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518193

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of hotel bookings her Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	36824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, the Department publishes details on our spend, including data on expenses, travel and hotel costs on GOV.UK. Publication includes all spend which, in compliance with HM Treasury guidance, does not compromise national or personal security, foreign relations or legal obligations under acts such as the Data Protection Act.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Total travel and subsistence spend is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Senior civil servant expenses and hospitality are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-senior-civil-servant-expenses-and-hospitality" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-senior-civil-servant-expenses-and-hospitality</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/05/2016 12:15:49 question first ministerially corrected 13/05/2016 09:53:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 60911 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519054

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on trends in the number of vacancies for science teachers in secondary schools in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) nationally in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is available for England and is published in Table 15 of the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2014’, which is available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available for Coventry and West Midlands.</p><p> </p><p>Although the national teacher vacancy rate remains low, we are aware that schools in some parts of the country are finding it more challenging to recruit teachers, particularly as the economy improves. Our recent White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere, sets out our plans to ensure that there are good teachers everywhere they are needed. This includes the launch of the National Teaching Service which will, by 2020, place up to 1,500 outstanding teachers and middle leaders in the schools that struggle most to recruit and retain good teachers.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the Prime Minister announced that we would be spending up to £67m on teacher training and development in priority STEM subjects. This includes training an additional 2,500 maths and physics teachers, and improving the subject knowledge of a further 15,000 non-specialist serving teachers in those subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2016 17:00:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519066

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many successful applicants to the Schools Direct scheme there were in each of the last five years; and what the cost of that scheme was to her Department in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The School Direct scheme began as a pilot tuition fee based programme in the 2012/13 academic year. The programme was extended to include School Direct (salaried) programmes from the 2013/14 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The number of successful applicants (trainees who secured and took up a place) on School Direct programmes, and the associated cost (where available), from 2012/13 to 2014/15 are given in table 1:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Number of School Direct (tuition fee) trainees</p></td><td><p>Number of School Direct (salaried) trainees</p></td><td><p>Cost of training bursaries for SD (fee) trainees</p></td><td><p>Cost of salary grants for SD (salaried) trainees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>4,203</p></td><td><p>2,473</p></td><td><p>Unavailable</p></td><td><p>£40,320,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,311[1]</p></td><td><p>2,759</p></td><td><p>£36,539,000</p></td><td><p>£43,031,709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Table 1: Number of School Direct trainees and associated costs from 2012/13 to 2014/15.</strong></p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the training bursary costs specific to School Direct only for trainees for 2012/13 and 2013/14, as the data captured did not make a distinction between core and school direct tuition fee places for the purpose of bursary funding.</p><p>Data for the 2015/16 academic year will not be available until after the end of the academic year when data submissions will be finalised and subsequently validated.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Of the 6,311 tuition fee trainees in AY 2014/15, 4,264 received a bursary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2016 17:02:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519073

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information she holds on trends in recruitment of teachers of priority subjects in secondary schools across the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on recruitment numbers can be found in Table 1c of the Main Tables: SFR46/2015 of Initial teacher training: trainee number census – 2015 to 2016, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2016 16:56:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519078

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information she holds on the number of science graduates hired by secondary schools as teachers across the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The number of science teachers in state funded secondary schools in England has increased between 2010 and 2014; from 56,700 to 57,300.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Prime Minister announced that we would be spending up to £67m on teacher training and development in priority Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. This includes training an additional 2,500 mathematics and physics teachers, and improving the subject knowledge of a further 15,000 non-specialist serving teachers in those subjects.</p><p> </p><p>The NAO Report, following their inquiry into ‘Training New Teachers’, stated ‘The overall number of teachers has kept pace with changing pupil numbers, and the retention of newly qualified teachers has been stable’. The report is available from the following web link: <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/report/training-new-teachers/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/report/training-new-teachers/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2016 17:02:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519659

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) applicants to (b) successful applicants to and (c) successful graduates from the Troops to Teachers scheme in each year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>For Cohort One (January 2014), 293 applications were received and 41 trainees began the programme.</p><p>For Cohort Two (September 2014), 196 applications were received and 52 trainees began the programme.</p><p>For Cohort Three (September 2015), 62 applications were received and 51 trainees began the programme.</p><p>For Cohort Four (September 2016), recruitment is still underway.</p><p>The first cohort of trainees completed the training programme in December 2015. 29 trainees completed the programme and achieved Qualified Teacher Status.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2016 13:58:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519662

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the total number of agency supplied staff supplied to secondary schools in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>Supply teachers provide a valuable role for schools, and schools themselves are best placed to make staffing decisions to reflect their individual needs. It is up to head teachers and governors to decide who is required for the job and this includes how best to cover absences.</p><p>The Department for Education collects details of all teachers working in state funded schools through the annual School Workforce Census. However, this census does not separately identify agency teachers from those employed by schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2016 13:58:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519667

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took science A-levels in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The number of entries in A levels in individual Science[1] subjects in the last five years<strong> i</strong>s published as part of the “A level and other level 3 results: 2014 to 2015 (revised)” statistical first release (SFR).[2]</p><p>[1] Includes Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, Other Science and Computing</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2014-to-2015-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2014-to-2015-revised</a> (“Subject time series tables: SFR03/2016” document)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2016 13:59:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

521157

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of unfilled trainee teacher places in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	38394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in Table 1b of the Main tables, Initial teacher training: trainee number census - 2015 to 2016, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/06/2016 16:47:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

521161

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	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 degree to which trainee teacher recruitment has met her Department's targets in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	38346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The information is available in Table 1b of the Main tables:SFR46/2015 spreadsheet found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Column D of this table shows the total percentage contribution of new entrants to the yearly trainee teacher recruitment target for the last six years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/06/2016 16:54:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

521554

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many visits (a) by Ministers and (b) officials from her Department were made to Coventry in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	38531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of visits made by Department for Education ministers to Coventry for each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Visits by Ministers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not hold data centrally on the number of visits made by civil servants to particular locations. This could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/06/2016 16:41:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519067

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	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 recruitment of teachers of priority subjects in secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	37411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Teaching is a hugely popular career with more teachers in schools than ever before and record levels of top graduates entering the profession. To support recruitment in 2016/17 we have increased postgraduate bursaries, which put a premium on degree class, to attract top graduates in priority subjects such as physics, mathematics and modern foreign languages. Prestigious scholarships, worth £30,000 for physics and £25,000 for mathematics, chemistry or computing, are also available to talented graduates with a first or 2:1 degree who are passionate about their subject and have the potential to be inspirational teachers. We are also continuing to fund Teach First and their mission to get the best graduates into challenging schools.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are spending £67 million on a programme of measures to improve the knowledge of the existing mathematics and physics teaching workforce, and increase the number of new mathematics and physics specialists who enter the profession through initial teacher training every year. This package aims to recruit up to 2,500 new teachers and train up to 15,000 existing teachers over the next five years. It also includes programmes to encourage the brightest A level students and undergraduates into teaching; salaried part-time and abridged courses for career changers; a salaried route for post-doctoral mathematics and physics researchers; and support for qualified teachers wishing to return to the profession.</p><p> </p><p>Our marketing campaign, Your Future | Their Future, includes targeted subject specific advertising through a range of media. Those who wish to teach secondary priority subjects are eligible for our enhanced Premier Plus service, which provides support from a dedicated adviser to guide them through the application process. Those applicants who would benefit can also access funded courses to boost or refresh their subject knowledge to a level that will allow them to teach the subject. Officials from the Department also attend more than 35 graduate recruitment events each year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/06/2016 17:03:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524696

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of teachers who have left that profession in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	40307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of teachers that leave state funded schools in England in each year can be found in table c1b of the additional tables, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The total number of FTE teachers leaving in any one year includes those who are retiring, those moving to schools elsewhere in the UK, those moving to other education sectors (e.g. Independent schools or further education), those on maternity leave/career break (some of whom do return) and those leaving the profession.</p><p> </p><p>During the same period (2013 to 2014), 44,900 FTE teachers entered service in a state funded school. This is equivalent to 10.3% of teachers. The rate of entry of teachers has been higher than the rate of those leaving throughout the period of 2010 to 2014. In 2014, 14,100 FTE teachers returned to the profession.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are sourced from the annual School Workforce Census and the next update is scheduled for June 30<sup>th</sup> 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/06/2016 13:05:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524697

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in teachers' salaries and the average salary in the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	40302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>On 4 December 2015, the Department published its most recent assessment of median teachers’ pay compared to that of graduates employed in the private sector in England. The pay of graduates in the private sector has been used because teaching is a graduate job and therefore provides a better comparator than an average of pay across all jobs in the UK economy. The comparative assessment was included in the evidence that government submitted to the School Teachers Review Body (STRB). The comparative assessment can be found in figure 11 on page 45 of the publication, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482257/STRB_government_evidence_2016_pay_award.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482257/STRB_government_evidence_2016_pay_award.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/06/2016 13:05:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

525595

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Civil Service employees of her Department were based in Coventry in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	40726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of employees of the Department for Education based in Coventry in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number </strong> <strong>at 31<sup>st</sup> March</strong></p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>369</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: RM</em></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/06/2016 10:23:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

528883

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
	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 21 June 2016 to Question 40307, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the total number of teachers who left state funded schools in England because they moved out of the profession in each of the last six years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	41323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of teachers that leave state funded schools in England in each year are publicly available from Table 7b of the additional tables at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 7b of the additional tables shows that between 2014 and 2015, 43,070 qualified teachers left the profession (full-time equivalents, FTE). This is equivalent to 10.0% of teachers. The total number of FTE teachers leaving in any one year includes those who are retiring, those moving to other education sectors e.g. Independent schools or FE and those leaving the profession, some of whom later return.</p><p> </p><p>During the same period (2014 to 2015), 45,810 FTE teachers entered service in a state funded school. This is equivalent to 10.5% of teachers. The rate of entry of teachers has been higher than the rate of those leaving throughout the period of 2011 to 2015. In 2015, 14,060 FTE teachers returned to the profession.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are sourced from the annual School Workforce Census.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/07/2016 12:24:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

532901

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Computers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of student participants in the Computing at School programme in each year since that programme was created; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	41883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount of funding provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£933,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£2,397,092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£1,157,563</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This funding is for the following programmes: the Network of Excellence to build a national network of over 300 Master teachers to provide training for computing teachers; Barefoot Computing, an online resource to help primary teachers develop their computing subject knowledge; and Quickstart, to provide training and resources for primary and secondary school teaches on basic computing.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2016 the Network of Excellence had provided 56,000 instances of professional development to teachers. Just under 23,000 teachers are currently registered with Barefoot Computing, and 38,000 copies of the Quickstart packs have been distributed to teachers through Computing at School.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 41884 question first answered 13/07/2016 13:35:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

532902

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Computers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the financial contribution by her Department to the Computing at School programme in each year since that programme was created; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	41884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount of funding provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£933,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£2,397,092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£1,157,563</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This funding is for the following programmes: the Network of Excellence to build a national network of over 300 Master teachers to provide training for computing teachers; Barefoot Computing, an online resource to help primary teachers develop their computing subject knowledge; and Quickstart, to provide training and resources for primary and secondary school teaches on basic computing.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2016 the Network of Excellence had provided 56,000 instances of professional development to teachers. Just under 23,000 teachers are currently registered with Barefoot Computing, and 38,000 copies of the Quickstart packs have been distributed to teachers through Computing at School.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 41883 question first answered 13/07/2016 13:35:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

536136

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
	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 13 July 2016 to Question 41323, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of teachers leaving state-funded schools between 2011 and 2015; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	42654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of teachers leaving the profession has remained at around 10% a year since 1996. However, there are more qualified teachers than ever before with 440,000 in 2011 compared to 456,900 in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that it is vital for schools to be able to retain good teachers – that is why we have made policy interventions in the areas that teachers tell us matter most such as improving pupil behaviour and reducing unnecessary workload.</p><p> </p><p>We asked Tom Bennett, a behaviour expert, to chair an expert group to develop core content on behaviour management for the framework of content for initial teacher training, and the group’s recommendations were published last week.</p><p> </p><p>We set up three independent review groups to address unnecessary workload in the key areas of marking, planning and data management. The groups reported early this year, and set out clear principles about what should happen in schools to reduce unnecessary workload in these areas. The Government has accepted all the relevant recommendations made by the groups, and we will continue to work with the teaching profession to make sure they have the ongoing support they need to continue reducing unnecessary teacher workload.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently conducted the first biennial Teacher Workload Survey, which will allow us to track teacher workload over the coming years. The results of the first survey will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/07/2016 08:05:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

598222

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of full-time equivalent officials based in her Department who are working on selective education policies; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	47686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>There are a total of 16 full-time equivalent staff working on the <em>Schools that work for everyone consultation</em>, including policy proposals on selective education.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2016 15:49:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

598224

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from existing grammar schools wishing to expand in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	47687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Records indicate that in the last 12 months eight selective academies have proposed an expansion of their school site via an application to their local Regional Schools Commissioner. We are unable to provide information for maintained grammar schools that wish to expand as this would be a matter for the relevant local authority. The Department does not have a role in these decisions.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/10/2016 16:21:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

605946

	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: Defibrillators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number schools in England and Wales which do not have an automated external defibrillator located on school grounds; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	49426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold information on those schools that do not have an automated external defibrillator on schools grounds, as the purchasing of a defibrillator is a matter for individual head teachers.</p><p> </p><p>However, we know how important swift access to a defibrillator can be in cases of cardiac arrest, which is why the Government is encouraging schools and other eligible settings to purchase a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment.</p><p> </p><p>To make it as easy as possible for schools to do so, the Department has negotiated a deal with NHS Supply Chain to offer defibrillators to schools at a reduced cost. Since the scheme was launched in November 2014, 1659 defibrillators have been purchased through this route.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/10/2016 16:18:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

598219

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has commissioned on the effect of selective education on the educational attainment of children in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	47648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department has reviewed a wide range of external research and evidence on the impact of academic selection, including research on the impact of selection on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>The evidence shows that grammar schools provide a good education for those who attend them. Grammar school pupils outperform those of similar ability in comprehensive schools and they also make more progress than other pupils with similar primary school results. Nearly 78 per cent of high ability pupils achieve the English Baccalaureate at grammar school, compared to just over 52 per cent at comprehensive schools, and the attainment gap for disadvantaged students in grammar schools is practically eliminated</p><p>This evidence is based on the existing system of grammar schools. We are proposing significant changes to the requirements placed on selective schools to ensure that they raise standards for all pupils as part of a diverse schools system.</p><p>Our proposals will help deliver a school system that works for all children and offers parents genuine choice by increasing the number of good and outstanding school places.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 47685 47688 question first answered 02/11/2016 17:54:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

598221

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent research her Department has commissioned on the effect of academic selection at age 11 on the educational attainment of children from the poorest backgrounds; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	47685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department has reviewed a wide range of external research and evidence on the impact of academic selection, including research on the impact of selection on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>The evidence shows that grammar schools provide a good education for those who attend them. Grammar school pupils outperform those of similar ability in comprehensive schools and they also make more progress than other pupils with similar primary school results. Nearly 78 per cent of high ability pupils achieve the English Baccalaureate at grammar school, compared to just over 52 per cent at comprehensive schools, and the attainment gap for disadvantaged students in grammar schools is practically eliminated</p><p>This evidence is based on the existing system of grammar schools. We are proposing significant changes to the requirements placed on selective schools to ensure that they raise standards for all pupils as part of a diverse schools system.</p><p>Our proposals will help deliver a school system that works for all children and offers parents genuine choice by increasing the number of good and outstanding school places.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 47648 47688 question first answered 02/11/2016 17:54:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

598225

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice her Department has received from experts on the reintroduction of grammar schools in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	47688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department has reviewed a wide range of external research and evidence on the impact of academic selection, including research on the impact of selection on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>The evidence shows that grammar schools provide a good education for those who attend them. Grammar school pupils outperform those of similar ability in comprehensive schools and they also make more progress than other pupils with similar primary school results. Nearly 78 per cent of high ability pupils achieve the English Baccalaureate at grammar school, compared to just over 52 per cent at comprehensive schools, and the attainment gap for disadvantaged students in grammar schools is practically eliminated</p><p>This evidence is based on the existing system of grammar schools. We are proposing significant changes to the requirements placed on selective schools to ensure that they raise standards for all pupils as part of a diverse schools system.</p><p>Our proposals will help deliver a school system that works for all children and offers parents genuine choice by increasing the number of good and outstanding school places.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 47648 47685 question first answered 02/11/2016 17:54:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

631115

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	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 2 November 2016 to Question 47685, on grammar schools, if she will publish the external research and evidence that she considered in formulating her policy on academic selection at age 11 years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	52137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department has reviewed a wide range of external research and evidence on the impact of academic selection, including research on the impact of selection on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>We are still currently consulting on new proposals regarding selection in education and the Government’s policy will be informed by this consultation. All the evidence considered in preparing the consultation document, <em>Schools that work for everyone</em>, is referenced and available publicly.</p><p>Existing evidence is based on the current grammar school system. We are proposing significant changes to the requirements placed on selective schools to ensure that they raise standards for all pupils as part of a diverse schools system.</p><p>Our proposals are aimed at delivering a schools system that works for all children and offers parents genuine choice by increasing the number of good and outstanding school places.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/11/2016 17:45:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

642212

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers leaving the profession within five years of entering it; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	54391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of teachers leaving the profession within five years of entering it has remained broadly stable since 1996, as shown in Table 8 of the School Workforce Census 2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2015</a>. Around 7 out of 10 teachers are still employed in state-funded schools five years after qualifying. The way in which statistics are reported does not distinguish between primary and secondary teachers.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital for schools to be able to retain good teachers and therefore we have made policy interventions in the areas that teachers tell us matter most, such as improving pupil behaviour and reducing unnecessary workload.</p><p> </p><p>We established three independent review groups made up of serving teachers and head teachers to tackle the three biggest issues the 2014 Workload Challenge showed were most burdensome for teachers. We have listened to what they said and accepted all their recommendations for Government.</p><p> </p><p>Their reports published on 26 March were welcomed by the sector and include clear messages that can empower classroom teachers and school leaders to challenge unproductive practice. We are continuing to work with teachers and their representatives on how to effectively embed the principles in the reports, and help make a culture change so teachers can focus on what really matters.</p><p> </p><p>We have conducted the first biennial Teacher Workload Survey. A report of the findings will be published once finalised. Results from this survey, and those in future years, will help us track teacher workload so that further action can be taken if needed.</p><p> </p><p>We commissioned a working group on developing behaviour management content for initial teacher training (ITT) chaired by Tom Bennett which reported earlier this year. The recommendations of the group were mainly accepted by government and the specific content relating to behaviour management is now included in the Framework of Content for ITT which has been available for providers to use since July this year.</p><p> </p><p>There is a second behaviour review in progress which is focussed around behaviour management in schools with a particular focus on leadership, culture and systems used to tackle disruptive pupil behaviour. The review will report and make recommendations early in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/12/2016 15:16:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

643025

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what external research and evidence, other than the Sutton Trust's report, Evidence on the effects of selective educational systems, published in October 2008, she has used to formulate her policy on grammar schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	54658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department has reviewed a wide range of external research and evidence on grammar schools, including research on the impact of selection on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils.</p><p> </p><p>We are still currently consulting on new proposals regarding selection in education and the Government’s policy will be informed by this consultation. All the evidence considered in preparing the consultation document, <em>Schools that work for everyone</em>, is referenced and available publicly.</p><p> </p><p>Existing evidence is based on the current grammar school system. We are proposing significant changes to the requirements placed on selective schools to ensure that they raise standards for all pupils as part of a diverse schools system.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals are aimed at delivering a schools system that works for all children and offers parents genuine choice by increasing the number of good and outstanding school places.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/12/2016 09:17:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658462

	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	Pupils: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database were refused in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	57722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>Anyone requesting data from the National Pupil Database (NPD) must comply with strict confidentiality and security rules. Details of the data held in the NPD that is available for named bodies and third parties to request, guidelines for requesting data extracts, and details of external requests authorised are all available on gov.uk.</p><p>The applications to extract information from the NPD that were refused in each of the last five years including both the Department and external requests are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases rejected</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (up to 15<sup>th</sup> Dec)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/01/2017 13:07:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658463

	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	Pupils: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information the National Pupil Database holds on the (a) nationality and (b) ethnic background of pupils; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	57723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Pupil Database (NPD) is a powerful research database to allow accurate evaluation and assessment of ‘what works’ in education, by showing how pupils progress over time within the education system. Secure re-use of NPD where legislation, security and public good criteria support it enables rigorous independent evaluation and policy scrutiny to occur.</p><p>Details of the School Census and data held in the NPD that is available for named bodies and third parties to request, and the process and guidelines for requesting data extracts, is available on gov.uk.</p><p>The new data on nationality and country of origin is solely for the Department’s analysts to use for research. The new data has not and will not be held within the National Pupil Database. It has not and will not be shared with any other Government Department or external organisations. The data is provided to school by parents, this is completely optional and parents are under no obligation to provide it if they do not want to.</p><p>The NPD holds data on ethnic background provided by the parents to the school, and reported by the school as part of the School Census. This data has been collected in the School Census since 2003. This data is also completely optional and parents can opt out of submitting it if they choose.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/01/2017 13:08:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658469

	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	Pupils: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database were approved in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	57724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>Anyone requesting data from the National Pupil Database (NPD) must comply with strict confidentiality and security rules. Details of the data held in the NPD that is available for named bodies and third parties to request, guidelines for requesting data extracts, and details of external requests authorised are all available on gov.uk.</p><p>The applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database that were approved in each of the last five years including both the Department and external requests are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases approved</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (up to 15<sup>th</sup> Dec)</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Note:</strong> Calendar year is the year that the application was fully processed and data provided to the recipient. Some cases approved each year will reflect initial applications made late in the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/01/2017 13:07:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658468

	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	Grammar Schools
	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 9 December 2016 to Question 54658, if she will list the external research and evidence on grammar schools which her Department has reviewed.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	57652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The following research and evidence is referenced in the selection section of the consultation document, Schools that work for everyone:</p><ul><li><p>Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics: January 2016 and National pupil projections – future trends in pupil numbers: July 2016 statistical first release (SFR)</p></li><li><p>Secondary and primary school applications and offers: March and April 2016 SFR</p></li><li><p>Department for Education School Census 2015; and 2016</p></li><li><p>Ofsted official statistics: Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2016</p></li><li><p>Atkinson, A., Gregg, P. and McConnell, B. (2004) The results of 11 Plus selection: an investigation into equity and efficiency of outcomes for pupils in selective local education authorities (LEAs)</p></li><li><p>Efficiency of outcomes for pupils in selective LEAs, cited in Coe et al (2008) Evidence on the effects of selective educational systems, CEM Centre, Durham University for the Sutton Trust</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Since the publication of our consultation documents, a number of organisations have published additional research and evidence relating to our proposals. We continue to review all available evidence, which we will consider alongside the responses to our consultation. The Government will respond to the consultation in the spring.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2017 14:58:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

658475

	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	Pupils: Personal Records
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database were made by the Home Office in each of the last five years; and how many such requests were approved.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	57640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of applications made by the Home Office to extract information from the National Pupil Database is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications approved</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (up to 15<sup>th</sup> Dec)</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was agreed in 2015 which allows the Home Office to access limited data including home address and school details. The MoU is available in the House Library.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2017 14:55:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

670756

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Personal Records
	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 10 January 2017 to Question 57722, how many applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database were accepted in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	59403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The data in the National Pupil Database helps give us a clear picture of how the school system is working. The Department takes privacy extremely seriously and access to sensitive data is strictly controlled. Allowing vetted researchers and academics access to excerpts of this data, in an anonymised format and under strictly controlled conditions, can help the development and improvement of our education system for the benefit of all.</p><p>The applications accepted to extract information from the National Pupil Database over the past 5 years are detailed in the table below. These include both the Department’s and external requests.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of cases accepted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/01/2017 15:55:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

682304

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Literacy
	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 total spend on literacy programmes for children under seven in in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	62476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>Good standards in reading and writing are the foundation for all achievement in education. Evidence shows that systematic synthetic phonics is the most effective approach to early reading, and that is why we have placed it at the heart of the primary English curriculum.</p><p>We have invested over £50m over the last five years in programmes aimed at improving reading, writing and language skills. This includes:</p><ul><li>a one off grant of £5 million to Teaching Schools to partner with local nurseries to increase the quality of early years education in their area;</li><li>£13.1 million to Book Trust for book gifting programmes to improve literacy and promote the love of reading;</li><li>£941,775 for the National Literacy Trust’s Helping Early Language and Literacy Outcomes programme.</li><li>£23.7 million in match funding to over 14,000 primary schools between September 2011 and October 2013, enabling them to buy systematic synthetic phonics products and training;</li><li>£80,000 to fund eight phonics partnerships to improve the quality of phonics teaching; and</li><li>£30,069 to fund ten phonics roadshows to demonstrate most effective ways to teach phonics.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in the phonics screening check at the end of year 1 has risen from 58% in 2012 to 81% in 2016.</p><p>The Department is not responsible for education standards in Wales as this is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/02/2017 21:15:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

682298

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Literacy
	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 of expected literacy levels for seven year olds in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	62477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Good literacy is the foundation for all achievement in education and critical for everyday life. We have strengthened the curriculum to focus on developing pupils’ reading and writing skills and placed a renewed focus on the requirement for pupils to be taught to read using systematic phonics.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of the phonics check in 2012, 147,000 more six-year-olds are on track to becoming fluent readers. Almost 9 in 10 pupils (89%) who met the expected standard of phonics decoding in year 1 went on to reach the expected standard in reading at the end of Key Stage 1.</p><p> </p><p>A higher proportion of girls than boys meet the phonics standard at aged 7 – there is a gap of 4 percentage points in 2015 and 2016. The gap in 2013 and 2014 was 5 percentage points.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the percentage of boys and girls aged 7 in state funded schools meeting the required standard in phonics decoding in each of the last four years. There was no test for 7 year olds in 2012.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year 2 Phonics Screening Check Results</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Boys</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Girls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 2016 Key Stage 1 assessments were the first to reflect the new, more challenging National Curriculum. As a result, figures for 2016 are not comparable to those for earlier years.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Key Stage 1 reading and writing teacher assessments show that nearly 3 in 4 pupils (74%) achieved the new expected standard in reading and nearly 2 in 3 pupils (65%) achieved the new expected standard in writing.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 below shows the percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above under the previous assessment system in reading and writing in each of the last four years.</p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Key Stage 1 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reading</strong> <strong>Level 2 or above</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Writing Level 2 or above</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department is not responsible for education standards in Wales as this is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 62475 question first answered 13/02/2017 11:36:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

682303

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Literacy
	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 of the difference in attainment of phonics standards between boys and girls aged seven in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	62475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Good literacy is the foundation for all achievement in education and critical for everyday life. We have strengthened the curriculum to focus on developing pupils’ reading and writing skills and placed a renewed focus on the requirement for pupils to be taught to read using systematic phonics.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of the phonics check in 2012, 147,000 more six-year-olds are on track to becoming fluent readers. Almost 9 in 10 pupils (89%) who met the expected standard of phonics decoding in year 1 went on to reach the expected standard in reading at the end of Key Stage 1.</p><p> </p><p>A higher proportion of girls than boys meet the phonics standard at aged 7 – there is a gap of 4 percentage points in 2015 and 2016. The gap in 2013 and 2014 was 5 percentage points.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the percentage of boys and girls aged 7 in state funded schools meeting the required standard in phonics decoding in each of the last four years. There was no test for 7 year olds in 2012.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year 2 Phonics Screening Check Results</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Boys</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Girls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 2016 Key Stage 1 assessments were the first to reflect the new, more challenging National Curriculum. As a result, figures for 2016 are not comparable to those for earlier years.</p><p> </p><p>The 2016 Key Stage 1 reading and writing teacher assessments show that nearly 3 in 4 pupils (74%) achieved the new expected standard in reading and nearly 2 in 3 pupils (65%) achieved the new expected standard in writing.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 below shows the percentage of pupils who achieved Level 2 or above under the previous assessment system in reading and writing in each of the last four years.</p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Key Stage 1 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reading</strong> <strong>Level 2 or above</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Writing Level 2 or above</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department is not responsible for education standards in Wales as this is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 62477 question first answered 13/02/2017 11:36:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

685478

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	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 steps she is taking to reduce the attainment gaps of five A* to C GCSE grades between secondary schools in the North and the South; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	63212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that all children receive a high quality education, regardless of where they attend school. We are, therefore, spending £70 million over this Parliament to reduce the attainment gap, in line with the recommendations in Sir Nick Weller’s report.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/02/2017 11:17:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

692486

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential effect of the new school funding formula on the level of funding for schools in Coventry South constituency in real terms for each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	64821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Our proposals for funding reform will mean that schools and local authority areas will, for the first time, receive a consistent and fair share of the schools budget, so that they can give every child the opportunity to reach their full potential.</p><p> </p><p>For Coventry local authority, the proposals would mean a reduction in schools funding of 2.4%. Coventry South constituency would see a 2.5% reduction in funding for its schools. On funding for pupils with high needs, Coventry local authority would see a significant increase of 10.7%.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure stability for schools, we have proposed substantial protections to limit reductions to any individual school’s budget to manageable levels. No school will face a reduction of more than 1.5% per pupil per year or 3% per pupil overall.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting schools to improve their financial health and efficiency. We have produced a collection of tools, information and guidance, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>.</p><p>This collection includes benchmarking tools and workforce planning guidance to support schools to make savings.</p><p> </p><p>Most recently, we published the Schools’ Buying Strategy which will help schools make significant savings, over £1 billion a year by 2019-20, in non-pay and procurement costs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2017 14:28:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

693730

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	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 ensure that all state school buildings are rated as being of a satisfactory standard; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	65260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is making a huge investment in the school estate of £23 billion up to 2021, to create a further 600,000 new school places, deliver 500 new free schools, and rebuild and refurbish buildings at over 500 schools.</p><p> </p><p>From this, we are investing £10 billion in school replacement, maintenance and improvement works from 2016-2021. As part of this, the £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding and refurbishing buildings in the very worst condition at more than 500 schools across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Under the first phase of the programme, building work is being undertaken at 260 schools. Of these, 177 schools have already opened in their new and refurbished buildings. The vast majority of schools within the first phase of the programme will be delivered by the end of 2017, two years earlier than originally planned.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, the Department has allocated funding on the basis of consistent condition data on the school estate, targeting funding where it is needed most. Funding is allocated each year to improve and maintain the condition of the school estate in order to address the condition need in the estate that was identified through the Property Data Survey.</p><p> </p><p>It is our aim that, over time, the condition need of the school estate will be addressed as more school buildings are replaced and refurbished.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/02/2017 17:19:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

694224

	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	Pupils: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in each secondary school in Coventry South constituency in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	65499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Secondary schools in the Coventry South constituency received the following schools block funding per pupil for 2016 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>School</p></td><td><p>Funding per pupil (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School</p></td><td><p>5374</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry Blue Coat CE School</p></td><td><p>5144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernesford Grange Community Academy</p></td><td><p>6505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finham Park 2</p></td><td><p>5957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finham Park School</p></td><td><p>4909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sidney Stringer Academy</p></td><td><p>6786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Westwood Academy</p></td><td><p>5813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitley Academy</p></td><td><p>5656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WMG Academy for Young Engineers</p></td><td><p>5903</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The schools block allocations for individual maintained schools and academies for 2016 to 2017 are published online at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/03/2017 10:52:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

748725

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the new school funding formula for each school in Coventry South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	3137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will continue to work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend a good school and that all schools are fairly funded. The core schools budget has been protected in real terms since 2010 and is set to rise from £41 billion in 2017-18 to over £42 billion in 2019-20 with increasing pupil numbers.</p><p> </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 12:39:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751282

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much core revenue funding (a) Willenhall Community Primary School, (b) Stretton CE Primary School and (c) Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College in Coventry South constituency received for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and how much funding each of those schools is planned to receive for (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	4518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>The schools block allocation for individual schools for the 2016-17 financial year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>School</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Willenhall Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>£1,821,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretton CE Primary School</p></td><td><p>£956,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College</p></td><td><p>£5,962,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Individual school allocations for 2017-18 will be published later this year. The formulae that local authorities have used to distribute funding to schools this year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools. We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them.</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. Until then, we are unable to confirm the funding each school will receive in future years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/07/2017 16:41:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

782112

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in primary schools in Coventry South constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	110781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The attached table provides the average pupil to teacher ratio[1] in state funded primary schools as reported by schools in Coventry South parliamentary constituency and England in November each year from 2011 to 2016.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The Pupil Teacher Ratios are calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of FTE teachers in schools in each year. Where schools are not open on Census day (January) they are excluded. See School Workforce Census methodology document for further information: Methodology: SFR25/2017</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/11/2017 14:42:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 110781 attachment.xlsx title Tables
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

782723

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in secondary schools in Coventry South constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	111073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The attached table provides the average pupil to teacher ratio[1] in state funded secondary schools as reported by schools in Coventry South parliamentary constituency and England in November each year from 2011 to 2016.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The Pupil Teacher Ratios are calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of FTE teachers in schools in each year. Where schools are not open on Census day (January) they are excluded. See School Workforce Census methodology document for further information: Methodology: SFR25/2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/11/2017 15:52:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 111073 attachment.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

789031

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Arts: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have studied at least two arts subjects at GCSE level in Coventry in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	112806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of pupils, at the end of KS4[1], with at least two entries[2] into arts subjects at GCSE level (including equivalents)[3] in Coventry[4] is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>Pupils entering at least two arts subjects at GCSE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p><p>[2] In line with secondary performance measures and early entry policy, discounting has been applied. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p>[3] Includes: Applied Art &amp; Design, Art &amp; Design, Drama, Performing Arts, Media/Film/TV Studies, Music and Dance. Does not include History of Art and Creative Writing. Includes GCSE full courses, level 2 equivalents, GCSE double awards and AS levels.</p><p>[4] All pupils at the end of key stage 4 who attend a school in the local authority of Coventry.</p><p>[5] 2016 data is final and may differ from previously published figures. 2017 data is provisional.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2017 17:09:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

789032

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Arts: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many GCSE entries for arts subjects there were from students in Coventry in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	112807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of entries<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> into arts subjects at GCSE level (including equivalents)<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a>, by pupils at the end of key stage 4<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftn3" target="_blank">[3]</a> in Coventry<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftn4" target="_blank">[4]</a> is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftn5" target="_blank"><strong>[5]</strong></a></strong></p></td><td><p>Number of entries into arts subjects GCSE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,849</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> In line with secondary performance measures and early entry policy, discounting has been applied. More information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Includes: Applied Art &amp; Design, Art &amp; Design, Drama, Performing Arts, Media/Film/TV Studies, Music and Dance. Does not include History of Art and Creative Writing. Includes GCSE full courses, level 2 equivalents, GCSE double awards and AS levels.</p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftnref3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftnref4" target="_blank">[4]</a> All pupils at the end of key stage 4 who attend a school in the local authority of Coventry.</p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-18%20drafts/112807_PQ%20Team%20QA%201611.docx#_ftnref5" target="_blank">[5]</a> 2017 data is provisional and others are final data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2017 17:06:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

797423

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Class Sizes: Coventry South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of average class sizes in Coventry South constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	116386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state-funded schools in England are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>A national summary of average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the national tables document for each year, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing average class sizes for key stages 1 and 2, where appropriate, and overall is available via opening the underlying tables document for each year then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’. The figures can be filtered by parliamentary constituency, school phase and local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2017 17:51:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

809715

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coventry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Coventry have been (a) built and (b) refurbished as a result of funding from the Education Funding Agency; and how many of those schools have been fitted with sprinkler systems.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	120335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of pupils and staff seriously. All schools have to follow strict fire safety regulations, including having a Fire Risk Assessment, designed to ensure they are as safe as possible and well prepared in the event of a fire.</p><p>Where sprinklers are deemed necessary to keep pupils and staff safe, following an assessment of risk at the design stage, or to meet local planning requirements, they must be fitted. All new school building projects must comply with Building Regulations, including on fire safety, and this is independently checked by Building Control or an Approved Inspector before buildings are occupied.</p><p>As not all new schools are commissioned by the Department, we do not hold data on the number of all new schools that have been built with or without sprinklers installed. The Department do hold information on the centrally funded Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP).</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has built or refurbished seven schools in Coventry under phase one of PSBP and of those, five schools were fitted with sprinklers.</p><p>The Depatment does not hold comprehensive data on the number of free schools fitted with sprinklers as schools developed under the free schools programme were originally managed by the individual free school proposer groups. The Department is doing further work that will enable us to provide figures on sprinklers fitted in all schools delivered centrally by the ESFA.</p><p>Alongside the rest of Government, the Department will take forward findings from the independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, and from the Public Inquiry into the tragic Grenfell Tower fire.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/01/2018 16:04:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

810133

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the proportion of secondary schools rated (a) good and (b) outstanding in the (i) West Midlands and (ii) London in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	120599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>In the West Midlands, the proportion of secondary schools judged Good in their last inspection as at 31 August 2015, 2016 and 2017 was 49%, 53% and 56% while the proportion judged Outstanding over the same period was 21%, 21% and 22%.</p><p>In London, the proportion of secondary schools judged Good in their last inspection as at 31 August 2015, 2016 and 2017 was 50%, 53% and 51% while the proportion judged Outstanding over the same period was 35%, 36% and 38%.</p><p>Nine out of ten schools are now rated Good or Outstanding across England with 1.9 million more pupils being taught in schools rated Good or Outstanding than in 2010.</p><p>As my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education said on 14 December when launching our action plan to drive social mobility through education, we want to make sure opportunities are spread evenly across the country. The action plan ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’ is available in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p>We are targeting the areas that need the most support through the £72 million ‘Opportunity Areas’ programme, and by investing £280 million over the next two years to target resources at the schools most in need to improve their performance and deliver more good school places.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/01/2018 15:06:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham