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759283

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Milk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the debate in Westminster Hall on Children's health: Access to milk of 28 March 2017, if her Department will make an assessment of the recommendations in Tetra Pak's Making more of milk report to improve access to and uptake of milk in primary schools.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	9836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government encourages consumption of dairy products as part of a healthy, balanced diet through legislation, funding and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The School Food Standards ensures milk must be available every school day for drinking. Practical guidance including portion sizes is available on the School Food Plan website. Where we have evidence that individual schools are not meeting the standards, we follow up directly with the school.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to extend eligibility for free school milk to all children in reception classes. Disadvantaged pupils over the age of 5 are entitled to free school milk. To help subsidise the cost of school milk, schools can choose to take part in the Nursery Milk Scheme and the EU School Milk Subsidy Scheme. We will consider the longer-term approach to school milk provision as part of a future domestic policy programme.</p><p> </p><p>We do not intend to take a formal assessment against the recommendations in this report, however, we have agreed to meet representatives of Tetra Pak and departmental officials are currently in contact.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/09/2017 07:54:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

759284

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of her Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>All departmental pay awards have been applied in accordance with HMT pay guidance that restricts increases to an average of one per cent across all staff. Over the last three years, the department has targeted awards so that lower paid staff receive higher awards than those at the top of pay grades.</p><p>The table below shows the number of employees of the Department for Education who received a pay increase a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent for each of the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pay Award Year</p></td><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>Below 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>3611</p></td><td><p>989</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2405</p></td><td><p>926</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2302</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>492</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include staff in post on the 31 March each year and exclude people that joined during the financial year (i.e. the pay awards for staff in post on 31 March 2017 are included in the 2017/18 figures).</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/09/2017 07:51:46 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759285

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, what plans her Department has to deal with the implications of Wakefield City Academy Trust no longer running schools in that area.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9756 9757 9758 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11903 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759286

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, what effect Wakefield City Academies Trust's no longer running 21 schools will have on (a) the school timetable, (b) school standards, (c) funding and (d) childcare services organised through the school.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9755 9757 9758 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11905 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759287

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, what the cost to the public purse is of the Wakefield City Academies Trust pulling out of running 21 schools a few days into the new school year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the Wakefield City Academy Trust (WCAT) to manage a smooth transition for its pupils. An assessment of any financial requirements resulting from this is ongoing.</p><p>The Department’s priority is to ensure that all children receive the best possible education and in this case we have agreed with WCAT to identify trusts that will be better able to improve outcomes for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9755 9756 9758 question first answered 15/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 11906 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758975

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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, how many 30 hours of free childcare eligibility codes were generated before the 31 August 2017 deadline in each (a) region of England and (b) constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	9642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The national rollout of 30 hours free childcare marks the delivery of a manifesto commitment that will help hundreds of thousands of hard working families. The childcare service online application has been working well for the vast majority of parents and over 216,384 valid 30 hours codes have been generated by successful applications, reaching our target for 1st September.</p><p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess supply and demand of free entitlement places at a local level.</p><p>The 30 hours scheme is an England only arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2017 15:42:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

758976

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral contribution of 6 September 2017, Official Report, column 166, how she plans to ensure that nursery providers offer places to meet the working patterns of parents.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	9699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that all families have access to high quality, flexible and affordable childcare that meets the needs of working parents and supports the best outcomes for children. Extending the hours over which funded provision can be delivered, from 7.00am to 7.00pm to 6.00am to 8.00pm, means that providers can offer the 30 hours entitlement more flexibly.</p><p>Our early delivery areas have developed and tested innovative, flexible childcare approaches to support working families. In the early implementation evaluation survey, over three-quarters (78%) of parents reported that they had greater flexibility in their working life as a result of the 30 hours entitlement. Case studies showed that increased work flexibility helped parents to obtain more secure employment, enhanced career opportunities and improved their work-life balance. These approaches have been shared widely with all providers and local authorities.</p><p>We have also published practical, hands-on guidance for providers who want to work in partnership to deliver the entitlement, so that individual providers that cannot meet parents’ needs on their own can work effectively with others in order to do so.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/09/2017 15:45:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

758666

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Dyslexia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that teaching schools have staff who are qualified to train others to teach dyslexic pupils.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	9407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Teaching schools have a responsibility through their delivery of Continuing Professional and Leadership Development to develop future head teachers to help meet the most pressing national needs in primary, small rural, special, challenging urban/coastal and faith schools. This includes supporting and training teachers to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND), including dyslexia. The Department does not prescribe approaches to be used by teaching schools but we know from monitoring data, that many Teaching School Alliances run specific dyslexia courses.</p><p>In addition, through their role in designating and brokering Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE), Teaching School Alliances are able to offer schools access to a range of SEN expertise. A total of 939 SLEs are designated with a SEN specialism.</p><p>We have also enabled teachers to develop their practice in supporting children with SEN and disabilities through the National Scholarship Fund, which allowed teachers to apply for funding to undertake postgraduate level qualifications in specific impairments.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/09/2017 16:47:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 11109 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

758669

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost is of the Government's policy Staying put, arrangements for care leavers aged 18 and above to stay on with former foster carers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	9411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In the year ending 31 March 2016, there were 1,230 care leavers who had ceased to be looked after from a foster placement on their 18th birthday and were still living with their former foster carers aged 19 or 20.</p><p>Experimental statistics<sup>1</sup> show that in the year ending 31 March 2016 there were 1,440 similar care leavers aged 18 who were living with former foster carers.</p><p>These figures and related information can be found in Tables F1b and F1d in the statistical first release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2015 to 2016 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education is providing £22.85m to local authorities to fund Staying Put arrangements during 2017-18. The new care leaver strategy, <em>Keep on Caring</em>, published in July 2016 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-on-caring-supporting-young-people-from-care-to-independence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-on-caring-supporting-young-people-from-care-to-independence</a>, confirmed that we will continue to provide funding to local authorities to implement Staying Put through to 2019-20.</p><ol><li>Information on 18 year old care leavers was collected for the first time in 2016. Analysis suggests that some local authorities have not provided data for around 11% of all 18 year olds. Therefore this data has been published as experimental statistics and should be treated with caution.</li></ol> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9410 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:44:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

758670

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have remained in placement under the Government's policy Staying put, arrangements for care leavers aged 18 and above to stay on with former foster carers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	9410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In the year ending 31 March 2016, there were 1,230 care leavers who had ceased to be looked after from a foster placement on their 18th birthday and were still living with their former foster carers aged 19 or 20.</p><p>Experimental statistics<sup>1</sup> show that in the year ending 31 March 2016 there were 1,440 similar care leavers aged 18 who were living with former foster carers.</p><p>These figures and related information can be found in Tables F1b and F1d in the statistical first release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2015 to 2016 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The Department for Education is providing £22.85m to local authorities to fund Staying Put arrangements during 2017-18. The new care leaver strategy, <em>Keep on Caring</em>, published in July 2016 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-on-caring-supporting-young-people-from-care-to-independence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-on-caring-supporting-young-people-from-care-to-independence</a>, confirmed that we will continue to provide funding to local authorities to implement Staying Put through to 2019-20.</p><ol><li>Information on 18 year old care leavers was collected for the first time in 2016. Analysis suggests that some local authorities have not provided data for around 11% of all 18 year olds. Therefore this data has been published as experimental statistics and should be treated with caution.</li></ol> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 9411 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:44:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck