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437135

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Food: Education
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 children and young people acquire the skills necessary to make healthy food choice.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	19586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>There are opportunities across the school curriculum for children to be taught the skills they need to make healthy food choices. In science lessons at key stages 1 and 2, children are taught to describe the importance for humans of exercise and eating the right amounts of different types of food and that humans need the right types and amount of nutrition. In secondary science, children are taught about the content of a healthy human diet, such as carbohydrates, fats and oils, proteins, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and water, and why each is needed. They also learn about the consequences of imbalances in the diet, including obesity.</p><p>In design and technology lessons (key stages 1 to 3), children are taught about food, nutrition and healthy eating and how to cook a repertoire of dishes. Pupils in primary schools are taught about healthy eating and the importance of a good, balanced diet. In secondary schools, children’s knowledge becomes more in-depth as they learn how to feed themselves and others affordably and well and learn where their food comes from.</p><p>Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education also provides opportunities for pupils to learn about health and wellbeing, including being taught what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, the benefits of physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p>It is important that children eat nutritious, tasty food at school as fuel for learning, to help their growth and development and so that they develop healthy eating habits. The School Food Standards, introduced in January 2015, severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods. They help ensure that pupils always have healthy options for their school lunch.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/12/2015 17:17:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

436729

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish the guidance it has issued to schools and colleges for the implementation of Prevent strategy activities for all age groups.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	19487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The government published statutory guidance on the Prevent duty for specified authorities, including schools, in March 2015. In September 2015 the government published Prevent duty guidance specifically for colleges and universities.</p><p>To complement the statutory guidance, the Department for Education has issued practical advice to schools and childcare providers to help them understand their role under the new Prevent duty. Together with Home Office, the Department also published a briefing note on how social media is used to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq. The Department’s core statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges, <em>Keeping Children Safe in Education</em>, was updated in July to reflect the Prevent duty.</p><p>All of the above documents are publicly available via the Department’s dedicated preventing extremism website on gov.uk. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-extremism-in-schools-and-childrens-services/preventing-extremism-in-the-education-and-childrens-services-sectors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-extremism-in-schools-and-childrens-services/preventing-extremism-in-the-education-and-childrens-services-sectors</a>).</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/12/2015 17:47:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 35378 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

436732

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Japanese Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase the study of Japanese in schools.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	19314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The government supports the efforts of the Japan Foundation to help schools teaching Japanese. Since September 2014, maintained primary schools in England must teach a modern or ancient foreign language to pupils at key stage 2 (ages 7 to 11). Schools can choose which language or languages to teach and should enable pupils to make substantial progress in one language by the end of primary school.</p><p>The government took action in 2010 to halt the decline in the number of school children taking language GCSEs by including it within the English Baccalaureate. This has had a positive effect on the take up of languages in schools. The proportion of the cohort in state funded schools entered for a modern foreign language has risen from 40 per cent in 2010 to 49 per cent in 2015. The government’s goal is that, in time, at least 90 per cent of pupils enter GCSEs in the EBacc subjects of English, maths, science, humanities and languages.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2015 14:42:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

436734

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Liverpool
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 effect of the National Funding Formula on (a) schools, (b) teachers and (c) pupils in Liverpool.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	19389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to meeting our manifesto pledge to make school funding fairer. At the Spending Review we announced our intention to deliver this by introducing a National Funding Formula in 2017, so that the money we provide for schools is fairly matched to need. As we develop our plans we will consider the effect of the formula on all schools, and we will make sure change is introduced at a pace that is manageable for the sector. We will set out our detailed proposals and consult extensively in the new year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2015 15:00:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

436769

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help prevent loneliness and social isolation among younger people.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	19482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Loneliness and isolation in younger people may be due to a variety of complex reasons and there is no single solution; prevention and early intervention are key. The Department for Education’s provisions for early years, schools and vulnerable children all play a part in promoting social contact and assisting families to support children more effectively.</p><br /><p>Schools can play a significant role in promoting good mental health and emotional wellbeing, which helps their pupils integrate and get the most out of the education, by supporting children and young people who are facing difficulties. Every state-funded school in England must offer a broad and balanced curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural and physical development of pupils. In doing so, we expect schools to make provision for personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) and to provide a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities for pupils to develop their character.</p><br /><p>When loneliness and isolation leads to mental health difficulties, there is a range of support available to schools. Our Mental Health and Behaviour advice helps teachers to identify and support pupils with mental health needs, including being aware of when children become withdrawn and isolated: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2</a>. Our blueprint for school counselling services provides schools with practical, evidence-based advice on how to deliver high quality school based counselling: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools</a>.</p><br /><p>The government has made children and young people’s mental health support a priority and we are investing an additional £1.4 billion in children and young people’s and perinatal mental health services over the next 5 years. On top of this the Department for Education is also providing funding worth £4.9 million this year, through a dedicated mental health strand within our VCS programme, which includes supporting children and young people with issues such as bereavement. For those children and young people with caring responsibility, who are particularly at risk of isolation, we have changed the law to make it easier for them to get an assessment of their needs for support regardless of the level or type of care they provide.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2015 12:05:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 35405 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

436034

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role local authorities and school governors have in agreeing annual school budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Maintained schools receive a delegated budget from their local authority. Local authorities are required to maintain a scheme for financing schools that sets out the framework for the financial relationship between them and the schools they maintain. This requires that the school’s formal annual budget plan must be approved by the governors. This approval is undertaken on the basis that the budget is being used for the purposes of the school.</p><br /><p>Under the scheme for financing schools, a local authority’s responsibilities are to review schools’ budget plans; to carry out high level monitoring of school budgets; to agree a deficit reduction programme with schools in deficit; to challenge excess surplus balances held by schools without good reason; to intervene in schools for which there are financial concerns.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/12/2015 13:39:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436036

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether governors of maintained schools are allowed to agree a budget deficit.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Governors are responsible for agreeing the budget of a school under the arrangements set out in their Local Authority’s Scheme for Financing Schools, which may preclude any planning for deficits; or it may allow schools to plan for deficits only in certain approved circumstances.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/12/2015 14:48:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Scheme_for_Financing_Schools_August_2015_published.pdf title Scheme for Financing Schools
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

436040

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Tower Hamlets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 8 December (HL3697), what is the name of the new school; whether that school is a free school; and what involvement, if any, the New Schools Network had in founding that school.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL4336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We cannot yet confirm which school the Commercial Road site will be developed for as the latest wave of applications is currently being assessed. Whether the entire site will be used will depend on the type of school approved.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/12/2015 15:03:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

436215

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget for the Regional Schools Commissioner for South-Central England and North-West London is for each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	19278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>At present, I am unable to provide detailed information on the budget for the Regional Schools Commissioners for each of the next three years.</p><br /><p>The Department’s spending review settlement was agreed in November. The Department has now begun a business planning process to devolve this budget internally to specific activities and functions. This work is intended to finish in early 2016, when the future budgets for all the Regional School Commissioners’ offices, including the South-Central and North-West London office, will be agreed for the next financial year (2016-17) and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19269 question first answered 14/12/2015 17:03:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

436217

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been appointed as prospective adopters in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	19260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of prospective adopters receiving approval was first collected from all adoption agencies during the year ending 2013.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 this data was collected by Ofsted and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a></p><p>Since 2014, the data has been collected as part of the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly adoption survey and figures are published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a></p><p>The number of children who received an adoption decision maker (ADM) decision that the child should be placed for adoption during each of the last five years is published in table E4 of the “Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers)” Statistical First Release (SFR), published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /><p>Figures for the last five years are provided in table 2 below:</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Table 2 – Number of ADM decisions during the year ending 31 March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: SSDA903 data collection</em></p><br /><p>Ofsted publishes local authority level information on the number of children in foster placements that are subject to concurrent planning. The information is available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2012-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2014-to-31-march-2015</a></p><br /><p>During 2014-15, we provided a grant of £199,520 for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering in order to provide training to social workers. This grant included training for social workers on fostering for adoption.</p><br /><p>We do not collect information centrally on which local authorities have contracted out their adoption functions to a third party.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 19261 19262 19263 question first answered 14/12/2015 16:39:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton