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1008475

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 8 of the report of the Education Committee, Value for money in higher education, published on 5 November 2018, if will take steps to require universities to publish a breakdown of how tuition fees are spent.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	192124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Students’ ability to make informed choices is at the heart of our recent reforms to higher education (HE). This government recognises the importance of this area and is increasing the information available to students to ensure that they can make informed choices about what and where to study.</p><p>As set out in the department’s strategic guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), we expect them to play a key role in delivering our objectives to improve and support informed choice through the provision of effective information, advice and guidance to all students. In February, we asked the OfS to work with the HE sector to improve transparency so that students know what they should expect and can effectively challenge providers who do not deliver on their commitments.</p><p>In addition, we asked the OfS to consider how to increase the transparency and visibility of what students can expect to receive for their investment at different HE providers, by making Longitudinal Education Outcomes data more widely available such as through publication on Unistats, thereby enabling students to make the right choices for them.</p><p>Although we provide guidance for the OfS, we cannot instruct it to undertake any specific course of action as it is an independent arm’s length body.</p><p>The government will respond directly to the Education Select Committee on its HE value for money report recommendations in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/11/2018 16:41:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1008476

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 23 of the report of the Education Committee, Value for money in higher education, published on 5 November 2018, HC 343, what steps he is taking to increase the number of state school-educated students studying at Russell Group universities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	192125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Widening participation to Higher Education is a priority for this government. The government wants everyone with the capability to succeed in Higher Education to have the opportunity to benefit from a university education, regardless of their background.</p><p>This year, record rates of English 18 year olds, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, have entered full-time university. However, more could and should be done. That is why in the department’s first guidance to the Office for Students, we asked them to encourage providers to make further progress in ensuring that students from: areas of low higher education participation; low household income; and/or low socio-economic status, can access, participate and succeed in higher education, including at the most selective institutions.</p><p>In addition, a new transparency condition requires higher education providers to publish application, offer, acceptance, non-continuation and attainment rates by socio-economic background, gender and ethnicity. This will provide greater transparency and help drive fairness on admissions and outcomes.</p><p>Prior attainment is a critical factor and the government have asked higher education providers to take on a more direct role in helping to raise attainment in schools as part of their outreach activity. All universities are expected to help raise attainment and support school improvement, including through school sponsorship and by establishing new state schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/11/2018 16:19:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1005876

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many pupils were taught an instrument in class in each region in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics <strong>Region</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools <br></strong><strong>working </strong><strong>with Hubs <br>on core roles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Music<br> Education Hubs <br>in each region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils<br> receiving whole <br>class ensemble <br>teaching<br></strong><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br>pupils receiving <br>whole class<br> ensemble<br>teaching<br>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>57,020</p></td><td><p>8.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,391</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61,979</p></td><td><p>6.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,233</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>114,315</p></td><td><p>8.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>72,032</p></td><td><p>18.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,709</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98,260</p></td><td><p>9.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,104</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>105,231</p></td><td><p>8.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>70,190</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>65,767</p></td><td><p>7.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>66,447</p></td><td><p>8.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>711,241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.84%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 190475 190476 question first answered 15/11/2018 09:59:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1005877

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many of those music hubs are located in each region.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics <strong>Region</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools <br></strong><strong>working </strong><strong>with Hubs <br>on core roles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Music<br> Education Hubs <br>in each region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils<br> receiving whole <br>class ensemble <br>teaching<br></strong><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br>pupils receiving <br>whole class<br> ensemble<br>teaching<br>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>57,020</p></td><td><p>8.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,391</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61,979</p></td><td><p>6.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,233</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>114,315</p></td><td><p>8.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>72,032</p></td><td><p>18.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,709</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98,260</p></td><td><p>9.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,104</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>105,231</p></td><td><p>8.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>70,190</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>65,767</p></td><td><p>7.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>66,447</p></td><td><p>8.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>711,241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.84%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 190474 190476 question first answered 15/11/2018 09:59:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1005879

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many schools benefited from such music hubs in each of the region in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>This information is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey" target="_blank">https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/children-and-young-people/music-education-hubs-survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of schools in each region who benefited from Music Hubs in 2016-17, the number of hubs located in each region and the number of pupils who were taught an instrument in class per region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics <strong>Region</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of schools <br></strong><strong>working </strong><strong>with Hubs <br>on core roles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Music<br> Education Hubs <br>in each region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pupils<br> receiving whole <br>class ensemble <br>teaching<br></strong><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br>pupils receiving <br>whole class<br> ensemble<br>teaching<br>2016-17 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,768</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>57,020</p></td><td><p>8.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,391</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>61,979</p></td><td><p>6.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,233</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>114,315</p></td><td><p>8.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>72,032</p></td><td><p>18.61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2,709</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98,260</p></td><td><p>9.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3,104</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>105,231</p></td><td><p>8.41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2,005</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>70,190</p></td><td><p>9.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,021</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>65,767</p></td><td><p>7.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>66,447</p></td><td><p>8.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>711,241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.84%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 190474 190475 question first answered 15/11/2018 09:59:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1002078

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the announcement in Budget 2018, how much of the £400 million capital payment to schools will be allocated to schools in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	188171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is allocating an additional £400 million capital funding to schools in 2018-19. This funding is in addition to the £1.4 billion of condition allocations already provided this year to those responsible for maintaining school buildings.</p><p> </p><p>A calculation tool will be published by December that will enable schools to estimate their own allocation. The Department plans to publish the final allocations for all schools in England in January and expects an average size primary school to receive £10,000 and an average size secondary school to receive £50,000.</p><p> </p><p>The additional funding will be allocated to: maintained nurseries, primary and secondary schools, academies and free schools, special schools, pupil referral units, non-maintained special schools, sixth-form colleges, and special post-16 institutions that have eligible state-funded pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/11/2018 11:52:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993579

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department are taking to extend access to pupil premium plus funding for adopted children who are (a) home educated, (b) educated at independent schools and (c) adopted from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises that children adopted from care can remain vulnerable and have high levels of need. Pupil Premium funding is only available to children attending state-funded schools or where a local authority is providing significant support for a child’s education. Where parents have decided to educate their children at home, they are only eligible for Pupil Premium if the local authority is providing such support. Similarly, pupil premium is available for pupils attending an independent school only where the local authority is paying all or part of the tuition fees. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>We have already extended support from Virtual School Heads and designated teachers to children adopted from outside England and Wales and are carefully considering other educational entitlements, including Pupil Premium Plus.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/10/2018 16:56:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 81158 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

992746

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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 the effect of the changes to the eligibility criteria for free school meals on the number of families living in poverty.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Our new criteria for free school meals eligibility are forecast to increase the number of children benefiting from this vital benefit by 2022, compared to under the previous benefits system. In addition, our transitional protections will mean that all children currently receiving a free meal will continue to do so.</p><p>In February, the government published an updated equality analysis on the criteria following a public consultation. Our overall assessment was that we expect children with a special educational need or disability, pupils attending schools with no religious character, and children from certain ethnic groups to benefit more than others from the estimated increase in the size of the free school meal cohort. These children were identified as more likely to benefit from the new criteria because they are considered more likely to come from households with earnings below the new eligibility threshold. We did not have evidence to suggest there will be any negative impact on children with other protected characteristics.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/10/2018 16:26:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

943900

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health
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 help ensure the mental well-being of young people waiting for their GCSE results.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	165574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>It is up to schools to decide what continuing support to offer students waiting for results during the summer holiday.</p><p> </p><p>Where young people or parents are concerned about mental wellbeing they can seek support from providers of online, telephone and face-to-face mental health and wellbeing support. Local NHS services can provide information and advice on sources of support, including that offered by local authority and voluntary and community sector providers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2018 14:39:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

943901

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support young people who wish to take more vocational GCSEs.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	165575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for designing a broad and balanced curriculum that will allow students to fulfil their potential and move on to the next stage of education and training.</p><p>To support breadth in the curriculum, the Department has designed school accountability measures that recognise academic qualifications (GCSEs) as well as technical and vocational qualifications (primarily Technical Awards). The Progress 8 measure has an academic core, but also rewards pupils’ study of up to three approved Technical Awards.</p><p>The Department has reviewed the list of qualifications that count towards performance tables to ensure that all approved qualifications, including Technical Awards, are high quality and support students’ progression.</p><p>Technical Awards are high quality level 1 and 2 qualifications that provide 14-16 year olds with applied knowledge and practical skills not usually acquired through GCSEs. There are 57 Technical Awards currently approved for inclusion in the 2020 performance tables and for teaching from September 2018. To be included in performance tables, qualifications must meet strict requirements regarding their size, the use of external assessment and synoptic assessment, and their grading structure.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2018 14:40:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis