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456496

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
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 29 February 2016 to Question 28207, how many and which local authorities have notified her Department about plans to dispose of grant-funded assets through the (a) sale, (b) transfer and (c) change of use of children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	29203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The decision whether to dispose of grant funded assets is a local issue. We have a thorough process in place to consider whether the local authority should be subject to claw back as a result of the disposal of grant funded assets which was outlined in the response to Question 28207.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2016 16:40:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

456513

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage discussions between business leaders and the education sector on improving young people's readiness for work and their future employment prospects.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	29202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to encourage discussions between business leaders and the education sector.</p><p>We have provided funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company which is increasing the number and quality of links between the education and business sector. The Company’s national network of enterprise advisers is already brokering relationships in 30 LEP areas, working with schools, colleges, employers and careers and enterprise organisations. The Government’s forthcoming careers strategy will set out the additional steps we will take to encourage interaction between business leaders and the education sector to support young people to prepare for working life.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister, in his speech on life chances on 11 January, announced £70 million funding over the parliament to transform the quality of the careers education, advice and guidance offered to young people. It will include funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to continue the excellent work it has begun. It will also include delivery of a campaign to recruit a new generation of mentors to support young people at risk of under-achieving or dropping out, many of who will be business people.</p><p>We are also planning reforms to technical education which will ensure that the skills system is simple and genuinely owned, understood and valued by employers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 14:39:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

456519

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Inspections
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 effect on Ofsted's budget of the expansion of Ofsted's control over early years inspectors.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	29122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted’s budget, like those of all government departments, was considered as part of the spending review in 2015. Their settlement will be published in due course.</p><p>As Ofsted are an independent non-ministerial government department, it is accountable for its own budget and operational decisions, including how to deploy and contract inspection resources.</p><p>It would not be appropriate for me to comment on Ofsted’s operational or commercial matters.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 14:39:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

456520

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many summer school programmes there were for disadvantaged students transitioning from primary to secondary school in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2014, approximately 2,121 secondary schools received summer school grant funding. This figure rose to 2,259 in 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2016 10:45:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

456521

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on disadvantaged students of the Education Funding Agency discontinuing funding for summer school programmes.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The recent Spending Review confirmed that we will protect the pupil premium at its current rates for the duration of this Parliament, so that schools will continue to attract additional funding for their disadvantaged pupils. To achieve this settlement for schools, we have had to make difficult decisions about a number of smaller grants. The grant for the summer schools programme will therefore not continue next financial year. Secondary schools can continue to run a summer school if they wish to, and will be able to use their pupil premium allocation to fund places for their disadvantaged pupils.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 14:39:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

456561

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the consultation on a national school funding formula will begin.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	29231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The spending review announced our commitment to making school funding fairer by introducing a National Funding Formula for schools. Implementing such a large scale reform of the distribution of over £40 billion of education funding is a detailed and complex issue, and one we must get right. It is paramount that we consult with the public and sector, and we will set out, and consult on, our detailed plans for a National Funding Formula in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/03/2016 13:23:55 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

457837

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking in schools to help young people spot the signs of mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mims Davies
uin	903916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Good mental health and wellbeing is a key priority for this Department. Young people have told us they would like to have opportunities to support each other and help to do this effectively.</p><p>We recently launched a suite of peer support activities, which include a call for evidence for stakeholders and children and young people and funding of up to £1.5m including a new digital innovation fund, to develop reliable, engaging and trusted advice online to help them understand both their own, and their friends mental health.</p><p>We will also be working with a core steering group, and wider advisory group of sector experts, including headteachers, youth leaders and charities, to look at what works in peer support, and how young people can strengthen their own networks.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/03/2016 17:40:25 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

456096

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority maintained nurseries there were in (a) London, (b) Brent, (c) Camden and (d) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in each year since 2009-10; how many staff were employed in those nurseries in each of those years; and how much funding was allocated to those nurseries in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	28961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>According to data at January each year, the number of local authority maintained nurseries in each area is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of Local Authority Maintained Nurseries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Region</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent Local Authority</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden Local Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampstead and Kilburn Parliamentary Constituency</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Local authorities determine the allocations made to different early years providers, including maintained nursery schools. The Early Years Funding Benchmarking Tool provides information at local authority level on their planned funding for different types of early years settings, including maintained nursery schools. This is available for financial year 2015-16 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a></p><p>Information for 2014-15 is available at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150603151716/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150603151716/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a></p><p>Information for 2013-14 is available at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140321072700/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140321072700/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a></p><p>Information prior to 2013-14 is not available.</p><p>Data regarding full-time equivalent and head count number of workforce staff in service in local authority maintained nursery schools in London region, Brent local authority, Camden local authority, Hampstead and Kilburn parliamentary constituency and England, November 2010 to 2014 are recorded in the School Workforce Census. The figures for 2010 to 2014 are available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 13:47:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

456098

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children from the poorest families have not fallen behind their peers when they start school.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	28892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>We want every child, regardless of birth or background, to fulfil their full potential. Good quality early education can positively affect a child’s later attainment, which is why local authorities in England have a legal duty to ensure all three- and four-year-olds and the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are able to take up a funded early education place free of charge.</p><p>Each eligible child is entitled to 570 hours of free early learning a year, equivalent to 15 hours a week of early education for 38 weeks per year. Government figures show 99% of four-year-olds and 96% of three-year-olds are accessing free childcare. Survey findings also indicate 70% of disadvantaged two year-olds are taking up the offer.</p><p>The early years pupil premium, which was introduced in April last year, provides nurseries and schools delivering the early education entitlement for three- and four-year-olds with an extra 53p an hour for each eligible child to help them improve the outcomes of disadvantaged children and close the gap in school readiness between disadvantaged children and their peers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 13:46:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

456100

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received from (a) schools and (b) local authorities on the efficacy of the indicators of deprivation used to calculate formulae for schools.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	29033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Children from disadvantaged backgrounds often need extra support at school to achieve as well as their peers. That is why, in addition to providing £2.5 billion this year through the pupil premium - which we have protected at current rates for the duration of the parliament - we also require local authorities to target funding for deprived pupils through their local formula.</p><p>Under current arrangements local authorities can choose between a pupil-level measure of disadvantage (pupils eligible for free school meals or eligible at any point in the previous 6 years) or an area-level measure of disadvantage (the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index), or a combination. We are aware that the update to the area-level deprivation data last year led to some areas changing their local formulae to mitigate the impact on deprivation funding for their schools.</p><p>We recently launched the first stage of the consultation on our plans to introduce a national funding formula for schools from 2017. Our proposals would mean schools’ funding is matched fairly and transparently to their needs and their pupils’ characteristics. Through the consultation process we are seeking views on the best way to target funding for disadvantaged pupils to support them to achieve to the best of their ability.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 29002 question first answered 08/03/2016 13:45:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan