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391754

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the recent change in entry requirements to NVQ Level 3 Childcare on the recruitment of childcare apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	8172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>In July the government announced that trainees wishing to undertake Early Years Educator qualifications, either through an apprenticeship or a standalone course, would be able to study for their GCSE English and Maths alongside their childcare training, rather than being required to hold them on entry to their level 3 course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By increasing access to both apprenticeships and standalone courses, individuals will have greater choice and will be able to take up a course that suits their personal circumstances. The changes have been welcomed by the childcare sector, including membership organisations that represent both childcare businesses and individuals who work in childcare. The expected outcome is that a greater number of trainees will be able to access training and subsequently employment in the childcare sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 07/09/2015 12:22:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

387415

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the amount spent annually by schools on agencies used to recruit teachers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	5477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the income and expenditure of local authorities and schools (including academies) can be found in the Department for Education’s local authority and school finance data publications, available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/07/2015 08:17:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

387013

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) maintained schools and (b) academies did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14,
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	5175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested can be derived from published key stage 4 school performance tables data for 2012[1], 2013[2], 2014[3] and OFSTED data[4].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] File labelled KS4 XLS files at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html</a></p><p>[2] File labelled KS4 XLS files at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html</a></p><p>[3] File labelled KS4 XLS files at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html</a></p><p>[4] File labelled ‘Inspection data for open maintained schools at 31 August 2014 (provisional)’ at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-sep-2013-to-aug-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-sep-2013-to-aug-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/07/2015 16:51:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

387014

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14,
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	5176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of state-funded mainstream schools which did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in 2013-14 is contained within table S2 of the ‘Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2013 to 2014’ publication [1].</p><p>Figures for 2011-12 and 2012-13 are in the Table S2 of the ‘Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: academic year 2011 to 2012’ [2] and ‘GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2012 to 2013 (revised)’ [3].</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a>.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/07/2015 16:52:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

387015

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which were rated good or outstanding did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a below median score for the proportion of students making expected progress in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	5177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The information requested can be derived from published key stage 4 school performance tables data[1] and OFSTED data[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] KS4 XLS file found at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html</a>.</p><p>[2] File labelled ‘Inspection data for open maintained schools at 31 August 2014 (provisional)’ at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-sep-2013-to-aug-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-sep-2013-to-aug-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/07/2015 16:50:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

385537

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
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 12 June 2015 to Question 1083, how much schools spent on recruiting teachers in (a) Sheffield and (b) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	3936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is held by individual schools and not by the department centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/06/2015 15:08:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

385538

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
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 12 June 2015 to Question 1083, how much the Training and Development Agency spent on recruitment in each year from 2010 until it was disbanded in April 2012.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	4144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The information provided in the table below reflects the main spend on recruiting teachers, by the Training and Development Agency, for the financial years 2010/11 and 2011/12.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>ITT financial year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£224,501,000</p></td><td><p>£131,403,000</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This answer relates to recruitment activities. These figures do not however, include funding for the employment-based routes or Troops to Teacher programmes which paid for the training of teachers and subsidised their employment costs. The department does not hold information on the element of spend relating to employment costs which will vary by school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A full breakdown of spend for financial years 2010/11 and 2011/12 can be located in the Training and Development Agency’s published annual report and financial statements online: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229152/0193.pdf</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/06/2015 15:03:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

381433

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
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 9 June 2015 to Question 845, which (a) schools and (b) other bodies will receive part of the £1.4 billion funding.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The £1.4 billion of funding for school condition is distributed through both formulaic allocations (the School Condition Allocations (SCA) and Devolved Formula Capital (DFC)) and the bid based Condition Improvement Fund (CIF); all of which is administered by the Education Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All schools receive DFC allocations. Bodies that are responsible for schools (including local authorities and multi-academy trusts with more than five schools and 3,000 pupils) receive SCA to maintain their schools. A full break-down of the schools and responsible bodies that will receive allocations of funding to maintain and improve the condition of their school buildings in financial year 2015 to 2016 is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those academies not eligible for a formulaic SCA are able to bid into the CIF. A list of the projects that have been approved for CIF in financial year 2015 to 2016 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/condition-improvement-fund</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 24/06/2015 15:19:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

381434

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Closures
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 9 June 2015 to Question 1084, what notice was given by each academy that has closed since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>When the decision to close an academy is made, detailed discussions take place between a range of stakeholders to decide upon the best point in time for provision to cease. These stakeholders include the academy trust, the local authority, other local providers, and the learners themselves. The amount of elapsed time between the notice of closure given by an academy trust and the date of the closure varies on a case by case basis and will be influenced by a range of local factors. The primary concern is always the continued and uninterrupted education of those students affected by the closure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 24/06/2015 15:22:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

381435

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics and Science: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many qualified (a) science and (b) mathematics teachers there are on average per school in each constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/06/2015 14:36:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh