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506420

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional school places have been created by free schools that (a) have been provided between February 2014 to date and (b) are projected to be provided in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Since February 2014, 133 free schools have opened (2 in 2013/14, 79 in 2014/15 and 52 in 2015/16 academic years), creating over 71,000 new school places once at capacity. In academic year 2016/17 we expect to create over 20,000 new school places at capacity.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 16:37:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506421

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupil vacancies there are in free schools in (a) London, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England; and what proportion of the free schools that opened in each year since 2012 have vacancies.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Information is not currently collected on vacancies in schools. Information on numbers of pupils on roll and planned admission numbers in schools can be combined to estimate how many unfilled places exist in free schools.</p><p>In October 2015 there were (a) 2,088 unfilled places (13%) in mainstream free schools in London, (b) 189 unfilled places (7%) in mainstream free schools in Yorkshire and the Humber, and (c) 7,674 unfilled places (15%) in mainstream free schools in England[1]. 79% of mainstream free schools that opened since 2012 had one or more unfilled places which is the same proportion as for all mainstream state funded schools at May 2015[2].</p><p>These figures are based on pupils in reception to year 11 in mainstream free schools and will include schools which had only recently opened.</p><p>[1] Figures are based on (a) total number of pupils on roll across years Reception to year 11 from October 2015 and (b) total planned admission numbers across these year groups. It excludes year groups which are not yet populated. Figures exclude 16-19, Special and AP free schools. Some free schools build up their capacity in year groups gradually, so for example they may open with one class of 30 in Reception in year 1, and in year 2 expand to have two classes of 30 in Reception. This means that the current capacity in a free school in Reception, for example, may not be the eventual capacity once the school is at full capacity.</p><p>[2] See School capacity: academic year 2014 to 2015 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 16:40:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506427

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacancies were identified in free schools in the school census in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015 and (e) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The school census does not collect information on vacancies in schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 15:28:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506428

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the value for money of (a) community schools other than academies and (b) free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have opened around 400 new free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools. These schools offer excellent value for money. They are being built significantly quicker and cheaper than previous school building programmes. The National Audit Office found in its report in 2013 that free schools were built 45% cheaper than other school building programmes. Almost 200,000 new places will be provided. 25% of the free schools inspected by Ofsted have been judged outstanding compared to 20% of all other schools. We plan to open at least 500 new schools during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We monitor the programme’s costs to ensure it continues to offer excellent value. A value for money assessment is made prior to a free school application being approved for the pre-opening stage and again before a capital budget is approved. We consider all aspects of the project, including the size of the school and the location of the site. Sites in London tend to cost more to acquire and this is taken into account when considering the value for money offered by London projects.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 32758 32799 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:41:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506419

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to assess the value for money of each free school's capital budget.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have opened around 400 new free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools. These schools offer excellent value for money. They are being built significantly quicker and cheaper than previous school building programmes. The National Audit Office found in its report in 2013 that free schools were built 45% cheaper than other school building programmes. Almost 200,000 new places will be provided. 25% of the free schools inspected by Ofsted have been judged outstanding compared to 20% of all other schools. We plan to open at least 500 new schools during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We monitor the programme’s costs to ensure it continues to offer excellent value. A value for money assessment is made prior to a free school application being approved for the pre-opening stage and again before a capital budget is approved. We consider all aspects of the project, including the size of the school and the location of the site. Sites in London tend to cost more to acquire and this is taken into account when considering the value for money offered by London projects.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 32767 32799 question first answered 18/04/2016 16:41:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506434

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Standards
	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 HM Chief Inspector of Schools about the performance of free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets with Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools regularly to discuss a wide range of issues including the performance of free schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 15:30:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506425

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on ensuring that co-ordinated school place planning is retained in the event of all state schools becoming academies.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities (LAs) have a legal obligation to ensure that there are sufficient local schools to provide a primary and secondary place for all children needing one. Supporting LAs to do this continues to be one of the Government’s top priorities. That is why we have committed to spending £7 billion on school places up to 2021, which, alongside investment in the free schools programme, we expect to create 600,000 new places. This is on top of the £5 billion the Coalition Government spent between 2011 and 2015, which helped to create 600,000 additional places between 2010 and 2015.</p><p>LAs have always relied on their strong relationships with local schools to deliver the places needed and this will remain the case in a fully academised system. For example, many local authorities are recognising the opportunity that the free schools programme provides and are encouraging new and existing high quality education providers to apply to set up a new school in their area. We encourage all local authorities to do likewise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 15:34:12 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506426

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received from local authorities about overprovision of school places in areas where a free school or schools are (a) established or (b) proposed.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Regional Schools Commissioners hold regular meetings with local authorities to determine where there is a need for additional school places that could be met through establishing a free school. In addition, the department seeks local authorities’ comments on each new application for a free school and, for applications approved into the pre-opening stage, we seek their views as part of our statutory duty under section 9 of the Academies Act 2010 to assess the impact of establishing a new school on existing schools and colleges.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 15:30:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506424

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Class Sizes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size is in existing free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Data on the size of classes for free schools can be obtained from the underlying data of the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2015’ statistics available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a></p><p>Class sizes for free schools can be calculated using the spreadsheet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 15:35:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

506431

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any consented free school applications were withdrawn between February 2014 and April 2016 by the (a) proposers in the community or (b) proposed provider; and what the cost of such applications has been to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	32756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Ten projects were withdrawn from the pre-opening phase by their proposers between February 2014 and April 2016.</p><p>The total pre- and post-opening revenue expenditure for free school projects that opened or were withdrawn or cancelled in 2011 to 2013 is published on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools</a></p><p>We plan to publish updated revenue expenditure for free schools that were open or withdrawn in 2014 and 2015 in the coming weeks. This data will be updated annually each autumn.</p><p>The capital costs of all free school projects, including any costs incurred on projects that have withdrawn, are included in the Department for Education’s annual accounts. The next set of accounts is due to be published shortly at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/04/2016 16:38:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman