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1535062

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress he has made in moving from a National Funding Formula for schools to a direct funding formula.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Nick Gibb
uin	901778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains firmly committed to completing our reforms to the national school funding system, and introducing a direct national funding formula.</p><p>This will mean that each mainstream school is allocated funding on the same basis, wherever it is in the country, and every child can be given the same opportunities, based on a consistent assessment of their needs.</p><p>The Department is moving carefully towards the direct national funding formula over the coming years, working with the sector to ensure that the transition is a smooth one. From 2023-24, local authorities will have to move their own funding formulae closer to the national funding formula as part of our step-by-step approach to transition. Local minimum funding guarantee protections will remain in place to maintain stability for schools and protect them from sudden drops in pupil-led per-pupil funding.</p><p>We are also continuing to develop the schools national funding formula to allocate funding nationally in line with our recent consultation: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/implementing-the-direct-national-funding-formula/supporting_documents/Implementing%20the%20direct%20national%20funding%20formula%20%20government%20consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/implementing-the-direct-national-funding-formula/supporting_documents/Implementing%20the%20direct%20national%20funding%20formula%20%20government%20consultation.pdf</a>. The Department's response will be published in due course.</p><p>The Department will also provide an update on the Schools Bill in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 24/10/2022 15:15:40 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

1523091

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) UK and (b) international academic research on the impact of childcare support programmes on workforce participation.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	64029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>In assessing the impact of its free childcare entitlements, the department regularly looks at evidence from a range of different research publications. This includes the Families and Labour Market release from the Office for National Statistics and the department’s Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents series, the latest results of which can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents</a>.</p><p>The department also monitors take-up of the entitlements via national statistics from the Early Years census, conducted in the third week of January each year. Further information can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5</a>.</p><p>External evidence is used to help make international comparisons on the impacts of increasing employment rates, for example modelling that underpins the PwC Women in Work Index 2022. Further information can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/economics/insights/women-in-work-index.html" target="_blank">https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/economics/insights/women-in-work-index.html</a>. This forms part of a wider evidence base, with caution taken when comparing childcare provision in different countries due to broader differences in school start date, funding models, and parental leave arrangements.</p><p>More specifically, the department carried out evaluations on both the early and full rollouts of our 30 hours free childcare entitlement to review its early impact. The evaluation of the early rollout is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf</a>. The evaluation of the first year of national delivery is also accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-final-evaluation-of-the-national-rollout" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-final-evaluation-of-the-national-rollout</a>.</p><p>The department regularly asks parents about the effect that 30 hours free childcare has on their families, including on their ability to work. This is undertaken through the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 61018 question first answered 24/10/2022 09:32:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1522095

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to guidance on the Condition Improvement Fund, updated on 13 October 2022, and the Condition Improvement Fund 2023-24 Information for applicants, published by his Department in October 2022, whether a commitment to a proposed condition improvement scheme demonstrated in other ways other than by seeking a loan will improve an application's (a) probability of success and (b) speed of processing.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	63093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Providing a financial contribution, other than a Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) loan, such as trust reserves, has a very marginal influence on whether an application is successful. For CIF 2022/23, around 41% of all applications were successful, and for those that provided a contribution almost 42% were successful. There is no difference in the handling of a CIF application’s assessment whether or not it includes a contribution or a loan request.</p><p>It is the overall score that decides whether a bid is successful. The main consideration for applicants should be on achieving a high overall score against all three assessment criteria by evidencing high condition need, strong cost certainty and detailed project delivery planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 24/10/2022 11:58:50 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1521991

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what childcare support the Government provides for (a) student nurses, (b) midwives and (c) paramedics; and what plans he has to increase that level of support.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	62748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Support for childcare available to students, including student nurses, midwives, and paramedics includes the Childcare Grant and Parents’ Learning Allowance. These schemes are available for full-time students with dependent children.</p><p>Since September 2020, for additional financial support to help with childcare costs, all eligible nursing, midwifery, paramedics and other allied health profession students have received a non-repayable training grant of a minimum of £5,000 per academic year. Eligible students with child dependants can also access a further £2,000 per academic year.</p><p>In addition to the above childcare support for students, all parents are eligible for the universal 15 hours of free early education which is available to all three and four-year-olds regardless of family circumstances.</p><p>Working parents of three and four-year-olds may also be eligible for an additional 15 hours of free childcare if they earn the equivalent of 16 hours a week at national minimum or living wage and under £100,000 per year. Students who participate in paid work in addition to their studies and meet the income requirements will be eligible for the additional hours.</p><p>Parents who meet these income criteria may also be able to receive support from Tax-Free Childcare, which can be worth up to £2,000 per year for children aged 0-11, or up to £4,000 per year for disabled children aged 0-16.</p><p>Further information on the childcare offers available to parents can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/10/2022 11:48:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1521417

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the ratio of (a) staff and (b) pupil absences compared to levels of covid-19 in the general population over the period of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	62046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has moved to managing COVID-19 like other respiratory infections given the high immunity in society, a greater understanding of the virus and improved access to treatments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on the potential costs to schools of supply teaching and support staff absences in the autumn term due to COVID-19. Head teachers are best placed to determine the workforce required to meet the needs of pupils and in the case of staff absence, in the first instance schools should follow their usual process for covering absences.</p><p> </p><p>The Department previously collected data on staff and pupil absences through the Educational Setting status form (EdSet), which helped to support our response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department is always mindful of balancing the need for data collections with the burdens we place on those collating it, and since the start of the 2022/23 academic year the EdSet form has been closed and schools are no longer being asked to complete it. Data on attendance in education settings during the COVID-19 pandemic can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Week 30 2022 – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes weekly reports on the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 in private residential households, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/previousReleases" target="_blank">Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK Statistical bulletins - Office for National Statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department have also been working to establish a better, more timely flow of pupil level attendance data across schools, trusts, local authorities, without placing any additional administrative burdens on schools. Most state-funded schools across the country have now signed up. This will allow data to be collected directly from all schools’ electronic registers and will help the department, schools, local authorities and trusts to identify pupils who need most support to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Attendance reports will help schools and local authorities make better use of attendance data to identify those in need of support earlier, as outlined in the new attendance guidance. They will also help the Department respond to national and regional issues. A report on how the data is used can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/share-your-daily-school-attendance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/share-your-daily-school-attendance-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 62045 62047 question first answered 20/10/2022 14:03:59 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1521422

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of (a) covid-19 in the general population, (b) staff absences and (c) pupil absences on the current guidance on covid-19 to schools and parents.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	62047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has moved to managing COVID-19 like other respiratory infections given the high immunity in society, a greater understanding of the virus and improved access to treatments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on the potential costs to schools of supply teaching and support staff absences in the autumn term due to COVID-19. Head teachers are best placed to determine the workforce required to meet the needs of pupils and in the case of staff absence, in the first instance schools should follow their usual process for covering absences.</p><p> </p><p>The Department previously collected data on staff and pupil absences through the Educational Setting status form (EdSet), which helped to support our response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department is always mindful of balancing the need for data collections with the burdens we place on those collating it, and since the start of the 2022/23 academic year the EdSet form has been closed and schools are no longer being asked to complete it. Data on attendance in education settings during the COVID-19 pandemic can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Week 30 2022 – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes weekly reports on the percentage of people testing positive for COVID-19 in private residential households, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/previousReleases" target="_blank">Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK Statistical bulletins - Office for National Statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department have also been working to establish a better, more timely flow of pupil level attendance data across schools, trusts, local authorities, without placing any additional administrative burdens on schools. Most state-funded schools across the country have now signed up. This will allow data to be collected directly from all schools’ electronic registers and will help the department, schools, local authorities and trusts to identify pupils who need most support to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Attendance reports will help schools and local authorities make better use of attendance data to identify those in need of support earlier, as outlined in the new attendance guidance. They will also help the Department respond to national and regional issues. A report on how the data is used can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/share-your-daily-school-attendance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/share-your-daily-school-attendance-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 62045 62046 question first answered 20/10/2022 14:03:59 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1521462

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact that the cost of living crisis on the number of children entering care in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	61907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The department monitors the situation of the rising cost of living whilst working with other government departments on support surrounding this issue. We maintain regular contact and work closely with local authorities in the North East to recognise and understand the children in care numbers.</p><p>The department’s sector-led improvement programme continues to support long-term improvement in children’s social care, with 68 local authorities having already received support, including five in the North East.</p><p>As local authorities grapple with competing priorities, including any impact of the cost of living on families and services, the department will continue to focus on helping keep children safe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2022 14:37:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520377

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has used (a) UK and (b) international academic research on the workforce participation effect of childcare support programmes to inform its childcare policies.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	61018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>In assessing the impact of its free childcare entitlements, the department regularly looks at evidence from a range of different research publications. This includes the Families and Labour Market release from the Office for National Statistics and the department’s Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents series, the latest results of which can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents</a>.</p><p>The department also monitors take-up of the entitlements via national statistics from the Early Years census, conducted in the third week of January each year. Further information can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-provision-children-under-5</a>.</p><p>External evidence is used to help make international comparisons on the impacts of increasing employment rates, for example modelling that underpins the PwC Women in Work Index 2022. Further information can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/economics/insights/women-in-work-index.html" target="_blank">https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/economics/insights/women-in-work-index.html</a>. This forms part of a wider evidence base, with caution taken when comparing childcare provision in different countries due to broader differences in school start date, funding models, and parental leave arrangements.</p><p>More specifically, the department carried out evaluations on both the early and full rollouts of our 30 hours free childcare entitlement to review its early impact. The evaluation of the early rollout is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642007/Evaluation_of_early_rollout_of_30-hours_free_childcare.pdf</a>. The evaluation of the first year of national delivery is also accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-final-evaluation-of-the-national-rollout" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-final-evaluation-of-the-national-rollout</a>.</p><p>The department regularly asks parents about the effect that 30 hours free childcare has on their families, including on their ability to work. This is undertaken through the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 64029 question first answered 24/10/2022 09:32:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1520421

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Chesterfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in the Chesterfield constituency have one or more buildings classified in Category D of condition need; how long each of those buildings has been classified in that category; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	61015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department is preparing detailed analysis of the data collected for the Condition Data Collection (CDC) programme and plan to publish the details by the end of the year.</p><p>The key, high-level findings of the CDC programme, were published in May 2021 in the report ‘Condition of School Buildings Survey – Key Findings’.</p><p>The report is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/989912/Condition_of_School_Buildings_Survey_CDC1_-_key_findings_report.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department has no plans to make a statement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 61017 question first answered 21/10/2022 14:57:18 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1520437

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme: Blackburn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been provided through the National Tutoring Programme in Blackburn in each month since it that programme was launched.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	61152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on Tuition Partners or Academic Mentors in the required format at constituency level.</p><p>School-led tutoring grant allocations by school and local authority for the academic year 2021 to 2022 have been published at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1071234/School_Led_Funding_Publication_File_flat_values_v1.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1071234/School_Led_Funding_Publication_File_flat_values_v1.ods</a></p><p>Payment information relating to School-Led Tutoring for the academic year 2021 to 2022 will be published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency once the reconciliation process has been completed for that period.</p><p>School-led tutoring grant allocations for the academic year 2022 to 2023 have been published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-ntp-allocations-for-2022-to-2023-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-ntp-allocations-for-2022-to-2023-academic-year</a>.</p><p>Between November 2020 and June 2022, over two million tuition courses were started. The Government has committed more than £1 billion to support tutoring over academic years 2020 to 2023/24, during which we aim to offer up to six million tutoring courses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 24/10/2022 10:12:57 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern