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1490140

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 viability of automatically enrolling children who are eligible on to the free school meal scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	38667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department wants to ensure as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming their free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility.</p><p>We continue to explore the options and delivery feasibility of introducing auto-enrolment functionality.  However, there are complex data, systems, and legal implications to such a change.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:28:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1490141

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area and (b) England are (i) eligible for and (ii) in receipt of free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	38668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes the number of pupils eligible for free school meals in the ‘Schools, Pupils and their characteristics’ national statistics publication, which is available at: <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>The following link provides the number of pupils eligible for free school meals, and the number of pupils who were eligible and took a free school meal at census day, 20 January 2022, for Barnsley and England: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/8c29da0a-7a98-4107-9302-0328ee25a40e" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/8c29da0a-7a98-4107-9302-0328ee25a40e</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:31:44 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1490306

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of primary schools under the control of a multi-academy trust that are judged outstanding by Ofsted that retain that status once they have been moved to the control of another multi-academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	38809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department has not made an estimate of this number. Schools rated outstanding by Ofsted very rarely move between multi-academy trusts, meaning there would be too few schools from which to make such an estimate.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:13:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1490307

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of maintained primary schools previously rated as outstanding by Ofsted that retain that status in the event that they (a) remain maintained schools, (b) become a single-academy trust and (c) join a multi-academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	38810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Based on Ofsted’s management information from June 2022, of the primary schools that were rated as outstanding as a maintained school at their previous inspection (1,743 schools):</p><ul><li>Of those that remained as local authority-maintained schools (1,146 schools), 27% (309 schools) were outstanding at their most recent inspection.</li><li>Of those that became single-academy trusts (70 schools), 29% (20 schools) were outstanding at their most recent inspection.</li><li>Of those that joined a multi-academy trust (527 schools), 30% (156 schools) were outstanding at their most recent inspection.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Between 15 May 2012 and 13 November 2020, maintained primary and secondary schools, and academies judged to be outstanding in their overall effectiveness at their most recent Section 5 inspection, were exempt from routine inspections under Section 5. This means that many of the schools included in these figures will have been reinspected, specifically because there was reason to suspect the school was no longer outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:17:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1490308

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) maintained secondary schools, (b) secondary schools in multi-academy trusts and (c) secondary schools in single-academy trusts previously rated as outstanding by Ofsted that retain that status at their next inspection.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	38811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>According to Ofsted’s management information from June 2022, of the 507 secondary schools that were rated as outstanding at their previous inspection:</p><ul><li>98 schools have remained as local authority-maintained schools, and 37% (36 schools) were outstanding at their most recent inspection.</li><li>269 schools are in multi-academy trusts, and 40% (110 schools) were outstanding at their most recent inspection.</li><li>134 schools are in single-academy trusts, 43% (58 schools) were outstanding at their most recent inspection.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Between 15 May 2012 and 13 November 2020, maintained primary and secondary schools and academies judged to be outstanding in their overall effectiveness at their most recent Section 5 inspection were exempt from routine inspections under section 5 of the Education Act 2005. This means that many of the schools included in these figures will have been re-inspected specifically because there was reason to suspect the school was no longer outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:22:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1489368

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statutory guidance entitled Cost of school uniforms, published on 19 November 2021, what steps he is taking to monitor the requirement for school governing boards to be compliant with the guidance by September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	36902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The government published statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms on 19 November 2021, to ensure the cost is reasonable and secures the best value for money for parents. The guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-school-uniforms" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-school-uniforms</a>.</p><p>School governing boards are responsible for ensuring they are compliant with the guidance. The department expects schools to be taking steps towards this. All schools should review their current uniform policy to determine if any changes are required. Governing boards should be compliant with much of the guidance by September 2022, and fully compliant by summer 2023.</p><p>School leaders and governing boards are used to complying with appropriate legislation and statutory guidance. The department does not monitor every school to check their compliance with the guidance, but we continue to engage with schools to ensure that they are aware of their obligation to comply with the guidance. Through this, the department is aware that the sector is taking steps to respond to the guidance.</p><p>If a parent has a concern about a school’s uniform policy, the department encourages them to raise this with the school in the first instance, including via the school’s published complaints procedure where necessary. If, having gone through the school’s complaints process, parents feel the school has not adequately addressed their concerns, they may then raise this with the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:39:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1489371

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are eligible for Pupil Premium Plus in the financial year beginning 1 April 2022 as a result of having ceased to be looked after by a local authority because of a (a) special guardianship order and (b) child arrangements order or residence order.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	36903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupil premium plus pupils in England, including allocations for financial year 2022/23, for the pupil premium for all local authorities is available at the link below. The total number of pupil premium plus pupils can specifically be found in both the ‘School_Type’ and Local_Authority’ sheets of the June 2022 allocations file: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-allocations-and-conditions-of-grant-2022-to-2023</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:26:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1489382

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: UK Relations with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 9 of the schedule to the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2022, what expenditure and support his Department plans to provide to other Government departments in the financial year 2022-23 to prepare for the UK's departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	36905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department’s ambit within the central government supply estimates 2022/23 refers to 'Expenditure and support to other central government departments to prepare for EU exit' and the 'Income and support to other central government departments relating to support for EU exit'.</p><p> </p><p>These statements were included in the 'Main Estimate' ambit to ensure the department has sufficient cover to manage any residual activity that may occur during the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects to make one payment to The Stationery Office in respect of ‘Statutory Instrument and Explanatory Memorandum on EU Agencies revocation’. In total, this amounts to £479.00 for the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:40:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1488729

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022
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 22 June 2022 to Question 18885 on Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022, who are the 40 recipients of Platinum Jubilee books given as ministerial gifts; and on what date each gift was made.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	35929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold the information requested centrally, but can confirm that most recipients were children, teachers, and international delegations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 16:36:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1488790

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to guarantee access to healthy meals for children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	36098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Under this government, free school meal eligibility has been extended several times and to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century. This includes the introduction of universal infant free school meals, further education free meals, and the permanent extension of free school meals to some groups of children who have no recourse to public funds.</p><p>Under current criteria, in January 2022, 1.9 million pupils were eligible for and claiming a benefit-related free meal in school at lunch time, saving families hundreds of pounds a year per child. This equates to 22.5% of all pupils, up from 15% in 2015.</p><p>The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and is providing over £37 billion in support for the cost of living this year. This includes an extra £500 million of local support, which will be extended from this October to March 2023 to help those most in need with payments towards the rising cost of food, energy, and water bills. This brings the total amount provided through the Household Support Fund to £1.5 billion since October 2021. This is administered by local councils in England and helps those in most need with payments towards the rising cost of food, energy, and water bills.</p><p>In setting eligibility for free school meals, the government’s position remains that it is right that provision is targeted at supporting the most disadvantaged, those out of work or on the lowest income. The department will continue to keep all free school meal eligibility under review, to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. Schools are responsible for the provision of school meals and may enter individual contracts with suppliers and caterers to meet this duty. The department is confident that schools will continue providing pupils with nutritious school meals, as required by the school food standards.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 36099 36100 question first answered 21/07/2022 16:38:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury