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225124

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department requires local authorities to hold on the number of young carers in receipt of free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	226363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not require local authorities to collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 06/03/2015 14:38:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 48361 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

225156

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to outsource child safeguarding functions from local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	226411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Where a local authority is judged to be failing in its provision and delivery of children’s services, the Secretary of State has a discretionary power to intervene under the Education Act 1996, as applied by section 50 of the Children Act 2004. This may include directing the local authority to review its children’s services operations and commissioning procedures, and this may include the delivery of specified functions by another body.</p><p> </p><p>The powers under part 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and associated regulations are quite different and provide for local authorities to be able to delegate children’s social care functions, including safeguarding functions, to third parties on a voluntary basis. The Department for Education has no plans to instruct any local authorities to delegate their functions under these provisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/03/2015 15:48:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

225158

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and by what percentage the cost of childcare has increased (a) in nurseries and (b) for childminders in London since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	226316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department for Education does not collect its own data, but uses cost information from a number of independent surveys, such as the Family and Childcare Trust Annual Childcare Cost Survey 2015 which can be found online at: <a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys" target="_blank">http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys</a>. The FCT survey measures the average market price for 25 hours of paid-for childcare and, therefore, takes no account of the 15 hours free early education and childcare that the majority of parents of young children are entitled to.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has already increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament. We are the first Government to fund 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three and four-year-olds is worth an additional £425 a year per child; and the funding for around 40% of two-year-olds, £2,500 a year per child.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will be introducing Tax-Free Childcare from autumn 2015, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit by up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p>For working parents on low and middle incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs which could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to childcare costs in London being higher, we have invested £30 million to increase the number of childcare places available for two-year-olds and to encourage more school nurseries to open from 8am - 6pm. Linked with this, we are working with the Family and Childcare Trust, the Greater London Authority and the Local Government Association, and with the support of London Councils, on a project to help schools in London develop flexible, full-day nursery provision. The project, and the learning it generates, will increase the amount of flexible childcare available and the choices that parents have.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2015 15:27:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

225159

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children from disadvantaged backgrounds have been unable to access free entitlement to childcare for (a) two-year-olds and (b) three and four-year-olds in London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	226297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect this data. However, information on take up is published annually and the latest published data is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2015 15:29:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

224685

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) secondary school places were in publicly-funded selective schools, (b) pupils attended schools outside their local authority area at Key Stage 3 and (c) selective school pupils do not live in the same local authority area as the school for each local authority area with selective schools in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	225999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>a) According to the January 2014 school census, a total of 162,630 pupils attended selective state-funded secondary schools. This represents 5.1% of the 3,181,360 attending state-funded secondary schools.[1]</p><p>b) As of January 2014, 8.8% of pupils in each of the academic years 7, 8 and 9 attended schools outside their local authority area.[2]</p><p>c) As of January 2014, 25.5% of pupils attending selective state-funded secondary schools did not live in the same local authority area as the school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/03/2015 13:09:58 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

224686

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
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 23 February 2015 to Question 224093 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, if she will place in the Library the education estate survey results for each of the qualifying education estate sites in Sunderland.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	226007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education published the national findings of the Property Data Survey on the government website. We have shared the detailed initial findings from the survey with those responsible for maintaining and improving school buildings. The Department currently has no plans to publish the detailed information for individual schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/03/2015 15:23:40 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

224687

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will calculate the proportion of (a) pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving 5+ A*- C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics and (b) all other pupils achieving 5+ A* - C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics, by local authority and region for the 2013-14 GCSE results using the 2013 methodology.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>2013/14 Key Stage 4 results by local authority using the 2013 methodology have not yet been published by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on pupils achieving 5+ A*- C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades including English and mathematics using the 2013 methodology by local authority will be released in mid-March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the attainment of pupils by free school meals (FSM) using the 2013 methodology at national level is published in table 1 of the ‘GCSE and equivalent attainment by pupil characteristics: 2014’ Statistical First Release. This is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/03/2015 13:37:21 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

224688

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Headteachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications her Department has received for the first application round of the talented leaders programme.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The application round for the first cohort of the Talented Leaders programme opened on 10 September 2014. The Future Leaders Trust that runs the programme received a total of 125 completed applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/03/2015 13:16:14 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

224689

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Headteachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leaders her Department have recruited to the talented leaders programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Future Leaders Trust that runs the Talented Leaders programme has recruited 27 school leaders to the programme. This first cohort of talented leaders will be matched and placed in headship positions in schools by September 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Talented Leaders programme aims to recruit 100 exceptional school leaders over two cohorts and match them with schools in areas of the country that are facing some of the toughest challenges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/03/2015 13:15:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

224690

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Headteachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which areas are taking part in the talented leaders programme; and how many school leaders have been recruited to that programme in each area to date.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>There are currently fifteen priority areas around the country that have joined the Talented Leaders programme. They are Bradford, Blackpool, Suffolk, North Lincolnshire, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, Sunderland, Norfolk, Southend on Sea, Bracknell Forest, East Sussex, Medway, Thanet, and Portsmouth. Additional areas are expected to join over the coming months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Future Leaders Trust that runs the programme is currently matching talented leaders with schools in some of the priority areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/03/2015 13:13:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham