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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-09-14more like thismore than 2021-09-14
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons schools continue to be required to complete the daily Educational Setting Status form; and for what purpose these data collected are used.. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 49230 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-09-22more like thismore than 2021-09-22
answer text <p>Information gathered through the educational setting status form is used by the department to monitor attendance in schools, and across government to model the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. This allows the department to provide support in developing policies to help schools manage, and ensure our ability to target educational recovery support.</p><p>The department is grateful to schools for providing this information. Following the removal of the advice to teach pupils in bubbles, the department has announced that from the beginning of October 2021 schools will only be asked to complete the educational setting status form once a week. This will be kept under review and, should the national situation require, daily reporting may be reinstated.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Worcester more like this
answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-09-22T16:27:47.583Zmore like thismore than 2021-09-22T16:27:47.583Z
answering member
4091
label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1435221
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-24more like thismore than 2022-02-24
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Education: Finance more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for education the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 129211 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-04more like thismore than 2022-03-04
answer text <p>The published dedicated schools grant allocation tables contain details of early years entitlement funding distributed to local authorities. This is summarised in the attached table. The table shows final allocations, except for the financial year 2021/22 which shows initial allocations:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time period (financial year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Early years block in the DSG (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2,735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>3,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>3,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>3,618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>3,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>3,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Most of the funding that the department provides for the provision of education, both for schools and high needs provision, is allocated to local authorities in the first instance. Local authorities are allocated most of their funding for schools and high needs through the dedicated schools grant (DSG).</p><p>Funding for academies is paid directly to trusts by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. However, local authorities set the local formulae that determine academies’ allocations. Local authorities’ DSG allocations take account of the funding made available for all schools in their local areas. There are also other grants which the department pays to local authorities in the first instance. The department then asks local authorities to pass those on to the maintained schools in their area. This includes, for example, the pupil premium grant. The pupil premium helps schools improve the academic attainment and wider outcomes of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, and total pupil premium funding will increase to over £2.6 billion in financial year 2022/23, from £2.5 billion this year.</p><p>The table shows funding since the 2015/16 financial year for the education of 5 to 16-year-olds in England, in all state-funded schools. This is based on the annual release of the school funding statistics, which can be accessed at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-funding-statistics</a>.</p><p>The published statistics include the schools block, central school services block and most of the high needs block of the DSG, pupil premium grant funding, the supplementary free school meals grant, the early career framework grant, and the teachers’ pay grant and teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (which have been rolled into the DSG from 2021/22). The coverage has been chosen both to capture core funding for schools and to ensure the series is as comparable over time as possible, despite changes to the specific grants allocated to schools and local authorities over the years shown.</p><p>The figures do not include any funding allocated to support with the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, because the inclusion of this time-limited funding to support schools would cause inconsistencies in the time series. Since June 2020, we have announced nearly £5 billion of investment for education recovery to support children and young people to catch up on missed education, and more information can be found in the annex to the school funding statistics publication above.</p><p>Figures in the funding time series are rounded to the nearest £100 million.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time period (financial year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>School funding (£ million) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>School funding plus post-16 high needs funding (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>39,600</p></td><td><p>40,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>40,200</p></td><td><p>40,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>40,900</p></td><td><p>41,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>42,500</p></td><td><p>43,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>44,400</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>47,600</p></td><td><p>48,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>49,600</p></td><td><p>50,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below provides the amount of 16-19 funding that has been allocated to local authorities in England. This excludes post-16 high needs but includes funding that goes directly to local authorities, and the funding they receive for school sixth forms, as set out in the published 16 to 19 allocations data. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2021-to-2022-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2021-to-2022-academic-year</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time period (academic year)</p></td><td><p>Total 16-19 programme funding allocated to local authorities (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for 19 year-olds and beyond, including allocations to local authorities, are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/19-funding-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/19-funding-allocations</a>.</p><p>Since the start of the 2019/20 academic year, a proportion of the adult education budget (AEB) has been devolved to several mayoral combined authorities and the Greater London Authority. Approximately 50% was devolved in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years, and 60% was devolved in the 2021/22 academic year. The mayoral combined authorities and the Greater London Authority are responsible for deciding which providers they contract with the amount of AEB they allocate to them.</p>
answering member constituency Worcester more like this
answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-04T14:00:04.42Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-04T14:00:04.42Z
answering member
4091
label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1470806
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-06-15more like thismore than 2022-06-15
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Faith Schools: Admissions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he had made an assessment of the potential impact of religious selection on socioeconomic inclusion in schools. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 18969 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-06-24more like thismore than 2022-06-24
answer text <p>Church and faith schools represent a third of all state-funded schools. The department values the contribution that they make to a diverse school system.</p><p>Faith schools have played a longstanding and important role in our education system. Faith schools are popular with parents, with many being high-performing and are more likely to be rated good or outstanding by Ofsted than non-faith schools. New academies and free schools that have a faith designation must allow for a minimum of 50% of places to be allocated to children without reference to faith where the school is oversubscribed.</p><p>In 2018, the department published ‘Secondary school choice and selection: insights from new national preferences data’. The report found evidence that the smaller proportion of disadvantaged and minority ethnic pupils attending church schools compared to other schools was a result of a range of factors, including admissions oversubscription criteria, as well as parental preference.</p><p>The department expects all schools, including faith schools, to be open and inclusive. All schools, including faith schools, must ensure that their admission arrangements are fair and objective, and that the arrangements will not disadvantage unfairly a child from a particular social or racial group.</p><p>Many faith schools are oversubscribed, showing that parents value and want these schools. The department also understands that the ability to prioritise children of faith when oversubscribed is important to faith schools and we do not intend to change that.</p>
answering member constituency Worcester more like this
answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
grouped question UIN 18970 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-06-24T13:18:26.523Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-24T13:18:26.523Z
answering member
4091
label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1470807
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-06-15more like thismore than 2022-06-15
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Faith Schools: Admissions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to reduce the number of school places offered on a faith basis. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 18970 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-06-24more like thismore than 2022-06-24
answer text <p>Church and faith schools represent a third of all state-funded schools. The department values the contribution that they make to a diverse school system.</p><p>Faith schools have played a longstanding and important role in our education system. Faith schools are popular with parents, with many being high-performing and are more likely to be rated good or outstanding by Ofsted than non-faith schools. New academies and free schools that have a faith designation must allow for a minimum of 50% of places to be allocated to children without reference to faith where the school is oversubscribed.</p><p>In 2018, the department published ‘Secondary school choice and selection: insights from new national preferences data’. The report found evidence that the smaller proportion of disadvantaged and minority ethnic pupils attending church schools compared to other schools was a result of a range of factors, including admissions oversubscription criteria, as well as parental preference.</p><p>The department expects all schools, including faith schools, to be open and inclusive. All schools, including faith schools, must ensure that their admission arrangements are fair and objective, and that the arrangements will not disadvantage unfairly a child from a particular social or racial group.</p><p>Many faith schools are oversubscribed, showing that parents value and want these schools. The department also understands that the ability to prioritise children of faith when oversubscribed is important to faith schools and we do not intend to change that.</p>
answering member constituency Worcester more like this
answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
grouped question UIN 18969 more like this
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less than 2022-06-24T13:18:26.57Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-24T13:18:26.57Z
answering member
4091
label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1233725
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-09-11more like thismore than 2020-09-11
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Aviation: Sweden more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's guidance on travel corridors during the covid-19 outbreak, what plans he has to include Sweden on that list. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 88925 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-21more like thismore than 2020-09-21
answer text <p>Sweden was added to the Travel Corridors list on Saturday 12 August.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Witney more like this
answering member printed Robert Courts more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-21T13:44:01.633Zmore like thismore than 2020-09-21T13:44:01.633Z
answering member
4589
label Biography information for Robert Courts more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1420404
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-07more like thismore than 2022-02-07
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Bristol Airport: Road Traffic more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment of the potential effect of the extra Bristol Airport runway on traffic in Bath and North East Somerset. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 119731 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-14more like thismore than 2022-02-14
answer text <p>The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Witney more like this
answering member printed Robert Courts more like this
grouped question UIN 119732 more like this
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less than 2022-02-14T12:19:08.447Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-14T12:19:08.447Z
answering member
4589
label Biography information for Robert Courts more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1420406
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-07more like thismore than 2022-02-07
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Bristol Airport: Carbon Emissions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential effect of the new Bristol Airport runway on carbon emissions in Bath and North East Somerset. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 119732 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-14more like thismore than 2022-02-14
answer text <p>The Government is supportive of airports across the UK making best use of their existing runways.</p><p> </p><p>The decision on the Bristol Airport planning appeal was made by an independent Planning Inspector following a Public Inquiry which considered the traffic and environmental impacts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Witney more like this
answering member printed Robert Courts more like this
grouped question UIN 119731 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-14T12:19:08.387Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-14T12:19:08.387Z
answering member
4589
label Biography information for Robert Courts more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1489002
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-07-13more like thismore than 2022-07-13
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Airlines: Staff more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) dates of meetings between Ministers in his Department with airline operators since 2 May 2021. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 36060 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-07-19more like thismore than 2022-07-19
answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with airline operators. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Witney more like this
answering member printed Robert Courts more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-07-19T13:07:07.773Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-19T13:07:07.773Z
answering member
4589
label Biography information for Robert Courts more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1604852
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-03-16more like thismore than 2023-03-16
answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero more like this
answering dept id 215 more like this
answering dept short name Energy Security and Net Zero more like this
answering dept sort name Energy Security and Net Zero more like this
hansard heading Nuclear Power more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason it is his policy that nuclear power will be classed as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 167201 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-23more like thismore than 2023-03-23
answer text <p>New nuclear energy is central to our goals of tackling climate change, diversifying the UK’s supply, and enhancing the UK’s long-term energy security and sustainable growth. In the Spring Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the Government’s intention to include nuclear in the UK Green Taxonomy, subject to consultation, incentivising private investment in this important technology alongside renewables. The Government will provide a further update on the taxonomy as part of its publication of the Green Finance Strategy shortly.</p> more like this
answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine more like this
answering member printed Andrew Bowie more like this
grouped question UIN
167202 more like this
167203 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-23T16:39:28.237Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-23T16:39:28.237Z
answering member
4601
label Biography information for Andrew Bowie more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter
1604858
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-03-16more like thismore than 2023-03-16
answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero more like this
answering dept id 215 more like this
answering dept short name Energy Security and Net Zero more like this
answering dept sort name Energy Security and Net Zero more like this
hansard heading Nuclear Power more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an impact assessment of his decision to class nuclear power as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 167202 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-23more like thismore than 2023-03-23
answer text <p>New nuclear energy is central to our goals of tackling climate change, diversifying the UK’s supply, and enhancing the UK’s long-term energy security and sustainable growth. In the Spring Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the Government’s intention to include nuclear in the UK Green Taxonomy, subject to consultation, incentivising private investment in this important technology alongside renewables. The Government will provide a further update on the taxonomy as part of its publication of the Green Finance Strategy shortly.</p> more like this
answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine more like this
answering member printed Andrew Bowie more like this
grouped question UIN
167201 more like this
167203 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-23T16:39:28.283Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-23T16:39:28.283Z
answering member
4601
label Biography information for Andrew Bowie more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter