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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125884/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has not set a date for the opening of the Register of Training Organisations (RoTO). The ESFA publishes information on its website, which will confirm any future opening dates for the RoTO: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-register-of-training-organisations#market-entry-pre-qualification-process-guidance\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-register-of-training-organisations#market-entry-pre-qualification-process-guidance<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeframe is for the Register of Training Organisations be open to new organisations.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4615", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125926", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125926/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bLocal authorities have a statutory duty under section 508B of the Education Act 1996 to make travel arrangements to enable all eligible children of compulsory school age to attend their nearest suitable school. For low income families, there are additional rights to free home to school transport where children are entitled to Free School Meals or whose parents are in receipt of the maximum Working Tax Credit. It is for local authorities to decide how to fulfil that duty. They may, if they wish, provide pupils with rail passes. The information requested is not held centrally, regarding pupil numbers or detailed local authority expenditure.<\/p>"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Railways: Concessions"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the expenditure by local authorities on the provision of free rail passes for pupils (a) up to the age of 16 to travel to their nearest school and (b) from families on maximum working tax credit or entitlement to free school meals; and how many school pupils benefit from such rail passes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4269", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andy McDonald"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andy McDonald"}
      ], "uin" : "252867"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125927", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125927/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education or training for 16 to 18 year olds rests with local authorities and they are expected to set out appropriate plans which reflect local needs and circumstances.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Local authorities are required under Section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 to prepare and submit statements about planned and actual expenditure on education and children and young people\u2019s services to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The most recent data for 2017/18 is available at <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/section-251-2017-to-2018<\/a>. However, these annual statements do not include the level of detail needed to estimate a local authority\u2019s expenditure on free or reduced cost rail travel for young people, including those with special educational needs and disability or mobility problems.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Railways: Concessions"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the expenditure by local authorities on provision of (a) free or reduced cost rail travel for young people continuing in education beyond the age of 16, (b) rail passes for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities or mobility problems to get to school in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4269", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andy McDonald"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andy McDonald"}
      ], "uin" : "252868"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125933", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125933/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The rate of exclusion varies by pupil ethnicity, with pupils of some ethnic groups more likely to be excluded and others less.[1]<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Last March, the Government commissioned Edward Timpson to explore how head teachers use exclusion and why some groups of pupils are more likely to be excluded than others.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>New analysis undertaken for the Timpson Review shows that some ethnic groups are more likely to be excluded after controlling for other observable characteristics. For example, after accounting for other factors, Black Caribbean children are around 1.7 times more likely to be permanently excluded compared to White British children, while Mixed White and Black Caribbean children are around 1.6 times more likely, and Indian and Bangladeshi pupils are around half as likely.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Equally, children in some ethnic groups do not appear to be permanently excluded at a different rate from White British pupils, such as Black African children.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Timpson review, the analysis technical note, and the Government\u2019s response can be found here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/school-exclusions-review-call-for-evidence\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/school-exclusions-review-call-for-evidence<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>[1] <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017<\/a>. National tables, table 8.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bognor Regis and Littlehampton"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of school exclusions for each ethnic group.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"}
      ], "uin" : "252824"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125386", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125386/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bThe information requested is not held centrally. It is not possible to assess whether there are any local authorities without an educational psychologist (EP) service as no information is collected on outsourced EP services.<\/p><p>The department\u2019s main data source on teachers and other school staff is the annual School Workforce Census. The collection includes a count of educational psychologists (EP) employed centrally by local authorities and any that are reported as being directly employed by schools. It does not show any that are employed on an occasional basis. It also does not include outsourcing of EP provision, nor take into account any sharing of EP provision across local authorities.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Educational Psychology"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of  local authorities currently without any educational psychology service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1436", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Farrelly"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle-under-Lyme"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Farrelly"}
      ], "uin" : "251978"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125641", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125641/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education frequently discusses matters of shared interest with HM Treasury ministers, including funding for special educational needs and disabilities.<\/p><p>We are committed to supporting local authorities in tackling cost pressures on their high needs budgets. In December 2018 we allocated an additional £250 million up to 2020, on top of the £6 billion we had already promised nationally, and in the run up to the Spending Review we will continue to consider the level of funding that is needed.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for special educational needs and disabilities services in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Priti Patel"}
      ], "uin" : "252539"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125642", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125642/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It is a priority to reduce overall school absence as part of the Government\u2019s ambition to create a world-class education system.<\/p><p>Data on the number of unauthorised absences are published in the termly \u201cPupil absence in schools in England\u201d statistical releases, and can be found here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence<\/a>.<\/p><p>Information for each school, local authority and England is provided in the underlying data. Information by local authority and England is also provided in the \u201cNational and local authority\u201d tables.<\/p><p>The Department has already taken a number of steps to reduce the number of unauthorised absence and tackle persistent absence. In 2013, the Government amended legislation to make it clear that leave of absence could be authorised by maintained schools only in exceptional circumstances. It is up to individual schools to decide what constitutes exceptional circumstances.<\/p><p>Overall school attendance is improving, and absence rates have followed a general downward trend since 2006-7. The Department recognises that persistent absence is hard to tackle. Children may be persistently absent from school for a number of reasons including long term sickness.<\/p><p>To enable schools to act earlier in dealing with patterns of poor attendance, the Department has tightened up the definition of persistent absence in national statistics and equipped schools and local authorities with a range of sanctions they can use to tackle poor attendance. This includes penalty notices, parenting orders, fast track programmes, parenting contracts, and ultimately prosecution.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of unauthorised school absences in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and c) the UK in the last three years for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125643", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1125643/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It is a priority to reduce overall school absence as part of the Government\u2019s ambition to create a world-class education system.<\/p><p>Data on the number of unauthorised absences are published in the termly \u201cPupil absence in schools in England\u201d statistical releases, and can be found here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence<\/a>.<\/p><p>Information for each school, local authority and England is provided in the underlying data. Information by local authority and England is also provided in the \u201cNational and local authority\u201d tables.<\/p><p>The Department has already taken a number of steps to reduce the number of unauthorised absence and tackle persistent absence. In 2013, the Government amended legislation to make it clear that leave of absence could be authorised by maintained schools only in exceptional circumstances. It is up to individual schools to decide what constitutes exceptional circumstances.<\/p><p>Overall school attendance is improving, and absence rates have followed a general downward trend since 2006-7. The Department recognises that persistent absence is hard to tackle. Children may be persistently absent from school for a number of reasons including long term sickness.<\/p><p>To enable schools to act earlier in dealing with patterns of poor attendance, the Department has tightened up the definition of persistent absence in national statistics and equipped schools and local authorities with a range of sanctions they can use to tackle poor attendance. This includes penalty notices, parenting orders, fast track programmes, parenting contracts, and ultimately prosecution.<\/p>"}
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        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of (a) unauthorised and (b) persistent absences of students from school.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
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