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1470647

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	Pupils: Broadband and Computers
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 of children in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency, (b) Hounslow, (c) London and (d) England without access (i) to broadband at home and (ii) to a computer at home to support their learning.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	18912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>A survey by Ofcom showed that during 2021, 94% of children (aged 0 to 17) in England had internet access and used it in the home, and figures for the UK show that almost half (47%) of children aged 3 to 17 used a laptop or netbook to go online, and 17% used a desktop. Use of more personal and portable devices was more common, with more than four in ten children (43%) saying they only used any device other than a laptop, netbook, or desktop to go online. The survey is available here: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/234609/childrens-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/234609/childrens-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2022.pdf</a>.</p><p>The department has data on the number of devices distributed to local authorities. However, we only know where devices were shipped. The devices distributed through the department are owned by schools, trusts, local authorities or further education (FE) providers who can lend these devices to children and young people who need them the most. The department does not have visibility of how devices move or how ownership was transferred after receipt.</p><p>10,272 devices were distributed to Hounslow local authority as part of the get help with technology scheme, including 9,685 laptops or tablets and 587 4G routers.</p><p>For all London constituencies, the total number of devices distributed was 354,493, including 334,075 laptops or tablets and 20,418 4G routers.</p><p>The department does not have data for the number of devices distributed to Feltham and Heston constituency.</p><p>The department has delivered over 1.95 million laptops and tablets to schools, trusts, local authorities and further education providers for disadvantaged children and young people as part of a £520 million government investment to support access to remote education and online social care services.</p><p>The department also provided support for over 130,000 families to get online through uplifts in mobile data and 4G wireless routers. This included partnering with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help over 33,000 disadvantaged children get online and delivering over 100,000 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. The government also provided funding to support schools and FE providers in providing internet access for disadvantaged pupils whose face-to-face education is disrupted due to COVID-19.</p><p>The get help with technology service is transitioning to provide further support to schools and colleges on meeting technology standards, including in relation to connectivity and devices. This is focused now on levelling up technology in schools and other education providers rather than in homes, but the support and funding already provided should give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 18913 question first answered 20/06/2022 16:38:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1470648

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	Pupils: Broadband and Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to help schools give pupils from families with low incomes access to (a) broadband and (b) computers at home to support their learning.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	18913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>A survey by Ofcom showed that during 2021, 94% of children (aged 0 to 17) in England had internet access and used it in the home, and figures for the UK show that almost half (47%) of children aged 3 to 17 used a laptop or netbook to go online, and 17% used a desktop. Use of more personal and portable devices was more common, with more than four in ten children (43%) saying they only used any device other than a laptop, netbook, or desktop to go online. The survey is available here: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/234609/childrens-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/234609/childrens-media-use-and-attitudes-report-2022.pdf</a>.</p><p>The department has data on the number of devices distributed to local authorities. However, we only know where devices were shipped. The devices distributed through the department are owned by schools, trusts, local authorities or further education (FE) providers who can lend these devices to children and young people who need them the most. The department does not have visibility of how devices move or how ownership was transferred after receipt.</p><p>10,272 devices were distributed to Hounslow local authority as part of the get help with technology scheme, including 9,685 laptops or tablets and 587 4G routers.</p><p>For all London constituencies, the total number of devices distributed was 354,493, including 334,075 laptops or tablets and 20,418 4G routers.</p><p>The department does not have data for the number of devices distributed to Feltham and Heston constituency.</p><p>The department has delivered over 1.95 million laptops and tablets to schools, trusts, local authorities and further education providers for disadvantaged children and young people as part of a £520 million government investment to support access to remote education and online social care services.</p><p>The department also provided support for over 130,000 families to get online through uplifts in mobile data and 4G wireless routers. This included partnering with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help over 33,000 disadvantaged children get online and delivering over 100,000 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. The government also provided funding to support schools and FE providers in providing internet access for disadvantaged pupils whose face-to-face education is disrupted due to COVID-19.</p><p>The get help with technology service is transitioning to provide further support to schools and colleges on meeting technology standards, including in relation to connectivity and devices. This is focused now on levelling up technology in schools and other education providers rather than in homes, but the support and funding already provided should give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 18912 question first answered 20/06/2022 16:38:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1456317

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	Coronavirus Catch-up Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department plans to divide the £349 million catch up premium for tutoring between schools; and whether his Department plans to weight that funding so schools receiving high levels of Pupil Premium will be allocated proportionally more funding.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	151114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department announced on Thursday 31 March 2022 plans to simplify the National Tutoring Programme for the next academic year. This will include providing funding directly to schools, which can then design their own tutoring offer according to the needs of their pupils. This new approach will build on our successful introduction this year of school-led tutoring and is consistent with our view that schools are best-placed to determine what works best for them.</p><p>Schools will receive information on their National Tutoring Programme funding allocation for the 2022/23 academic year early in the summer term. Funding allocations will be determined by each school’s number of disadvantaged pupils, which will mean that funding is targeted towards pupils that need tutoring most.</p><p>Our guidance and support for schools will make clear that their tutoring offer must support disadvantaged pupils. Schools will be asked to report on how they have delivered tutoring, and to which pupils.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/04/2022 10:29:53 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1456441

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	Schools: Staff
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 of teachers and school staff off sick with covid=19 in the last two months for which data is available; what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with schools leaders on that matter; and what steps he is taking to support schools with staff absences.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	151115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>It continues to be the department’s absolute priority to support schools to deliver face to face, high quality education. School leaders and staff have worked incredibly hard to make sure pupils have been able to remain in school, while dealing with higher levels of staff absence than normal.</p><p>The Education Setting (EdSet) survey asks schools and colleges to report data such as on-site attendance and COVID-19 absence. From 7 March 2022, the survey has changed from daily to weekly. Data will be collected every Thursday and published on a fortnightly basis with the latest publication available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>From 7 March 2022, the department only collects data on overall absence rather than specific reasons for absence. The proportion of absent teachers and leaders, and other school staff, in the last two months can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a7b7d917-0f50-4de7-ac15-9d1dd8501107" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a7b7d917-0f50-4de7-ac15-9d1dd8501107</a>.</p><p>The department remains hugely grateful to all school staff for their work, which has consistently kept over 99.9% of schools open this academic year. School leaders are best placed to determine the workforce required to meet the needs of pupils. However, we recognise that absence remains high in some schools and that this poses a challenge for staff.</p><p>To support schools experiencing the most significant workforce absence and funding pressures, the department re-introduced the COVID-19 workforce fund in the autumn term. The department had since extended the fund until Easter to cover the cost of term-time absences over a threshold from 22 November 2021 until 8 April 2022.</p><p>The department is also supporting staff wellbeing and is funding peer support, individual supervision, and counselling from experts to school leaders through the charity Education Support. Around 2,000 school leaders will benefit until March 2023.</p><p>Last November, the department launched the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, which schools and colleges are encouraged to sign up to, it is co-produced with the education sector as shared commitments from government, Ofsted, and schools and colleges to protect and promote the wellbeing of staff.</p><p>The department is also offering state-funded schools and colleges a grant to pay for senior mental health lead training, providing skills and knowledge to implement a ‘whole school or college approach’ to mental health and wellbeing in a setting. This is part of the governments’ commitment to offer this training to all schools and colleges by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/04/2022 10:48:16 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1456443

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	National Curriculum Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department has given to schools on how SAT results will be used in the 2021-22 academic year to measure future performance.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	151116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>On 25 March 2022, the department published updated primary school accountability guidance. This guidance provides clarification about the rationale for the return of primary tests and assessments in 2022. It includes further information about key stage 2 accountability arrangements and the use of academic year 2021/22 key stage 2 school performance data. It also provides additional detail on the department’s planned methodological changes to primary progress measures for 2022. The guidance can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-accountability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-accountability</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/04/2022 10:54:45 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1455887

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coronavirus Catch-up Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the £650 million catch-up premium for the 2021-22 academic year; and what conditions need to be met for more funding to be made available in the next academic year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	150170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The universal catch-up premium worth £650 million was delivered to schools during the 2020/21 academic year. The department followed that up with the recovery premium, which is providing over £300 million worth of funding during the 2021/22 academic year, targeted towards disadvantaged pupils. In October 2021, we announced a further £1 billion of funding that will extend the recovery premium for the next two academic years (2022/23 and 2023/24). Building on the Pupil Premium, this funding will help schools to deliver evidence-based approaches for supporting disadvantaged pupils. Further information on the Pupil Premium is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium</a>.</p><p>Schools must show how they are using their recovery premium effectively by reporting on their use of recovery premium as part of their pupil premium strategy statement, which must be published on a school’s website.</p><p>The department commissioned Ipsos MORI, in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and the Centre for Education and Youth, to carry out research to understand how schools have responded to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including their use of the catch up and recovery premiums. In January 2022, we published the findings from the first year of research. The report is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-recovery-strategies-year-1-findings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-recovery-strategies-year-1-findings</a>.</p><p>The department commissioned Renaissance Learning, and their subcontractor the Education Policy Institute, to collect data from a sample of schools to provide an assessment of education lost and catch-up needs for pupils in schools in England, and to monitor progress over the course of the 2020-21 academic year and the autumn term 2021.</p><p>The final findings from this research, published 28 March, includes data from the first half of the 2021/22 autumn term. Complete findings from the research can be found on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-progress-in-the-2020-to-2022-academic-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-progress-in-the-2020-to-2022-academic-years</a>.</p><p>The department is committed to continuing its research into academic progress since the pandemic and will soon be going out to tender for the next phase.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/04/2022 15:50:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1455888

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Coronavirus
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 impact of lifting of covid-19 restrictions on the ability of schools to get substitute teachers for staff off-work with covid-19; and what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with sector leaders on their ability to cover staff absences.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	150171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Temporary staff, including supply teachers, have played a key role in supporting schools to maintain face-to-face education, particularly over winter due to the Omicron variant. The department is hugely grateful to all school and college staff for their work, which has consistently kept over 99.9% of schools open last term.</p><p>The department will continue to maintain regular contact with a range of external stakeholders including supply agencies, key trade bodies, and trade unions, to monitor the supply market.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/04/2022 10:33:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1455929

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Feltham and Heston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the attainment gap is in Feltham and Heston constituency at (a) EYFS, (b) Year 6/7, (c) GCSE; and what proportion of students started primary school deemed to be school ready in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	150172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the proportion of pupils deemed school ready for primary school in Feltham and Heston. As a proxy, the percentage of children achieving at least the expected level across all early learning goals can be used to assess readiness for year 1. This is only available to local authority level. In the 2017/18 academic year, in Hounslow, 69.9% of children met this level compared to 70.2% in England. In the 2018/19 academic year, 71.9% of children in Hounslow met this level compared to 70.7% in England. Due to temporary disapplications and modifications to certain elements of the early years foundation stage (EYFS) during the pandemic, data relating to academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 are not available.</p><p>The department does not yet hold attainment data for the 2021/22 academic year. Data relating to EYFS, key stage 2 (KS2), and key stage 4 (KS4) will be published in autumn 2022.</p><p>Parliamentary constituency data for Feltham and Heston is available for all pupils at the end of KS2 in academic years 2017/18 to 2018/19, and for all pupils at the end of KS4 in academic years 2017/18 to 2020/21 in the attached files. KS2 data in academic years 2019/20 or 2020/21 was not recorded because of the cancellation of statutory national curriculum assessments at KS2 due to the pandemic.</p><p>The department does not publish an attainment gap by pupil characteristics at parliamentary constituency level. The department does publish the disadvantaged pupils’ attainment gap index at KS2 and KS4. This looks at changes in the attainment gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils at a national level in state-funded schools in England.</p><p>For EYFS, the latest published data are in the annual ‘Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Results’ statistical release: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results</a>. As a proxy for disadvantage, the gap in average point score between children who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) and those who are not can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/dfdb83f9-f54f-4f11-b590-28d3064e3a79" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/dfdb83f9-f54f-4f11-b590-28d3064e3a79</a>.</p><p>For KS2, the latest published figure is in Figure 1 of the ‘2018/19 National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2’ statistical release: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851798/KS2_Revised_publication_text_2019_v3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851798/KS2_Revised_publication_text_2019_v3.pdf</a>.</p><p>For KS4, the latest published figure is in Figure 6/Table 14 of the ‘2020/21 Key Stage 4 Performance' statistical release: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised</a>.</p><p>Alternatively, information at local authority level is published that allows users to compare attainment by pupil characteristics. The closest information is for Hounslow.</p><p>At EYFS, the gap in the average point score between those eligible for FSM and those not in Hounslow increased from 1.8 in 2017/18 to 1.9 in 2018/19 (academic years).</p><p>At KS2, the percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths between disadvantaged pupils and non-disadvantaged pupils in Hounslow decreased from 18 percentage points in 2017/18 to 17.5 percentage points in 2018/19 (academic years).</p><p>At KS4, the latest data show that the gap in the average Attainment 8 score between disadvantaged pupils and non-disadvantaged pupils in Hounslow has widened since 2018/19 from 7.5 points to 7.7 points in 2019/20, and to 9.0 points in 2020/21 (academic years).</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 150172 150173_table_feltham_heston_KS2.pdf title 150172_150173_table_KS2 2 file name 150172 150173_table_feltham_heston_KS4.pdf title 150172_150173_table_KS4 grouped question UIN 150173 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:46:35 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1455934

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Feltham and Heston
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 change in the attainment gap since March 2020 for pupils in Feltham and Heston constituency in (a) EYFS, (b) primary school and (c) secondary school.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	150173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the proportion of pupils deemed school ready for primary school in Feltham and Heston. As a proxy, the percentage of children achieving at least the expected level across all early learning goals can be used to assess readiness for year 1. This is only available to local authority level. In the 2017/18 academic year, in Hounslow, 69.9% of children met this level compared to 70.2% in England. In the 2018/19 academic year, 71.9% of children in Hounslow met this level compared to 70.7% in England. Due to temporary disapplications and modifications to certain elements of the early years foundation stage (EYFS) during the pandemic, data relating to academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 are not available.</p><p>The department does not yet hold attainment data for the 2021/22 academic year. Data relating to EYFS, key stage 2 (KS2), and key stage 4 (KS4) will be published in autumn 2022.</p><p>Parliamentary constituency data for Feltham and Heston is available for all pupils at the end of KS2 in academic years 2017/18 to 2018/19, and for all pupils at the end of KS4 in academic years 2017/18 to 2020/21 in the attached files. KS2 data in academic years 2019/20 or 2020/21 was not recorded because of the cancellation of statutory national curriculum assessments at KS2 due to the pandemic.</p><p>The department does not publish an attainment gap by pupil characteristics at parliamentary constituency level. The department does publish the disadvantaged pupils’ attainment gap index at KS2 and KS4. This looks at changes in the attainment gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils at a national level in state-funded schools in England.</p><p>For EYFS, the latest published data are in the annual ‘Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Results’ statistical release: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results</a>. As a proxy for disadvantage, the gap in average point score between children who are eligible for free school meals (FSM) and those who are not can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/dfdb83f9-f54f-4f11-b590-28d3064e3a79" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/dfdb83f9-f54f-4f11-b590-28d3064e3a79</a>.</p><p>For KS2, the latest published figure is in Figure 1 of the ‘2018/19 National Curriculum Assessments at Key Stage 2’ statistical release: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851798/KS2_Revised_publication_text_2019_v3.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851798/KS2_Revised_publication_text_2019_v3.pdf</a>.</p><p>For KS4, the latest published figure is in Figure 6/Table 14 of the ‘2020/21 Key Stage 4 Performance' statistical release: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised</a>.</p><p>Alternatively, information at local authority level is published that allows users to compare attainment by pupil characteristics. The closest information is for Hounslow.</p><p>At EYFS, the gap in the average point score between those eligible for FSM and those not in Hounslow increased from 1.8 in 2017/18 to 1.9 in 2018/19 (academic years).</p><p>At KS2, the percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths between disadvantaged pupils and non-disadvantaged pupils in Hounslow decreased from 18 percentage points in 2017/18 to 17.5 percentage points in 2018/19 (academic years).</p><p>At KS4, the latest data show that the gap in the average Attainment 8 score between disadvantaged pupils and non-disadvantaged pupils in Hounslow has widened since 2018/19 from 7.5 points to 7.7 points in 2019/20, and to 9.0 points in 2020/21 (academic years).</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 150172 150173_table_feltham_heston_KS2.pdf title 150172_150173_table_KS2 2 file name 150172 150173_table_feltham_heston_KS4.pdf title 150172_150173_table_KS4 grouped question UIN 150172 question first answered 19/04/2022 15:46:35 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1454933

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Homework
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 on the impact of the home learning environment on children's school outcomes; and what steps he is taking to support children's learning at home.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	148207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises that teachers and leaders have been working incredibly hard to provide high quality on-site and remote education, with much being achieved during the pandemic.</p><p>The department has announced nearly £5 billion for a multi-year education recovery plan which includes high quality tutoring, world class training for teachers and early years practitioners, additional funding for schools, and extending time in colleges by 40 hours. We are supporting the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and those with the least time left in education, wherever they live, to make up for education lost during the pandemic and are carefully monitoring the progress being made by children in school.</p><p>Through the department’s Get Help with Technology programme, we have delivered over 1.9 million laptops and tablets to schools, trusts, local authorities and further education providers for disadvantaged children and young people as part of a £520 million government investment to support access to remote education and online social care services.</p><p>These laptops and tablets are intended to give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term either in the classroom or from home.</p><p>The priority should always be for schools to deliver high quality face-to-face education to all pupils and remote education should only ever be considered as a short-term measure and as a last resort where in person attendance is not possible.</p><p>When in-person attendance in school is either not possible or contrary to government guidance schools should continue to provide remote education to allow children and young people who are well enough to keep pace with their education.</p><p>The department will publish updated guidance to support schools with remote education and will continue to work with the sector on this, learning from the many examples of excellent practice developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>An appropriate home education environment is also essential for parents who opt to provide their children with elective home education. The government is committed to a form of local authority registration for children not in school as well as a duty on local authorities to provide support to home educators when it is required. Further details on this are in the Children Not In School consultation response which was published on 3 February 2022. We hope to legislate on this measure at the next suitable opportunity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 31/03/2022 15:13:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra