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176067

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Employment Agencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department were employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	222249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not used employment or recruitment agencies to employ any permanent staff onto its payroll since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does, however, use employment agencies for agency and temporary staff. Monthly figures since March 2011 are in the public domain and can be found at: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-department-for-education" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-department-for-education</a>. Cumulative annual data is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 03/02/2015 17:41:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

749378

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to introduce legislative proposals on grammar schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	3327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided on 27 June to Question number 128.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2017 14:47:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

749379

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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 assessment she has made of the effect on the educational outcomes of children of an entrance exam to some state schools at the age of 10 or 11.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	3328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We have not assessed the effects of the entrance exam itself on the educational outcomes of children.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2017 14:48:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

834072

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to answer the letter of 12 June 2017 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on school funding in the Sefton Central constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	125829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson) on 23 June 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/02/2018 17:27:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1196529

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether children returning to school in June 2020 will follow the National Curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	48402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Schools and colleges continue to be best placed to make decisions about how to support and educate all their pupils during this period, based on the local context and staff capacity.</p><p>Where year groups are returning to school, we would expect school leaders and teachers to assess the stage pupils have reached in the school curriculum and the adjustments that may need to be made.</p><p>Schools should do all they can to support pupils attending school as well as those remaining at home, making use of the available remote education support such as Oak National Academy.</p><p>No school will be penalised if they are unable to offer a broad and balanced curriculum to their pupils during this period.</p><p>These are rapidly developing circumstances; we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/06/2020 10:58:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1196526

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Coronavirus
	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 potential merits of increasing the range of workers that should be regarded as key workers for the purposes of giving access to schools for their children during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	48399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has published guidance on critical workers who can access schools or educational settings, which is available here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educational-provision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educational-provision</a>.</p><p>The definition of critical workers remains unchanged.</p><p>As we have made progress in reducing the transmission of COVID-19, we are encouraging all eligible children to attend schools or educational settings, even if parents are able to keep their children at home. This is only where there are no shielding concerns for the child or their household.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/06/2020 16:13:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1218208

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments: Coronavirus
	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 potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on exam results for school students sitting exams in summer 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	65115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>​​This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/07/2020 16:40:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242362

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what payments have been made to schools in (a) Sefton, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West from the covid-19 exceptional costs fund; and when schools that have applied for that funding will receive a decision on their application.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	102063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The first window for schools to claim funding back for exceptional costs due to COVID-19 closed on 21 July. The following payments against claims within the published scope of the fund have been arranged for schools in the named areas for those costs incurred between March to July 2020:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Paid in September 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>To be paid in November 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>£289,962</p></td><td><p>£491,796</p></td><td><p>£781,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,133,315</p></td><td><p>£2,953,468</p></td><td><p>£5,086,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£7,763,083</p></td><td><p>£8,738,090</p></td><td><p>£16,501,173</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Schools also made claims for costs outside of the published scope of the fund and an assessment is currently being undertaken to determine which of these other costs can be reimbursed. We expect to write to schools in November to confirm the outcome of that assessment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup> Schools in the Sefton local authority area.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>2</sup> Schools in the Liverpool, Knowsley, Wirral, St Helens, Sefton and Halton local authority areas.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>3</sup> Schools in the government office region of the North West.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:15:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242365

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Catch-up Premium
	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 how schools are using payments from the Coronavirus catch-up premium.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	102066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced a catch-up package worth £1 billion, including a ‘Catch-Up Premium’ worth a total of £650 million to support schools to make up for lost teaching time. Our expectation is that this funding will be spent on the additional activities required to support children and young people to catch up after a period of disruption to their education. To help schools make the best use of this funding, the Education Endowment Foundation has published a support guide for schools with evidence based approaches to catch up for all students and a further 'school planning guide: 2020-2021'. These are available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/guide-to-supporting-schools-planning/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/guide-to-supporting-schools-planning/</a> and: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/#nav-covid-19-support-guide-for-schools1" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/#nav-covid-19-support-guide-for-schools1</a>.</p><p>Schools are held accountable for the outcomes they achieve with all their funding and this will be no exception. The Department understands that each school will have different needs as a result of this outbreak and we trust school leaders to make the appropriate decisions for their students to ensure that this money is spent wisely.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:23:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242426

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on whether contact tracers are required to follow up cases of covid-19 reported in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	102067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Where a member of staff or child tests positive, contact tracers will ask the individual to provide details of their contacts.</p><p>Staff or the parents of children who test positive should inform their school immediately. The school will then take swift action to ask those who have been in close contact with the confirmed case to self-isolate. Schools can contact the dedicated Public Health England (PHE) advice service via the Department’s own helpline for support on the latest public health advice.</p><p>PHE’s advice service will work with the school to carry out a rapid risk assessment and make recommendations based on the latest public health advice. If, following triage, further expert advice is required, the adviser will escalate the call to the local health protection team.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:27:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson