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1544363

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date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of automatic external defibrillators in schools; and what steps she is taking to ensure the success of the rollout of those defibrillators in schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	93539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>On 17 July 2022, the Department announced that it will be providing automated external defibrillators to schools in England. The programme will ensure that all schools that need a defibrillator will be provided with at least one, or more for larger schools. More information on the announcement is available here: <a href="https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/07/17/how-we-are-ensuring-all-schools-have-lifesaving-defibrillators/" target="_blank">https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/07/17/how-we-are-ensuring-all-schools-have-lifesaving-defibrillators/</a>.</p><p>In September 2022, the Department sent a survey to all state-funded schools in England to identify which schools already have defibrillators. The responses from the survey have been used to establish how many devices are needed.</p><p>The outcome of the procurement, including the model of defibrillator that will be supplied to schools, will be published in December 2022. The rollout of devices is expected to start shortly and is planned to be completed by the end of the 2022/23 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2022 16:28:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1544421

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent and (b) state schools have left the Teachers' Pension Scheme in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	93408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">324 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between August 2019, when this information started to be compiled, and November 2022. 22 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 1,008 academies have ceased to be registered as scheme employers and 4,383 new academy employers have been registered in the TPS between January 2018 and November 2022. This is a result of state schools converting to academies and some single academy trusts joining multi-academy trusts.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">463 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between January 2018 and November 2022. 37 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 814 state schools have closed and so have ceased to be registered as scheme employers since January 2018. This is largely as a result of state schools converting to academies. 79 new state schools have been registered in the TPS since January 2018.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/11/2022 18:14:08 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2022 19:15:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 37093 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1544422

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent and (b) state schools have joined the Teachers' Pension Scheme in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	93409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>324 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between August 2019, when this information started to be compiled, and November 2022. 22 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022.</p><p>State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 1,008 academies have ceased to be registered as scheme employers and 4,383 new academy employers have been registered in the TPS between January 2018 and November 2022. This is a result of state schools converting to academies and some single academy trusts joining multi-academy trusts.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 93408 question first answered 28/11/2022 18:14:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1544428

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to (a) recruit and (b) retain more male primary school teachers.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	93468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department wants to attract and retain diverse, talented teachers from all backgrounds, including male teachers.</p><p>In 2021, the Department’s new application service for initial teacher training (ITT) in England, ‘Apply for teacher training’, was rolled out nationally. It has been designed to be as user friendly as possible and has been extensively tested with a diverse range of potential applicants to ensure it helps remove barriers to great teachers applying for ITT courses.</p><p>The Department’s recruitment campaigns are targeted at audiences of students, recent graduates, and potential career changers, regardless of their identity or background. The Department takes every effort to ensure that advertising is fully reflective of this across the full range of marketing materials used.</p><p>The reforms outlined in the Government’s response to the ITT market review will help meet the commitment made in the teacher recruitment and retention strategy to create a world class teacher development system by transforming the training and support teachers receive at every stage of their career.</p><p>To ensure that all children and young people get the best education, it is essential that the Department has a workforce of well trained and well supported teachers, with the expertise needed to deliver great teaching every day.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2022 16:43:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1544488

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much ministerial severance pay has been (a) paid out by her Department and (b) accepted since 1 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	93659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The provision of severance payments for Ministers is set out in legislation.</p><p>Details of the severance payments made to ministers when leaving office are published in Departments’ annual reports and accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/11/2022 13:49:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1544508

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase the free school meals income eligibility in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	93672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to monitor the consequences of the rising cost of living and is working with other Government Departments to provide support. The Department will continue to keep free school meal (FSM) eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. In setting a threshold, the Government believes that the current level, which enables children to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one.</p><p>The latest published statistics show that around 1.9 million pupils are claiming benefits-related FSM. This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 20.8% in 2021. Together with a further 1.25 million infants supported through the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy, 37.5% of school children are now provided with FSM.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2022 16:26:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1544581

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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, how much the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) North West Norfolk constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	93658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the average funding per pupil allocated through the National Funding Formula for North West Norfolk, Norfolk, and England over the past three years. Per pupil funding excludes growth funding and individual schools’ actual allocations are based on local authorities’ local funding formulae.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West Norfolk (Constituency) </strong></p></td><td><p>£4,703</p></td><td><p>£5,077</p></td><td><p>£5,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norfolk (Local Authority) </strong></p></td><td><p>£4,726</p></td><td><p>£5,097</p></td><td><p>£5,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England </strong></p></td><td><p>£4,828</p></td><td><p>£5,212</p></td><td><p>£5,534</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2022 16:47:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1544585

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to work alongside (a) headteachers and (b) other school leaders to help reduce vaping in schools.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	93647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>Schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy that sets out what is expected of all pupils. This should include listing items that are banned from school premises, the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour, and rewards for good behaviour. This should be communicated to all pupils, parents, and school staff. Schools have the autonomy to decide which items should be banned from their premises, and these can include vapes and e-cigarettes. Items banned by the school can be searched for, as outlined in the Department’s ‘Searching, screening and confiscation at school’ guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation</a>.</p><p>The relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance states that, in both primary and secondary school, pupils should be taught the facts regarding legal and illegal harmful substances and associated risks, including smoking, alcohol use, and taking drugs.</p><p>To support schools to deliver this content effectively, the Department published a suite of teacher training modules, including one on drugs, alcohol and tobacco, which makes specific reference to vapes and e-cigarettes.</p><p>The Department believes that this will help head teachers to manage vaping on school premises and to inform young people of the risks, with a view to reducing the numbers of young people who are currently vaping, or who might be tempted to try it in the future.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2022 16:37:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall