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45006

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 reduce absences from school due to bullying.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	193533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government has made tackling all forms of bullying a top priority. It is never acceptable for a child to be bullied, victimised or harmed in any way and the Government does not want any young person to be absent from school due to the effects of bullying.</p><p>All schools are required, by law, to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying among pupils. Ofsted now holds schools clearly to account for their effectiveness. Under the current Ofsted framework, school inspectors consider pupil behaviour and safety, which includes how well schools prevent bullying, harassment and discrimination.</p><p>In the Education Act 2011, we strengthened teachers' powers to discipline pupils for poor behaviour, including bullying. They can now issue same day detentions, confiscate banned items and search for, and if necessary delete, inappropriate images on mobile phones which might be linked to cyberbullying.</p><p>We are also providing £4 million of funding over two years from spring 2013 to four organisations: Beatbullying, the DianaAward, Kidscape and the National Children's Bureau, to develop effective measures in school to prevent and tackle bullying.</p><p>Good schools create a positive ethos with clear expectations about pupil behaviour that prevent bullying from happening in the first place and deal with it quickly if it does occur.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the effect that bullying can have, that is why on 17 March 2014 we published a factsheet to help schools identify and support pupils which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

45013

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the current level of teachers teaching ability whilst using tablet computers in primary schools.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The available evidence suggests that teachers adapt quickly to using tablets as a tool for learning.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

44697

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on allowing officials to appear before all-party parliamentary groups.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	193386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. hon member to the response of 26 March 2014, Hansard column 300W, provided by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

44700

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are home-schooled in (a) Lancashire and (b) Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	193308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

44701

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparison he has made with other OECD countries of the effects on pedagogy of giving one to one tablets to every pupil in secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has reviewed evidence on the effects of one-to-one tablet schemes on pedagogy, and more broadly within education, from the UK and Australia. Positive effects on pedagogy cited within the studies considered include: improvemements to lessons and homework, characterised by more creative and engaging tasks; more and better quality feedback to pupils; and improvements in monitoring and assessment.</p><p>The Department will continue to review international research in this area, such as that being undertaken by the Creative Classroom project of the European Schoolnet organisation. This study is looking at the effects of one-to-one tablet use, in 45 secondary schools, and across eight European countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 193447 question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

44702

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects on pedagogy of giving pupils in secondary schools one to one tablet computers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has reviewed evidence on the effects of one-to-one tablet schemes on pedagogy, and more broadly within education, from the UK and Australia. Positive effects on pedagogy cited within the studies considered include: improvemements to lessons and homework, characterised by more creative and engaging tasks; more and better quality feedback to pupils; and improvements in monitoring and assessment.</p><p>The Department will continue to review international research in this area, such as that being undertaken by the Creative Classroom project of the European Schoolnet organisation. This study is looking at the effects of one-to-one tablet use, in 45 secondary schools, and across eight European countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 193448 question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

44703

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the rollout of broadband for schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not procure and install broadband on behalf of schools. Headteachers manage their own budgets and are best placed to decide on their broadband requirements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

44704

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the baseline requirements are for wi-fi provision for all secondary schools to enable the use of one-to-one tablet computers in the classroom; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has no baseline requirements for Wi-Fi provision in all schools. Headteachers manage their own budgets and are best placed to decide the extent of Wi-Fi provision. Where schools are built or rebuilt via the Department's capital programmes, IT infrastructure including Wi-Fi is installed to a standard that supports 1:1 tablet use in the classroom.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 193445 question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

44705

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the baseline requirement is for wi-fi provision for all primary schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has no baseline requirements for Wi-Fi provision in all schools. Headteachers manage their own budgets and are best placed to decide the extent of Wi-Fi provision. Where schools are built or rebuilt via the Department's capital programmes, IT infrastructure including Wi-Fi is installed to a standard that supports 1:1 tablet use in the classroom.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 193444 question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

44498

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	193216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the Maths Teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. The exchange will start in the next academic year. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers from Shanghai will participate.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy