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754564

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be allocated to PE out of the Healthy Pupil Capitals Programme in England and Wales for 2017 to 2022; what the source of these funds will be; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	6733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State for Education on 17 July, we will invest £100 million from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in 2018-19 for healthy pupils’ capital. The funding will improve school facilities to support a range of healthy pupils’ activities, including PE and sports, after school activities and healthy eating. We are not planning to prescribe a particular amount of this funding to be used exclusively for PE, as we believe the investment should be informed by schools’ local priorities across this wider range of healthy pupils’ activities.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are doubling the Primary PE and School Sport Premium to £320m a year from September 2017 using revenue generated from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 09:58:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

754615

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Cantle Report on education and cohesion in Oldham, published in 2006, how many independent schools have opened since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	6721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2010, 573 independent schools have opened in England, of which 151 have subsequently closed. Since 1 January 2010, five independent schools have opened in Oldham, all of which are still open.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2017 16:18:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

754616

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children who frequently turn up to school not having eaten breakfast.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	6677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry but the department does not collect this data.</p><p>We know how important it is for pupils to get a good start in the morning and eat a healthy breakfast. We are investing in a breakfast club programme as announced in the Childhood Obesity Plan in August 2016. This committed £10 million a year of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to expand breakfast club provision in up to 1,600 schools. Further details of the programme will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/09/2017 14:43:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

754617

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: School Meals
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 the proportion of primary school children who eat a lunch provided by their school.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	6695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not currently collect data on the number of paid for school dinners.</p><p>We do monitor take-up of benefit related free school meals (FSM) and universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) using information taken from the school census. The proportion of compulsory school age pupils claiming benefit related free school meals is 14%. The proportion of eligible infants (excluding those not already eligible for benefit-related FSM) taking a meal under the UIFSM policy is 85.9%.[1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 10:02:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

754618

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to introduce mealtime standards for academies.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	6696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The government encourages all schools to promote healthy eating and provide nutritious and tasty food and drink. The new School Food Standards came into force from January 2015 and have been widely welcomed.</p><p>The standards apply to local authority maintained schools, academies that opened prior to 2010 and academies and free schools entering into a funding agreement from June 2014. We encourage those founded between those dates to use the standards as a guide and sign up voluntarily to show they are following them. To date over 1400 of these academies have signed up voluntarily to the standards, and we encourage the remaining schools to commit to the standards.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 10:21:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

754619

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Headteachers: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the under-representation of women as headteachers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the number of women in headship positions.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we have funded a range of activity to support women to progress in their careers. This includes the Leadership Equality and Diversity Fund, which supports schools to develop local solutions to enable more teachers from under-represented groups, including women, to progress into leadership.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also launched nine regional Women Leading in Education networks, which aim to raise the profile of women in education and offer advice to enable more women to progress into leadership.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, we have launched a Leadership Coaching Pledge, inviting women to develop their leadership through free coaching from other experienced school leaders.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to increase flexible working opportunities for all teachers and will be holding a summit in the autumn to identify ways of overcoming barriers to flexible working in schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/09/2017 07:09:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754620

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Barnsley and (ii) the UK in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	6680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>At local authority level, average class size figures are calculated and published annually for Key Stages 1 and 2, within primary level, for all authorities in England. The most recent figures can be found in local authority and regional table 11 of the statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>. Local authority level data at secondary level is not available.</p><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/09/2017 07:04:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

754621

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people from (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England have graduated from university in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	6674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on enrolments and qualifications obtained at UK higher education institutions is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). More information on HESA is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/</a>.</p><p>The number of qualifiers from higher education courses who were domiciled in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside local authority, the North East region and England prior to study in each year since 2014/15 academic year has been provided in the table.</p><p>Statistics for the 2016/17 academic year will come available from HESA in January 2018.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Higher Education qualifiers by place of domicile prior to study</strong></p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic years 2014/15 to 2015/16</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>England Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td><td><p>20,280</p></td><td><p>452,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>20,715</p></td><td><p>451,075</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DfE analysis of the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s (HESA) Student Record</em></p><p>Notes</p><p>1) Figures are based on the HESA qualifier population.</p><p>2) Qualifiers from both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study.</p><p>3) Figures are rounded to the nearest five.</p><p>4) Parliamentary constituency and local authority is derived from the student's postcode prior to study.</p><p><em><br> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/09/2017 06:47:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

754622

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children was eligible for free school meals in (a) Barnsley and (b) the UK in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	6679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the proportion of children eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The most recent figures can be found in the statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>A table of figures for the last seven years has been provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Proportion of children eligible for free school meals, time series: percentages</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Nursery and primary schools</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Secondary schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>21.3</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>21.5</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>source: school census</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 09:46:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

754623

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance given to primary schools on the implementation of the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	6557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Officials in the Department for Education (DfE) are developing proposals on how the £100 million healthy pupils capital funding will be allocated most effectively to schools. Further information and guidance will be available later this year.</p><p>They work closely with their counterparts from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) across a number of programmes to ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to lead healthy, active lives. DfE officials also regularly meet with a number of national governing bodies of different sports.</p><p>Ministers from DfE, DCMS and the Department of Health meet with stakeholders in a regular ministerial board on school sport.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 6562 question first answered 07/09/2017 09:55:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley