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47487

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide capital funding for sixth form colleges to enable them to provide free school meals to disadvantaged pupils.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	195955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>We are making available approximately £75 million revenue funding over the course of the 2014-15 and 2015-16 financial years to enable sixth-form and further education colleges to provide free meals to disadvantaged 16- to 18-year-old students.</p><p>We will publish advice on the funding and implementation of this policy shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

47490

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria were used to calculate the levels of area cost adjustment used for sixth form colleges in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Oxfordshire; and how frequently those criteria are reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	195956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Area cost adjustments for 16-19 education and training are based on the differing wage costs across England, as indicated by the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The same area cost index is used for sixth form colleges as for all other post-16 institutions in England that are funded by the Department for Education. It is also used for education and training for adults funded by the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p>The current area cost index was developed in 2002 by the Learning and Skills Council and has been reviewed on several occasions since then. Initially Cambridgeshire did not have an area cost adjustment, but in 2008 there was a specific review of the area cost adjustment for the county, which considered a range of factors and gave Cambridgeshire an uplift of 2% for the academic year 2009/10 and all years subsequently. The uplift for Oxfordshire is 7%.</p><p>The whole post-16 funding formula was reviewed in 2012, and we decided at that stage not to make any changes to area cost adjustments.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

47535

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted's interpretation of closing the attainment gap between pupils eligible and not eligible for free school meals relates to the gap in attainment nationally or in the school being inspected.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	195857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

47536

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria Ofsted uses when inspecting academies that do not follow the National Curriculum in Key Stage 3 and do not use National Curriculum levels; and how Ofsted judges pupil progress in these circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	195802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the hon. Member. A copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

47537

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 556W, on children in care, if he will publish the list of local authorities which provided information on virtual school head teachers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	195781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>All 152 local authorities in England have provided information about officers in the authority who are carrying out the virtual school head role.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

47538

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academy schools have been granted a relaxation or variation of the School Admissions Code; and what the nature of each such relaxation or variation is.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	195798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>All academy schools' funding agreements require them to comply with admissions legislation and the school admissions code. The Secretary of State for Education, can agree different arrangements (‘derogations') for individual academies and free schools but would only do so in limited circumstances where it would benefit local children.</p><p>Derogations are contained within the admission annex of the relevant funding agreements published at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/</a></p><p>All free schools are able to allocate places outside of local authority co-ordination in their first year; while all academy schools opened since 2012 can prioritise admissions for pupils eligible for the pupil and service premiums. We would also permit those opening before 2012 to change their funding agreements in order to give priority to such pupils.</p><p>Specific derogations have also been agreed for individual schools. As stated on the Department's website, where parents have worked hard to create a free school, we will consider requests to allow a limited number of founder's children in that school to get priority in admissions. We have permitted a small number of free schools to give priority to founder's children. These are detailed in the schools' funding agreements. Specific derogations are also in place for three academy schools set up under the previous administration, in Belvedere Academy (Liverpool) for a transitional period until 2015 to allow pupils on the roll of an independent school that used to be part of Belvedere to be admitted to the academy; in Priory LSST (Lincoln), to permit it to select 10% of its students by technology and in Ormiston Academy (Birmingham) to allow it – as a regional centre for the arts – to select the majority of its pupils by aptitude for the performing arts.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

47539

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 633W, on university technical colleges, if he will publish the information he plans to publish in June 2014 immediately.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	195815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The information previously requested will be published in the statistical first release ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014', in June 2014.</p><p>This is in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

47540

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 787-8W, on pupil exclusions: autism, how much funding is allocated specifically to exclusion advisers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	195809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Funding is given to the National Autistic Society under the Department's National Prospectus Grants Programme covering April 2013 to March 2015. Of the £440,000 under this grant, the Society estimates that some £80,000 over the two years will have been spent on the exclusions work. This will cover the salary of the exclusion adviser, related costs such as pension and National Insurance contributions, recruitment costs, overheads, the production of resources, along with a report and its dissemination.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

47541

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Department of Health on joint working to produce best practice guidance for education and health professionals to ensure that children with cerebral palsy have their needs identified and supported.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	195704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Under the Children and Families Act 2014, health bodies identifying a 0-5 year old child with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability must discuss this with the parent and bring the child to the attention of the local authority so they can consider whether an education, health and care plan is needed. The Department for Education is working with the Department of Health and NHS England to support health commissioners and clinicians to play their part in the SEN reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In early years settings practitioners must consider the individual needs, interests, and stage of development of each child in their care and whether a child may have SEN or a disability requiring specialist support. Providers must review children's progress between the ages of two and three. Where SEN or disability is identified, practitioners should develop a targeted plan to support the child's future learning and development involving other professionals as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We provide funding to Early Support to support the implementation of the SEN reforms. As part of this, Early Support worked with Scope to produce guidance to parents and others on cerebral palsy, which was published in 2012. This guidance is published online at: <a href="http://www.ncb.org.uk/media/923252/earlysupportcerebral_palsy_final.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ncb.org.uk/media/923252/earlysupportcerebral_palsy_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 195705 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

47542

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 quality of early years education support for children diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	195705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Under the Children and Families Act 2014, health bodies identifying a 0-5 year old child with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability must discuss this with the parent and bring the child to the attention of the local authority so they can consider whether an education, health and care plan is needed. The Department for Education is working with the Department of Health and NHS England to support health commissioners and clinicians to play their part in the SEN reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In early years settings practitioners must consider the individual needs, interests, and stage of development of each child in their care and whether a child may have SEN or a disability requiring specialist support. Providers must review children's progress between the ages of two and three. Where SEN or disability is identified, practitioners should develop a targeted plan to support the child's future learning and development involving other professionals as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We provide funding to Early Support to support the implementation of the SEN reforms. As part of this, Early Support worked with Scope to produce guidance to parents and others on cerebral palsy, which was published in 2012. This guidance is published online at: <a href="http://www.ncb.org.uk/media/923252/earlysupportcerebral_palsy_final.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ncb.org.uk/media/923252/earlysupportcerebral_palsy_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 195704 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green