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759285

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to deal with the implications of Wakefield City Academy Trust no longer running schools in that area.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9756 9757 9758 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11903 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759286

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what effect Wakefield City Academies Trust's no longer running 21 schools will have on (a) the school timetable, (b) school standards, (c) funding and (d) childcare services organised through the school.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9755 9757 9758 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11905 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759287

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse is of the Wakefield City Academies Trust pulling out of running 21 schools a few days into the new school year.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9755 9756 9758 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11906 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759288

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to establish an enquiry to determine the reasons for the failure of the Wakefield Cities Academies Trust.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9755 9756 9757 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11907 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

777767

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University Technical Colleges: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital spending was allocated from the public purse to each university technical college that has closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	109764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 49 open university technical colleges (UTCs). Since 2010, seven UTCs have closed. These are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of UTC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of closure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Sustainable Engineering UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tottenham UTC</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTC Lancashire</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The primary objective of the Department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer. The Department’s published accounts include the capital and revenue spending for any UTCs which has closed.</p><p> </p><p>Capital funding for open free schools, UTCs and studio schools where costs have been finalised is published on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools</a>. The final capital costs for all UTCs that have closed since 2010 have not yet been published but are due to be included in the next publication round in coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Schools block funding allocations are published on gov.uk. The link for post 16 data is found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Pupil premium: allocations and conditions of grant are published on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of making a routine update to the data that we hold on pre and post-opening grant allocations for free schools, UTCs and Studio Schools, following the opening of new schools, in September. We will be publishing the latest data on gov.uk, in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/10/2017 13:27:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 18739 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

780446

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered foster carers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) with the information requested.<ins class="ministerial"> A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:03:59 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2018 09:15:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 19649 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782722

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been written-off by her Department as a result of over-payments to academies and free schools which have since closed.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	111075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>For 2016-17 and 2017-18 approval has been granted to write off £818,476 in over payments for closed academies and free schools.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:30:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 20989 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

805420

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of full time equivalent (a) pastoral care workers (b) counsellors (c) mentors and (d) educational psychologists working in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in England since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	119091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The full-time equivalent (FTE) number of contracted staff whose role is defined as that of ‘pastoral support’ or of ‘learning mentor’, employed by state funded primary and state funded secondary schools in England, November 2010 to 2016 is provided in the table attached.</p><p>Information for ‘educational psychologists’ is not available by phase. These figures may <ins class="ministerial">also </ins>undercount the actual number of educational psychologists<ins class="ministerial"> in England and do not provide a comparable national year-on-year</ins> <ins class="ministerial">series </ins>because it is based on a varying percentage of local councils returns in each year (between 68 and 74 per cent).</p><p> </p><p>Data is not available for ‘counsellors’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/12/2017 17:48:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2018 09:07:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 119091 - table to be attached - 060218.docx title Number of contracted staff previous answer version 30391 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 119091 - table.docx title The full-time number of contracted staff
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

806067

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have advised that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost associated with data collection and collation in the current session.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	119165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>In the current parliamentary session (as at 13 December 2017) <del class="ministerial">2,365</del> <ins class="ministerial">2,258</ins> written PQs have been answered by the Department. 33 <del class="ministerial">(1.4%)</del> <ins class="ministerial">(1.46%)</ins> of which were answered advising that the requested information was not available due to disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2017 20:05:37 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 10:28:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 30513 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

576784

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with HM Treasury on the potential to fully fund apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds from savings accrued as a result of the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	45105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The department and HM Treasury have worked closely together on the development of the apprenticeships funding policy and plans for implementation of the Levy, including the digital apprenticeship service.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals for how apprenticeships will be paid for in England in the future will simplify the current complex funding system by introducing a single funding cap for individual apprenticeship framework pathways, regardless of the age of the learner or geographic location.</p><p> </p><p>We expect the proposals will also include incentives for employers taking on younger apprentices - funding 100 per cent of apprenticeship training costs for small employers (with fewer than 50 staff) that don’t pay the levy when they employ 16-18 year old apprentices; and providing a £1,000 cash payment to both the employer and training provider to help with the extra costs of supporting apprentices in this age group.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 14/09/2016 16:23:47 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon previous answer version 10545 answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden