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1079570

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) paid and (b) unpaid overtime hours worked by teachers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	227364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Teachers are not paid overtime as part of the national framework of terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) sets out the terms and conditions, including working hours, of teachers employed in maintained schools in England. The STPCD requires that teachers be available for work on 195 days each year, of which 190 are teaching days (the other five being for INSET); teachers are also required to be available for 1265 hours each year to be allocated reasonably across these days. The 1265 hours make up the directed hours, which are available for headteachers to direct the work of teachers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the directed time, teachers must also work &quot;such reasonable additional hours as may be necessary to enable the effective discharge of the teacher’s professional duties&quot;.</p><p> </p><p>Non-maintained schools, including academies and free schools, are responsible for determining the pay and conditions of their staff themselves. Such schools are not obliged to follow the statutory arrangements set out in the STPCD, although they may still choose to do so if they wish.</p><p>The Department collects robust information about teachers’ working hours in both the Teaching and Learning International Survey and the Teacher Workload Survey, including time spent on teaching and non-teaching activities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2019 16:21:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1079324

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the effect of high levels of air pollution near schools on school children.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	227128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not currently monitor air quality in schools or other educational institutions.</p><p>The Department has recently published guidance (BB101) on achieving good indoor air quality in new and refurbished schools. Outdoor air quality is the responsibility of local authorities who should prepare air quality action plans to ensure that the level of pollutants is reduced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/03/2019 16:14:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1079379

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: 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 26 February 2019 to Question 222633 on Pre-School Education: Closures, what is involved in the network of English hubs in which there will be a £26 million investment.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	227098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has so far appointed 32 primary schools across England to become English Hubs, backed by £26.3 million in funding. These schools, all with a background of excellent systematic synthetic phonics, are distributed across the country to benefit the areas that most need support. Each hub will identify specialist literacy teachers who will receive additional training as experts in teaching in early language and reading from reception year to key stage 1. Each hub is already holding events with local primary schools and over time each will work with up to 170 of them and build a network of excellent phonics teaching in every region.</p><p> </p><p>Through this work, the network of English Hubs will increase reading standards across the country and improve educational outcomes, including for the most disadvantaged children, particularly in underperforming schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/03/2019 16:34:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1079380

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Disadvantaged
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 26 February 2019 to Question 222633 on Pre-School Education: Closures, if he will list £20 million investment in training and professional development for pre-reception early years’ staff in disadvantaged areas by (a) region and (b) local authority.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	227099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Please see the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/03/2019 16:09:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 227099_table_of_regions_and_local_authorities_selected.pdf title 227099_Regions_and_local_authorities_selected
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1079388

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Mansfield
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 the number of secondary school school places that will be required in Mansfield in each year to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	227164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed £7 billion of funding for school places between 2015 and 2021, on top of investment in the free schools programme. The school system is on track to create 1 million places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations.</p><p>The Department collects pupil forecasts, existing school capacities, and plans to deliver additional school places from each local authority via the annual school capacity survey. Information from local authorities, together with information on centrally funded projects to add places, such as new free schools, is used to produce estimates of the future need for school places.</p><p>The latest available estimates show that the 20 secondary planning areas within Nottinghamshire may require an additional 997 secondary school places by 2023/24 in order to meet forecast demand, of which Mansfield Secondary planning area may require 82 additional secondary school places.</p><p>The latest published data held relates to the position in the 2016/17 academic year and includes secondary forecasts to 2023/24. Data for the 2017/2018 academic year are due to be published on 28 March 2019.</p><p>Basic need allocations are based upon data supplied by local authorities themselves so there should be no shortfall between the number of places local authorities report they need to create, and the number the Department is funding.</p><p>Table 1: <br>Forecast secondary places needed in Nottinghamshire by planning area (modelled estimates)[1], [2]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Secondary Planning Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nottinghamshire Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>418</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>628</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>676</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>897</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arnold Secondary</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe North Secondary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe South Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlton Secondary</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Leake Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gedling Secondary</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harworth/Bircotes Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hucknall Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkby/Sutton Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainworth Secondary</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retford Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe East Secondary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe Secondary</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selston Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwell Secondary</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warsop Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Bridgford Secondary</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worksop Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number; therefore do not add up to the sum total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The data provide a snapshot in time at 1 May 2017. Currently, most forecasts continue to increase into the future whereas plans to create places is generally reported more strongly in the immediate future, since only places for which there are firm plans are included. The places needed will therefore naturally grow with time.</p><p>[2] Further information can be found in the place planning tables at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/03/2019 17:56:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1079408

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) people on teacher training courses are trained in dealing with children with additional learning needs and (b) sufficient on-going training is offered to qualified teachers to ensure that an adequate level of training is maintained.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Initial teacher training (ITT) providers must design their courses to enable trainees to meet The Teachers’ Standards. These Standards set out the key elements of effective teaching and the minimum expectations for professional practice. In order to become a qualified teacher, trainees must satisfy the Standards, which include a requirement that they have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, and are able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published the Framework of Core Content for ITT in July 2016 to further support effective training. The Framework advises that, “ITT providers should ensure Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) training is integrated across the ITT programme”. The Department is currently undertaking an audit of SEND provision across ITT providers, which it will use to produce a best practice guide.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 January 2019, the Department published the Recruitment and Retention strategy and the Early Career Framework (ECF). The ECF provides a two-year improved support package for newly qualified teachers, providing them with support they need to help all pupils succeed and widen access for all - including pupils identified within the four areas of need set out in the SEND code of practice.</p><p> </p><p>Schools and headteachers are best placed to make specific decisions about how to support and improve their teachers, but the Department is assisting schools with this through the national network of teaching schools and the Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/03/2019 17:12:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1079436

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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, what recent assessment he has made of the level of asbestos in schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	227031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department started to collect data on asbestos management in schools in 2016. All state-funded schools in England were invited to participate in the voluntary data collection and 25% responded. In February 2017, the findings were published in a report on GOV.UK. Of those taking part, 83% reported that asbestos was present in their school estate. It should be noted, however, that as this was only a proportion of state-funded schools, the responses may not be representative of all schools,</p><p> </p><p>The Department launched a second data collection, the Asbestos Management Assurance Process, in March 2018. This was launched to help the Department develop a more comprehensive understanding of asbestos management in the school estate. This data collection has just closed, and responses are being analysed. The Department intends to publish the findings from this report in spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>To help local authorities, governing bodies and academy trusts meet their legal duties and manage asbestos effectively, the Department refers to advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Department also published ‘Asbestos Management in Schools’ guidance in February 2017. The HSE advice is clear that if asbestos is unlikely to be damaged or disturbed then it is best managed in situ. Although, the Department is also clear that when asbestos does pose a risk to safety and cannot be effectively managed in situ, it should be removed.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, the Department has allocated £6 billion to those responsible for school buildings and for essential maintenance and improvements, including removing or encapsulating asbestos when it is the safest course of action to do so. In addition, through the Priority School Building Programme, the Department is rebuilding or refurbishing buildings in the worst condition in over 500 schools across the country. Asbestos was a factor in selecting buildings for the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2019 15:54:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1079448

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education and Skills Funding Agency: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when organisations will be able to register on the Education and Skills Funding Agency register of training organisations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	227144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has no current plans to open the register of training organisations, but if this situation changes, the ESFA will publicise this on GOV.UK. It will notify organisations of future procurement opportunities through its e-tendering portal, which can be accessed at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/skills-funding-register-for-opportunities-to-tender" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/skills-funding-register-for-opportunities-to-tender</a>.</p><p>The ESFA has recently opened its Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers to meet the needs of the dynamic, employer led, apprenticeship market. The register of training organisations has not been opened in the same way, as there is no current opportunity for new providers to access funding.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/03/2019 12:11:00 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1078462

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 222632, on Pre-school Education: Closures, what estimate he has made of the number of children with SEND affected by the closure of maintained nursery schools in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	226663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Like all schools, maintained nursery schools (MNS) can close for a wide range of reasons, and closures can happen at any time. Whether a MNS closes or not is a matter for local authorities, and the statutory process for closing a MNS includes consultation with all those who have an interest. The department does not hold information on the reasons for closures.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities who have been affected by MNS closures, as this is also a matter for local authorities. If a MNS does close, the provision that replaces it must be of equal quality, preserve expertise and be more accessible and convenient for parents.</p><p>To ensure that local authorities can allocate places in MNS for the 2019/20 academic year with confidence, I announced on 28 February that the government would extend the supplementary funding paid to local authorities, by approximately £24 million. This enables them to fully-fund MNS for the whole of the 2019/20 academic year. What happens after that will be determined by the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 226664 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:27:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1078463

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 21 February 2019 to Question 222629, on Pre-school Education, for what reasons his Department did not refer to the reasons for the reduction in the number of maintained nursery schools since 2010 in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	226664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Like all schools, maintained nursery schools (MNS) can close for a wide range of reasons, and closures can happen at any time. Whether a MNS closes or not is a matter for local authorities, and the statutory process for closing a MNS includes consultation with all those who have an interest. The department does not hold information on the reasons for closures.</p><p>The department does not hold information on the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities who have been affected by MNS closures, as this is also a matter for local authorities. If a MNS does close, the provision that replaces it must be of equal quality, preserve expertise and be more accessible and convenient for parents.</p><p>To ensure that local authorities can allocate places in MNS for the 2019/20 academic year with confidence, I announced on 28 February that the government would extend the supplementary funding paid to local authorities, by approximately £24 million. This enables them to fully-fund MNS for the whole of the 2019/20 academic year. What happens after that will be determined by the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 226663 question first answered 04/03/2019 16:27:59 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson