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date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care are currently subject to Staying Put arrangements in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	24560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday during the year ending 31 March 2015, who are eligible for care leaver support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford Borough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NE Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">15*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. England total has been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>x. Figures not shown in order to protect confidentiality.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Since the publication of PQ 24560, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets has notified the Department of a correction to their figure for the ‘Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday’. Tower Hamlets submitted data stating this figure as 0, when it should have been 15 (rounded).</ins></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:37:18 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2016 09:56:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 42550 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443231

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443235

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

442298

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Fire Stations: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the purchase of the Kingsland Fire Station site for use by the Hackney New Primary School; and what the gain to the public purse was of the sale of that site.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	20737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Neither the Secretary of State for Education nor the Department for Education has purchased this site. The Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) purchased Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The purchase of Kingsland Fire Station, 333 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4DR for the sum of £16,000,000 (exclusive of VAT) from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority was funded from the Department for Education’s budget and made in the name of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The site has not been sold on.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2016 16:57:24 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2016 11:40:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 38163 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

432976

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools require pupils to wear a burqa or jilbab as part of their uniform.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	902428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information about individual schools’ uniform policies.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities legislation and act reasonably, fairly and flexibly in the interests of all their children.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information about individual schools’ uniform policies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that schools must have full regard to their obligations under equalities law, and act reasonably and fairly in the interests of all their students.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We would expect all schools to act flexibly in response to reasonable requests to vary their uniform policy.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department's guidance on school uniform is available online: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:15:11 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:18:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 32754 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

432979

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
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 provide parents of summer-born children with flexibility to decide in which year group their children start school.
tabling member constituency	Horsham
tabling member printed	Jeremy Quin
uin	902431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We recognise the vital importance of early intervention, particularly for the most disadvantaged members of society and the crucial role played by education and children’s services in promoting good outcomes for children and families. The latest Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/early-years-foundation-stage-profile-results-2014-to-2015</a> show that the proportion of children achieving a good level of development in relation to the most deprived areas, SEN, free school meal eligibility, term of birth, first language and ethnicity is improving. The proportion of children eligible for FSM has increased from 45% in 2014 to 51% in 2015 and the gap between FSM and other children has narrowed from 18.9 percentage points in 2014 to 17.7 in 2015</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are concerned that some parents of summer born children either feel forced to send their children to school before they are ready, and before compulsory school age, or risk missing the reception year at school where the essential teaching of early reading and arithmetic takes place.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Subject to parliamentary approval, we have therefore decided to amend the School Admissions Code to ensure that summer born children can be admitted to the reception class at the age of five, where this is what their parents want, and can remain with that cohort as they progress through school, including through to secondary school. We will conduct a full public consultation in due course. </ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">I recently set out this policy intent in an open letter to parents, schools and local authorities. The letter is available here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/summer-born-children-nick-gibbs-letter-about-school-admissions.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/11/2015 17:10:57 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:17:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 32746 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin

431537

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote the availability of computer-making and robot-making kits for children.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>There are a number of resources available to support computing education and schools are best placed to decide what will be most effective for their pupils.</p><p>The national curriculum in computing emphasises the academic discipline of computer science. Through studying topics such as computational logic, algorithms and data representation, pupils are obtaining insight into how the digital technologies that they use every day actually work<del class="ministerial"> and understanding how these technology products result from human ingenuity and rational design processes</del>. We want young people to have the opportunity to<del class="ministerial"> actively </del>create new technologies, rather than being passive consumers of them.</p><p>The Government has spent more than £4.5 million over the past three years to support schools in delivering high quality computing teaching. This includes £3 million for Computing At School to build a national network of over 350 ‘Master Teachers’ in Computer Science whom schools can commission to provide training for their teachers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/11/2015 16:15:46 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2015 17:08:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 32663 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

348024

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Teach First teachers in each (a) subject and (b) parliamentary constituency (i) began teaching and (ii) left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The first table below shows the number of Teach First teachers in each subject that began teaching in each of the last five years. The number of trainees starting is increasing annually including to STEM subjects, and the geographical spread is widening.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Qualified Teacher Status Subject</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design and Technology</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary EYFS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of Teach First teachers in each subject that left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Qualified Teacher Status </strong><strong> Subject</strong></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del><ins class="ministerial">8</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design and Technology</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">345</del><ins class="ministerial">120</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">333</del><ins class="ministerial">107</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">115</del><ins class="ministerial">43</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">285</del><ins class="ministerial">94</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary EYFS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">256</del><ins class="ministerial">87</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data for those in the second table gives a summary of those who left teaching either when on, or after completing, the Teach First Leadership Development Programme. This includes all those who have completed the Teach First programme since the first cohort in 2003. The data also includes those who have left more than once – for example an individual who leaves the profession in one year, returned, and then left the profession once more – for example someone taking career breaks and/or maternity leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please see detailed tables in Appendix 1 (separate excel file) for data on Teach First teachers in each parliamentary constituency that began teaching in each of the last five years as well as those that left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:49:39 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2015 14:43:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 853 Appendix- teach first teachers entering and leaving B.xlsx title Teach First teachers entering and leaving by PC previous answer version 3497 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 853 Appendix- teach first teachers entering and leaving.xlsx title Teach first teachers entering and leaving by PC
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347131

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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 assessment she has made of the trends in the number of students who take vocational GCSEs who go on to study at university.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information has been supplied below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of pupils entering higher education having achieved at least one vocational GCSE qualification</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupils in HE with at least one vocational GCSE by the end of key stage 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21,655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: National Pupil Database, HESA dataset</p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:56:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:51:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2084 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347132

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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, how many vocational GCSEs were taken in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Results of GCSEs in Applied[1] (vocational) subjects of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Entries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>147,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>114,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>138,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>113,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>95,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>23,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>12,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[2][3]</p></td><td><p>7,881</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For the years 2008/09 to 2010/11 this includes entries in both single and double award applied GCSEs. All other years include entries for double award applied GCSEs only.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014</a>. The first entry policy was introduced in 2013/14; this policy could have affected the total number of entries in 2013/14.</p><p>[3] Double Award vocational GCSEs are equivalent to 1 GCSE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:57:44 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:52:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2085 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson