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77917

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Academy Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her targets are for improvement at the University Academy, Liverpool; and in what timescale she will require such improvements to be made.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	205793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The responsibility for engaging with parents and staff on improving standards in underperforming academies lies with the sponsor or trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education will intervene in cases where we are concerned that sponsors are not bringing about rapid, sustained educational improvements.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT), which is the sponsor of the University Academy Liverpool (UAL), the Department has already intervened. Officials have been closely monitoring the performance of the sponsor since the publication of examination results in 2013. In April 2014, my noble Friend Lord Nash issued UCAT with a pre-warning notice letter as a result of our overall concerns about the performance of the Trust and our particular concerns about three of its academies, including UAL. The Trust has responded with an action plan to address these issues.</p><p>We do not tolerate underperformance. Where an academy is not making urgent sustained progress, we will work closely with the school and sponsor to secure whatever changes are necessary to make improvements. This might include a change of leadership, or a new partnership with a successful strong academy, sponsor or school.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the situation at UAL closely against its action plan and will not hesitate to intervene further at both school and Trust level if results in 2014 do not improve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205791 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:22:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

77918

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools promote British values.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Academies, free schools and independent schools are already required to encourage pupils to respect fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.</p><p>On 23 June, we launched a consultation on proposed revised standards, which will strengthen this position by requiring these schools actively to promote these values. We expect to have the new standards in place for the start of the next academic year.</p><p>We also plan to issue guidance to maintained schools on promoting fundamental British values, and to ask Ofsted to reinforce those expectations through changes to the inspection framework for maintained schools, academies and free schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 22/07/2014 15:20:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77919

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	IGCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether IGCSE qualifications will be included in 14 to 16 school performance tables after 2016.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	205843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We expect to make an announcement in the near future on how achievements in IGCSEs and other level 1/level 2 certificates will be reflected in key stage 4 performance tables from 2017 onwards, following the first awarding of new GCSEs.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:49:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

77920

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Studio Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many studio colleges have fulfilled the terms of their funding agreements for student recruitment targets.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	205789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Post-opening student recruitment targets are only included in funding agreements for studio schools where there has been concern about potential pupil recruitment prior to the school opening.</p><p>Five studio schools have specific termination clauses relating to post-opening student recruitment targets in their funding agreements. One school closed on 31 August 2013 and another is due to close on 31 August 2014 because they did not fulfil the funding agreement criteria in respect of the pupil recruitment target. Neither school was given an extension of time to meet the target. The other three schools have not yet reached the deadlines for their pupil recruitment targets.</p><p>The majority of studio schools opening in September 2013 and all those due to open in September 2014 have pre-opening targets for student recruitment included in their funding agreements to ensure that the schools will be financially viable upon opening.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205787 205788 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:31:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

77921

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Studio Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many studio colleges that have fallen behind or failed to meet their student recruitment numbers have been given an extension of time to make further progress to achieve the numbers of students set out in their funding agreements; and what the average additional time given to those colleges to recruit enough students to fulfil funding agreement criteria was.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	205787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Post-opening student recruitment targets are only included in funding agreements for studio schools where there has been concern about potential pupil recruitment prior to the school opening.</p><p>Five studio schools have specific termination clauses relating to post-opening student recruitment targets in their funding agreements. One school closed on 31 August 2013 and another is due to close on 31 August 2014 because they did not fulfil the funding agreement criteria in respect of the pupil recruitment target. Neither school was given an extension of time to meet the target. The other three schools have not yet reached the deadlines for their pupil recruitment targets.</p><p>The majority of studio schools opening in September 2013 and all those due to open in September 2014 have pre-opening targets for student recruitment included in their funding agreements to ensure that the schools will be financially viable upon opening.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205788 205789 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:31:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

77922

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Studio Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many studio colleges have fallen behind or failed to meet the levels of student recruitment required for them to meet the terms of their funding agreements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	205788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Post-opening student recruitment targets are only included in funding agreements for studio schools where there has been concern about potential pupil recruitment prior to the school opening.</p><p>Five studio schools have specific termination clauses relating to post-opening student recruitment targets in their funding agreements. One school closed on 31 August 2013 and another is due to close on 31 August 2014 because they did not fulfil the funding agreement criteria in respect of the pupil recruitment target. Neither school was given an extension of time to meet the target. The other three schools have not yet reached the deadlines for their pupil recruitment targets.</p><p>The majority of studio schools opening in September 2013 and all those due to open in September 2014 have pre-opening targets for student recruitment included in their funding agreements to ensure that the schools will be financially viable upon opening.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 205787 205789 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:31:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

77923

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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, whether it is in the remit of Ofsted to investigate pupils' safety from asbestos in school buildings when it inspects schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	205782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not in Ofsted’s remit to assess asbestos management in schools. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the lead regulator on managing asbestos.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 13:52:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

77924

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below lists the amounts paid to the suppliers as recorded in the Department for Education’s finance systems:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S FIRE &amp; SECURITY SYSTEMS</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>12,458.31</p></td><td><p>12,458.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>SERCO</p></td><td><p>22,708,767.65</p></td><td><p>1,866,032.89</p></td><td><p>3,947,420.89</p></td><td><p>2,215,156.65</p></td><td><p>30,737,378.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>SODEXO</p></td><td><p>6,787.41</p></td><td><p>217.50</p></td><td><p>2,147,460.65</p></td><td><p>2,240,588.92</p></td><td><p>4,395,054.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GEOAmey</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>AMEY</p></td><td><p> </p><p>70.38</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>151,126.73</p></td><td><p>151,197.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>CAPITA</p></td><td><p>741,581,058.23</p></td><td><p>376,783,648.98</p></td><td><p>116,807,524.23</p></td><td><p>82,368,692.26</p></td><td><p>1,317,540,923.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ATOS CONSULTING LTD</p></td><td><p>194,862.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>194,862.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>MITIE</p></td><td><p>4,563,022.84</p></td><td><p>3,574,876.83</p></td><td><p>704,330.19</p></td><td><p>5,329.44</p></td><td><p>8,847,559.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>WORKING LINKS</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>16,280.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p> </p><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>16,280.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>A4E LTD</p></td><td><p>2,269,275.08</p></td><td><p>1,509,218.60</p></td><td><p>1,657,892.66</p></td><td><p>1,436,479.29</p></td><td><p>6,872,865.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MTC Amey</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GEO Group</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>CARILLION</p></td><td><p>124,275.35</p></td><td><p>56,359.00</p></td><td><p>- 43,612.00</p></td><td><p>156,484.00</p></td><td><p>293,506.35</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:12:33 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77925

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote alternatives to university to young people.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We want it to become the norm for young people to choose between an apprenticeship or university as equally prestigious routes to their career. We have placed a duty on schools to provide independent careers guidance for pupils in years 8-13 on the full range of options, including apprenticeships. We have published statutory guidance requiring schools to ensure that other providers, such as further education colleges, have the opportunity to inform pupils about their offer. The guidance also states that schools should offer pupils the opportunity to develop the entrepreneurial skills necessary for self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-for-young-people-in-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-for-young-people-in-schools</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:42:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77926

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to ensure staff at free schools receive appropriate levels of background check.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	205878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Free schools, like all other state-funded schools, are required by law to carry out a range of checks on staff, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.</p><p>The Department for Education issues ‘pre-opening guidance’ to free school proposers to help them establish their schools. It includes guidance on their responsibilities for checking the suitability of staff. The guidance is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mainstream-free-school-pre-opening-guide" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mainstream-free-school-pre-opening-guide</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 22/07/2014 16:16:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell