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731558

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	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 introducing a UCAS-style portal for technical education.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department wants to make sure that English technical education rivals the best in the world.</p><p>My Department is exploring policy options that enable technical education students to receive clear information and gives them better support throughout the application process. This will make it easier for students to compare technical and academic options</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/07/2017 12:38:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731918

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional (a) revenue and (b) capital funding her Department plans to invest in further education colleges in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20, (iv) 2020-21 and (v) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer to my answer to PQs 529 and 485.</p><p>Annual breakdowns of funding are not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/07/2017 13:58:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731980

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Lifelong Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to allocate for delivering lifelong learning in digital skills in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The government wants to make sure that, where learners have a place to study for a relevant basic digital skills qualification, it will be free of charge. Once introduced, this support will be available for adults aged 19 and over in England who are considered to lack basic digital skills. Funding will be provided via the Adult Education Budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/07/2017 12:56:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731570

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
	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 every school has a single point of contact for mental health services.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health is a priority for the Department. Mental health issues can have a profound impact on the whole of a child’s life, including their attainment. Schools can play an important role in promoting mental wellbeing and supporting pupils, but teachers are not mental health professionals and knowledge and practice in the mental health field is constantly developing. Action taken by them is best supported by advice from specialist services, as well as by access to treatment for pupils where needed. We are investing an additional £1.4 billion in children’s mental health services in the five years to 2020.</p><p>Our schools/Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) link joint training pilot, across 225 schools in 27 Clinical Commissioning Groups, identified a range of different models for schools working more closely with single points of contact in specialist mental health services – making use of the additional investment. These resulted in a strengthening of communication and joint working arrangements between schools and specialist services, with quantifiable improvements in understanding of the referral routes amongst school staff – leading in many cases to higher quality and more timely referrals.</p><p>We will be considering with the Department of Health how best to build on the results of this pilot to improve links between schools, colleges and NHS mental health services as a part of our joint children and young people’s mental health green paper, to be published by the end of the year. We will look at any funding requirements in that context.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 661 question first answered 04/07/2017 16:45:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731644

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the retention figures are for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers who began their employment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Retention rates for all teachers by phase are not available.</p><p>Published statistics are available that show the retention rates for newly qualified teachers (not split by phase). The latest information is contained in the following table. It shows around 87 per cent of teachers continue in the profession following their first year of teaching (and this has been the case since 1996). Of the teachers who started teaching in 2011, 69 per cent were still teaching five years later.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of teachers in regular service in the state-funded schools sector in England after: <sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year qualified<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>Recorded In service by:<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>Number of newly qualified entrants entering service<sup><sup>[4]</sup></sup></p></td><td><p>1 year</p></td><td><p>2 years</p></td><td><p>3 years</p></td><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>5 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>November 2011</p></td><td><p>20,600</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>November 2012</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>23,600</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>24,200</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>25,500</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>24,400</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are derived from the Database of Teacher Records and November School Workforce Census and are published in table 8 from the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2016’, available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>[1] The percentage of teachers in service in anyone year will include those who may not have had continuous service to that year. For example, teachers could be in service for 3 consecutive years, miss a year, and then be in service in year 5 onwards after qualifying.</p><p>[2] Calendar year in which the teachers qualified.</p><p>[3] Financial year during which the teachers entered service.</p><p>[4] Newly qualified entrants in year x are defined as all teachers who qualified between November x-1 and November x and were in service in school year x/x+1.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/07/2017 16:31:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731653

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fire Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent of the use of flammable cladding in school buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking an analysis of all school buildings to identify those over 18 metres or four storeys high to establish what, if any, external cladding has been used on these buildings. For these buildings, it will also check that where a fire risk assessment has identified the need to install a sprinkler system, installation has taken place. This exercise will cover school buildings of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>Fire risk assessments should be used during the design process to determine whether a sprinkler system is required in a new school building. They may also be required as an integral part of a fire safety design for a school building.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of installing sprinklers in an existing building undergoing refurbishment will vary depending on the building’s requirements and characteristics and can only be established on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the costs of school fires.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 548 549 550 question first answered 04/07/2017 15:32:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731654

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the provision of sprinkler systems in school buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking an analysis of all school buildings to identify those over 18 metres or four storeys high to establish what, if any, external cladding has been used on these buildings. For these buildings, it will also check that where a fire risk assessment has identified the need to install a sprinkler system, installation has taken place. This exercise will cover school buildings of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>Fire risk assessments should be used during the design process to determine whether a sprinkler system is required in a new school building. They may also be required as an integral part of a fire safety design for a school building.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of installing sprinklers in an existing building undergoing refurbishment will vary depending on the building’s requirements and characteristics and can only be established on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the costs of school fires.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 547 549 550 question first answered 04/07/2017 15:32:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731656

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of ensuring that all (a) new school buildings and (b) existing school buildings undergoing substantial refurbishment are fitted with sprinkler systems.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking an analysis of all school buildings to identify those over 18 metres or four storeys high to establish what, if any, external cladding has been used on these buildings. For these buildings, it will also check that where a fire risk assessment has identified the need to install a sprinkler system, installation has taken place. This exercise will cover school buildings of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>Fire risk assessments should be used during the design process to determine whether a sprinkler system is required in a new school building. They may also be required as an integral part of a fire safety design for a school building.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of installing sprinklers in an existing building undergoing refurbishment will vary depending on the building’s requirements and characteristics and can only be established on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the costs of school fires.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 547 548 550 question first answered 04/07/2017 15:32:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731658

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse of fires in school buildings has been in each year from 2010-11 to the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking an analysis of all school buildings to identify those over 18 metres or four storeys high to establish what, if any, external cladding has been used on these buildings. For these buildings, it will also check that where a fire risk assessment has identified the need to install a sprinkler system, installation has taken place. This exercise will cover school buildings of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>Fire risk assessments should be used during the design process to determine whether a sprinkler system is required in a new school building. They may also be required as an integral part of a fire safety design for a school building.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of installing sprinklers in an existing building undergoing refurbishment will vary depending on the building’s requirements and characteristics and can only be established on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the costs of school fires.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 547 548 549 question first answered 04/07/2017 15:32:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731910

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding her Department plans to make available to ensure that all schools have a single point of contact for mental health services in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health is a priority for the Department. Mental health issues can have a profound impact on the whole of a child’s life, including their attainment. Schools can play an important role in promoting mental wellbeing and supporting pupils, but teachers are not mental health professionals and knowledge and practice in the mental health field is constantly developing. Action taken by them is best supported by advice from specialist services, as well as by access to treatment for pupils where needed. We are investing an additional £1.4 billion in children’s mental health services in the five years to 2020.</p><p>Our schools/Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) link joint training pilot, across 225 schools in 27 Clinical Commissioning Groups, identified a range of different models for schools working more closely with single points of contact in specialist mental health services – making use of the additional investment. These resulted in a strengthening of communication and joint working arrangements between schools and specialist services, with quantifiable improvements in understanding of the referral routes amongst school staff – leading in many cases to higher quality and more timely referrals.</p><p>We will be considering with the Department of Health how best to build on the results of this pilot to improve links between schools, colleges and NHS mental health services as a part of our joint children and young people’s mental health green paper, to be published by the end of the year. We will look at any funding requirements in that context.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 501 question first answered 04/07/2017 16:45:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner