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1123498

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for rural schools.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	910573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, meets Treasury ministers regularly to discuss matters of shared interest, including funding for schools.</p><p>The Department provides additional support aimed at rural schools. For example, the sparsity factor in the National Funding Formula allocates £25 million specifically to schools that are both small and remote.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 16:50:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1123499

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Teaching Methods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of teaching early literacy through phonics.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	910576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that systematic phonics is a highly effective method for teaching early reading. According to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), phonics approaches have been consistently found to be effective in supporting younger readers to master the basics of reading, with an average impact of an additional four months’ progress. Research suggests that phonics is particularly beneficial for younger pupils (four to seven year olds) as they begin to read. Teaching phonics is more effective on average than other approaches to early reading (such as whole language or alphabetic approaches), though it should be emphasised that effective phonics techniques are usually embedded in a rich literacy environment for early readers and are only one part of a successful literacy strategy[1].</p><p>In 2018 there were 163,000 more six year olds in England on track to become fluent readers compared to 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check, compared to just 58% when the check was introduced in 2012.</p><p>The Department is investing £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support local schools in developing their teaching practice, with a focus on systematic phonics, early language development and reading for pleasure. There are now 34 such hubs, based in primary schools across England.</p><p>[1] EEF Phonics Teaching and Learning Toolkit, updated August 2018 (available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evidence-summaries/teaching-learning-toolkit/phonics/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evidence-summaries/teaching-learning-toolkit/phonics/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 16:27:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1123540

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
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 to ensure adequate funding in SEND provision in schools.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	248757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Authorities are required to provide mainstream schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to £6,000. Top-up funding is then provided from local authorities high needs budgets. Nationally, high needs funding is £6.3 billion this year. We recognise that local authorities are facing cost pressures, which is why in December we allocated an additional £250 million across all local authorities up to 2020. Slough will receive £880,000 of this additional funding. This funding will help local authorities to manage their cost pressures. Funding for 2020-2021 and beyond will be determined in the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2019 16:08:08 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1123614

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the Disabled Students' Allowance assistive technology procurement proposal on students with (a) low incidence disabilities and (b) vision impairment.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	248764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The new arrangements being introduced by the Student Loans Company (SLC) to procure assistive technology equipment and training for students in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) will not affect the level or range of support available to any student.</p><p>The SLC has engaged with groups within the sector to ensure that the procurement process will ensure that the needs of all students in receipt of DSA can continue to be met, and over 40 different organisations, including those representing students with vision impairment, have provided responses to the SLC, which are currently being considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/05/2019 16:14:41 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1123615

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the list of approved equipment for Disabled Students' Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	248765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Section 6 of the Student Loans Company’s (SLC) Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) guidance contains advice on the types of equipment that are available to recipients of these allowances. This is available at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1646/1819-guidance-dsa-new-students-from-ay-201617.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1646/1819-guidance-dsa-new-students-from-ay-201617.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The SLC maintains a list of assistive technology software products that have attracted DSA funding, which is available at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1457/product-list.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1457/product-list.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong><br> <br> </strong></p><p><strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/05/2019 16:37:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1123654

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money was allocated from the public purse towards the provision of free school meals in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in the most recent financial year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	248590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>For benefits-based free school meals (FSM) the department allocates around £440 per pupil per year currently eligible for and claiming FSM through the national funding formula to local authorities.</p><p>Local authorities then distribute this money to schools through their local funding formula, which is set in consultation with schools. For 2018-19, local authorities collectively allocated £505 million in respect of pupils currently eligible for FSM.</p><p>For the academic year 2017/2018 - the latest year in which data is available - the Department for Education spent £649 million delivering free meals for all infant children in reception, year 1 and year 2 in state funded schools through the universal infant free school meals policy.</p><p>FSM are fully devolved so the department does not hold information on how much was spent in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2019 15:58:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1123698

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to provide statutory guidance to schools on the use of isolation rooms for students.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	248755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which should set out the behaviour expected of pupils, the sanctions that will be imposed for poor behaviour, and rewards for good behaviour. Schools have to make these policies publicly available on their websites. To help schools develop effective strategies, the Department has produced advice for schools which covers what should be included in the behaviour policy. This advice can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-and-discipline-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Schools can adopt a policy which allows disruptive pupils to be placed in isolation away from other pupils for a limited period. If a school uses isolation rooms as a disciplinary penalty, this should be made clear in their behaviour policy. As with other disciplinary penalties, schools must act lawfully, reasonably and proportionately in all cases. The school must also ensure the health and safety of pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The Department regularly reviews the guidance issued to schools and updates it as appropriate. The Department has no current plans to make the guidance statutory.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/05/2019 13:58:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1123704

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide meals for children accessing (a) free childcare and (b) pre-school provision.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	248685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The government's early education funding is intended to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week (for 38 weeks of the year) of free, high quality, flexible childcare for eligible 2, 3 and 4-year-olds. It is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables, additional hours or additional services.</p><p> </p><p>However, pupils attending a local authority maintained, academy or free school nursery are entitled to free school meals: as long as they are either in full-time education or receive education both before and after lunch and meet the benefits-based free school meal eligibility criteria. Pupils attending a private nursery or pre-school are not entitled to free school meals.</p><p> </p><p>The government also provides help with up to 70% of childcare costs for people on low incomes through working tax credits, which in April 2016 increased to 85% through Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2019 16:05:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1123775

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of non-disclosure agreements by universities.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Many organisations, including universities, use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality agreements legitimately. Universities are autonomous institutions and the Department for Education has not made any specific analysis of their use of NDAs.</p><p>We expect universities to only use NDAs where necessary and appropriate. Any misuse of these agreements to intimidate and silence people is completely unacceptable.</p><p>In a speech on 7 May at the London School of Economics, my hon. Friend, the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, said that non-disclosure clauses should only be used in appropriate circumstances, like protecting valuable research findings should a staff member change jobs. He added that they should not be used to cover up inappropriate behaviour or conduct.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently consulted on the best way to tighten the laws around NDAs for workers, ensuring workers are clear on their rights and making it clear in law that people cannot be prevented from speaking to the police or reporting a crime regardless of any NDA. Responses to the consultation are currently being analysed.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 13/05/2019 16:50:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1123776

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education: Pupil Premium
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of the pupil premium when a pupil is placed in alternative provision.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>As is the case for headteachers in mainstream schools, headteachers in alternative provision settings are free to spend the pupil premium grant in any way they wish to benefit their pupils. They are required to publish on their website details about the use and impact of the funding. The Department for Education has made no assessment of pupil premium use for pupils placed in alternative provision. Disadvantaged pupil progress and achievement are assessed by Ofsted when an alternative provision setting is inspected, and disadvantaged pupil outcomes are published in performance tables.</p><p>Our statutory guidance makes it clear that alternative provision should be good quality which appropriately meets the needs of pupils. This guidance is attached. Responsibility for the alternative provision used rests with the commissioner, who should assure themselves that the setting is registered where appropriate and provision is delivered by high quality staff.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/05/2019 12:25:48 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15414_Alternative_Provision_Statutory_Guidance.pdf title HL15414_PDF
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey