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757419

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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 proportion of children were eligible for free school meals in (a) Kirklees and (b) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the proportion of children eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The figures can be found in the statistical first releases, which are available 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> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2017 16:16:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757420

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size was for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Colne Valley constituency, (ii) Kirklees, (iii) West Yorkshire and (iv) England in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state-funded schools are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available 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>A national summary of average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the link to national tables, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>A summary at local authority and regional level is only available for key stages 1 and 2 and published in the link to local authority and regional tables, table 11.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is available via the link to underlying tables then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2017 16:09:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

528568

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Palliative Care
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 ensure that local authorities provide sufficient short breaks to children with life-shortening conditions in England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	41189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Since 2011, local authorities have been under a duty to provide a range of short breaks services and to publish a local Short Breaks Duty Statement showing what services are available, how they are responding to the needs of local parent carers, and how short breaks can be accessed, including any eligibility criteria. Local authorities are responsible for funding this short breaks provision.</p><p>Between April 2011 and March 2015, the government made available £800 million to local authorities for short break provision, along with an additional £80 million of capital funding for equipment and infrastructure.</p><p>Between April 2015 and March 2016, we awarded £250,555 to the Short Breaks Partnership (a consortium made up of Contact a Family, the Council for Disabled Children, Action for Children, and KIDS) to provide information and advice to those involved in designing, commissioning, providing, and taking up short breaks for disabled children. The Department for Education has allocated £200m funding over the next 4 years to support innovation and improvement to children’s social work practice. We are currently considering how we can use some of this funding to support local innovative approaches to short breaks for disabled children and their families and for making services more accessible.</p><p>The Department’s Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Advisory Team is continuing to offer support and challenge to local authorities to help make sure they meet all of their statutory requirements and that quality continues to improve. From this summer, there will be opportunities through the new Ofsted/Care Quality Commission SEND inspections framework for local areas to consider how well they are providing for the education, health and care needs of those with SEND, including their need for short breaks services. In addition, Together for Short lives, the UK charity for children and young people with life limiting conditions, received £551,029 from the Department for Education over a 3 year period – between April 2013 and March 2016, to help ensure children and young people with life limiting conditions benefited from the SEND reforms.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 04/07/2016 15:05:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390745

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: VDUs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce lessons on managing the risk of injuries related to digital screen use to school curriculums.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The national curriculum sets out the essential skills and knowledge that children must be taught at school. Schools have the freedom to teach subjects or topics beyond the national curriculum to ensure that their pupils receive a rounded education.</p><p> </p><p>Using technology safely is covered at each key stage in the computing curriculum, which is compulsory for all pupils aged 5-16 in maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p>The programmes of study for the national curriculum in computing are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2015 09:52:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390746

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: VDUs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many legal cases are being brought against schools in the UK related to injuries caused by digital screen use.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is not aware of any legal cases that have been brought, or are in the process of being brought, against schools in the UK in relation to injuries caused by digital screen use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2015 09:45:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390747

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days of absence were reported to her Department on grounds of musculoskeletal injury in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 school year.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on absences resulting from musculoskeletal injury.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2015 10:10:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390748

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: VDUs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has undertaken on the potential effect of digital screen use on students in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>There has been no specific research undertaken by the department on the potential effect of digital screen use on students in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2015 11:47:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390749

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent meetings she has had with civil society groups on potential adverse health effects of introducing more technology in schools.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with any civil society groups to discuss the potential adverse health effects of introducing more technology in schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2015 11:49:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390750

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) tablet computers and (b) other new information technology for students in schools in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not provide schools with dedicated funds for information technology. We are therefore unable to advise on the volume or type of equipment that has been purchased. Headteachers manage their own budgets, prioritise spend and are best placed to decide on local requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/07/2015 11:51:27 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

391190

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the refund of VAT costs to sixth form colleges.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	901107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>All funding decisions, including the question of the VAT costs currently paid by sixth form colleges, will be considered in the round at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/07/2015 15:58:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney