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1122135

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU citizens starting courses in UK higher education institutions in the 2020-21 academic year will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) student loans and grants under the current eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	245750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open.</p><p>Applications for courses starting in academic year 2020/21 do not open until September 2019. We will ensure students and institutions have the information they need well in advance of that date.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 245637 245638 245994 245995 246531 246532 question first answered 25/04/2019 15:09:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1111232

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 February 2019, Official Report, column 36, which budget the £6 million allocated for the development of a range of tools to support the introduction of new subjects Relationships and Sex Education, Relationships Education and Health Education will come from for the financial year 2019-2020.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	243384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting schools to deliver high quality teaching of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education. That is why we have announced that we have a budget of £6 million in the 2019-20 financial year to develop a programme of support for schools. This funding will come from the budget allocated to the Qualifications, Curriculum and Extra-Curricular Directorate in the Department. Further funding beyond the next financial year is a matter of the forthcoming Spending Review. We will provide a supplementary guide, targeted support on materials, and training; and are encouraging schools to start teaching the subjects from September 2019 if they feel able to. We also intend to produce supporting information for schools on how to teach about all aspects of internet safety, not just those relating to relationships, sex and health.</p><p>We know from our consultation on the draft statutory guidance with schools that training was identified as a priority for many teachers. The Department is currently working with teachers and schools to determine how training for these subjects should be structured and what should be contained in it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 243385 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1111233

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, , pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 February 2019, Official Report, column 36, if he will make Relationships Education, Sex and Relationships Education and Health Education available as a free teacher subject specialism training course; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	243385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting schools to deliver high quality teaching of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education. That is why we have announced that we have a budget of £6 million in the 2019-20 financial year to develop a programme of support for schools. This funding will come from the budget allocated to the Qualifications, Curriculum and Extra-Curricular Directorate in the Department. Further funding beyond the next financial year is a matter of the forthcoming Spending Review. We will provide a supplementary guide, targeted support on materials, and training; and are encouraging schools to start teaching the subjects from September 2019 if they feel able to. We also intend to produce supporting information for schools on how to teach about all aspects of internet safety, not just those relating to relationships, sex and health.</p><p>We know from our consultation on the draft statutory guidance with schools that training was identified as a priority for many teachers. The Department is currently working with teachers and schools to determine how training for these subjects should be structured and what should be contained in it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 243384 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1088705

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Spring Statement 2019, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing every secondary school age female with a reusable menstrual cup.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	232544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>No one should be held back from reaching their potential because of their gender or background. That is why my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in his Spring Statement on 13 March 2019 that the Department for Education will lead a scheme to provide access to free sanitary products in all secondary schools and colleges in England. We are committed to encouraging the use of sustainable products where possible and will work with stakeholders to explore whether this can be integrated into the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2019 08:49:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1086513

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Primary 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 1 March 2019 to Question 223981, what information he provides to primary schools on how they can meet their duties under the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty if they choose to omit LGBT families from relationship education teaching.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	230669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>All schools are required to offer a broad and balanced curriculum and we trust schools to deliver this in a way that meets the needs of all their pupils. The draft guidance on relationships education also sets out how schools can reflect LGBT families in a sensitive manner, for example by teaching pupils that others’ families, either in school or in the wider world, sometimes look different from their family, but that they should respect those differences and know that other children’s families are also characterised by love and care. This is in the context of wider teaching about positive, respectful relationships including family and caring friendships, as well as respect for different beliefs. The Department has also published guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act (2010) affects them and how to fulfil their duties under the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/03/2019 15:09:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1086656

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference the speech by the Minister of State for School Standards on the importance of knowledge-based education, delivered on 19 October 2017, what steps he is taking to ensure that classroom music teachers teach within their area of specialism; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	230708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that a high-quality music education is available to every child. Singing is an important part of every child’s musical education. One of the aims of the national curriculum for music is that all pupils learn to sing, and the programmes of study make clear what is expected at key stages 1-3. It is up to individual schools to decide how to deliver the music curriculum. To support them in this, the Department is currently developing a model music curriculum, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 we have had a national network of music education hubs and the Government is spending £300 million on these hubs between 2016 and 2020. One of their core roles is to develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly, and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available in their area. In 2016/17, music education hubs reported over 15,000 choirs. These either were run independently by schools or were supported or delivered by the music education hubs.</p><p>Teachers’ subject knowledge is vital to the successful delivery of the curriculum. The Government believes that in secondary schools all subjects should be taught by specialists where possible. The percentage of music teachers with relevant qualifications for the subjects they teach is higher than for most other subjects, with 97% of music hours being taught by a specialist teacher in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 230709 question first answered 19/03/2019 15:05:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1086658

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage singing in schools.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	230709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that a high-quality music education is available to every child. Singing is an important part of every child’s musical education. One of the aims of the national curriculum for music is that all pupils learn to sing, and the programmes of study make clear what is expected at key stages 1-3. It is up to individual schools to decide how to deliver the music curriculum. To support them in this, the Department is currently developing a model music curriculum, which will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 we have had a national network of music education hubs and the Government is spending £300 million on these hubs between 2016 and 2020. One of their core roles is to develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly, and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available in their area. In 2016/17, music education hubs reported over 15,000 choirs. These either were run independently by schools or were supported or delivered by the music education hubs.</p><p>Teachers’ subject knowledge is vital to the successful delivery of the curriculum. The Government believes that in secondary schools all subjects should be taught by specialists where possible. The percentage of music teachers with relevant qualifications for the subjects they teach is higher than for most other subjects, with 97% of music hours being taught by a specialist teacher in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 230708 question first answered 19/03/2019 15:05:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1064709

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Local Government Association report entitled Have we reached a ‘tipping point’?: Trends in spending for children and young people with SEND in England, what estimate he has made of the level of the national deficit on high needs block funding by the end of (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	224318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>​We have listened to local authorities’ and schools’ concerns about the rising costs of special educational needs and disabilities provision and the pressure this causes on their budgets. That is why in December we announced an additional £250 million of funding for high needs over this financial year and the next. Overall funding for high needs will therefore rise to £6.3 billion in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>The department has done work to understand the drivers of these increasing costs including the shift in the proportion of children with high needs being educated in the specialist and independent sectors, rather than mainstream schools. To build on this work, we will be launching a call for evidence looking into the financial incentives in the system. We want to gather evidence on any perverse incentives in the system and on the use of resources mainstream schools have to spend on special educational needs to inform future policy development.</p><p> </p><p>Data reported to us by local authorities show an overall planned dedicated schools’ grant deficit of £96 million in 2018-19. We do not have comparable figures for years beyond this as data from local authorities have not been collected by the department yet. Funding for 2020-21 and beyond will be determined in the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>​The figures quoted in the Local Government Association report are based on the local authorities surveyed and may reflect varying in-year budgeting practises.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2019 11:03:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1064710

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in spending on children in need of SEND provision in England over the next two years; what steps he is taking in response to reports of SEND funding deficits by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	224319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>​We have listened to local authorities’ and schools’ concerns about the rising costs of special educational needs provision and the pressure this causes on their budgets. That is why in December we announced an additional £250 million of funding for high needs over this financial year and the next. Overall funding for high needs will therefore rise to £6.3 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>​The department has done work to understand the drivers of these increasing costs including the shift in the proportion of children with high needs being educated in the specialist and independent sectors, rather than mainstream schools. To build on this work, we will be launching a call for evidence looking into the financial incentives in the system. We want to gather evidence on any perverse incentives in the system and on the use of resources mainstream schools have to spend on special educational needs to inform future policy development.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2019 11:11:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1064711

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Literacy
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 schools have run the Every Child a Reader (ECaR) programme in each year since that programme was introduced; what discussions he has had with head teachers about whether they have the resources they require to run the ECaR programme in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) nationally; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	224320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The Every Child a Reader programme was launched in 2005. The Department does not collect data on which programmes schools use to teach their pupils to read. Schools are expected to use evidence-based programmes that meet their pupils’ needs and ensure that they learn to read as early as possible.</p><p>The Department is investing £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support schools to teach early reading, with a focus on synthetic phonics.</p><p>Schools in Brighton and Hove will receive an increase in funding of 2.4% per pupil by 2019/20, or £2.9 million in total, compared to 2017/18. Nationally, there is more money going into the schools system than ever before, but the Department recognises the budgeting challenges schools face and that they are being asked to do more. That is why the Govenernment is supporting schools to make the most of every pound. Schools decide how to spend their budgets in a way that best supports their pupils, and discussions are regularly held with with headteachers about their funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/03/2019 09:33:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas