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1486478

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Broadband
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 schools in England that do not have access to gigabit broadband.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	31183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Building on the £30 million investment for the Connect the Classroom pilot programme, the department is investing up to a further £150 million on Connect the Classroom to upgrade more schools that fall below our Wi-Fi connectivity standards in priority areas. The Connect the Classroom pilot started in 2021 and engagement with schools who qualify for the additional £150 million of investment began June 2022.</p><p>National connectivity data does not cover private business fibre connections procured by schools or the take-up of a high-speed internet service by a school. The previous analysis of publicly available data of access to infrastructure showed that 3,835 schools are in postcodes that do not have access to full fibre or are currently not in areas of proposed commercial build within the next five years. This covered schools which do not have access to gigabit infrastructure, but does not consider new activity planned since this time.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 31184 question first answered 21/07/2022 18:13:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1486479

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to implement the Connect the Classroom pilot project.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	31184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Building on the £30 million investment for the Connect the Classroom pilot programme, the department is investing up to a further £150 million on Connect the Classroom to upgrade more schools that fall below our Wi-Fi connectivity standards in priority areas. The Connect the Classroom pilot started in 2021 and engagement with schools who qualify for the additional £150 million of investment began June 2022.</p><p>National connectivity data does not cover private business fibre connections procured by schools or the take-up of a high-speed internet service by a school. The previous analysis of publicly available data of access to infrastructure showed that 3,835 schools are in postcodes that do not have access to full fibre or are currently not in areas of proposed commercial build within the next five years. This covered schools which do not have access to gigabit infrastructure, but does not consider new activity planned since this time.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 31183 question first answered 21/07/2022 18:13:42 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1486482

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the form entitled Model articles of association for academy trusts, published on 3 January 2013, whether it remains his policy that the maximum aggregate number of votes exercisable by local authority associated persons should not exceed 19.9 per cent of the total number of votes exercisable by Members in general meeting.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Nick Gibb
uin	30971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The most recent model articles of association for use by mainstream academies, last updated on 30 June 2021 states:</p><p> </p><p>“Notwithstanding the number of Members from time to time, the maximum aggregate number of votes exercisable by Local Authority Associated Persons shall never exceed 19.9% of the total number of votes exercisable by Members in general meeting and the votes of the other Members having a right to vote at the meeting will be increased on a pro-rata basis.”</p><p> </p><p>This remains the department’s policy position, and we have no plans to change this approach for most types of academy trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The department is testing an approach to allow local authorities to establish new multi academy trusts, where there is a need, to which the above limit on local authority Associated Persons shall not apply. We will, however, require at least one member to be independent of any association with the local authority. We will work with a small number of local authorities to test the concept. Local authority-established multi-academy trusts will be subject to the same oversight and, where necessary, intervention as all trusts. More information about this policy can be found in the registration of interest document, here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-established-mats-registration-of-interest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-established-mats-registration-of-interest</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/07/2022 16:55:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

1486036

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Rebuilding Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to announce the schools selected from the third round of the School Rebuilding Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	30205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>On 12 July 2022, the department announced the next round of 61 schools to be included in the school rebuilding programme. A list of these schools is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-2022-to-2023-approved-schools/school-rebuilding-programme-2022-to-2023-prioritised-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-2022-to-2023-approved-schools/school-rebuilding-programme-2022-to-2023-prioritised-schools</a>.</p><p>The department is assessing all other nominations and we intend to make another announcement later this year to confirm additional schools, selecting up to 300 in total in the 2022/23 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/07/2022 11:28:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1486057

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Living Wage Foundation's real wage calculator, if he will make estimate of how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in his Department and relevant agencies and public bodies receive a wage below that of either (i) the UK Real Living Wage outside of Greater London or (ii) the London Living Wage inside of Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	30189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the department’s estimate, including its agencies and arm’s length bodies, of the number of direct employees, contractors and agency workers who receive a wage below either the UK Real Living Wage or the London Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimate of the number of people paid below the UK Real Living Wage or the London Living Wage.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Based outside of Greater London and receive a wage below the UK Real Living Wage</p></td><td><p>Based inside Greater London and receive a wage below the London Living Wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Direct employees</p></td><td><p>Less than 1,500 employees</p></td><td><p>Less than 5 employees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contractors</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agency workers</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/07/2022 12:09:34 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1486083

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	29881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>Details of government contracts from 2016 above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on the GOV.UK Contracts Finder site which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>. As Contracts Finder was implemented in 2016, not all records before this time are held centrally.</p><p>For the July 2022 to June 2023 period, the total anticipated number of contracts for the department only (not including agencies and non-departmental public bodies) worth between £1 and £3 million is currently three. For the same period, the total number of contracts over £3 million is 136. This is the anticipated project pipeline and the department makes no commitment that the annual value of any contract will be as stated, or the timing of any future procurement exercises will be as stated. The sourcing route for any subsequent procurement has not been determined. For example, it could be via frameworks managed by Crown Commercial Services or open competitions. The department cannot therefore guarantee that these opportunities will be available to all suppliers.</p><p>We do not hold spend data on contract monitoring or how many officials work on monitoring in each year from 2010.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/07/2022 16:40:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486098

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Multi-academy Trusts: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review proposals, whether it is his policy that multi-academy trusts will have the ability to use a proportion of SEND funding to cover operational costs.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	30158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>All school’s core budgets include a notional budget for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), calculated by the school's local authority. These budgets give a non-binding indication to schools on how much of their funding they should consider spending on SEND provision.</p><p>Schools are responsible for managing their whole budgets to meet the needs of all their pupils, including those with SEND. Multi-academy trusts have the flexibility to manage budgets across all their academies, to ensure that they can fulfil their crucial role in promoting school improvement; that includes ensuring that all their pupils with SEND receive the education and support they need.</p><p>Where in future, as a result of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, there is any change to schools’ responsibilities in respect of children with SEND, we will consult upon and make appropriate adjustments to the funding system, to reflect those changes. The Green Paper consultation closed on 22 July 2022. We are also currently consulting on changes that will need to be made to the funding system, including in respect of SEND, to deliver our plans that all mainstream schools are funded directly through the national funding formula.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/07/2022 16:19:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1486151

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size in primary schools was in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley, (c) Greater London and (d) England on 4 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	29903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold figures on class sizes for dates throughout the year. Class size is recorded annually on the January school census day and is regarded as a representative sample of class size. The figures are published here: <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> </p><p>The table below shows the average primary and secondary class sizes for the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, the London Borough of Bexley, Greater London and England and for the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Class Type </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average class size in the 2021/22 academic year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexleyheath and Crayford</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Bexley</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>26.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>22.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 29904 question first answered 25/07/2022 11:13:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1486152

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size in secondary schools was in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley, (c) Greater London and (d) England on 4 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	29904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold figures on class sizes for dates throughout the year. Class size is recorded annually on the January school census day and is regarded as a representative sample of class size. The figures are published here: <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> </p><p>The table below shows the average primary and secondary class sizes for the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, the London Borough of Bexley, Greater London and England and for the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Class Type </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average class size in the 2021/22 academic year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexleyheath and Crayford</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Bexley</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>26.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>22.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 29903 question first answered 25/07/2022 11:13:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1486216

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
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 publish data collected through the survey it ran on school electricity and gas payments.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	30121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The data collected through the survey will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/07/2022 16:47:06 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan