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712413

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the allocation for extended rights to free home-to-school travel will be published for each fiscal year from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	68442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>We aim to publish extended rights allocations in good time to enable local authorities to make suitable arrangements for the transport of eligible pupils before the start of the academic year. We expect to publish allocations for 2017-18 shortly. As the timing of the publication of the allocations can change from year to year, we cannot confirm the publication dates for 2018-19 and 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/03/2017 13:03:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

712415

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been allocated in PE and Sport Premium funds to schools in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Newham in each year since they were introduced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>We want all pupils to be healthy and active. This is why since 2013 the government has invested over £600m of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE through the Primary PE and Sport Premium.</p><p> </p><p>Since it was introduced, the Department has published online premium allocations received by each school for each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to FY 2016-17 can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-funding-conditions-for-2016-to-2017#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-funding-conditions-for-2016-to-2017#history</a></p><p> </p><p>Information relating to FY 2015-16 can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-for-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-conditions-of-grant-for-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Information relating to FY 2014-15 can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-allocations-for-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-allocations-for-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information relating to FY 2013-14 can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/03/2017 13:57:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712417

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the inclusion of citizenship education in Key Stages 3 and 4 of the National Curriculum on understanding of democracy, government and how laws are made and upheld.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	68492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Citizenship programmes of study were revised to focus on the core knowledge of citizenship such as democracy, Government, and how laws are made and upheld. They are designed to prepare pupils to play a full and active part in society. The Department has not made a formal assessment of these changes.</p><p>When inspecting schools, Ofsted considers the breadth and balance of the curriculum, including provision for pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare, as well as their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This includes how pupils develop and demonstrate knowledge and attitudes that will allow them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain. Ofsted have strengthened their inspection frameworks so that inspectors assess how well all schools protect pupils from the risks of extremism and radicalisation, and promote fundamental British values. High quality citizenship teaching can help schools to meet their obligations to protect pupils from radicalisation and promote fundamental British values. It can also help schools build pupils’ resilience to extremism through knowledge of important issue to enable them to question information, weigh arguments, and make reasoned judgments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/03/2017 13:36:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

712419

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to allocate the additional Sport Premium funding announced in Budget 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	68493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>We want all pupils to be healthy and active. This is why since 2013 the government has invested over £600m of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE through the Primary PE and Sport Premium.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in Budget 2016, from September 2017 revenue from the soft drinks industry levy will be used to double the funding for the Premium to £320 million a year, enabling schools to further improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport that they offer.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing how best to allocate the doubled funding for September 2017 onwards, and will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/03/2017 16:30:55 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

712420

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure regional funding equality in the provision of education for children who are in hospital and requiring statutory entitlement to education.
tabling member constituency	Pudsey
tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
uin	68495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>We have been consulting on a national funding formula for high needs, to be implemented in 2018-19. As part of consultation, we have confirmed that for the time being we will continue to distribute funding for the education of children in hospital on the basis of local authorities’ current spending. These amounts are included in the high needs block of the dedicated schools grant that local authorities receive from the Education Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring with representatives from hospital schools and others how to devise a fairer distribution of funding for hospital education in future. In the meantime, we will continue to make any funding adjustments needed from year to year to reflect recent or forthcoming changes in hospital provision for children. The Education Funding Agency is currently finalising the hospital education adjustments that will be included in local authorities’ dedicated schools grant allocations for 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/03/2017 16:32:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

712421

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average pupil to teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	68496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the average pupil to teacher ratio in state funded primary and state funded secondary schools in York and England[1] as reported by schools in each year in November from 2011 to 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011<strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>21.9</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>25.4[3]</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>25.9</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] the england figures are calculated by dividing the total fte number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of teachers in schools in each year. where schools are not open on census day, for both the school workforce census (november), and the school census (january) they are excluded. schools that do not provide either pupil or teacher figures are also excluded. see school workforce census methodology document for further information: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/533496/SFR21_2016_Methodology.pdf" target="_blank">methodology: sfr21/2016</a></p><p>[2] figures prior to 2011 are not available in a comparable format.</p><p>[3] this figure is based on 50 out of the 52 open schools in york in 2013. all other figures for york are based on the full set of schools that were open at the time.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/03/2017 13:43:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

712422

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that students taking reformed A-Level courses have access to resources and revision material to prepare for exams.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Access to resources and revision material to help pupils prepare for exams is a matter for schools and colleges. It is for teachers and schools to decide which resources to use or recommend to their pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/03/2017 16:49:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712423

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the availability of resources and revision materials to students taking reformed A-Level courses.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/03/2017 14:15:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712424

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
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 4 March 2017 to Question 65639, on Department for Education: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within her Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The below EU agencies are within this Department's remit<em>. </em></p><p>This Department engages with a range of stakeholders. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.</p><p> </p><p>- European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).</p><p>- European Training Foundation (ETF).</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/03/2017 13:07:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712425

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department has made available to schools, colleges and universities to provide access to mental health services to students (a) throughout the academic year and (b) at exam times.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing is a priority for this Government and we know that schools, colleges and universities can play an important role in promoting good mental wellbeing at all times during the academic cycle.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To support schools we have provided a range of information, support, advice and guidance. This includes guidance on how to ensure school-based counselling services achieve the best outcomes for all students, including vulnerable children and young people <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools</a>; guidance on teaching about mental health within their PSHE curriculum <a href="http://www.pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-resources?ResourceTypeID=3" target="_blank">www.pshe-association.org.uk/curriculum-and-resources?ResourceTypeID=3</a>; and providing teachers with access to free on-line support on a range of mental health issues via MindEd <a href="http://www.minded.org.uk" target="_blank">www.minded.org.uk</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However schools and colleges are not mental health specialists and need support from mental health services. Many schools and college already work closely with local services. To help develop these links further we are extending our joint training pilot for education and mental health professionals in up to 1200 more schools and colleges across 20 areas.</p><p> </p><p>We are also undertaking a programme of randomised control trials of promising preventative programmes that support positive mental health, as well as launching a programme of activity on peer support. In addition, we are working closely with the Department of Health, which is funding the provision of ‘Mental Health First Aid’ training to all secondary schools over the next 3 years.</p><p> </p><p>Higher Education Institutions are autonomous bodies, independent from the Government. There is a great deal of guidance and support available to institutions, and many offer advice and counselling services and adopt local systems to help identify students who may be finding it hard to cope. The Universities UK’s ‘Wellbeing in Higher Education’ programme focuses on the need for a whole university approach to mental health and wellbeing. This programme is already underway, working in partnership with Public Health England, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, expert voices from student services and activist charities such as Student Minds.</p><p> </p><p>Examinations are an important part of education and a vital stepping-stone to future success in life, whatever route young people choose to take. Excellent teaching is the key to ensuring pupils feel fully prepared and ready for exams, and schools should have strong pastoral support in place to help pupils deal with any worries they might have throughout the year. Teachers know when young people are doing well and if there is an issue, and they are best placed to work with young people and their families to respond to signs of stress and to help them access the appropriate support.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/03/2017 16:40:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris