</p><p> </p><p>For a breakdown of capital expenditure in each financial year since 2002-03 please see the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits, £billion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Figures have been taken from the department accounts which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s capital expenditure limit for the 2021-22 financial year is £5.6 billion. In addition to this, the 2021 Spending Review announced a total of £19.4 billion of capital funding to support the education sector between the 2022-23 and 2024-25 financial years, an average of £6.5 billion per annum.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/01/2022 16:08:40 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1402978

registered interest
date	14/01/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100514 on Schools: Coronavirus, what date officials at his Department first discussed ventilation in schools with the Department for Health and Social Care in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	104325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South to the answer I gave on 13 January 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-10/100514" target="_blank">100514</a>.</p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, experts have been consulted and the evidence monitored. Engagement with the Department of Health and Social Care is part of this and has been ongoing relating to CO2 monitoring and air cleaning units, to assess whether this is a viable approach for schools in England based on the existing science and practical considerations.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 17:49:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson