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43235

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 academy trusts have applied to open a free school.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	192221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text There are 2,581 academy trusts in England. 207 (8%) of the free school applications submitted in application waves 1 to 5 have been submitted by, or have links to, academy trusts. Some academy trusts have applied a number of times. answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

43702

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools: construction, what the construction time-scale is for each of the 198 schools with which his Department is working in the Priority School Building Programme, but at which construction has not yet started.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	192508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>We are currently working with 221 schools in the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP). We will have commenced work with all schools by the end of 2014. Before building work can begin, plans must be drawn up, contracts negotiated and planning permission secured. Construction work has already started at 24 schools (20 under main works contracts and four under early works agreements). We expect that building work will have commenced at all schools by the end of 2016. All schools will be delivered by the end of 2017, two years earlier than originally planned.</p><p>Under Building Schools for the Future (BSF), it took three years from first planning for building works to begin. We have cut this to one year under the PSBP. Had we continued with BSF timescales, no PSBP schools would yet have started construction. The first school being rebuilt under the PSBP will open in May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

43379

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers teaching in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Essex and (d) Chelmsford constituency undertook specialist training on educational provision for children and young people on the autism spectrum in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
	uin	192349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>These figures are not collected centrally. Schools make their own decisions on what training their staff need to support their pupils, based on the individual circumstances of the school.</p><p>The Department for Education funds the Autism Education Trust (AET) to provide tiered training on autism: basic awareness training for teaching and non-teaching staff at level 1; practical knowledge and hands-on tools and techniques for all staff working directly with children and young people with autistic spectrum disorders at level 2; and level 3 training for those seeking more advanced knowledge and those pursuing a training role, such as lead practitioners in autism and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators. Between 2011 and 2013 the AET received grant funding under grant from the Department to provide training to schools and from 2013 to 2015 is contracted to provide training to early years providers, schools and further education colleges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

42478

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the names are of the free school projects proposed to open in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 that have been cancelled or withdrawn; and what the pre-opening expenditure was for each of those projects.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	191590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The revenue funding provided to free schools that opened, or projects that planned to open, in 2011 and 2012 is published online:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools</a>.</p><p>This publication includes pre-opening expenditure levels. When a project is cancelled or withdrawn, the Department for Education seeks to reclaim as much pre-opening expenditure as possible.</p><p>The publication will be updated shortly to include free schools that opened, or projects that planned to open, in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

43697

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on opening up school facilities to the local community for use outside of the school day.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	192551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The out-of-hours term time and holiday childcare that schools provide are vital to working parents. Many parents still find that the high cost and inflexibility of childcare is a barrier to working, or increasing their working hours. The Government wants more schools to make their facilities available to the local community. The Department for Education believes that if schools open up their facilities, it can make them a valuable resource and can strengthen links with the wider community that they serve. The Department wants to encourage more schools to offer childcare between 8am to 6pm during term time and during school holidays by removing all unnecessary red tape and increasing freedoms. For example, we are removing the need for schools to have to consult when introducing community facilities and to have regard to guidance from my Rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education or local authorities and we are clarifying the rules on charging for community facilities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

43366

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy trusts did not submit their account returns on time in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	192305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The number and proportion of academy trusts that did not submit an accounts return on time is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Date due</p></td><td><p>Number late</p></td><td><p>Percentage late</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>31 January 2014</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>31 January 2013</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>31 January 2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Academies were not required to submit accounts returns prior to 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 192306 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

43369

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of academy trusts did not submit their account returns on time (a) in the current year, (b) in 2013, (c) in 2012 and (d) in 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	192306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The number and proportion of academy trusts that did not submit an accounts return on time is detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Date due</p></td><td><p>Number late</p></td><td><p>Percentage late</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>31 January 2014</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>31 January 2013</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>31 January 2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Academies were not required to submit accounts returns prior to 2010-11.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 192305 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

43376

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the education funding per pupil is in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Brent for 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	192248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Funding per pupil (Dedicated schools grant) 2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Early years block per pupil, 2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Higher needs block</p><p>2014-15 total*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>£4,310</p></td><td><p>£3,515</p></td><td><p>£62.19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>£5,066</p></td><td><p>£5,930</p></td><td><p>£55.54 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*High needs funding is no longer allocated on a per-pupil basis.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, schools will receive money from the pupil premium for pupils recorded on the January 2014 School Census: £1,300 for each primary pupil, and £935 for each secondary pupil, known to have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years; £1,900 per pupil for each pupil recorded as adopted from care under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or who has left care under a Special Guardianship or Residence Order; and £300 for each pupil whose parents were in the armed services in the last four years or is in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

43703

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allow a transitional period for schools to prepare to provide free school meals for under-sevens in cases where those schools need to set up their own kitchens; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	192736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government announced in September 2013 that state-funded schools will be required to offer free school meals to infant pupils from September 2014, giving schools a full year to put arrangements in place. We know from the universal free school meal pilots, in which schools were required to provide meals to all infant pupils and all key stage 2 pupils, that it is possible for schools to prepare to implement this policy with much less notice.</p><p>In order to help schools to implement universal infant free school meals in September 2014 we have put in place a national support service, run by school food experts. The assistance available through that service includes a telephone helpline, the sharing of good practice, and intensive face-to-face support. We are also providing additional funding of £22.5 million to help small schools with the transition to providing meals for all their infant pupils.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

43700

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 school-age pupils who have been illegally excluded from school in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	192512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's statutory guidance makes clear that all exclusions from school must be lawful, reasonable and fair. The guidance sets out schools' responsibilities in relation to exclusion and includes examples of unlawful use of exclusion. There is no excuse for a school not to adhere to the correct process, and Ofsted takes seriously any evidence that a school has acted unlawfully in its use of exclusion.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans