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62601

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of the armed forces have been recruited into teacher roles under the Troops to Teachers initiative to date.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	201290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme is a new programme, which started in January 2014. 41 service leavers joined the Troops to Teachers programme in January 2014. Recruitment is almost complete for the second cohort of the programme and more service leavers will start their training in September 2014. The first successful graduates of the programme will be employed as teachers, subject to achieving Qualified Teacher Status and a degree, in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/06/2014 12:08:14 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

61657

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on funding sixth forms in rural schools.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	200419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has received three letters recently on funding sixth forms in rural schools. We recognise the importance of rural schools, many of which are small schools, and the need to maintain access to a local school in rural areas. Often these schools are at the heart of their community.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 19/06/2014 11:05:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

61658

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistant training posts have been (a) commissioned and (b) filled in in (i) Copeland and (ii) Cumbria in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	200365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 11:29:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

61664

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Meals
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 ensure that children at primary and secondary schools have access to a healthy and balanced dinner each day.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	200348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The independent School Food Plan, published in July 2013, is designed to increase the quality and take-up of school meals in England and ensure that the food available conforms to healthy standards. As part of the School Food Plan, we are introducing new statutory food-based standards for schools in England from January 2015 and funding three organisations to increase take-up in junior and secondary schools.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2014 we are introducing free school meals for every child in reception, year 1 and year 2 in state-funded schools in England, to ensure that every child in those year groups has access to a nutritious lunch. We are targeting infants in order to help establish good eating patterns early. Our intention is that by providing a meal when children start at school, they and their parents will see the benefits of school meals and continue to choose them throughout their education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 15:31:18 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

61665

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
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 proportion of 17 year olds staying in education (a) before and (b) after the raising of the participation age.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest estimate of the proportion of 17-year-olds participating in education is included in “Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16-18 Year olds in England” Statistical First Release (SFR), which is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-by-16-to-18-year-olds-in-england-end-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-by-16-to-18-year-olds-in-england-end-2012</a></p><p>This release includes figures reflecting the position at the end of 2012, before raising the participation age (RPA) was implemented. The next release, due on 25 June 2014, will include updated figures for end 2013 which will reflect the first cohort impacted by the implementation of RPA.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 11:25:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

61670

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants have been employed in schools in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	200524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the head count and full-time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants in service in publicly-funded schools in Copeland constituency, Cumbria local authority (LA) and England in each year from January 2008 to 2009 and November 2010 to 2012 (the latest information available). Data for 2013 will be available in July and will be accessible from the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Copeland Constituency</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Cumbria LA</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Head Count</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Head Count</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Head Count</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November[1]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>206.0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,221</p></td><td><p>1,497.3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>340,480</p></td><td><p>231,319.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,173</p></td><td><p>1,465.5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>323,150</p></td><td><p>216,779.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>185.7</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,339</p></td><td><p>1,342.2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>341,168</p></td><td><p>180,923.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January[2]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>258.1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p>1,584.0</p></td><td> </td><td><p>264,215</p></td><td><p>183,701.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>250.1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,559</p></td><td><p>1,541.5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>259,283</p></td><td><p>176,995.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Source: School Workforce Census.</p><p>[2] Source: School Census.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 15:22:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

61328

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance his Department makes available to schools to survey for and remove asbestos.
tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
uin	200229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 set out the standards and duties to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises including schools. This includes the need to assess and manage the risks through the formulation of a site-specific asbestos management plan.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 January I announced the 2014-15 maintenance allocations, which are released as a non-ringfenced capital grant. The priorities for its use are decided locally and this can include supporting schools with asbestos issues.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/06/2014 14:30:33 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

61422

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Basic Skills: Peterborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in Peterborough constituency achieved (a) Level 1 and (b) Level 2 skills in English in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	200264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>A table showing the number of pupils in Peterborough constituency that achieved a Level 1 or a Level 2 in English (key stage 4) since 2005/06 has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>Information on pupils for 2004/05 is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 15:26:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

60912

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in (a) Washington and Sunderland West constituency, (b) the Sunderland local authority area and (c) the North East region are receiving less overall funding in 2013-14 than they did in 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Because of the significant changes in the school funding system between financial years 2010-11 and 2013-14, it is not possible to provide meaningfully-comparable data on funding to individual schools in the two years. In addition, the amount of funding a school receives will change from year to year depending on the number of pupils registered at the school as well as the schools funding formula determined by the local authority, the arrangements for which were reformed in 2013-14 to comprise 12 nationally-consistent factors.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/06/2014 11:27:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60913

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capacity funding for universal infant free school meals has been (a) requested by and (b) disbursed to schools in (i) Washington and Sunderland West constituency, (ii) the Sunderland local authority area and (iii) the North East region.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>On 18 December 2013, the Government announced capital allocations for universal infant free school meals for the 2014-2015 financial year. This included allocations of (a) £562,850 to Sunderland City Council and (b) £6.1 million to all local authorities in the North East region. We do not allocate funding at a constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, academies have received capital funding through the Academies Capital Maintenance Fund. This includes allocations of (a) £162,380 to academies within the Sunderland local authority area and (b) £311,608 to academies within the North East region. Across the country, £2.5 million has also been made available to multi-academy trusts.</p><p> </p><p>Of the capital funding that has been allocated to Sunderland, the authority has confirmed to the Department that 75% or more has been disbursed to specific projects to support universal infant free school meals. We do not hold information on the precise amount disbursed, and nor do we hold this data at a regional level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/06/2014 14:39:47 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson