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1007863

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school exclusions have been made by academies in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	191920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The accompanying table provides the numbers of exclusions in academies and other state-funded schools in England in academic years 2014/15 to 2016/17, and the percentage of the total in academies.</p><p>Table 14 of the ‘National tables’ data can be found within the ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2016 to 2017’ release. This table includes information on exclusions in academies and other state-funded schools, including exclusion rates. The full release is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Earlier publications in the series have the equivalent information for earlier years, found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p><p>It is important to only consider the context of schools when assessing the percentage of exclusions. At the end of 2017, around 1 in 10 sponsored academies were Good or Outstanding before they converted, compared to almost 7 in 10 after they became an academy (where an inspection has taken place).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/11/2018 17:43:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 191920_Table_of_permanent_and_fixed_period_exclusions.pdf title 191920_Permanent_and_fixed_period_exclusions previous answer version 85955 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

985692

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in schools in (a) the North East of England and (b) England are young carers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	178294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally on the number of pupils who are young carers.</p><p> </p><p>However, according to the 2011 Census, there are almost 166,000 young carers aged 5 to 17 in England, although estimates from other studies using different methodologies or question wording to identify carers are much higher.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2017 the Department for Education (DfE) published the omnibus survey report ‘The lives of young carers in England’ available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-lives-of-young-carers-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-lives-of-young-carers-in-england</a>. This was a significant piece of research carried out by the department in partnership with Loughborough University looking to improve understanding of the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to supporting young carers - to improve their health and wellbeing, and to protect them from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities that can impact on their education. That is why earlier this year, we launched the cross-government 'Carers Action Plan': <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713781/carers-action-plan-2018-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713781/carers-action-plan-2018-2020.pdf</a>. This is a two-year programme of tailored work to support unpaid carers of all ages, including specifically to support young carers. This includes plans to improve: identification of young carers; educational opportunities and outcomes; access to support and services; and transition for young adult carers. In delivering on these commitments, together with the Department for Health and Social Care, the DfE is currently inviting bids to undertake a review of best practice in identifying young carers.</p><p> </p><p>This action builds on significant changes to the law through the Children and Families Act 2014, to improve how young carers and their families are identified and supported.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/10/2018 16:50:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

984783

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Carers
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 support young carers with their education in the (a) North East of England and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	177691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting young carers; to improve their health and wellbeing, and to protect them from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities that can impact on their education.</p><p> </p><p>In June, the cross-government Carers Action Plan, a two-year programme of tailored work to support unpaid carers of all ages, was launched: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carers-action-plan-2018-to-2020</a>. Section 3 sets out the government’s actions specifically to support young carers. This includes plans to improve: identification of young carers; educational opportunities and outcomes; access to support and services; and transition for young adult carers. In delivering on these commitments, together with the Department for Health and Social Care, the Department for Education is currently inviting bids to undertake a review of best practice in identifying young carers.</p><p> </p><p>This action builds on significant changes to the law through the Children and Families Act 2014, to improve how young carers and their families are identified and supported.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/10/2018 16:46:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

942676

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136545 on Pupils: Disadvantaged, and the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 8, what his Department's policy is on the review of the educational outcomes of children in need of help or support aged 16 and 17.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	164429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North to the answer I gave on 23 April 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-18/136545/" target="_blank">136545</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/07/2018 16:38:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

887089

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information the Government holds on the number of young people not in education, employment or training in Newcastle.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Official national and regional estimates of the number of young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England and the UK are taken from the labour force survey. Because this is survey data it cannot be disaggregated to local authority level due to sample sizes.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to monitor and record the extent to which young people are meeting their duty to participate in education or training and provide local statistics to the department. This information is published on GOV.UK as transparency data and is available via the following links.</p><p> </p><p>Participation of 16 and 17 year olds in education or training: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-and-training-by-local-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-in-education-and-training-by-local-authority</a>.</p><p> </p><p>16 and 17 year olds NEET and not known: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a>.</p><p>NEET and not known local authority scorecards: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-neet-comparative-data-scorecard" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-neet-comparative-data-scorecard</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/04/2018 16:42:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

886349

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people classified as homeless were previously in care in (a) the North East and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is publically available in the statistical first release Children looked after in England including adoption 2016 to 2017 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:50:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

886350

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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, whether his Department's review on the educational outcomes of children in need of help or support aged 16 and 17 will consider any other outcomes where the support those children have received may cause an effect.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>On 16 March 2018, the government published data and analysis as part of the Department for Education’s Children in Need Review. This included the finding that Children in Need have worse educational outcomes than their peers from the early years, make less progress throughout school, and are more likely than other children to become a young adult who is Not in Education, Employment or Training three years after completing Key Stage 4.</p><p> </p><p>The scope of the review is focussed on educational outcomes, and we have no plans to extend this. However, we recognise that the factors affecting these children and young people’s educational outcomes, such as the support they receive, may also lead to other poorer outcomes. That is why our data publication sets out our intention to understand the lifetime outcomes of Children in Need, including exploring the feasibility of matching the Department for Education’s Children in Need data with data from other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Children’s social care and schools have a central role in supporting Children in Need. It is therefore important for us to focus the review on what we can do now whilst making progress and working across government to understand more about other outcomes over the longer-term.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:55:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

885399

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has conducted any impact assessments on the effect on the British education system of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working with departments across government, in close coordination with the Department for Exiting the European Union, to carry out a programme of work to inform our negotiating position with the EU and our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, an impact assessment often accompanies major bills and regulations to illustrate the effects of the changes. For example, the government published an Impact Assessment alongside the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. We will continue publishing Impact Assessments to accompany legislation, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/04/2018 09:09:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

885023

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Water: Safety
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 potential merits of incorporating water safety and drowning prevention into the national curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The government fully supports the National Water Safety Forum’s National Drowning Prevention Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We have made sure that swimming and water safety is compulsory in the national curriculum for PE at primary levels (key stages 1 and 2). This guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study#swimming-and-water-safety" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study#swimming-and-water-safety</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The curriculum sets out the expectation that all pupils should be taught to:</p><p>- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres:</p><p>- use a range of strokes effectively;</p><p>- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.</p><p> </p><p>The government tasked an independent group of experts from across the swimming sector to submit a report setting out recommendations for improving curriculum swimming as part of the 'Sporting Future' strategy. We have established an implementation group and are currently reviewing the recommendations in the report.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 16:54:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

873627

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department’s policies of the Children’s Commissioner's report, Growing Up North, Look North: A generation of children await the powerhouse promise, published on 26 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	134741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Children’s Commissioner’s Growing Up North covers a wide range of areas which relate to the education and life experiences of a wide range on children and regions. This is an area which we are already focussing on and we are determined to create an education system that offers opportunity to everyone, at every stage of their lives.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking forward key actions from the ‘Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy’, including the independent review of schools in the north undertaken by Sir Nick Weller, Chief Executive of Dixon’s Academy Trust in Bradford. The strategy commits government to working with the regions and the sector on plans to design, fund, and test a range of approaches to attracting and retaining high-quality teachers in the north, including in Opportunity Areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Opportunity Areas programme will not only create opportunities for young people in social mobility ‘coldspots’ across the country, but will ensure that best practice will be spread wider to more schools to ensure all young people get the opportunities they deserve. Seven of the twelve Opportunity Areas are in the north and the midlands (Blackpool, Bradford, Doncaster, North Yorkshire Coast, Oldham). We are targeting local and national resource in these areas to drive improved outcomes and social mobility for the children and young people who live there.</p><p> </p><p>The government committed £70 million to raise education standards in the north and we have taken forward this strategy through programmes such as £5 million to build multi academy trust and sponsor capacity and £11.5 million of funding on designing, funding, and testing approaches to attract and retain teachers in the north. Through this funding we are supporting our best teacher trainer providers, including top multi academy trusts, to expand their reach in to challenging areas in the north and are providing £12 million to establish a network of English hubs with a specific focus on improving early language and literacy. Our expansion of Maths Hubs will spread excellence in maths teaching and a £5 million investment to trial evidence-based home learning environment support programmes in the north will provide a focus on early language and literacy.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/04/2018 13:53:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell