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1585935

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants
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 adequacy of average pay for special educational needs teaching assistants in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	143828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s education reforms have given schools the freedom to make their own decisions about budgets. Schools can recruit teaching assistants according to the school’s circumstances and set pay and conditions. All schools have different characteristics and should have the freedom to make these decisions.</p><p>Most schools follow local government pay scales, and some pay more when they can afford to do so. The Government does not have a role in setting these pay scales and there is no national pay body. Instead, most councils take part in collective negotiations. The Local Government Association represents the employer when negotiating with the local government trade unions, UNISON, Unite and the GMB, which represent the employee.</p><p>Support staff, including teaching assistants, on pay scales, or in schools that mirror them, have received a pay rise of 10% on average, backdated to April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/02/2023 17:09:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1585936

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Warwick and Leamington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants were employed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	143829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including teaching assistants, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The table below provides the full time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants in primary and secondary schools in the Warwick and Leamington constituency, and in England, for each year since 2011. Data for 2010 is not available, as 2011 was the first year that teaching assistants were included in the national statistic publication.</p><p><strong>FTE teaching assistants in state funded schools, by school phase November 2011 to 2021</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Warwick and Leamington </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>179,610</p></td><td><p>48,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>177,115</p></td><td><p>47,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>174,445</p></td><td><p>46,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>174,910</p></td><td><p>46,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>174,491</p></td><td><p>48,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>176,066</p></td><td><p>50,348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>172,998</p></td><td><p>52,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>165,142</p></td><td><p>54,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>155,078</p></td><td><p>55,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>145,937</p></td><td><p>55,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>136,126</p></td><td><p>53,787</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/02/2023 13:35:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1582824

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Warwick and Leamington
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 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D in Warwick and Leamington constituency when that data was collated; and which of those schools (i) have received and (ii) expect to receive in the next two years funding from the School Rebuilding Programme.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	137862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Condition Data Collection (CDC) is one of the largest and most comprehensive data collection programmes in the UK’s public sector. It collected data on the building condition of government funded schools in England. It provides a robust evidence base to enable the Department to target capital funding for maintaining and rebuilding school buildings.</p><p>The key, high level findings of the CDC programme were published in May 2021 in the ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey: Key Findings’ report. This is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>Individual CDC reports have been shared with every school and their responsible body to use alongside their existing condition surveys to plan maintenance schedules and investment plans. The Department plans to publish detailed school level CDC data. The Department is still preparing the data and will publish it as soon as possible.</p><p>Well maintained, safe school buildings are a priority for the Department. Our funding is directed both to maintaining the condition of the school estate and rebuilding schools. The Department has allocated over £13 billion for improving the condition of schools since 2015, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year.</p><p>The ten year School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) is condition led. 400 of the 500 available places on the programme have been provisionally allocated. A list of these schools and the methodology used to select them is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-schools-in-the-programme</a>.</p><p>The following table shows the constituencies specified that have schools or colleges selected for the SRP:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary constituency </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools selected for SRP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick and Leamington</p></td><td><p><ul><li>St Peter's Catholic Primary School (announced December 2022)</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 239 schools announced in December 2022 will enter delivery at a rate of approximately 50 per year, over a five year period from 2023. The Department is currently undertaking due diligence on these schools prior to scheduling them, with schools prioritised according to the condition of their buildings, readiness to proceed, and efficiency of delivery. The scope and funding for each project will be confirmed following detailed feasibility studies and condition surveys of buildings.</p><p>Where a school identifies significant safety issues with a building, that cannot be managed within local resources, the Department considers additional support on a case-by-case basis. This includes applications for Urgent Capital Support (UCS) from eligible institutions. Schools eligible for Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) can apply for UCS where there are urgent health and safety issues that threaten school closure and cannot wait until the next CIF bidding round.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 137745 137968 137976 question first answered 09/02/2023 14:36:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1581791

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching staff in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were signed off with stress-related illnesses in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	135398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The number of teacher working days recorded as sickness absence as a result of stress-related illnesses is not available. The Department collects information on teacher sickness absence from all state funded schools in England via the School Workforce Census, held in November each year since 2010. This does not include the reason for the sickness absence.</p><p>The number and rates of teacher sickness absence is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication. This is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/b73b4302-b89f-4295-8b34-08dafb06f66e" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/b73b4302-b89f-4295-8b34-08dafb06f66e</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/02/2023 09:44:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1579563

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maths teachers were employed in Warwick and Leamington constituency as of 23 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	129869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of subject teachers in state funded secondary schools, is collected each November as part of the annual School Workforce Census. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 129870 question first answered 31/01/2023 16:03:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1579564

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the ratio of maths teachers is to students in Warwick and Leamington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	129870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of subject teachers in state funded secondary schools, is collected each November as part of the annual School Workforce Census. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 129869 question first answered 31/01/2023 16:03:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1579571

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the non-attendance statistics were for all secondary school children resident in Warwick and Leamington in each year for which data is available since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	130000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes figures from the school census on absence from state funded schools in England based on the location of the school, not the place of residence of pupils. The latest full academic year figures are for the 2020/21 academic year and are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england</a>.</p><p>The attached spreadsheet provides absence statistics for state funded secondary schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency during the 2018/19 and 2020/21 academic years. Figures are not available for the 2019/20 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/01/2023 17:11:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ130000_secondary_abs.xlsx title 130000_table
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1579572

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the non-attendance statistics were for all primary school children resident in Warwick and Leamington in each year for which data as available since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	130001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes figures from the school census on absence from state funded schools in England based on the location of the school, not the place of residence of pupils. The latest full academic year figures are for 2020/21 and are available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england</a>.</p><p>The attached table gives absence statistics for state funded primary schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency during the 2018/19 and 2020/21 academic years. Figures are not available for the 2019/20 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/01/2023 17:11:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ130001_primary_abs.xlsx title 130001_table
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1567153

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Playing Fields
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 contribution of playing fields to the health and fitness of school pupils; and whether she plans to introduce minimum size requirements for school playing fields.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	124040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The provision of school playing fields for sport, as well as for informal and social use, is widely accepted to contribute to the health and fitness of school pupils. This is why playing fields are protected under Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Similarly, under the School Premises Regulations and Independent School Standards, all schools must have suitable outdoor space to enable physical education and for pupils to play outside.</p><p>The Department’s guidance documents, Building Bulletins 103 and 104, provide non-statutory guidelines for the minimum recommended size of playing fields for any school. The minimum size of the playing field depends on the size and age range of the school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/01/2023 16:57:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1567164

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Cybersecurity
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 schools are protected from cyber criminals seeking to access their data.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	124051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Schools rely heavily on IT and online services to function. These services hold large amounts of sensitive personal data on pupils, parents, and staff and further information which needs to be kept safe and secure. Schools are directly responsible for their own levels of security and data protection, and need to ensure they have the appropriate security protections in place in order to safeguard their systems, data, staff, and pupils.</p><p>To help with improving cyber security across the sector, in October 2022 the Department released Cyber Security Standards, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meeting-digital-and-technology-standards-in-schools-and-colleges/cyber-security-standards-for-schools-and-colleges" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meeting-digital-and-technology-standards-in-schools-and-colleges/cyber-security-standards-for-schools-and-colleges</a>. These standards provide a base level requirement for good cyber security practices in schools, helping to raise resilience across the sector and make schools a harder target for malicious attacks. Many of the areas suggested for improvement are low cost, or free to implement.</p><p>Cyber cover is now included in the Department’s Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) scheme and available to all member schools who have met the following four key pre-defined requirements for this cover:</p><ul><li>Have offline backups. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) help and guidance on backing up is available and ideally follow the 3-2-1 rule explained in the NCSC blog Offline backups in an online world, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/offline-backups-in-an-online-world" target="_blank">https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/offline-backups-in-an-online-world</a>.</li><li>Have completed NCSC Training for all employees and governors who have access to the member’s IT system by the 31 May 2022 or the start of the membership year, whichever is later.</li><li>Register with Police CyberAlarm from 1 March 2022.</li><li>Have a cyber response plan in place. A template has been available to download from the RPA members portal since 1 March 2022.</li></ul><p>The Department continues to work closely with stakeholders, including the Joint Information Systems Committee and the NCSC to identify incidents and conduct threat trend analysis to monitor and identify emerging cyber threats posed to the sector at the hands of cyber criminals.</p><p>The main vulnerabilities that the Department recognises schools may face, are from phishing emails and compromised remote access credentials. Schools can increase their resilience in these areas with cyber security training for school staff from the NCSC which can be found here: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/cyber-security-training-schools" target="_blank">https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/cyber-security-training-schools</a>, and by introducing Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to devices logging into the network remotely. The NCSC Active Cyber Defence tools are now available to all schools. These assist in protecting schools from a range of attacks. Further help for schools from the NCSC can be found on their website which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/education-skills/schools" target="_blank">https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/education-skills/schools</a>.</p><p>In the event of a cyber attack, the Department has a sector facing cyber security team who can provide advice and guidance to assist with recovery. To report an incident and receive support schools can contact <a href="mailto:sector.incidentreporting@education.gov.uk" target="_blank">sector.incidentreporting@education.gov.uk</a>. Schools are also encouraged to report all cyber incidents to Action Fraud via their reporting site here: <a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/01/2023 15:55:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western