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1048042

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Standards
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 24 January 2019 to Question 210472 on Primary Education: Standards, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of inequality in primary school attainment across different local education authority areas in England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education is committed to ensuring that all children, regardless of background, have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. As of August 2018, 86% of schools are judged good or outstanding by Ofsted. To raise standards, national programmes are in place which provide support at system or individual school level, which respond to ongoing challenges associated with reducing the gap between the most disadvantaged young people and their peers. The Department also funds a national network of Teaching Schools and National Leaders of Education to deliver school to school support. The Department has focused interventions in 12 areas of the country with low social mobility through the Opportunity Area programme. Opportunity Areas will help the Department to understand what works best in areas with entrenched social mobility barriers, including improving educational outcomes, so it can spread successful approaches across the country. In addition, the Department has recently launched the Opportunity North East and are investing £24 million to deliver a focused programme to address the specific challenges in the region, including to improve Key Stage 4 outcomes in secondary schools across this region.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 212593 question first answered 30/01/2019 17:08:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1047701

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the State of the Nation 2018 report by the Social Mobility Commission will be published.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	212383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Social Mobility Commission is planning to publish the ‘State of the nation 2018’ report in spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/01/2019 16:56:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1047702

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the status is of the 10 pilot programmes aimed at improving mental health assessments for children entering care.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	212384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Our delivery partner, the Anna Freud Centre, received over 50 applications from local areas wanting to take part in the programme. The selection process has now concluded, and the successful sites are working with the Anna Freud Centre on their individual plans to implement the pilot. We will make a public announcement on the sites shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 31/01/2019 12:30:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1045952

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the amount local authorities in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the North West overspent on children’s services in 2017-18; and whether he plans to provide additional funding for local authority run children's services.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	211365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required under Section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act (2009) to submit education and children’s social care budget and expenditure statements. This data is published in statistical releases annually:</p><ul><li>Budget is from Table 3 of: ‘Planned local authority and school expenditure: 2018 to 2019 financial year’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2018-to-2019-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2018-to-2019-financial-year</a>.</li><li>Outturn is from Table 7 of ‘Local authority and school expenditure: 2017 to 2018 financial year’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/la-and-school-expenditure-2017-to-2018-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/la-and-school-expenditure-2017-to-2018-financial-year</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is published for all local authorities in statistical releases annually.</p><p>At Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extra £410 million next year for social care, including children’s services, along with £84 million over 5 years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice. This builds on the £200 billion government has already made available to councils up to 2020 to provide services in the best interests of local residents, including those for children and young people.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the 2019 Spending Review, when the government will set out its long-term spending approach.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/01/2019 13:25:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1045527

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the potential additional cost to the public purse of extending free school meals to households in receipt of working tax credit who meet the income threshold currently used to determine eligibility for households not in receipt of working tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect or publish data on families in receipt of working tax credit with earnings below the threshold for free school meals eligibility,</p><p>The department does not have any plans to extend free school meals entitlement to families in receipt of working tax credit and therefore have not made an assessment of the potential additional costs or benefits of extending free school meals to those households in receipt of working tax credit who meet the earned income threshold.</p><p>​Working tax credit, alongside other legacy benefits are being phased out and replaced by Universal Credit. As families move from working tax credit onto Universal Credit, those with incomes below the earned income threshold of £7,400 per annum will benefit through becoming eligible to receive free school meals.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 210459 210460 question first answered 29/01/2019 16:44:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045686

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Technicians: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to increase the supply of laboratory scientist technicians.
tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
uin	210634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government wants to encourage more students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and training at all stages from primary school to higher education, which will equip people with the skills needed for such roles. We are investing an additional £406 million in skills, including maths and digital. This includes the Advanced Maths Premium and an £84 million programme to improve the teaching of computing.</p><p>It is crucial we encourage more young people to consider STEM careers, including careers such as laboratory scientist technicians. We have committed to improving STEM careers advice in schools in the government’s careers strategy which ensures that STEM encounters, such as with employers and apprenticeships, are built into school career programmes by updating school and college statutory guidance.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy also funds a number of programmes that aim to inspire more young people to study science subjects, such as the STEM Ambassadors programme, and the CREST awards, which engage students in STEM-related projects.</p><p>T levels will also provide alternative routes into laboratory and science technical careers. T levels will be a new gold-standard in technical education, providing a distinctive and rigorous alternative to A levels and apprenticeships. T level panels of employers are defining the outline content for the new programmes and we recently announced that T levels in the Health and Science route, which includes Laboratory Sciences, will be taught by selected providers from 2021.</p><p>Apprenticeships are available in the sector across a range of levels including Laboratory scientist (degree); Laboratory scientist Level 5; and Laboratory technician Level 3. These standards are being developed by employer groups, including groups in the health and science sector such as Pfizer, GSK, Astra Zeneca, Sterling Pharma Solutions, 3M. A full list of standards is available on the Institute for Apprenticeships’ website at <a href="https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/" target="_blank">https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/</a>.</p><p>To stimulate apprenticeships growth across all sectors, we are first and foremost ensuring that apprenticeships are a quality product recognised by individuals and employers – setting individuals on a path to a to great career and providing employers with the home-grown skills they need to grow their businesses and increase productivity.</p><p>We are also currently carrying out a review of higher technical education, looking at how level 4 and 5 classroom based technical education meets the needs of learners and employers. This forms part of our commitment to support routes to higher-earning technical roles and address the skills needs of the economy. Our ambition is to reform higher level technical education so that it delivers the skills employers and the economy need and offers attractive routes to higher earning technical roles. We also intend to establish a system of employer-led national standards for higher technical education.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/01/2019 16:21:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1045929

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 trends in the number of children (a) eligible for and (b) applying for free school meals in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	211337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of individual applications made for free school meals through schools or local authorities is not held centrally.</p><p>Universal Credit (UC) has been introduced on a phased basis, both geographically, and to different claimant types – initially to single claimants and couples without children, before being made available to families. Universal Credit Full Service has been available to all claimant types, including families, in Hartlepool, Hastings and Swindon as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date UC full service rollout completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>7 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department collects and publishes data on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals at local authority level. The number of pupils recorded as eligible and claiming free school meals over this period is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>3,366</p></td><td><p>3,450</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>8,321</p></td><td><p>8,208</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>3,958</p></td><td><p>4,006</p></td><td><p>4,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>This data includes pupils at state-funded nursery and primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units and alternative provision academies and free schools.</p><p>Further data is available on free school meals eligibility for local authority area is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>There has been a general decrease in the number of children eligible for and claiming free school meals over the last five years as the economy has improved. However, changes to the free school meals eligibility criteria introduced on 1 April 2018 along with the protections in place for children currently eligible for free school meals mean we expect more pupils will be entitled to free school meals by 2022 when compared to the previous criteria.</p><p>The total number of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>1,263,055</p></td><td><p>1,195,448</p></td><td><p>1,141,784</p></td><td><p>1,128,183</p></td><td><p>1,106,495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211338 211339 211340 211341 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:38:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1045935

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who were eligible for free school meals in (a) Hartlepool, (b) Hastings and (c) Swindon prior to the roll out of universal credit in those areas; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	211338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of individual applications made for free school meals through schools or local authorities is not held centrally.</p><p>Universal Credit (UC) has been introduced on a phased basis, both geographically, and to different claimant types – initially to single claimants and couples without children, before being made available to families. Universal Credit Full Service has been available to all claimant types, including families, in Hartlepool, Hastings and Swindon as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date UC full service rollout completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>7 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department collects and publishes data on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals at local authority level. The number of pupils recorded as eligible and claiming free school meals over this period is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>3,366</p></td><td><p>3,450</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>8,321</p></td><td><p>8,208</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>3,958</p></td><td><p>4,006</p></td><td><p>4,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>This data includes pupils at state-funded nursery and primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units and alternative provision academies and free schools.</p><p>Further data is available on free school meals eligibility for local authority area is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>There has been a general decrease in the number of children eligible for and claiming free school meals over the last five years as the economy has improved. However, changes to the free school meals eligibility criteria introduced on 1 April 2018 along with the protections in place for children currently eligible for free school meals mean we expect more pupils will be entitled to free school meals by 2022 when compared to the previous criteria.</p><p>The total number of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>1,263,055</p></td><td><p>1,195,448</p></td><td><p>1,141,784</p></td><td><p>1,128,183</p></td><td><p>1,106,495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211337 211339 211340 211341 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:38:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1045936

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who are eligible for free school meals in (a) Hartlepool, (b) Hastings and (c) Swindon since the roll out of universal credit in those areas; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	211339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of individual applications made for free school meals through schools or local authorities is not held centrally.</p><p>Universal Credit (UC) has been introduced on a phased basis, both geographically, and to different claimant types – initially to single claimants and couples without children, before being made available to families. Universal Credit Full Service has been available to all claimant types, including families, in Hartlepool, Hastings and Swindon as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date UC full service rollout completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>7 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department collects and publishes data on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals at local authority level. The number of pupils recorded as eligible and claiming free school meals over this period is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>3,366</p></td><td><p>3,450</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>8,321</p></td><td><p>8,208</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>3,958</p></td><td><p>4,006</p></td><td><p>4,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>This data includes pupils at state-funded nursery and primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units and alternative provision academies and free schools.</p><p>Further data is available on free school meals eligibility for local authority area is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>There has been a general decrease in the number of children eligible for and claiming free school meals over the last five years as the economy has improved. However, changes to the free school meals eligibility criteria introduced on 1 April 2018 along with the protections in place for children currently eligible for free school meals mean we expect more pupils will be entitled to free school meals by 2022 when compared to the previous criteria.</p><p>The total number of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>1,263,055</p></td><td><p>1,195,448</p></td><td><p>1,141,784</p></td><td><p>1,128,183</p></td><td><p>1,106,495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211337 211338 211340 211341 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:38:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1045937

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who applied for free school meals in (a) Hartlepool, (b) Hastings and (c) Swindon prior to the roll out of universal credit in those areas; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	211340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of individual applications made for free school meals through schools or local authorities is not held centrally.</p><p>Universal Credit (UC) has been introduced on a phased basis, both geographically, and to different claimant types – initially to single claimants and couples without children, before being made available to families. Universal Credit Full Service has been available to all claimant types, including families, in Hartlepool, Hastings and Swindon as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date UC full service rollout completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>7 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>14 December 2016</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department collects and publishes data on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals at local authority level. The number of pupils recorded as eligible and claiming free school meals over this period is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hartlepool</strong></p></td><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>3,366</p></td><td><p>3,450</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hastings</strong></p></td><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>8,321</p></td><td><p>8,208</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swindon</strong></p></td><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>3,958</p></td><td><p>4,006</p></td><td><p>4,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>This data includes pupils at state-funded nursery and primary schools, secondary schools, special schools and pupil referral units and alternative provision academies and free schools.</p><p>Further data is available on free school meals eligibility for local authority area is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>There has been a general decrease in the number of children eligible for and claiming free school meals over the last five years as the economy has improved. However, changes to the free school meals eligibility criteria introduced on 1 April 2018 along with the protections in place for children currently eligible for free school meals mean we expect more pupils will be entitled to free school meals by 2022 when compared to the previous criteria.</p><p>The total number of pupils eligible for free school meals over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No. pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>1,263,055</p></td><td><p>1,195,448</p></td><td><p>1,141,784</p></td><td><p>1,128,183</p></td><td><p>1,106,495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% pupils</strong></p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 211337 211338 211339 211341 question first answered 30/01/2019 13:38:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy