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1005980

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level: Knowsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that young people in Knowsley have access to study academic A-level courses within the borough boundaries.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	190793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) continues to liaise with the local authority and regional schools commissioner team to monitor improvements in key stage 4 provision in the borough and identify local need. The ESFA also meets regularly with SK College Group to discuss the college’s offer of A level provision at their Knowsley campus. For 2018/19 academic year the college made 68 offers to study academic A levels at its Knowsley campus. Twelve learners progressed to enrol and attend at the college. However, due to low numbers it was financially unviable to deliver at the Knowsley Campus, so the learners access A Level provision on the St Helens Campus via bespoke transport.</p><p>For 2019 the college has committed to continue to promote the development of A level provision at the Knowsley campus and this is being marketed in their prospectus for 2019/20. They now have in place specific branding alongside targeted promotional activities including: a 2019 school leaver prospectus distributed to all local schools, supermarkets, convenience shops, community centres, and libraries; an A level advert in the college adult course guide in December which is distributed to 65,000 local homes across Knowsley and surrounding Liverpool areas; digital ad vans promoting the A level offer prior to college open evenings; and planned and targeted social media campaigns, local press promotions and railing banners. Furthermore, there are specific A level events for local school career advisers and school liaison teams are working directly in feeder borough schools to promote the A level offer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:28:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145677

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students with SEN who have completed two years of post-16 education as part of their Education, Health and Care Plan before accessing A-level provision were still attending 6th form study over the age of 20 in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	290674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of SEN students completing two years of post-16 education as part of their education, health and care (EHC) plan before accessing A-level provision, and who were still attending 6th form study over the age of 20, is not held by the department.</p><p>The department publishes information on young people with an EHC plan by age and attainment here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2018</a>.</p><p>Tables 7, 8 and 9 detail information on young people that had an EHC plan at age 15 that went on to attain Level 2, Level 2 with English and Maths and Level 3 by age 19. Tables 10 and 11 detail the same information by ages 16, 17 and 18.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/10/2019 11:28:55 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146422

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Garston and Halewood
	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 effect of the reduction in funding for high needs support on mainstream SEND provision in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	291243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as the department does not break funding allocations down to a constituency level.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before the creation of the blocks within the DSG in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2020-21, we will provide more than £700 million in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. We will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Schools and high needs funding allocations for 2013-14 to 2019-20 are as follows. In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding nationally, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals displayed.</p><p>In Knowsley:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£87.9 million</p></td><td><p>£19.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£86.3 million</p></td><td><p>£19.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£85.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£85.4 million</p></td><td><p>£19.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£87.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£89.7 million</p></td><td><p>£19.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£92.5 million</p></td><td><p>£20.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>And in Liverpool:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£266.9 million</p></td><td><p>£41.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£267.3 million</p></td><td><p>£42.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£289.0 million</p></td><td><p>£44.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£292.9 million</p></td><td><p>£44.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£301.1 million</p></td><td><p>£46.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£302.6 million</p></td><td><p>£47.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£310.3 million</p></td><td><p>£49.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Both of these blocks are funded on a per-pupil basis, so where there are reductions in funding from one year to the next, this is a reflection of a reduction in pupil numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291244 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:24:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146423

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Knowsley and Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to (a) Liverpool City Council and (b) Knowsley Borough Council to support children with SEND needs in each year since April 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	291244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as the department does not break funding allocations down to a constituency level.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before the creation of the blocks within the DSG in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2020-21, we will provide more than £700 million in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. We will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Schools and high needs funding allocations for 2013-14 to 2019-20 are as follows. In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding nationally, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals displayed.</p><p>In Knowsley:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£87.9 million</p></td><td><p>£19.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£86.3 million</p></td><td><p>£19.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£85.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£85.4 million</p></td><td><p>£19.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£87.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£89.7 million</p></td><td><p>£19.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£92.5 million</p></td><td><p>£20.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>And in Liverpool:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£266.9 million</p></td><td><p>£41.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£267.3 million</p></td><td><p>£42.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£289.0 million</p></td><td><p>£44.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£292.9 million</p></td><td><p>£44.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£301.1 million</p></td><td><p>£46.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£302.6 million</p></td><td><p>£47.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£310.3 million</p></td><td><p>£49.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Both of these blocks are funded on a per-pupil basis, so where there are reductions in funding from one year to the next, this is a reflection of a reduction in pupil numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291243 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:24:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1276309

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Uni Connect Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will set a budget for the next phase of the Uni Connect scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	137130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Uni Connect outreach programme operated by the Office for Student (OfS) has, since its inception in 2017, established 29 regional partnerships of universities, colleges, employers and other local partners, to provide sustained outreach to young people in schools and colleges in areas with low or unexplained gaps in higher education (HE) participation. The programme has been successful in addressing cold spots in outreach and enabling engagement from schools and colleges. Funding this programme has embedded a collaborative approach to widening access and enabled local partners to galvanise action around HE outreach to complement the funding already spent by Higher Education Providers on outreach as part of their Access and Participation Plans.</p><p>The initial investment in the Uni Connect programme to establish a collaborative model and set up a regional infrastructure comes to an end in July 2021, and so this is an appropriate time to consider the scope and objectives of the programme, including funding other areas of increasing importance for students and prospective students.</p><p>The OfS is currently consulting on the future of the programme. Whilst it has not undertaken individual discussions with Shaping Futures regarding the next phase of funding for Uni Connect, programme-wide updates have been provided to partnerships at regular meetings with the Programme Leads and Chairs.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, writes annually to the OfS, setting out the available teaching grant funding, and will issue the letter for 2021/2022 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 137131 137132 question first answered 21/01/2021 16:33:53 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1276312

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Uni Connect Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a Letter of Strategic Direction to the Office for Students in respect of the next phase of the Uni Connect programme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	137131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Uni Connect outreach programme operated by the Office for Student (OfS) has, since its inception in 2017, established 29 regional partnerships of universities, colleges, employers and other local partners, to provide sustained outreach to young people in schools and colleges in areas with low or unexplained gaps in higher education (HE) participation. The programme has been successful in addressing cold spots in outreach and enabling engagement from schools and colleges. Funding this programme has embedded a collaborative approach to widening access and enabled local partners to galvanise action around HE outreach to complement the funding already spent by Higher Education Providers on outreach as part of their Access and Participation Plans.</p><p>The initial investment in the Uni Connect programme to establish a collaborative model and set up a regional infrastructure comes to an end in July 2021, and so this is an appropriate time to consider the scope and objectives of the programme, including funding other areas of increasing importance for students and prospective students.</p><p>The OfS is currently consulting on the future of the programme. Whilst it has not undertaken individual discussions with Shaping Futures regarding the next phase of funding for Uni Connect, programme-wide updates have been provided to partnerships at regular meetings with the Programme Leads and Chairs.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, writes annually to the OfS, setting out the available teaching grant funding, and will issue the letter for 2021/2022 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 137130 137132 question first answered 21/01/2021 16:33:53 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1276314

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Uni Connect Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions the Office for Students has had with Shaping Futures, the Liverpool City Region arm of the Uni-Connect programme, on what budget it can expect to have for the next phase of the programme from August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	137132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Uni Connect outreach programme operated by the Office for Student (OfS) has, since its inception in 2017, established 29 regional partnerships of universities, colleges, employers and other local partners, to provide sustained outreach to young people in schools and colleges in areas with low or unexplained gaps in higher education (HE) participation. The programme has been successful in addressing cold spots in outreach and enabling engagement from schools and colleges. Funding this programme has embedded a collaborative approach to widening access and enabled local partners to galvanise action around HE outreach to complement the funding already spent by Higher Education Providers on outreach as part of their Access and Participation Plans.</p><p>The initial investment in the Uni Connect programme to establish a collaborative model and set up a regional infrastructure comes to an end in July 2021, and so this is an appropriate time to consider the scope and objectives of the programme, including funding other areas of increasing importance for students and prospective students.</p><p>The OfS is currently consulting on the future of the programme. Whilst it has not undertaken individual discussions with Shaping Futures regarding the next phase of funding for Uni Connect, programme-wide updates have been provided to partnerships at regular meetings with the Programme Leads and Chairs.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, writes annually to the OfS, setting out the available teaching grant funding, and will issue the letter for 2021/2022 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 137130 137131 question first answered 21/01/2021 16:33:53 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146421

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Garston and Halewood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the National Funding Formula on (a) the number of school places, (b) spending per pupil, (c) school spending reserves and (d) the sustainability of school funding in Garston and Halewood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	291242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are under a statutory duty to ensure that there is a school place available for every child. The Department provides local authorities with basic need funding for every new place that is needed, based on local authorities’ own data on pupil forecasts. They can use this funding to provide places in new schools or through expansions of existing schools, and can work with any school in their local area, including academies and free schools. Liverpool has been allocated £56.6 million to provide new school places from 2011-21, and Knowsley has been allocated £3 million.</p><p>The Department trusts schools to manage their own budgets and the vast majority are operating with a cumulative surplus, with only a small percentage having a deficit. The Department will be publishing data on maintained school reserves in 2018-19 in October, following the introduction of the national funding formulae. 2018-19 data on academy reserves will be published next spring.</p><p>On Friday 30 August, the Department announced a three-year settlement which will provide a total increase in funding of over £14 billion over the next three years, including an additional £7.1 billion in 2022-23, bringing the core schools’ budget in that year to £52.2 billion. This means we can ‘level up’ school funding by raising the minimum per pupil funding for secondary schools to £5,000 next year, and the minimum per pupil funding for primary schools to £3,750 in 2020-21 and £4,000 in 2021-22.</p><p>Overall, school funding is increasing significantly by 5% and the Department is increasing funding for the lowest-funded schools even faster. In addition, the Department are providing for an increase in per pupil funding at least in line with inflation for every school in England next year, with most schools attracting real terms increases.</p><p>This funding announcement means further increases for every school in Garston and Halewood over the next three years. The Department will be publishing school-level details in October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/10/2019 16:42:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 137337 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1253351

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the ability of school pupils to prepare for examinations in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	117174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is that there is a consistent approach to what is taught and will be assessed across schools. We know schools will be making every effort, including in areas where there is a high prevalence of COVID-19, to deliver high quality teaching, including through remote education. All schools are expected to plan to ensure any pupils educated at home for some of the time are given the support they need to master the curriculum and make good progress.</p><p>The changes to assessments in certain subjects that were announced by Ofqual in the summer, alongside the later starting date for exams in summer 2021, will give schools and colleges extra time to plan teaching and pupils extra time to study. Combined with our £1 billion catch-up package, including a 'Catch-Up Premium' worth a total of £650 million, these changes give young people the best chance of being ready for their exams without undermining the value of the qualifications they receive.</p><p>The Department is working with Ofqual and engaging widely with the education sector to identify any risks to examinations at a national, local, and individual student level, and to consider measures needed to address any potential disruption. This could be a student unable to sit examinations due to illness or self-isolation, or schools affected by a local COVID-19 outbreak during the examination season resulting in examination centres not being able to open. More details will be published later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2020 15:00:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1253356

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of schools to prepare for Ofsted inspections in 2021; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	117175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The COVID-19 outbreak has had a profound impact on schools across the country. The Department acknowledges the continued hard work of all school staff in ensuring that pupils receive a high quality education that enables them to thrive and progress whilst putting in place proportionate protective measures for children and staff.</p><p>It is important for school inspections to start up again in the new year, but at the right time and in the right way. The Department is working with schools and Ofsted to decide the best way to achieve this in a sensitive and gradual way.</p><p>The Department and Ofsted are clear that schools are not expected to prepare for Ofsted inspections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 117176 question first answered 23/11/2020 14:39:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle