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421345

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Studio Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of studio schools on pupil attainment.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	11874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Studio schools have a part to play in our education reforms by harnessing the talents of students. They offer hands-on learning and work experience alongside their GCSEs and A levels, providing them with the vocational and “work ready” skills that employers demand.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/10/2015 16:08:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

421352

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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 estimate she has made of how many children are entitled to but not registered to receive free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	11930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest research carried out by the Department for Education indicates that under-registration for free school meals fell from 14% (197,700) in 2012 to 11% (161,400) in 2013. The research is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266339/DFE-RR319.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266339/DFE-RR319.pdf</a></p><br /><p>The January 2015 census data was published in the department’s 2015 Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics statistical first release (June 2015), available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a>. The relevant statistics are at Table 3d of the underlying national data tables.</p><br /><p>Pupil premium funding is based on whether pupils have been registered for benefits-related free school meals at any point in the last six years and not only those who are currently registered.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11931 question first answered 19/10/2015 16:16:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

421353

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: 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 receiving universal infant free school meals are not registered as free school meal the purposes of pupils for the purposes of pupil premium funding.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	11931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest research carried out by the Department for Education indicates that under-registration for free school meals fell from 14% (197,700) in 2012 to 11% (161,400) in 2013. The research is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266339/DFE-RR319.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266339/DFE-RR319.pdf</a></p><br /><p>The January 2015 census data was published in the department’s 2015 Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics statistical first release (June 2015), available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a>. The relevant statistics are at Table 3d of the underlying national data tables.</p><br /><p>Pupil premium funding is based on whether pupils have been registered for benefits-related free school meals at any point in the last six years and not only those who are currently registered.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11930 question first answered 19/10/2015 16:16:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

421354

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Water Charges
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 effect on (a) individual school budgets and (b) local education authority budgets of variations in the water and sewerage charges borne by schools in different parts of the country.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	11941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the Department for Education sets the level of funding received by each local authority, it is for local authorities, in consultation with their schools forum, to set their own funding formulae to decide how to distribute funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 in their areas. If schools in West Lancashire are particularly affected by this issue, I suggest that they contact their local authority and school forum representative. We are committed to making funding fairer and will take into account the latest information on the cost of providing education when developing our proposals.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11943 question first answered 19/10/2015 16:09:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

421355

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Islamophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent advice she has given to schools on tackling Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	11927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s policy is to tackle all forms of discrimination, extremism, hate crime and bullying. All schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faith and beliefs. Our guidance published in November 2014 says that British values include accepting that others of different faiths or beliefs to oneself (or having none) should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour. The guidance can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-fundamental-british-values-through-smsc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-fundamental-british-values-through-smsc</a>.</p><br /><p>All publicly funded schools are required to promote community cohesion and teach a broad and balanced curriculum.The curriculum provides many opportunities to foster tolerance and understanding. As part of the history curriculum, pupils could learn about different cultures, and about how different groups have contributed to the development of Britain. The citizenship programme of study sets out a requirement for pupils to be taught about ‘the diverse national, regional, religious, and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom and the need for mutual respect and understanding’. PSHE can teach young people about the rights and responsibilities of living in a diverse community and how to respect others.</p><br /><p>All forms of bullying are unacceptable and all schools are required to have in place a behaviour policy with measures to tackle bullying and they are held to account by Ofsted. Inspectors will look at records and analysis of bullying, discriminatory and prejudicial behaviour, either directly or indirectly, including racist, disability and homophobic bullying, use of derogatory language and racist incidents.</p><br /><p>We have made clear in advice to schools that where bullying outside school is reported to school staff, it should be investigated and acted on. If the misbehaviour could be criminal or poses a serious threat to a member of the public, the police should always be informed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/10/2015 16:37:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

421356

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Water Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend the school funding formula so that it recognises major cost variations in schools' water and sewerage charges.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	11943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the Department for Education sets the level of funding received by each local authority, it is for local authorities, in consultation with their schools forum, to set their own funding formulae to decide how to distribute funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 in their areas. If schools in West Lancashire are particularly affected by this issue, I suggest that they contact their local authority and school forum representative. We are committed to making funding fairer and will take into account the latest information on the cost of providing education when developing our proposals.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 11941 question first answered 19/10/2015 16:09:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

421031

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to increase the number of former Armed Forces personnel who retrain as teachers through the Troops to Teachers programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	11732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises that service leavers have a wealth of skills and experiences that have been proven to be transferable to the classroom, including teamwork, leadership and the ability to inspire and engage. Former armed forces personnel model attributes such as self-discipline and resilience.</p><p>The University of Brighton, who are contracted to run the programme, continue to promote Troops to Teachers through a range of methods including service leaver employment fairs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/10/2015 15:34:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

419921

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of building a primary school in England was in 2014 excluding the cost of land.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	10768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not centrally collect data on building new primary schools across all local authorities in England. The cost of building schools varies significantly depending on local factors, including the size of the school. Local authorities report the cost per place of providing new school places through the annual School Capacity data collection. For primary schools this data has been used to produce basic need scorecards. The scorecards detail the cost per place, including for new schools, for each local authority. The latest published scorecards are for the academic year 2013/14 and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-places-local-authority-basic-need-scorecards-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/primary-school-places-local-authority-basic-need-scorecards-2014</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/10/2015 16:06:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

419929

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fylde
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to adequately resource schools to meet the increased demand for school places from new residents of large housing developments in Fylde.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	10821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them to do so is one of this Government’s top priorities.</p><br /><p>Basic need funding is allocated to local authorities to support them in creating new school places. We use data provided by local authorities to ensure funding is targeted according to levels of need in each area. This Government has committed to investing a further £7 billion to create new school places between 2015 and 2021. Lancashire will receive £46 million of basic need funding from 2015-2018.</p><br /><p>Where place pressure is created by future housing developments, we expect local authorities to seek contributions from developers as they are an important way of helping to meet the cost of future places. It is for the local planning authority to negotiate developer contributions through section 106 agreements or Community Infrastructure Levies, and to decide on the local infrastructure needs that this contribution should support.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/10/2015 16:09:12 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

419935

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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, what steps she is taking to prevent sexual exploitation of vulnerable people with special educational needs in schools.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	11056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The government’s report ‘Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation’ sets out the steps that the government is taking to protect children from sexual exploitation, including children with learning difficulties and disabilities. For example, we are exploring how personal, social, health and economic education training and resources for schools might be tailored for staff and special schools, and have provided £4.85 million for services supporting child sexual abuse survivors, including vulnerable children with learning difficulties.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/10/2015 16:25:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett