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417477

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Education Funding Agency did not consult all relevant partners when purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Consultation with any partners or tenants is a matter for the vendor of the building rather than the Education Funding Agency as purchasers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417478

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Education Funding Agency became involved in purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham; what price they paid for the building; and who received the purchase monies.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency first visited the property and began negotiations on 8 July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The purchase price was £1,500,000 (exclusive of VAT).</p><p>The vendor, Birmingham Metropolitan College, received the purchase monies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:05:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417479

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Department is responsible for ensuring that the project regarding the change of ownership and function of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham, complies with financial rules under the European Regional Development Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) was not party to the original funding agreement with the European Regional Development Fund and therefore ensuring relevant consultation and compliance is a matter for the vendor rather than the purchaser.</p><p><br> EFA legal team confirmed that the title contained no caution or charge in respect of the European Regional Development Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417480

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions took place, and with which organisations, about the proposal to lift the restrictive covenants regarding community access in respect of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The property was purchased subject to restrictions on title relating to community access. No restrictive covenants regarding community access have been removed or amended and therefore no consultation was necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417481

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguarding arrangements are in place for the free school that will operate in part of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>All schools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. Ofsted has completed a pre-registration inspection at this school and advised that this school is likely to meet all the independent school standards when it opens, including those relating to the welfare, health and safety of its pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Trust is preparing a management plan so that the school will be able to operate independently from the other occupants in the premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The September 2015 pupil intake will be located on the second floor which is not co-habited by others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:20 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

392075

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria will be used to assess the quality of new providers that take over schools that convert to academy status; and whether they plan to publish the criteria.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL1830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2015 answer text <p>To be approved as an academy sponsor, applicants go through a rigorous assessment process and are required to demonstrate that they have the skills and expertise to help under-performing schools improve rapidly. Outcomes of all applications are determined by the relevant Regional Schools Commissioner, advised by their Head Teacher Board of outstanding school leaders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2015 11:34:06 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

392076

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have retained the right to consultation for foundation and voluntary schools that are subject to academy orders as a result of low education standards.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL1831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2015 answer text <p>The Education and Adoption Bill does not retain the requirement for consultation about whether a school should become an academy for foundation and voluntary schools that have a foundation and are subject to Academy orders as a result of having been judged Inadequate by Ofsted. We are, however, requiring that for such foundation and voluntary schools the Secretary of State must consult on who she proposes should run the academy. This consultation must be with the trustees of the school, the foundation and, where the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body.</p><p> </p><p>For schools that have failed and been judged Inadequate by Ofsted, there should be no debate about whether transformation via academy conversion is needed and urgent action is required. But we also accept the importance of protecting the ethos of schools, and recognise that this is particularly important where the school has a religious character. We anticipate that all those concerned with foundation and voluntary schools, in particular Dioceses, will work closely with Regional Schools Commissioners to agree the best academy solutions for any of their schools that are failing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2015 11:34:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

392077

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the current performance data held by the Department for Education and its agencies, what estimate they have made of the number of (1) primary, and (2) secondary, schools that are likely to fall into the category of coasting.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL1832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2015 answer text <p>No school will be identified as coasting until the end of 2016, when there is data available for three years, 2014, 2015 and 2016. A school will only be deemed to be coasting when its performance data falls below the coasting level in each of the three previous years. The coasting level for 2016 will be based on the new primary and secondary accountability measures to be introduced in 2016 and will be set in 2016 once the impact of these changes is known. For these reasons it is not possible to provide an accurate forecast of the number of coasting schools, but the department estimates that numbers will be in the hundreds.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2015 11:35:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

392078

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether in all circumstances warning notices will be issued to schools prior to an academy order being issued; and what is the estimated cost for a single school academy conversion.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL1833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2015 answer text <p>The Education and Adoption Bill proposes that swift action will be taken when a school is judged inadequate by Ofsted. Under the Bill an academy order would be made without first issuing a warning notice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a school meets the new Education and Adoption Bill definition of coasting, it will automatically become eligible for intervention without the need for a warning notice. Becoming eligible for intervention in this way will not necessarily mean the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) will issue an academy order. Schools may have the capacity to improve and, where this is sufficient, they will be given the opportunity to demonstrate such improvement. Under the Bill, RSCs will be able to intervene where a coasting school does not have sufficient capacity to improve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some of these schools may require additional support and challenge, which RSCs can help to provide, for example from National Leaders of Education. Where necessary RSCs will also be able to progress academisation for these schools, bringing in new leadership where it is needed. In other cases of underperformance, the school may be issued with a warning notice. Where there is failure to comply with a warning notice an academy order may be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Costs vary according to type of project, and it would be very difficult to provide an average cost per academy based on total spent and number of academies opened.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2015 11:42:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

392079

registered interest
date	22/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to give the Secretary of State the power to delegate decisions on academy orders to regional schools commissioners; and if so, whether this will be done by secondary legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL1834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2015 answer text <p>It is not necessary to give the Secretary of State any power to delegate decisions on academy orders to Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs). RSCs already exercise the powers and duties of the Secretary of State. This will continue when, subject to the will of Parliament, the powers and duties in the Education and Adoption Bill take effect. For instance, RSCs will exercise the duty to make an Academy order in respect of any maintained school judged to be Inadequate by Ofsted.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 31/07/2015 11:42:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig