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100140

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:56
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:03:32
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	identifier	211276
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 14:21:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 12 of her Department's publication, Implementing a new 0 to 25 special needs system: LAs and partners, published in July 2014, how the £45.2 million special education needs and disability implementation grant has been allocated to local authorities.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211276
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211276
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Small local authorities (Isles of Scilly and City of London) receive £25,000 and all other local authorities receive set up costs of around £50,000, a further sum is allocated on the basis of population estimates for each local authority and, adjusted according to a number of factors including area costs and deprivation.</p><p>The link below provides further background and amounts for individual local authorities:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318588/S31_SEND_Implementation_Grant_Determination_Letter__2014-15__FINAL_SIGNE....pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318588/S31_SEND_Implementation_Grant_Determination_Letter__2014-15__FINAL_SIGNE....pdf</a></p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100142

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:57
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:03:45
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	identifier	211317
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:41:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1 million made available for teachers and special educational needs support staff through the National Scholarship Fund has been awarded.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211317
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211317
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100146

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:58
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:04:11
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	identifier	211205
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:41:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs support staff have bid for funds from the National Scholarship Fund to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211205
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211205
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100950

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 15:50:05
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 04:09:39
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Admissions
	house id	1
	identifier	905650
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 17:17:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department has given to primary schools to ensure that they can provide sufficient places.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Winchester
	tabling member printed	Steve Brine
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 905650
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	905650
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We are investing £5 billion over this Parliament to support local authorities in their duty to secure sufficient school places for their area.</p><p> </p><p>This has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine

100953

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 15:50:06
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 04:09:56
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Carers
	house id	1
	identifier	905652
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/11/2014 17:03:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support young carers in school.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Simon Wright
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 905652
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	905652
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Recent research shows that young carers have significantly lower educational attainment at GCSE level than their peers, equivalent to nine grades lower overall. That’s the difference between nine Bs and nine Cs.</p><p> </p><p>That shows why it is so important that schools are able to identify and support pupils who are young carers. However a legislative approach compelling them to do so is not in keeping with our drive to reduce burdens on schools. It is important that headteachers and governors have the freedoms they need to meet their responsibilities for the welfare of their pupils in the way they consider is most appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>I am very grateful for the support of the National Governors’ Association in raising awareness about the needs of young carers and sharing resources with governing bodies. Whilst there is a lot of good practice in schools, there remains much to do to make this more widely available.</p><p> </p><p>That is why I welcome two exciting new developments led by the voluntary sector. The Big Lottery Fund are financing The Children’s Society’s “Young Carers in Focus” programme to launch a national award scheme that allows schools to be recognised for the quality of support for their young carers. The Queen’s Trust too are funding Carers Trust to develop and test best practice on young carer support in schools. Both of these initiatives will build on the work my Department has been doing with The Children’s Society and Carers Trust since 2011 to share existing tools and good practice. This includes development of an e-learning module for school staff to increase awareness in schools of young carers’ needs. We are planning to update this soon to reflect the new legislation but the current version is available on The Children’s Society’s website: <a href="http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/Young-Carers-Web-Pub-v13/player.html" target="_blank">http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/Young-Carers-Web-Pub-v13/player.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health are also training school nurses to be champions for young carers. They will speak up on their behalf and help headteachers and governors decide how best to support them at school.</p><p> </p><p>At present we do not plan to extend the pupil premium eligibility criteria to cover young carers (or any other group). Our policy is to allocate pupil premium funding to those pupils who have experienced financial disadvantage but there is a significant cross-over between young carers and the current pupil premium target population. Research indicates that as many as 60 per cent of young carers could be eligible for free school meals, so already attract the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to encourage schools to use the resources that are already freely available to them and to make links to their local young carers support group.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4096 label Biography information for Simon Wright
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4096 label Biography information for Simon Wright

100147

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:58
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:04:19
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	identifier	211249
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:30:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have parent governors been (a) elected and (b) selected.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211249
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211249
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p>
	creator	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100148

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:59
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:04:24
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	identifier	211250
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:33:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have members been (a) elected and (b) selected.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211250
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211250
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of members. The model articles of association for academy trusts set out the arrangements for the composition of the members. Members may be appointed by a foundation or sponsor body, or by a special resolution of the existing members.</p>
	creator	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100149

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:59
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:04:31
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	identifier	211234
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:30:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have directors of the board been (a) elected and (b) selected.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211234
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211234
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p>
	creator	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100951

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 15:50:05
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 04:09:45
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges
	house id	1
	identifier	905648
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	27/10/2014 17:16:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on future funding of sixth form colleges.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 905648
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	905648
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We hope to provide stability in funding rates for sixth form colleges and other 16-19 provision in academic year 2015/16. We plan to announce the rates by the end of January 2015.</p>
	creator	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100055

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/11/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 20:53:39
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:14:29
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	National Identity
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2261
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:29:39
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of comments by the Secretary of State for Education, what they mean by "British values".
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2261
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2261
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State was referring to the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and the mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. These values were defined in the Government’s Prevent Strategy in 2011. All schools are now required to actively promote these values.</p>
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick