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100693

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Families
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 14 October 2013 to Question 210316, if she will publish the minutes of her meetings with her Cabinet colleagues on the proposed contents of the Family Test announced by the Prime Minister on 18 August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	211723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous Administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/10/2014 15:01:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

100798

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
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 21 October 2014 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools to the Earl of Listowel, Official Report, House of Lords, column 553, what estimate she has made of the number of schools that do not prioritise looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	211783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code 2012 requires all state-funded schools to give admission priority to looked-after and previously looked-after children. [1]</p><p>In May this year the Department issued additional guidance to clarify its position for school admission authorities in relation to children adopted from local authority care. This was to ensure that all children adopted from local authority care in England and Wales should have the highest priority rather than restricting priority to those children adopted from care under the Adoption and Children Act 2002.</p><p>The most recent report of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator indicates that this requirement has been met in most of the arrangements seen by adjudicators (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307182/osa_annual_report_12-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307182/osa_annual_report_12-13.pdf</a>) but acknowledges there is more to be done to ensure that all schools comply fully with this requirement.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 included a new provision to place the role of Virtual School Head (VSH) on a statutory footing. VSHs have a role in promoting the education of the children their authority looks after and that includes ensuring everyone understands the requirements in the Code.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Previously looked-after children are those who have been adopted from care and those who left care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence (now Child Arrangements) Order.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/10/2014 17:41:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

100352

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Rights
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 14 October 2014 to Question 210316, if she will publish the outcome of considerations of the potential effect of government policy proposals and government proposals for legislation on the rights of children carried out by the Children's Commissioner under the provisions of the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	211622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The approach the Department for Education has adopted is to make the assessment of children’s rights an integral part of policy and legislative development rather than a one-off exercise. The results of this approach are reflected in the equality impact assessment published for the Education Act 2011.[1]</p><p>Our consideration of children’s rights during the legislative process also takes account of advice from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.</p><p>The Office of the Children’s Commissioner is an independent non-Departmental public body and is responsible for publishing the reports it produces.[2]</p><p>The ECHR and UNCRC note on the Children and Families Act 2014.[3]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211621 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:53:40 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

100353

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Rights
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 14 October 2014 to Question 210316, if she will publish the child rights impact assessments made in respect of the legislative proposals leading to the Education Act 2011 and the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	211621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The approach the Department for Education has adopted is to make the assessment of children’s rights an integral part of policy and legislative development rather than a one-off exercise. The results of this approach are reflected in the equality impact assessment published for the Education Act 2011.[1]</p><p>Our consideration of children’s rights during the legislative process also takes account of advice from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.</p><p>The Office of the Children’s Commissioner is an independent non-Departmental public body and is responsible for publishing the reports it produces.[2]</p><p>The ECHR and UNCRC note on the Children and Families Act 2014.[3]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211622 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:53:40 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

100354

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide funding for schools and colleges providing education for young people under the age of 19 to meet the additional costs arising from the (a) additional employer contribution as set out in the Teachers' Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 and (b) higher national insurance contributions which will be paid from 1 April 2016 as a result of the Pension Act 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	211581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is asking schools, like other employers across the public sector, to contribute more towards their employees’ pensions to ensure that the cost of public sector pension schemes do not fall unfairly on taxpayers. Our protection of the core schools budget in real terms means that schools are well-placed to cope with changes in their costs in 2015-16. The Department has also deferred the introduction of the increase to September 2015, giving schools an additional five months to plan how they will meet the additional pensions cost.</p><p>In addition, the Chancellor confirmed that the next spending review will take into account the cost to employers of the reforms to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and the implications for National Insurance.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/10/2014 11:01:14 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

100355

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Research Report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what the (a) longest and (b) shortest (i) terms and (ii) school years are in days, according to the responses from the free schools which submitted answers to her Department's questionnaire, referred to in that Report.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	211518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools or other local schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two out of 74 (3%) of the free schools completing the survey stated that they do not offer personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211517 211521 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:52:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100356

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Research Report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what data is available for publication on the length of (a) terms and (b) school years, in days, from the free schools which responded to her Department's questionnaire, referred to in that Report.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	211517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools or other local schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two out of 74 (3%) of the free schools completing the survey stated that they do not offer personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211518 211521 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:52:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100357

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Research Report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what proportion of free schools which responded to the Department's questionnaire do not teach personal, social, health and economic education.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	211521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools or other local schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two out of 74 (3%) of the free schools completing the survey stated that they do not offer personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211517 211518 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:52:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100358

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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, with reference to the World Health Organisation report, Investing in children: the European child maltreatment prevention action plans 2015 to 2020, if she will commission a national action plan on the prevention of child maltreatment.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for action to tackle child maltreatment and respond to the needs of vulnerable children rests primarily with local government, alongside other local agencies, including health services and the police. This work is co-ordinated by local safeguarding children boards. Our statutory guidance, ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’<em>, </em>sets the framework within which local agencies should work on a multi-agency basis to safeguard children. Ofsted inspects local authority services for children in need of help and protection, and inspections focus on the quality of these services, including whether the right decisions are made for young people and whether they are made at the right time.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 27/10/2014 17:52:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100360

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: 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 20 October 2014 to Question 210122, what costs (a) have been and (b) will be incurred by her Department for the (i) design and (ii) editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	211549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not incurred any costs for the design or editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/10/2014 17:24:30 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham