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1081872

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been excluded from (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Bedford Borough in each year for which information is available; if he will publish those exclusions by school; how many of those exclusions were permanent exclusions; and what the national average in England is for school exclusions at primary and secondary level.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	228134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2016 to 2017’ includes information on the number and rate of permanent and fixed period exclusions. The full release is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Information at national level, by local authorities and by schools for each academic year from 2006/07 to 2016/17 is available in the underlying data section of the release.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] The data can be filtered by the columns “year, “level” and “la_name”.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2019 15:57:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

654350

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Arrangements Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child contact centres operated in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	56500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Child contact centres are run by a variety of independent organisations that form the membership of the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC), along with affiliated members such as family lawyers, CAFCASS, CAFCASS CYMRU and the judiciary. As such this information is not collected by the Department for Education. However, the NACCC has a ‘find a centre’ feature on its website at: <a href="http://www.naccc.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.naccc.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/12/2016 14:12:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

626572

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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, how many instances of financial malpractice and irregularity in (a) free schools and academies and (b) community schools have occurred in each of the last three years; and what proportion of each type of school they have occurred in.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	51423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>(a) The reported incidents of financial malpractice and irregularity (includes fraud, theft and irregularity) in free schools and academies in the last three financial years are set out in the table below. The proportion of each type of academy or free school they have occurred in is recorded in the corresponding brackets.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Cases investigated by the EFA</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Self-Reported by Institutions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Academies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Academies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>10 (0.3%)</p></td><td><p>3 (1.7%)</p></td><td><p>28 (0.8%)</p></td><td><p>1 (0.6%)</p></td><td><p>38 (1.0%)</p></td><td><p>4 (2.3%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>10 (0.2%)</p></td><td><p>1 (0.4%)</p></td><td><p>21 (0.5%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>31 (0.7%)</p></td><td><p>1 (0.4%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>7 (0.1%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>43 (0.8%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td><td><p>50 (1.0%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Totals of % may not add up due to rounding</p><p> </p><p>January Census data each year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Academies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>3,653</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>3,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>4,467</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>4,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>5,171</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>5,474</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <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> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for the financial management of maintained schools, and they will usually be the point of contact for any allegations of financial impropriety. The Department for Education is careful not to overburden local authorities with monitoring requirements. Local authorities are required to provide an annual assurance that school funding has been used properly. However, the Department does not centrally monitor the number of allegations reported to each local authority</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/11/2016 18:12:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

619930

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 8 September 2016 to Questions 44446 and 44447, what steps she plans to take to ensure that specific language and communication, including sign language, guidelines are in place to ensure that deaf and hard of hearing pre-school children benefit from the financial investment and the early years workforce strategy referred to in those Answers.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	49844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>As part of our recent consultation on early years funding, the government is proposing to introduce a new targeted Disability Access Fund, which will support early years providers to make initial reasonable adjustments and build the capacity of their settings to support disabled children. The government is also proposing that all local authorities should set up an early years SEN inclusion fund. Such a structure will help settings and local authorities to work together to identify children with SEN in the early years, and to ensure that the appropriate support is in place to best support child development. We are currently considering responses to the consultation and are planning to publish the government’s response in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The workforce strategy will set out how government will support early years staff to access training that equips them with the knowledge and skills to support the development of all children including those with special educational needs and disabilities. This will build on the work of the SEND champions programme which is funded through government and delivered by the National Day Nurseries Association. The programme identifies and trains SEND specialists to support other staff to provide appropriate learning opportunities for children with SEND.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2016 17:22:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

536218

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Hearing Impaired
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 number of sign language interpreters and electronic note takers registered with the Disabled Students Allowance Quality Assurance Group to provide support to deaf students from September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	42694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2016 answer text <p>The Department is currently working with Disabled Students’ Allowances Quality Assurance Group to review the number of support workers that have registered to provide each support role funded through Disabled Students’ Allowances. Organisations and individuals are continuing to register to provide these roles, so final figures are not yet available. We will not be able to confirm these numbers until the first DSA QAG audit cycle is completed (which will include an audit of staff details), in December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Student Loans Company will monitor any reports about the supply of non-medical support so as to identify whether there are any issues with their availability.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/08/2016 13:15:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

536219

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Hearing Impaired
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many deaf young people aged 16 to 24 achieved (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher apprenticeships in 2014-15; and what their destinations were following apprenticeship completion.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	42700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2016 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship achievements is published as part of a Statistical First Release, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p>Table 1 shows apprenticeship achievements by 16-24 year olds with hearing impairments in 2014/15, by level.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Achievements by 16-24 year old learners with hearing impairments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intermediate Level Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Level Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Apprenticeships</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>380</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1) Data source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten. &quot;-&quot; indicates a base value of less than 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3) Learners with hearing impairments figures are based upon self-declaration by the learner, where the provider has indicated that they have a disability, learning difficulty or health problem.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information on the destinations of learners to this level of detail is not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 28/07/2016 15:07:14 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

227781

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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, if she will amend the School Admissions Code to allow schools to take into account the length of time a child has been on a waiting list in instances when that length of time has been longer than one year and that child matches that school's admissions criteria.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	227943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently has no plans to amend the School Admissions Code in this respect.</p><p> </p><p>It is government policy that all school places must be allocated in accordance with each school's oversubscription criteria. Such criteria are determined following consultation with the local community and reflect local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2015 13:44:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

177482

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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, for what reasons the Schools Admissions Code precludes admissions authorities from taking into account how long a child has been on the waiting list for a school place.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	223093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code requires that all school places, including those offered to pupils on a school’s waiting list, are allocated strictly in accordance with a school’s published admissions criteria. This ensures fairness and transparency in the process and means that those applying for admission to a school understand from the outset their likelihood of gaining a place. It also means that there is no incentive for those who do not closely match a school’s admissions criteria, to remain on a waiting list while occupying a place at an alternative school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 15:43:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

61918

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations he has received on funding for the transition to a two-tier school system in Bedford Borough.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	904217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>We are not aware of any representations made on this matter<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/06/2014 16:55:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller