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1023890

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term economic benefits of ensuring that children are protected from the effects of (a) abuse and (b) neglect.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	201563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The educational outcomes for children who experience abuse and neglect are markedly worse than for all children and these children face long term challenges in education and beyond. Three fifths (61%) of children starting to be looked-after during the year ending 31 March 2018 were identified as having a primary need of abuse or neglect[1]. The average Attainment 8 score for all looked-after children was 19.3 in 2017 compared to 44.5 for non-looked after children[2]. In addition, two fifths (39%) of all care leavers aged 19 to 21 were not in education, employment or training during the year ending 31 March 2018 compared to around 12% of young people of a similar age[3].</p><p> </p><p>Research evidence suggests that the care system generally provides a protective factor for vulnerable children with early admission to care being associated with better educational outcomes than later entry[4]. This is why we have increased spending on the most vulnerable children by over £1.5 billion since 2010 and at the budget we announced an extra £410 million next year for social care, including children – alongside £84 million over the next five years to keep more children safely at home with their families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Children looked-after in England including adoption: 2017 to 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>[2] Outcomes for children looked-after by local authorities: 31 March 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-las-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-las-31-march-2017</a>.</p><p>[3] Not in education, employment or training statistics quarterly brief: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet</a>.</p><p>[4] The Educational Progress of Looked-After Children in England: Linking Care and Educational Data, Rees Centre Oxford, 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/12/2018 09:08:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1023892

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children who need one on one classroom assistance are able to receive such assistance.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	201592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of reasons why a child may benefit from one on one classroom assistance; for example a child might need extra support for a short period of time to help them catch up.</p><p>Teachers and head teachers are responsible for making decisions about how staff are deployed, based on their knowledge of children’s needs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/12/2018 17:23:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1023893

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many classroom assistant job positions have been removed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	201593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The full time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants in state funded schools in England in each of the last 3 years is shown in the table 1 below.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Teaching assistants in all state funded schools in England, 2014 to 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Census year</p></td><td><p>FTE number of teaching assistants</p></td><td><p>Difference in FTE from previous year</p></td><td><p>Percentage difference from previous year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>255,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>263,000</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>265,600</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>262,800</p></td><td><p>-2,800</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p>The School Workforce Census does not collect information on vacancies for teaching assistants.</p><p>The data above is taken from Table 2b of the publication, School Workforce in England 2017. This publication includes underlying data at school level and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/12/2018 17:19:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1023894

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much central government funding has been spent on school transport in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	201594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The majority of central Government funding for home to school transport is made available to local authorities through the local Government finance settlement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is not ring fenced. It is for local authorities to decide how they spend the total amount of funding available to them, through this and other sources.</p><p> </p><p>Data showing how much local authorities spend on home to school transport during 2017-18 can be found here:</p><p><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>.</p><p> </p><p>Data for previous years is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/section-251-materials" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/section-251-materials</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2018 12:41:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1023899

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Healthy Schools Rating Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education,with reference to the Government document entitled Childhood obesity: a plan for action, published in August 2016, when the Government plans to implement the healthy schools rating scheme set out in that plan.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	201625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer my right hon. Friend, the member for Harlow, to the answer I gave on 18 December 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-12-11/201162/" target="_blank">201162</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/12/2018 14:51:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1023992

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Aviation: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an apprenticeship scheme for pilots to tackle the skills shortage in the aviation industry.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	201657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>​Our apprenticeship programme is demand-led, and employers are empowered to drive the development of the apprenticeship standards they need to make a sustainable investment in training and grow their businesses.</p><p>New, high-quality apprenticeship standards are developed by employer-led trailblazer groups with the support of the independent Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA). A standard for ‘first officer pilot’ is currently under development by a trailblazer group led by TUI, with the participation of British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and the Royal Air Force. The standard has been approved and published and the IfA is currently reviewing the end-point assessment plan.</p><p>​We will continue to work with employers and sector bodies to understand how apprenticeships can continue to address skills needs in all sectors of the economy.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 201658 question first answered 18/12/2018 11:55:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1023993

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Aviation: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing an apprenticeship scheme for pilots.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	201658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>​Our apprenticeship programme is demand-led, and employers are empowered to drive the development of the apprenticeship standards they need to make a sustainable investment in training and grow their businesses.</p><p>New, high-quality apprenticeship standards are developed by employer-led trailblazer groups with the support of the independent Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA). A standard for ‘first officer pilot’ is currently under development by a trailblazer group led by TUI, with the participation of British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and the Royal Air Force. The standard has been approved and published and the IfA is currently reviewing the end-point assessment plan.</p><p>​We will continue to work with employers and sector bodies to understand how apprenticeships can continue to address skills needs in all sectors of the economy.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 201657 question first answered 18/12/2018 11:55:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1023995

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on that Government's levy in relation to tuition fees on undergraduates from England after 31 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	201584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The setting of fees for higher education courses is devolved and the approach followed after 31 December 2020 is a matter for each administration to determine.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/12/2018 16:12:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1024226

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City, University of London: Freedom of Expression
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with City, University of London about the cancellation of a planned speech by the Israeli Ambassador on 21 November; and whether they have received any representations from the Office for Students about freedom of speech at that University.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL12225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>​​Both the Department for Education (DfE) and Office for Students (OfS) were made aware of the decision to defer the planned speech by the Israeli Ambassador. The DfE’s Further Education/Higher Education coordinator has been in contact with the institution.</p><p>​Freedom of speech is a crucial element of higher education and government and OfS are committed to championing it and to promoting open debate and challenge. Universities are autonomous bodies and are responsible for taking their own decisions around how to manage events and mitigate risks; handling of individual cases is not dictated by government or by the OfS. The OfS has powers to intervene if providers are not following their own free speech codes of practice</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2018 17:35:40 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1024227

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will issue guidance to universities on the misuse of data protection law and non-cooperation with security requirements in relation to upholding free speech.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL12226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The previous Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation held a free speech summit in May, where sector leaders agreed to collectively develop a single piece of guidance. The government has worked alongside sector leaders to set out key principles for universities and student unions managing free speech. The Equalities and Human Rights Commission will be publishing guidance in 2019 on how to ensure that freedom of speech within the law is upheld effectively in higher education institutions, whilst acknowledging their other legal duties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/12/2018 17:42:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech