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795947

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary for State for Education, with reference to paragraph 1.95 of the Budget 2016, how much has been allocated on the policies listed in that paragraph in financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	116262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Budget 2016 announced funding for a number of programmes linked to the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium has been doubled to £320 million for academic year 2017/18. Funding for the premium is paid in academic years, with 7/12ths of the funding paid in the autumn term and the remaining 5/12ths in the summer term. In financial year 2017-18 £95 million will be provided from the soft drinks industry levy.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We published an invitation to tender on the 16 October 2017 indicating that we are investing £26 million from the levy over the next three years to expand breakfast club provision. The expectation is that £1 million funding will be provided in 2017-18 to the breakfast club programme.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We announced in February 2017 the healthy pupils’ capital programme will build on the government’s plans for schools to provide a longer school day by changing the focus of the scheme to provide new facilities or improve existing ones to make it easier for a range of extra-curricular activities to be provided. Funding for the healthy pupils capital fund will be provided in 2018-19.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2017 13:45:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

797423

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of average class sizes in Coventry South constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	116386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state-funded schools in England are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>A national summary of average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the national tables document for each year, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2, where appropriate, and overall is available via opening the underlying tables document for each year then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’. The figures can be filtered by parliamentary constituency, school phase and local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2017 17:51:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

797471

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students who have undergone teacher training have still been teaching by the start of the second year of their teaching career in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	116434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of final year postgraduate trainee teachers who were awarded qualified teacher status, and the number and proportion of those who reported being in a teaching post within 6 months of qualifying, is available in Table 5 of the ‘initial teacher training performance profiles: 2015 to 2016’ statistical first release, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data relates to academic year 2015/16 and Table 5b of the publication includes time-series data back to academic year 2006/07.</p><p> </p><p>The retention rates for teachers who qualified in each year are publically available in Table 8 of the ‘School Workforce in England: November 2016’ statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2017 17:55:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

797486

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the immigration skills charge on the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	116449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>We have not assessed the effect of the charge on individual sectors. The cost will depend on whether employers choose to use the Tier 2 route. It will also vary depending on the number of Certificates of Sponsorship employers choose to assign, whether they pay the standard or reduced rate, and the length of time an employer chooses to employ a worker for.</p><p>We are monitoring the operation of the charge and will review the policy following its first year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/12/2017 15:23:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

797551

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much public funding has been spent on the schools efficiency taskforce; how many people that taskforce employs; how many schools that taskforce has visited; how much efficiency savings that taskforce has found; what estimate she has made of the savings that taskforce will make in the future; and whether she plans to undertake an assessment of the value for money of that taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	116514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>In July 2017 we announced an additional £1.3 billion for schools and high needs across 2018-19 and 2019-20; in addition to the schools’ budget set at Spending Review 2015. This means funding per pupil for schools and high needs will be maintained in real terms for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside our substantial investment, we are committed to helping schools maximise efficiencies. As part of this support and where appropriate, we will provide efficiency experts to schools. This additional support will be focused on providing practical advice to maximise efficiencies. These experts will start working with schools in early 2018 as part of our initial pilot. This pilot will allow us to better assess the impact of the support going forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2017 17:34:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

797612

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a strategy to increase the proportion of male employees in the early years sector.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Following publication of the Early Years Workforce Strategy, we have set up a task and finish group of early years sector stakeholders to consider gender diversity in the sector in more depth. The group is in its early stages and more information will be available as work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2017 16:26:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

797613

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academies in England are currently awaiting a transfer to another trust.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	116576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>I am unable to reveal the names of academies awaiting transfer to another trust. We are committed to transparency, but this should not undermine the process of rebrokering by exacerbating any uncertainty. Where transfers do happen, these are announced as soon as possible and when appropriate, so that transfers can happen smoothly and in the best interests of pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2017 17:26:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

797614

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the longest period is that an academy has waited for a transfer to another trust since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	116577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2017 15:57:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

797625

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the average pay in early years settings on their ability to fill vacancies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not set pay and conditions for early years professionals employed in private and voluntary sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data we have on the early years sector and pay is from the 2016 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers Statistical First Release (SFR). The accompanying research report, which is more detailed than the SFR, is available here (the section on '<em>Childcare staff pay in group-based and school-based providers</em>' can be found on pages 69-72):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593965/SFR09_2017_Research_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593965/SFR09_2017_Research_Report.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are responsible for staff recruitment. We do not hold data on unfilled vacancies. The Early Years Workforce strategy published in March 2017 is intended to support the early years sector to remove barriers to attracting, retaining and developing the early years workforce.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2017 16:32:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

797635

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer on 28 November 2017 to Question 115556, Pre-school education: apprentices, how many and what proportion of apprenticeship starts (a) were completed and (b) remain employed in the early years sector.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of apprenticeships who completed their course is outlined below. The percentage of sustained employment rate for learners that completed an apprenticeship in ‘Child Development and Well Being’ is also provided:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Completions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sustained <br> Employment Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Provision Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Apprenticeship</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td><td><p>9,130</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intermediate Apprenticeship</p></td><td><p>5,220</p></td><td><p>5,290</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes Study</em></p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; percentages are rounded to the nearest percent.</li><li>Data are based on Individualised Learner Record data linked to the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs data to observe benefit and employment activity, and include learners who may not have been employed in the same sector in which they achieved their apprenticeship.</li><li>Data refer to learners completing training up to the 2014/15 academic year – the most recent year for which outcome measures are available.</li><li>To be reported in sustained employment, learners must be in paid employment as recorded in Pay-As-You-Earn records in five out of six months between October and March in the following academic year or have returned a self-assessment form stating that they have received income from self-employment during that financial year.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Figures come from Official Statistics published on Outcome Based Success Measures available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655142/FE_learners___national__provider__and_geography_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655142/FE_learners___national__provider__and_geography_tables.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/12/2017 15:48:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin