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1055786

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date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Ashford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has in place for increasing secondary school places in Ashford after 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	217426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>There are 21,211 more school places in Kent than there were in 2010 - as part of our drive to create a million more school places this decade, the largest expansion for at least two generations.</p><p>Local authorities are under a statutory duty to ensure that there is a school place available for every child, and the Department provides basic need funding for every place that local authorities tell us they need. Kent has received £246 million to provide new school places from 2011-2018, and has been allocated a further £52 million from 2018-2021. Capital funding for education beyond the current period will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/02/2019 16:40:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1055800

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to special needs provision in schools in Barnsley; and what the average allocation was for schools in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide mainstream schools with sufficient funds to enable them to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the dedicated schools grant. While authorities will identify a notional special educational needs (SEN) budget for each school within the school’s overall budget, that notional budget is not ring-fenced, and schools are expected to manage their overall budget to best meet the needs of all their pupils, including pupils with SEN.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and all funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next, bringing Barnsley’s total high needs funding to £22.2 million in 2018-19.</p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for Barnsley since 2014-15 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£126.9 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£132.1 million</p></td><td><p>£18.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£133.7 million</p></td><td><p>£18.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£137.4 million</p></td><td><p>£21.5 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£142.9 million</p></td><td><p>£22.2 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As funding for special needs in mainstream schools’ budgets is not ring-fenced, the information on how much top-up funding Barnsley Council has allocated to the schools in Barnsley is not held centrally. It is not possible to provide a meaningful comparison of the average allocation for special needs provision in schools in Barnsley and England.</p><p>However, it is possible for Barnsley Council to compare their high needs spending with that of other local authorities using our high needs benchmarking tool which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-strategic-planning-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-strategic-planning-fund</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/02/2019 16:45:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1055820

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
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 increase the number of specialist teachers for deaf children.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	217457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>I am determined that all children and young people, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, receive the support they need to achieve the success they deserve.</p><p>I met with the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) on 21 November to find out more about their concerns and officials are engaging directly with NDCS to better understand the issues raised regarding the number of teachers of the deaf.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/02/2019 16:42:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1055836

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria EU citizens will have to fulfil to be eligible for postgraduate funding in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	217528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018 we announced guarantees on student finance for EU nationals. These guarantees apply in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. EU nationals (and their family members) who start a course in England in the 2019/20 academic year or before will continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status, undergraduate and postgraduate financial support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course provided they meet the existing residency requirement.</p><p>For postgraduate loans, EU nationals must have resided in the European Economic Area or Switzerland for the 3 years prior to the start of their course. The purpose of that 3 year residency should not have been mainly for the purpose of receiving full time education.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/02/2019 17:26:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1055839

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will establish a service for EU citizens in the UK to obtain advice on their (a) educational status and (b) eligibility for funding support.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	217529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>I know that students, staff and providers are concerned about what EU exit means for study and collaboration opportunities. To help give certainty, we have given guarantees on student finance for EU nationals who start a course in England in 2019/20 academic year or before.</p><p>The department will continue to work closely with the Student Loans Company to ensure that students, including EU nationals, and institutions have the information they need on access to student finance support in England in good time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/02/2019 17:22:14 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1055841

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU citizens with confirmed places at university will continue to be funded for the duration of their courses in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	217530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>To help give certainty in July 2018 we announced guarantees on student finance for EU nationals.</p><p>These guarantees apply in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal: EU nationals (and their family members) who start a course in England in the 2019/20 academic year or before will continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status and student finance support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course, provided they meet the residency requirement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/02/2019 17:19:05 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1055860

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Overseas Aid
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 January 2019 to Question 208844 on Department for Education: Overseas Aid; if he will set out what specific programmes that funding was spent on.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	217511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The spend figures relate to the provision of education to child and unaccompanied child asylum seekers in the 12 months after they make an asylum claim in the UK. The figures are an estimate of the amount of core schools funding provided to schools in relation to these children.</p><p>The government is clear that in meeting its responsibilities to the world's poorest citizens through its aid commitments, the UK also protects its own security and interests. As set out in the UK's aid strategy, the UK aid budget is used to tackle the great global challenges, from the root causes of mass migration and disease to the threat of terrorism and global climate change, all of which also directly threaten British interests.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2019 17:50:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1055882

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Migration: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides guidance to the writers of educational textbooks on how to present the issue of migration in their books.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	217645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not provide writers of educational textbooks with guidance on the presentation of migration.</p><p> </p><p>Textbook writers can find information on the content of programmes of study for each national curriculum subject, GCSE subject content, and A Level subject content at the following links: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum</a>.</p><p>​<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gcse-subject-content" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/gcse-subject-content</a>. <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gce-as-and-a-level-subject-content" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/gce-as-and-a-level-subject-content</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/02/2019 15:15:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1055924

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a voucher scheme to (a) cover in full or (b) subsidise the costs of school uniforms for children from households whose annual income is less than £16,000.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	217482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>It is for the governing body of a school to decide whether there should be a school uniform policy and if so, what that should be.</p><p>In England, some local authorities (LAs) already provide discretionary grants to help with buying school uniforms. LAs that offer these grants set their own criteria for eligibility. Further, schools can also choose to use the pupil premium funding that they are allocated to help support their disadvantaged pupils to offer subsidies or grants for school uniform; this would be a decision for the school to make.</p><p>The cost of uniform should not act as a barrier to obtaining a good school place. All children should be able to attend a school of their parents’ choice wherever possible. No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to, or attend, a school of their choice.</p><p>The Department’s best-practice guidance advises schools that, in setting their school uniform policy, they should give the highest priority to cost considerations and achieving value for money for parents. The guidance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/02/2019 16:51:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1055940

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Guardianship Orders
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 1 February 2019 to Question 211708, on Special Guardianship Orders, for what reason the Government does not record disruption rates of adoptions and special Guardianship orders, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	217536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of children returning to care who had previously had a permanence arrangement, including adoption and special guardianship, can be found in table C1 of the statistical release ‘Children looked-after in England (including adoption)' for the year ending 31 March 2018 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>The department does not collect or publish information on breakdowns of all adoption orders or all special guardianship orders. This is partly because it is impossible to use available administrative data to link a child’s pre- and post-care histories, as the child’s social care, NHS, and pupil number changes after an adoption order is made. Furthermore, after the making of an adoption order, agencies are under no obligation to keep in touch with adoptive families and some adoptive parents wish to cut ties with Children’s Services. We collect data about children returning to care but where an adoption or special guardianship order is disrupted and the local authority is not working with the family, that data will not be available. Data underpinning previous permanence arrangements as described above is based on self-declaration only.</p><p>A research report ‘Beyond the adoption order’ was published in 2014 and gave a one-off insight into adoption breakdown. It can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/02/2019 12:48:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins