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1085844

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	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to publish a response to its call for evidence on home education.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	909689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>There were more than 3000 responses to the call for evidence which are still being considered. Many dedicated families are doing a very good job educating their children at home, taking on heavy responsibilities in doing so.</p><p>We are concerned, however, that overall numbers of children said to be being educated at home are rising, the reasons for which are complex. We need to help local authorities deal effectively with children who are not in school. We will publish the Government’s response soon.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:47:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1085845

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	Truancy: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fines for unauthorised school absence on school attendance levels.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	909690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Parents have a duty to ensure their child of compulsory school age, who is registered at school, attends regularly.</p><p>We have not formally assessed the impact of penalty notices but comparable data shows overall absence rates have remained fairly stable across recent years, following a downward trend since 2006/07 (4.7% in 2016/17, compared to 6.5% in 2006/07).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:51:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1085846

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: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for rural schools.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	909694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets Her Majesty's Treasury Ministers regularly to discuss matters of shared interest, including funding for schools.</p><p>The Department provides additional support aimed at rural schools. For example, the sparsity factor in the National Funding Formula allocates £25 million specifically to schools that are both small and remote.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/03/2019 16:57:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1085847

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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress his Department has made on helping families to access childcare.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	909697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>By 2020 this government will be spending £6 billion on supporting families with childcare. All 3 and 4 year olds, and the most disadvantaged 2 year olds, can access 15 hours a week of early education. From September 2017, this government doubled the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that parents’ working patterns vary significantly and want to ensure that the free entitlements deliver childcare to meet their needs, as well as being high quality early education to support the development needs of children. We are also encouraging partnerships between providers to support flexible provision.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, we want 30 hours to continue to build on the flexible provision that we were already seeing across the country with the universal 15 hours. All the free entitlements can be “stretched” by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays, for example 23 hours for 48 weeks of the year, and free places can be delivered at weekends.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 17:01:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

1086486

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: Visual Impairment
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 require local authorities to ensure that school staff who teach young people with vision impairment have appropriate training from a specialist.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	230742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>To teach a class of pupils with vision impairment, a teacher must hold a mandatory qualification, in addition to qualified teacher status. The Department is currently reviewing the educational outcomes of the mandatory qualifications for teachers of classes with vision impairment, to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the education system.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and schools and colleges to keep the provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND) under review and to consider carefully how best to meet the needs of children and young people in their area, including those with vision impairment. To support local authorities, the Department has announced an additional £250 million high needs funding, over this year and the next. This will bring the total allocated for high needs next year to £6.3 billion.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, £3.4 million is being provided for 2018 to 2020 to equip the school workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including vision impairment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 17:59:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1086490

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 227401 on HIV, what the timetable is for the rollout of additional places on the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Impact trial in London .
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	230858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Commissioners in London have confirmed that they are committed to supporting the successful expansion of the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Impact trial and have agreed to make additional trial places available. The number of additional trial places in London and the timescale for rollout will be confirmed shortly.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/03/2019 16:50:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1086491

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in receipt of the lower child disability addition have transitioned from legacy benefits to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	230744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 12:30:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1086494

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of the lower child disability addition on universal credit for (a) one child (b) two children and (c) three or more children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	230745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The estimated number of Universal Credit households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate in November 2018, Great Britain is given below. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated number of </strong><strong>Households on </strong><strong>Universal Credit </strong><strong>with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate, by number of children,</strong><strong> in November 2018, Great Britain</strong><strong>.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One child</p></td><td><p>15,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two children</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three or more children</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,480</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Universal Credit Household dataset.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 so may not sum.</li><li>Households with Disabled Child Entitlement at the lower rate may also have entitlement at the higher rate for one or more children.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/03/2019 16:19:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

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

1086497

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	Headteachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has met representatives of school head teachers since he took office.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	230747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets representatives of school head teachers regularly, including the National Association of Head Teachers, Primary Head Teacher Reference Groups, and Secondary Head Teacher Reference Groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2019 16:38:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner