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800889

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date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the assessment by UK National Recognition Information Centre that the International Certificate of Christian Education General Certificate is comparable to a Cambridge International Education O Level; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	117448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK National Recognition Information Centre (UK NARIC) is the National Agency responsible for providing information, advice and expert opinion on vocational, academic and professional skills and qualifications from all over the world.</p><p>A benchmarking study by UK NARIC has confirmed that the International Certificate of Christian Education General and Advanced Certificates can be considered to be comparable to the overall Cambridge International O and A Level standards. UK NARIC uses the term ‘comparable’ rather than ‘equivalent’. ‘Comparable’ acknowledges that two qualifications may be of the same academic standing, without necessarily having the same aims, curriculum or structure.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/12/2017 17:34:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

800891

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Student Finance England on extending the eligibility for the adult dependency grant to include couples living together but who are not married or in a civil partnership.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	117450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>I have not discussed any changes to eligibility for Adult Dependants’ Grant with Student Finance England.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 12:20:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

800894

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education,with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October 2017, how many civil servants her Department (a) has recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	117453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to understand the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and to coordinate planning. A team within the Department for Education’s (DfE) International Education Division leads on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of staff across the DfE provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues across a range of DfE policy areas as required.</p><p> </p><p>Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate figure specifically for work on EU exit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/12/2017 17:48:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

800905

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
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 29 November 2017 to Question 114846, what information her Department holds on reasons for the time taken for Wakefield City Academies Trust to pass the resolution to rebroker its academies.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	117464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>After a disappointing set of results in 2016, Wakefield City Academies Trust worked closely with the Regional Schools Commissioners for Lancashire and West Yorkshire and East Midlands and the Humber on options for the trust’s future and how best to secure improvement for pupils in its schools. Following this, the trust passed a resolution to ask the department to re-broker its academies.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/12/2017 17:53:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

800928

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the role and remit of the Social Mobility Commission will be upon appointment of its new Board.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	117487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The role and remit of the Social Mobility Commission is set out in legislation. There are no current plans to change the functions of the Commission and we intend to begin the public appointments process for a new Chair and Commissioners in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 13/12/2017 17:47:07 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

800929

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to the Social Mobility Commission from the public purse in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18; and how much such funding is planned to be allocated in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20 and (iii) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	117488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education is fully committed to the work of the Social Mobility Commission. We value the wide-ranging work carried out by the Commission, including its research programme, its State of the Nation annual reports, and both the Social Mobility Index and the Social Mobility Employer Index.</p><p>The government has previously allocated the following funding to the Commission:</p><ul><li>£600,000 in 2015-6.</li><li>£589,000 in 2016-7.</li><li>£610,000 in 2017-8.</li></ul><p>Future funding allocations have not yet been agreed and will be decided by the Department for Education, in consultation with the Commission, at the appropriate time. This is in accordance with normal procedures for non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/12/2017 16:20:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

800930

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which recommendations the Government adopted from the Social Mobility Commission's State of the Nation Report (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	117489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the Social Mobility Commission’s State of the Nation annual reports. They are wide-ranging, valuable pieces of work that support this government’s commitment to social mobility.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission’s analysis has been an important input to the department’s work on social mobility.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £72 million in 12 Opportunity Areas in order to focus effort on areas of the country with the greatest challenges and fewest opportunities. All 12 of these were social mobility coldspots identified by the Commission in its Social Mobility Index published in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Social mobility is the department’s priority and we are making good progress across a range of areas. We will be spending around £6 billion per year on childcare and early education support by 2019-20. The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has narrowed since we introduced the Pupil Premium – now worth around £2.5 billion per year - in 2011. Young pupils from disadvantaged areas are now also entering universities at record rates.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/12/2017 16:32:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

800931

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for (a) new Commissioners, (b) a new Chair and (c) a new Vice-Chair to be appointed to the Social Mobility Commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	117490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education is fully committed to the work of the Social Mobility Commission. We plan to begin the public appointments process for a new chair and commissioners in due course. This is a public appointment, and the process will be completed following the procedures set out in the Public Appointments guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/12/2017 16:16:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

800968

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Census
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress is being made on the review of parents’ right to retract nationality and country of birth data submitted through the school census; and whether parents will still be able to retract this data by responding that they refused in the Spring census.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	117527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Parents will remain able to retract nationality and country of birth information previously submitted through the school census for the remainder of the current academic year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/12/2017 17:21:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

800969

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between her Department and the Home Office published in December 2015, whether nationality data is used in the data-matching process that matches her Department's records with Home Office records submitted to it.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	117528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Nationality data is not used in the data matching process that matches Department for Education data with the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The current Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the Home Office, which was revised in October 2016, is in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/12/2017 17:20:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey