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971733

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Youth Work: Higher 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 11 September 2018 to Question 169504, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of youth work courses offered by higher education institutions; and what steps he is taking to encourage more students to take up those courses in higher education.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	173634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Higher education institutions (HEIs) are independent and have autonomy over which courses to deliver (such as Youth Work courses). It is the government’s role to help ensure that the higher education (HE) sector as a whole is responsive to, and able to, deliver demand for HE provision.</p><p>Whilst we do not hold accurate course figures, first degree entrants into Youth Work studies at UK HEIs have decreased by 26% between the period 2013 to 2014 and the period 2016 to 2017.</p><p>Through our regulatory reforms, we have established the Office for Students (OfS). This is a new regulator for the HE sector, and it has student choice at the heart of its agenda. OfS has introduced tools like the Teaching Excellence and Students Outcomes Framework and Longitudinal Education Outcomes data. These tools will put more information into the hands of prospective students. They will also allow students to better understand which course is right for them and the outcomes delivered by various courses at different institutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2018 15:49:55 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1063972

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Minister is responsible for children's play services; and what steps the Government is taking on ensuring that the UK upholds Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the right to play.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	223144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>I am the Minister responsible for early years and childcare policy.</p><p>The UK government remains fully committed to children’s rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and I reaffirmed our commitment in my Written Ministerial Statement on 20 November 2018.</p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Statutory Framework sets the regulatory standards for ‘learning and development’ and ‘safeguarding and welfare’ requirements for all early years providers caring for children from birth to 5. The framework defines 7 areas of learning and development and is clear that each area must be implemented through planned, purposeful play and through a mix of adult-led and child-initiated activity.</p><p>The EYFS Statutory Framework is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/02/2019 16:05:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 104144 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

514424

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to make autism awareness a compulsory part of initial teacher training.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	34892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not prescribe a curriculum for initial teacher training (ITT). Providers of ITT must ensure that their courses allow trainees to demonstrate the Teachers’ Standards in full; this includes ensuring that trainees are equipped to “adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils”. The standards require trainees to demonstrate that they “have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs”. It is for individual providers to decide how best to ensure that their programmes meet the requirements of the standards.</p><p> </p><p>Following a review of ITT quality by Sir Andrew Carter, the Secretary of State appointed a leading head teacher, Stephen Munday CBE, to lead an independent expert group tasked with developing a framework of core initial teacher training content. This will provide further guidance for ITT providers and trainees on how the Teachers’ Standards should be applied to the initial training phase. We expect to receive the group’s report shortly and will consider their recommendations carefully and determine how they should be taken forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Standards can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283566/Teachers_standard_information.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/283566/Teachers_standard_information.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 14:50:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

862171

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Polling Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to address concerns over interruption to schooling arising from the use of schools as polling places ahead of the local government elections in May.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	132590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have the power to require schools to allow their premises to be used as polling stations during an election. They must use this power reasonably. Whether or not a school closes or remains open in these circumstances is a decision for the head teacher.</p><p> </p><p>Head teachers’ decisions about closure will depend upon whether arrangements can be made for voting to take place discretely within their school. It may be possible for a school to remain open if pupils and the voting public can be kept apart, with a separate entrance and exit with no compromise to the school's controlled access.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/03/2018 16:57:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

693229

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Politics: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which post-16 education institutions by school type entered pupils for an A-level in government and politics in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	64952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The data required is published in the 16-18 School Performance Tables[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Derived from School Performance Tables available at</p><p><a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&amp;regiontype=all&amp;la=0&amp;downloadYear=2015-2016&amp;datatypes=ks5underlying" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&amp;regiontype=all&amp;la=0&amp;downloadYear=2015-2016&amp;datatypes=ks5underlying</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/03/2017 15:17:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

707249

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Politics: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve young people's political literacy in secondary and post-16 education.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	66276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of improving political literacy and has ensured it is embedded within the National Curriculum as part of the citizenship programmes of study for Key Stages 3 and 4. One of the aims of citizenship education is to enable all pupils to develop a sound knowledge and understanding of how the United Kingdom is governed, its political system, and how citizens participate in its democratic systems of Government. We trust schools to use teaching materials that suit their pupils’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>For 16 to 19 year olds who remain in education, they are offered study programmes which bring together qualifications with other activities to prepare them for adult life. Post-16 providers have the flexibility to tailor the content of study programmes to meet the needs of the student.</p><p> </p><p>Where teachers bring political views to the attention of pupils, they are legally required to do so in an impartial manner, and offer a balanced presentation of opposing views. At the same time, we expect that the teaching of any issue in schools should be consistent with the principles of balance and objectivity.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2017 16:12:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

692505

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Politics and Government: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who took A-levels in government and politics in 2016 were recipients of free school meals during any of their time in secondary school.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	64718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The information that the honourable member requires is not routinely available in Key Stage 5 data. I have asked the statistical head of profession to review the analysis for the information requested by the honourable member. The Department plans to publish this for the first time in a statistical bulletin on Key Stage 5 attainment by characteristics, on 16 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/03/2017 17:34:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

692506

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Politics and Government: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils of each ethnicity took an A-level in government and politics in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	64719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The information that the honourable member requires is not routinely available in Key Stage 5 data. I have asked the statistical head of profession to review the analysis for the information requested by the honourable member. The Department plans to publish this for the first time in a statistical bulletin on Key Stage 5 attainment by characteristics, on 16 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/03/2017 17:31:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

692509

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Politics and Government: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of post-16 education institutions entered at least one pupil for an A-level in government and politics in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	64717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, 2,847 institutions entered at least one pupil for at least one A-level. Of these, 1,272 institutions (45%) entered at least one pupil for an A-level in government and politics[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Derived from School Performance Tables available at</p><p><a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&amp;regiontype=all&amp;la=0&amp;downloadYear=2015-2016&amp;datatypes=ks5underlying" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&amp;regiontype=all&amp;la=0&amp;downloadYear=2015-2016&amp;datatypes=ks5underlying</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/03/2017 14:56:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

668927

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Medicine: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with UK higher education institutions on the nine per cent drop in applications for medicine courses in UK universities for the 2017-18 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	58860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on applicants, applications and acceptances to full-time undergraduate courses.</p><p>There were 19,210 applicants to medicine courses in total with a 15 October 2017 UCAS deadline, 4% fewer (-890 people) than last year.</p><p>The Department engages with higher education institutions on an on-going basis, across a range of issues.</p><p><strong>The tables show the number of applicants for medicine courses with a 15 October deadline (2017 cycle) in the UK<sup>1</sup>: </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Domicile of applicant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td><td><p>17,140</p></td><td><p>15,220</p></td><td><p>14,820</p></td><td><p>14,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>22,130</p></td><td><p>22,740</p></td><td><p>20,390</p></td><td><p>20,100</p></td><td><p>19,210</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Difference between cycle and 2016 cycle</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>-4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of applications to Medicine and Dentistry courses (subject Group A) by the 15 January UCAS deadline will be published on 2 February.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. The figures were extracted from the UCAS October 2017 Deadline Applicant Statistics available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/applicant-numbers-%E2%80%98early-deadline%E2%80%99-university-courses-increase" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/applicant-numbers-%E2%80%98early-deadline%E2%80%99-university-courses-increase</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 58859 question first answered 18/01/2017 17:02:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith