Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1000269

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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, whether he has plans to increase the national funding rate for sixth form students.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	187339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 11:37:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1109130

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: North West
	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 increase funding for schools in (a) Wigan and (b) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	239953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Funding for schools in the Wigan local authority has increased by 1.4% per pupil in 2019/20, compared to 2017/18 funding levels. This is equivalent to an extra £6.9 million in total, when rising pupil numbers are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for schools in the North West has increased by 2.8% per pupil in 2019/20, compared to 2017/18 funding levels. This is equivalent to an extra £245.6 million in total, when rising pupil numbers are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from the Department regularly meet head teachers. Funding is one of the Department’s top priorities and the Department is committed to securing the right deal for education in the next spending review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 239954 question first answered 08/04/2019 15:17:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1109132

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to discuss school funding levels with headteachers in (a) Wigan and (b) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	239954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Funding for schools in the Wigan local authority has increased by 1.4% per pupil in 2019/20, compared to 2017/18 funding levels. This is equivalent to an extra £6.9 million in total, when rising pupil numbers are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for schools in the North West has increased by 2.8% per pupil in 2019/20, compared to 2017/18 funding levels. This is equivalent to an extra £245.6 million in total, when rising pupil numbers are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials from the Department regularly meet head teachers. Funding is one of the Department’s top priorities and the Department is committed to securing the right deal for education in the next spending review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 239953 question first answered 08/04/2019 15:17:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

44028

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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 the mathematics teachers recently brought by his Department from Shanghai to England to help raise standards were chosen; who those teachers are; and which schools they came from.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	192916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the maths teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. Up to 60 teachers from each country will participate in the exchange which will start in the autumn term of the next academic year. Teachers from Shanghai will be sent to English schools designated as centres of excellence for maths. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers and schools will take part. The programme will be managed through our Maths Hubs network which will be in place by September.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

44498

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	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 the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	193216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the Maths Teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. The exchange will start in the next academic year. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers from Shanghai will participate.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

578651

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average annual spend per pupil in secondary modern schools was in 2015-16 in (a) England and (b) each region.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	45762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>Schools self-select their own admissions category on Edubase. 120 schools are identified as ‘secondary modern’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not yet hold the income and expenditure data from 2015-16. The data will be available for those which are maintained by the local authority in December 2016, and for those which are academies in the summer of 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The overall expenditure per pupil in secondary modern schools by each region for 2014-15 is listed in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of secondary modern schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure per pupil (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>5,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England Total</strong></p></td><td><p>117*</p></td><td><p>5,921</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Note: There are 3 secondary modern schools for which we do not have comparable financial data for them for this period. One of these converted to an academy during 2014-15, and one was reported as part of a federation with another school. The remaining school did not submit data to the Department. The expenditure per pupil takes into account expenditure from all income sources, including self-generated income.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/09/2016 16:44:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

578652

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of grammar school pupils are from each ethnic minority background.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	45763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The ethnicity of all students attending state-funded selective schools is listed in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: School Census, January 2016<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of pupils classified as : <sup>(a) (b) (c) (d)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>State-funded secondary schools</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>State-funded </strong> <strong>selective schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>70.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>65.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other white backgrounds</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and black Caribbean</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and black African</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White and Asian</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other mixed background</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladeshi</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other Asian background</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Caribbean</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black African</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other black background</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other ethnic group</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unclassified <sup>(e)</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Notes:</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>a. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>b. Pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified according to ethnic group.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>c. Includes pupils who are sole or dual main registrations.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>d. The number of pupils by ethnic group expressed as a percentage of all pupils of compulsory school age and above.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>e. Information refused or not obtained.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2016 16:06:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

578653

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Pupil Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of grammar school entrants are in receipt of the pupil premium in (a) England and (b) each region.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	45764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of grammar school pupils in receipt of the pupil premium in (a) England and (b) each region are given in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of grammar schools</p></td><td><p>Proportion of pupils receiving pupil premium</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>8.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 16/09/2016 11:50:26 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

578657

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of grammar school entrants were previously educated in fee-paying preparatory schools in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	45673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The data requested is not collected by the Department or local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code[1] sets out that admission authorities must not “take into account any previous schools attended, unless it is a named feeder school” (para 1.9b) or “name fee-paying independent schools as feeder schools” (para 1.9l).</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code--2</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2016 16:14:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 11343 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

578658

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of grammar school entrants were eligible for free school meals in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	45674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2016 answer text <p>The number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in selective state-funded secondary schools in England in each of these years is listed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Pupils</p></td><td><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14 (data as at January 2014)</p></td><td><p>162,629</p></td><td><p>4,204</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (data as at January 2015)</p></td><td><p>164,149</p></td><td><p>4,163</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 (data as at January 2016)</p></td><td><p>166,517</p></td><td><p>4,237</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><p>Source: School Census</p></li><li><p>Includes sole and dual main registered pupils</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/09/2016 16:41:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 11348 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy