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1458550

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many communications staff are employed by his Department (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) on flexible working arrangements as of 19 April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	155786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>As of 25 April 2022, the Communications Directorate in the Department for Education employed 96 Government Communications Service staff, including 76 full-time and 20 part-time.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 28/04/2022 09:41:07 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1458835

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	156503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s spend on Government Communications Service staff in the Communications Directorate, in the requested years, can be found in the table below. The expenditure includes pay, pension costs, overtime, and travel.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£3,146,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4,978,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£4,966,306</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 28/04/2022 09:53:06 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1506991

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Buildings and Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what surplus land and buildings the Department has disposed of in each of the last five years; who the buyer of each of those areas of land was; and how much was paid for each of those areas of land.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	51740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department purchases land and buildings for new free school projects. As of 1 September 2022, there were 653 open free schools and more than 150 in pre-opening.</p><p>The attached table includes the disposal of surplus sites and buildings from 1 September 2017. These addresses relate to sites that the Department disposed of after having purchased them for new free schools, studio schools, or university technical colleges.</p><p>Where sites earmarked for new free schools become surplus, the Department will always aim to prioritise alternative educational or public sector uses for them where this is possible, before considering commercial disposal.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 30/09/2022 09:36:58 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis attachment 1 file name 51740_List_of_Disposals.xlsx title 51740_table_list_of_disposables
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1610282

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the article by the Independent Game Developers’ Association entitled TIGA Launches Proposal for an Industrial Secondment Programme, published on 25 January 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of accepting the recommendation on introducing an industrial secondment scheme for video games lecturers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	180415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>Through the Strategic Priorities Grant, the department is providing funding on an annual basis to support teaching and students in higher education, including expensive to deliver subjects, such as computer game and computer game design degrees, in addition to science and engineering more widely. The department is investing an additional £750 million over the three-year period from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to support high quality teaching and facilities, including in science and engineering. This includes £450 million in capital funding to invest in teaching and learning facilities.</p><p>We are also increasing the level of overall investment in the further education (FE) and skills sector, worth £3.8 billion over the course of this parliament.</p><p>It is important that lecturers enhance their teaching skills and keep their practical knowledge of game development current. The Skills for Jobs White Paper introduces a ‘Workforce Industry Exchange’ policy commitment to ensure that FE teachers have the relevant industry experience to make sure that young people are being taught the skills that employers need. This will help support the sector by encouraging collaboration with industry staff teaching FE provision and upskilling existing teachers with relevant industry skills. This will allow staff to continuously develop their professionalism and insight and ensure that FE is able to adapt to the needs of a changing economy.</p><p>To facilitate this we are working with business leaders to develop resources supporting knowledge exchange and detailing how employers can get involved in FE learning. We are keen to create a pipeline of talented individuals from industry who can teach the next generation in FE and to support industry to upskill existing teachers in the latest practices and innovations in their sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 180621 question first answered 24/04/2023 12:33:41 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1610488

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an industrial secondment scheme for video games lecturers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	180621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the growth of the UK’s video games sector which brings economic, cultural and social benefits across the UK.</p><p>Through the Strategic Priorities Grant, the department is providing funding on an annual basis to support teaching and students in higher education, including expensive to deliver subjects, such as computer game and computer game design degrees, in addition to science and engineering more widely. The department is investing an additional £750 million over the three-year period from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to support high quality teaching and facilities, including in science and engineering. This includes £450 million in capital funding to invest in teaching and learning facilities.</p><p>We are also increasing the level of overall investment in the further education (FE) and skills sector, worth £3.8 billion over the course of this parliament.</p><p>It is important that lecturers enhance their teaching skills and keep their practical knowledge of game development current. The Skills for Jobs White Paper introduces a ‘Workforce Industry Exchange’ policy commitment to ensure that FE teachers have the relevant industry experience to make sure that young people are being taught the skills that employers need. This will help support the sector by encouraging collaboration with industry staff teaching FE provision and upskilling existing teachers with relevant industry skills. This will allow staff to continuously develop their professionalism and insight and ensure that FE is able to adapt to the needs of a changing economy.</p><p>To facilitate this we are working with business leaders to develop resources supporting knowledge exchange and detailing how employers can get involved in FE learning. We are keen to create a pipeline of talented individuals from industry who can teach the next generation in FE and to support industry to upskill existing teachers in the latest practices and innovations in their sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 180415 question first answered 24/04/2023 12:33:41 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock