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1563156

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 82174 on Gambling: Children, who authorised (a) the disclosure to Trustopia and (b) the contract terms of that disclosure; who was responsible for monitoring the management of that data; and whether disciplinary action has been taken following that incident.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	113179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The disclosure to Trust Systems Software UK Limited (trading name Trustopia) resulted from access given to a predecessor organisation that was a legitimate provider. The Department received a change of name request form and the amendment form which required Trustopia to sign a new learning provider agreement which set out terms of use for the Learning Records Service.</p><p>There is a dedicated team who manage the Learning Records Service. A signed copy of the agreement will be placed in the House of Commons Library in January 2023. The Department has worked closely with the ICO following this incident. Procedures for monitoring unusual activity have been strengthened, as have wider practices around Data Protection in the Department.</p><p>The Department’s legal advice at the time was not to pursue breach of contract pending the ICO investigation. The company has since ceased trading.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/01/2023 13:20:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1540600

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what legal basis the personal information and exam results of up to 28 million children were made available to gambling firms; who made the decision to make this information available; and what the legal limitations are on the provision of such information.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	82174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Examination result information was not made available to gambling firms. A third party made the decision to use their lawful access to the Learning Records Service without discussion with, or the agreement of, the Department. This was outside their conditions of use. The third party used the system to verify the age that individuals had given to gambling firms. When their actions became known, the Department immediately removed their access to the system. The Department reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office and has continued to work with them since to improve Departmental processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2022 17:24:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1177475

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
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 promote apprenticeships in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	14615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to apprenticeships to improve their quality and to encourage employers across England to increase the number of apprenticeships they offer.</p><p>Since May 2010, there have been 4,392,000 starts in England. Of these, 6,930 apprenticeships starts have been in Haltemprice and Howden and 535,420 in Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p>We are raising the profile of our apprenticeship programme through wider communications and marketing activity. The third phase of the Fire it Up campaign was launched in January, targeting important audience groups that are central to widening participation in apprenticeships.</p><p>Our thirteenth annual National Apprenticeship Week took place this month (3 to 9 February). Nearly 900 events were held across the country to celebrate and promote the diversity and value that apprenticeships bring to employers, apprentices and communities across England today.</p><p>In addition, in January 2018, we introduced a legal requirement for schools to give colleges or other organisations providing further education or training, the opportunity to make pupils aware about technical qualifications and apprenticeships.</p><p>We also offer a free service to schools through the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge (ASK) project to ensure that teachers have the knowledge and support to enable them to promote apprenticeships to their students. In the last academic year, the ASK Programme reached over 300,000 students.</p><p>We are investing £2.5 billion in apprenticeships this year (2019-20) so that employers of all sizes across England can provide apprenticeship opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. We are moving smaller employers onto our award-winning apprenticeship service to give them a greater choice of where their apprentices are trained, and so that they can also benefit from transferred funds from levy payers. Levy transfers can help to support new starts in supply chains and address local skills needs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/02/2020 17:53:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1132890

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Children
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 Literacy Trust report, Children, young people and digital reading, published on 30 April 2019, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report's conclusions on the literacy benefits of children reading both digital and print formats.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	266092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the National Literacy Trust’s research on reading in both print and digital forms. The Department wants children to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information, whatever the format. Research suggests that reading for pleasure is more important for children’s educational development than their parents’ level of education.</p><p> </p><p>There is sound evidence that systematic synthetic phonics is a highly effective method of teaching reading to children. Phonics performance is improving. In 2018, there were 163,000 more 6-year-olds on track to become fluent readers compared to 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check, compared to just 58% when the check was introduced in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 the Department launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme, building on the success of the Department’s phonics partnerships and phonics roadshows programmes. Hub schools are taking a leading role in improving the teaching of early reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure. The Department has appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/06/2019 15:16:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1128428

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	257439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex, emerging area. The Department has seen some outstanding examples of AI and machine learning being used within schools and colleges in England to support teachers to deliver curriculum content as well as to automate burdensome non-teaching tasks such as marking.</p><p>However, the impact of these technologies in the classroom still remains largely unevidenced. We have set up a new AI Horizon Scanning group, so that policy, digital and delivery teams within the Department can explore how AI may impact our policies, as well as the benefits it can bring to the education system.</p><p>The Department also regularly engages with those at the cutting edge of these technologies. For example, the Department is a member of the new Institute for Ethical AI &amp; Machine Learning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2019 07:37:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1122452

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 increase the number of good school places in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	246445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Delivering good quality school places is a top priority. The Government has committed £7 billion between 2015 and 2021 to deliver new school places, which is on top of investment in the free schools programme. The Government is on track to create 1 million places this decade (2010 to 2020), the largest increase in school capacity in at least two generations.</p><p> </p><p>Yorkshire and the Humber has been allocated £855 million to create new places between 2011 and 2021. There are now 61,527 more school places in Yorkshire and the Humber than in 2010. As at December 2018, there are over 170,000 more pupils in good or outstanding schools in Yorkshire and the Humber than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>As at 24 April, there are 30 open free schools and six University Technical Colleges (UTCs) in Yorkshire and the Humber and a further 13 free schools and one UTC have been approved. In addition, the Department will run competitions to find strong providers to open and run five additional special schools in Yorkshire and the Humber. This includes five additional special schools in Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/05/2019 16:27:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1109174

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to improving technology in school classrooms.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	239881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working on a number of initiatives to improve the use technology in school classrooms. As highlighted in the Education Technology Strategy published on 3 April, the Department has allocated £10 million to support innovation, generate evidence, and improve the use of technology in schools, colleges and universities across England. The full strategy can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791931/DfE-Education_Technology_Strategy.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/791931/DfE-Education_Technology_Strategy.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Autumn budget, the Department is working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the National Productivity Investment Fund, to deploy full fibre internet in rural locations, starting with primary schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/04/2019 15:53:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082215

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the number of grammar schools on levels of social mobility.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	228569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Grammar schools are popular and oversubscribed. 98% of grammar schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted; 84% are rated outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>Research shows that disadvantaged children attending grammar schools gain the greatest benefit in terms of their attainment.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p> </p><p>The Selective Schools Expansion Fund will fund selective school expansion only if there is a need for places and the schools have deliverable and ambitious plans in place to admit more disadvantaged pupils. Previous administrations permitted selective schools to expand without placing any requirements upon them to admit more disadvantaged children. Sixteen grammar schools have successfully secured funding to expand via the SSEF and a second bidding round has been launched.</p><p>In order to promote greater social mobility, the Department has also agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Grammar School Heads Association under the terms of which the Association has agreed to work with its members to increase the number of disadvantaged pupils on roll.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Atkinson and Gregg ‘Who Benefits from Grammar Schools’ 2004 (<a href="http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/cmpo/migrated/documents/bulletin11.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/cmpo/migrated/documents/bulletin11.pdf</a>) ‘Poor pupils who make it into grammar schools do exceptionally well, getting nearly eight grade points more – equivalent to eight GCSEs being raised from a C to a B. Those not attending grammar schools do no worse than their peers in non-selective LEAs. It is clear from this that selection does indeed work in favour of bright pupils from poor backgrounds’. Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson and Rebecca Johnes (2016), also found that ‘for children entitled to free school meals and attending grammar schools the estimated effect is larger than for non-FSM children – at around half a grade higher in each of eight GCSEs. However, it is important to note that this is based on just 500 grammar school pupils out of almost 90,000 FSM pupils in any single year group’ ‘<a href="http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/29308/1/Grammar_schools_and_social_mobility_policy_options_v2-1.pdf" target="_blank">Grammar schools and social mobility’, (Education Policy Institute)</a> (<a href="http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/29308/1/Grammar_schools_and_social_mobility_policy_options_v2-1.pdf" target="_blank">http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/29308/1/Grammar_schools_and_social_mobility_policy_options_v2-1.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2019 17:30:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082228

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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 recent steps his Department has taken to raise standards in schools.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	228577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the Government has been determined to drive up academic standards. The proportion of children in good or outstanding schools has risen from 66% in 2010 to 84% in August 2018, which means 1.9 million more children are in good or outstanding schools. The Department has introduced a new, world class national curriculum and reformed statutory assessment in primary schools to help ensure that children have the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at secondary school. Rigorous new qualifications have been introduced so that employers, universities and young people themselves can feel full confidence in them.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching quality is critical to raising standards and the Department has recently published a strategy to ensure the very best teachers are recruited and retained in the profession. National centres and networks of regional hubs in priority subjects have been established to better support teachers to develop excellent practice. Through the national funding formula and pupil premium targeted funding is being allocated where it is most needed to tackle disadvantage and ensure all children and teachers are fully supported.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2019 17:40:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082229

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	228578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to addressing the shortage of science, technology engineering mathematics (STEM) skills so it can grow the workforce needed for a dynamic economy. The Department is doing this by encouraging more young people into STEM education and training at all stages from primary school to higher education, improving teaching, and highlighting the variety of careers that STEM pathways have to offer.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Industrial Strategy, the Government has committed substantial spending on Maths, digital and technical education and is funding programmes to increase the take-up and better teaching of Maths, Science and computing in schools. This includes a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching and the Advanced Maths Premium to encourage more schools and colleges to teach pupils maths post-16.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also improving STEM careers advice in schools. The Government’s careers strategy asks that STEM activities, including employer talks and work visits, are built into school career programmes. The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company funds opportunities for young people to meet a wide range of STEM employers. In areas where STEM qualification uptake is lowest, they are working with Local Enterprise Partnerships to make sure that STEM opportunities are built into careers and enterprise plans.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/03/2019 12:23:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 107455 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis