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1082455

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve quality and choice in higher education.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	909698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The department has established a new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), and has given it the legislative powers and a clear remit to create the conditions in which the interests of students are consistently prioritised, and in which a diversity of high quality institutions can thrive. The OfS holds providers to account for delivering well-designed courses that offer successful outcomes for all of their students.</p><p>The department is taking a number of steps to enhance the information, advice and guidance available to anyone considering higher education. In particular:</p><ul><li>We have introduced the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework to provide students with reliable information about the quality of teaching and outcomes they can expect from different institutions.</li><li>Through the Higher Education Open Data Competition, we are supporting the development of new, innovative digital tools to help provide information to prospective students on graduate outcomes.</li><li>We are working with the OfS to redesign the higher education course comparison website, Unistats, by autumn 2019.</li></ul> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/03/2019 16:56:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1082544

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding his Department will spend on (a) creating new school places and (b) investing in existing school buildings in each of the next five fiscal years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	229139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is investing £23 billion in the school estate in the current Spending Review period (2016-17 to 2020-21) to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of condition projects across the school estate. The Department also invests capital in other sectors, including higher education, further education and children’s social care.</p><p>The Department has committed £7 billion to create new school places between 2015 and 2021. Alongside our investment in the free schools programme, we expect this to provide 600,000 new places. Local authority basic need allocations are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Local authority allocations for new places and improved facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-provision-capital-funding-for-pupils-with-ehc-plans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are 443 free schools open as of 1 March 2019 (520 including university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools) and a further 263 free schools (264 including 1 UTC) currently in the pipeline.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has allocated £6 billion in condition funding since 2015 to maintain and improve school buildings. In addition to this, the Department is rebuilding or refurbishing more than 500 school buildings in the poorest condition, through the Priority Schools Building Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The main project or programme that makes up the Department’s spend in Capital Annually Managed Expenditure is student loans, where projections for this Spending Review can be seen in the data table on page 178 of the ‘Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18’, using the link below:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728074/DfE_annual_reports_and_accounts_17_to_18_-_WEB.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728074/DfE_annual_reports_and_accounts_17_to_18_-_WEB.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will set out detailed plans for funding in future years of this Spending Review as part of its scheduled Main Estimates. Funding beyond this period will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 229154 question first answered 15/03/2019 14:34:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1082545

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Day Care: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department will spend on providing free childcare to (a) two-year-olds and (b) three and four-year-olds in each of the next five fiscal years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	229140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>We will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. That will include funding for our early education entitlements. For 2019-20, current allocations for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds are £2.75 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation tables can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Spending decisions beyond 2019-20 will be a matter for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2019 08:00:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1082553

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that every young person with vision impairment has access to the same learning materials as their sighted peers.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	229142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>All schools have duties under the Equality Act (2010) towards individual disabled children and young people, including:</p><ul><li>to make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services, to prevent them being put at a substantial disadvantage;</li><li>not to discriminate in relation to their disability; and</li><li>to publish accessibility plans setting out how they plan to increase access for disabled pupils to the curriculum, the physical environment and to information. (Local authorities have parallel duties to publish accessibility strategies.)</li></ul><p>Complementing this, the Children and Families Act (2014) places duties on schools to use their ‘best endeavours’ to make special education provision for those who need it, many of whom will have disabilities.</p><p>Taken together, this amounts to a range of exacting duties on schools in relation to disability.</p><p>To support schools in meeting those duties, in relation to vision impairment and more broadly, we are providing £3.4 million funding over 2018-2020, for the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) schools’ workforce contract, which will be delivered by the Whole School SEND consortium, led by the National Association for Special Educational Needs, nasen. Our aim is to embed SEND into school-led approaches to school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND. As part of this programme of work, we are also reviewing the learning outcomes of specialist SEND qualifications, including the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 14:14:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1082554

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment
	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 7 February to Question 216193 on Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment, what powers have been awarded to the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation to follow up with awarding organisations when mistakes in adapted past papers and national tests for young people with a visual impairment are reported.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	229143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>In relation to qualifications, this is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write to the Hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. <br> <br> Ofqual regulates statutory national curriculum assessments. In doing this they have two statutory objectives: to promote the development and implementation of national assessments which give a reliable indication of achievement and indicate a consistent level of attainment, including over time, between comparable assessments; and to promote public confidence in national assessments. Ofqual has no specific powers to follow up with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) if there are mistakes in national tests. Modified tests are developed by a Modified Test Agency contracted to STA, who conduct Quality Assurance proofing at different stages in the development of materials. STA also engages external proofers during this process to ensure that any errors in questions are detected and rectified before materials are sent to schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 17:51:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1082560

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure more students are allocated places at their preferred schools.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	229215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>On Secondary National Offer Day on 1 March 2019, the vast majority of parents will have been offered a place at one of their preferred schools. The 2018 data showed that last year more than nine in ten pupils got a place at one of their top three choices, setting them on the path for a successful future. Standards have also risen since 2010 with 86% of schools now judged as good or outstanding, compared to 68% in 2010, meaning there are more good schools for parents to send their children to - and that is in part down to the Government’s reforms.</p><p>The vast majority of new places are being created in the best existing schools or through good new schools. Data show 91% of places added in 2016/17 were in good and outstanding schools. Overall, the Government is on track to create 1 million new school places this decade (2010 to 2020), the largest increase in school capacity in 2 generations.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 17:44:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1082561

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to (a) increase school funding and (b) support secondary schools to reduce debts.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	229216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Spending plans beyond 2019/20 will be set at next Spending Review and these decisions cannot be pre-empted. The Department is committed to securing the right deal for education and ensuring schools are able to plan their budgets effectively for future years.</p><p>While the core schools and high needs budget is rising from almost £41 billion in 2017/18 to £43.5 billion by 2019/20, the Department recognises the budgeting challenges schools face. That is why School Resource Management Strategy was published in August 2018, which sets out the support, current and planned, to help schools make the most of their available resources. The strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-excellent-school-resource-management</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 17:43:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1082562

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress his Department has made in its review of student finance; and when he plans to report on that review to the House.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	229217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The review is making good progress.</p><p>The independent panel will report shortly. The government will then conclude the overall review later this year.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/03/2019 17:00:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1082563

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education and Skills Funding Agency: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason gender is a mandatory field on funding applications to the Education and Skills Funding Agency; and whether he plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of that agency's funding application form.
	tabling member constituency	Gateshead
	tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
	uin	229144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) does not collect ‘gender’ on funding applications to the ESFA – it collects data on ‘sex’. This is in order to ensure that the ESFA has an awareness of whether applications are coming from men or women. The Department regularly reviews policies to ensure they are relevant and up to date.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is no statutory or policy requirement at this time to collect additional information from providers on gender. Amendments and additions to individual learner record data collections also incur costs to the sector and as such, the Department has no right to request it. The responsibility for this level of monitoring sits with the sector and with employers to ensure they are following the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/03/2019 17:44:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 108156 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1082566

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget was of each of his Department's (a) non-ministerial departments, (b) executive agencies, (c) executive non-departmental public bodies, (d) advisory non-departmental public bodies and (e) other agencies in the most recent financial year for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	229145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The central government supply estimate (supplementary) for the 2018-19 financial year, for each of the requested categories, is disclosed in the attached table. The department’s full supplementary estimate can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777880/supplementary_estimates_2018-19_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/777880/supplementary_estimates_2018-19_web.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/03/2019 16:30:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 229145_table_department_supplementary_estimate_budget.xls title 229145_table_department_supplementary_estimate
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner