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758974

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	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations on sprinklers in schools.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	9667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking the impact from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire very seriously. Building owners across the public sector estate, including schools, have been contacted to ensure any risks are managed and dealt with appropriately and promptly.</p><p>All schools must have a mandatory Fire Risk Assessment and all new schools undergo an additional check while being designed. Where sprinklers are necessary to keep staff and students safe, or where they are required under a local authority planning policy, they are fitted. There is not and has never been a national requirement for sprinklers to be fitted in all new or existing schools.</p><p>All schools have to follow strict fire safety regulations designed to ensure they are as safe as possible and well prepared in the event of a fire. They must have robust plans to follow, conduct regular fire drills, and typically have multiple exit routes.</p><p>The Government has announced an independent review of building regulations and fire safety to be led by Dame Judith Hackitt. Alongside the rest of Government, the Department will take forward any findings from the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire and ensure any recommendations for schools are implemented.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2017 15:16:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 11563 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

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

758676

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	Apprentices: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships in Ashfield constituency are (a) above and (b) below NVQ Level 2.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	9460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Apprenticeship programmes are only delivered at Level 2 and above.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows total apprenticeship participation in the Ashfield consistency for the latest full year for which data is available, 2015/16.</p><p>Data for the 2016/17 academic year shows participation covering the year reported to date, August 2016 to April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>Reported to date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 14:48:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

758677

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	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the guidance on tackling peer-to-peer abuse in Keeping children safe in education will be reviewed and updated.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	9535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The department is planning to launch a public consultation on revising <em>Keeping children safe in education</em> later in the autumn. The department expects revised guidance to be published for information in spring 2018, to give schools and colleges time to plan for any changes, before it comes into force in September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/09/2017 15:23:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

758125

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will encourage exam boards to offer GCSEs in British Sign Language.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	9014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>At present, there are no plans to introduce any further GCSEs beyond those to which the Government has already committed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:27:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

758126

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the number of courses covered by the exemption to the Equivalent Level Qualification rules to include full-time undergraduate STEM courses.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Access to fee and maintenance loans from the Student Loan Company (SLC) is currently restricted for students wishing to study qualifications that are at an equivalent or lower level to those which they already hold. These are known as Equivalent or Lower Qualifications (ELQ). There are exemptions to these restrictions, including from 2017/18 for all part-time STEM degree courses (which had been eligible for fee support only).</p><p> </p><p>Full-time STEM student numbers increased between 2003 and 2015, in some cases dramatically (notably in Biological Sciences by 87%, Maths by 78% and Physical Sciences by 77%). Across most STEM subjects, levels of sustained employment have also grown either in line with the average or above the average, and average earnings have increased by well above the 11% graduate average. Evidence suggests the last round of Government capital funding for STEM higher education has led to increases in provision.</p><p> </p><p>We will be carefully monitoring the impact of lifting the ELQ exemption for part-time STEM courses in the context of our assessments of higher education STEM and demand overall.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2017 16:19:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

758128

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 proportion of children in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, (b) the North East and (c) England were entitled to receive free school meals in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	9049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the proportion of children eligible for free school meals are published annually for all authorities and regions in England. The figures can be found in the statistical first releases, which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 16:29:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

758129

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 she has made of the proportion of infant pupils in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, (b) the North East and (c) England who would currently be entitled to receive free school meals under the pre-universal free school meals system.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	9050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of pupils eligible for, and claiming, free school meals under the pre-universal free school meals system is published at: <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> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2017 16:29:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell