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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

1123498

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	910573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, meets 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 29/04/2019 16:50:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1026695

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with directors of children’s services on their ability to fulfil their statutory duties.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	908224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I regularly meet Directors of Children’s Services (DCS), and we have full and frank conversations on the delivery of children’s services. For example, just last week we met DCSs from Yorkshire and London. I understand the challenges facing the sector and I will continue to work with local government colleagues, particularly in advance of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/12/2018 16:51:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1054022

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	What recent comparative assessment he has made of education funding in England and in other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	908971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The most recent OECD data shows that the UK spent at least as much per pupil on state school education as any other G7 nation, apart from the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 908976 question first answered 04/02/2019 16:57:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1054027

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	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	What recent comparative assessment he has made of education funding in England and in other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	908976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The most recent OECD data shows that the UK spent at least as much per pupil on state school education as any other G7 nation, apart from the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 908971 question first answered 04/02/2019 16:57:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1054025

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Literacy: Teaching Methods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of teaching early literacy through phonics.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	908974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that systematic phonics is a highly effective method for teaching early reading. According to the Education Endowment Foundation, phonics approaches have been consistently found to be effective in supporting younger readers to master the basics of reading, with an average impact of an additional 4 months’ progress. Research suggests that phonics is particularly beneficial for younger pupils (4 to 7 year-olds) as they begin to read. Teaching phonics is more effective on average than other approaches to early reading (such as whole language or alphabetic approaches).</p><p>The Department is investing £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support local schools in developing their teaching practice, with a focus on systematic phonics. We are also funding 6 Phonics Partnerships and a series of Phonics Roadshows, to spread good practice and improve phonics teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/02/2019 17:00:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1123499

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Literacy: Teaching Methods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of teaching early literacy through phonics.
	tabling member constituency	Erewash
	tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
	uin	910576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that systematic phonics is a highly effective method for teaching early reading. According to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), phonics approaches have been consistently found to be effective in supporting younger readers to master the basics of reading, with an average impact of an additional four months’ progress. Research suggests that phonics is particularly beneficial for younger pupils (four to seven year olds) as they begin to read. Teaching phonics is more effective on average than other approaches to early reading (such as whole language or alphabetic approaches), though it should be emphasised that effective phonics techniques are usually embedded in a rich literacy environment for early readers and are only one part of a successful literacy strategy[1].</p><p>In 2018 there were 163,000 more six year olds in England on track to become fluent readers compared to 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check, compared to just 58% when the check was introduced in 2012.</p><p>The Department is investing £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support local schools in developing their teaching practice, with a focus on systematic phonics, early language development and reading for pleasure. There are now 34 such hubs, based in primary schools across England.</p><p>[1] EEF Phonics Teaching and Learning Toolkit, updated August 2018 (available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evidence-summaries/teaching-learning-toolkit/phonics/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evidence-summaries/teaching-learning-toolkit/phonics/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 16:27:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

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

1026696

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	What assessment he has made of the sustainability of the current level of funding for schools.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	908231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>With the additional £1.3 billion the Government has invested across this year and next, the core schools and high needs budget will increase from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £43.5 billion by 2019-20. The Government is committed to securing the right deal for education in the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2018 16:53:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1124008

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Food: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the department for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce food insecurity into the school curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	249306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing food insecurity, particularly for children. Our eligibility criteria for free school meals support children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds by providing a free and healthy school meal each day. Including food insecurity in the National Curriculum is a recommendation arising from the Children’s Future Food Inquiry. We welcome this report and will reflect carefully on it over the coming months and consider how we can best respond to the important issues raised.</p><p> </p><p>The National Curriculum on design and technology in secondary schools covers cooking, emphasising the importance of this as a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well. The National Curriculum for citizenship in secondary schools sets out that teaching should prepare pupils to manage their money well, make sound financial decisions, and plan for future financial needs. From primary school through to secondary, the mathematics National Curriculum covers money and how mathematics is necessary for financial literacy.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/05/2019 16:53:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis