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1128064

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether EU students enrolling on higher education courses in England in the 2020–21 academic year will be eligible for home fee status and financial support.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL15913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The department recognises that staff and providers are concerned about what EU exit means for study and collaboration opportunities.</p><p>To help give certainty, on 28 May 2019, the department announced guarantees on student finance for EU nationals. EU nationals (and their family members) who start a course in England in the 2020/21 academic year or before will continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status and student finance support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course, provided they meet the residency requirement. These guarantees are not altered if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL15914 question first answered 05/06/2019 13:35:24 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1128065

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to set out the (1) fee status, and (2) loan eligibility, of EU undergraduate students commencing courses at English higher education providers in the 2020–21 academic year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL15914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The department recognises that staff and providers are concerned about what EU exit means for study and collaboration opportunities.</p><p>To help give certainty, on 28 May 2019, the department announced guarantees on student finance for EU nationals. EU nationals (and their family members) who start a course in England in the 2020/21 academic year or before will continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status and student finance support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course, provided they meet the residency requirement. These guarantees are not altered if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL15913 question first answered 05/06/2019 13:35:24 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1128345

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Imagile Infrastructure Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what private finance initiative contracts his Department has awarded to Imagile Infrastructure Management in each year for which such information is available.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	257427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not awarded any private finance initiative contracts to Imagile Infrastructure Management.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 07:36:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

1128358

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Imagile Infrastructure Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he has received about delays to private finance initiative contracts administered by Imagile Infrastructure Management in each year for which such information is available.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	257428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any complaints received about delays to private finance contracts administered by Imagile Infrastructure Management.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 07:36:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

1128363

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to ensure that (a) Imagile Infrastructure Management and (b) other private finance initiative providers holding contracts with his Department are held to account for their performance.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	257433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Imagile Infrastructure Management does not hold any private finance contracts with this Department. The only private finance contracts entered into by this Department are the five private finance 2 contracts procured under the recent Priority School Building Programme. The Department actively manages and enforces those contracts to hold the providers under those contracts to account for their performance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 07:35:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

1128372

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds a copy of the documents (a) Whitehaven Academy, LED Lights and Heating Report 2014-16, published on 5 September 2018 and (b) Fowey River Academy, LED Lighting Report 2014-2017, published on 4 September 2018 which were provided to the Bright Tribe Academies Trust by GPJ Consulting.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	257589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Yes, the Department holds copies of both reports.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 07:34:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1128397

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the role of teaching assistants in supporting children with special needs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	257436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of the role of Teaching Assistants in supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) to date.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has funded the development of a number of good practice guidance documents through its SEND schools’ workforce contracts, including a guide on the Effective Deployment of Teaching Assistants, available at: <a href="https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/whole-school-send/find-wss-resources.html" target="_blank">https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/whole-school-send/find-wss-resources.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Rapid Evidence Assessment (2017) (available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628630/DfE_SEN_Support_REA_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628630/DfE_SEN_Support_REA_Report.pdf</a>) on effective practice for supporting children and young people on SEND support in mainstream schools and colleges also includes an overview of available evidence on a range of specific interventions delivered by teaching assistants.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation’s guidance report; “Making best use of Teaching Assistants” (available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/guidance-reports/making-best-use-of-teaching-assistants" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/guidance-reports/making-best-use-of-teaching-assistants</a>) offers the latest evidence and makes a number of recommendations to help schools make best use of their teaching assistants.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 07:58:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1128398

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	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 teaching assistants in schools; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	257437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants in service in state funded schools in England, in each year since November 2010. This information can be found in the School Workforce Census, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FTE teaching assistants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>213,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>219,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>232,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>243,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>255,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>263,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>265,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>262,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 08:00:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1128428

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	257439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex, emerging area. The Department has seen some outstanding examples of AI and machine learning being used within schools and colleges in England to support teachers to deliver curriculum content as well as to automate burdensome non-teaching tasks such as marking.</p><p>However, the impact of these technologies in the classroom still remains largely unevidenced. We have set up a new AI Horizon Scanning group, so that policy, digital and delivery teams within the Department can explore how AI may impact our policies, as well as the benefits it can bring to the education system.</p><p>The Department also regularly engages with those at the cutting edge of these technologies. For example, the Department is a member of the new Institute for Ethical AI &amp; Machine Learning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2019 07:37:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1128248

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter of 19 March 2019 from the hon. Member for Croydon North on social, emotional and mental health services and school funding.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	257522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>​​A response was originally sent to the hon. Member for Croydon North on the 4 April 2019. A copy of this letter was sent to the hon. Member for Croydon North’s constituency office on 23 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/06/2019 07:53:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed