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947507

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing for a route whereby schools in difficulty which have been converted to academy status can revert to local authority control; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	168014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to consider returning schools back to local authorities.</p><p>Indeed, as of March 2018, over half a million pupils now study in sponsored academies that are rated Good or Outstanding; they typically replaced underperforming maintained schools.</p><p>The department firmly believe that becoming an academy can bring enormous benefits to schools and their pupils; coming together in a multi-academy trust, sharing expertise, working collaboratively, driving improvements.</p><p>Hundreds of schools every year continue to voluntarily choose to become an academy and join a multi academy trust.</p><p>The department is working on a range of methods and tools for building trust capacity and assessing risk.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 09:42:34 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

759289

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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, when she will announce per-school figures under the new National Funding Formula for (a) England and (b) Crawley; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	9736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We announced the allocations for all schools in England under the National Funding Formula, on 14 September.</p><p>Full details are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2017 09:50:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

750189

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support through the NHS, social care and voluntary sector her Department provides for child and young person carers helping parents with chronic and terminal illness.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	3741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has changed the law to improve how young carers and their families are identified and supported. The Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities to identify and assess the needs of all young carers, regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide. These provisions work alongside those for assessing adults in the Care Act 2014 so that when a young carer is identified the needs of everyone in the family is considered, triggering action from both children’s and adults’ support services.</p><p> </p><p>We funded the Making a Step Change project, which sought to identify, champion and embed best practice around effective integrated whole family pathways between voluntary and statutory sector partners.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2014, NHS England published the ‘Commitment to Carers’ which set out commitments across a range of themes to improve recognition and support for carers, including young carers. As part of NHS England’s work to support young carers, the Young Carers Health Champion Programme was established in July 2016 to support improved health literacy, promote health and wellbeing and develop the capacity of young carers to participate in the planning and development of young carer-friendly services.</p><p> </p><p>There is a wealth of resources that enable local authorities, schools and voluntary sector partners to support young carers and their families, based on evidence of what works. Carers Trust host many of these materials on their websites which can be accessed at either: <a href="http://www.thecarershub.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.thecarershub.co.uk</a> or: <a href="http://www.makingastepchange.info/" target="_blank">www.makingastepchange.info/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/07/2017 14:31:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

749365

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 1477, on schools finance, whether she plans to publish that response before the Autumn Budget Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	3442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Queen’s Speech was clear that the Government is determined to introduce a fairer distribution of funding for schools. We are committed to ensure that no school has its budget cut as a result of the new formula.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/07/2017 12:37:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

861988

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of STEM subjects.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	904441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling our shortage of STEM skills so we can grow the workforce we need for a dynamic economy. We are doing this by investing in programmes to increase the take-up of maths, by incentivising schools using the recently launched advanced maths premium and supporting better teaching of maths, physics and computing in schools, including a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching.</p><p> </p><p>To improve the development of technical STEM skills, the Government is introducing T levels, which will be developed with employers, and provide progression opportunities into skilled work or higher level study, including degrees.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:26:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48392 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

991247

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the provision of special educational needs and disability in schools; and whether that guidance covers dyslexia.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	181583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act 2014 sets out the statutory framework for supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which places a number of duties on local authorities and others. Guidance is provided in the 0-25 SEND Code of Practice. This is available online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a> and is supported by a range of other guidance and information available online both via GOV.UK and on the National Association for Special Educational Needs (Nasen) SEND gateway (https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/).</p><p> </p><p>The government takes the support for children and young people with dyslexia seriously. I recently spoke at a global summit on dyslexia attended by more than 200 people, including industry bodies and organisations, educationalists and over 35 overseas foundations and governments who support dyslexia.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2017 and March 2018, the department provided £500,000 to the British Dyslexia Association, in partnership with Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre, the Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties, the Dyspraxia Foundation and Manchester Metropolitan University, to provide support for children and young people with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties. This builds on work with dyslexia organisations the government funded in 2013-15 and 2015-16 to facilitate better support for children with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties</p><p> </p><p>This year we are funding Nasen and University College London, on behalf of the Whole School SEND consortium which includes the British Dyslexia Association, to embed SEND into school improvement practice and equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of special educational needs (SEN). New SEND regional leads will bring together practitioners and networks in their local area to build a community of practice, help identify regional SEN school improvement priorities and facilitate the exchange of knowledge and expertise.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/10/2018 16:26:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

987802

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on assessments for children who may have dyslexia.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	179182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Schools are required under the Children and Families Act (2014) to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils or students they support, and guidance is set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice<em>. </em>This includes arranging for appropriate tests where the school’s own assessments indicate that this is necessary</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/10/2018 12:16:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

818690

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of Government investment in education on pupil outcomes since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	121454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education routinely discusses matters of shared interest with Cabinet colleagues, including my Rt hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Pupil outcomes are, of course, at the heart of the Department’s decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/01/2018 17:45:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

821521

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Broadfield House
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what future plans he has for Broadfield House, Crawley now that the TBAP Trust has ceased educational use at the site.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	122439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>In line with the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA) reuse and disposal policy, LocatED are now managing the property whilst the ESFA, together with the Regional Schools Commissioner’s office, review the most appropriate reuse of the facilities for educational purposes.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/01/2018 17:31:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

969032

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	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 4 September 2018 to Question 168014 on Academies, whether academy schools that are in deficiency can be considered for education authority oversight.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	171337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Financial accountability for academies is founded on a clear framework which is regulated by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).</p><p>The ESFA has a robust intervention strategy to ensure, where financial concerns are identified, that appropriate and proportionate action is taken swiftly. The ESFA will intervene in a way that is proportionate to the risk and preserves the effective education of children.</p><p>The department is satisfied that these arrangements provide robust financial oversight for academy trusts and we have no plans to change them.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/09/2018 11:38:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith