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91948

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Kings Science Academy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the Chairs of Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust have been since its establishment; and on what dates each such Chair took took up and relinquished office.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	209567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Our record of the dates each Chair of the board of trustees at Kings Science Academy took up and relinquished office is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287911/140113_graham_stuart_-revised_jb.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287911/140113_graham_stuart_-revised_jb.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From pre-opening to 30 September 2011, the Chair was Mr Nadim Qureshi. On 27 September 2011, the Department for Education was informed that Mr Alan Lewis would be the Chair from 1 October 2011. We learnt in October 2012 that we had been misinformed. This was looked at as part of the EFA’s wider investigation into financial management and governance at KSA in December 2012, which confirmed there had been no chair in place for the first year of the school’s operation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 25 October 2012 to 13 March 2013, the Chair was Dr Asim Suleman. From 13 March 2013 to 7 October 2013, Mr John Bowers was Acting Chair, and has been Chair from 7 October 2013.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 15/10/2014 08:48:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

91949

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) workers in agencies which report to her Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	209495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education and its executive agencies have no directly employed staff or agency workers paid below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>External contractors who provide facilities management services to the Department have confirmed that they have 146 staff paid under this rate. This includes 48 staff paid under the London Living Wage and 98 staff paid under the UK Living Wage. All contracted staff are paid above the minimum wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2014 08:25:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

91950

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres there were in South Yorkshire in (a) May 2010 and (b) September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	209398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities in the South Yorkshire area listed their children’s centres on the Sure Start children’s centre database as follows.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>At 30 April 2010</p><p>Main CCs / Additional Sites</p></td><td><p>At 30 Sept 2014</p><p>Main CCs / Additional Sites</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>19 / 0</p></td><td><p>19 / 0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>21 / 0</p></td><td><p>20 / 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>22 / 0</p></td><td><p>22 / 0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>36 / 0</p></td><td><p>16 / 20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Additional sites are places open to families and children providing Children's Centre services as part of a network. They were formerly children's centres in their own right and, while they no longer meet the statutory definition of a Children’s Centre, they remain open offering access to some of the early childhood services on behalf of another children's centre.</p><p>The April 2010 data was published in the statistical release in June 2010.[1]</p><p>The number of children’s centres at 30 September 2014 is taken from the ‘Sure Start On’ database that is maintained by local authorities and is Ofsted’s main source of information for arranging inspection of children’s centres.</p><p>Statistics on children’s centre numbers were last published by the Department on 30 April and relate to data at 28 February and include the numbers for each local authority.[2]</p><p>The data from the ‘Sure Start On’ database informs the Directgov children’s centre finder which enables the public to find their nearest children’s centre using a post code search. [3]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/numbers-of-sure-start-childrens-centres-april-2010" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/numbers-of-sure-start-childrens-centres-april-2010</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.childrenscentresfinder.direct.gov.uk/snapshot-childrens-centre/" target="_blank">www.childrenscentresfinder.direct.gov.uk/snapshot-childrens-centre/</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://www.childrenscentresfinder.direct.gov.uk/childrenscentresfinder/" target="_blank">www.childrenscentresfinder.direct.gov.uk/childrenscentresfinder/</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/10/2014 15:39:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

91951

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the recommendation of the World Health Organisations' European report on preventing child maltreatment, published in 2013, that national governments adopt a preventative and public health approach to child maltreatment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises the long-term impact of child maltreatment. We are committed to safeguarding children from abuse and maltreatment, and our approach is based on prevention, using effective multi-agency working to protect children from harm. This approach is at the heart of our statutory guidance, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, published in 2013, which sets out the roles and responsibilities of all relevant services, and how they should work together.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 14/10/2014 15:09:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91952

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what total amount her Department spent on all measures aimed at tackling child abuse and neglect in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Most statutory spending on child abuse and neglect is included within local authority core funding for children’s social care which comes from the Department for Community and Local Government’s Formula Grant, and from local taxation. Whilst this funding is not ring-fenced, it is for local authorities to decide how to apply their funding across all the services they deliver. The Department for Education would expect all local authorities to prioritise services for their most vulnerable children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>A report from the Audit Commission published in November 2013 found that children’s social care has been largely protected from spending reductions from 2010/11 to 2013/14.[1] Council spending on children’s social care on average increased by 1.2 % in real terms over this period and aggregate spending on children’s social care was set to increase by a further 0.4 % from 2012/13 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, over the period 2010/11 to 2014/15, this Department has spent between £30 and £50 million per year on safeguarding, which includes programmes whose focus is to prevent and tackle abuse and neglect. This spending has fulfilled specific work by local authorities and by voluntary and community sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf" target="_blank">www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209348 question first answered 14/10/2014 14:06:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91954

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what total amount her Department spent on primary preventative measures aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Most statutory spending on child abuse and neglect is included within local authority core funding for children’s social care which comes from the Department for Community and Local Government’s Formula Grant, and from local taxation. Whilst this funding is not ring-fenced, it is for local authorities to decide how to apply their funding across all the services they deliver. The Department for Education would expect all local authorities to prioritise services for their most vulnerable children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>A report from the Audit Commission published in November 2013 found that children’s social care has been largely protected from spending reductions from 2010/11 to 2013/14.[1] Council spending on children’s social care on average increased by 1.2 % in real terms over this period and aggregate spending on children’s social care was set to increase by a further 0.4 % from 2012/13 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, over the period 2010/11 to 2014/15, this Department has spent between £30 and £50 million per year on safeguarding, which includes programmes whose focus is to prevent and tackle abuse and neglect. This spending has fulfilled specific work by local authorities and by voluntary and community sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf" target="_blank">www.audit-commission.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tough-Times-2013-Councils-Responses-to-Financial-Challenges-w1.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209347 question first answered 14/10/2014 14:06:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

91955

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 her policy is on extending ring-fencing of the five to 16 years schools budget to include funding for young people aged 16 to 18.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	209381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The protection given to the 5-16 schools budget up to the end of financial year 2015-16 does not extend to the 16-18 education budget. Decisions about levels of education funding beyond financial year 2015-16 are for the next Government.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/10/2014 15:11:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91956

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average cost to a family of supporting a young person aged 16 to 18 in full-time education or training.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	209382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt hon. friend, the Secretary of State, has not undertaken such an assessment. However, I can assure the hon. Member that the Government is fully committed to ensuring that all young people, including those from the most disadvantaged families, can continue to participate in further education and training after they leave school. We are investing over £7 billion to fund a place at school or college for every 16- or 17-year-old who wants one. We recognise that some young people need additional help with the costs associated with attending further education or training, and we offer a range of financial support, which is set out here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/education/student-finance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/browse/education/student-finance</a></p><p>The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund is a key part of our participation strategy to support young people in education and training. It allows schools and colleges to target financial support towards those who need it most. They are free to establish their own eligibility criteria for payments from the Bursary Fund, because they are best placed to identify those students experiencing the greatest financial disadvantages or course-related costs; and because they have the best knowledge of local circumstances and the individual barriers that can prevent young people from participating.</p><p>Feedback gained from institutions and students indicates that the scheme is achieving its aims. The majority of institutions surveyed think the Bursary Fund is having a positive impact on young people’s participation (77%) and engagement in learning (70%). Similarly, more than three-quarters (78%) think it is effective in targeting young people facing the greatest barriers to participation.</p><p>Students have also confirmed their support for the Bursary Fund with the majority of recipients surveyed saying it allows them to cope better (75%), and a third of those saying it is integral to being able to continue in education.</p><p>School and academy sixth forms already have to provide free meals to disadvantaged students who are over 16. From September 2014, free meals will also be available to disadvantaged students taking further education (FE) courses across the whole FE sector, which will provide further support for families. It will also help students with their studies as we know that they perform better when they have access to good-quality, regular meals.</p><p>The support I have outlined above is part of a range of measures implemented by the Department for Education that have contributed to achieving the lowest levels of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) since records began in 1994. This is important because the effects of being NEET are recognised as having a significant financial cost for the families of young people.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/10/2014 15:08:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

92181

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in her Department who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark under the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System (i) had a disability, (ii) worked full-time and (iii) worked part-time in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is based on a declaration rate of 55% and is set out in the table below. The figures provided on protected characteristics are subject to rounding due to their restricted nature and so total figures may differ slightly</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: 2013-14 Performance management outturn figures for the Department for Education (actual numbers)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Protected characteristics </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Hours worked</p></td><td><p>Part-time</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full-time</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>1,805</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Age</p></td><td><p>18 – 24</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 – 49</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50+</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>1,265</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not declared</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Disability status</p></td><td><p>Declared disability</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No declared disability</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not declared</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 209479 question first answered 14/10/2014 15:52:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

92182

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in her Department completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; how many and what proportion of those officials received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark; and how many and what proportion (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus under that process.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>3,188 staff received a rating at the end of the 2013/14 performance management year.</p><p>Only staff who were identified as exceeded were eligible to receive a non-consolidated performance award. The table below shows the proportions and numbers of staff who received the three ratings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Exceeded (eligible for a non-consolidated performance award)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of staff who received the rating</p><p> </p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of staff who received the rating</p><p> </p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 14/10/2014 15:41:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey