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786187

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date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for direct admission to an academy of a looked-after child she received in the academic year 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	112004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Looked after children are amongst the most vulnerable in our society and we are committed to supporting them to have the best possible start in life. As such, there are provisions within the schools admissions system to support looked after children.</p><p> </p><p>Where a local council considers that an academy will best meet the needs of a child, it can ask the academy to admit the child but has no powers to direct it to do so. The local council and the academy will usually come to an agreement, but if an academy refuses to admit a child, the local council can ask the Secretary of State to intervene.</p><p> </p><p>An application to direct from the Secretary of State should only be requested as a last resort. However, when a direction is received, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will act on behalf of the Secretary of State to consider whether under the terms of an academy’s funding agreement she has the power to direct the academy to admit the child.</p><p> </p><p>For 2016/17 the ESFA, on behalf of my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State, received 14 requests for direct admission to an academy relating to a looked-after child.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:42:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

786188

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Diabetes
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 ensure that all schools have a policy for the care of pupils with Type 1 diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	111939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>We know how important it is that children with medical conditions such as Type 1 diabetes are supported to enjoy a full education. That is why we introduced the duty to require governing bodies to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and have provided statutory guidance outlining schools’ responsibilities in this area.</p><p> </p><p>All governing boards should ensure that their school develops a policy for supporting pupils with medical conditions which is reviewed regularly and is readily accessible to parents and school staff.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with organisations such as the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance to help raise further awareness of the duty on schools, and have recently promoted the duty through the department’s social media channels.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2017 14:51:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

786189

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Finance
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 30 October 2017 to Question 109743, how much of the £26 million of funding to expand breakfast club provision will be spent in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	111964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The contract is worth up to a total value of £26 million, inclusive of VAT. The aim is to split this over each financial year as follows: £1 million in 2017-18, up to £12.5 million in 2018-19 and up to £12.5 million in 2019-20, commencing in January 2018 and ending 31 March 2020. This money will kick-start or improve breakfast clubs in at least 1,500 schools and support innovation projects.</p><p> </p><p>Average pupil attendance at breakfast clubs aims to meet the target of 25% of pupils on roll in primary and secondary schools; 60% of pupils on roll in special schools and PRUs; and reflect the demographic spread of pupils at a school. This is subject to the award of the contract and the appointment of the supplier. The invitation to tender was published on the 16 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 111965 question first answered 17/11/2017 14:53:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

786190

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Finance
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 30 October 2017 to Question 109743, how many pupils will benefit from the plans to expand breakfast club provision in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	111965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>The contract is worth up to a total value of £26 million, inclusive of VAT. The aim is to split this over each financial year as follows: £1 million in 2017-18, up to £12.5 million in 2018-19 and up to £12.5 million in 2019-20, commencing in January 2018 and ending 31 March 2020. This money will kick-start or improve breakfast clubs in at least 1,500 schools and support innovation projects.</p><p> </p><p>Average pupil attendance at breakfast clubs aims to meet the target of 25% of pupils on roll in primary and secondary schools; 60% of pupils on roll in special schools and PRUs; and reflect the demographic spread of pupils at a school. This is subject to the award of the contract and the appointment of the supplier. The invitation to tender was published on the 16 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 111964 question first answered 17/11/2017 14:53:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

786191

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
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 30 October 2017 to Question 109401, how many of the schools formerly within the Wakefield City Academies Trust have been placed with new trusts.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	111966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>None of the schools in the Wakefield City Academies Trust have yet been transferred to new trusts. The department have provisionally identified new trusts for all of the schools to join, and have invited interested groups to share views by 12 November. We are working to transfer all of the schools to new trusts within the current academic year.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/11/2017 14:50:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

786192

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
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 30 October 2017 to Question 109401, what evidence she has to suggest that the publication of the ESFA report into Wakefield City Academies Trust would be obstructive to the process of ensuring all the schools are placed with new trusts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	111967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>We are working to ensure we get a solution in place as quickly as possible for the pupils and the parents who are currently living with uncertainty around the future of their respective schools.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) routinely visits academy trusts to assess their financial management and governance arrangements; this includes multi-academy trust reviews. We do not routinely publish these assurance reports. All Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) monitor the performance of their schools on an ongoing basis, and where they have concerns, will work with trusts to find solutions. Following a disappointing set of results in 2016, RSCs became concerned about the Trust.</p><p>The ESFA undertook such a review of Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) between June and September 2015 and made a follow-up visit in July 2016. We do not intend to publish the ESFA report into WCAT, as this could be obstructive to the process of ensuring that all the schools are transferred to new trusts that will be able to provide an excellent education for children.</p><p>Like all multi-academy trusts, WCAT publishes its annual report and financial statements online found here: <a href="http://www.wcatrust.org/key-documentation/" target="_blank">http://www.wcatrust.org/key-documentation/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/11/2017 12:39:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

786193

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children attending schools in the London Borough of Southwark have been taken out of school (a) to undergo female genital mutilation abroad or (b) for a forced marriage abroad in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	111920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>It is illegal to force marriage or to practise female genital mutilation (FGM) on a girl or woman (or arrange for a third party to practise it), whether in the UK or overseas.</p><p>Information on the number of children who have been taken out of school to undergo FGM abroad or for a forced marriage abroad is not collected by the department.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:27:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

786194

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
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, on what day she plans to respond to the Fourth Report of the Education Committee, Evidence check: Grammar Schools, Session 2016-17, HC 780.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	111925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>We will provide a response to the Education Committee’s report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/11/2017 17:15:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

786195

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people not being offered jobs after the completion of apprenticeship; and what assessment she has made of the most common reasons for those people not being offered jobs.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	111912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Data in SFR52/2017 ‘Further education: Outcome based success measures’ show that 85 per cent of apprentices who completed in academic year 2014/2015 continue into sustained work or further training at the end of their apprenticeship. The data can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654370/SFR52_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654370/SFR52_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data in the Apprenticeship evaluation: 2015 learner survey shows that 92% of apprentices who had completed their apprenticeship were in work. 64% of Level 2 and 3 apprentices who had completed their apprenticeship were employed by the same employer.</p><p> </p><p>The locations and sectors where apprenticeships are available are determined by employers choosing to offer apprenticeships and recruit apprentices. The department has not therefore made an assessment of the reasons why employers have not continued to offer employment to apprentices.</p><p>We know that many employers support apprenticeships and recognise the long-term benefits they bring to an organisation. In the Apprenticeship evaluation: 2015 employer survey, 87% of employers said they were satisfied with the programme, 76% say that productivity has improved and 75% reported that apprenticeships improved the quality of their product or service.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/11/2017 17:03:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

786196

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Children and Families of 6 November 2017, on free childcare, Official Report, column 1183, which journalists that Minister was referring to.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	111897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>From the Official Report (Hansard), I believe this reference is from column 1184. I was not referring to any individual journalists, but to media coverage more generally, uch of which quoted the hon. member for Batley and Spen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/11/2017 16:25:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin