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748007

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many children and young people have undertaken home tuition in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of children being educated at home are not collected centrally.</p><p>Parents have a legal duty under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 to ensure that a child of compulsory school age receives an efficient and full-time education suitable to its age, ability and aptitude, and any special education needs - either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. ‘Otherwise’ includes education at home. There are no other specific requirements relating to the content of such education, unless a child has a statement of special educational needs or an Education and Health Care Plan, which can specify that the child is being educated at home. If it does, the local authority is under a duty to ensure the provision specified is made.</p><p>Parents choosing to educate at home take on the responsibilities involved, including financial responsibility. There is no entitlement to support. Some local authorities offer guidance, and there are other organisations which offer guidance or provide part-time education in specific subjects to supplement home education.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL462 question first answered 12/07/2017 11:56:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

748008

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the legal requirements relating to home tuition; and what measures are in place to support parents who choose to have their children taught at home.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of children being educated at home are not collected centrally.</p><p>Parents have a legal duty under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 to ensure that a child of compulsory school age receives an efficient and full-time education suitable to its age, ability and aptitude, and any special education needs - either by regular attendance at school or otherwise. ‘Otherwise’ includes education at home. There are no other specific requirements relating to the content of such education, unless a child has a statement of special educational needs or an Education and Health Care Plan, which can specify that the child is being educated at home. If it does, the local authority is under a duty to ensure the provision specified is made.</p><p>Parents choosing to educate at home take on the responsibilities involved, including financial responsibility. There is no entitlement to support. Some local authorities offer guidance, and there are other organisations which offer guidance or provide part-time education in specific subjects to supplement home education.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL461 question first answered 12/07/2017 11:56:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

748844

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost to local authorities of assessing home-educated children.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>No estimate is possible as no data are collected on this expenditure from local authorities, and there are no reliable data on overall numbers of children educated at home. Furthermore, local authorities need to take different approaches to assessment of the suitability of home education depending on the circumstances of each child known to them.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 12/07/2017 11:56:34 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

749369

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) parents and (b) childcare providers have signed up to the Childcare Choices website in each month since it has been in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	3431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website provides information on whether parents could be eligible for a range of government childcare offers, including 30 hours free childcare. Parents can apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare through the digital Childcare Service, which is accessible via Childcare Choices. Providers do not sign up to offer 30 hours free childcare via the Childcare Service.</p><p> </p><p>As of 30 June, successful parent applications have generated 98,579 valid 30 hours eligibility codes through the service. Since the service opened on 21 April 2017 to families that have children who will be under 4 on 31 August 2017, the number of valid 30 hours eligibility codes generated are as follows: 6,472 in April, 31,853 in May and 52,218 in June.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on whether they have subsequently signed up with a provider.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 3432 3433 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:12:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

749368

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional childcare places have been created in each quarter since May 2015 to support the roll-out of the 30-hour childcare offer.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	3430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We are making record investments in the government’s free childcare offer: over £1 billion more per year by 2020. This includes £300 million per year for a significant increase to the hourly rates paid for two, three and four-year-old entitlement. From April 2017, the national average funding rates also increased to £4.94 for three and four-year-olds and £5.39 for two-year-olds. We are also investing £100m in capital funding to create nearly 18,000 additional places for eligible children to help meet demand from hardworking parents. This investment will support even more providers to deliver 30 hours.</p><p> </p><p>In addition our national delivery contractor, Childcare Works, are supporting all local authorities to ensure they are ready to deliver the required number of free places in September 2017. Local authorities report that they have benefitted from support with estimating demand in their local areas.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/07/2017 12:16:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

749647

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which schools in England have closed their sixth form since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	3640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not record, or hold centrally, data on the number of schools that have their sixth form provision removed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/07/2017 15:22:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

749370

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers who have signed up to the Childcare Choices website to deliver 30 hours free childcare are (a) PVI providers, (b) maintained nursery schools or nursery classes and (c) childminders.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	3432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website provides information on whether parents could be eligible for a range of government childcare offers, including 30 hours free childcare. Parents can apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare through the digital Childcare Service, which is accessible via Childcare Choices. Providers do not sign up to offer 30 hours free childcare via the Childcare Service.</p><p> </p><p>As of 30 June, successful parent applications have generated 98,579 valid 30 hours eligibility codes through the service. Since the service opened on 21 April 2017 to families that have children who will be under 4 on 31 August 2017, the number of valid 30 hours eligibility codes generated are as follows: 6,472 in April, 31,853 in May and 52,218 in June.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on whether they have subsequently signed up with a provider.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 3431 3433 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:12:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

749653

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department allocated to 16 to 19-year-old education in each financial year since 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	3689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Department for Education expenditure on 16 to 19-year-old education is reported in Education Funding Agency (EFA) accounts. The 2014-15 accounts are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526237/efa_annual_report_and_accounts_final_26_may_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526237/efa_annual_report_and_accounts_final_26_may_2016.pdf</a>.</p><p>The relevant information is included in the following lines from table 5 (Programme Costs) on page 155:</p><ul><li>Local authority maintained schools with sixth forms;</li><li>Academies with sixth forms; and</li><li>Young people aged 16-19 years in further education.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The 2015-16 accounts are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579174/EFA_annual_report_and_accounts_2015_to_2016__Web_Accessible_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579174/EFA_annual_report_and_accounts_2015_to_2016__Web_Accessible_.pdf</a>:</p><p>The relevant information is included in the following lines from table 3 (Grant Expenditure) on page 115:</p><ul><li>Local authority and other maintained schools with sixth forms;</li><li>Academies – Grants to academies with sixth forms; and</li><li>16-19 Further Education.</li></ul><p>The accounts for 2016-17 have not yet been published.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations to the sector, are made on an academic year basis rather than by financial year. Allocations are published each year and the data for 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p>Funding allocations for 2017/18 have not yet been published. Funding for 16 to 19-year-old education includes Total Programme Funding and High Needs funding in the allocations tables.</p><p> </p><p>As EFA accounts are published by financial year, and funding allocations are made by academic year, the two sets of figures are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><ul><li></li></ul> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 3688 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:08:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

749652

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on 16 to 19-year-old education in each financial year since 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	3688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Department for Education expenditure on 16 to 19-year-old education is reported in Education Funding Agency (EFA) accounts. The 2014-15 accounts are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526237/efa_annual_report_and_accounts_final_26_may_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/526237/efa_annual_report_and_accounts_final_26_may_2016.pdf</a>.</p><p>The relevant information is included in the following lines from table 5 (Programme Costs) on page 155:</p><ul><li>Local authority maintained schools with sixth forms;</li><li>Academies with sixth forms; and</li><li>Young people aged 16-19 years in further education.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The 2015-16 accounts are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579174/EFA_annual_report_and_accounts_2015_to_2016__Web_Accessible_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579174/EFA_annual_report_and_accounts_2015_to_2016__Web_Accessible_.pdf</a>:</p><p>The relevant information is included in the following lines from table 3 (Grant Expenditure) on page 115:</p><ul><li>Local authority and other maintained schools with sixth forms;</li><li>Academies – Grants to academies with sixth forms; and</li><li>16-19 Further Education.</li></ul><p>The accounts for 2016-17 have not yet been published.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations to the sector, are made on an academic year basis rather than by financial year. Allocations are published each year and the data for 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p>Funding allocations for 2017/18 have not yet been published. Funding for 16 to 19-year-old education includes Total Programme Funding and High Needs funding in the allocations tables.</p><p> </p><p>As EFA accounts are published by financial year, and funding allocations are made by academic year, the two sets of figures are not directly comparable.</p><p> </p><ul><li></li></ul> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 3689 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:08:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

748141

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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, if she will introduce a pay review body for school support staff.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	2701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to introduce a pay review body for school support staff.</p><p>Support staff terms and conditions are determined locally by employers to suit specific job roles and circumstances. As such, the local authority will set the terms and conditions for support staff in maintained schools and the individual school or Trust will set them in academies.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/07/2017 16:04:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner