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652276

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the announcement of individual allocations for each Local Enterprise Partnership under the third round of growth deals.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Regional awards of £1.8 billion Growth Deal funding were announced at Autumn Statement. £556 million will go to the North of England, £392 million to Local Enterprise Partnerships in the Midlands, £151 million to the East of England, £492 million to London and the South East, and £191 million to the South West. A final announcement of individual awards to Local Enterprise Partnerships will be made by government in the coming weeks. This funding of local infrastructure will improve transport connections, unlock house building, boost skills, and enhance digital connectivity.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 08/12/2016 15:26:13 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652300

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Ofqual's Vocational Qualifications Dataset published in October 2016, how many level 3 childcare certificates were awarded in each year from 2012 to 2016 by region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2016 16:21:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652301

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
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 improve regional inequalities in early years provision; and if she will make it her policy to include measures to improve such inequalities in the Northern Powerhouse schools strategy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Every child deserves the best possible start in life and high-quality early education is key to future outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children. That is why we are working hard to ensure parents and children - wherever they live in England - have access to high quality early years education places through the funded 15 hour entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds and for all three- and four-year-olds. The Early Years Pupil Premium provides over £300 per eligible child to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children and, from September 2017, working parents who meet the eligibility criteria will also have access to an additional 15 hours of funded early education.</p><p> </p><p>Our early years funding formula, which commences in April 2017, includes an additional needs factor – to better target funding towards local authorities with a higher relative proportion of children with additional needs – and an area cost adjustment to reflect the different costs of providing childcare in different areas of the country. This will help to ensure that all children can access quality early education in their area.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2016, the department commissioned a feasibility study to investigate the regional gap in early years attainment at age 5. The study recommended undertaking longitudinal analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study (MSC) to assess variation in attainment and evaluate the potential drivers of a regional gap. The department has commissioned a study to build on the recommendations of the feasibility report, which will bring greater insight into the potential drivers on the regional attainment gap.</p><p> </p><p>As indicated in the Northern Powerhouse Strategy published in November 2016, this department will be working with northern city regions and other areas in the North of England facing the greatest challenges, to explore options for improving the delivery of early years outcomes:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571562/NPH_strategy_web.pdf?platform=hootsuite" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571562/NPH_strategy_web.pdf?platform=hootsuite</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2016 16:29:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652303

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
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 school-based early years providers in (a) academies and (b) free schools had staff with (i) Early Years Professional Status, (ii) Early Years Teacher Status or (iii) Qualified Teacher Status in each year from 2014 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The department doesn’t collect information on staff with Early Years Professional Status or Early Years Teacher Status in school-based provision. Information is collected on staff with Qualified Teacher Status in schools but we are not able to identify whether these staff work in early years provision in the school.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2016 16:30:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652304

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much public funding the Education Funding Agency expects to (a) successfully claw back and (b) fail to claw back from free schools which have failed to attract the number of students initially planned for the current academic year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56162 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652305

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department allocated from the public purse for the (a) London Schools Challenge and (b) Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The original London Challenge included a number of funding streams in addition to “in kind” contributions. As a result, there is no single figure for the overall budget allocation.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the City Challenge, which grew out of the London Challenge, stated that the total funding for London was £80 million[1].</p><p> </p><p>More recently, in the March 2016 budget, the Government committed to investing £20 million a year of new funding for the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy[2].</p><p>The Department will continue to work with schools across all parts of the country to ensure all children receive a high quality education.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184093/DFE-RR215.pdf" target="_blank"> Evaluation of City Challenge Programme</a> - Page 3</p><p>[2] Budget 2016 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2016 15:43:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652308

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Agency identified as needing to be clawed back from new free schools which failed to attract the planned number of students in each academic year since 2009-10; and how many free schools were identified as having funds which needed to be clawed back in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56162 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652309

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Education Funding Agency has clawed back from free schools due to such schools admitting fewer pupils than planned in each academic year since 2009-10; and how much such funding has not yet been clawed back from such schools relating to each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652349

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2016 to Question 54445, on contaminated blood, if he will (a) provide the names of potential suppliers which have completed the infected blood scheme administrator services supplier questionnaire and (b) make it his policy to publish all submissions received once the procurement process is complete.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The procurement process is being run in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. It would be inappropriate to comment while the procurement process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 08/12/2016 15:43:41 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652367

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications in which the applicant reported being tortured in their home country were (a) received and (b) rejected in each year since 2009-10; how many such rejections were appealed; and how many such appeals were found in favour of the appellant in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2016 answer text <p>I am sorry but the data requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost by examination of individual records.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/12/2016 17:31:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson