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registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
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 effect of not returning VAT costs of sixth form colleges on competition in the market for education provision for 16 to 19 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	215714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>All 16-19 providers are funded on an equal basis in relation to the students that they recruit but the Department for Education does not factor into funding the costs of the different legal and corporate status of 16-19 providers. The Department has not looked specifically at the impact of not paying VAT on competition in the market.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/11/2014 17:36:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

164341

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
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 3 November 2014 to Question 211963, if she will provide a list of the specified derogations from the Admissions Code that have been made by 54 free schools.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	215695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>All academies and free schools must comply with the School Admissions Code. This ensures their admission arrangements are fair, clear and objective.</p><p>However, in limited circumstances, the Secretary of State has agreed different arrangements for academies and free schools, where she is content that to do so will benefit local children. Such schools must comply with the Code other than in the very limited circumstances specified by the Secretary of State.</p><p>Whilst, at the time of replying to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-27/211963/" target="_blank">211963</a>, we explained that the Secretary of State had agreed specific freedoms for 54 free schools (including UTCs), that list now stands at 56, and is set out as attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/12/2014 16:33:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Free_Schools_Admissions_Freedoms_December_2014.doc title Free schools - admissions freedoms - December 2014
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

164342

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to encourage schools to provide students with hands-on programming experience.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	215688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The new computing programmes of study, which were introduced in September 2014, have a greater focus on how computers work and the basics of programming. They also cover digital literacy and the application of information technology. Primary school pupils should be taught how to design and write programs to accomplish specific goals, using sequencing, selection and repetition; and secondary school pupils should be taught to use at least two programming languages to solve a variety of computational problems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:56:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

164343

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with Cabinet Office’s Government Digital Services (GDS) to embed a ‘digital by default’ approach to the development of all of our services and to ensure that our services have the appropriate high-quality, cost effective support in place for those who need help to use them. In December 2014, an annual report will be published on GOV.UK outlining the progress we have made against the key 16 actions stipulated by GDS to ensure that our services are available online. We are currently refreshing our departmental digital strategy for 2015 and beyond.</p><p>The current strategy is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-departmental-digital-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-departmental-digital-strategy</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:54:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164142

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Art Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on transporting, installing and removing works of art from the Government Art Collection for the display of artwork in her Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	215575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government Art Collection covers the cost of transporting, installing and removing works of art in government departments, except in particular circumstances.</p><p>The breakdown of this information by Department is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:49:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

164143

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: GCSE
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 21 November 2014 to Question 214915, who the representatives from religious and non-religious communities were that she consulted about proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	215570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State spoke to senior representatives from the Catholic Church, Church of England, United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, Network of Sikh Organisations, Network of Buddhist Organisations and Hindu Council UK. She also spoke with representatives from the Religious Education Council for England and Wales and British Humanist Association.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2014 14:58:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

164144

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding calculations for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools track demand and pupil numbers closely.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	215586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Funding to local authorities for both primary and secondary schools is calculated on the basis of pupil numbers recorded in the Schools Census in October of the previous year. This lagged funding system allows local authorities to set firm school budgets before the financial year starts, which helps schools’ financial planning. The lagged funding system means that institutions experiencing growth in-year will not ordinarily see increases in their funding until the following financial year.</p><p>Local authorities do have the freedom to top slice the dedicated schools grant to form a growth fund, which can be used to support schools and academies suffering financial difficulty due to growing pupil numbers in their area. It is for local authorities to decide whether to set up a growth fund, and which schools in their areas should benefit from this fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/11/2014 12:46:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

164145

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent and reduce Islamophobia in primary and secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	215544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is committed to tackling Islamophobia and all other forms of prejudice in our schools. We want every school to promote fundamental British values, including mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. Citizenship education, as part of the new national curriculum, should cover the diverse national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom and the need for mutual respect and understanding. We have also strengthened teachers’ powers and provided additional funding to deal with bullying, including racist bullying. Ofsted inspections include consideration of how well schools prevent bullying and tackle harassment and discrimination, as required by the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 27/11/2014 17:49:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

164146

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Anti-bullying Week
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department took to ensure that primary and secondary schools in England marked anti-bullying week; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle homophobic bullying in schools.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	215545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has sent a clear message to all schools that bullying is unacceptable and that they should take steps to prevent it from happening and to tackle it when it does.</p><p>While it was a matter for schools to determine whether to mark anti-bullying week, the Department for Education supported activities held as part of anti-bullying week. Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Reform, attended an event hosted by the Diana Award to celebrate the work of its anti-bullying ambassadors. Edward Timpson, Minister of State for Children and Families, attended an event hosted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, which focused on the bullying of children with special educational needs and disabilities. He also attended an anti-bullying assembly at the Ark Global Academy in London which featured WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, which champions anti-bullying in the USA) as part of the lead-in to anti-bullying week.</p><p>As well as raising the profile of the occasion via the Department’s twitter account, we also published two pieces of advice at the beginning of anti-bullying week. The first is to on help teachers to guard themselves against cyberbullying and what to do if it happens. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/374850/Cyberbullying_Advice_for_Headteachers_and_School_Staff_121114.pdf</a></p><p>The second piece of advice is for parents on how to help keep their children safe from cyberbullying, the signs to look for that they might be being cyberbullied and how to respond if they are. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375420/Advice_for_Parents_on_Cyberbullying_131114.pdf</a></p><p>The Department is providing just under £4 million to anti-bullying organisations over two years (2013-15) and it has recently launched two grant programmes: a £25 million voluntary and community sector grant which includes work to address all bullying in schools; and a £2 million grant in conjunction with the Government Equalities office to support projects that specifically tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2014 12:52:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

156957

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Heywood and Middleton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) junior schools in Heywood and Middleton constituency have class sizes in excess of 30 pupils.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	215476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>According to the January 2014 school census, there were a total of seven schools with one or more infant (key stage 1) classes in excess of 30 pupils in Heywood and Middleton constituency. All of these classes had between 31 and 35 pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were a further eight schools with one or more junior (key stage 2) classes in excess of 30 pupils. All but one of these classes had between 31 and 35 pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 25/11/2014 16:51:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes