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1147759

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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, how much of his Department’s capital departmental expenditure limit was spent on creating new school places in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	293601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are under a statutory duty to ensure that there is a school place available for every child. The Department provides basic need funding for every place that is needed, based on local authorities’ own data on pupil forecasts. Local authorities can use this funding to provide places in new schools or through expansions of existing schools, and can work with any school in their local area, including academies and free schools.</p><p>Basic need allocations to local authorities to provide new school places from 2011-2021 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a>. Data for allocations prior to 2011-12 is not readily available.</p><p>The Department has also invested a total of £365 million through the Special Provision Capital Fund from 2018-19 to 2020-21. This funding will help local authorities to create new places and improve facilities for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>Special Provision Capital Fund allocations to local authorities can be found here: <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>In addition, the Department has funded thousands of good new school places and opened schools across the country through the free schools programme. The Department’s total capital costs of establishing free schools are listed below. These annual costs include all aspects of site acquisition, design, and construction expended in that year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total capital costs (million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£50m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£275m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£704m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£761m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£931m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£965m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£872m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£1,004m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>To be confirmed [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£5,563m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There are also some much smaller additional capital programmes which have also created places, however this is not their primary objective. In total, the Department is on track to create one million places this decade (2010 to 2020), the largest increase in school capacity in at least two generations. This follows a decrease of 100,000 places between 2004 and 2010.</p><p>[1] This figure will be available once the Department lays its annual accounts before Parliament in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/10/2019 14:14:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137549 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

1147760

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of his Department’s capital departmental expenditure limit was spent on improving the existing school estate in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	293602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education has allocated over £13 billion in condition funding from 2011-12 to 2019-20, an average of £1.4 billion a year. On top of that, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing school buildings in the worst condition across England, covering over 500 schools. Data on capital funding allocated prior to 2011-12 is not readily available.</p><p>In addition to this, the Department provides Basic Need funding to local authorities for new school places and, as of 1 October 2019, the Department has opened 507 free schools which when full will educate 280,000 pupils.</p><p>Published data on annual capital allocations is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/10/2019 14:24:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137741 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

1147762

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of his Department’s capital departmental expenditure limit was spent on (a) creating new places in further education and (b) investing in the existing further education estate in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	293603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 08/10/2019 13:48:04 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 137830 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147764

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of his Department’s capital departmental expenditure limit was spent on creating new early years places in each financial year since 2010-11; and how many new places were created as a result of that spending.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	293604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2012-13, the Department announced £100 million of capital allocations for local authorities to support implementation of early years education for two-year olds from lower income families. Local authorities were responsible for distributing this capital investment and so the Department does not hold information on the number of places created by this funding.</p><p>The Department allocated £100 million over 2016-17 and 2017-18 to local authorities to support successful bids to the Early Years Capital Fund (EYCF). The Department regularly assesses the progress of these projects and will publish the outcomes in due course when all projects have completed. Information detailing the outcomes from the EYCF bidding round will be published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-capital-fund-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-years-capital-fund-2017</a>.</p><p>In July 2019, the Department announced the outcome of applications to the School Nurseries Capital Fund. This fund, of nearly £24 million for 69 projects, will help to create new high-quality school-based nursery places for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds. The profiling of this spend will depend on the progress of individual projects. The full list of successful projects for this fund can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-nurseries-capital-fund-list-of-application-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-nurseries-capital-fund-list-of-application-outcomes</a>.</p><p>The Department will publish the outcomes in due course when all projects have completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 16:24:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147765

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of his Department’s capital departmental expenditure limit was spent on Sure Start in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	293605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Capital to support Sure Start children’s centres was made available to local authorities through the Sure Start, Early and Childcare grant in the 2010-11 financial year. Details of expenditure on capital grants to support Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare in 2010-11 are set out on page 77 of the department’s annual report and accounts for 2010-11 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-annual-report-and-accounts-financial-year-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-annual-report-and-accounts-financial-year-2010-to-2011</a>.</p><p>Between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2015, capital funding for children’s centres was made available from the Schools Capital Funding Allocations. Since 1 April 2015, capital funding for children’s centres has been made available through the School Condition Allocations. It is for local authorities to decide how to prioritise their capital funding according to local needs. Published data on capital allocations is available on the GOV.UK website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p>The department does not record how much capital local authorities spend on children’s centres.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 07/10/2019 13:58:30 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147237

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
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 cost to schools of increasing starting salaries for teachers to £30,000.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>On 2 September 2019 the Department announced plans to raise starting salaries for teachers to £30,000 by 2022 (plus London weighting). This proposal is fully affordable in the spending settlement announced last week across the next three years. The Department’s full costed proposals will be included in our written evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body in the coming months as part of the usual process.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 13:21:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137060 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

1147238

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to apply national pay settlements to teachers working in academy schools.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) covers the pay and conditions for teachers in maintained schools in England. Non-maintained schools, including academies and free schools, are responsible for determining the pay and conditions of their staff themselves. Such schools are therefore not obliged to follow the statutory arrangements set out in the STPCD, although they may still choose to do so if they wish.</p><p> </p><p>As academies have freedoms and flexibilities to set the rate of pay for their teachers outside of the national pay arrangements, it is up to them to determine whether, and in what circumstances, to pay any annual uplift or performance-related pay.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 06:33:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137146 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

1147239

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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, when he plans to implement a schools level national funding formula; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It is the Department’s intention to move to a ‘hard’ national funding formula (NFF) as soon as possible. This is where schools’ actual budgets are set and allocated on the basis of a single, national formula.</p><p>The Department recognises that this will represent a significant change and the Department will work closely with local authorities, schools and others to make this transition as smooth as possible.</p><p>In 2020-21, local authorities will continue to have some flexibility on how school funding is distributed locally and in consultation with schools. This will allow for a smooth transition toward the NFF.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:31:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137058 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

1147240

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate additional funding to Ofsted to carry out additional inspections when schools previously rated Outstanding are no longer exempt from routine inspection.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has announced its intention to remove the exemption from routine inspection for schools previously rated Outstanding by Ofsted, subject to public consultation and Parliamentary approval. The aim is for routine inspection of Outstanding schools and colleges to recommence from September 2020 onwards. The Department will provide additional funding for this purpose for 2020-21. Funding for these inspections in subsequent years will be determined through the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 19:08:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1147241

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: 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 3 September 2019, Official Report, column 65, on education funding, which courses will be eligible for funding from the £120 million for high-cost subjects; and how that funding will be distributed.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need to support and encourage courses that are more expensive to deliver and courses which are of particular value to the economy. Therefore, the Department is making this significant investment of £120 million, which will be allocated to qualifying courses at all provider types. Details about how this funding will be distributed, including which courses will be eligible for this additional funding, will be announced later in the Autumn in accordance with our usual timetable for confirming funding arrangements for 2020-2021.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 18:58:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner