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518208

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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 steps she is taking to improve transparency and accountability in spending by schools.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	36923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Appropriate arrangements are currently in place to ensure that school spending is transparent. Details of income and expenditure in all maintained schools and academies are published annually by the department in Statistical First Releases, available on GOV.UK. The Permanent Secretary’s Accountability System Statement sets out in detail the accountability system for education, including maintained schools and academies, and for children’s services.</p><p>While we are always interested in improving transparency and accountability in spending by schools we have no current plans for changes.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/05/2016 09:17:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

484416

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the Government plans to use to calculate each school's allocation of funds raised from the soft drinks industry levy for school sports.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	32098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Revenue from the soft drinks industry levy will be used to double the PE and sport premium for primary schools to £320m a year from September 2017, enabling them to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport they offer. It will also provide up to £285m a year to enable up to a quarter of secondary schools to extend their school day to offer a wider range of activities, including sports clubs. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/04/2016 13:18:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

479147

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Romford
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 increase the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school places in Romford.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	31322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Supporting local authorities in their responsibility to ensure sufficient school places in their area is one of this Government’s top priorities. That’s why we’ve committed to spending £7 billion on new school places up to 2021, which, along with our investment in the free schools programme, we expect to create 600,000 new places.</p><p> </p><p>Havering local authority, which is responsible for school places in Romford, received £23 million of basic need funding between 2011 and 2015, which helped to create 2,583 new primary places and 1,960 new secondary places between 2010 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Havering has also been allocated a further £58 million to create the places required by the 2019/20 academic year.</p><p><em><br> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2016 17:04:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

457836

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to meet demand for school places in Romford.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	903913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is investing £23 billion in school buildings to create 600,000 new school places, open 500 new free schools and address essential maintenance needs.</p><p> </p><p>Havering local authority received £23 million of basic need funding between 2011 and 2015, which helped to create nearly 3,000 new places between 2010 and 2014.</p><p> </p><p>It has also been allocated a further £47 million to create the places needed by 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2016 17:55:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

456108

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of foreign language teachers are native speakers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	29003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/03/2016 12:30:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

445498

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase schoolchildren's understanding of the Commonwealth by increasing the proportion of the national curriculum dedicated to teaching about the Commonwealth and its relationship with the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	22909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The national curriculum’s programme of study for citizenship education sets the expectation that pupils are taught about the United Kingdom’s current relations with the Commonwealth. There are also opportunities in the history national curriculum for schools to teach about the Commonwealth.</p><p>The national curriculum, introduced in September 2014, does not attempt to represent the sum total of everything that should be taught in schools. It prescribes the essential knowledge that pupils should be taught, leaving schools greater flexibility to teach over and above what the national curriculum requires, and to decide how to teach the essential content that is prescribed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/01/2016 18:08:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

435838

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	History: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the history curriculum in state schools is comprised of British history.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	18975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>All young people should, as part of a broad and balanced education, acquire a firm grasp of the history of the country in which they live, and learn how different events and periods relate to each other. That is why the history curriculum, taught in maintained schools for key stages 1 to 3 from September 2014, sets out, within a clear chronological framework, the core knowledge that will enable pupils to know and understand the history of Britain from its first settlers to the development of the institutions that help to define our national life today.</p><p>The new GCSE content criteria require a minimum of 40 per cent British history, an increase from the 25 per cent required under the previous GCSE. The A level content criteria require a minimum of 20 per cent British history. The new GCSE will be taught from 2016, with first examination in 2018. The new A level has been taught since September 2015, with first examination in 2017.</p><p>Alongside geography, history is one of the two subjects in the humanities pillar of the EBacc. The EBacc consists of the core group of subjects that provide a rigorous academic education and the government’s goal is that, in time, 90 per cent of pupils will enter GCSEs in the EBacc subjects. The numbers studying GCSE history had been stagnant for a decade before the introduction of the EBacc. With the introduction of the EBac performance measures the proportion of the cohort entered for history in state fundedschools has risen from 30 per cent of pupils in 2010 to a provisional figure of 40 per cent in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2015 14:52:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

429020

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sportsgrounds: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made on the application by Romford Football Club to build a stadium on Westlands playing field; and when she expects a decision on that application will be reached.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	16758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>School playing fields are protected by Section 77 of the SchoolStandards and Framework Act 1998. Schoolsand local authorities must obtain the Secretary of State’s approval beforethey can dispose of their land. Applications to dispose of schoolplaying fields are considered by the independent school playing fields advisory panel, and are approved only when it is demonstrated that the application meets published criteria.</p><p>We are aware of an application by Havering Local Authority to seek approval to dispose of part of Westlands Playing Field to Romford Football Club. The application is currently being processed by officials at the Education Funding Agency, who are seeking further detail from the local authority about the proposal. The application will only be considered when sufficient information is available to assess the overall benefit of the scheme against the needs of pupils and existing community users. The Secretary of State will consider the panel’s recommendation before making her final decision.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 26/11/2015 13:59:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

427113

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
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 (a) recruit more teachers and (b) otherwise ensure that schools do not experience a shortage of teaching staff.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>Teaching continues to be a hugely popular career. There are more teachers in England's classrooms than ever and record levels of high quality graduates are entering the profession. There are now 454,900 full time equivalent teachers, an increase of 5,200 from 2014 and 13,100 from 2010.</p><br /><p>Teacher recruitment remains a challenge as the economy improves. The Government has increased Scholarships and bursaries and for the best qualified graduates in priority subjects. We have also supported the growth of Teach First and announced a £67m package to recruit an additional 2,500 mathematics and physics teachers to improve the knowledge and skills of 15,000 existing teachers. For 2016/17, initial teacher training providers will have freedom to recruit as many trainees as they need within limited controls.</p><br /><p>The School Direct training route has been allocated over 17,500 training places this year, representing 40 per cent of all training places. We are also supporting schools to retain good teachers by improving pupil behaviour, tackling unnecessary workload and increasing pay flexibility.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>We are also creating a National Teaching Service (NTS). By 2020 this will have placed 1,500 high-performing teachers and middle leaders in underperforming schools in areas of England that struggle to recruit or retain high quality teachers. A pilot NTS scheme, starting in North West England in September 2016, will aim to attract 100 teachers and middle leaders into the region.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/11/2015 17:43:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

421344

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	National Identity: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to promote patriotism in schools.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>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. This includes challenging prejudices or statements counter to British values. The National Curriculum programme for citizenship has been revised to give schools more scope to decide how it should be taught and this can include teaching about patriotism.</p><br /> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/10/2015 08:22:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell