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886293

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received on the effectiveness of the secondary school performance Progress 8 measure; and what steps his Department is taking to address those complaints.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	136488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has a number of feedback mechanisms regarding Progress 8 and regularly engages with the sector through conferences, meetings and correspondence.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is making changes to Progress 8 in response to feedback. Following concerns about the disproportionate effect that a small number of extremely negative scores can have on a school’s average progress score, from 2018 a limit is being introduced on how negative a pupil’s progress score can be when calculating the school average for both Progress 8 and primary progress measures. Further details can be found in the secondary accountability guidance: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/<br> publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 136489 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:35:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

886294

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the secondary school performance Progress 8 measure.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	136489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has a number of feedback mechanisms regarding Progress 8 and regularly engages with the sector through conferences, meetings and correspondence.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is making changes to Progress 8 in response to feedback. Following concerns about the disproportionate effect that a small number of extremely negative scores can have on a school’s average progress score, from 2018 a limit is being introduced on how negative a pupil’s progress score can be when calculating the school average for both Progress 8 and primary progress measures. Further details can be found in the secondary accountability guidance: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/<br> publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 136488 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:35:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

882156

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 representations her Department has received on the effect of Progress 8 on schools in white working class areas with high levels of deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	135215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department recently received correspondence from the Principal of a secondary school in Wythenshawe and Sale East on the perceived local effects of Progress 8. Officials will ensure the honourable member receives a copy of the Department’s response to the Principal.</p><p> </p><p>Progress 8 is designed to recognise the progress made by all pupils across the ability range, compared to pupils nationally with similar starting points. By taking prior attainment into account, it encourages schools to focus on lower attaining pupils as much as their higher attaining peers and means that schools with a challenging intake can demonstrate that their pupils are making positive progress.</p><p> </p><p>The Department understands concerns that schools with challenging intakes can have lower progress scores. That is why a range of additional contextual information is available on the performance tables website, including performance for different characteristic groups, such as disadvantaged pupils. Schools should not be judged solely on their performance data. Ofsted, the Regional Schools Commissioners and local authorities take a wide range of factors into account when considering school performance more broadly, including the make-up of a school’s cohort. There are therefore no plans at present to amend the Progress 8 methodology in the way proposed by the hon. Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 135216 question first answered 18/04/2018 17:00:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

882157

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, whether he plans to amend the methodology for Progress 8 to take account of its effect in schools in white working class areas with high levels of deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	135216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department recently received correspondence from the Principal of a secondary school in Wythenshawe and Sale East on the perceived local effects of Progress 8. Officials will ensure the honourable member receives a copy of the Department’s response to the Principal.</p><p> </p><p>Progress 8 is designed to recognise the progress made by all pupils across the ability range, compared to pupils nationally with similar starting points. By taking prior attainment into account, it encourages schools to focus on lower attaining pupils as much as their higher attaining peers and means that schools with a challenging intake can demonstrate that their pupils are making positive progress.</p><p> </p><p>The Department understands concerns that schools with challenging intakes can have lower progress scores. That is why a range of additional contextual information is available on the performance tables website, including performance for different characteristic groups, such as disadvantaged pupils. Schools should not be judged solely on their performance data. Ofsted, the Regional Schools Commissioners and local authorities take a wide range of factors into account when considering school performance more broadly, including the make-up of a school’s cohort. There are therefore no plans at present to amend the Progress 8 methodology in the way proposed by the hon. Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 135215 question first answered 18/04/2018 17:00:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

872554

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Capital funding for schools, published in February 2017, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of returning all school buildings to satisfactory or better condition.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department have invested £5.6 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve school facilities, and rebuild or replace buildings in the worst condition. In addition, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. Local authorities, academy trusts and others responsible for school buildings conduct their own assessments of condition so that they can prioritise investment of capital funding to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme, the successor to the Property Data Survey (PDS) programme, which is expected to be completed in autumn 2019. CDC will provide a high-level assessment of the building condition of all state-funded schools and will inform our approach to capital funding. Until then, the PDS remains the most up to date national dataset.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134369 question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

872555

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to carry out an updated property data survey.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	134369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department have invested £5.6 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve school facilities, and rebuild or replace buildings in the worst condition. In addition, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. Local authorities, academy trusts and others responsible for school buildings conduct their own assessments of condition so that they can prioritise investment of capital funding to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme, the successor to the Property Data Survey (PDS) programme, which is expected to be completed in autumn 2019. CDC will provide a high-level assessment of the building condition of all state-funded schools and will inform our approach to capital funding. Until then, the PDS remains the most up to date national dataset.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 134368 question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

868382

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the removal of asbestos from the schools estate.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	133602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department takes the issue of asbestos in schools very seriously, and is committed to supporting schools, local authorities and academy trusts to fulfil their duty to manage asbestos safely.</p><p>The Department carried out a voluntary asbestos data collection of schools in 2016, and of the 5,592 schools that responded, 83.1% reported that asbestos was present.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is following expert advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that, as long as asbestos containing materials are undamaged, and not in locations where they are vulnerable to damage, they should be managed in situ.</p><p> </p><p>The blanket and accelerated removal of asbestos in schools is potentially more dangerous and greater risk to pupils and staff. Asbestos will be removed over time as refurbishment works take place, and as school buildings are replaced though programmes like Priority Schools Building Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently running the Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP) and expects Responsible Bodies for State-Funded Schools and Academies to participate in the AMAP. The Department intends to develop a fuller understanding of how asbestos in managed in the education estate through the AMAP.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 133603 question first answered 26/03/2018 16:49:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

868383

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of asbestos in school buildings; what steps his Department is taking to (a) manage the presence of asbestos in school buildings and (b) assess the suitability and safety of school buildings that contain asbestos.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	133603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department takes the issue of asbestos in schools very seriously, and is committed to supporting schools, local authorities and academy trusts to fulfil their duty to manage asbestos safely.</p><p>The Department carried out a voluntary asbestos data collection of schools in 2016, and of the 5,592 schools that responded, 83.1% reported that asbestos was present.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is following expert advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that, as long as asbestos containing materials are undamaged, and not in locations where they are vulnerable to damage, they should be managed in situ.</p><p> </p><p>The blanket and accelerated removal of asbestos in schools is potentially more dangerous and greater risk to pupils and staff. Asbestos will be removed over time as refurbishment works take place, and as school buildings are replaced though programmes like Priority Schools Building Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently running the Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP) and expects Responsible Bodies for State-Funded Schools and Academies to participate in the AMAP. The Department intends to develop a fuller understanding of how asbestos in managed in the education estate through the AMAP.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 133602 question first answered 26/03/2018 16:49:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

867433

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have made an application to his Department to move funds from the schools block to the high needs block in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	133408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>For the funding year 2018/19, the Department received 44 requests from local authorities to move funding from the schools block to the high needs block. A number of these requests were subsequently withdrawn by the local authorities and decisions were made on 27 requests. The list below details the 27 local authorities who have made this request and the outcome of each decision.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>Full request not allowed, partial approval provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>Revised request allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>Full request not allowed, partial approval provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>Revised request allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 133410 question first answered 26/03/2018 16:42:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

867435

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the outcome has been of each application that local authorities have made to his Department to move funds from the schools block to the high needs block in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	133410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>For the funding year 2018/19, the Department received 44 requests from local authorities to move funding from the schools block to the high needs block. A number of these requests were subsequently withdrawn by the local authorities and decisions were made on 27 requests. The list below details the 27 local authorities who have made this request and the outcome of each decision.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>Full request not allowed, partial approval provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>Revised request allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>Full request not allowed, partial approval provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>Revised request allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>Not allowed</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 133408 question first answered 26/03/2018 16:42:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane