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1058869

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date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he made of the effect on people's access to religiously neutral schools of his policy of funding a new round of religiously selective and voluntary aided schools; and whether prior to forming that policy he estimated the number of (a) people living in areas where the only reasonably accessible state school is faith-based and (b) children who put a faith school as their first choice who are prohibited entry to that school on the basis of faith.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	219380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The voluntary aided (VA) scheme will provide additional good school places where they are needed and where there is demand for a particular type of provision. VA schools may be designated with a religious character or not. The scheme is open to providers of all faiths and none.</p><p>In deciding which projects to fund, we will take into account the levels of need and parental demand. We will also look at how the school, once open, will be welcoming and address the needs of pupils from all faiths and none, and from different backgrounds and communities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have responsibility for deciding whether or not to approve proposals to establish VA schools, and will make such decisions in light of their statutory duty to ensure sufficient schools for their areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/02/2019 17:39:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1056715

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the further education review restructuring facility has been allocated to (a) sixth form colleges and (b) FE colleges in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>From 1 April 2016 to 31 January 2019, the total allocation of restructuring facility funding in England is approximately £470 million. The total spend so far is approximately £290 million.</p><p>Of the total allocation of £470 million, up to £435 million has been allocated for general further education colleges (including partnerships with universities), up to £25 million has been allocated for mergers between general further education colleges and sixth form colleges and up to £10 million for conversion of sixth form colleges to academy status.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2019 09:22:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1051339

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the regulations and guidance on Relationship Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education will be available for schools by July 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	214530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the consultation which closed in November 2018, the Department is currently finalising the regulations and guidance for the new subjects of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education.</p><p>The Department plans to publish the Government response to the consultation in Spring 2019 and lay the regulations for debate in Parliament. Once the regulations have completed the Parliamentary process, they will be available to schools and other stakeholders along with the final guidance.</p><p>Schools will be encouraged and supported to start teaching the new subjects from September 2019 on a voluntary basis, and will then be required to do so from September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/02/2019 17:37:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas