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167461

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Premium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have received the pupil premium to date; and what assessment her Department has made of the results and performance of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>We are not able, in the time available, to assess how many schools have received the pupil premium in total since its introduction in 2011 as this data is not held in the format requested. However, in the 2013-14 financial year, 19,986 schools attracted funding due to having one or more pupils who had been registered for free school meals at any point in the previous six years. There were also 1,349 schools (maintained special schools, special academies, pupil referral units (PRUs) or Alternative Provision academies) for which the local authority received any pupil premium funding due, in line with the conditions of grant. These figures do not take into account schools receiving pupil premium plus for looked after children, as this funding was also allocated to local authorities to distribute.</p><p> </p><p>The gap in pupils achieving Level 4 or above in key stage 2 reading and mathematics has narrowed from 19.3 to 16.2 percentage points between 2011 and 2013. The gap in pupils achieving at least five good GCSEs including English and mathematics has narrowed from 27.4 to 26.7 percentage points over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is too soon to see significant evidence of the impact of the policy on the national attainment statistics, our assessments of the policy show an improving picture. Ofsted concurs with this view, and in its most recent report of July 2014 stated that schools are using the funding more effectively than ever before to raise the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils, and that gaps in many schools are beginning to close, in some cases quite quickly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/12/2014 10:51:53 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167462

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many service leavers have (a) applied to and (b) been accepted onto the Troops to Teachers programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>There are currently two cohorts for the Troops to Teachers programme. The first cohort started training in January 2014 with 41 trainees; the second started in September 2014 with 54 trainees. Cohort one attracted 982 applications, cohort 2 attracted 250. In total 1,232 Service Leavers have applied for the Troops to Teachers programme. The numbers of applications dropped between cohorts because we improved the process to eliminate applications from those who are ineligible.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/12/2014 10:50:15 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167467

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Supply Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on supply teachers in England in the academic years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The available data for local authority maintained schools is shown in Table 1. Data for the 2013-14 financial year will be published on 11 December and will be available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a>.</p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p><strong>School expenditure on supply teachers <sup>(1)</sup> in Local Authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Years: 2009-10 to 2012-13</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial years</p></td><td> </td><td><p>School expenditure on supply teachers £000s</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£1,043,302</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£1,049,209</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£917,309</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£893,389</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p><em>Source: Section 251 Outturn (9-10, 10-11 and 11-12), Consistent </em></p><p><em>Financial Reporting survey (12-13)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>(1) Includes supply teaching staff, agency supply teaching staff and supply teacher insurance.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The available data for academies is shown in Table 2. The department does not hold data on academies’ income and expenditure before the 2010/11 academic year. Data for the 2013/14 academic year for academies will be available in the summer of 2015.</p><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><p><strong>School expenditure on supply teachers <sup>(1)(2)</sup> in academies<sup>(3)(4)</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Years: 2010/11 to 2012/13</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic years</p></td><td> </td><td><p>School expenditure on supply teachers £000s</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£31,228</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£101,573</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£176,384</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><em>Source: Academies Accounts Returns</em></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>(1) 2010/11 data includes salaries and wages for supply staff only.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10" rowspan="5"><p>(2) 2011/12 and 2012/13 data includes salaries and wages for supply teaching staff employed directly by the school, premiums paid to insurers for supply teacher cover and includes costs paid to an agency for teaching staff that have been brought in to cover teacher absence. Includes cover of any period and for all reasons including illness, absence for training, and any leave.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>(3) Figures include only those academies that were open for the whole of the respective reporting year.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>(4) Academies report finance data on an academic year basis, running September to August.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br>The information is provided in separate tables for academies and local authority maintained schools since there are some important differences between the two data collections. In particular, data for local authority maintained school funding covers financial years, whereas academy school funding data covers academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/12/2014 10:55:03 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

166683

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	D-Day Landings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on making funding available for D-Day veterans to visit the Normandy beaches; and when such a scheme will commence.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced in June that we would be using LIBOR fines to allow for the future return to Normandy of Veterans once the existing Big Lottery funding had ceased at the end of 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Until now the Big Lottery scheme has imposed a 2 trip limit. The Chancellor has now instructed Officials to bring forward the introduction of the new ‘D-Day Return’ scheme to run in parallel in 2015, and in replacement beyond this date. This will provide free travel for any eligible veteran regardless of how many times he has been previously. Full details will be available shortly via the Royal British Legion website who will continue to deliver this on our behalf.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2014 14:12:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167569

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the length of time it takes for a decision to be reached on eligibility for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	216884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The department has made a number of improvements to reduce times. For example, we have significantly increased staffing resources and improved IT processes. The improvements also include both providers increasing the number of health professionals they employ and opening more assessment centres.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/12/2014 10:24:23 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis