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861988

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	904441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling our shortage of STEM skills so we can grow the workforce we need for a dynamic economy. We are doing this by investing in programmes to increase the take-up of maths, by incentivising schools using the recently launched advanced maths premium and supporting better teaching of maths, physics and computing in schools, including a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching.</p><p> </p><p>To improve the development of technical STEM skills, the Government is introducing T levels, which will be developed with employers, and provide progression opportunities into skilled work or higher level study, including degrees.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:26:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48392 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

862171

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Polling Stations
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 address concerns over interruption to schooling arising from the use of schools as polling places ahead of the local government elections in May.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	132590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have the power to require schools to allow their premises to be used as polling stations during an election. They must use this power reasonably. Whether or not a school closes or remains open in these circumstances is a decision for the head teacher.</p><p> </p><p>Head teachers’ decisions about closure will depend upon whether arrangements can be made for voting to take place discretely within their school. It may be possible for a school to remain open if pupils and the voting public can be kept apart, with a separate entrance and exit with no compromise to the school's controlled access.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/03/2018 16:57:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

862179

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average salary of an (a) early years, (b) primary school, (3) secondary school and (d) special school teacher was in each year since September 2013.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	132598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the average salaries of full and part-time teachers in service in state funded nursery and primary schools, state funded secondary schools and state funded special schools in England in November 2013 to 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State Funded Nursery and Primary</strong></p></td><td><p>£36,200</p></td><td><p>£36,300</p></td><td><p>£36,600</p></td><td><p>£37,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State Funded Secondary</strong></p></td><td><p>£38,000</p></td><td><p>£38,300</p></td><td><p>£38,700</p></td><td><p>£39,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State Funded Special</strong></p></td><td><p>£39,800</p></td><td><p>£39,900</p></td><td><p>£39,900</p></td><td><p>£40,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: School Workforce Census</em></p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>The information for November 2015 and 2016 is publicly available in Table 9a in each annual statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England’ available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/03/2018 16:12:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862180

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average salary of a trainee (a) early years, (b) primary school, (c) secondary school and (d) special school teacher was in each year since September 2013.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	132599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally for teachers going through Initial Teacher Training (ITT).</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance for accredited ITT providers, including for employment-based ITT routes where trainee teachers earn a salary whilst they train: “For the period of training all applicants must be employed as unqualified teachers at a school, and (except applicants employed in academies or independent schools) must be paid in accordance with at least point one on the unqualified teachers’ pay scale for the period of their training”.</p><p> </p><p>The minimum of the unqualified teachers’ pay range is specified in the school teachers’ pay and conditions document. The below table shows this for each year from 2013 to 2017. Employment-based trainees who are employed in maintained schools must be paid at least the minimum of this range. Academies or independent schools are not required to follow this range, although they may choose to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Minimum of unqualified teacher pay range – 2013 to 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England and Wales <br>(excluding the <br>London Area) £</p></td><td><p>Inner<br>London<br>Area £</p></td><td><p>Outer <br>London<br> Area £</p></td><td><p>Fringe<br> Area £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minimum from 1 September 2013</p></td><td><p>15,976</p></td><td><p>20,092</p></td><td><p>18,977</p></td><td><p>17,025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minimum from 1 September 2014</p></td><td><p>16,136</p></td><td><p>20,293</p></td><td><p>19,167</p></td><td><p>17,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minimum from 1 September 2015</p></td><td><p>16,298</p></td><td><p>20,496</p></td><td><p>19,359</p></td><td><p>17,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minimum from 1 September 2016</p></td><td><p>16,461</p></td><td><p>20,701</p></td><td><p>19,553</p></td><td><p>17,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minimum from 1 September 2017</p></td><td><p>16,626</p></td><td><p>20,909</p></td><td><p>19,749</p></td><td><p>17,718</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: </em><em>School teachers' pay and conditions documents</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/03/2018 15:31:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862181

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average salary of an (a) early years, (b) primary school, (c) secondary school and (d) special school teacher was five years after they started teaching.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	132600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the average salary in not available, general information on salaries of full and part-time teachers in service in state funded nursery and primary schools, state funded secondary schools and state funded special schools are publicly available in Table 9a within the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2016’, available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/03/2018 16:21:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862189

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Illness
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 tackle (a) eating disorders and (b) body image issues among young people in schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	132608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Poor body image is a factor in eating disorders and other mental health problems. The additional £1.4 billion the Government is making available for children and young people’s mental health services up to 2020, includes £150 million specifically targeted at improving support for young people with eating disorders. The green paper ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ set out proposals for new mental health support teams to provide further trained and clinically-supervised support to young people in school.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also funded the provision of information and advice to schools. MindEd (<a href="https://www.minded.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.minded.org.uk/</a>) is a free online portal that provides training for all adults working with children and young people about mental health problems. It includes specific information on eating disorders. The Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Association has also produced advice on how to teach pupils in all four Key Stages about mental health. This includes specific advice on age-appropriate teaching about body image and eating disorders in secondary school.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has sought views, via a thorough engagement process, on the content of Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education, and on the status of PSHE – including on issues such as body image and eating disorders. The findings will inform draft regulations and guidance for schools, which will be subject to further consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:52:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48388 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

862193

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 the annual marketing budget is for recruiting (a) early years, (b) primary and (c) secondary school teachers.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	132612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The marketing budget for recruitment to post-graduate initial teacher training for the financial year 2017-18 is £15.2 million. There is no budget breakdown between primary and secondary recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>The marketing budget for recruitment to the separate early years teaching entry route for the financial year 2017-18 is £100,000.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/03/2018 17:05:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

862286

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of teachers on each point of the main pay range.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	132705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Pay spine points for teachers were discontinued in 2013 and replaced by pay ranges. A teacher can be paid any salary within their range, the amount paid being at the discretion of the employing school. An academy may elect not to use the standard pay ranges but may instead pay teachers using their own range.</p><p> </p><p>The number of teachers in state funded schools paid on each pay range, as at November 2016, is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 132706 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:57:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 132705 132706 attachment.docx title 132705 132706 attachment previous answer version 48376 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

862287

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of teachers on each point of the upper pay range.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	132706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Pay spine points for teachers were discontinued in 2013 and replaced by pay ranges. A teacher can be paid any salary within their range, the amount paid being at the discretion of the employing school. An academy may elect not to use the standard pay ranges but may instead pay teachers using their own range.</p><p> </p><p>The number of teachers in state funded schools paid on each pay range, as at November 2016, is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 132705 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:57:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 132705 132706 attachment.docx title 132705 132706 attachment previous answer version 48394 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

862295

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with (a) examination boards, (b) teachers, (c) students and (d) other stakeholders on the creation of a GCSE in British Sign Language; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	132714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>I held a meeting on 12 March with interested MPs and representatives from a leading charity within the field, and have scheduled another meeting with that charity and further interested MPs on 20 March. During frequent visits to schools I engage with teachers and students and discuss a range of topics including sign language.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a number of recent changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels in England that will affect schools in the coming years. We know that extensive changes need time to settle in, and that school leaders will want stability to bring in the new qualifications. There are no plans to introduce new GCSEs, AS or A levels in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are free to teach British Sign Language and there are existing qualifications available which schools can enter pupils into at any point of their school career. These include a Level 1 award, Level 2, 3 and 4 certificates and a Level 6 NVQ certificate. British Sign Language is also now an alternative to a Level 1 and Level 2 qualification in English when studying an apprenticeship, where British Sign Language is the apprentice’s primary language. This enables those who use British Sign Language to complete their apprenticeship without having to achieve another English qualification, such as GCSE or Functional Skills.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 18:08:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48390 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran