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1139050

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in England and Wales are currently under special measures; and how long each of those schools have been subject to such measures.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL17135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>For schools in England, this is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the noble Lord Browne of Belmont directly and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>For schools in Wales, education is a devolved matter. It is for the National Assembly to decide on policy for schools in Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/07/2019 11:08:19 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1050775

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that nationals of other EU member states who no longer reside or work in the UK make their student loan repayments.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL13201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>​The terms and conditions of repayment of student loans are set out by the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (as amended). These regulations make provision for repayment for borrowers resident both in the UK and overseas, including the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education continues to work closely with the Student Loans Company (SLC) to ensure a robust overseas repayment strategy. The SLC has arrangements in place to collect repayments from borrowers who move away from the UK and establishes a repayment schedule based on the borrower’s income and provides information on the methods of repayment available.</p><p> </p><p>If borrowers based overseas fail to remain in contact with the SLC, the SLC will set up a fixed repayment schedule and place those borrowers in arrears. Borrowers with post-2012 loans who have not remained in contact with the SLC are charged the maximum interest rate of RPI+3% until they get back in touch. Further action, including legal action, can then be taken to secure recovery.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2019 17:08:19 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1050776

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many nationals of other EU member states with student loans outstanding are currently uncontactable; and what estimate they have made of the amount of outstanding loans owed by such people.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL13202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK government administrations. The information is not held in the requested format, however the SLC publishes data on the number of EU nationals who have been placed in arrears, as they have not provided details of their income. Around 9,600 EU borrowers had not provided details of their income and had been placed in arrears as at 31 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering loan repayments are published annually by the SLC for each UK government administration as part of the ‘Debt and repayment statistics for England 2017-18’. More detailed information on the repayment statuses of home and EU domiciled borrowers, who are liable for repayment, can be found in tables 3A and 3B of the statistics publication (attached).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2019 17:04:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL13202_Debt_and_repayment_statistics_for_England_2017-18.xlsx title hl13202_Debt_and_repayment_statistics
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

869569

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Out-of-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) unlawful, and (2) unregistered, schools they are aware exist in each county in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on unlawful and unregistered schools, broken down by each county in England, are not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s unregistered schools team investigates and inspects suspected illegal schools. An inspector issues a warning notice at the end of the inspection if she or he believes the setting is operating illegally as a school. In its first statistical data release published on 15 March, Ofsted stated that between 1 January 2016 and 31 January 2018, it had identified 359 possible settings that may be unregistered schools. Ofsted undertook 192 inspection and issued 50 warning notices, and 38 of those settings have since closed or ceased operating illegally. The remaining cases remained under active investigation.</p><p> </p><p>Further inspections have taken place since 15 March. Inspection data for the period January 2016 – February 2018 shows that 208 inspections have now taken place, 51 warning notices have been issued, 44 settings have closed or ceased operating illegally and the remaining cases remain under active investigation.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 09/04/2018 14:06:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

806731

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many teachers from overseas have been awarded qualified teacher status in the UK in each of the last three years, broken down by country.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education produces statistics for England only. The responsibility for education statistics in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales lies with each devolved administration.</p><p>The attached tables provide the number of qualified teachers from overseas who have been awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) in England in each of the last three years available (financial year 2014/15 to financial year 2016/17). These tables are taken from published statistics in the initial teacher training (ITT) census, available at the department’s ITT Statistics webpage.</p><p>Table 8, attached, shows the number of QTS awards made in England to qualified teachers from the European Economic Area (EEA) under EU Directive 2005/36/EC.</p><p>Table 8a, attached, shows the number of QTS awards made in England to qualified teachers from overseas (excluding the EEA).</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4191 Table 8a.xlsx title Table 8a 2 file name Table 8 HL4191.xlsx title Table 8 question first answered 04/01/2018 15:58:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

806734

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often they meet their counterparts in (1) Northern Ireland, and (2) Wales, to discuss the examination arrangements for (a) GCSEs, and (b) A Levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education organises quarterly meetings with officials from the Welsh and Northern Irish governments. These meetings are joined by the qualifications, examinations and assessments regulators for each country: Ofqual (regulator for England), the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (regulator for Northern Ireland) and Qualifications Wales (regulator for Wales). The purpose of these meetings is to discuss and update counterparts on policy and regulatory arrangements for qualifications, including GCSEs and A levels, in each of the three countries. Ofqual also meets the regulators in Wales and Northern Ireland frequently to discuss issues relating to the regulation of GCSEs and A levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 02/01/2018 16:57:43 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

782000

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	Apprentices: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of people with (1) learning difficulties, and (2) other disabilities, taking part in apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is implementing reforms to English apprenticeships to raise their quality and ensure they are accessible to all, including people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>We already have a comprehensive set of financial provisions to assist employers and training providers in meeting the needs of disabled apprentices. Where an apprentice has an Education Health and Care Plan, £2,000 in total is available for the training provider and the employer, who receive £1,000 each. Apprentices and their employers can also apply for Access to Work funding to support the apprentice’s employment. Furthermore, training providers can claim up to £150 a month, and more in exceptional circumstances, to help with the costs of making adjustments to support apprentices with SEND. This is in addition to the £1,000 stated above.</p><p>We are implementing the Maynard Taskforce recommendations to improve access to apprenticeships for those with SEND. Recently, the rules for English and maths requirements were updated to provide more flexibility for apprentices with SEND and who hold an Education Health and Care plan or equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, British Sign Language (BSL) is now also an alternative to English Functional Skills for those who use BSL as their first language.</p><p> </p><p>These changes will allow more people to benefit from the opportunities available through apprenticeships and work.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government is supporting employers with apprentices who have SEND by developing new communications and guidance products. This includes our Employer Toolkit which can be found at: <a href="http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/11/2017 17:30:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

782002

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	Pupils: Personal Records
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific information schools are legally required to collect regarding pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Schools collect a range of information on pupils for their own purposes. Full details of the specific information which schools are required to collect by law is accessible via the links in the attached annex.</p><p> </p><p>Some of this information is required to be submitted by schools to the Department via various data collections which are undertaken throughout the school year. The main types of pupil information collected by the Department are:</p><p>Pupil identifiers (name, date of birth, etc).</p><p>Pupil characteristics (gender, ethnicity, language, etc).</p><p>Pupil attendance and exclusions.</p><p>Pupil special educational needs.</p><p>Pupil attainment and teacher assessments.</p><p>Data collected is stored securely by the Department under a combination of software and hardware controls which meet ISO27001 standards and the government security policy framework. The Department takes privacy extremely seriously and any third-party access to sensitive data is strictly controlled and governed by legal experts and senior civil servants.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 14/11/2017 12:35:05 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Annex to HL2783 - 14.11.17.docx title Annex HL2783
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

446478

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are currently taking to improve support to children with disabilities in their early years.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL5250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that all families have access to high quality, flexible and affordable childcare. Children with disabilities should have the same opportunities as other children to access high-quality childcare.</p><p>Local authorities are required by legislation to secure early education places offering 570 hours a year over no fewer than 38 weeks of the year for all three- and four-year olds, including those with disabilities. The Childcare Bill is delivering extended entitlement to free childcare for working parents of three- and four-year-olds. This will provide eligible parents with a total of 30 hours of free childcare per week, over 38 weeks or the equivalent number of hours across more weeks per year.</p><p>Early Implementers of the extended childcare entitlement will focus on key delivery issues, including access for children with SEND, in order to provide critical learning to inform national rollout.</p><p>All early years providers are required to have arrangements in place to identify and support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and to promote equality of opportunity for children in their care. These requirements are set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework 2014. The SEND Code of Practice, introduced as part of the wide-ranging reforms set out in the Children and Families Act, gives guidance on how children between the ages of 0 and 25 with SEN or disabilities are to be supported and providers are statutorily required to have regard for this Code of Practice.</p><p>The Government has invested £5.3 million to voluntary and community sector organisations this year. A number of these programmes are delivering specific SEND training to the early years workforce. In particular, the National Day Nurseries Association’s current SEND Champions grant has proven very popular amongst the workforce.</p><p>The Department funds local authorities’ high needs provision in both the early years and schools through the Dedicated Schools Grant; local authorities have reported that they are planning to spend over £90 million from their high needs budgets on children in their early years. The Spending Review provided a generous uplift in the funding early years providers will receive from April 2017 and protection for the majority of high needs funding. We recognise the critical importance of childcare to parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities; we will consider SEN funding for early years as part of wider consultations in 2016 on how we introduce a fairer funding system.</p><p>This Government is committed to helping parents with disabled children. For example, from early 2017 working parents with children under the age of 17 who have a disability will be able to access support under Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) worth up to £4,000 per child, per year. This is double that offered for children without disabilities for whom support is offered until the age of 12.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 29/01/2016 13:29:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

423143

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of young people considered not to be in education, employment or training (1) have a disability, or (2) are carers, broken down by region.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>Official data covering young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England is regularly published by the Department for Education. This data cannot, however, be broken down by individual characteristics.</p><p>Local authorities collect data on the proportion of 16-18 year olds known by their local authority to be NEET, and who have a learning difficulty or disability, or who are carers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 05/11/2015 16:14:02 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont