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1665075

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	16 to 19 Tuition Fund and National Tutoring Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the (a) National Tutoring Programme and (b) 16-19 Tuition Fund after the end of this academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	202768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made over £1 billion available through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) over the four academic years since the programme’s introduction in summer 2021, which has seen the Department deliver nearly 4 million tutoring courses as of May 2023. This has included providing £310 million directly to schools in the 2021/22 academic year and £350 million in the 2022/23 academic year. In the 2023/24 academic year, the Department will provide £150 million directly to schools.</p><p>In the 2021/22 academic year, which is the most recent full year for which data is available, 47% of pupils receiving tutoring were eligible for free school meals at some point in the last six years. Final delivery figures for the 2022/23 academic year will be published in December. Figures for the current academic year will be published throughout the year.</p><p>The Department has committed that, from the 2023/24 academic year, tutoring will have been embedded across schools in England. The Department expects tutoring to continue to be a staple offer from schools, with schools using their core budget, including pupil premium, to provide targeted support for those children who will benefit.</p><p>Funding for the 16-19 tuition fund is currently in place until the end of the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is evaluating the Tuition Fund and considering the most appropriate way to support disadvantaged 16-19 students from the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>The NTP’s Year 2 Implementation and Process Evaluation report examined the implementation of the programme in the 2021/22 academic year. It found that most head teachers were satisfied with the programme and that the programme is perceived as having a positive impact on pupils’ attainment, self confidence and helping them catch up with their peers. It also found that most schools are prioritising pupil premium eligible pupils for tutoring. This report can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-year-2-implementation-and-process-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-year-2-implementation-and-process-evaluation</a>. The Department plans to publish in autumn 2023 an external quantitative impact evaluation, which explores the impact of the programme on pupil attainment in the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p>For the 2020/21 to 2023/24 academic years, the Department is making available funding of up to £420 million for one to one and small group tuition for 16 to 19 year olds. The 16-19 tuition fund is targeted at students in most need, enabling schools and colleges to deliver up to 700,000 tuition sessions each year.</p><p>The 16-19 tuition fund implementation and process evaluation report was published in July 2023 and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-tuition-fund-implementation-and-process-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-tuition-fund-implementation-and-process-evaluation-report</a>. This reported that over 80% of students were satisfied with the tuition they received and found its content relevant. A full report on the impact of the tuition fund will be completed later this year and published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 202769 202770 202773 202774 question first answered 19/10/2023 16:49:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1665076

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	16 to 19 Tuition Fund and National Tutoring Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many young people in receipt of Pupil Premium or an equivalent will have received tutoring through the (a) National Tutoring Programme and (b) 16-19 Tuition Fund by the end of (i) this and (ii) the next academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	202769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made over £1 billion available through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) over the four academic years since the programme’s introduction in summer 2021, which has seen the Department deliver nearly 4 million tutoring courses as of May 2023. This has included providing £310 million directly to schools in the 2021/22 academic year and £350 million in the 2022/23 academic year. In the 2023/24 academic year, the Department will provide £150 million directly to schools.</p><p>In the 2021/22 academic year, which is the most recent full year for which data is available, 47% of pupils receiving tutoring were eligible for free school meals at some point in the last six years. Final delivery figures for the 2022/23 academic year will be published in December. Figures for the current academic year will be published throughout the year.</p><p>The Department has committed that, from the 2023/24 academic year, tutoring will have been embedded across schools in England. The Department expects tutoring to continue to be a staple offer from schools, with schools using their core budget, including pupil premium, to provide targeted support for those children who will benefit.</p><p>Funding for the 16-19 tuition fund is currently in place until the end of the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is evaluating the Tuition Fund and considering the most appropriate way to support disadvantaged 16-19 students from the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>The NTP’s Year 2 Implementation and Process Evaluation report examined the implementation of the programme in the 2021/22 academic year. It found that most head teachers were satisfied with the programme and that the programme is perceived as having a positive impact on pupils’ attainment, self confidence and helping them catch up with their peers. It also found that most schools are prioritising pupil premium eligible pupils for tutoring. This report can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-year-2-implementation-and-process-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-year-2-implementation-and-process-evaluation</a>. The Department plans to publish in autumn 2023 an external quantitative impact evaluation, which explores the impact of the programme on pupil attainment in the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p>For the 2020/21 to 2023/24 academic years, the Department is making available funding of up to £420 million for one to one and small group tuition for 16 to 19 year olds. The 16-19 tuition fund is targeted at students in most need, enabling schools and colleges to deliver up to 700,000 tuition sessions each year.</p><p>The 16-19 tuition fund implementation and process evaluation report was published in July 2023 and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-tuition-fund-implementation-and-process-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-tuition-fund-implementation-and-process-evaluation-report</a>. This reported that over 80% of students were satisfied with the tuition they received and found its content relevant. A full report on the impact of the tuition fund will be completed later this year and published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 202768 202770 202773 202774 question first answered 19/10/2023 16:49:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1665077

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	16 to 19 Tuition Fund and National Tutoring Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) National Tutoring Programme and (b) 16-19 Tuition Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	202770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department has made over £1 billion available through the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) over the four academic years since the programme’s introduction in summer 2021, which has seen the Department deliver nearly 4 million tutoring courses as of May 2023. This has included providing £310 million directly to schools in the 2021/22 academic year and £350 million in the 2022/23 academic year. In the 2023/24 academic year, the Department will provide £150 million directly to schools.</p><p>In the 2021/22 academic year, which is the most recent full year for which data is available, 47% of pupils receiving tutoring were eligible for free school meals at some point in the last six years. Final delivery figures for the 2022/23 academic year will be published in December. Figures for the current academic year will be published throughout the year.</p><p>The Department has committed that, from the 2023/24 academic year, tutoring will have been embedded across schools in England. The Department expects tutoring to continue to be a staple offer from schools, with schools using their core budget, including pupil premium, to provide targeted support for those children who will benefit.</p><p>Funding for the 16-19 tuition fund is currently in place until the end of the 2023/24 academic year. The Department is evaluating the Tuition Fund and considering the most appropriate way to support disadvantaged 16-19 students from the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p>The NTP’s Year 2 Implementation and Process Evaluation report examined the implementation of the programme in the 2021/22 academic year. It found that most head teachers were satisfied with the programme and that the programme is perceived as having a positive impact on pupils’ attainment, self confidence and helping them catch up with their peers. It also found that most schools are prioritising pupil premium eligible pupils for tutoring. This report can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-year-2-implementation-and-process-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-tutoring-programme-year-2-implementation-and-process-evaluation</a>. The Department plans to publish in autumn 2023 an external quantitative impact evaluation, which explores the impact of the programme on pupil attainment in the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p>For the 2020/21 to 2023/24 academic years, the Department is making available funding of up to £420 million for one to one and small group tuition for 16 to 19 year olds. The 16-19 tuition fund is targeted at students in most need, enabling schools and colleges to deliver up to 700,000 tuition sessions each year.</p><p>The 16-19 tuition fund implementation and process evaluation report was published in July 2023 and can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-tuition-fund-implementation-and-process-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-tuition-fund-implementation-and-process-evaluation-report</a>. This reported that over 80% of students were satisfied with the tuition they received and found its content relevant. A full report on the impact of the tuition fund will be completed later this year and published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 202768 202769 202773 202774 question first answered 19/10/2023 16:49:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1307240

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Abortion: Health Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 169074 and the Answer of 23 March 2021 to Question 169981, on Abortion: Health Education, and with reference to the endorsement by Public Health England of the Abortion and Abortion Care Fact Sheet for use in schools, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring that the school curriculum (a) equally respects the views of people opposed to abortion and (b) educates pupils on alternatives to abortion.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
	uin	179678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, meets regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the Department’s agenda.</p><p>The statutory guidance on the new curriculum for Relationships and Sex Education (RSE<strong>)</strong> and Health Education, which came into force in September 2020, makes clear that by the end of secondary education young people should know the facts relating to pregnancy. It states that there should be medically and legally impartial information. Pupils should be made aware of the relevant legal provisions when particular topics are being taught, including abortion. It is for schools to decide how best to comply with this in order to meet the needs of their pupils. To support teachers to deliver these topics safely and with confidence, the Department has produced RSHE Teacher Training Modules which are available for all schools on GOV.UK. The ‘Intimate and sexual relationships including sexual health’ teacher training module covers pregnancy specifically. Each training module covers safeguarding to make sure teachers, pastoral staff and the designated safeguarding lead are equipped to deal with sensitive discussions and potential disclosures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/04/2021 16:03:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1288921

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Year and School Day
	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 potential merits of (a) extending the school day and (b) shortening the summer holiday as part of wider reforms to education in England.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
	uin	157325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that COVID-19 and associated education restrictions have had an impact on children and young people’s education.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2021, the Department appointed Sir Kevan Collins as Education Recovery Commissioner to advise how to help pupils make up their lost education over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>As an immediate step, we have invested a further £700 million to support education recovery measures (bringing total investment in catch up to over £1.7 billion), including for tutoring, summer schools in 2021 and additional support for schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Recovery Commissioner will engage with parents, pupils and teachers in the development of this broader approach which will examine a range of options to help schools use evidence-based interventions to support their pupils to make up lost learning. We will share further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/03/2021 14:36:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1218778

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Year: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide a (a) framework and (b) tailored support to enable schools to open as places for pupil engagement and activity in the 2020 summer holidays.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	66054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>We are not asking schools to open over the summer holidays. Teachers, support staff and head teachers deserve a break, to recharge and rest.</p><p>We are aware that some headteachers may be considering using their catch-up premium to provide summer school activities for their pupils. Where this is the case, they have the flexibility, discretion and autonomy to decide how they want to do this. To support schools in planning how to use the catch-up premium, the Education Endowment Foundation has produced a guide which includes advice on summer schools and contains a link to a Teach First toolkit specifically focused on summer schools, for schools that choose to do this.</p><p>Holiday clubs and out-of-school clubs for children will also be able to restart over the summer, with safety measures in place. These clubs will be part of Step 3 of the recovery strategy (from 4 July). We have published guidance for the sector on how to implement the protective measures necessary to open safely:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/protective-measures-for-out-of-school-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protective-measures-for-holiday-or-after-school-clubs-and-other-out-of-school-settings-for-children-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/protective-measures-for-out-of-school-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/07/2020 14:57:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1654227

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Year: Holidays
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the travel industry on trends in the cost of family holidays during school holidays.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	194974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not had recent discussions with the travel industry on trends in the cost of family holidays during school holidays. However, information and research on the cost of holidays is widely available online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2023 12:00:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1260232

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have newly attained Academy status since 16 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
	uin	128303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>Since 16 March 2020, 212 primary schools and 30 secondary schools have converted to academy status. In September, a further 23 primary and 13 secondary schools newly opened as Free Schools and University Technical Colleges (UTCs). Table 1 shows the breakdown of primary and secondary academy conversions (excluding Free Schools and UTCs) in the months following 16 March 2020.</p><p>Table 1: Breakdown of primary and secondary academy openers by month since 16 March 2020 (excluding Free Schools and UTCs)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Primary Openers</p></td><td><p>Secondary Openers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Get Information About Schools, taken from 1 December 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/12/2020 16:42:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1603994

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on ensuring that schools run by local authorities (a) become an academy and (b) join a multi-academy trust.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	165431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is focused on continuing to improve standards in schools, providing the best education for children, including for those from disadvantaged backgrounds and with special educational needs. The best way for this to happen is for all schools to be in strong families of schools, benefitting from the support of the best in the group, and the resilience that comes from being part of a larger group of schools. That is why, over time, the Department would like all schools to be in a strong multi-academy trust (MAT), due to the positive impact it can have on children’s lives. If we get this right then we will see the vast majority of schools in trusts before 2030. The Department is exploring how to further support the growth of strong multi-academy trusts through the Regulation and Commissioning Review.</p><p>The current national academisation rate is 47.4%, which includes 10,254 academies and free schools out of a total of 21,630 state funded schools. This has increased from 45.7% in March 2022 when the Schools White Paper was published. Of those, 9,173 are in a MAT.</p><p>There are 94 MATs that serve at least 7,500 pupils. These represent 6.9% of the total of 1,345 MATs, and are comprised of 2,341 Academies (22.8% of the total number) and just over 1.24 million pupils (26.2% of the total).</p><p>There are 266 MATs serving 10 or more schools, which is 19.7% of the total. These are comprised of 4,872 Academies (47.5%) and 1.94 million pupils (40.8%).</p><p>The Department does not issue guidance specifically on the size of MATs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165432 165433 question first answered 28/03/2023 17:26:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1342937

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools that have had an academy order imposed upon them have waited (a) between 24 and 35 months, (b) between 36 and 47 months, (c) between 48 and 59 months and (d) longer than 60 months before their academisation process was completed.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	25850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>As of the 1 June 2021, there have been 574 sponsored academies that have opened after the predecessor local authority maintained schools were issued with academy orders following receipt of inadequate Ofsted judgements. 56% of these sponsored academies opened in less than 12 months, and more than 90% opened in less than 24 months of the academy order being issued. Of the remainder:</p><ul><li>33 took between 24 and 35 months.</li><li>13 took between 36 and 47 months.</li><li>4 took between 48 and 59 months.</li><li>1 took longer than 60 months.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2021 13:39:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain