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786194

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	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, on what day she plans to respond to the Fourth Report of the Education Committee, Evidence check: Grammar Schools, Session 2016-17, HC 780.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	111925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>We will provide a response to the Education Committee’s report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/11/2017 17:15:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

927863

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was awarded to schools in each region through the Condition Improvement Fund in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	155775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The total amount of funding awarded to schools in each of the English regions from the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) in each of the last two years is shown in the table.</p><p>The CIF figures for 2017-18 included allocations made after the appeals process had been completed. The appeals process for 2018-19 has not yet been completed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Government Office Region</strong></p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£ 49,300,167</p></td><td><p>£ 45,795,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>£ 80,526,588</p></td><td><p>£ 70,125,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>£ 72,828,387</p></td><td><p>£ 60,733,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£ 13,274,094</p></td><td><p>£ 14,847,714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£ 55,273,124</p></td><td><p>£ 61,491,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£ 61,892,560</p></td><td><p>£ 84,275,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>£ 68,574,975</p></td><td><p>£ 60,318,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£ 80,258,518</p></td><td><p>£ 68,727,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>£ 51,142,384</p></td><td><p>£ 47,741,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p>£ 533,070,797</p></td><td><p>£ 514,057,732</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/06/2018 12:37:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

921940

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Design and Technology: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Engineering UK's 2018 State of Engineering Report, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of students with a qualification in Design and Technology GCSE to filling the skills gap in engineering.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	152126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The design and technology (D&amp;T) GCSE is a useful qualification for those pupils considering a career in engineering. The Department has reformed the D&amp;T GCSE to ensure that it is a valuable qualification and includes the knowledge and skills sought by leading employers. Content has been aligned with high-tech industry practice with strengthened technical, mathematical and scienctific knowledge.</p><p> </p><p>Both Which? and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service advice on A level choices and degree entry requirements state that an A level qualification in mathematics is essential for any area of engineering, with many universities requiring, or preferring, a second A level in Physics as well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 16:04:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1086795

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Selective Schools Expansion Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, from which of his Department's budgets the Selective School Expansion Fund will be funded.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	230852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Selective School Expansion Fund is one of the programmes funded from within the department’s capital budget. New capital funding to support this programme was announced at Autumn Statement 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/03/2019 17:35:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1086798

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Alternative Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has diverted any funds that had been allocated to the improvement and expansion of alternative provision to other policy areas in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	230854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming alternative provision and published the plan ‘Creating opportunity for all: Our vision for alternative provision’ in March 2018. In August the projects funded by the Department’s £4 million alternative provision (AP) Innovation Fund began. The Department also commissioned external research into the AP market and AP practice which was published in October 2018. On 11 March 2019, the Department launched competitions for 2 new AP free schools, having assessed bids from local authorities who had worked in partnership with local schools in their area. The document ‘Creating opportunity for all’ can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713665/Creating_opportunity_for_all_-_AP_roadmap.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713665/Creating_opportunity_for_all_-_AP_roadmap.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As alternative provision is predominately funded through the high needs funding block of local authorities’ dedicated schools grant, the sector will benefit from my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State’s December announcement that an extra £250 million would be allocated for high needs funding. This was on top of the increases already promised, across the current and next financial year, bringing the total to £6.1 billion in 2018/19, and £6.3 billion in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/03/2019 17:26:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

938481

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the level of school exclusions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	163072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has launched an externally led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review will consider how schools use exclusion overall and how this impacts their pupils, and in particular, why some groups of pupils are more likely to be excluded from school. It will also consider practice in relation to behaviour management and alternative interventions schools take in place of exclusion.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress has been made gathering evidence, including through a call for evidence which received a significant response from parents. The review will aim to report by the end of the year. The full terms of reference for the review can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusions-review-terms-of-reference" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusions-review-terms-of-reference</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2018 13:04:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

943956

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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, what steps he is taking to prepare young people for future jobs in the creative industries in the light of the decrease in the number of students taking GCSEs in arts subjects since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	165538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that young people are prepared for a range of careers including in the digital, engineering and creative industries.</p><p> </p><p>To prepare students for a broad range of careers it is important that they study a broad curriculum including the core academic subjects to the age of 16. Music, art and design, dance, drama, and design and technology are compulsory from the age of 5 to 14, and computing from the age of 5 to 16 in all maintained schools. Academies are also required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which Ofsted consider in their inspections.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has reformed GCSEs and A levels, including in arts subjects, design and technology and computer science, to ensure that they provide our students with the knowledge and skills to prepare them for further study, higher education and careers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also introducing new T Level programmes, which will give young people a high quality, technical alternative to A levels. They teach students the knowledge and practical skills that employers are looking for. The first T Levels in Education and Childcare, Digital, and Construction will be taught by a small number of providers from September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165539 165540 question first answered 25/07/2018 16:49:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

943957

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Design and Technology: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prepare young people for future jobs in the engineering sector in light of the decrease in the number of students taking GCSE Design and Technology since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	165539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that young people are prepared for a range of careers including in the digital, engineering and creative industries.</p><p> </p><p>To prepare students for a broad range of careers it is important that they study a broad curriculum including the core academic subjects to the age of 16. Music, art and design, dance, drama, and design and technology are compulsory from the age of 5 to 14, and computing from the age of 5 to 16 in all maintained schools. Academies are also required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which Ofsted consider in their inspections.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has reformed GCSEs and A levels, including in arts subjects, design and technology and computer science, to ensure that they provide our students with the knowledge and skills to prepare them for further study, higher education and careers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also introducing new T Level programmes, which will give young people a high quality, technical alternative to A levels. They teach students the knowledge and practical skills that employers are looking for. The first T Levels in Education and Childcare, Digital, and Construction will be taught by a small number of providers from September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165538 165540 question first answered 25/07/2018 16:49:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

943958

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	ICT: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prepare young people for future jobs in the digital industries in light of the decrease in the number of students taking GCSEs in computing and ICT since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	165540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that young people are prepared for a range of careers including in the digital, engineering and creative industries.</p><p> </p><p>To prepare students for a broad range of careers it is important that they study a broad curriculum including the core academic subjects to the age of 16. Music, art and design, dance, drama, and design and technology are compulsory from the age of 5 to 14, and computing from the age of 5 to 16 in all maintained schools. Academies are also required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which Ofsted consider in their inspections.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has reformed GCSEs and A levels, including in arts subjects, design and technology and computer science, to ensure that they provide our students with the knowledge and skills to prepare them for further study, higher education and careers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also introducing new T Level programmes, which will give young people a high quality, technical alternative to A levels. They teach students the knowledge and practical skills that employers are looking for. The first T Levels in Education and Childcare, Digital, and Construction will be taught by a small number of providers from September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165538 165539 question first answered 25/07/2018 16:49:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

921943

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to revise the national curriculum to ensure that students are prepared for T-levels.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	152129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>T-levels will provide students with knowledge and the technical, practical skills needed to get a skilled job. They will also allow students to progress into higher levels of technical training including degree courses in subjects relevant to their T-level.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced in April that he would make no changes to the National Curriculum within the lifetime of this Parliament; and there should be no need to do so to prepare pupils for T-levels. All state schools are required to teach broad and balanced curricula that will provide young people with the skills and knowledge they need to undertake post-16 education and training; and the design of T-levels will take into account the knowledge and skills that pupils obtain through the current National Curriculum and reformed GCSEs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:17:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon