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1401760

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to support Welsh students who are attending university in England with the costs of renting student accommodation in England.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	101827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Devolution means that there are a range of policies and approaches to higher education (HE) which differ between the four administrations who deal with higher education policy in the United Kingdom. It is for each administration to decide how they deploy their resources and develop their HE system. Devolution allows for the different treatment of UK students in respect of student support within different parts of the UK.</p><p>The government plays no role in the provision of student residential accommodation. Universities and private accommodation providers are autonomous and are responsible for setting their own rent agreements. We encourage universities and private landlords to review their accommodation policies to ensure they are fair, clear and have the interests of students at heart.</p><p>If a student thinks their accommodation provider is treating them unfairly, they can raise a complaint under the accommodation codes of practice as long as the provider is a code member. The codes can be found at: <a href="https://www.thesac.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.thesac.org.uk/</a>, <a href="https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code/how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code/how-to-complain</a> and <a href="https://www.nrla.org.uk/about-us/code-of-practice" target="_blank">https://www.nrla.org.uk/about-us/code-of-practice</a>.</p><p>We recognise that in the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, some students may face financial hardship<strong>. </strong>Our grant funding to the Office for Students (OfS) for the current financial year includes an allocation of £5 million to HE providers in England in order to provide additional support for student hardship. This is to mitigate hardship due to COVID-19 impacts on the labour market which particularly affect, for example, students relying on work to fund their studies. In our guidance to the OfS on funding for the 2021/22 financial year we made clear that the OfS should protect the £256 million allocation for the student premiums to support disadvantaged students and those that need additional help<strong>.</strong></p><p>Many providers have hardship funds that students can apply to for assistance should the COVID-19 outbreak affect individuals’ finances in academic year 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 101828 question first answered 20/01/2022 15:26:20 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1401761

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what fiscal steps he is taking to support Welsh students who are attending university in England with costs of renting student accommodation in England.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	101828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Devolution means that there are a range of policies and approaches to higher education (HE) which differ between the four administrations who deal with higher education policy in the United Kingdom. It is for each administration to decide how they deploy their resources and develop their HE system. Devolution allows for the different treatment of UK students in respect of student support within different parts of the UK.</p><p>The government plays no role in the provision of student residential accommodation. Universities and private accommodation providers are autonomous and are responsible for setting their own rent agreements. We encourage universities and private landlords to review their accommodation policies to ensure they are fair, clear and have the interests of students at heart.</p><p>If a student thinks their accommodation provider is treating them unfairly, they can raise a complaint under the accommodation codes of practice as long as the provider is a code member. The codes can be found at: <a href="https://www.thesac.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.thesac.org.uk/</a>, <a href="https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code/how-to-complain" target="_blank">https://www.unipol.org.uk/the-code/how-to-complain</a> and <a href="https://www.nrla.org.uk/about-us/code-of-practice" target="_blank">https://www.nrla.org.uk/about-us/code-of-practice</a>.</p><p>We recognise that in the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, some students may face financial hardship<strong>. </strong>Our grant funding to the Office for Students (OfS) for the current financial year includes an allocation of £5 million to HE providers in England in order to provide additional support for student hardship. This is to mitigate hardship due to COVID-19 impacts on the labour market which particularly affect, for example, students relying on work to fund their studies. In our guidance to the OfS on funding for the 2021/22 financial year we made clear that the OfS should protect the £256 million allocation for the student premiums to support disadvantaged students and those that need additional help<strong>.</strong></p><p>Many providers have hardship funds that students can apply to for assistance should the COVID-19 outbreak affect individuals’ finances in academic year 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 101827 question first answered 20/01/2022 15:26:20 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1401811

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken to deliver face masks to secondary schools in (a) Harrow West constituency and (b) England; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that deliveries are made in time to meet demand; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	101615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>To support the temporary measures recently introduced, the department has worked with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to deliver a contingency supply of face coverings to education providers. These face coverings have been provided by DHSC at no cost to education providers.</p><p> </p><p>We would expect most staff, pupils and students already have access to face coverings. However, we recognise that some individuals may not have access or might forget their face covering. We hope that this extra supply will mean all students, pupils and staff are able to access a face covering when needed.</p><p> </p><p>We delivered the majority of face coverings to secondary schools before the Christmas break, with the remaining deliveries completed in early January, including to those schools in Harrow West.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/01/2022 18:20:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401913

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Numeracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to make the secondary legislation on the multiplication tables check.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	101845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The department amended the Education Order 2003 (National Curriculum, Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements, England) in 2019 to make provision for the statutory administration of the multiplication tables check (MTC). This is for all eligible year 4 pupils from the 2019/20 academic year. Due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the department cancelled all primary assessments including the MTC in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years, and disapplied the legislation for these assessments for these two academic years.</p><p>The department has confirmed that statutory primary assessments will take place in the 2021/22 academic year, including the MTC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 10:30:32 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1401968

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of unlicensed schools operating in (a) West Dorset constituency, (b) Dorset and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	101842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>Any education institution which provides full-time provision to 5 or more pupils of compulsory school age (or one or more pupils of compulsory school age who is ‘looked after’ or who has an education, health and care plan) is required to register with the Secretary of State for Education. It is a criminal offence under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to conduct an independent educational institution unless it is registered.</p><p>Since those conducting an unregistered school are committing a criminal offence, they do not generally inform the Department for Education about the school’s operation. It is not therefore possible to accurately estimate the number of unregistered schools operating in (a) West Dorset constituency, (b) Dorset, and (c) England.</p><p>The Department for Education and Ofsted continue to investigate any institution where intelligence or evidence suggest the operation of an unregistered school. Section 97 of the 2008 Act permits the Chief Inspector to investigate, and conduct no-notice inspections of, institutions believed to be operating in breach of the registration requirement.</p><p>Ofsted publishes statistics on the number and outcomes of investigations carried out into unregistered schools. Statistics have been published online for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 August 2021. The statistics up to 31 August 2021 showing the investigations and inspections which have taken place both nationally and in the south-west are in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 17:44:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker attachment 1 file name 101842_table_investigations_of_unregistered_schools.xls title 101842_table
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1401993

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are classified as not in education, employment or training in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	101773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes national statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey for young people aged 16-24. However, these are only published at national and regional level due to limitations with sample sizes for lower-level geographies. Therefore, NEET rates for young people aged 16-24 cannot be provided for the areas requested.</p><p>The publication is available to view here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief</a>.</p><p>Local authorities are required to encourage, enable, or assist young people’s participation in education or training and return management information for those aged 16 and 17. This data is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-and-participation-local-authority-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-and-participation-local-authority-figures</a>.</p><p>This shows that of the 3,500 16 and 17 year olds who were known to York local authority around the end of 2020 (average of December 2020, January 2021 and February 2021), 110 were NEET or their activity was not known (65 known to be NEET and 45 young people whom the local authority could not confirm their activity). These are not national statistics but published as transparency data so some caution should be taken if using these figures.</p><p>In addition, 16-18 destination measures are published. These official statistics show the percentage of pupils not continuing to a sustained education, apprenticeship, or employment destination in the year after completing 16-18 study, that is 6 months of continual activity. This can be used as a proxy for NEET at age 18.</p><p>The below statistics show that of the cohort of young people leaving state funded mainstream schools and colleges<sup>1</sup> in 2019/20:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>16-18 Destination measures<sup>2,3</sup>, 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>Number in cohort</p></td><td><p>Number not in a sustained destination<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Number activity not captured<sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>3,510</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Constituency</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, sixth forms and other and further education sector colleges. Excludes alternative provision, special schools, other government department funded colleges and independent schools.</li><li>Local authority figures are based on the local education authority area responsible for the young person whereas constituency figures are based on the provider location.</li><li>Links to the destination measures statistics quoted in table:<ul><li>York local authority: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/8dacd6e4-a5b1-401c-b834-3fbc62621b0e" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/8dacd6e4-a5b1-401c-b834-3fbc62621b0e</a></li><li>York Central Constituency: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ebedb6cb-4536-4aa5-aca9-cbad3c42ea9b" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ebedb6cb-4536-4aa5-aca9-cbad3c42ea9b</a></li></ul></li><li>Students who had participated in education, apprenticeships or employment during the academic year but did not complete the required 6 months participation.</li><li>Student was not found to have any participation in education, apprenticeship, or employment in England.</li></ol><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/01/2022 10:40:02 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1402010

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the pause programme on preventing successive pregnancies in vulnerable women.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	101783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The November 2020 independent evaluation of the Department for Education funded Pause programme, reported a statistically significant reduction in rates of infants (under 12 months) entering care in local authorities with a Pause practice, compared to an increase in comparator sites over the same period. There were an estimated 215, or 30%, fewer children over 3 years and 5 sites compared to the comparator local authorities.</p><p>The estimated benefit to cost ratios associated with these effects are £4.50 per £1 spent on Pause over 4 years and £7.61 per £1 spent over 18 years. Wider observed impacts for female participants include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>improved emotional wellbeing and reductions in psychological distress;</li><li>housing and financial security, with significant reductions in rent arrears, and the number of women who were homeless or in unstable accommodation almost halved;</li><li>increased engagement in education, employment, and specialist services, including a 60% increase in the proportion of women in paid employment;</li><li>improvements in key relationships in women’s lives, including relationships with existing children and their carers, with a 25% increase in the proportion of women reporting face-to-face contact with children.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are currently 17 local authorities delivering Pause projects with £3.6 million of funding from the department’s innovation fund. In 2021, we provided additional funding for 3 regions to scale and spread Pause projects under strand 3 of the Recovery and Build Back Better Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 101784 question first answered 18/01/2022 18:14:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1402011

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to ensure the efficient delivery of the pause programme throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	101784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The November 2020 independent evaluation of the Department for Education funded Pause programme, reported a statistically significant reduction in rates of infants (under 12 months) entering care in local authorities with a Pause practice, compared to an increase in comparator sites over the same period. There were an estimated 215, or 30%, fewer children over 3 years and 5 sites compared to the comparator local authorities.</p><p>The estimated benefit to cost ratios associated with these effects are £4.50 per £1 spent on Pause over 4 years and £7.61 per £1 spent over 18 years. Wider observed impacts for female participants include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>improved emotional wellbeing and reductions in psychological distress;</li><li>housing and financial security, with significant reductions in rent arrears, and the number of women who were homeless or in unstable accommodation almost halved;</li><li>increased engagement in education, employment, and specialist services, including a 60% increase in the proportion of women in paid employment;</li><li>improvements in key relationships in women’s lives, including relationships with existing children and their carers, with a 25% increase in the proportion of women reporting face-to-face contact with children.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are currently 17 local authorities delivering Pause projects with £3.6 million of funding from the department’s innovation fund. In 2021, we provided additional funding for 3 regions to scale and spread Pause projects under strand 3 of the Recovery and Build Back Better Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 101783 question first answered 18/01/2022 18:14:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1401238

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Noonan Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what Government support is offered to families in which someone lives with Noonan's Syndrome; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a blue badge for the carer of that person.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	100493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises that Noonan’s syndrome can cause a range of needs and difficulties for individuals, which may mean that they, or their families, require additional support. For children, support can be provided through both the education system, and through children’s social care services.</p><p>Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils they support and to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEN gets the support they need. Local authorities (LAs) have a statutory responsibility to assess whether children and young people have SEN that require the support of an education, health and care (EHC) plan. If the local authority issues an EHC plan, it also has a statutory duty to secure the provision specified in the plan, working with its education, health, and social care partners.</p><p>Outside education, the department believes that it is right for LAs, who know their areas’ needs best, to determine what services are required locally, including early help. In line with this, respite care services for disabled children (which are sometimes known as Short Breaks) are provided based on an individual assessment of each child and family’s needs. The Children and Families Act 2014 (Section 97) requires local authorities to assess and support the needs of parents/carers as well as those of children with SEN or a disability. Assessments are based on individual needs but should include parents’ well-being and ‘control over day-to-day life’.</p><p>This year LAs have access to £51.3 billion to deliver their core services, including a £1.7 billion grant for social care. In addition to statutory services, we are providing £27.3 million to the Family Fund in financial year 2021-22 to support over 60,000 families on low incomes raising children and young people with disabilities or serious illnesses. Grants can be used for a range of purposes, including family breaks.</p><p>The Blue Badge Scheme provides a national arrangement of parking concessions for people with a range of disabilities and medical conditions to enable them to park closer to the places they wish to visit. Eligibility for a blue badge is not restricted to specific conditions. People with conditions such as Noonan’s Syndrome could receive a badge if they meet the eligibility criteria. It is for the relevant LA to decide if an applicant meets the criteria. If an individual is eligible for a badge, then their carer can use it when accompanying the badge holder.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/01/2022 16:25:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1401284

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Telephone Services
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 5 January 2022 to Question 92912 on Department for Education: Telephone Services, how many full-time equivalent staff were available to answer calls to that number in each week from 1 October to 30 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	100513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>In October 2021, there were 32 full time equivalent staff available to answer calls to the department's COVID-19 helpline each week.</p><p>In November 2021, there were 18 full time equivalent staff available to answer calls to the department's COVID-19 helpline each week.</p><p>The reduction in staffing during November was a temporary measure in response to a reduction in call volumes to our helpline, the staff were redeployed to support a priority business requirement in another part of the department whilst call volumes remained low.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 13/01/2022 16:27:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson