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169811

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on teacher recruitment of the Chief Inspector of Schools Annual Report 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	218427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Provisional data in the Initial Teacher Training Census shows that 94% of targeted initial teacher training (ITT) places were filled in 2014/15. The shortfall will not result in a teacher shortage, since not all newly qualified teacher progress into teaching immediately after training, and schools can recruit teachers from other avenues. The quality of entrants to ITT remains high with 73% of all new postgraduate entrants in 2014/15 holding a 2:1 degree or higher and 17%, a new record, having a first. This confirms that teaching remains an attractive career choice for the best graduates and is recruiting well in a competitive graduate employment market.</p><p>The Government is already attracting high quality teachers through generous support for trainee teachers but we need more teachers with maths and physics related degrees. The Prime Minister announced on 8 December a range of measures to up-skill 15,000 existing teachers and to recruit up to 2,500 additional specialist maths and physics teachers over the next Parliament. As the Department for Education develops proposals within the STEM teacher supply package, we will consider how they might benefit schools in disadvantaged areas in terms of increasing access and opportunities to get more specialist maths and physics teachers into classrooms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/12/2014 12:31:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

169461

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places have been available in (a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	218244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector will write to the Hon. Lady, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>Some providers such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not include the full range of early years provision available in the area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. These figures are therefore more comprehensive than the Ofsted figures; however data is only available at a national and regional level.</p><p> </p><p>The below link provides published data for 2010, 2011 and 2013 for England and the North West. The survey was not carried out in 2012 and so no figures are available for that year.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2014 16:47:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

169464

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's centres were judged (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate at their most recent inspection.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	218195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon. Member. Copies of his response will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2014 16:57:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

168909

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people with a disability work in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 30 November 2014, there were 237 members of staff in the Department for Education who had declared that they had a disability. The Department recently published internally its Diversity and Equality Plan to ensure continuing progress towards developing a highly capable, diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 16/12/2014 17:24:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168910

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 24 October 2014 to Question 211317, what the non-compliance rate was of the scholarship for special educational needs in round (a) two, (b) three and (c) four.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	217924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>In Round Two of the National Scholarship Fund, there were 210 unsuccessful special educational needs (SEN) support staff applicants out of 493 applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Round Three of the National Scholarship Fund, there were 23 unsuccessful SEN support staff applicants out of 225 applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Round Four of the National Scholarship Fund, there were 102 unsuccessful SEN support staff applicants out of 188 applications. In addition, there was 21 unsuccessful support staff in Round Four who were members of unsuccessful collaborative groups out of a total of 27 members of collaborative SEN Support Staff groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The training included in a special educational needs-related course or activity which has been funded through the National Scholarship Fund is dependent on the course or activity chosen by the scholar.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the National Scholarship Fund for teachers’ handbook for Round Four, the following criteria are given for eligible activities:</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility lies with the Teacher/s to choose the courses or activities that are most suited to their needs; they are responsible for choosing a provider and enrolling with their chosen provider (once notified that their application has been successful).</p><p> </p><p>In the case of a lead school on behalf of a collaborative group, every course or activity must be stated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The only restrictions are that the activity should be related to improving specialist knowledge in the designated priority area of SEND, and that the programme of study will be intellectually rigorous and challenging. In many cases this will be demonstrated by the fact that the activity is at Master’s level or beyond. Some courses and seminars which do not lead to Master’s level credits are also eligible if the applicant provides a robust argument that they provide sufficient intellectual challenge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the National Scholarship Fund for SEN support staff handbook for Round Three, the following criteria were given for eligible activities:</p><p> </p><p>Support staffs working with children with SEN or a disability are free to choose the course or activity that is most suited to their needs. Similarly, they are free to choose a provider. There are some restrictions, however:</p><p> </p><p>1) The activity should deepen your knowledge of SEN/D and enhance your ability to provide effective support to the teaching and learning of pupils with SEN/D.</p><p> </p><p>2) The programme of study must be at Level 4 or above.</p><p> </p><p>3) An approved non-accredited specialist training course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 217925 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:32:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

168911

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 24 October 2014 to Question 211317, what training is included in a special educational needs-related course or activity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	217925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>In Round Two of the National Scholarship Fund, there were 210 unsuccessful special educational needs (SEN) support staff applicants out of 493 applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Round Three of the National Scholarship Fund, there were 23 unsuccessful SEN support staff applicants out of 225 applications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In Round Four of the National Scholarship Fund, there were 102 unsuccessful SEN support staff applicants out of 188 applications. In addition, there was 21 unsuccessful support staff in Round Four who were members of unsuccessful collaborative groups out of a total of 27 members of collaborative SEN Support Staff groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The training included in a special educational needs-related course or activity which has been funded through the National Scholarship Fund is dependent on the course or activity chosen by the scholar.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the National Scholarship Fund for teachers’ handbook for Round Four, the following criteria are given for eligible activities:</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility lies with the Teacher/s to choose the courses or activities that are most suited to their needs; they are responsible for choosing a provider and enrolling with their chosen provider (once notified that their application has been successful).</p><p> </p><p>In the case of a lead school on behalf of a collaborative group, every course or activity must be stated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The only restrictions are that the activity should be related to improving specialist knowledge in the designated priority area of SEND, and that the programme of study will be intellectually rigorous and challenging. In many cases this will be demonstrated by the fact that the activity is at Master’s level or beyond. Some courses and seminars which do not lead to Master’s level credits are also eligible if the applicant provides a robust argument that they provide sufficient intellectual challenge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the National Scholarship Fund for SEN support staff handbook for Round Three, the following criteria were given for eligible activities:</p><p> </p><p>Support staffs working with children with SEN or a disability are free to choose the course or activity that is most suited to their needs. Similarly, they are free to choose a provider. There are some restrictions, however:</p><p> </p><p>1) The activity should deepen your knowledge of SEN/D and enhance your ability to provide effective support to the teaching and learning of pupils with SEN/D.</p><p> </p><p>2) The programme of study must be at Level 4 or above.</p><p> </p><p>3) An approved non-accredited specialist training course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 217924 question first answered 16/12/2014 16:32:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

168912

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people working in her Department are over 65 years old; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 30 November 2014, there were 12 staff in the Department for Education who were 65 years old and over. The Department recently published internally its Diversity and Equality Plan to ensure continuing progress towards developing a highly capable, diverse workforce that represents the communities we serve.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 16/12/2014 17:19:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

168914

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) consultants, (b) temporary staff and (c) contingent labour in each of the last five years; how many people have been so employed; what the length of contract of each such person was; and what equivalent civil service salary band each was on.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	217774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s consultant and contingent labour information is collected and published on a monthly basis and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-department-for-education" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-department-for-education</a></p><p>The Department does not hold this information on an annual basis, and compiling this information in the form requested would not be possible in the time available. The link provides management information on staff numbers and payroll costs in the Department, its agencies, Non-Ministerial Departments and Executive Non-Departmental Public Body for the period 31 March 2011 to 27 November 2014. It includes workforce numbers, covering both payroll and non-payroll (contingent labour, including consultants) staff, split between full-time equivalents (FTE) and headcount. Payroll staff numbers are mapped to standard Civil Service grades.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the length of individual contracts of consultants and contingent labour in a readily available form and it would not be possible in the time available to complete an analysis of the data.</p><p>Temporary employees are those that have a fixed term contract of 12 months or less or are employed on a casual basis. The total number of temporary staff employed in the Department in each of last five years is shown in Table 1 with the grade band breakdown in Table 2.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Temporary staff employed in the Department</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>12 months to</p></td><td><p>Temporary staff (headcount)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Temporary staff by grade band</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>12 months to </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade Band</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Temporary staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>EA</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EA AO</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>EA AO</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>EA AO</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRADE 7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>89</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 16/12/2014 17:22:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169068

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to protect girls who come to the United Kingdom already in under-age marriages.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities, with the help of other organisations as appropriate, have a duty to make enquiries under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 if they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm. A belief that a girl may have been involved in an under-age marriage should lead to such an assessment.</p><p>Where a local authority encounters concerns about a child’s welfare that constitute, or may constitute, an offence against a child, social workers should discuss the case with the police at the earliest opportunity. Offences may have been committed by the girl’s parents, or by her ‘husband’. Legislation that came into force earlier in 2014 means that forced marriage is now a criminal offence.</p><p>Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to safeguard children from harm is contained in ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’,[1] which the Government published in 2013 and updated in June 2014. Statutory guidance and multi-agency practice guidelines on forced marriage,[2] also updated in June 2014, provides information and advice for all relevant services, including schools, who are advised to make referrals to children’s social care or the police if they have any concerns about a girl being affected by forced marriage.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281368/Working_together_to_safeguard_children.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281368/Working_together_to_safeguard_children.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/forced-marriage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/forced-marriage</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 16/12/2014 16:31:19 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

168508

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Outdoor Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have assessed the evidence of the impact of learning outside the classroom on (1) attainment, and (2) social skills.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL3538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has assessed the evidence of the impact of learning outside the classroom on attainment, social skills and other outcomes. In 2008, Ofsted reported that good quality education outside the classroom led to improved outcomes for pupils, including better achievement, standards, motivation, personal development and behaviour. This report is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/surveys-and-good-practice/l/Learning%20outside%20the%20classroom.pdf" target="_blank">www.ofsted.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/surveys-and-good-practice/l/Learning%20outside%20the%20classroom.pdf</a></p><p>In addition, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), which is funded by the Department, found that outdoor adventure learning[1] interventions consistently show positive benefits on academic attainment and wider outcomes such as self-confidence. The research found that, on average, pupils who participate in adventure learning interventions appear to make approximately three months additional progress over the course of the year.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/toolkit/outdoor-adventure-learning/" target="_blank">http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/toolkit/outdoor-adventure-learning/</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 16/12/2014 16:55:57 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer