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1147764

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of his Department’s capital departmental expenditure limit was spent on creating new early years places in each financial year since 2010-11; and how many new places were created as a result of that spending.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	293604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2012-13, the Department announced £100 million of capital allocations for local authorities to support implementation of early years education for two-year olds from lower income families. Local authorities were responsible for distributing this capital investment and so the Department does not hold information on the number of places created by this funding.</p><p>The Department allocated £100 million over 2016-17 and 2017-18 to local authorities to support successful bids to the Early Years Capital Fund (EYCF). The Department regularly assesses the progress of these projects and will publish the outcomes in due course when all projects have completed. Information detailing the outcomes from the EYCF bidding round will be published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-capital-fund-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-capital-fund-2017</a>.</p><p>In July 2019, the Department announced the outcome of applications to the School Nurseries Capital Fund. This fund, of nearly £24 million for 69 projects, will help to create new high-quality school-based nursery places for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds. The profiling of this spend will depend on the progress of individual projects. The full list of successful projects for this fund can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-nurseries-capital-fund-list-of-application-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-nurseries-capital-fund-list-of-application-outcomes</a>.</p><p>The Department will publish the outcomes in due course when all projects have completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 16:24:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147915

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
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 30 September to Question 290628 on Children: Day Care, what the criteria was for allocating that funding; and how much funding was allocated to each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The funding the Department allocated to the recipients of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme for 2019 can be found in the table attached.</p><p>The 11 organisations we worked with in 2019 were allocated the full amount of funding requested in their bid. I have attached to this answer our invitation to tender document, which includes the assessment criteria for this programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 293438_Funding_allocated_to_the_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_programme_for_2019.xls title 293438_xls 2 file name 293438_Grants_to_fund_local_coordination_of_free_holiday_activities_and_healthy_food.doc title 293438_doc question first answered 08/10/2019 14:29:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147504

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Out-of-school Education: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to protect students at Islamic education centres in the UK from being exposed to potentially radicalising ideology; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	292861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>All schools and colleges, including independent schools, are subject to the Prevent Duty, which requires them to protect people from the harm of radicalisation and from being drawn into terrorism.</p><p>They are also required to actively promote the values that underpin and unite our society – democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The department has worked closely with Ofsted to strengthen Ofsted’s inspection frameworks, so that inspectors are required to assess how well schools and colleges are meeting these requirements.</p><p>We work closely with the sector to support it in implementing these requirements and to ensure our children and young people are resilient to extremist ideology and prepared for life in modern Britain. We fund, with the Home Office, networks of experts who provide frontline support to educational institutions, and we provide a range of free resources for practitioners on our Educate Against Hate and Education and Training Foundation websites for schools and colleges.</p><p>The department is also taking forward a package of activity aimed at enhancing the safeguarding of children in out-of-school settings, where we know some children have their mainstream education supplemented through the provision of after school clubs or activities, which can include religious settings offering tuition in their own faith.</p><p>This includes the provision of £3 million to boost local capacity to identify and intervene in out-of-school settings of concern, and inform best practice on how existing legal powers – held across local authorities and relevant agencies – can best be used to address safeguarding and welfare concerns in these settings. This work started last summer and is due to conclude in March 2020.</p><p>Alongside this, we have been developing a voluntary code of practice for out-of-school setting providers and guidance for parents. These will support providers to understand what is needed to run a safe setting. This will help parents and carers make informed choices when considering out-of-school settings for their children, as well as understand the steps they can take where they have concerns. The department consulted on these documents in late February 2019 and will respond to the consultation in due course. The consultation can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/regulatory-framework-unit/out-of-school-settings-voluntary-safeguarding-code/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/regulatory-framework-unit/out-of-school-settings-voluntary-safeguarding-code/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 07/10/2019 18:21:09 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1147515

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wigan University Technical College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department took steps to try to prevent the closure of Wigan University Training College.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	292904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The closure of any school is always a last resort and we will always act in the best interests of the young people involved. The department explored all possible options to secure the future of Wigan University Technical College (UTC) before this decision to close it was taken.</p><p>A breakdown of the revenue funding provided to Wigan UTC as requested is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£920,609.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,208,318.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,437,209.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£987,893.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,665,302.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,318,574.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£7,537,909.60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Capital costs for the UTC are published and can be found at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The local authority and academy trust provided support to all students and parents affected by the closure and the department worked with both the local authority and the trust to ensure that school places were identified that met the needs of each individual child.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 292903 292905 question first answered 07/10/2019 12:06:52 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1147206

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Political Parties: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on political advertising in schools.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	292164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Learning about politics is an important part of a broad and balanced education that prepares young people for adult life. All head teachers, however, are required to ensure impartiality and balanced treatment of political issues in schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 15:26:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137131 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1147225

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been on advertising in schools in relation to the UK leaving the EU in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	292166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not spent any money on advertising in schools in relation to the UK leaving the EU in the last 6 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is providing its own guidance to the education sectors that it serves, via published information on GOV.UK, support through existing networks and otherwise through the normal conduct of the day-to-day business of the Government.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 12:55:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137077 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1146818

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications for his Department's policies are of the finding by the Children's Commissioner for England in her report, Growing Up North, published in March 2018, that pupils from London who have had free school meals are twice as likely to go to university than equivalent children in the north.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	291571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Against a background of rising standards, disadvantaged pupils in schools are catching up with their peers as since 2011, the attainment gap in England has narrowed by 9.5% at age 16 and 13.2% at age 11. Our reforms and the extra funding provided through the pupil premium have contributed to this success.</p><p>This year, schools in the North of England are receiving £787 million in additional funding through the pupil premium to improve the outcomes of their disadvantaged pupils. The Department has made available a wide range of resources to help schools make the greatest possible impact with their pupil premium grant.</p><p>The Department is investing £72 million in the 12 Opportunity Areas to tackle barriers preventing children and young people from achieving their potential. This is at the heart of our work to learn what works best in areas with entrenched social mobility barriers so we can roll out successful approaches across the country. Five of the areas targeted are in the North of England (Blackpool, Oldham, Bradford, Doncaster, and the North Yorkshire Coast) and in addition we have Opportunity North East. The Department is investing over £70 million to boost educational outcomes in the North, including through the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Widening access and participation in higher education (HE) is a priority. Everyone with the ability to succeed in HE should have the opportunity to participate, regardless of their background or where they grew up.</p><p>The Department has made real progress in ensuring universities are open to all. However, we are aware that more needs to be done to ensure that background isn’t a barrier to realising potential in HE.</p><p>In our latest guidance to the Office for Students on access and participation, we asked them to secure greater, faster progress, particularly at the most selective institutions, through Access and Participation Plans. Through these plans, universities set out what activities they intend to take to ensure students from disadvantaged backgrounds or under-represented groups can access, participate, succeed and progress from HE.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 291572 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:04:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1146819

registered interest
date	27/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications for his Department's policies are of the finding by the Northern Powerhouse Project in its 2018 report, Educating the North, that disadvantaged pupils in the north achieve attainment levels 1.3 percentage points less than the national disadvantaged average and 6.5 percentage points less than their disadvantaged peers in London.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	291572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Against a background of rising standards, disadvantaged pupils in schools are catching up with their peers as since 2011, the attainment gap in England has narrowed by 9.5% at age 16 and 13.2% at age 11. Our reforms and the extra funding provided through the pupil premium have contributed to this success.</p><p>This year, schools in the North of England are receiving £787 million in additional funding through the pupil premium to improve the outcomes of their disadvantaged pupils. The Department has made available a wide range of resources to help schools make the greatest possible impact with their pupil premium grant.</p><p>The Department is investing £72 million in the 12 Opportunity Areas to tackle barriers preventing children and young people from achieving their potential. This is at the heart of our work to learn what works best in areas with entrenched social mobility barriers so we can roll out successful approaches across the country. Five of the areas targeted are in the North of England (Blackpool, Oldham, Bradford, Doncaster, and the North Yorkshire Coast) and in addition we have Opportunity North East. The Department is investing over £70 million to boost educational outcomes in the North, including through the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Widening access and participation in higher education (HE) is a priority. Everyone with the ability to succeed in HE should have the opportunity to participate, regardless of their background or where they grew up.</p><p>The Department has made real progress in ensuring universities are open to all. However, we are aware that more needs to be done to ensure that background isn’t a barrier to realising potential in HE.</p><p>In our latest guidance to the Office for Students on access and participation, we asked them to secure greater, faster progress, particularly at the most selective institutions, through Access and Participation Plans. Through these plans, universities set out what activities they intend to take to ensure students from disadvantaged backgrounds or under-represented groups can access, participate, succeed and progress from HE.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 291571 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:04:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1146590

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Exclusions Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Timpson Review of School Exclusion, what progress has been made on updating guidance for head teachers on their powers to exclude pupils; and when a consultation on that revised guidance will be published.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	291453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is taking forward an ambitious programme of reform which will respect head teachers’ powers to use exclusion, while equipping schools to support children at risk of exclusion and ensuring excluded children continue to receive a good education.</p><p>As part of this, the Department will re-write guidance on exclusions and behaviour to offer clearer, more consistent guidance to schools on managing behaviour, the use of in-school units, managed moves and the circumstances where it may be appropriate to use exclusion.</p><p>The Department is engaging with stakeholders including schools and local authorities on this ambitious programme of action, and it will publish guidance by summer 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/10/2019 16:09:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

1145687

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	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 children were placed (a) with foster carers and (b) in residential homes out of county in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	290711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of looked-after children placed in foster placements and residential homes outside their local authority boundary since 2009 is shown in the attached table.</p><p>The latest national figures on looked-after children by placement location are published in Table A4 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018’ 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>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/10/2019 13:01:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 290711_table_showing_looked_after_children_by_placement_location_from_2009_to_2018.xls title 290711_table
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell