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425898

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been allocated via the academy conversion grant in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL3296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>There have been 3,327 converter academies opened during the current and preceding four financial years, each receiving the standard conversion support grant of £25,000 to spend on the conversion process.</p><p>Further details are in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Converter academies opened</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,327</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Figures for 2015-16 are not available at this stage.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 12/11/2015 13:10:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

425899

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the value of the charges deferred to local authority budgets as a consequence of a school with a deficit joining an Academy Trust with an external sponsor, in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL3297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information on local authority budgets.</p><p>It is right that the deficits of sponsored academies remain with their local authority when they convert. These schools were the responsibility of the authority when they were found to be failing or underperforming and it is the authority’s responsibility for ensuring the school managed its expenditure satisfactorily.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/11/2015 12:13:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

425254

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 15 July (HL Deb, col 575), whether they will clarify how the judgment in <i>Tirkey v Chandhok</i> has changed the law on caste discrimination.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL3180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The judgment suggests there is an existing legal remedy for claims of caste-associated discrimination, under the ‘ethnic origins’ element of Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/11/2015 16:19:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

425255

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they next plan to consider the case for further consultation on caste discrimination.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL3181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>We are currently considering the need for a consultation on caste discrimination. This is part of our wider consideration of the implications of the Tirkey v Chandok tribunal judgments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/11/2015 15:51:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

424722

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education: Design
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take steps to increase the number of vocational pathways in design disciplines, and if so, by how many.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL3092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>There are a variety of different options available to young people to enable them to gain the skills required to enter design related occupations. 14-16 year olds can study design related GCSEs and government approved technical awards. 16-19 year olds can study design related A Levels and government approved technical certificates or tech levels, which are supported by employers. Options beyond this include higher education or employment, and there are apprenticeships currently available in the field of design.</p><p /> <p>We want to go further to reform technical and professional education to develop a world-leading system to deliver the skills that the economy needs. The Productivity Plan, published in July 2015, announced the government’s intention to reform technical and professional education to provide individuals with clear, high-quality routes to employment.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2015 17:29:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

424152

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Maidenhead
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will support the proposal by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to invite the Sir William Borlase Grammar School to open a new grammar school in Maidenhead in the near future.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
uin	HL3063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Current legislation prohibits the introduction of a new grammar school. The government has been clear that we have not changed the law in this area.</p><p>The government is supportive of all good and outstanding schools that seek to expand, in order to deliver more school places and greater choice to parents. Any school proposing such an expansion would need to demonstrate that it was a genuine continuation of an existing school. Schools that have successfully proposed an expansion have met a high threshold and other schools would need to do the same.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2015 18:05:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

423735

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether initial teacher-training programmes delivered using core places allocated to universities are as schools-led as those delivered through School Direct.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL2999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>A school-led training course gives trainees the chance to train on the job in at least two schools.School-led initial teacher training is made up of School Direct (tuition fee), School Direct (salaried) and School-centered ITT provider (SCITT) routes. One of the key principles of the School Direct training route is that it gives schools the decision-making power they need to work with their preferred partners in the design and delivery of ITT, and to select and recruit the best possible candidates. A number of different models have been developed by schools working with appropriate ITT providers based on local needs.</p><p>Many schools are choosing to work with universities in the delivery of School Direct training. The same ITT criteria, which specify the minimum amount of time that trainees must spend in schools, apply to all ITT routes, whether school or university-led.</p><p>The increasing availability of school-led routes alongside university-led courses allow applicants to choose the right course depending on personal circumstances, qualifications, and the subject and age group they want to teach.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/11/2015 17:33:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

423736

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why a cap has been imposed on recruitment to initial teacher-training programmes by universities but not on school-centred initial teacher training and School Direct recruitment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL3000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to the ongoing expansion of school-led initial teacher training (ITT). The move towards school-led ITT has created new opportunities for universities to grow their business: engaging directly with schools to become their chosen partner; and working with school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) to offer academic awards. In addition, the university sector as a whole has the opportunity to recruit trainees up to the same overall level as they have for the 2015/16 academic year. It is, therefore, not expected that this change of approach will have a substantial impact on the higher education sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3001 HL3002 HL3003 question first answered 09/11/2015 17:53:05 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

423737

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the different controls placed on recruitment to university initial teacher training and recruitment to School Direct and school-centred initial teacher-training programmes in 2016–17 on the choice available to prospective trainee teachers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL3001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to the ongoing expansion of school-led initial teacher training (ITT). The move towards school-led ITT has created new opportunities for universities to grow their business: engaging directly with schools to become their chosen partner; and working with school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) to offer academic awards. In addition, the university sector as a whole has the opportunity to recruit trainees up to the same overall level as they have for the 2015/16 academic year. It is, therefore, not expected that this change of approach will have a substantial impact on the higher education sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3000 HL3002 HL3003 question first answered 09/11/2015 17:53:05 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy

423738

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure the continued viability of teacher training delivered by school-university partnership other than through School Direct.
tabling member printed	Baroness Donaghy
uin	HL3002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to the ongoing expansion of school-led initial teacher training (ITT). The move towards school-led ITT has created new opportunities for universities to grow their business: engaging directly with schools to become their chosen partner; and working with school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) to offer academic awards. In addition, the university sector as a whole has the opportunity to recruit trainees up to the same overall level as they have for the 2015/16 academic year. It is, therefore, not expected that this change of approach will have a substantial impact on the higher education sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3000 HL3001 HL3003 question first answered 09/11/2015 17:53:06 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4166 label Biography information for Baroness Donaghy