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47534

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on career colleges.
	tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
	uin	903663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government's policy for career colleges is the same as for any other further education college that enrols 14- to 16-year-olds. The Education Funding Agency first needs to grant permission for the college to enrol 14- to 16-year-olds, and permission is restricted to colleges with a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating.</p><p>The proposals set out by the Career College Trust, an independent charity, take advantage of the flexibilities and freedoms of the funding reforms introduced by this Government to provide an alternative approach to offering high quality academic and vocational education from age 14.</p><p>I await with interest developments in career colleges and other innovative schemes for 14-19 provision, which have arisen as a result of the Government's vocational education reforms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

47212

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 250W, on schools construction, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each PSBP school.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	195610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold firm predictions for when every project will start or finish construction as time scales can shift in either direction.</p><p> </p><p>I do not believe it is appropriate to publish non-firm, estimated dates for the start and finish of construction for each Priority Schools Building Programme school.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

47221

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) mothers and (b) fathers with children under two years of age in each of the pilot areas have taken up subsidised relationship support between April 2012 and March 2014; whether this support was face-to-face or online; how much the support cost parents; what the subsidy cost the Government; how much of the £1 million funding has been used; and if he will break down the costs of the scheme by subheading.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	195439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Some £400,000 was spent out of a budget of £1.1 million.</p><p>The remaining information which is available is published in the Evaluation report and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262849/DFE-_RR311.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262849/DFE-_RR311.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47222

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will rank each English local authority by the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary free schools to have received approval; and what this represents as a proportion of the estimated school-age population.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	195442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The published list of successful applications to open a free school and of free schools already opened or in the pre-opening stage, which includes which local authority they are in, is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-successful-applications-and-open-schools-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-successful-applications-and-open-schools-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The total number of places in these schools when at full capacity will be around 2% of the total number of children currently educated in state-funded schools in England.</p><p> </p><p>The number of places in approved free schools is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/successful-free-school-proposals-announced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/successful-free-school-proposals-announced</a></p><p> </p><p>The total school population is published in the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics' statistical first release and is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

47218

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 to develop the capacity and knowledge of parents and staff who volunteer to take on the running of their children's centre.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	195474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195434 195462 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47220

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 to ensure the quality of service provided by co-operative model children's centres.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	195462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195434 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47219

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide funding for the transition of children's centres to new structures.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	195434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195462 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47213

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has in place to support children's centres that wish to move towards a co-operative model following their proposed closure.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	195433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195434 195462 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47217

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	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 effect of the proposed 17.5 per cent reduction in funding for full-time education on 18 year olds from ethnic minorities who (a) have poor prior attainment and (b) speak English as an additional language.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	195478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has published an impact assessment, which is available online:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-reduction-for-18-year-olds-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-reduction-for-18-year-olds-impact-assessment</a>.</p><p>The impact assessment looked at the proportion of 18-year-old black and minority ethnic (BME) students in full-time education who attract a funding uplift for disadvantage based on the level of deprivation of their home postcode, compared with the proportion of all 16- to 18-year-old BME students. It shows that 18-year-old BME students in full-time education are not more likely to be from disadvantaged areas than 16- to 18–year-old BME students as a whole.</p><p>I am pleased that we have been able to afford to mitigate the impact of the funding reduction on 18-year-olds in the academic year 2014/15. We will cap any losses in relation to this at 2% of the funding that an institution receives for the education of 16- to 19-year-olds.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

47215

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will visit further education colleges to discuss the effect of his proposed 17.5 per cent reduction from September for funding for 18 year olds in full-time education.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	195446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>I have received a large number of invitations to discuss this topic and sadly cannot accept nearly as many as I would like to.</p><p>Nevertheless, I have listened to the views of the hon. and Rt hon. Members, as well as those of colleges and other providers of 16-to-19 education. I am pleased that we have been able to afford to mitigate the impact of the funding reduction on 18-year-olds in the academic year 2014/15. We will cap any losses in relation to this at 2% of the funding that an institution receives for the education of 16-to-19 year olds.</p><p>However, the overriding need to tackle the budget deficit remains, and so the full funding reduction for 18-year-olds will still be necessary in 2015/16. We have carried out and published an impact assessment, which is available online:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-reduction-for-18-year-olds-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-reduction-for-18-year-olds-impact-assessment</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms