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823377

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date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made in implementing the finding and recommendations of Putting Children First: Delivering our vision for excellent children's social care; and how the Government monitors that progress.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) set out its plans for Children’s Social Care reform in the policy paper ‘Putting Children First’, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/putting-children-first-our-vision-for-childrens-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/putting-children-first-our-vision-for-childrens-social-care</a>. This paper set out the challenges faced by the children’s social care system, including those around training, management, and lack of innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms were influenced by the evidence on what works to improve children’s social care services including findings from the tougher more practice-focused Ofsted inspection framework that we introduced in 2013. We have developed this further and introduced the new Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) framework this month to drive further improvement in children’s services.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, spending on the most vulnerable children has increased by over half a billion in real terms and 37 authorities have been lifted out of intervention and have not returned.</p><p>We are making further progress in delivering our ambitious reform programme through:</p><ul><li>setting up the ‘What Works Centre’ for Children’s Social Care, which will give us robust evidence on how to improve the lives of vulnerable children;</li><li>placing a new duty on local authorities, police and health services to work together to safeguard and promote children’s welfare;</li><li>working with some of the best local authorities in the country to model and disseminate excellent practice through the system, with £20 million going to Councils to get ahead of failure;</li><li>launching the ‘alpha’ phase of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) of children and family social workers; and</li><li>the extension of the Partners in Practice programme to help improve sector performance.</li></ul><p>In response to the recent Public Accounts Committee and National Audit Office report, the department published the ‘CSC public roadmap’ for how it intends to transform services. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/public-accounts/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-dfe-Child-Protection-180917.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/public-accounts/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-dfe-Child-Protection-180917.pdf</a>) and sets out a timeframe for delivery of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 122883 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:41:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

823378

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the ministerial responsibilities are within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	122861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>I am the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families. My responsibilities will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>The noble Lord Agnew of Oulton is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System. His responsibilities currently are: providing a robust school system (including free schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, university technical colleges, studio schools, faith schools, independent schools, home education, supplementary schools); tackling school underperformance; school improvement (including teaching school alliances, national and local leaders of education and school improvement funds); school governance; school capital investment (including new school places, school maintenance, land and playing fields); tackling extremism in schools and colleges.</p><p>My hon. Friend, the Minister for Higher Education will have his responsibilities confirmed in due course.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has responsibilities for: apprenticeships, including the apprenticeship levy, traineeships and institutes of technology; technical education and skills, including T-levels; careers education, information and guidance; post-16 funding (including support for young people and adult learners); further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and local patterns of provision (including area reviews and city deals); adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme; leading the department’s work on reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Minister of State for School Standards has responsibilities for: recruitment and retention of teachers and school leaders (including initial teacher training, qualifications and professional development); supporting a high-quality teaching profession (including links to National College for Teaching and Leadership); admissions and school transport; national funding formula for schools and school revenue funding; curriculum, assessment and qualifications (including links with Ofqual); school accountability (including links with Ofsted); personal, social, health and economic education, relationships education, relationships and sex education and children and young people’s mental health; preventing bullying in schools; school efficiency.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has overall responsibility for the work of the department, including: early years; adoption and child protection; teachers’ pay; the school curriculum; school improvement; the establishment of academies and free schools; further education; higher education; apprenticeships and skills.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/01/2018 14:32:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

823385

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many facilities management contracts Carillion plc holds with schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities, academy trusts and colleges are responsible for their contracts. We have, however, worked with local authorities and academy trusts to make sure they have robust contingency plans in place and that these have been actioned, where required. Information available to the department indicates that the number of local authority and academy trust schools, covered by catering, facilities management or other service contracts with Carillion is relatively low.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority is to ensure schools can continue to operate as usual. Government is supporting the Official Receiver, so that services to schools and other public services can continue to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to monitor the situation and will work with schools and providers to help minimise any disruption for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 122868 question first answered 22/01/2018 15:22:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823386

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of facilities management contracts which Carillion plc holds with schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities, academy trusts and colleges are responsible for their contracts. We have, however, worked with local authorities and academy trusts to make sure they have robust contingency plans in place and that these have been actioned, where required. Information available to the department indicates that the number of local authority and academy trust schools, covered by catering, facilities management or other service contracts with Carillion is relatively low.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority is to ensure schools can continue to operate as usual. Government is supporting the Official Receiver, so that services to schools and other public services can continue to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to monitor the situation and will work with schools and providers to help minimise any disruption for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 122867 question first answered 22/01/2018 15:22:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

823394

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has retained ministerial responsibility for social mobility policy.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	122876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The department has retained ministerial responsibility for improving social mobility through education. We will continue to ensure that the education system supports the government’s priority to increase opportunity so that all people can reach their potential.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/01/2018 14:23:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

823402

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policies his Department has developed as a result of inspection findings under the Single Inspection Framework for local authority children's services.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) set out its plans for Children’s Social Care reform in the policy paper ‘Putting Children First’, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/putting-children-first-our-vision-for-childrens-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/putting-children-first-our-vision-for-childrens-social-care</a>. This paper set out the challenges faced by the children’s social care system, including those around training, management, and lack of innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms were influenced by the evidence on what works to improve children’s social care services including findings from the tougher more practice-focused Ofsted inspection framework that we introduced in 2013. We have developed this further and introduced the new Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) framework this month to drive further improvement in children’s services.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, spending on the most vulnerable children has increased by over half a billion in real terms and 37 authorities have been lifted out of intervention and have not returned.</p><p>We are making further progress in delivering our ambitious reform programme through:</p><ul><li>setting up the ‘What Works Centre’ for Children’s Social Care, which will give us robust evidence on how to improve the lives of vulnerable children;</li><li>placing a new duty on local authorities, police and health services to work together to safeguard and promote children’s welfare;</li><li>working with some of the best local authorities in the country to model and disseminate excellent practice through the system, with £20 million going to Councils to get ahead of failure;</li><li>launching the ‘alpha’ phase of the National Assessment and Accreditation System (NAAS) of children and family social workers; and</li><li>the extension of the Partners in Practice programme to help improve sector performance.</li></ul><p>In response to the recent Public Accounts Committee and National Audit Office report, the department published the ‘CSC public roadmap’ for how it intends to transform services. This can be found here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/public-accounts/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-dfe-Child-Protection-180917.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/public-accounts/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-dfe-Child-Protection-180917.pdf</a>) and sets out a timeframe for delivery of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 122860 question first answered 19/01/2018 14:41:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

823405

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the details of the application process for University Technical Colleges.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	122886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>We will announce our plans in relation to future University Technical College's application arrangements in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 24/01/2018 15:51:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

823417

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sports
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 doubling the sport premium.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>An independent evaluation report into the premium was published in December 2015. It found that:</p><ul><li>87% of schools reported that the quality of PE teaching had increased since the introduction of the premium.</li><li>The PE and sport premium had had a positive impact on physical fitness, healthy lifestyles, skills and behaviour of pupils.</li><li>The majority of schools reported that they had introduced new sports in both curricular PE and extra-curricular sport since the premium was introduced.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We know more can be done to improve PE and sport in primary schools, which is why we have doubled the premium to £320 million a year from September 2017 using revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</p><p>Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer. The premium should develop or add to the PE and sport activities that a school already offers and make improvements now that will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/01/2018 15:39:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823418

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Swindon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total education budget for Swindon was in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The planned expenditure of Swindon local authority on schools and other education services in each of the last seven years was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Schools Budget <br> (before academy recoupment)</p></td><td><p>Other Education and Community Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(Net)</p></td><td><p>(Net)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td><td><p>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>170,120</p></td><td><p>7,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>164,072</p></td><td><p>7,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>161,514</p></td><td><p>6,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>146,933</p></td><td><p>6,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>144,772</p></td><td><p>6,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Not available on a consistent basis</p></td><td><p>7,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Not available on a consistent basis</p></td><td><p>8,951</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Section 251 Budget returns.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures shown are net of expected income. Income sources could include private sources, other local authorities’ fees, charges paid by parents (such as meals, music, board / lodging) and lettings.</p><p>Planned expenditure on schools, education and children’s services by local authorities in England is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#planned-local-authority-and-school-spending-" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#planned-local-authority-and-school-spending-</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/01/2018 17:45:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

823420

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have graduated with a degree in ICT & Computer Science in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students obtaining qualifications from UK Higher Education Institutions. The latest statistics refer to the academic year 2016/17 and can be found at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics/qualifications" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics/qualifications.</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of first degree qualifiers in computer sciences subjects from the academic year 2010/11 onwards are provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>First degree qualifiers<sup>1</sup> in Computer Sciences subjects<sup>2</sup></strong></p><p><strong>UK Higher Education Institutions, academic years 2010/11 to 2016/17</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of qualifiers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>14,505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>15,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>16,805</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li><li>Computer sciences is the most appropriate JACS3 classification for ‘ICT &amp; Computer Science’. More information is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed.</a></li><li>Figures are rounded to nearest 5 and so the sum of columns may not add to totals.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to increasing the number of students studying for a degree in ICT and computer science, the government is undertaking a range of initiatives to promote digital and computing skills throughout the education system. For example, the government is investing £84 million of new funding over the next five years to deliver a comprehensive programme to improve the teaching of the computing curriculum and increase participation in computer science GCSE.</p><p> </p><p>The government is also seeking to strengthen the role that higher education providers can play in providing digital and computing skills. This will be through supporting the establishment of a new Institute of Coding to serve as a national focus for improving digital skills provision at levels 6 and 7 with a £20 million fund to improve higher-level digital skills, with joint collaborations between universities and businesses, and to focus on computer science and digital skills in related disciplines. This will ensure the courses better meet employers’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there is funding to support universities to develop conversion courses in engineering and computer science that allow graduates from other subjects to undertake further study and pursue careers in engineering and computer science.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 122900 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:54:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson