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date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to schools has been of the Apprenticeship Levy; and how many apprentices have been trained in schools since the levy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	242148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018, we published an assessment of costs that schools incur, including the financial impact of the apprenticeship levy. We estimated that over 16,000 schools (three quarters of the total) would pay a combined apprenticeship levy of around £110 million.</p><p>The assessment can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/678439/Schools_costs_technical_note.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/678439/Schools_costs_technical_note.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As reported in the statistics publication ‘Public sector apprenticeships in England: 2017 to 2018’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>, there were approximately 6,300 apprenticeship starts in schools between May 2017 and March 2018. Many of these apprenticeship starts will be funded by the apprenticeship levy directly or via local government. Around half of the 6,300 starts were in local authority maintained schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/04/2019 10:45:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1110307

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new primary schools have included a nursery since June 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the public purse of that policy.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	242149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>38 primary free schools have opened since June 2017. 21 of these have nursery provisions and a further 3 have plans for nursery provisions. In addition to this, 4 voluntary-aided primary schools have opened during this time, one of which includes nursery provisions.</p><p>The cost of a nursery in a free school is integrated into the total cost of the project. It is not possible to separate out the costs of the nursery alone, as they will generally share facilities and services with the school itself.</p><p>For the purposes of forecasting, the department now estimates the average additional build cost per pupil of including a nursery within a primary free school as around £12,500 excluding VAT. The difference to the figure provided in response to question 182803 attributable to inflation. For actual projects, costs will depend on a variety of local circumstances including site specifications and pupil numbers.</p><p>Local authorities are also responsible for approving proposals for new voluntary-aided schools, including where proposals include nursery provisions. Local authorities and proposers have been responsible for meeting the associated capital costs of these schools, with proposers expected to cover up to 10% of this amount.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/04/2019 16:56:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1110442

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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, how many fires have occurred in school buildings in England; and what the cost to each school was of those fires in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	242150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data relating to fires in buildings other than dwellings, which includes categories for educational establishments. The most recent published figures cover the 2010-11 to 2017-18 years inclusive. This information has been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#incident-level-datasets</a>.</p><p>The data can be found in the file ‘Other building fires dataset’ and the accompanying guidance document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/04/2019 13:21:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1110444

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Construction
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 19 March 2019 to Question 231539 on Schools: Fire Extinguishers, how many of the 673 new schools created by his Department by February 2019 were built under the (a) Priority Schools Building Programme and (b) free schools programme.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	242151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Of the 673 new schools built by the Department by February 2019, 289 were built under the Priority Schools Building Programme, and 384 free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools were opened under the free schools programme in their permanent school buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/04/2019 17:00:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1110446

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
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 8 April 2019 to Question 240009, what the longest period is that one of the 93 academy schools in the process of re-brokering has waited to be transferred to a new academy trust.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	242152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>As at 27 March 2019, our records show that 93 academies are in the process of transferring to different trusts. 89 of the 93 cases have been in progress for less than 12 months.</p><p>The longest period that one of these academies has been awaiting transfer is 23 months. When transferring an academy from one trust to another, there may be a number of things that can take time to resolve with the incoming trust who has agreed to take on the school, such as private finance initiative contracts – which can be the most problematic, issues relating to land, financial matters, or the process of transferring staff from one trust to another. A substantial majority of academy transfers are voluntary agreements between trusts.</p><p>Where there are concerns regarding an academy’s performance, the department would seek, wherever possible, to put in place school improvement support while the transfer is underway.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/04/2019 16:56:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner