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1543395

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	89826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department grew to address recent challenges, including its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now some of that extra capacity is no longer necessary. Rather than top down numbers targets, the Department is concentrating on having an effective workforce for the future that allows it to do the best it can for children and young people.</p><p>To do that, the Department has taken the decision to launch a selective Voluntary Exit Scheme. This will support those who wish to leave the Department, and who may not necessarily have the key skills needed. This is an approach that many organisations use and it will help the Department to retain those staff needed to deliver its programme.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2022 16:06:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1275195

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Computers
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 number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils who do not have a laptop or mobile device and cannot access remote learning in (i) Tameside and (ii) Oldham.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people.</p><p>This includes over 700,000 laptops and tablets that were delivered to schools, trusts and local authorities by 11 January.</p><p>The Department has estimated the need for devices and internet connectivity by using data on the number of pupils eligible for Free School Meals, alongside data from Ofcom.</p><p>All schools in Tameside and Oldham can order their allocation of laptops and tablets and request connectivity support. As of 12 January, 1,086 devices have been delivered directly to Tameside local authority and 1,329 devices have been delivered directly to Oldham local authority. Devices have also been allocated to academy trusts that include schools in Tameside and Oldham that are not included in this figure.</p><p>The Department has partnered with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help disadvantaged children get online as well as delivering 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. This offer is available to all schools in England.</p><p>The Department is grateful to EE, O2, Sky Mobile, Smarty, Tesco Mobile, Three, Virgin Mobile, and Vodafone. We continue to invite a range of mobile network providers to support the offer.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 135954 question first answered 14/01/2021 19:15:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1275197

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops and mobile devices have been distributed by his Department to pupils to enable them to access remote learning in (a) Tameside and (b) Oldham since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people.</p><p>This includes over 700,000 laptops and tablets that were delivered to schools, trusts and local authorities by 11 January.</p><p>The Department has estimated the need for devices and internet connectivity by using data on the number of pupils eligible for Free School Meals, alongside data from Ofcom.</p><p>All schools in Tameside and Oldham can order their allocation of laptops and tablets and request connectivity support. As of 12 January, 1,086 devices have been delivered directly to Tameside local authority and 1,329 devices have been delivered directly to Oldham local authority. Devices have also been allocated to academy trusts that include schools in Tameside and Oldham that are not included in this figure.</p><p>The Department has partnered with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help disadvantaged children get online as well as delivering 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. This offer is available to all schools in England.</p><p>The Department is grateful to EE, O2, Sky Mobile, Smarty, Tesco Mobile, Three, Virgin Mobile, and Vodafone. We continue to invite a range of mobile network providers to support the offer.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 135953 question first answered 14/01/2021 19:15:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1275351

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in (i) Tameside and (ii) Oldham who do not have wifi or an unlimited mobile data connection and cannot access remote learning.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people.</p><p>This includes over 750,000 laptops and tablets that were delivered to schools, trusts and local authorities by the end of last week.</p><p>The Department has estimated the need for devices and internet connectivity by using data on the number of pupils eligible for Free School Meals, alongside data from Ofcom.</p><p>All schools in Tameside and Oldham can order their allocation of laptops and tablets and request connectivity support. As of 12 January, 1,086 devices have been delivered directly to Tameside local authority and 1,329 devices have been delivered directly to Oldham local authority. Devices have also been allocated to academy trusts that include schools in Tameside and Oldham that are not included in this figure.</p><p>The Department has partnered with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help disadvantaged children get online as well as delivering 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. This offer is available to all schools in England.</p><p>The Department is grateful to EE, O2, Sky Mobile, Smarty, Tesco Mobile, Three, Virgin Mobile, and Vodafone. We continue to invite a range of mobile network providers to support the offer.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 135956 question first answered 18/01/2021 13:06:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1275352

registered interest
date	11/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken since March 2020 to help ensure that school pupils in (a) Tameside and (b) Oldham can access remote learning during covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	135956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people.</p><p>This includes over 750,000 laptops and tablets that were delivered to schools, trusts and local authorities by the end of last week.</p><p>The Department has estimated the need for devices and internet connectivity by using data on the number of pupils eligible for Free School Meals, alongside data from Ofcom.</p><p>All schools in Tameside and Oldham can order their allocation of laptops and tablets and request connectivity support. As of 12 January, 1,086 devices have been delivered directly to Tameside local authority and 1,329 devices have been delivered directly to Oldham local authority. Devices have also been allocated to academy trusts that include schools in Tameside and Oldham that are not included in this figure.</p><p>The Department has partnered with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help disadvantaged children get online as well as delivering 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home. This offer is available to all schools in England.</p><p>The Department is grateful to EE, O2, Sky Mobile, Smarty, Tesco Mobile, Three, Virgin Mobile, and Vodafone. We continue to invite a range of mobile network providers to support the offer.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 135955 question first answered 18/01/2021 13:06:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1184416

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 March 2020, Official Report columns 603-604, when he plans to respond to the letter he has received from Dr Jo Grady, General Secretary of the University and College Union, in relation to the union's current industrial action.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	28069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>I can confirm that the department received the letter from Dr Jo Grady on 2 March 2020. A response is currently being drafted and will be sent out to Dr Grady in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 16/03/2020 14:56:54 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1184432

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Specialist Maths Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the (a) revenue of and (b) capital expenditure on specialist maths schools in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	28083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Revenue expenditure:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Revenue</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£180,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,754,415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,992,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,906,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,847,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£2,259,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£2,386,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£12,747,087</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Both before and after opening, maths schools receive core funding in line with other new post-16 schools. Maths schools receive some additional funding in return for delivering key aspects of the maths school model, which includes significant outreach work with teachers and students in schools in their surrounding areas to increase both maths A level participation and maths GCSE and A level attainment. Details are available here:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/822102/20190723_-_Proposer_guidance_-_maths_schools_-_update.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/822102/20190723_-_Proposer_guidance_-_maths_schools_-_update.pdf</a>.</p><p>In order to serve the whole of the south west, Exeter Mathematics School also provides boarding accommodation for a small number of students and receives a residential accommodation grant in order for students from financially disadvantaged/low income backgrounds who live too far away for a daily commute to attend.</p><p>All core and additional revenue expenditure is included in the table above.</p><p>The Department publishes overall capital costs for all free schools, including maths schools on GOV.UK once all works are completed and costs are finalised. Given that these can be large and complex projects, this can take some time between first opening and publication. Additional finalised capital costs for individual free schools and maths schools will be published in due course. Final capital costs are published here:<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863262/Capital_Funding_for_Free_Schools__UTCs_and_Studio__Schools_.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863262/Capital_Funding_for_Free_Schools__UTCs_and_Studio__Schools_.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/03/2020 17:42:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1184433

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Specialist Maths Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have made a commitment to sponsor a specialist maths school in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	28084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Seven universities have made a commitment to sponsor a specialist maths school: University of Cambridge, Durham University, University of Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster University, University of Liverpool, and University of Surrey. The Department is working to open 11 maths schools, with at least one in every region.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/03/2020 17:25:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1183971

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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 steps his Department plans to take to support children eligible for free school meals in the event that schools are closed in response to the covid-19 outbreak, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	27587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The advice from Public Health England (PHE) remains that childcare facilities and schools should stay open unless advised otherwise by PHE. However, the department is aware that pupils eligible for free school meals will miss out if their school is closed, or they are asked to self-isolate. We are closely monitoring the situation, and we are working closely with other government departments to consider what action can be taken. We recognise the challenge this could place on families and schools and education providers.</p><p>The department has launched a dedicated telephone and email service to allow quick access to the latest help and support for schools and parents. The purpose of the helpline is to ensure consistent and accurate information reaches education providers and should help ensure providers feel well-supported.</p><p>Details of the helpline:</p><p>Phone: 0800 046 8687 (8am to 6pm - Monday to Friday)</p><p>Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 13/03/2020 14:16:05 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1182374

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education's oral contribution of 2 March 2020, official report, columns 598-9, if it will remain his policy to provide a free school meal to all infant schoolchildren for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	24362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>This government is committed to ensuring that children are well nourished and develop healthy eating habits that stay with them for the rest of their lives. We are making a significant investment in free school meals for children and have confirmed the funding arrangements for Universal Infant Free School Meals for the current academic year. Arrangements for 2020/21 will be confirmed in due course and funding arrangements after this date will be confirmed as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 09/03/2020 16:36:49 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner