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635541

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to bring forward the fair funding formula.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	907239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to introducing national funding formulae for early years, schools and high needs, so that funding is better matched to need.</p><p>We will introduce a national funding formula for early years from financial year 2017-18. A consultation on the early years formula closed on 22 September, and we will set out our response later in the autumn.</p><p>We will introduce national funding formulae for schools and high needs from financial year 2018-19. We are considering the options carefully, taking into account the need to give schools and local authorities stability. We will put forward our detailed proposals later in the autumn, including our proposals for the transition to the formulae. Following a full consultation, we will make final decisions and confirm arrangements in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2016 15:40:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

377252

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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, whether there will be reductions in education and training for 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of funding reductions announced for her Department on 4 June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	900312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The savings from the funding reductions recently announced will come from a variety of measures including expected departmental underspends in demand-led budgets, efficiencies and some small budgetary reductions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/06/2015 15:44:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

732349

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Relationships and Sex 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 the requirement for schools to teach SRE from September 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Social Work Act (2017) places a duty on the Secretary of State to make relationships education mandatory in all primary schools, and relationships and sex education mandatory in all secondary schools, in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also made a commitment to ensuring that the updated guidance and regulations for these subjects would be age appropriate and support the knowledge children and young people need to stay safe and to develop positive relationships.</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to conduct a thorough and wide ranging engagement process on relationships education and relationships and sex education. This will determine the content of the regulations and statutory guidance, covering subject content, school practice and quality of delivery. We will ensure the subjects are carefully designed to safeguard and support pupils whilst being deliverable for schools.</p><p>Relationships education and relationships and sex education will be age appropriate, building knowledge over time in a way that prepares pupils for issues they will soon face.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out shortly more details about the engagement process and the work to consider age appropriate subject content. This will result in draft regulations and guidance on which we will consult. Following consultation, regulations will be laid in the House allowing for a full and considered debate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 807 question first answered 29/06/2017 16:26:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731873

	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	Relationships and Sex Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 1 March 2017, HCWS509, on Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), what the timetable is for deciding the content of the new SRE.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Social Work Act (2017) places a duty on the Secretary of State to make relationships education mandatory in all primary schools, and relationships and sex education mandatory in all secondary schools, in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also made a commitment to ensuring that the updated guidance and regulations for these subjects would be age appropriate and support the knowledge children and young people need to stay safe and to develop positive relationships.</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to conduct a thorough and wide ranging engagement process on relationships education and relationships and sex education. This will determine the content of the regulations and statutory guidance, covering subject content, school practice and quality of delivery. We will ensure the subjects are carefully designed to safeguard and support pupils whilst being deliverable for schools.</p><p>Relationships education and relationships and sex education will be age appropriate, building knowledge over time in a way that prepares pupils for issues they will soon face.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out shortly more details about the engagement process and the work to consider age appropriate subject content. This will result in draft regulations and guidance on which we will consult. Following consultation, regulations will be laid in the House allowing for a full and considered debate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 883 question first answered 29/06/2017 16:26:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

756151

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 143WH, on apprenticeships opportunities, how many women over 59-years started apprenticeships in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	7389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows apprenticeship starts by gender for learners aged 60 and over for the available academic years (2011/12 to 2015/16).</p><p> </p><p>Data for the 2016/17 academic year shows starts covering the year reported to date - August 2016 to April 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported to date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,680</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,480</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,410</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,560</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,420</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures rounded and may not add up to totals</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 7386 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:31:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

756150

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 143WH, on apprenticeships opportunities, how many women over 59-years old her Department estimates will start apprenticeships in each year to 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	7388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The department has made estimates of the overall numbers of apprenticeships in future years but does not have a breakdown either by gender or by age.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 14:51:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

756149

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 6 July 2017, Official Report, column 1297, on the number of people over 60-years old who started apprenticeships, what steps her Department is taking to promote apprenticeships for women over 59-years old.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	7387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Apprenticeships offer a route into skilled employment for people of all ages and backgrounds. This could include a young person starting out in their first job, an existing employee up-skilling, or a more experienced worker re-training or re-entering the workforce.</p><p>We are implementing apprenticeship reforms to continue to improve the quality of apprenticeships for all, providing the skills that employers need to reach our commitment of 3 million starts in England by 2020.</p><p>We regularly communicate the benefits of apprenticeships and prospective apprentices can use Find an Apprenticeship to search and apply for apprenticeship vacancies in England. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship</a>.</p><p>Our Diversity Champions Network is championing gender representation in apprenticeships amongst employers in industries where improvement is needed.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 14:46:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

756148

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Older Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral Answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 6 July 2017, Official Report, column 1297, on the number of people over 60-years old who started apprenticeships, how many of those people were (a) men and (b) women.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	7386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows apprenticeship starts by gender for learners aged 60 and over for the available academic years (2011/12 to 2015/16).</p><p> </p><p>Data for the 2016/17 academic year shows starts covering the year reported to date - August 2016 to April 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported to date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,680</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,480</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,410</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,560</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,420</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures rounded and may not add up to totals</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 7389 question first answered 12/09/2017 14:31:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

755751

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the education capital budget was allocated to (a) free schools, (b) academies and (c) maintained schools in each year since 2009-10; and how much is forecast to be spent on each of these school groups for the next three fiscal years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	7208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The majority of the Department’s capital budget is allocated to local authorities and other responsible bodies through basic need and school condition allocations with decisions on investment taken locally. The Department’s total capital budget for education in each year since 2009-10 is set out as below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Department for Education capital spend, 2009-10 to 2016-17. £ billions</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.7</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Detailed spending plans for future financial years will be set out in future Main and Supplementary Estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Sources:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630518/DfE_Consolidated_annual_report_and_accounts_2016-17_print.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630518/DfE_Consolidated_annual_report_and_accounts_2016-17_print.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/517766/DfE-consolidated-annual-report-and-a-counts-2014-to-2015-Web-version.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/517766/DfE-consolidated-annual-report-and-a-counts-2014-to-2015-Web-version.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/09/2017 16:10:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

712428

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships in each NUTS 1 region her Department envisages will be created as a result of the apprenticeship levy in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	68620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Apprenticeships Levy comes into effect from April 2017, as part of a wider suite of reforms to improve the quality and sustainability of the apprenticeship system in England.</p><p> </p><p>Future availability and location of apprenticeships is dependent on employers recruiting apprentices and offering opportunities. We want to encourage more employers to offer more apprenticeships and our reforms provide them with the opportunity to do so. The apprenticeship service helps employers to select the appropriate apprenticeship for their needs; choose the training they want to purchase; choose an assessment organisation and advertise and recruit to their vacancies.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the reforms, employers across the country are designing new apprenticeships that meet their business and skills needs; the quality of apprenticeships is increasing through more rigorous end-point assessment and grading; and new funding policy will make it easier for employers so they can invest in apprentices and offer more opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 23/03/2017 12:54:18 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

712427

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many large businesses have registered to access funds under the apprenticeship levy in each NUTS 1 region; and what proportion of apprenticeships does this represent in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	68619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy, being introduced on 6 April 2017 will fund a step change in apprenticeship numbers and quality. It will apply across the UK and will be collected from employers on a UK wide basis.</p><p> </p><p>In England, levy paying employers will be able to access their funds through the apprenticeship service to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment. Employers will benefit from a 10% top up to monthly funds entering an account.</p><p> </p><p>As of the close of play 20 March 2017, there have been 3,290 accounts registered on the apprenticeship service.</p><p>It is not possible to produce a representation of the proportion of apprenticeship starts by levy paying employers on a regional basis in England. This is because the PAYE system, through which employers will pay the levy, does not record the place of work of individuals and many levy paying employers have employees working in a variety of locations across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Availability of apprenticeships is dependent on employers recruiting apprentices and offering opportunities in order to get the skills they need.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on apprenticeships starts by region is available on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 29/03/2017 13:10:00 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

706702

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 1 March 2017, HCWS509, on sex and relationships education (SRE), whether she plans that new regulations and statutory guidance on the teaching of SRE will include teaching on (a) transsexuality, (b) same-sex relationships, (c) staying safe online, (d) cyber bullying, (e) sexting, (f) violence against women and girls, (g) consent and (h) child abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	66197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>Following the announcement on 1 March, we plan to undertake a comprehensive programme of engagement with stakeholders to set out suitable, age-appropriate content on relationships and sex education (RSE) which focuses on mental wellbeing, consent, resilience, age-appropriate relationships and sex education, and keeping safe online. Schools already have a duty to comply with the requirements of the Equalities Act to ensure we remove any barriers to equality and help to build a fairer society.</p><p> </p><p>Our key aim for the proposed relationships education and RSE, working in conjunction with PSHE, is to equip pupils with the knowledge and life skills they will need to stay safe and develop healthy and supportive relationships, particularly dealing with the challenges of growing up in an online world. The focus in primary school will be on building healthy relationships and staying safe. As children get older, it is important that they start to develop their understanding of healthy adult relationships in more depth, with sex education delivered in that context.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations and guidance will be subject to full public consultation later this year, and we expect to see children and young people being taught this new curriculum in schools as soon as September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/03/2017 17:52:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

694305

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young Enterprise: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people registered online with Young Enterprise are women.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	65483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Young Enterprise runs programmes that link schools and employers to develop young people’s personal and business skills.</p><p> </p><p>As Young Enterprise is an independent charity we do not hold information on the numbers and proportion of women that are registered with them online. Information about the charity’s work can be found on their website at www.young-enterprise.org.uk or by contacting the company directly at info@y-e.org.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 06/03/2017 17:29:59 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

694304

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Business: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the enterprise champions recruited through the Inspiring the Future scheme were women in each fiscal year since 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	65482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Inspiring the Future scheme is a programme run by the Education and Employers Taskforce and connects schools with volunteers from the world of work.</p><p> </p><p>As the Education and Employers Taskforce is an independent charity we do not hold information on the numbers and proportion of the enterprise champions recruited onto the scheme that were women, from the financial year 2012-13. Information about the scheme can be found on their website at <a href="http://www.inspiringthefuture.org" target="_blank">www.inspiringthefuture.org</a> or by contacting the company directly at enquiries@inspiringthefuture.org.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 06/03/2017 17:27:09 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

686088

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of applications for early years teacher training programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	63445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department will be publishing a workforce strategy in due course, which will seek to remove the barriers to attracting, retaining and developing staff.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy will include a focus on what government can do to help grow the graduate workforce.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 14/02/2017 09:35:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

668918

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2016 to Question 56161, how much her Department spent to date on recovering money from free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	58917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The write-off of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools is rare and only authorised in exceptional circumstances, as it would be for any other type of school.</p><p>The write-offs I referred to in my response to Question 56161 concerned two schools – Al Madinah School and Stockport Technical School.</p><p>The Department agreed to write-off a recovery of £609k for Al Madinah School relating to academic year 2013/14, and £140k for Stockport Technical School relating to academic year 2014/15. Al Madinah School was ending its secondary provision and Stockport Technical School was closing completely.</p><p>This is short of the £800k quoted in my previous response, which was rounded to hundreds of thousands. The write-off for Al Madinah School was incorrectly rounded up rather than down to the nearest hundred thousand. These are the only two write-offs in respect of free school pupil number adjustment recoveries, totalling £749k.</p><p>Calculating and applying pupil number adjustments to bring estimate-based funding allocations back into line with actual numbers is a normal, intrinsic, planned part of the funding cycle. The Education Funding Agency does not account separately for the resource spent on this, as it is just a small element of the work to allocate and pay funding to academies and free schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 58916 question first answered 11/01/2017 16:42:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

668917

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2016 to Question 56161, if she will list the free schools for which £800,000 has been written off; and how much of that money has been written off for each of those schools.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	58916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The write-off of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools is rare and only authorised in exceptional circumstances, as it would be for any other type of school.</p><p>The write-offs I referred to in my response to Question 56161 concerned two schools – Al Madinah School and Stockport Technical School.</p><p>The Department agreed to write-off a recovery of £609k for Al Madinah School relating to academic year 2013/14, and £140k for Stockport Technical School relating to academic year 2014/15. Al Madinah School was ending its secondary provision and Stockport Technical School was closing completely.</p><p>This is short of the £800k quoted in my previous response, which was rounded to hundreds of thousands. The write-off for Al Madinah School was incorrectly rounded up rather than down to the nearest hundred thousand. These are the only two write-offs in respect of free school pupil number adjustment recoveries, totalling £749k.</p><p>Calculating and applying pupil number adjustments to bring estimate-based funding allocations back into line with actual numbers is a normal, intrinsic, planned part of the funding cycle. The Education Funding Agency does not account separately for the resource spent on this, as it is just a small element of the work to allocate and pay funding to academies and free schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 58917 question first answered 11/01/2017 16:42:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

658461

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2016 to Question 55535, in (a) how many and (b) what proportion of schools in (i) Hull and (ii) each region is the Careers and Enterprise Company's Enterprise Adviser Network active.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	57728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company is continuing to make excellent progress towards transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people.</p><p>Based on the most recent data (December 2016), the Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network is now active in 37 out of the 38 Local Enterprise Partnership areas, and 1,302 secondary schools and colleges across the country have signed up to the network. This represents 38% of all mainstream state-funded secondary schools/colleges in the country. Of these, 1,014 (78%) have been matched to an Enterprise Adviser and 11 schools have been matched in Hull.</p><p>The Company does not yet have fully reported data, by region, for its Enterprise Adviser Network. This will be available in March 2016 on the Company’s website at: www.careersandenterprise.co.uk.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 19/01/2017 13:24:47 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652308

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Agency identified as needing to be clawed back from new free schools which failed to attract the planned number of students in each academic year since 2009-10; and how many free schools were identified as having funds which needed to be clawed back in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56162 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652301

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve regional inequalities in early years provision; and if she will make it her policy to include measures to improve such inequalities in the Northern Powerhouse schools strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Every child deserves the best possible start in life and high-quality early education is key to future outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children. That is why we are working hard to ensure parents and children - wherever they live in England - have access to high quality early years education places through the funded 15 hour entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds and for all three- and four-year-olds. The Early Years Pupil Premium provides over £300 per eligible child to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children and, from September 2017, working parents who meet the eligibility criteria will also have access to an additional 15 hours of funded early education.</p><p> </p><p>Our early years funding formula, which commences in April 2017, includes an additional needs factor – to better target funding towards local authorities with a higher relative proportion of children with additional needs – and an area cost adjustment to reflect the different costs of providing childcare in different areas of the country. This will help to ensure that all children can access quality early education in their area.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2016, the department commissioned a feasibility study to investigate the regional gap in early years attainment at age 5. The study recommended undertaking longitudinal analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study (MSC) to assess variation in attainment and evaluate the potential drivers of a regional gap. The department has commissioned a study to build on the recommendations of the feasibility report, which will bring greater insight into the potential drivers on the regional attainment gap.</p><p> </p><p>As indicated in the Northern Powerhouse Strategy published in November 2016, this department will be working with northern city regions and other areas in the North of England facing the greatest challenges, to explore options for improving the delivery of early years outcomes:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571562/NPH_strategy_web.pdf?platform=hootsuite" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571562/NPH_strategy_web.pdf?platform=hootsuite</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2016 16:29:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652300

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Ofqual's Vocational Qualifications Dataset published in October 2016, how many level 3 childcare certificates were awarded in each year from 2012 to 2016 by region and constituent part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2016 16:21:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652309

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Education Funding Agency has clawed back from free schools due to such schools admitting fewer pupils than planned in each academic year since 2009-10; and how much such funding has not yet been clawed back from such schools relating to each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652304

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much public funding the Education Funding Agency expects to (a) successfully claw back and (b) fail to claw back from free schools which have failed to attract the number of students initially planned for the current academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56162 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652303

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school-based early years providers in (a) academies and (b) free schools had staff with (i) Early Years Professional Status, (ii) Early Years Teacher Status or (iii) Qualified Teacher Status in each year from 2014 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The department doesn’t collect information on staff with Early Years Professional Status or Early Years Teacher Status in school-based provision. Information is collected on staff with Qualified Teacher Status in schools but we are not able to identify whether these staff work in early years provision in the school.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/12/2016 16:30:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652305

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department allocated from the public purse for the (a) London Schools Challenge and (b) Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	56152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The original London Challenge included a number of funding streams in addition to “in kind” contributions. As a result, there is no single figure for the overall budget allocation.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the City Challenge, which grew out of the London Challenge, stated that the total funding for London was £80 million[1].</p><p> </p><p>More recently, in the March 2016 budget, the Government committed to investing £20 million a year of new funding for the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy[2].</p><p>The Department will continue to work with schools across all parts of the country to ensure all children receive a high quality education.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184093/DFE-RR215.pdf" target="_blank"> Evaluation of City Challenge Programme</a> - Page 3</p><p>[2] Budget 2016 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2016 15:43:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson