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50593

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2014
	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 special educational needs funding has been allocated per pupil in special schools in (a) Staffordshire, (b) Birmingham, (c) Wolverhampton and (d) the UK in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	198383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Special schools funding is not allocated on a per-pupil basis. Special schools funding is part of the overall Dedicated Schools Grant allocated to each local authority to fund their schools' budget. It is for local authorities to determine the individual allocation to schools.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

50377

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 proportion of the cohort achieved an A* to C grade in (a) GCSE mathematics, (b) GCSE English and (c) GCSE English literature at the end of (i) Year 11, (ii) Year 12 and (iii) Year 13 in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	198173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The following tables show the proportion of 15, 16 and 17 year-olds (based on academic age) who had achieved A*-C grade in GCSE English and GCSE mathematics for the last 10 years. The figures cover young people who were in the state sector at academic age 15. Academic age refers to the age at the start of the academic year, so the majority of young people of academic age 15 will be in year 11. The data source used for this analysis does not differentiate between English Literature and English Language so may include those that have A*-C in either subject.</p><p> </p><p>Tables that show key stage 4 results for English and English Literature are available here: http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</p><p> </p><p>Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE English by academic age and cohort</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cohort academic age 15 in</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfE Young Person's Matched Administrative Dataset<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE mathematics by academic age and cohort</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cohort academic age 15 in</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/02</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/03</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/04</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfE Young Person's Matched Administrative Dataset<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

50314

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 make it his policy to rule-out the introduction of fees for admission to over-subscribed schools supported by public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	198167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Education legislation prevents all state-funded schools from charging for admission. The School Admissions Code, which applies to all state-funded schools (including academies and free schools through the terms of their funding agreements), further enforces this. I have no intention of changing this legislation.</p><p>The School Admissions Code can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

50100

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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, in which local authorities 30 per cent or more pupils entitled to free school meals are not claiming them; and what steps he is taking to improve the take-up of free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	198051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. This information is published in the ‘Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2013' Statistical First Release[1]. Identifying pupils who are eligible for but not claiming free school meals is more difficult.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published a research paper – ‘Pupils not claiming free school meals: 2013'[2] – which presents estimates of the numbers and proportions of pupils who are entitled to receive free school meals but are not claiming. The paper compares registration rates for children aged between four and 15 and highlights regions and local authorities where under-registration rates are high. A table showing under registration rates by local authority can be found in the annex.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has developed a free school meals Eligibility Checking System (ECS). The ECS enables local authorities to check very quickly and determine whether a parent can claim free school meals by linking benefits information from DWP, HMRC and the Home Office. It represents a significant achievement in reducing bureaucracy and cost for local authorities and encouraging more parents to sign up their children for a free school lunch. The ECS has been extended to allow parents to check their own eligibility, and to apply online, for free school meals. The new system reduces the time, stigma and bureaucracy previously associated with applications for free school meals.</p><p> </p><p>Resources are also available from the Children's Food Trust to help schools increase take-up of free school meals.[3]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013</a>.<br>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013</a>.</p><p>[3]<a href="http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/schools/resources/free-school-meals-matter-toolkit" target="_blank">http://www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/schools/resources/free-school-meals-matter-toolkit</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

50101

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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 assessment he has made of the performance of the School Food Plan in increasing healthy breakfast provision in more deprived areas; and how much had been spent on this programme by April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	198049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>As part of the school food plan, Magic Breakfast started work in March 2014 to set up breakfast clubs in schools where over 35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and where there is currently no breakfast provision.</p><p>We are currently tendering for a contract to evaluate the effectiveness of the breakfast clubs. The successful bidder will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

50024

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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 the average annual revenue budget was for an (a) primary school academy and (b) secondary school academy in England and Wales in financial year 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	197773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Annual revenue budgets for primary and secondary academies for the academic year September 2012 to August 2013 are available on the gov.uk website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year</a></p><p> </p><p>Education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

49631

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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 arrangements are in place to ensure that the pupil premium for service children is used for its intended purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	197697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Headteachers are responsible for selecting the most appropriate interventions to support their service pupils, including pastoral support or interventions to improve attainment.</p><p>They are held accountable for the use of this additional funding in two ways. Firstly, through the Ofsted inspection framework where inspectors focus on the attainment of different groups of pupils, including those who attract the service premium. Secondly, schools are required to publish online how much service pupil premium funding they receive, how it is spent and the impact it has made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

49632

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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, whether the pupil premium is available for pre-school children from service families; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	197691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The pupil premium and the service children premium are additional resources provided to maintained schools and academies in England to support the education of 4-16 year-olds who meet the eligibility requirements.</p><p>The Government has announced that a new early years pupil premium, worth £50 million, will be introduced from April 2015. It will give disadvantaged three- and four-year-old children better access to quality early education which evidence shows can have a major impact on their school readiness. The Government will consult later this year on how best to implement these proposals.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

49492

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 707-8W, on school meals, how many academies (a) were invited to respond and (b) responded to the survey by the School Food Trust in 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	197596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The School Food Trust (now the Children's Food Trust) wrote to more than 1,500 academies in January 2012. Of the 641 academies that replied, 635 said they were committed to following the new food standards, even though they are not required to do so.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49548

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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 take steps to ensure that school lunches in academies and free schools meet the nutritional standards of those in the state sector; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	197552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The revised school food standards will apply to single mainstream academies and free schools opening from July 2014, other mainstream academies and free schools opening from autumn 2014 and non-mainstream academies opening later in 2014. Academies set up prior to 2010 already have to comply.</p><p>During their review of school food, the authors of the School Food Plan approached several academy chains, including the Harris Federation, the Oasis Community Learning Multi-Academy Trust, and the School Partnership Trust. All agreed in principle to comply with the standards and the Leon Foundation are encouraging as many academies and free schools as possible to sign up formally to the new standards.</p><p>99% of those academies which responded to a survey by the School Food Trust in 2012 said they were committed to following the new food standards.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott