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1028518

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of students who have been granted a university place after obtaining three D grades or lower at A-level in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	203932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publish data on the number of English 18 year-olds accepted into full-time higher education (HE) by A level points score.</p><p>The table below shows the number of 18 year-olds in England who held at least three A levels and were accepted into HE with A level points equivalent to DDD or below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Acceptances</strong></p></td><td><p>6,605</p></td><td><p>7,095</p></td><td><p>7,505</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are not published at an institution level.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 203933 question first answered 09/01/2019 15:48:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1028519

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the proportion of students granted a place at (a) Russell Group, (b) University Alliance, (c) Million Plus and (d) Guild HE universities having obtained three D grades or lower at A-level in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	203933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publish data on the number of English 18 year-olds accepted into full-time higher education (HE) by A level points score.</p><p>The table below shows the number of 18 year-olds in England who held at least three A levels and were accepted into HE with A level points equivalent to DDD or below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Acceptances</strong></p></td><td><p>6,605</p></td><td><p>7,095</p></td><td><p>7,505</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are not published at an institution level.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 203932 question first answered 09/01/2019 15:48:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1028667

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Disability Aids
	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 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, what steps he is taking to ensure disabled students that are unable to afford the £200 are able to access specialist equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	203783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Students from the lowest-income households who started their courses this year have access to the largest ever amounts of cash-in-hand support for their living costs. Maintenance support is available in addition to Disabled Students Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 14:43:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028696

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to payments under the specialist equipment allowance, what the (a) minimum, (b) maximum and (c) average amount a student has had to contribute towards equipment.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	203907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Occasionally, students with particularly complex equipment needs may contribute to the cost of other specialist equipment if they exceed the maximum allowance amount, which in the 2018/19 academic year is £5,529 for the whole course for full-time students. Figures on the numbers of students who exceed the maximum allowance amount are not kept routinely.</p><p>Disabled students who are recommended a higher-powered computer to run assistive software as part of a Disabled Students’ Allowances needs assessment are required to contribute £200 towards the cost of their computer.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 17:24:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1028690

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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, how many students (a) have been transferred, (b) are waiting to be transferred and (c) have not been transferred from a SEND Statement to an EHC plan.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	203903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Data from local authorities shows that as of 15 December 2018, over 99.99% of the 236,225 statements of special educational needs in place on 31 August 2014 - the start of the transition period to Education Health and Care (EHC) plans - have either been:</p><p> </p><p>a) transferred to an EHC plan</p><p>b) assessed and a decision made not to transfer to an EHC plan or</p><p>c) discontinued because they have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after.</p><p>d) reviewed and discontinued as special needs being met without Statement or EHC plan or for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>The department is in contact with the local authorities who are working with families to address the specific circumstances in all remaining 67 cases and clear that the provision in the statement must continue until the review has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/01/2019 13:23:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1028476

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that all state-funded schools provide pupils with the opportunity to develop specific and age-appropriate knowledge and understanding of religions as part of promoting mutual respect and tolerance of people with different faiths and beliefs.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	Mr William Wragg
	uin	203925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>All schools are required to promote fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith, and this is inspected by Ofsted. The Department has issued guidance on how schools can promote fundamental British values as part of their requirement to teach spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This guidance sets out that schools should enable students to acquire an appreciation of and respect for their own and other cultures. For many schools, religious education is likely to form part of their approach to promoting these values.</p><p> </p><p>Religious education (RE) is compulsory at all key stages in all state-funded schools to age 18. Therefore schools should already be providing an age-appropriate RE curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Department does not routinely monitor schools to ensure that they meet their statutory duties, my right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has a range of powers to ensure that schools comply where he investigates complaints and finds that they have not done so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2019 13:20:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

1028529

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Pay
	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 people employed by schools that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more than £30,000 in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	203790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the numbers of full and part time regular teachers in state funded schools that have been paid an annual salary of less than £30,000 and of £30,000 or above in England (figures from November of each year):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Full time and part time regular teachers, in state funded schools, paid an annual salary of less than £30,000 and of £30,000 or above in England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of teachers<br> earning under £30,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of teachers<br> earning over £30,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unknown/<br>misreported</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number<br> of teachers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>112,900</p></td><td><p>360,900</p></td><td><p>17,200</p></td><td><p>490,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>113,000</p></td><td><p>362,300</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td><td><p>483,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>119,700</p></td><td><p>366,700</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>494,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>112,900</p></td><td><p>354,200</p></td><td><p>33,300</p></td><td><p>500,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>119,600</p></td><td><p>357,800</p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>507,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>115,900</p></td><td><p>369,000</p></td><td><p>22,900</p></td><td><p>507,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>108,600</p></td><td><p>372,200</p></td><td><p>28,100</p></td><td><p>508,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>109,600</p></td><td><p>378,900</p></td><td><p>16,700</p></td><td><p>505,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census.</p><p>Figures are head counts rounded to the nearest hundred teachers. Includes teachers of all grades including both leadership and classroom.</p><p>An assessment of the number of non-teaching staff broken down by the amount that they are paid is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2019 14:40:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1028481

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fires
	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 1 November 2018 to Question 183860 on High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention, and reports of high concentrations of toxins in the soil around Grenfell Tower, what assessment the Government has made about the safety of school sites where there have been fires.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	203823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of children and staff in schools very seriously. In the unfortunate event that a school has suffered damage as a result of a fire and requires rebuilding, soil contamination surveys would be expected to be undertaken as part of the feasibility study for the replacement buildings.</p><p> </p><p>Schools also have responsibilities under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (2005) to have fire safety management plans in place. These should include risk assessments, which must be updated following any fire incident or any significant change to buildings or operations.</p><p> </p><p>More specifically, in relation to Grenfell, the Communities Secretary has set up a multi-agency expert group which includes the Environment Agency, Public Health England, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and NHS England to make sure soil surveying around Grenfell Tower is comprehensive. The analysis from this survey work will be made available to the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/01/2019 17:59:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1029101

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Musical Instruments: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pupils in state-funded schools in England learning to play instruments in lessons for whole classes provided, or supported, by Music Education Hubs progressed to learn a musical instrument once the whole class tuition ended since 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	uin	HL12449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2019 answer text <p>Music is a compulsory part of the national curriculum for 5 to 14 year olds. The department does not collect information on the number of secondary school academies that teach Key Stage 3 music at least once a week.</p><p><br> The table below is school workforce census data. It shows that the proportion of time spent teaching music at state funded secondary schools overall has remained broadly stable since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Percentage of total teaching hours spent on music in years 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools per year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of pupils who continued to learn an instrument after receiving whole class ensemble teaching since 2012 is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England, and can be found on pages 43 and 44 of the attached document.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12448 question first answered 04/01/2019 15:01:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Music_Education_Hubs data_2017_HL12448_HL12449_attachment.pdf title Music_Education_Hubs data_2017_HL12448_HL12449_att
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1029100

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: Secondary Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many secondary school academies teach music at Key Stage 3 at least once a week.
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	uin	HL12448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2019 answer text <p>Music is a compulsory part of the national curriculum for 5 to 14 year olds. The department does not collect information on the number of secondary school academies that teach Key Stage 3 music at least once a week.</p><p><br> The table below is school workforce census data. It shows that the proportion of time spent teaching music at state funded secondary schools overall has remained broadly stable since 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Percentage of total teaching hours spent on music in years 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools per year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of pupils who continued to learn an instrument after receiving whole class ensemble teaching since 2012 is contained in a survey published by Arts Council England, and can be found on pages 43 and 44 of the attached document.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12449 question first answered 04/01/2019 15:01:14 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Music_Education_Hubs data_2017_HL12448_HL12449_attachment.pdf title Music_Education_Hubs data_2017_HL12448_HL12449_att
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German