The Department for Education has not made any comparative assessment of the effects of compulsory school starting ages in Sweden and the UK.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bognor Regis and Littlehampton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Gibb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-23T09:21:11.327Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Admissions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the effects of compulsory school starting ages in Sweden and the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1597", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Simpson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Upper Bann"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "David Simpson"} ], "uin" : "224262"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177812", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177812/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department for Education collects information from local authorities on the number of school places in state-funded primary and secondary schools as part of the annual School Capacity Collection. The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and is published online at:<\/p>
<\/p>
| <\/td> | (a)<\/strong><\/p> Change in number of places in primary schools (including all through and middle-deemed primary schools)<\/strong><\/p> 2010 to 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (b)<\/strong><\/p> Change in number of places in secondary schools (including all-through and middle deemed secondary schools)<\/strong><\/p> 2010 to 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barking and Dagenham<\/p><\/td> 6,538<\/p><\/td> 2,567<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barnet<\/p><\/td> 2,449<\/p><\/td> 1,190<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barnsley<\/p><\/td> -248<\/p><\/td> -380<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bath and North East Somerset<\/p><\/td> 282<\/p><\/td> 599<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedford<\/p><\/td> 1,595<\/p><\/td> 862<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bexley<\/p><\/td> 1,683<\/p><\/td> 529<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Birmingham<\/p><\/td> 10,028<\/p><\/td> 6,545<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blackburn with Darwen<\/p><\/td> 492<\/p><\/td> 407<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blackpool<\/p><\/td> 208<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bolton<\/p><\/td> 2,584<\/p><\/td> 823<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bournemouth<\/p><\/td> 1,075<\/p><\/td> 1,513<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bracknell Forest<\/p><\/td> 807<\/p><\/td> 112<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bradford<\/p><\/td> 5,077<\/p><\/td> 817<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brent<\/p><\/td> 2,768<\/p><\/td> 2,465<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brighton and Hove<\/p><\/td> 1,721<\/p><\/td> 566<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bristol, City of<\/p><\/td> 2,774<\/p><\/td> 1,855<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bromley<\/p><\/td> 1,266<\/p><\/td> 1,416<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Buckinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 500<\/p><\/td> 1,412<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bury<\/p><\/td> -63<\/p><\/td> 619<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Calderdale<\/p><\/td> 368<\/p><\/td> 1,409<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 3,527<\/p><\/td> 312<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Camden<\/p><\/td> 235<\/p><\/td> 1,485<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Central Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 316<\/p><\/td> 1,267<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire East<\/p><\/td> -106<\/p><\/td> 1,791<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire West and Chester<\/p><\/td> 1,121<\/p><\/td> 450<\/p><\/td><\/tr> City of London<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> .<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cornwall<\/p><\/td> 535<\/p><\/td> 128<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Coventry<\/p><\/td> 3,333<\/p><\/td> 817<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Croydon<\/p><\/td> 3,123<\/p><\/td> 1,816<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 755<\/p><\/td> 493<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Darlington<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derby<\/p><\/td> 186<\/p><\/td> 1,222<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 994<\/p><\/td> -58<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon<\/p><\/td> 3,493<\/p><\/td> 1,473<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Doncaster<\/p><\/td> 560<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> -281<\/p><\/td> 634<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dudley<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Durham<\/p><\/td> 1,145<\/p><\/td> -545<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ealing<\/p><\/td> 2,775<\/p><\/td> 1,596<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Riding of Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> -79<\/p><\/td> 503<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Sussex<\/p><\/td> 141<\/p><\/td> -546<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Enfield<\/p><\/td> 4,491<\/p><\/td> 86<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 1,040<\/p><\/td> -48<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gateshead<\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td> 287<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 1,048<\/p><\/td> -405<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greenwich<\/p><\/td> 1,908<\/p><\/td> -788<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hackney<\/p><\/td> 1,030<\/p><\/td> 4,493<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Halton<\/p><\/td> -360<\/p><\/td> 2,049<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hammersmith and Fulham<\/p><\/td> 1,433<\/p><\/td> 1,597<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 1,286<\/p><\/td> -881<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Haringey<\/p><\/td> 1,297<\/p><\/td> 146<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Harrow<\/p><\/td> -2,199<\/p><\/td> 5,672<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hartlepool<\/p><\/td> 584<\/p><\/td> -205<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Havering<\/p><\/td> 400<\/p><\/td> 840<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Herefordshire<\/p><\/td> -368<\/p><\/td> -210<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 5,889<\/p><\/td> 3,288<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hillingdon<\/p><\/td> 1,352<\/p><\/td> 1,685<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hounslow<\/p><\/td> 2,263<\/p><\/td> 1,403<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Isle of Wight<\/p><\/td> 2,868<\/p><\/td> -4,254<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Isles of Scilly<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> .<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Islington<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> -299<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kensington and Chelsea<\/p><\/td> 441<\/p><\/td> -108<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 2,189<\/p><\/td> 5,952<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kingston Upon Hull, City of<\/p><\/td> 789<\/p><\/td> 1,938<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kingston upon Thames<\/p><\/td> 2,529<\/p><\/td> 64<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kirklees<\/p><\/td> 1,669<\/p><\/td> -313<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Knowsley<\/p><\/td> -1,460<\/p><\/td> -822<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lambeth<\/p><\/td> 1,913<\/p><\/td> -563<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 681<\/p><\/td> 322<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leeds<\/p><\/td> 5,074<\/p><\/td> 1,973<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicester<\/p><\/td> 1,600<\/p><\/td> -1,810<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> -623<\/p><\/td> 1,677<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lewisham<\/p><\/td> 2,836<\/p><\/td> -10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 231<\/p><\/td> 865<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liverpool<\/p><\/td> 586<\/p><\/td> -3,020<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Luton<\/p><\/td> 2,636<\/p><\/td> 162<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Manchester<\/p><\/td> 5,284<\/p><\/td> 2,944<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Medway<\/p><\/td> 119<\/p><\/td> 233<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merton<\/p><\/td> 1,576<\/p><\/td> -2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Middlesbrough<\/p><\/td> -86<\/p><\/td> -755<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Milton Keynes<\/p><\/td> 1,452<\/p><\/td> 648<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newcastle upon Tyne<\/p><\/td> 106<\/p><\/td> -83<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newham<\/p><\/td> 2,534<\/p><\/td> 1,355<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> 322<\/p><\/td> -81<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 824<\/p><\/td> -2,443<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> 396<\/p><\/td> -1,067<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Somerset<\/p><\/td> 1,585<\/p><\/td> 319<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Tyneside<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 428<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> -905<\/p><\/td> -73<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 1,676<\/p><\/td> 1,923<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumberland<\/p><\/td> 803<\/p><\/td> -2,437<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottingham<\/p><\/td> 941<\/p><\/td> 1,722<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 1,517<\/p><\/td> 453<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oldham<\/p><\/td> 649<\/p><\/td> -502<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oxfordshire<\/p><\/td> 3,560<\/p><\/td> 1,863<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Peterborough<\/p><\/td> 1,622<\/p><\/td> 478<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Plymouth<\/p><\/td> 1,640<\/p><\/td> 526<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Poole<\/p><\/td> 300<\/p><\/td> 336<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Portsmouth<\/p><\/td> 227<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reading<\/p><\/td> 973<\/p><\/td> 113<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Redbridge<\/p><\/td> 3,323<\/p><\/td> 3,285<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Redcar and Cleveland<\/p><\/td> 280<\/p><\/td> -467<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Richmond upon Thames<\/p><\/td> 1,986<\/p><\/td> 228<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rochdale<\/p><\/td> 1,076<\/p><\/td> -1,480<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rotherham<\/p><\/td> 550<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rutland<\/p><\/td> -275<\/p><\/td> 393<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Salford<\/p><\/td> 641<\/p><\/td> -294<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sandwell<\/p><\/td> 1,007<\/p><\/td> 1,212<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sefton<\/p><\/td> -626<\/p><\/td> -1,674<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sheffield<\/p><\/td> 2,086<\/p><\/td> -328<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Shropshire<\/p><\/td> -2,468<\/p><\/td> 188<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Slough<\/p><\/td> 3,154<\/p><\/td> 340<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Solihull<\/p><\/td> -159<\/p><\/td> 371<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Somerset<\/p><\/td> -6<\/p><\/td> 1,023<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> -553<\/p><\/td> -154<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Tyneside<\/p><\/td> -428<\/p><\/td> -337<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Southampton<\/p><\/td> 2,079<\/p><\/td> 240<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Southend-on-Sea<\/p><\/td> 522<\/p><\/td> 982<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Southwark<\/p><\/td> 1,926<\/p><\/td> -475<\/p><\/td><\/tr> St. Helens<\/p><\/td> 432<\/p><\/td> -42<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 1,064<\/p><\/td> 1,170<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stockport<\/p><\/td> 300<\/p><\/td> -666<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stockton-on-Tees<\/p><\/td> 532<\/p><\/td> -570<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stoke-on-Trent<\/p><\/td> 2,417<\/p><\/td> -824<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 5,635<\/p><\/td> -5,637<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sunderland<\/p><\/td> -111<\/p><\/td> 565<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 4,177<\/p><\/td> 1,230<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sutton<\/p><\/td> 1,302<\/p><\/td> 1,016<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Swindon<\/p><\/td> 2,434<\/p><\/td> 837<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tameside<\/p><\/td> 1,102<\/p><\/td> -15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Telford and Wrekin<\/p><\/td> 924<\/p><\/td> 1,698<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thurrock<\/p><\/td> 1,948<\/p><\/td> 1,922<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Torbay<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> -513<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tower Hamlets<\/p><\/td> 2,405<\/p><\/td> 908<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Trafford<\/p><\/td> 786<\/p><\/td> 923<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wakefield<\/p><\/td> 204<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Walsall<\/p><\/td> 272<\/p><\/td> 320<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Waltham Forest<\/p><\/td> 2,291<\/p><\/td> -145<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wandsworth<\/p><\/td> 1,534<\/p><\/td> -863<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warrington<\/p><\/td> -16<\/p><\/td> -453<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 1,538<\/p><\/td> 810<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Berkshire<\/p><\/td> 181<\/p><\/td> 232<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Sussex<\/p><\/td> 3,444<\/p><\/td> 1,897<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Westminster<\/p><\/td> -94<\/p><\/td> 684<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wigan<\/p><\/td> 577<\/p><\/td> -1,124<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 910<\/p><\/td> 1,847<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Windsor and Maidenhead<\/p><\/td> 1,079<\/p><\/td> 476<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wirral<\/p><\/td> -155<\/p><\/td> -1,425<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wokingham<\/p><\/td> 778<\/p><\/td> 1,050<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wolverhampton<\/p><\/td> -283<\/p><\/td> -453<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Worcestershire<\/p><\/td> 338<\/p><\/td> 803<\/p><\/td><\/tr> York<\/p><\/td> 424<\/p><\/td> 320<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ENGLAND<\/p><\/td> 188,681<\/p><\/td> 74,183<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Source: School Capacity Survey 2010 and 2013<\/p> <\/p>"}
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}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Laws"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) primary and (b) secondary school places have been created in each parliamentary constituency since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1480", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Maria Miller"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Maria Miller"}
], "uin" : "223454"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177287", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177287/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Local authorities are responsible for securing sufficient school places in their area. They are responsible for planning the number of places they will need in the future and they consider a number of factors when planning the number of places needed including rising birth rates, housing development, trends in internal migration and migration to England from elsewhere in the United Kingdom and from overseas. The Department for Education allocates funding to local authorities based on these forecasts.<\/p> <\/p> The Department considers national population estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in its planning assumptions about the number of new school places that will be needed in the years beyond those for which there are local authority level forecasts - these include estimates of net migration. The ONS\u2019s population estimates are available at:<\/p> <\/p> www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/snpp/sub-national-population-projections/2012-based-projections/stb-2012-based-snpp.html#tab-Introduction<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4270", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Nash"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Admissions"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 27 January concerning the shortfall of school places by 2023 (HL4305), whether the Department for Education has taken account of the net immigration figures between 1997 and 2014 in its planning for future school provision; and if not, why not.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/950", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon"}
}
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], "uin" : "HL4654"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177482", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177482/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The School Admissions Code requires that all school places, including those offered to pupils on a school\u2019s waiting list, are allocated strictly in accordance with a school\u2019s published admissions criteria. This ensures fairness and transparency in the process and means that those applying for admission to a school understand from the outset their likelihood of gaining a place. It also means that there is no incentive for those who do not closely match a school\u2019s admissions criteria, to remain on a waiting list while occupying a place at an alternative school.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-09T15:43:52.377Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Admissions"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "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, for what reasons the Schools Admissions Code precludes admissions authorities from taking into account how long a child has been on the waiting list for a school place.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3912", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Fuller"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Fuller"}
], "uin" : "223093"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174926", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/174926/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government does not hold this data.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4270", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Nash"}
}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Nash"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-27T15:30:07.49Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what proportion of the expected shortfall of school places by 2023 they consider to be due to net migration between 1997 and 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/950", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171947", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/171947/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release \u2018Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014\u2019, at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The figures for England and the local authorities of Kent and Medway are given below.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Proportion of applicants (%) who received their first choice<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Primary<\/p><\/td> Secondary<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td> England<\/p><\/td> 87.7<\/p><\/td> 85.2<\/p><\/td> Kent<\/p><\/td> 84.9<\/p><\/td> 83.6<\/p><\/td> Medway<\/p><\/td> 85.6<\/p><\/td> 81.2<\/p><\/td> Based on offers made on respective national offer days<\/em><\/p><\/td> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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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, how many children secured a place at their top choice school in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Medway in the most recent year for which information is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3987", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rehman Chishti"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gillingham and Rainham"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rehman Chishti"}
], "uin" : "219712"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/167283", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/167283/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " All state-funded schools must comply with the School Admissions Code. The Code requires that the criteria which are used to decide the allocation of school places must be \u2018fair, clear and objective\u2019. Parents should be able to look at a set of arrangements and understand easily how places for that school will be allocated.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The Code also requires all schools to publish their admission arrangements significantly in advance of parents applying for a place. Ministers permit specific derogations from compliance with the Code within the funding agreements of free schools and academies where to do so would support fairness.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4270", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Nash"}
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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-12-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-12-08T17:49:45.4Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-12-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Admissions"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what measures they will take to ensure that transparent criteria are set out in advance of admissions processes for all schools, including academies.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4238", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Storey"}
}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Storey"}
], "uin" : "HL3384"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166546", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/166546/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education\u2019s main priorities. That is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places. In addition we have announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017.<\/p> <\/p> This support has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015. We have also stripped out bureaucracy to make it easier for schools to expand to offer more places, if they so wish.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Laws"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-12-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-12-04T15:46:11.99Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-11-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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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 steps she is taking to ease the pressure of rising birth rates on schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3919", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bob Stewart"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Beckenham"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Bob Stewart"}
], "uin" : "216302"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100798", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100798/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The School Admissions Code 2012 requires all state-funded schools to give admission priority to looked-after and previously looked-after children. [1]<\/p> In May this year the Department issued additional guidance to clarify its position for school admission authorities in relation to children adopted from local authority care. This was to ensure that all children adopted from local authority care in England and Wales should have the highest priority rather than restricting priority to those children adopted from care under the Adoption and Children Act 2002.<\/p> |