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1059831

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Walsall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to Walsall Council to support children with SEND needs in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	220320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable mainstream schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). While authorities will identify a notional SEN budget for each school within the school’s overall budget, that notional budget is not ring-fenced, and schools are expected to manage their overall budget to best meet the need of all their pupils, including pupils with SEN.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and all funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next, bringing Walsall’s total high needs funding to £31.5 million in 2018-19.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for Solihull since 2013-14 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools</p></td><td><p>High Needs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£181.5 million</p></td><td><p>£27.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£183.4 million</p></td><td><p>£28.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£191.0 million</p></td><td><p>£28.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£195.0 million</p></td><td><p>£28.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£199.5 million</p></td><td><p>£29.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£204.8 million</p></td><td><p>£31.5 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/02/2019 17:56:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1059832

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Walsall North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in the Walsall North constituency will receive a cash increase in their budget per pupil for 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	220321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities continue to be responsible for distributing funding to schools in their local area in 2019-20. School allocations for 2019-20 are yet to be confirmed by local authorities. They will be published in due course.</p><p>The table attached shows notional allocations through the national funding formula (NFF) for schools in Walsall North in 2019-20, and compares these to the 2017-18 baselines. The notional NFF figures are based on 2018-19 pupil data.</p><p>Total funding per pupil, which includes both pupil-led and school-led funding, may decrease when the number of pupils increases because school-led funding, which does not vary with pupil numbers, is divided by a greater number of pupils. The attached table shows both changes in total funding per pupil and changes in pupil-led funding per pupil.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2019 16:43:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 220321_Allocations_through_NFF_in_Walsall_North.pdf title 220321_Allocations_Through_NFF_in_Walsall_North
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1059835

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility: Walsall North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £100 million investment through the social mobility action plan, entitled Unlocking talent, fulfilling potential (a) will be and (b) has been allocated to Walsall North to support social mobility in early years education.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	220322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>Information on funding at constituency level is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Walsall local authority currently receives funding for the 2-year-old offer, and take-up is currently at 62%. Walsall has bid for the schools nursery capital fund and is a partner to Wolverhampton’s bid to the early outcomes fund, both of which are currently being assessed. The outcomes will be announced in due course.</p><p>In addition, the department has commissioned an early years special educational needs and disability (SEND) partnership led by the National Children's Bureau. This project aims to improve the quality of provision for children with SEND in the early years by building the confidence, knowledge and ability of the workforce to identify and support children with SEND. The West Midlands is one of the regions that the National Children’s Bureau will be working with.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/02/2019 17:42:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

903729

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to promote apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	905263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The best promoters of apprenticeships are apprentices themselves and young apprentice ambassadors network play an important role is this. I would also like to commend the work of Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network who’s work makes sure that we reach the widest possible number of people.</p><p>The National Apprenticeship Service promotes apprenticeships by working with schools and works with the largest levy-paying employers to help them grow their programme. We have a number of campaigns including Get in Go far, targeting specific sectors and telemarketing.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/05/2018 17:08:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

828127

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Schools that Work for Everyone consultation, published on 12 September 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	124087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The department plans to respond to the proposals set out in the consultation document, ‘Schools that work for everyone’, including those regarding the faith admissions cap, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/01/2018 16:41:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

803730

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that more students from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	902866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>There are already record numbers of disadvantaged English 18 years olds benefitting from full-time higher education, and universities expect to spend over £860 million in 2018/19 on measures to improve the access and success of disadvantaged students, up from £404 million in 2009, through their access agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold universities to account for their records on access and retention.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 17:44:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

790045

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timescale she has set for replacing inclusivity rules relating to faith schools, including Roman Catholic schools.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	113156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The department is carefully considering the results of the Schools that work for everyone consultation and the proposal to remove the 50% cap. We plan to respond on this issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 24/11/2017 08:43:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

706709

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when decisions from the Education Funding Agency on applications to the Condition Improvement Fund for 2017-18 will be announced.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	66082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>We expect to publish the list of successful Condition Improvement Fund 2017-18 projects and notify all schools and colleges of the outcome of their applications by April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2017 11:28:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

577500

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the contract of employment of the Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency is due to expire.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Education Funding Agency has a permanent contract of employment, i.e. there is no set end date and the contract will continue until either party decides to end it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 45211 question first answered 14/09/2016 17:00:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 11073 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

576790

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been allocated from the Condition Improvement Fund for 2016-17; and how much from that Fund was allocated in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	45243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>On 26 March 2015, the Department for Education announced the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2015 to 2016. 1,407 projects across 1,127 academies and sixth-form colleges were approved funding of £383 million. This includes institutions successful following appeals in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We announced the outcome of the CIF for 2016 to 2017 on 24 March 2016. Funding of £435 million was approved for 1,276 projects across 1,030 academies and sixth-form colleges. The information can be viewed on the government’s website here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2015-to-2016-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2015-to-2016-outcome</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2016-to-2017-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2016-to-2017-outcome</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/09/2016 16:38:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick