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64917

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the form requested. Reports on the performance of Departments in handling correspondence from hon. Members and peers are published by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General each year and include numbers of letters to which Ministers reply. The report for the calendar year 2013 (Official Report 13 May 2014, 17WS) shows that 16,898 such letters were received by Department for Education Ministers. Most correspondence from hon. Members continues to be received as letters and is replied to in the same format, although Ministers will continue to reply in email form when they consider it appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 203526 question first answered 07/07/2014 10:12:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

64921

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to adopt a child.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Major reforms in the Children and Families Act 2014 are helping to speed up the legal adoption process for children in England, support quicker matching and ensure earlier placement of children with foster families who may go on to adopt them. Adoption scorecards were introduced in 2012 and are driving improvements locally. We implemented a new adopter approval process last year and under this new process prospective adopters can now be approved in just six months. New training materials and other tools have been developed by the College of Social Work and Research in Practice to improve the skills of social workers so they are better placed to quickly judge what is best for each child. In 2012-13, the number of adopters was 34% up on the year before.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2014 15:28:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

64923

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the impact on school budgets in 2016-17 of planned changes in pension and national insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	203204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's position on the change in employer contribution rate for the Teachers' Pension Scheme was published in the Teachers' Pension Scheme Valuation Report (Actuarial Valuation as at 31 March 2012), which is available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324305/TPS_2012_valuation_report_FINAL_9_June_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324305/TPS_2012_valuation_report_FINAL_9_June_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The position for non-teaching staff is less clear-cut as they are covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme, which consists of around 90 different funds, and thus the change in employer costs as a result of recent reforms will vary from fund to fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The expected changes in National Insurance for employers as a result of moves to a single tier state pension were set out in the impact assessments for Pensions Act 2014, which are available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/07/2014 16:27:37 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

64928

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children in England starting primary school in September 2014 who have received a place at their first choice school.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of children made an offer of their first choice school for England has recently been published as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014'. This is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:50:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

64929

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are involved in the Challenge the Gap scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>To date, 99,755 children have taken part in the Challenge the Gap project.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:53:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

64930

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) England and (b) Birmingham are taking part in the Challenge the Gap scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>In its first two years, the Challenge the Gap programme has reached 150 schools, of which 84 are primary schools. 16 schools in Birmingham are involved in the programme, 11 of which are primary schools.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:58:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

65124

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 23 June 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on children: social services, and with reference to clause 71 of the Deregulation Bill, whether the Government intends to maintain the requirement for all third-party social work providers to register with Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	203439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Deregulation Bill contains provisions that would remove the requirement for providers of social work services to register with Ofsted.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/07/2014 15:25:09 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

65125

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
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 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 227W, on teachers: veterans, how many people joined the Troops to Teachers programme from start of the training scheme in September 2013 following its launch in June 2013; and how many people joined the scheme through the earlier pilot programme.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Following the Secretary of State's announcement in June 2013, the Troops to Teachers training programme commenced in January 2014 with 41 service leavers. There was no pilot programme prior to this.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:19:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65186

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 steps they will take to ensure that local authorities prevent free schools and academies from adopting unfair and arbitrary admissions procedures.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Academy schools, including free schools, are required by their funding agreements to comply with the School Admissions Code when setting their admission arrangements. The Code is clear that the criteria they use to decide the allocation of school places must be ‘fair, clear and objective'.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who considers that these schools' admission arrangements are unlawful or do not comply with the Code can object to the Schools Adjudicator. An adjudicator's determination of an objection is binding and enforceable on the school concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The Code requires local authorities to object to any non-compliant admission arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/07/2014 14:57:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

65187

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for grammar schools to change their admissions procedures to increase the uptake of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers. Grammar schools and the highest performing non-selective schools currently have some of the lowest representations of children eligible for free school meals in England. We want to encourage all high performing schools, including grammar schools to do more to attract and support disadvantaged children.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is working with the Grammar Schools Heads Association to develop a programme to:</p><p> </p><p>a. support those grammar schools that are academies and that are considering giving admissions priority to pupils eligible for free school meals;</p><p> </p><p>b. introduce entrance tests that more accurately measure a child's potential and thus avoid the need for prior coaching; and</p><p> </p><p>c. work with local primary schools to raise standards for deprived children and increase parental engagement.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/07/2014 15:05:28 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey