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	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

605869

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Museums and Galleries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the locations are of the museums supported by the museums and schools programme.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	49335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The museums and schools programme operates in the following 10 areas:</p><ul><li>Kent</li><li>Bristol</li><li>London</li><li>Peterborough</li><li>Great Yarmouth</li><li>Coventry</li><li>Lincolnshire</li><li>Yorkshire</li><li>Blackburn and Lancashire</li><li>Tees Valley</li></ul> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/10/2016 14:17:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

604048

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools: 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 section 404 of the Education Act 1996, what her Department's policy is on the teaching of sex and relationships education in proposed new grammar schools.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>Our plan is that the curriculum requirements that apply to existing grammar schools will apply to any proposed new grammar schools.</p><p> </p><p>The requirement under section 404 of the Education Act 1996 for schools to have a statement of their policy on the provision of sex education applies to maintained schools, and the requirement to teach sex education (under section 80 of the Education Act 1996) applies to maintained secondary schools only. Grammar schools operating in the maintained sector are required to teach sex education and must adhere to the requirement under section 404 of the Education Act 1996.</p><p> </p><p>Academies, including grammar schools which are academies, must teach a broad and balanced curriculum and in respect of sex education, they must – like maintained schools - have regard to the Secretary of State’s statutory Sex and Relationship Education guidance issued in 2000. The guidance stipulates that schools must have an up-to-date policy in relation to their sex and relationship education provision. The guidance can be access via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sex-and-relationship-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sex-and-relationship-education</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/10/2016 13:36:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

579485

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how much funding and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff will be transferred to her Department from the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as a result of her Department's policy responsibility for universities.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	45846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Discussions and negotiations are still ongoing. We are currently unable to provide information on how much funding and how many full-time equivalent staff will transfer as a result of the Department for Education receiving policy responsibility for universities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/09/2016 16:38:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

541154

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the European Commission on (a) the status of EU students at British universities and (b) the status of British students at universities within the EU; and whether it is her policy that such student will be eligible for international student fees once Britain has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place yet. There are no immediate changes following the EU Referendum, including in the circumstances of British citizens studying, or planning to study, in the EU.</p><p>Future arrangements for studying abroad will need to be considered as part of wider discussions about the UK’s relationship with the EU. For further information, see the Government Statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-higher-education-and-research-following-the-eu-referendum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-on-higher-education-and-research-following-the-eu-referendum</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/09/2016 13:50:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

479565

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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, with reference to paragraph 1.89 of the Budget 2016, whether nursery schools are included in the plans to convert all schools to academies; how she expects the changes announced in the Budget 2016 to affect nursery schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	31594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The expectation that all schools should become academies by 2020, set out in the 2016 Budget, did not include the early years. The government has already announced an ambitious plan to transform early years provision so that working families can receive 30 hours free childcare.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on the National Funding Formula for schools sets out the government’s plans for replacing the arbitrary and unfair system for allocating primary and secondary school funding with a fairer system. Later this year, we will consult on proposals for a fairer funding system for all of the early years.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/03/2016 17:52:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347138

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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, how many BTEC qualifications at each level were taken in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Data relating to the number of awards for BTEC qualifications by level has only been collected since the 2005/06 academic year. Therefore, figures for 2005/06 to 2013/14 inclusive are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>BTEC qualification<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> numbers of pupils at the end of Key stage 4<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a> in all schools</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of Awards</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn3" target="_blank">[3]</a>,<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn4" target="_blank">[4]</a></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>37,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>102,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>166,242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>259,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>283,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p></td><td><p>13,661</p></td><td><p>463,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,949</p></td><td><p>503,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>294,729</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Until 2010/11, comprises BTEC First Diploma and BTEC First Certificate. From 2011/12, it comprises BTEC Award, BTEC Certificate and BTEC Diploma.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Those in all schools who were at the end of key stage 4 in the relevant academic year.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Includes achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Figures for 2006/07 and 2007/08 are provisional, all other years are revised.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref5" target="_blank">[5]</a> From 2011/12 onwards, BTEC and OCR qualifications awarded as part of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) are included in their respective BTEC and OCR qualification categories.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations and the first entry policy have been implemented. Only those BTEC qualifications mentioned in the document at the following link are included: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf</a>. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years may not be directly comparable to previous years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:51:41 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:51:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2083 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347132

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vocational GCSEs were taken in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Results of GCSEs in Applied[1] (vocational) subjects of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Entries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>147,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>114,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>138,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>113,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>95,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>23,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>12,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[2][3]</p></td><td><p>7,881</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For the years 2008/09 to 2010/11 this includes entries in both single and double award applied GCSEs. All other years include entries for double award applied GCSEs only.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014</a>. The first entry policy was introduced in 2013/14; this policy could have affected the total number of entries in 2013/14.</p><p>[3] Double Award vocational GCSEs are equivalent to 1 GCSE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:57:44 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:52:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2085 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347131

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE
	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 trends in the number of students who take vocational GCSEs who go on to study at university.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information has been supplied below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of pupils entering higher education having achieved at least one vocational GCSE qualification</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupils in HE with at least one vocational GCSE by the end of key stage 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21,655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: National Pupil Database, HESA dataset</p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:56:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:51:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2084 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson