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1086334

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans the Secretary of State for Education has to meet headteachers to discuss the WorthLess? campaign and those headteachers' concerns over cuts in educational funding and the impact of such cuts on schools’ ability to provide an appropriate educational experience for children of all abilities; if so, when; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL14374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets regularly with teachers, headteachers and representative groups to discuss education issues, including school funding. Regarding the specific group mentioned, I have met with them, as has my right hon. Friend, the Minister of state for School Standards. Senior officials continue to engage with this organisation through a working group.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has been invited to meet with representative headteachers from this group twice since January 2018. These meetings were taken by myself and senior officials as part of ongoing engagement with this organisation through a working group.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14375 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:26:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1086336

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests to meet representative headteachers from the WorthLess? campaign have been declined by the Secretary of State for Education; and when such requests were refused.
tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
uin	HL14375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets regularly with teachers, headteachers and representative groups to discuss education issues, including school funding. Regarding the specific group mentioned, I have met with them, as has my right hon. Friend, the Minister of state for School Standards. Senior officials continue to engage with this organisation through a working group.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has been invited to meet with representative headteachers from this group twice since January 2018. These meetings were taken by myself and senior officials as part of ongoing engagement with this organisation through a working group.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL14374 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:26:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

1086380

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy with regard to parents of state funded schools being asked to provide funding to support the operations of those schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Oates
uin	HL14410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The department is committed to ensuring that state education remains free for school age children.</p><p>Schools cannot charge for education provided during the school day. Schools are also unable to charge for education outside of the school day where that education is provided in pursuance of a duty to provide the national curriculum, as part of a prescribed public examination or part of religious studies.</p><p>Nothing in legislation prohibits schools from asking parents for donations for any school activity. However, it must be clear that the request is voluntary and children must not be treated differently based on whether or not they made a contribution.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/03/2019 14:53:01 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1086496

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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, if he will meet representatives of the campaign group WorthLess? to discuss school funding.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	230746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets regularly with teachers, head teachers and representative groups to discuss education issues, including school funding. On the specific group mentioned, I have met with them, as has my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System. Following those meetings, representatives of the group have also met with senior Department officials.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 17:53:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1086504

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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 recent discussions he has had with head teachers on the funding situation in all state schools.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	230859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets regularly with head teachers of schools to discuss issues including funding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 13:47:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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

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

1082689

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, with reference to HM Treasury, Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates 2018-19, Department for Education, Spending in DE, Line C School Infrastructure and Funding of Education (ALB) (Net), what programmes are funded by the (a) resource and (b) capital funding outlined in that line of the estimate.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	229250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As per the ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates’, resource funding for programmes by Estimate Line is disclosed in the attached table. This information is supplemented by additional information contained in the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum’ published by the Education Select Committee.</p><p>For programmes covered by capital funding in the '2018-19 Supplementary Estimate', 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. Details on 2018-19 school’s capital budgets is available at Annex D of the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2018-19’.</p><p>In addition to the Department’s investment in school’s capital, the Department also funds capital projects in other sectors, including higher education, further education, and children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 229194 229251 229252 229253 229254 229256 229257 229258 229259 229260 229261 229262 229263 question first answered 08/04/2019 11:03:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line.pdf title Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line previous answer version 108140 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1082699

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, with reference to page 202 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates, what programmes are funded by the (a) resource and (b) capital funding outlined in Line J Grants to LA Schools via ESFA of the estimate.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	229258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As per the ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates’, resource funding for programmes by Estimate Line is disclosed in the attached table. This information is supplemented by additional information contained in the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum’ published by the Education Select Committee.</p><p>For programmes covered by capital funding in the '2018-19 Supplementary Estimate', 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. Details on 2018-19 school’s capital budgets is available at Annex D of the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2018-19’.</p><p>In addition to the Department’s investment in school’s capital, the Department also funds capital projects in other sectors, including higher education, further education, and children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 229194 229250 229251 229252 229253 229254 229256 229257 229259 229260 229261 229262 229263 question first answered 08/04/2019 11:03:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line.pdf title Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line previous answer version 108148 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1082276

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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, pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 February 2019, Official Report column 36, how he plans to distribute the £6 milllion support package for schools.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	228725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting schools to deliver high quality relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education. This includes appropriate support on the teaching of lifesaving and first aid skills.</p><p>The Department is aware that many schools already teach these subjects well, often as part of personal, social, health, and economic education and will be able to adapt to the new requirements quickly and draw on existing high-quality resources. An early adopter school programme has been established to support early teaching of the new requirements from September 2019. The lessons learned from these early adopter schools will be shared with schools working to a slower timetable.</p><p>The Department’s consultation on the draft statutory guidance identified training as a priority for many teachers. The Department will be working with subject experts, teachers and schools to determine how this training can be structured and what should be contained in it. The Department intends to develop and test a training programme that is accessible to teachers by September 2020.</p><p>The budget of £6 million in the 2019/20 financial year will support the development of a package of support for all schools. Funding beyond 2019/20 will be a matter for the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p>There are already free resources available for schools to teach first aid, including those provided by the Every Child a Lifesaver Coalition, made up of the British Heart Foundation, St John Ambulance and the British Red Cross.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 228724 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:33:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran