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1666679

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help to raise maths attainment levels for school children below the age of 16.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	203910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2023 11:27:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1666683

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of energy bills for (a) temporary classrooms due to the presence of RAAC and (b) standard classrooms.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	203913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2023 11:16:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1656843

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Warwick and Leamington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of classes exceed 30 pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary state schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency; and what information his Department holds on those figures for private schools in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	196533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department publishes figures on class sizes for state funded primary and secondary schools in England. The most recent figures are for January 2023 and can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p><p>Despite an increase of more than a million pupils in state funded primary and secondary schools since 2010, at secondary level, average class sizes remain low at only 22.4 pupils, whilst the average primary class has remained broadly stable at 26.7 pupils.</p><p>The average class size in Warwick and Leamington constituency is 28.3 in state funded primary schools, and 22.2 in state funded secondary schools.</p><p>15.5% of state funded primary school classes and 13.8% of state funded secondary school classes in Warwick and Leamington constituency had more than 30 pupils in them, compared to 10.4% and 10.2% in England. Nationally, most pupils in classes over 30 are in classes of 31 or 32.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on class sizes in independent schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/09/2023 15:37:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1656845

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Warwickshire have solar panels installed on their roof.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	196535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>Those responsible bodies for school buildings, which includes Local Authorities, academy trusts and diocesan bodies, must ensure that buildings with a total floor area of 250m<sup>2</sup> have a Display Energy Certificate (DEC).</p><p>DECs present the annual energy use and typical energy use of the assessed building. DECs are publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-energy-certificate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/find-energy-certificate</a>.</p><p>The Department is currently working closely with an academic partner on an energy model for the school estate using a variety of available data to establish future investment approaches to achieving net zero and reducing running costs for schools. In December 2022, the Department published guidance on reducing energy for schools alongside additional funding of £447 million aimed at supporting schools with energy reduction measures.</p><p>​In November 2021, the Department launched its first specification to deliver schools that are net zero carbon in operation. All schools that are procured under this specification will not only be net zero in operation but will also incorporate a wider range of measures to tackle climate change. The Department’s full specification can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification</a>. ​</p><p>The Department does not hold the information or collect the data requested with regard to solar panels in Warwickshire, or the average energy consumption of a primary school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 196536 question first answered 26/09/2023 15:36:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1656846

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average energy consumption of a primary school.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	196536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2023 answer text <p>Those responsible bodies for school buildings, which includes Local Authorities, academy trusts and diocesan bodies, must ensure that buildings with a total floor area of 250m<sup>2</sup> have a Display Energy Certificate (DEC).</p><p>DECs present the annual energy use and typical energy use of the assessed building. DECs are publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-energy-certificate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/find-energy-certificate</a>.</p><p>The Department is currently working closely with an academic partner on an energy model for the school estate using a variety of available data to establish future investment approaches to achieving net zero and reducing running costs for schools. In December 2022, the Department published guidance on reducing energy for schools alongside additional funding of £447 million aimed at supporting schools with energy reduction measures.</p><p>​In November 2021, the Department launched its first specification to deliver schools that are net zero carbon in operation. All schools that are procured under this specification will not only be net zero in operation but will also incorporate a wider range of measures to tackle climate change. The Department’s full specification can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification</a>. ​</p><p>The Department does not hold the information or collect the data requested with regard to solar panels in Warwickshire, or the average energy consumption of a primary school.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 196535 question first answered 26/09/2023 15:36:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1587358

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers retired from (a) primary and (b) schools in Warwick and Leamington constituency in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	148691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including the national number of teachers leaving service due to retirement, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication 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 qualified teachers retiring, and the retirement rate, from state-funded primary and secondary schools in the Warwick and Leamington constituency and in England, for 2012 and 2020 (the latest data available).</p><p><strong>Full-time equivalent (FTE) qualified teacher retirees and retirement rate<sup>1</sup> from state-funded primary and secondary schools</strong></p><p>As at November 2012, 2020</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p> </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 rowspan="2"><p>2020/21<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Retirees</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1,851</p></td><td><p>1,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retirement rate</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>Retirees</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>5,405</p></td><td><p>5,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retirement rate</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p>1: Retirement rate is the number of retirees divided by the total number of qualified teachers in post in November 2020 and 2012 respectively</p><p>2: For example, 2020/21 retirees are those who left service between November 2020 and November 2021.</p><p>Retirees are defined as teachers who were receiving their pension from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme (TPS) at or before the time that they left state-funded schools in England. Statistics on all leavers, including retirees, and those who left without immediately receiving their TPS pension, are available from the School Workforce in England publication here : <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/03b17741-eeb9-4fb2-94e1-08db08498a11" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/03b17741-eeb9-4fb2-94e1-08db08498a11</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/02/2023 17:40:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

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