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456513

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage discussions between business leaders and the education sector on improving young people's readiness for work and their future employment prospects.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	29202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to encourage discussions between business leaders and the education sector.</p><p>We have provided funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company which is increasing the number and quality of links between the education and business sector. The Company’s national network of enterprise advisers is already brokering relationships in 30 LEP areas, working with schools, colleges, employers and careers and enterprise organisations. The Government’s forthcoming careers strategy will set out the additional steps we will take to encourage interaction between business leaders and the education sector to support young people to prepare for working life.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister, in his speech on life chances on 11 January, announced £70 million funding over the parliament to transform the quality of the careers education, advice and guidance offered to young people. It will include funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to continue the excellent work it has begun. It will also include delivery of a campaign to recruit a new generation of mentors to support young people at risk of under-achieving or dropping out, many of who will be business people.</p><p>We are also planning reforms to technical education which will ensure that the skills system is simple and genuinely owned, understood and valued by employers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 14:39:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

456737

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	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 effects of the establishment of the College of Teaching on (a) continuing professional development of teachers and (b) teaching standards.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	29218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the establishment of a new College of Teaching, a new independent professional body for teachers. The College of Teaching has great potential to raise the status of the profession and improve standards through: supporting teachers to access accredited, high quality professional development; setting standards to determine effective professional practice; and helping teachers to use evidence on ‘what works’ to inform their own practice.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2016 15:59:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

456738

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on releasing funding for the establishment of the College of Teaching.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	29216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government welcomes plans to establish a College of Teaching. We are working with the College to discuss what Government support could be helpful in the initial set-up phase of the new body.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2016 16:04:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

456739

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials of her Department have had with the trustees of the College of Teaching.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	29217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Officials from the Department for Education have met regularly with representatives of the trustees, and also with the ‘Claim Your College’ consortium of education organisations that led plans to establish the new professional body. The Department is continuing to hold discussions with trustees on what Government support would be helpful for the College.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2016 15:58:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

457834

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
	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 adequacy of teacher recruitment and retention in primary and secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	903912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>There are now more, better-qualified teachers in England's classrooms than ever before. We are attracting top graduates and career-changers with generous incentives, including tax-free bursaries worth up to £30,000 and the opportunity to earn a salary whilst training.</p><p> </p><p>This year, over 1,000 more postgraduate trainee teachers were recruited than in 2014/15. We exceeded our target for new primary teachers and finished ahead of last year in key secondary subjects such as maths and physics.</p><p> </p><p>Teacher retention rates have remained broadly stable for two decades. 72% of those who qualified in the 2009 calendar year and entered teaching by November 2009 were still teaching five years later.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital for schools to be able to retain good teachers. That is why we have made significant policy interventions in the areas that teachers tell us matter most, such as improving pupil behaviour and reducing unnecessary workload. We have appointed behaviour expert Tom Bennett to lead a review to ensure new teachers are fully trained in dealing with disruptive children and to consider all of the challenges of managing behaviour in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We have established three groups to address the biggest concerns that teachers raised in the workload challenge: marking, planning and data management. The groups will create principles for practice and make specific recommendations for action. All three groups are due to report to Ministers in 2016 and we are commissioning a biennial survey to track teacher workload, starting in the spring of 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We have also given schools the freedom to pay the best teachers more, recognising excellence and improving retention.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2016 17:54:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

456468

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Bureaucracy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to reduce teacher workload during this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	29196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Removing unnecessary workload for teachers is a priority for this government.</p><p>In October 2014, we launched the ‘Workload Challenge’ asking teachers for views on how to tackle unnecessary workload. On 6 February 2015, we published our response to the Workload Challenge Survey which included a comprehensive programme of action. Additionally, we have set up three review groups to address the three biggest issues emerging from the Workload Challenge – ineffective marking, use of planning and resources, and data management. The groups will report to the Secretary of State shortly with principles for teaching practice and recommendations on how to eliminate unnecessary workload. The response to the survey can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415874/Government_Response_to_the_Workload_Challenge.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415874/Government_Response_to_the_Workload_Challenge.pdf</a></p><p>It is clear that the issues are complex and change will take time. We will continue to work with the teaching profession to make sure they have the ongoing support they need. We are currently taking forward the first biennial Teacher Workload Survey, a commitment from the Workload Challenge. This commitment will allow us to track teacher workload over the coming years so that action can be taken if needed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2016 16:03:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

457832

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reform special educational needs and disability provision.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	James Berry
	uin	903915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms which came into effect in September 2014 represent the biggest change to the SEND system in a generation. They are transforming the support available to children and young people with SEND by joining up services across education, health and social care and by focusing on positive outcomes for education, employment, housing, health and community participation.</p><p> </p><p>Since September 2014, our reforms have seen the introduction of:</p><p>o published ‘local offers’ for each local area, setting out the SEND services that are available;</p><p>o new Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans for those with more complex needs - replacing statements of SEN and post-16 Learning Difficulty Assessments (LDAs);</p><p>o a new legal requirement on local authorities to take the views of families fully into account when deciding what provision to offer;</p><p>o new statutory protections for 16-25 year olds in further education - including the right to request the educational institution of their choice;</p><p>o new duties for health to deliver the agreed health elements of EHC plans;</p><p>o the option of a personal budget for families and young people with an EHC plan;</p><p>o a review of disagreement resolution arrangements; and</p><p>o new arrangements for supporting young offenders with SEND.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 07/03/2016 18:04:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4489 label Biography information for James Berry

456383

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to the recommendations set out in the <i>State of the Nation</i> report by the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission published on 17 December 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Livermore
	uin	HL6614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Commission for its wide-ranging and comprehensive report. We are committed to publishing a new Life Chances Strategy, and the Department for Work and Pensions is leading on this. That Strategy will set out a comprehensive plan to fight disadvantage and extend opportunity. It will focus on the root causes and human dimensions of child poverty. Our proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill introduce a new duty for the Government to report annually on children in workless households and children’s educational attainment in England. This is because the evidence shows that educational attainment and worklessness are the most significant factors driving children’s life chances. The Strategy will also include a wider set of measures that look at the root causes of poverty, including family breakdown, problem debt and drug and alcohol dependency. These will drive real action to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged children and families.</p><p>The Government looks forward to working with the reformed Social Mobility Commission, which will continue to play a very important role in the drive to promote and increase social mobility in the years to come.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/03/2016 15:20:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4559 label Biography information for Lord Livermore

457836

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Romford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to meet demand for school places in Romford.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	903913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is investing £23 billion in school buildings to create 600,000 new school places, open 500 new free schools and address essential maintenance needs.</p><p> </p><p>Havering local authority received £23 million of basic need funding between 2011 and 2015, which helped to create nearly 3,000 new places between 2010 and 2014.</p><p> </p><p>It has also been allocated a further £47 million to create the places needed by 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2016 17:55:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

457838

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Literature
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that more classic literature is taught in schools.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	903914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>All pupils in secondary schools should be encouraged to enjoy challenging titles and develop a confidence and ability to read the great classics of English and world literature.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is delighted that, following our call for action, Penguin is offering classroom sets of 100 classic books for the equivalent of £1 a copy. This will allow pupils to read a wide range of literature with the support of their teacher. I hope other publishers will follow, to make classic literature a feature of every classroom.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2016 17:59:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena