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1485080

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Broadband and WiFi
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 17 May 2022 to Question 256 on Schools: Digital Technology, what factors are used to determine a priority area; and if he will publish further details on the work being undertaken by his Department with commercial providers to accelerate gigabit capable broadband rollout to schools.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	28421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Up to £150 million will be invested in our Connect the Classroom programme to upgrade schools that fall below our Wi-Fi connectivity standards in priority areas. At this time these are educational establishments within our 55 Education Investment Areas<ins class="ministerial"> (EIAs)</ins>, which include the places where attainment is currently weakest. <del class="ministerial">The qualifying criteria within these areas can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1051431/Education_Investment_Areas_selection_methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1051431/Education_Investment_Areas_selection_methodology.pdf</a>.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The qualifying criteria within these areas is:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">All schools in our 24 Priority EIAs, as part of our intensive investment to address entrenched causes of underperformance and barriers to improvement; and</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Those within EIAs below the Ofsted rating of Good, i.e. rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate at their last assessment. These schools are most in need of the benefits improved connectivity can offer, so that they have more tools at their disposal to ensure high-quality teaching and drive improvement.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-investment-areas-selection-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-investment-areas-selection-methodology</a>.</ins></p></ins></p><p>Further details on the government’s separate programme to accelerate the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband to schools can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-rural-primary-schools-to-get-huge-broadband-upgrade" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-rural-primary-schools-to-get-huge-broadband-upgrade</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2022 16:41:07 question first ministerially corrected 16/08/2022 09:32:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 15207 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1485121

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in his Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	28386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>The department’s wage ratio, based on gross basic salary only, on 1 April each year (the date when any pay award is implemented) is as follows:</p><ul><li>2020 – 8.0 : 1</li><li>2021 – 7.6 : 1</li><li>2022 – 7.4 : 1</li></ul> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/07/2022 16:26:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1485151

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
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 potential impact of provisions in the Schools Bill on home education.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	28512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The department has completed all relevant and required impact assessment for the Schools Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The children not in school measures, which are those most likely to impact home educating families, have been subject to a thorough Equalities Impact Assessment. This considers the impact on families with different protected characteristics. The measures have also been subject to a regulatory impact assessment, which looks at the impact measures will have on businesses and charities. A summary of these impact assessments has been published online as part of the Schools Bill impact assessment document. It is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-bill-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-bill-impact-assessment</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2022 15:19:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1485167

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Service: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any teachers of politics and citizenship in England have made formal complaints to his Department on the need for public officials to uphold the standards of public life since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	28513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2022 16:45:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1484639

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 63300 on Sex and Relationship Education, what proportion of the (a) £2 million for 2019-20 and (b) £4 million for 2020-21 had been spent on relationship, sex and health education implementation by the end of those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	27622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>The expenditure by the department in the package of support to help schools implement the relationships, sex, and health education (RSHE) curriculum is set out as follows: £1.2 million in the 2019/20 financial year, £1.8 million in the 2020/21 financial year and £0.2 million in the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>The maximum investment of £6 million, referenced by the former Minister for School Standards in his response dated 1 July 2020, was based on the estimated costs for a package of support. This can be found here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-23/63300" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-23/63300</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/07/2022 16:12:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1484652

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: EU Law
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 (a) the number of officials in his Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the Retained EU Law Dashboard in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) the cost to the public purse of recording that information.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	27720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The department’s staff resource for the dashboard was less than one full time equivalent alongside their normal duties this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no additional non-pay cost to the public purse by creating the dashboard. The process was led by the Cabinet Office, who commissioned government departments to find retained EU law (REUL) within their legislation and compile an authoritative account of where REUL sits on the UK statute book.</p><p> </p><p>The dashboard itself is made by the Government Strategic Management Office and is hosted on Tableau Public, which is a free platform for hosting public dashboards. The dashboard will continue to be updated at no additional cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2022 15:25:49 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1484661

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level and GCSE
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 provide (a) clearance, (b) career, (c) other next steps and (d) emotional support for students receiving GCSE and A Level results in summer 2022 in the event that they do not get the grades they were hoping for.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	27648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The department will continue to support students to ensure they can go on to their next step in life following GCSE and A level results days, whether that’s further education, university, on-the-job training, or moving into employment.</p><p>This year, the department, in collaboration with Ofqual, has put in place a package of measures in place to ensure that students can take their exams fairly, recognising the disruption that this year’s students have faced. In addition, this summer Ofqual will ask exam boards to set grade boundaries in a way that avoids disadvantaging some students who might otherwise have just missed out on a higher grade. This package of adaptations, combined with Ofqual’s approach to grading, provides unprecedented support to maximise fairness and help students reach their potential.</p><p>Students can also seek advice from the Exam Results Helpline run by the National Careers Service, which will be open between 18 August 2022 and 2 September 2022. Young people or their parents can contact the helpline on 0800 100 900 to speak to a local professionally qualified careers adviser if they need advice on their next steps after receiving their results.</p><p>There are a number of options, as well as support, available to students who do not achieve the GCSE and A level grades that they were hoping for. As always, the department encourages students to talk to their school or college for advice, or to their preferred university, who may be able to offer some flexibility and still provide a place. Just as they do in any normal year, UCAS will help thousands of students to find places through Clearing if they need or choose to explore other options once students have received their grades.</p><p>The department knows that the period when results are released can be a worrying time for young people. Schools and colleges are responsible for supporting their students through examinations and should have strong pastoral support in place to help deal with any worries they might have, including over their results or future, throughout the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/07/2022 17:55:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484752

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	27521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2022 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 29/07/2022 15:34:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484788

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	27703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Richmond Park to the answer the former Minister for Higher and Further Education gave on 1 July 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-21/22552" target="_blank">22552</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/07/2022 15:12:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1484859

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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, when he will next review the eligibility thresholds for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	27737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The department has extended the eligibility for free school meals (FSM) several times and has also introduced universal infant free school meals and further education free school meals.</p><p>We have also permanently extended eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds.</p><p>Schools fund benefit-related FSM from their core funding, which they receive through the schools block of the dedicated schools grant. This is derived from the national funding formula (NFF). For the 2022/23 financial year, the funding schools attract through the FSM factor in the NFF is increasing to £470 per eligible pupil.</p><p>The department is committed to aiming provision at supporting the most disadvantaged, those out of work, or those on a low income. The department will continue to keep all FSM eligibility under review, to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/07/2022 14:21:57 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson