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1167677

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected budget is for schools in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 academic years.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the total value of the core schools budget each year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 8289 question first answered 05/11/2019 16:47:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 8208_8289_school_funding_table.pdf title 8208_8289_PDF
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167682

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of increasing teacher starting salaries to £30,000 by 2022-23 on the recruitment and retention of teachers; how much new teachers in inner and outer London will receive in addition to that starting salary; and whether existing teachers will receive salary increases to ensure that their salary is above the new starting salary.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We introduced the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy in January 2019. This highlighted evidence demonstrating the need to take significant action on starting salaries and early career pay over the medium term to address recruitment and retention challenges. By raising starting salaries for new teachers to £30,000, we are increasing the competitiveness of the early career pay framework, and ensuring the teaching profession is positioned at the top of the graduate labour market.</p><p>Our proposals include pay rises for all teachers, and new starters after 2022 will not ‘overtake’ existing teachers. London weighting will continue, providing a salary uplift for teachers within the London areas. These proposals will be put forward in our evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body. We have asked them in the remit letter to consider how best to design the overall pay structure, alongside the move to a significantly higher starting salary, to best support recruitment and retention to the profession. This evidence will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2019 16:43:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167683

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the amount owed is in respect of loans for (a) tuition fees and (b) living costs to date; and what projections his Department has made of the amounts owed in respect of each of those loans in (i) 2025, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2040 and (iv) 2050.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>At the end of the 2018-19 financial year, the total outstanding loan balance was £121.8 billion[1].</p><p> </p><p>This figure includes all loan products and covers borrowers who received loans as English</p><p> </p><p>domiciled students studying in the UK or as EU domiciled students studying in England.</p><p> </p><p>The corresponding forecasts are detailed in table 1 (attached).</p><p> </p><p>The information by product (maintenance loans/tuition fee loans) is not readily available</p><p>and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-england-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-england-2018-to-2019</a>. (Table 1A)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2019 17:23:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name 8237_total)outstanding_balance_at_the_start_of_the_financial_year.pdf title 8237_PDF
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167684

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
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 whether it is possible to replace tuition fees with maintenance grants and be cost-neutral to the public purse; and whether there would need to be a reduction in the number of student places to achieve that change in the current spending round.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Taxpayers subsidise around 50% of the cost of higher education. The cost of the student finance system is a function of 3 main parameters: (i) the number of students supported, (ii) the level of resource per student and (iii) the terms of the funding (for example the balance of loan vs. grant funding) provided to students and institutions. Changing any of these parameters, for example by reintroducing maintenance grants, will require changes either or both of the other 2 if the outcome is to be cost neutral.</p><p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies has recently published illustrative estimates of the potential cost to HM Treasury of abolishing tuition fees. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14369" target="_blank">https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14369</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2019 17:32:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167685

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many more students have attended university since the cap on student numbers was lifted; and what recent assessment his Department has made of whether there has been an increase in the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds attending university since that cap was lifted.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>In 2013, the government announced that the student number controls at publicly funded higher education institutions in England would be removed by 2015/16. This was preceded by a relaxation of student number controls for AAB students, who were made exempt from 2012/13, and ABB students, who were exempt from 2013/14.</p><p>Student number controls applied to full-time undergraduate students at English higher education institutions who were domiciled in the UK or European Union prior to study.</p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled in higher education institutions in England. Time series for UK and EU domiciled full-time undergraduate entrants at higher education institutions in England have been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK and EU domiciled full-time undergraduate entrants </strong></p><p><strong>English Higher Education Institutions</strong></p><p><strong>Academic years 2011/12 to 2017/8</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total entrants</p></td><td><p>389,575</p></td><td><p>334,820</p></td><td><p>362,910</p></td><td><p>373,950</p></td><td><p>387,610</p></td><td><p>395,485</p></td><td><p>393,675</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record 2011/12 to 2017/18</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: (1) Figures in this table are rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</em></p><p><em>(2) Entrants refers to first year students.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publish data on the proportion of disadvantaged 18-year-olds from England accepted to full-time higher education. In 2018 there were a record proportion of disadvantaged 18-year-olds from England accepted onto full-time higher education courses.</p><p><strong>Entry rates for English disadvantaged 18 year olds</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Application cycle</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disadvantaged entry rate</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p>17.0%</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td><td><p>20.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: UCAS End of Cycle report 2018 </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: The disadvantage measure refers to POLAR Quintile 1. POLAR is an area-based measure of educational disadvantage.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2019 17:12:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167686

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked after children and (b) children in need there are by (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures on children looked after by local authority were published in the local authority tables (Table LAA1) of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018’, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>. The 2018/19 statistics on children looked after will be released on 5 December 2019.</p><p>The latest figures on children in need by local authority were published on 31 October 2019, in the statistical release ‘Characteristics of children in need: 2018 to 2019’, which is available at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2018-to-2019</a>. Table B1 shows the number of children in need at 31 March by local authority (column S).</p><p>The department does not collect information on looked after children or children in need by Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 16:13:39 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167687

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the initial Ofsted ratings were for local authority children’s services; and what the most recent Ofsted rating was for each of those authorities.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The attached table includes inspection dates and Ofsted ratings for local authority children’s services under the previous Single Inspection Framework and the current Inspections of Local Authority Children’s Service framework. In recent years, we have seen an improvement in the performance of local authority children’s social care services, with 48% of local authorities now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, compared to 36% at the end of 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:18:36 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 8241_Local_Authority_Ofsted_Rating.xls title 8241_Table
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167688

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children were (a) looked-after and (b) assessed as being in need by local authority children's services rated (i) inadequate, (ii) requires improvement, (iii) good and (iv) outstanding in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to my right hon. Friend and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:33:00 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167689

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of ending independent inspections of local authority children's services on the effectiveness of the safeguarding of young people by those services.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>A uniquely independent and balanced assessment of all local authority children’s social care departments is provided by Ofsted and, as such, the inspectorate is an important driver of standards and accountability in the system. Where Ofsted inspectors use their powers to take a focussed look at the lived experience of children in a given area, and find a local authority is failing (‘inadequate’) to protect children or promote their welfare, the government is then able to take quick and decisive action to intervene and make services safe as quickly and decisively as possible. In recent years, we have seen an improvement in the performance of local authority children’s social care services, with 48% of local authorities now rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, compared to 36% at the end of 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:25:07 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167690

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked after children and (b) children in need are on the roll of independent schools.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>3,372 looked after children were on the roll of independent schools in January 2019, according to the most recent School Level Annual School Census figures. Through our Board School Partnerships initiative, we are encouraging local authorities to be more proactive in this field.</p><p>The department does not collect information in the school census on the number of children in need in independent schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 14:41:43 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne