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1416047

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were permanently excluded from (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools in (i) Oxford, (ii) Oxfordshire, (iii) South East England and (iv) England as a proportion of the total number of pupils in each school in the 2020-21 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Information on the numbers and rates of permanent exclusions and suspensions is available in the national statistics release “Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England.” This can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england</a>.</p><p>The release includes data at national, regional, local authority, local authority district and school level. Data is not yet available for the academic year 2020-21, as this is due to be published in July 2022. Tables relating to 2019-20 giving the number and rate of permanent exclusions and suspensions by school type have been produced using the ‘create tables’ tool at the following links:</p><ul><li>Oxfordshire, South East and England: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ce18be44-a5aa-4e3f-ba27-34e5d9e5a38a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ce18be44-a5aa-4e3f-ba27-34e5d9e5a38a</a></li><li>Oxford: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/48f9a035-9123-477e-8249-aae4b0ca3ed3" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/48f9a035-9123-477e-8249-aae4b0ca3ed3</a></li></ul><p>The attached table shows the average length of suspensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 110570 110571 question first answered 02/02/2022 12:58:54 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 110569_110570_110571_avarage_length_of_exclusions.pdf title Exclusions
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1416049

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
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 pupils on roll have been suspended from (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) special schools in (i) Oxford, (ii) Oxfordshire, (iii) South East England and (iv) England in the 2020-21 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Information on the numbers and rates of permanent exclusions and suspensions is available in the national statistics release “Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England.” This can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england</a>.</p><p>The release includes data at national, regional, local authority, local authority district and school level. Data is not yet available for the academic year 2020-21, as this is due to be published in July 2022. Tables relating to 2019-20 giving the number and rate of permanent exclusions and suspensions by school type have been produced using the ‘create tables’ tool at the following links:</p><ul><li>Oxfordshire, South East and England: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ce18be44-a5aa-4e3f-ba27-34e5d9e5a38a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ce18be44-a5aa-4e3f-ba27-34e5d9e5a38a</a></li><li>Oxford: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/48f9a035-9123-477e-8249-aae4b0ca3ed3" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/48f9a035-9123-477e-8249-aae4b0ca3ed3</a></li></ul><p>The attached table shows the average length of suspensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 110569 110571 question first answered 02/02/2022 12:58:54 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 110569_110570_110571_avarage_length_of_exclusions.pdf title Exclusions
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1416050

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of average length of time of pupil suspensions in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, and (c) special schools in (i) Oxford, (ii) Oxfordshire, (iii) South East England, and (iv) England in (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	110571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Information on the numbers and rates of permanent exclusions and suspensions is available in the national statistics release “Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England.” This can be found at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england</a>.</p><p>The release includes data at national, regional, local authority, local authority district and school level. Data is not yet available for the academic year 2020-21, as this is due to be published in July 2022. Tables relating to 2019-20 giving the number and rate of permanent exclusions and suspensions by school type have been produced using the ‘create tables’ tool at the following links:</p><ul><li>Oxfordshire, South East and England: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ce18be44-a5aa-4e3f-ba27-34e5d9e5a38a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ce18be44-a5aa-4e3f-ba27-34e5d9e5a38a</a></li><li>Oxford: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/48f9a035-9123-477e-8249-aae4b0ca3ed3" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/48f9a035-9123-477e-8249-aae4b0ca3ed3</a></li></ul><p>The attached table shows the average length of suspensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 110569 110570 question first answered 02/02/2022 12:58:54 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 110569_110570_110571_avarage_length_of_exclusions.pdf title Exclusions
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364029

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has been received representations from local authorities requesting powers to compel schools to take on pupils who are out of school.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>All children are entitled to an efficient full-time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>If it appears to the local authority that a child of compulsory school age is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, then they have the power to begin procedures for issuing a school attendance order. The order will name a school at which the parent is required to register their child.</p><p>Where a pupil is not regularly attending school, local authorities and schools have a range of measures they can put in place to support school attendance.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, local authorities made three requests for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to issue a direction to comply with a school attendance order for academy schools. None of these requests resulted in a direction to admit. The time taken to issue a decision on these cases ranged from 4 days to 63 days, owing to the complexity of the individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 64719 64720 question first answered 04/11/2021 15:18:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364030

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average response time from his Department is to local authorities that have requested powers to compel schools to take on pupils who are out of school.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>All children are entitled to an efficient full-time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>If it appears to the local authority that a child of compulsory school age is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, then they have the power to begin procedures for issuing a school attendance order. The order will name a school at which the parent is required to register their child.</p><p>Where a pupil is not regularly attending school, local authorities and schools have a range of measures they can put in place to support school attendance.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, local authorities made three requests for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to issue a direction to comply with a school attendance order for academy schools. None of these requests resulted in a direction to admit. The time taken to issue a decision on these cases ranged from 4 days to 63 days, owing to the complexity of the individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 64718 64720 question first answered 04/11/2021 15:18:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1364031

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many successful requests there have been from local authorities for powers to compel schools to take on pupils who are out of school.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	64720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>All children are entitled to an efficient full-time education which is suitable to their age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs they may have.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children in their area who are of compulsory school age but are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school.</p><p>If it appears to the local authority that a child of compulsory school age is not receiving suitable education, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise, then they have the power to begin procedures for issuing a school attendance order. The order will name a school at which the parent is required to register their child.</p><p>Where a pupil is not regularly attending school, local authorities and schools have a range of measures they can put in place to support school attendance.</p><p>In the 2020/21 academic year, local authorities made three requests for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, to issue a direction to comply with a school attendance order for academy schools. None of these requests resulted in a direction to admit. The time taken to issue a decision on these cases ranged from 4 days to 63 days, owing to the complexity of the individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 64718 64719 question first answered 04/11/2021 15:18:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1281993

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Remote Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have (a) started and (b) completed courses available in The Skills Toolkit online learning platform since it was launched on 28 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	145872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>As of 27 December 2020, there have been an estimated 138,000 course registrations and 25,000 course completions. These are experimental statistics and further information can be found in the official statistical release of 28 January 2021 in the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2020-21" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2020-21</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 03/02/2021 10:13:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1281994

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Remote Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of The Skills Toolkit and (b) potential effect of that toolkit on improving the (i) employability, (ii) digital skills and (iii) maths skills of learners.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	145873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The digital, numeracy and work readiness skills we have chosen to focus on are the skills that everyone needs to thrive in the 21st Century and ones that evidence suggests are increasingly in demand across almost all sectors and occupations. In deciding which specific courses to offer we have spoken to a range of employers.[1]</p><p>We have prioritised high-quality short courses that are free for learners to access online. The digital and numeracy skills we have chosen to focus on are the skills that everyone needs to thrive in the 21st Century and ones that evidence suggests are increasingly in demand across almost all sectors and occupations.[1]</p><p>[1] The Employer Skills Survey 2016 found a third of employers identifying digital skills lacking among applications. Research commissioned by DCMS in June 2019 identified 75% of job openings at each level request digital skills. This is backed up by a report conducted for the Industrial Strategy Council last year, which identified at the current rate there will be 5 million people with an acute basic digital skills need by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 03/02/2021 10:22:45 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1281995

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Remote Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money from the public purse has been allocated to The Skills Toolkit online learning platform in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	145874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The cost allocated to The Skills Toolkit since it was announced in April 2020 is £952,000. This is all within this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 03/02/2021 10:26:46 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1281997

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Remote Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department collects data on the protected characteristics of those who have completed courses via The Skills Toolkit online learning platform; and if he will place a copy of an aggregate, non-disclosive summary of this data in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	145875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>The department does not collect data on the protected characteristics of those who have completed courses via The Skills Toolkit online learning platform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 03/02/2021 10:16:53 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds