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1037997

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of A level results at (a) sixth form colleges and (b) other institutions teaching A levels in terms of (i) absolute attainment and (ii) progress.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	206467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes the attainment and progress scores for students in each institution type[1]. The latest table for A level attainment (provisional figures for 2017/18) and value added scores (revised figures for 2016/17) can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>On January 24 2019 the revised figures for 2017/18 will be released and will include the first release of value added figures for 2017/18.<sup> 1</sup></p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-attainment-at-19-years</a>. Select the revised publication for each year (provisional is the latest release for 2017/18) and open the national tables. Table 1a provides figures on A level attainment, table 1e provides figures for value added scores. Future publications will be available from this link.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2019 14:40:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 206467_A_Level_attainment_by_institution_type.pdf title 206467_A_Level_attainment_by_institution_type
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1037998

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the per student funding rate for T levels will compare to the rate for A levels.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	206468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>​T levels will be larger and more demanding than current equivalent programmes, and the government has announced the investment of an additional £500 million a year to support providers to deliver T levels once they are fully rolled out.</p><p>​The funding rates for T level programmes will be higher than for existing study programmes, and are subject to a public consultation which was published on 27 November 2018 and will close on 19 February 2019 – available at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/fe-funding/t-level-funding-methodology/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/fe-funding/t-level-funding-methodology/</a>. The consultation document proposes that T level funding rates will vary depending on the size of the T level, with the smallest attracting a rate of £4,170 per year and the largest £5,835. As set out in the T levels funding consultation document, additional funding would also be provided on top of these rates through the funding formula.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/01/2019 12:28:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

917212

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the use and possession by pupils of smartphones and tablets (a) in schools and (b) during classes.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	149714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Schools can choose to ban or limit the use of smart phone or tablets on school premises during the school day. Schools should make any policies on smart phones or tablets known to all staff, pupils and parents. These policies should outline any sanctions that will be imposed if pupils break these rules.</p><p>The Bennett Review of behaviour in schools includes a chapter about the use of technology in schools and case studies of policies in place. The report, which was published last year, can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/06/2018 16:27:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

904191

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Harborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in Harborough constituency in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to schools in Harborough constituency under the National Funding Formula in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	143878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Harborough to the answer I gave on 10 May 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-25/138114/%20)" target="_blank">138114</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding for schools at local authority (LA) level. Schools in Harborough will attract 6.4% more funding under the final national funding formula for schools, equivalent to £256 more per pupil. LAs will continue to set local formulae to determine individual schools’ budgets in 2018-19 and 2019-20. It remains the Government’s intention that every school’s budget should be set on the basis of a single, national formula, but a period of transition will provide greater stability for schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will publish notional funding formula allocations for 2019/20 later this year after updating calculations using the latest autumn census data.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/05/2018 15:51:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

904193

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	State Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were being educated in the state sector in (a) Harborough constituency, (b) Leicestershire, (c) Leicester and (d) England in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the number of pupils there will be in each of these areas in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	143879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Information on schools and pupils is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available in the Underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release, contained in file ‘SFR28_2017_Schools_Pupils_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase (column N), parliamentary constituency (column V). The headcount of pupils can be found in column DW.</p><p> </p><p>The number of pupils being educated in the state sector in England in each year since 2010-11 can be found in Table 2a in the National tables: SFR28/2017.</p><p> </p><p>Information for earlier years (from 2010 onwards) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasts of pupil numbers at local authority level (LA) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Tables A5 (primary) and A6 (secondary) of the main tables give the LA forecasted pupil numbers. Forecasts are not produced at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/05/2018 15:45:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

891370

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in (a) Harborough constituency (b) Leicestershire (c) Leicester and (d) England in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to those areas under the National Funding Formula for (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	138114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding for schools at local authority level. Individual schools’ allocations are determined according to the local formula set by the local authority, in consultation with schools. It remains our intention that every school’s budget should be set on the basis of a single, national formula, but we believe a period of transition will provide greater stability for schools.</p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding for schools allocated by the Department to Leicester, Leicestershire, and England in each year since 2013-14 is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</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><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>200.54</p></td><td><p>205.61</p></td><td><p>211.37</p></td><td><p>226.70</p></td><td><p>230.84</p></td><td><p>240.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>38.41</p></td><td><p>40.21</p></td><td><p>40.48</p></td><td><p>41.10</p></td><td><p>48.01</p></td><td><p>48.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1.87</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>338.09</p></td><td><p>339.66</p></td><td><p>362.79</p></td><td><p>368.92</p></td><td><p>368.28</p></td><td><p>380.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>49.56</p></td><td><p>52.34</p></td><td><p>52.84</p></td><td><p>53.87</p></td><td><p>63.16</p></td><td><p>65.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>3.28</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>30,411.73</p></td><td><p>30,655.12</p></td><td><p>31,365.51</p></td><td><p>32,650.31</p></td><td><p>33,093.60</p></td><td><p>33,683.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>4,966.89</p></td><td><p>5,183.87</p></td><td><p>5,246.54</p></td><td><p>5,299.87</p></td><td><p>5,826.84</p></td><td><p>5,986.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>468.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note that, in 2017-18, the balance between the Schools Block and High Needs block for every local authority was re-balanced, to reflect previous years’ decisions on the local distribution of spending between schools, high needs and early years. In the case of Leicestershire, total funding increased in that year from £422.79m in 2016-17 to £431.44m in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14, the Department did not break the dedicated schools grant (DSG) into specific blocks. Total DSG allocations for the years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are shown below, but these figures are not comparable to those above because they cover schools, high needs and early years funding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DSG £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td><td><p>204.16</p></td><td><p>244.96</p></td><td><p>247.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td><td><p>349.43</p></td><td><p>400.93</p></td><td><p>402.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>31,195.45</p></td><td><p>36,543.96</p></td><td><p>36,855.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding for 2019-20 will be determined later this year, on the basis of the October 2018 census. The Department published notional allocations, based on 2017-18 pupil numbers and characteristics, alongside the outcome to the national funding formula consultation in September 2017. However, these figures were published to help to explain the impact of the introduction of the national funding formula; they are not comparable with the figures in the tables above as they do not take account of the actual pupil numbers used to calculate schools block allocations for 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/05/2018 16:30:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 55089 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

809699

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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, how much funding has been allocated to secondary and primary schools in (a) Harborough constituency and (b) England as a result of the national funding formula in each year since the formula's implementation.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	120319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>We have announced details of the final National Funding Formula for schools, which will be implemented from 2018-19. Under the new formula, schools in Harborough constituency will receive £66.3 million in 2018-19; they would receive £68.0 million in 2019-20 if there were no changes in pupil numbers or characteristics. This is an increase of 3.2% in 2018-19 and 5.8% in 2019-20, compared to their 2017-18 baseline. Schools in England will receive £33.2 billion in 2018-19 and would receive £33.6 billion in 2019-20, on the assumption of no changes in pupil numbers or characteristics. Budgets after 2019-20 will be determined in a future spending review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/12/2017 18:03:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

809701

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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 2017-18 baseline is for school funding for secondary and primary schools in (a) Harborough constituency and (b) England; and what estimate he has made of that baseline for 2019-20 as a result of the National Funding Formula.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	120321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The 2017-18 baseline funding is £3,983 per pupil in the Harborough constituency, and £4,497 per pupil in England as a whole. Under the National Funding Formula, per pupil funding would rise to £4,215 in Harborough by 2019-20 (an increase of 5.8%), and to £4,635 in England by 2019-20 (an increase of 3.1%). These amounts are based on existing pupil data, which will be subject to change as the pupil population changes. Local areas will continue to set local formulae to allocate money to their schools in 2018-19 and 2019-20, so individual school budgets may differ from the notional amounts published in September.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/12/2017 18:08:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

758666

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Dyslexia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that teaching schools have staff who are qualified to train others to teach dyslexic pupils.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	9407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Teaching schools have a responsibility through their delivery of Continuing Professional and Leadership Development to develop future head teachers to help meet the most pressing national needs in primary, small rural, special, challenging urban/coastal and faith schools. This includes supporting and training teachers to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND), including dyslexia. The Department does not prescribe approaches to be used by teaching schools but we know from monitoring data, that many Teaching School Alliances run specific dyslexia courses.</p><p>In addition, through their role in designating and brokering Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE), Teaching School Alliances are able to offer schools access to a range of SEN expertise. A total of 939 SLEs are designated with a SEN specialism.</p><p>We have also enabled teachers to develop their practice in supporting children with SEN and disabilities through the National Scholarship Fund, which allowed teachers to apply for funding to undertake postgraduate level qualifications in specific impairments.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/09/2017 16:47:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 11109 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien