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1027671

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: English Baccalaureate
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 teaching and learning of modern foreign languages as part of EBacc is promoted and protected.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	Mr William Wragg
uin	203393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department introduced the EBacc performance measure to halt the decline in the number of pupils taking GCSEs in languages. The reformed National Curriculum now makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a foreign language at Key Stage 2. The proportion of GCSE entries from pupils in state-funded schools in a modern foreign language (MFL) has increased from 40% in 2010 to 46% in 2018.</p><p>The Department offers generous financial incentives for teaching languages, including scholarships in modern languages worth £28,000, and tax-free bursaries, typically worth up to £26,000, for trainees of MFL initial teacher training.</p><p>The Department has announced £4.8 million in funding for a MFL Pedagogy Pilot, appointing lead schools and a centre for excellence, to improve uptake and attainment in languages at Key Stages 3 and 4. The Department is funding a £10 million Mandarin Excellence Programme, with 5,000 pupils on track to reach a high level of fluency in Mandarin by 2020. We have also launched a pilot project for MFL undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils to increase take up in the subject.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also recently published a leaflet[1] (see attachment) for parents, which explains why studying a language, as part of the EBacc, will provide their children with an insight into other cultures, opening the door to travel and employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-baccalaureate-ebacc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-baccalaureate-ebacc</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 17:50:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 203393_Make_Best_GCSE_Choices.pdf title 203393_Make_Best_GCSE_Choices
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

1026696

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	What assessment he has made of the sustainability of the current level of funding for schools.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	908231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>With the additional £1.3 billion the Government has invested across this year and next, the core schools and high needs budget will increase from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £43.5 billion by 2019-20. The Government is committed to securing the right deal for education in the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2018 16:53:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1027258

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Priority Schools Building Programme school fires there have been since the beginning of the 2017 Parliament; and how many of those schools (a) had sprinkler systems installed and (b) had sprinkler systems installed as part of the school rebuild.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	202821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no recorded incidences of school fires on the Priority School Building Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes data relating to fires in buildings other than dwellings, which includes categories for educational establishments. The most recent published figures cover the 2010/11–2017/18 financial years inclusive. The data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables</a>.</p><p>The 2017/18 data shows that the incidence of fire across the school estate, affecting the whole building, is low.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 16:19:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1027259

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to place a statutory duty on new and major refurbished schools to install fire sprinklers.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	202822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The safety of pupils and teachers is paramount. Schools have a range of fire protection measures and new schools undergo thorough checks while being designed. All schools must comply with building regulations and where sprinklers are deemed necessary, they must be installed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 16:46:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1027271

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Supply Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the total spend on temporary agency staff across schools in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes the amount spent by schools on supply teaching staff and agency supply teaching staff (as well as costs and receipts from supply teacher insurance) annually for local authority maintained schools, and for academies here: <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources</a>.</p><p>Data from previous years is also available from 2009 to 2010 for CFR, and 2011-2012 for Academies Account Returns.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 16:27:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1027355

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Health
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 child wellbeing (a) inside and (b) outside of school.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	202849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department wants to help schools support the wellbeing of their pupils. That is why in October 2018, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced that schools would be provided with a framework to support them to assess the wellbeing of their pupils. The Prime Minister also made a commitment that the Government will publish an annual ‘State of the Nation’ report every year on World Mental Health Day, highlighting the trends and issues in young people’s wellbeing. Work is underway to deliver these commitments.</p><p>In addition, the Department is working with the Department of Health and Social Care to ensure that all schools have access to mental health support, and has also doubled the Primary Physical Education and Sport Premium to £320 million per year since September 2017. The Department is delivering a programme of work to explore how best to support disadvantaged children and their families to access free enrichment activities and healthy food during the school holidays. Up to £26 million is being invested in a breakfast club programme, which will open or improve breakfast clubs in over 1,700 schools and will be targeted at the most disadvantaged areas of the country.</p><p>Bullying can have serious and lasting consequences on wellbeing. The Government has sent a clear message to schools that bullying, including cyberbullying, for whatever reason is unacceptable. All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. The Department is providing over £2.8 million of funding between September 2016 and March 2020, to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 16:57:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1025321

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) Ofsted provide to schools on the regularity with which student progress should be assessed in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>Following the removal of national curriculum levels in 2014, primary and secondary schools now have the freedom to develop their own assessment methods to measure their pupils’ progress, so that they can make sure that they are appropriate for their setting and meet the needs of their pupils.</p><p>The Government does not provide statutory guidance to schools on how often they should assess their pupils’ progress and attainment. The Department has commissioned research to support schools in designing their own assessment policies. The Commission on Assessment Without Levels, the Data Management Review Group, and the Workload Advisory Group have all taken into account the balance that needs to be struck between the burden that assessment can place upon teachers and pupils, and the educational value of effective assessment. Recent research conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has shown that schools are tailoring their assessment systems to provide support more effectively.</p><p>The Commission on Assessment Without Levels is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/commission-on-assessment-without-levels" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/commission-on-assessment-without-levels</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Data Management Review Group is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-teacher-workload-data-management-review-group-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-teacher-workload-data-management-review-group-report</a>.</p><p>The Workload Advisory Group report: ‘Making data work’ is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-advisory-group-report-and-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-workload-advisory-group-report-and-government-response</a>.</p><p>The NFER research is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approaches-to-assessment-without-levels-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approaches-to-assessment-without-levels-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Ofsted guidance on assessment is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/12/2018 17:50:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1024695

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government plans to publish the (a) regulations and (b) final draft statutory guidance on relationships education and relationships and sex education.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	202088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting schools to teach high quality lessons, and ensuring that relationships education, relationships and sex education, and health education are compulsory parts of the curriculum.</p><p>The consultation on the draft regulations and guidance closed on 7 November 2018. The views expressed through the consultation are helping to shape the final regulations and guidance.</p><p>The Department expects to lay the regulations in Spring 2019. The Government’s response to the consultation will be published and a copy of the guidance will be placed in both Houses after the regulations have been laid.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/12/2018 16:43:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1024825

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to give statutory force to his Department's guidelines to school's governing bodies on exclusivity arrangements for the sale of school uniforms.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	202054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to putting the school uniform guidance on a statutory footing and will do so when a suitable legislative opportunity arises.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 15:53:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1023892

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 who need one on one classroom assistance are able to receive such assistance.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	201592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of reasons why a child may benefit from one on one classroom assistance; for example a child might need extra support for a short period of time to help them catch up.</p><p>Teachers and head teachers are responsible for making decisions about how staff are deployed, based on their knowledge of children’s needs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/12/2018 17:23:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson