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49740

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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, which organisations have received how much funding from his Department aimed at supporting access to short breaks and respite provision for children, young people and their families experiencing all types of disadvantage in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	197809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not directly fund organisations to deliver short breaks and respite services for disadvantaged children, young people and their families; this is done at the local authority level.</p><p>In the case of disabled children and young people however, the Department for Education has made available to local authorities £800 million to invest in short breaks services between April 2011 and March 2015, through unringfenced grants. In 2011-12 and 2012-13, an additional £40 million of capital funding per annum was made available to local authorities to invest in short breaks equipment and infrastructure, also in unringfenced grants. It has been for local authorities to decide how to use this funding to provide the short breaks provision for disabled children that is needed locally and to support access to it.</p><p>While the Department does not directly fund providers of short breaks for disabled children, it has funded a number of organisations over the last five financial years to help increase access to such provision and to improve its quality.</p><p>A table setting out details of the fnding has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

49930

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 average value is of the title deed of a local authority school that becomes an academy.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49932

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 much his Department has paid in legal fees since 2010 on the transfer of title deeds of a local authority schools becoming academies.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197852 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49934

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 title deeds of local authority schools have been transferred to academies operated by private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197852 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49936

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 local authority schools have become academies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>As of 1 May 2014, 3,688 local authority schools have become academies since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

50022

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 make it his Department's policy to record the number of pupils who are (a) suspended and (b) expelled for cyber-bullying.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	197778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We have no plans to collect specific data on the number of pupils receiving fixed period exclusions or permanent exclusions for cyberbullying.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not distinguish between different forms of bullying. The Department already collects data on exclusions for bullying, which would include cyberbullying, as set out in the reply given to the hon. Member on 28 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 558W, on pupil exclusions: bullying.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

50024

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 average annual revenue budget was for an (a) primary school academy and (b) secondary school academy in England and Wales in financial year 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	197773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Annual revenue budgets for primary and secondary academies for the academic year September 2012 to August 2013 are available on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year</a></p><p> </p><p>Education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

50025

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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 (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had academy status in England and Wales at the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	197775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Education in Wales is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie