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47033

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to integrate better into schools children with challenging behaviour; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him on 8 October 2013, Official Report, Column 257W.</p><p>Since October, we have updated our advice on behaviour to re-emphasise the need for clear rewards and sanctions. We have outlined a range of sanctions that it is permissible for teachers to use to tackle challenging behaviour when it occurs. We have also been clear that schools should use rewards to praise and reinforce good behaviour.</p><p>In addition, we have produced a range of case studies showing good practice in how schools manage behaviour and bullying. The case studies provide examples of what effective schools do to integrate children with challenging behaviour into the school ranging from support through schools' pastoral systems to using art and modified curricula to support the inclusion of pupils with behaviour difficulties.</p><p>The new special educational needs (SEN) Code of Practice makes it clear that, while persistent disruptive or withdrawn behaviour does not necessarily mean that a pupil has SEN, schools should determine whether there are any causal factors, such as undiagnosed learning difficulties, difficulties with communication or mental health issues, so that support can be put in place for the pupil to stay at the school and make progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

47034

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have visited schools in the areas of highest deprivation since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. hon Friend, the Secretary of State, has made a priority of visiting schools and colleges located in deprived areas. Almost two thirds of the schools and colleges the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has visited since 2010, are located in the 50% most deprived areas of England according to the 2010 Index of Multiple Deprivation. This does not include political or constituency visits.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say on how many occasions officials from the Department have visited schools in this group, as this information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

47035

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of childminder agencies that will be established in September (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The childminder agency legislation is enabling. Childminder agencies will be independent of government, and it will be for organisations themselves to decide if and when to enter this market. We have therefore not estimated the number of childminder agencies that will successfully register with Ofsted in September 2014 or 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47036

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of average changes to childcare costs following the establishment of childminder agencies.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>We are putting in place legislation to enable organisations to register as childminder agencies (CMAs) in order to increase the number of childminders available and improve choice and affordability for parents, as part of reforms to increase the supply of childcare places.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47037

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the education of children with pathological demand avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	195317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The reforms made in Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 will improve education for all pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). These reforms will ensure that there is a focus on identifying the individual needs and aspirations of children and young people with the full involvement of their families. The Act requires joint planning and commissioning of services across education, health and social care, so that these needs can be et more effectively.</p><p>The National Autistic Society acknowledges that pathological demand avoidance is increasingly becoming recognised as part of the autism spectrum. The Department for Education continues to fund the Autism Education Trust to provide training to early years, school and further education staff on autism. We also provide grant funding to organisations including Ambitious about Autism and the National Autistic Society in order to support implementation of the reforms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

47038

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on independent survey packs sent from IPSOS Mori and Ecorys to childminders since the childminder agency pilot began; how many such packs have been sent out to (a) childminders and (b) parents; in which areas have such packs been sent out; how many surveys have been returned by (i) childminders and (ii) parents to date; and what results have been received to date on the likelihood of (A) childminders and (B) parents using a childminder agency.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The budget for the six month long evaluation of the childminder agency (CMA) trials, including surveys, is £115,445 exclusive of VAT. The research as a whole is intended to gather findings from the trials to inform policy development and registration requirements for CMAs, which will be set out in future regulations.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47039

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years providers with exemptions from the early years foundation stage are funded to provide early education places to two, three and four year olds.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>According to the information that the Department for Education holds, we are aware that forty three early years providers, who have been granted full or partial exemptions from the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, are in receipt of early education funding.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the exemption process for early years providers is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-early-years-foundation-stage-eyfs-learning-and-development-requirements-guidance-on-exemptions-for-early-years-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-early-years-foundation-stage-eyfs-learning-and-development-requirements-guidance-on-exemptions-for-early-years-providers</a></p><p> </p><p>As the published information above states, to be granted an exemption, independent schools have to meet the quality threshold of ‘good' or better judgment in the school's most recent inspection report; meet the other conditions set in the Secretary of State's Direction (which is to notify parents and the local authority) and notify the Department of their intention to take up the exemption.</p><p> </p><p>Providers who are governed by principles of learning and development that cannot be reconciled with the learning and development requirements of the EYFS have to submit an application to the Secretary of State, demonstrating how their principles of learning and development conflicts with the EYFS and meet the other conditions set by the Secretary of State which is to notify parents and the local authority of their intention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47040

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to early education and childcare, what estimate he has made of the number of new childcare providers which will enter the market as a result of changes made to regulations under section 7 of the Childcare Act 2006 in section 3.4 of the Consultation on proposed changes to the role of the local authority.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not made an estimate of the number of new childcare providers who may choose to enter the childcare market as a result of these reforms.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

46737

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will amend the School Admissions Code to allow primary schools' admission arrangements to give priority to pupils attending a primary school's own nursery.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	195071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the response given to hon. Member for Enfield North, Nick de Bois, on 6 March 2014, Official Report Column 905W.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

46738

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unauthorised school absences there have been in (a) St Albans constituency, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK since 2010; and what steps he is taking to reduce such absences.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	195130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes statistics on England only. Information on unauthorised pupil absence in St Albans constituency has been provided in the following table. Pupil absence rates at regional and local authority level are available in the local authority tables in the absence statistical first release for each year[1].</p><p> </p><p>We know from evidence that pupils who have regular attendance at school are four times more likely to achieve five or more A*-C grades at GCSE including English and maths than those pupils who are persistently absent[2]. This is why the Department for Education reduced the threshold at which pupils are classified as being persistently absent, from 20 to 15 per cent of school missed. This measure enables schools to identify earlier those pupils with troubling attendance patterns, and to do something about them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, we increased the level of the school attendance penalty fines of £50 and £100 to £60 and £120 respectively; and in 2013 reduced the overall timescales for paying fines from 42 to 28 days. Our reforms are working. In 2012/13 persistent absence was 300,895 pupils – a fall of almost a third from 2010. 130,000 fewer pupils are now persistent absentees.</p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7">STATE-FUNDED PRIMARY, STATE-FUNDED SECONDARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS (1)(2)(3)(4):</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE RATES (5)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Academic years 2009/10 - 2012/13</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">St Albans parliamentary constituency</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Unauthorised absence rate (5)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td> </td><td>0.7</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td> </td><td>0.6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td> </td><td>0.6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td> </td><td>0.6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Source: School Census</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(2) Includes primary academies, including free schools.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(3) Includes city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="17">(4) Includes maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(5) The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/183445/DFE-RR171.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/183445/DFE-RR171.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main