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156669

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to her Department was of the Bailey Review on the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	215282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The review had a budget of £100,000, which included the costs of the reviewer, the costs of the research he commissioned, the consultations he undertook and the publishing costs.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:19:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

156228

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many university technical colleges have (a) closed and (b) changed their intake from 14 to 18 year olds to 16 to 18 year olds since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	214896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>To date, no university technical college (UTC) has closed. It has already been announced that Hackney UTC will close in August 2015. No UTCs have changed their intake from 14- to 18–year-olds to 16- to 18-year-olds since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:33:26 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

156229

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to decide whether to approve an application to set up a university technical college; and whether such criteria includes the number of (a) students already recruited and (b) surplus secondary places available in the local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	214904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes a ‘How to Apply’ guide which sets out the criteria used to assess applications to open a university technical college (UTC). The latest version of this guidance is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/utc-application-guide" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/utc-application-guide</a>. The assessment criteria include providing evidence that students and parents need this UTC in this area.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/11/2014 13:43:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

156233

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources her Department has provided to Academy chains for the development of teaching resources since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	214913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education pays grants to academy sponsors when they take over failing schools. These are intended to support the school’s improvement.</p><p> </p><p>The Department makes no specific requirement that sponsors spend this grant funding on the development of teaching resources.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/11/2014 13:44:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

155822

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she uses when deciding to withdraw funding for a free school or university technical school which has opened since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	214514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The terms and conditions under which free schools and University Technical Colleges (UTCs) are funded are set out in a funding agreement between the Secretary of State and the school’s trust. A school’s funding agreement gives the Secretary of State a range of powers to intervene, including moving to close a school, if failure is identified. All free school and UTC funding agreements are available on the Department for Education's performance table website at <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 20/11/2014 15:35:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

155824

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) university technical colleges and (b) free schools for 16 to 19-year-olds she expects to open in September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	214419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes on our website the names of all free schools (including for 16- to 19-year-olds), university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools in the pre-opening phase currently planned to open in 2015 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Free schools (searchable by phase) currently planned to open in 2015 and beyond can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications</a> and the names of UTCs in pre-opening can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/utcs-and-studio-schools-open-schools-and-applications-received" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/utcs-and-studio-schools-open-schools-and-applications-received</a></p><p> </p><p>We do not publish opening dates because these are kept under review throughout the pre-opening phase and could change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:37:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

155825

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in residential care are prescribed psychiatric drugs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	214452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on how many children in residential care are prescribed psychiatric drugs is not collected centrally. Prescriptions data that are collected by the NHS Business Services Authority’s Prescription Services do not include the age or home location of a patient.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:21:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

155826

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) take-up of places in and (b) performance of academies in Stafford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	214617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Stafford constituency has four open academies:</p><p>1) John Wheeldon Primary School (opened 1 September 2014, sponsored by Staffordshire University)</p><p>2) Rowley Park Primary Academy (opened 1 August 2014, sponsored by Victoria Park Primary Academy)</p><p>3) The Weston Road Academy (converted to academy status in October 2011)</p><p>4) The Rural Enterprise Academy (opened August 2012 as a free school, sponsored by South Staffordshire College, Veolia and the National Farmers Union).</p><p>Both John Wheeldon and Rowley Park are at or near capacity. The Rural Enterprise Academy has been open since 2012 and has a phased intake admitting up to 60 pupils in each year. There are currently under 100 pupils on roll. The Weston Road Academy is almost 80% full.</p><p>We make regular assessments of all academies to monitor performance.</p><p>John Wheeldon and Rowley Park converted in September 2014 and it is too early to say what impact academy conversion has had. Rural Enterprise Academy was rated Good by Ofsted in March this year. The Weston Road Academy was rated Good by Ofsted in October 2013 and overall performance is above the national floor targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:38:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

155828

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations in Yorkshire and Humberside are currently not subject to any temporary or permanent withdrawal of approval for the sponsorship of new or additional schools by the (a) Secretary of State and (b) Regional Schools Commissioner to be academy sponsors for existing (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) post-16 schools and colleges and (iv) three to 18 schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	214540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>In the accompanying table there are 76 approved sponsors who are currently sponsoring at least one school in Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region. Approval is not broken down by the age-range of schools that they are approved to sponsor.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education continuously assesses the capacity and performance of sponsors to ensure they are in the best position to support the improvement of their schools, and sponsors are matched to schools on a case by case basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Approved sponsors with Schools in Yorkshire and Humber Government Office Region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abbey Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academies Enterprise Trust (AET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airedale Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aston Community Education Trust (ACET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beckfoot School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradfield School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford College Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bransholme and District Academies Partnership (Umbrella Trust)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighter Futures Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castleford Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfBT Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Craven Education Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Ross Education Trust (DRET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Bradford, Leeds and Ripon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Hallam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Sheffield Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Wakefield (Wakefield Diocese Academy Trust)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of York Educational Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dixons Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E-ACT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ebor Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Schools Foundation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enquire Learning Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Focus-Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greetland Primary Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartley Brook and Hatfield Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healing Science Academy Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinde House 3-16 School (Academy Trust)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull Collaborative Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Interserve Investments Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leaf Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercia Learning Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moor End Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navigate Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Carr Collaborative Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Star Educational Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Education Service (NRCDES)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Community Learning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ormiston Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ossett Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outwood Grange Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pioneer Academies Co-operative Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontefract Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandhill Primary Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Partnership Trust Academies (SPTA)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Multi Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary’s Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel City Schools Partnership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tapton School Academy trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Central Learning Partnership Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Co-operative Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The GORSE Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hessle Academy Community Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Inspire Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mirfield Free Grammar &amp; Sixth Form</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rodillian Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tollbar Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Learning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Hull</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U-xplore</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield City Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellspring Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Woods Primary Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitehill Community Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wickersley School and Sports College</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:46:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 29108 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

155445

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mothers have had babies aged under three months placed into foster care; and how many babies aged under three months have been placed into foster care in that time in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of babies aged under three months who have been placed into foster care in each of the last five years is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Looked after Children who were placed into foster care when they were aged under three months during the year ending 31 March</strong></p><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NUMBER <sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.</p><p>3. The child may also have had a subsequent placement during the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not collect information on mothers of children therefore we are unable to estimate the number of mothers who had babies placed into foster care.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/11/2014 17:36:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies