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720363

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date	13/04/2017
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 many children currently qualify for free school meals under (a) household benefit entitlement and (b) universal infant free school meals; and how many children living in households with an income of less than £16,190 are not eligible for free school meals because their parents are in receipt of working tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	70359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect specific data on family benefits or income; this would require analysis from the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p>1.4 million infants took a lunch on the January 2016 census day under the universal infant free school meals policy[1]. This is published and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a>.</p><p>[1] National tables: SFR20/2016, table 3d. Number of Infant Pupils who took a lunch on census day (column E) minus Number of Infant Pupils Eligible for and claiming free school meals (column J)</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/04/2017 16:48:55 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

720370

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Food Technology: Secondary Education
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 potential merits of making cookery a mandatory component of the secondary school curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	70410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Cooking and nutrition are taught as part of the design and technology programme of study for Key Stage 1 to 3 in the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum is compulsory in maintained schools and can be used as a benchmark by academies and free schools.</p><p> </p><p>Within the programme of study, pupils are taught about food and nutrition and how to cook a range of healthy and nutritious meals. They are equipped with knowledge about healthy eating, what is meant by a balanced diet as well as how to feed themselves and others affordably and well.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2016, we also introduced a new GCSE in Food Preparation and Nutrition. The new GCSE enables pupils to acquire an understanding of the scientific principles behind food and nutrition, and use a number of practical cooking techniques to prepare and cook food. The first exam in this new qualification will be in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/04/2017 14:19:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

708482

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children, in each of the last three years for which data is available, were in facilities deemed to fall below the national minimum standards for the welfare of children set out by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	66535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to the Honourable Member for Birkenhead with the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/03/2017 08:27:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

668921

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived allocated to her Department in 2015 to support school breakfast clubs has (a) been spent and (b) not been spent.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	58945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK allocation from the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) was €3.94m for the 2014-20 period. In 2014, the Government indicated that because the UK allocation from the fund is deducted from our European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund allocations, it would minimise the adverse impact on those funds by taking the lowest possible allocation.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the Government announced that its FEAD allocation would be used to expand breakfast club provision in deprived areas in England. The Department for Education received interim funding of €433,912.60 in 2014 in advance of the scheme commencing. This is the only payment we have received.</p><p><br>After we had publicly committed to the scheme in 2014, the European Commission began detailed discussions on the regulations which govern how the money can be spent. It has since become clear that our original vision for how to use this funding cannot comply with the European Commission’s eligibility requirements for the fund. We are therefore discussing with other government departments how we can best apply this money before 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has delivered significantly higher funding for breakfast clubs than that envisaged by the FEAD. DfE ran a two year £1.1m programme which ended in March 2016 which saw breakfast clubs implemented in 184 schools with a high proportion of disadvantaged pupils. In the 2016 Budget, the Chancellor announced further funding of £10m a year to set up breakfast clubs in up to 1600 schools. The new scheme will commence from September 2017 and support schools and pupils most in need.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/01/2017 09:27:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

669110

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the eligibility to free school meals will be of children in households in receipt of Universal Credit, broken down by employment status.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	58944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>As I indicated in my answer to the hon. Member for Manchester Central on 1 December, the Department for Education is working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, other Government departments and other interested parties to establish new criteria for determining entitlement to benefits-related Free School Meals as the roll-out of universal credit (UC) progresses. No decision has been taken yet, and our proposals on this matter will be announced in due course. As an interim measure, all pupils whose parents are in receipt of UC are currently entitled to free school meals.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/01/2017 16:34:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

654805

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
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, what steps she is taking to ensure that housing benefit data is used by local authorities in England to identify and automatically register all children eligible for free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	56826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>We want to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility for free school meals (FSM).</p><p>We understand that some local authorities have found this approach can be an effective tactic. However, it does not provide a complete or sustainable solution to automatic registration for FSM. We do not consider further legislation to be necessary for this particular approach.</p><p>To support FSM registration, the department provides an online eligibility checking facility; and a model registration form for schools to use within their enrolment process.</p><p>The department is exploring what opportunities exist in the longer term to make FSM registration processes more efficient.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 13/12/2016 15:58:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

637050

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Rock Ferry School
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for a decision to be taken on the future of the Rock Ferry High School site.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	53051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>School playing fields are protected by Section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. Schools and local authorities must obtain the Secretary of State’s approval before they can dispose of their land. Applications to dispose of school playing fields are considered by the school playing fields advisory panel, and are approved only when it is demonstrated that the application meets published criteria. I am aware of an application by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council to seek approval to dispose of part of the playing fields at the closed Rock Ferry High School. The application is currently being processed by officials at the Education Funding Agency, who have sought further detail from the council about the proposal. The application can only be considered when sufficient information is available to enable the panel and the Secretary of State to assess where the capital receipt of the sale of the land will be spent and whether a local Residents’ Association will manage the remaining field for local use. The Secretary of State will consider the recommendation of the panel before making her final decision.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2016 14:09:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

628124

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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 1 November 2016 to Question 47153, if she will list each faith included in the category other faith designations given in that answer.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	51766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below provides the breakdown requested. Please note the Christian schools have not specified a denomination.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Hindu</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sikh</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Christian</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jewish</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greek Orthodox</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2016 17:54:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

595525

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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, how many (a) business-led, (b) Muslim-led, (c) Church of England-led, (d) Roman Catholic-led schools, (e) other faith schools and (f) other free schools have been announced in each year since the free school programme started.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	47153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Free school applicants are invited to describe the nature of their group; most will describe the group in terms of the schools they already have, for example, a multi-academy trust or a chain of free schools. Some groups will use terms such as a group of parents or teachers.</p><p>There are a number of free schools that have strong business links but only the Cathedral Free School in Liverpool has described itself as business-led.</p><p>As faith free school applicants may use a variety of terms to describe their group, the table below provides a breakdown of applications approved into the pre-opening phase by the faith designation of the school (b)-(d), with (e) being applications approved into the pre-opening phase with no faith designation. “Other faith designations” includes Christian schools where the denomination has not been specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Muslim faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Church of England faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Roman Catholic faith designation</p></td><td><p>Other faith designations</p></td><td><p>Other free schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 (Wave 1)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del> <ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 (Waves 1 and 2)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del> <ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 (Wave 3)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 (Wave 4)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (Waves 5, 6 and 7)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (Waves 8, 9, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Waves 10, 11, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Not all applications approved into the pre-opening phase go on to open as schools. Some projects are deferred, withdrawn or cancelled, and some schools have closed. Deferral or cancellation can be for a variety and sometimes a combination of reasons, but overall it will have been because the department did not believe the free school trust was ready to open a free school offering a good or better education.</p><p>Contributory factors include a lack of site or building, insufficient pupil recruitment, under-developed leadership and/or governance arrangements. In each case, decisions will have been based on the progress of the project or school, and will have balanced the risk of opening on the original date, or remaining open, against all the elements needed to be in place for a successful school.</p><p>In the case of open free schools, they will have closed because they were not delivering a good or better education.</p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/11/2016 13:38:19 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 10:33:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 17529 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

541004

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people working for her Department or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and how many of those people are employed on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	43504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>All directly employed staff, agency workers and outsourced contractors who work for the Department for Education and its executive agencies are paid at least the Living Wage Foundation rate.</p><p> </p><p>No staff or agency workers are employed via zero-hours contracts and only 23 of 164 outsourced contractors are employed on this basis.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/09/2016 13:49:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead