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923959

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Drugs
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 tackle the increase in schoolchildren taking Xanax and fentanyl.
tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
tabling member printed	Sir Patrick McLoughlin
uin	153737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Schools have a statutory power to search for and confiscate prohibited items such as illegal and controlled drugs. Where they find other substances, which are not controlled drugs but a teacher believes them to be harmful or detrimental to good order and discipline, these can also be confiscated.</p><p>The department has produced advice for schools which makes it clear that school staff can search pupils or their possessions, without consent where there are reasonable grounds to do so. If a pupil refuses to be searched, the school may bar them from the premises. This guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279245/searching_screening_confiscation_advice_feb14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279245/searching_screening_confiscation_advice_feb14.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are not required to record and report instances involving drugs. However, when serious incidents involving the use of drugs occur, we would expect schools to record the incident and inform the parents of the pupil.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance to school governors on supporting pupils at school with medical conditions states that a child who has been prescribed a controlled drug may legally have it in their possession if they are competent to do so; that school staff may administer a controlled drug to the child for whom it has been prescribed; and that a record should be kept of any doses used and the amount of the controlled drug held.</p><p> </p><p>The government is improving the mental health support available to children and young people, investing an additional £1.4 billion is specialist services between 2015 and 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/06/2018 16:25:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin

924029

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Stem Cells: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will integrate information on the need for stem cell donation among (a) BAME communities and (b) others into the formal curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	153814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Pupils are taught about stem cells as part of the new Key Stage 4 science curriculum, GCSE combined science and GCSE biology. The national curriculum is compulsory in maintained schools and can be used as a benchmark by academies and free schools. The new national curriculum focuses on the essential knowledge in each subject, which allows teachers to take greater control over the wider curriculum in schools. Content includes the function of stem cells and the potential benefits and risks associated with the use of stem cells in medicine. Teachers are free to use this as an opportunity to discuss stem cell donation with pupils.</p><p>In April 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, announced that the Government would make no further changes to the national curriculum and to existing GCSEs for the rest of this Parliament. This announcement was made to promote stability for schools and teachers.</p><p>In order to continue providing lifesaving support for those who need stem cell transplants and find the best possible matches, the Department for Health and Social Care supports Anthony Nolan and NHS Blood and Transplant to continue to grow both their cord blood banks and their bone marrow donor registers. In particular, they aim to increase the numbers of BAME donors and cord blood units on the register that are available for patients from BAME backgrounds that are in need of a stem cell transplant.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:20:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

924046

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Part-time Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2018 to Question 149986 on supply teachers, how many part-time teachers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	153769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The figures provided are publicly available from table 2a in the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2017’ available at:</p><p><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>The table provides the head count number of part-time teachers in service in state funded schools in England, for November 2010 to 2016. Information for November 2017 will be available on 28 June 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Part-time teachers (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2010</p></td><td><p>104.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>105.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>106.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>108.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>110.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>114.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>116.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources: November 2010 to 2016 (School Workforce Census).</em></p><p> </p><p>There is no comparable information available for years prior to 2010. However data for the full-time equivalent number of part-time teachers, rather than headcount is available for years prior to 2010:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-including-pupil-to-teacher-ratios-and-pupil-to-adult-ratios-january-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-including-pupil-to-teacher-ratios-and-pupil-to-adult-ratios-january-2010</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:27:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

924047

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary teachers there have been per thousand pupils in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	153770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of teachers per thousand pupils is not routinely published.</p><p>Information showing the pupil teacher ratio and pupil adult ratio for state funded nursery, primary and secondary schools is available in Table 17a of the publication, School Workforce in England 2016. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:39:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

924048

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 147899 on Ofsted, (a) what the budget was and (b) how many staff were employed by Ofsted in each of the last three financial years to date to regulate state schools.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	153837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 16:58:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

924056

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
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 with the Department of Health and Social Care to improve outreach methods for parents and children in need of early intervention services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The department is taking a number of steps with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) aimed at improving outreach methods for parents and children in need of early intervention services.</p><p>Statutory guidance 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address assessed needs early. So we are introducing new multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, which put responsibility jointly on local authorities, health and police to put in place services that meet the needs of children and families locally. In making their local arrangements, the safeguarding partners should agree with other relevant agencies the levels for the different types of assessment and services to be commissioned and delivered – which could include outreach services. In implementing these new arrangements, my department is working closely with the DHSC, as well as the Home Office.</p><p>On 4 December 2017 the government published the 'Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision' green paper. It sets out our ambition to go further to ensure that children and young people showing early signs of distress are always able to access the right help, in the right setting, when they need it. There is clear evidence that schools and colleges can, and do, play a vital role in identifying mental health needs at an early stage, referring young people to specialist support and working jointly with others to support young people experiencing problems. We will fund new mental health support teams to provide specific extra capacity for early intervention and ongoing help, supervised by NHS children and young people’s mental health staff, whose work will be jointly managed by schools and the NHS.</p><p>My department is also working with Public Health England (an executive agency of DHSC) to help fulfil its ambition in 'Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential', published in December 2017, to close the word gap in the early years. This includes work to trial an early language assessment tool and deliver training and guidance for health visitors on early speech, language and communication needs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/06/2018 15:44:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

924062

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Teachers
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 efficacy of untrained PhD students being employed by universities to teach undergraduates.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	153831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on the teaching qualifications of academic staff, but this does not enable an assessment of the efficacy of those staff or any PhD students that are teaching in universities. The Higher Education and Research Act enshrines the principle that higher education institutions are autonomous organisations with freedom to select, appoint, or dismiss academic staff without interference from government. However, the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) recognises and rewards excellent teaching in higher education. The Teaching Quality measure within the TEF core metrics uses data from the National Student Survey, including student views of the teaching on their courses. In addition, the new Office for Students published its regulatory framework in February of this year. This includes a condition that all registered higher education institutions must deliver well designed courses that provide a high quality academic experience for all students – and that providers should have sufficient appropriately qualified and skilled staff to deliver that high quality academic experience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/06/2018 16:32:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

924106

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from (a) schools, (b) other organisations and (c) individuals on the continued funding problems in West Sussex schools.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	153708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives representations from schools, local authorities, representative bodies and individuals about school funding.</p><p>In the second stage of the consultation on the National Funding Formula for schools last year, the Department received 25,222 responses. 9% of these were from respondents in West Sussex. The Department also received a number of separate representations from schools, organisations and individuals in West Sussex regarding funding for schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:43:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

924143

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
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 (a) Association of Employment and Learning Providers, (b) Association of Colleges and (c) EEF on the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	153754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>I and my other ministers in the department meet regularly with the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, the Association of Colleges, and the Education Endowment Foundation to discuss a range of matters including apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>All of these groups are working with senior officials through our Apprenticeship Stakeholder Board to discuss a range of apprenticeship issues.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions included how we can make best use of the apprenticeship levy to deliver high quality apprenticeships at all levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/06/2018 16:02:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

924144

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Standards
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 Office for Students on the adequacy of the metrics for the Teaching Excellence Framework.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	153755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>To enable students to make the best decisions about their future, it is important that they have consistent independent information about the courses they are considering. The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) metrics focus on what matters to students: teaching quality, the learning experience, and student outcomes. The development of subject-level TEF will give students more information than ever before.</p><p>The department has worked collaboratively with the Office for Students (OfS), and the Higher Education Funding Council for England before that, throughout the development of the TEF.</p><p>The metrics used for TEF assessments are all well-established, widely used and trusted in the HE sector. We consulted the sector extensively on the design of TEF, including the metrics to be used, in 2016. We have recently concluded a consultation on subject-level TEF and the OfS has completed the first year of the pilot of subject-level TEF. Findings from those exercises, including on the operation of the metrics, will be shared between the department and OfS and will inform the further development of the TEF.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/06/2018 16:25:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden