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1471719

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Russian Language: GCE A-level and GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he is having with exam boards to ensure the exam specifications for Russian (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level courses do not cause distress to Ukrainian students.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	21288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Awarding organisations look carefully at their specifications and exam questions each year to manage any negative impacts on students. Awarding organisations are regulated by Ofqual, the office of qualifications and examinations regulation. Discussion about sensitivities in exam specifications is a matter for Ofqual. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Dr Jo Saxton, to write to the hon. Member for Twickenham and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/06/2022 16:16:54 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1471848

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance the Government has issued on racial justice work and workshops in schools.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	21291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The government condemns and strives to tackle all forms of racial discrimination, prejudice, and harassment. Under the Equality Act 2010, schools have a duty to take steps to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations across all protected characteristics, including between people of different ethnic backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not provided specific guidance or funding to schools to deliver racial justice work and workshops. Schools have flexibility over how they deliver subjects, so they can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs and background of their pupils. The department has published advice to support schools to fulfil their duties under the Equality Act 2010, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315587/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315587/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a broad and balanced curriculum, pupils should be taught about different societies. This includes learning how different groups have contributed to the development of Britain. The curriculum offers many opportunities for schools to do this, notably through citizenship education and relationships education, which is now compulsory in all schools and has a clear focus on the importance of valuing difference. The history curriculum also gives teachers the flexibility to include the contribution of black and minority ethnic history into lessons. This aligns with the school’s duty to promote and foster good relations across all protected characteristics, including race.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the implementation and teaching of the relationships, sex and health education curriculum is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health</a>. The national curriculum content for citizenship can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to publish information, guidance and support for teachers and school leaders on how to challenge radical views, including racist and discriminatory beliefs, on the website Educate Against Hate, which is available at: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/</a>. One of these resources is the ‘Respectful School Communities’ toolkit, a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind, including hate-based bullying. This toolkit is available here: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that schools take full responsibility for ensuring lessons and materials are age appropriate, suitable, and politically impartial, particularly when using materials produced by external organisations. The department published the guidance, ‘Political impartiality in schools’, to support schools to meet their duties in this area, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 21292 question first answered 27/06/2022 13:20:47 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1471849

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding the Government has allocated to support racial justice work and workshops in schools.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	21292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The government condemns and strives to tackle all forms of racial discrimination, prejudice, and harassment. Under the Equality Act 2010, schools have a duty to take steps to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations across all protected characteristics, including between people of different ethnic backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not provided specific guidance or funding to schools to deliver racial justice work and workshops. Schools have flexibility over how they deliver subjects, so they can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs and background of their pupils. The department has published advice to support schools to fulfil their duties under the Equality Act 2010, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315587/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315587/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a broad and balanced curriculum, pupils should be taught about different societies. This includes learning how different groups have contributed to the development of Britain. The curriculum offers many opportunities for schools to do this, notably through citizenship education and relationships education, which is now compulsory in all schools and has a clear focus on the importance of valuing difference. The history curriculum also gives teachers the flexibility to include the contribution of black and minority ethnic history into lessons. This aligns with the school’s duty to promote and foster good relations across all protected characteristics, including race.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the implementation and teaching of the relationships, sex and health education curriculum is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teaching-about-relationships-sex-and-health</a>. The national curriculum content for citizenship can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to publish information, guidance and support for teachers and school leaders on how to challenge radical views, including racist and discriminatory beliefs, on the website Educate Against Hate, which is available at: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/</a>. One of these resources is the ‘Respectful School Communities’ toolkit, a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind, including hate-based bullying. This toolkit is available here: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/resources/respectful-school-communities-self-review-signposting-tool-2/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that schools take full responsibility for ensuring lessons and materials are age appropriate, suitable, and politically impartial, particularly when using materials produced by external organisations. The department published the guidance, ‘Political impartiality in schools’, to support schools to meet their duties in this area, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 21291 question first answered 27/06/2022 13:20:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1469277

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
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 equity in the initial teacher education accreditation process for students.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	15771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The department’s teacher recruitment campaigns are targeted at audiences of students, recent graduates, and potential career changers regardless of their identity or background. We take every effort to ensure that our advertising is fully reflective of this across the full range of marketing materials we use. New ‘Bring It’ creative materials, introduced in January 2022 also strongly reflect the diversity of our young target audiences and the fact that this generation value diversity and want reassurance that teaching is for people like them.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, Apply for Teacher Training, our new application service for initial teacher training (ITT) in England,  was rolled out nationally. Apply has been designed to be as user-friendly as possible and has been extensively tested with a diverse range of potential applicants to ensure it helps remove barriers to great teachers applying for ITT courses.</p><p> </p><p>Apply for Teacher Training will also allow the department to collect more data, giving us greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of teacher training providers so that we can identify barriers and work to address them. The department will continue to work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to ensure teaching is an inclusive career that is open to candidates from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the department produced specific guidance for providers on how to treat candidates fairly during recruitment. This guidance is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/treating-candidates-fairly-when-you-recruit-trainee-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/treating-candidates-fairly-when-you-recruit-trainee-teachers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended by the independent review of the ITT market, all existing and new providers of ITT courses are required to undergo an accreditation process to demonstrate that, from September 2024, they will be able to meet the standard set by the new ITT Quality Requirements. The accreditation process is ongoing and the second application round will close on 27 June. All organisations that submit an application for accreditation as a provider of ITT are treated equitably, with applications assessed through an impartial process, by trained assessors.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 15772 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:14:09 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1469280

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to initial teacher education accreditation providers to ensure that students are given the same information after submitting their application.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	15772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The department’s teacher recruitment campaigns are targeted at audiences of students, recent graduates, and potential career changers regardless of their identity or background. We take every effort to ensure that our advertising is fully reflective of this across the full range of marketing materials we use. New ‘Bring It’ creative materials, introduced in January 2022 also strongly reflect the diversity of our young target audiences and the fact that this generation value diversity and want reassurance that teaching is for people like them.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, Apply for Teacher Training, our new application service for initial teacher training (ITT) in England,  was rolled out nationally. Apply has been designed to be as user-friendly as possible and has been extensively tested with a diverse range of potential applicants to ensure it helps remove barriers to great teachers applying for ITT courses.</p><p> </p><p>Apply for Teacher Training will also allow the department to collect more data, giving us greater insight into candidate behaviour and the behaviour of teacher training providers so that we can identify barriers and work to address them. The department will continue to work closely with ITT providers to explore, design and test new interventions to ensure teaching is an inclusive career that is open to candidates from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>This year, the department produced specific guidance for providers on how to treat candidates fairly during recruitment. This guidance is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/treating-candidates-fairly-when-you-recruit-trainee-teachers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/treating-candidates-fairly-when-you-recruit-trainee-teachers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended by the independent review of the ITT market, all existing and new providers of ITT courses are required to undergo an accreditation process to demonstrate that, from September 2024, they will be able to meet the standard set by the new ITT Quality Requirements. The accreditation process is ongoing and the second application round will close on 27 June. All organisations that submit an application for accreditation as a provider of ITT are treated equitably, with applications assessed through an impartial process, by trained assessors.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 15771 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:14:09 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1467200

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	Schools: Buildings
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 27 May 2022 to Question 5498, what school sites were officials in his Department referring to when they stated in emails to officials at 10 Downing Street dated 30 March 2022 and 4 April 2022 that some school sites are a risk to life.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	11875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Twickenham to the answer I gave on 27 May 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-19/5498" target="_blank">5498</a>. There are no open school or college buildings where the department is aware of an imminent risk to life. Very occasionally, we will need to support a responsible body, such as an academy trust, which takes a decision to close part, or all, of a school for safety reasons, while the necessary remedial works are carried out.</p><p>Given the age and design life of some schools, the department expects that some school buildings will need to be replaced in future. For this reason, we have launched a 10-year School Rebuilding Programme which will deliver 500 rebuilding and refurbishment projects at schools across England, transforming education for hundreds of thousands of pupils. We also provide annual condition funding to schools and those responsible for school buildings, to ensure schools remain safe and in good working order. Since 2015, £13.1 billion in condition funding has been allocated, including £1.8 billion committed for the 2022/23 financial year. Allocations are informed by consistent data on the condition of schools, and we also provide extensive guidance on safe and effective management of the school estate.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2022 16:42:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1467440

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	Schools: Buildings
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 27 May 2022 to Question 5499, for what reason his Department is unable to provide the total modelled condition need and average condition need per school for each local authority area or Parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	11878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The department plans to publish school level building condition data collected in the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme later this year. We are considering publication of the modelled average condition need per school at local authority and parliamentary constituency level and will set out plans when we publish the building condition data.</p><p>The department have published the total modelled condition need for the CDC programme, in the report published in May 2021, which is £11.4 billion. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The report also includes a regional breakdown of both modelled condition need and average condition need per school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/06/2022 16:47:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464465

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on expanding the School Rebuilding Programme.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	5497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The department engages regularly with HM Treasury about investment in schools, including capital investment.</p><p>Well-maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the department. In recent years the department has announced significant increases in capital funding to improve the condition of schools. We have also allocated over £13 billion to schools and those responsible for school buildings since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year. In addition, our School Rebuilding Programme will transform 500 schools over the next decade, prioritising schools in poor condition or with potential safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/05/2022 16:50:02 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464466

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
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 number of school and college sites which pose a risk to life; and if he will a publish a list of those sites.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	5498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>There are no open school or college buildings where the department know of an imminent risk to life. On those rare occasions where we know of buildings that do pose such a risk, immediate action is taken, ranging from partial closure and remedial works, to a complete rebuilding of the school or college.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/05/2022 10:28:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1464521

registered interest
date	19/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) total modelled condition need and (b) average condition need per school which was found during the Condition Data Collection programme in 2017 to 2019 in (i) each local authority area and (ii) Westminster constituency.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	5499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2022 answer text <p>The total modelled condition need, defined as the modelled cost of the remedial work to repair or replace all defective elements in the school estate, is £11.4 billion. Further details can be found in the report published in May 2021, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The report includes a regional breakdown of both modelled condition need and average condition need per school. The department expects to publish more detailed data from the Condition Data Collection programme later this year and will set out further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 27/05/2022 13:37:20 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson