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registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Truancy: Fines
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 (a) effect of the £60 fine per child or young person for unauthorised absences on the level of those absences and (b) potential effect of an increase in that fine on the level of absences.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	8268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Parents have a duty, under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996, to ensure that their child of compulsory school age (5-16) receives an efficient full-time education either by attendance at school or otherwise.</p><p>If parents register their child at school, the law places a duty on parents to ensure their child of compulsory school age attends school regularly.</p><p>A penalty notice is a fine issued to parents for failing to secure their child’s regular attendance at school. The Parental Responsibility Measures Attendance census collects data from local authorities annually on parental responsibility measures issued to address poor attendance in state-funded schools. It is a matter for schools and local authorities to decide whether to issue a penalty notice for unauthorised term time absence.</p><p>The Department has not formally assessed the impact of penalty notices, but comparable data shows overall absence rates have remained fairly stable across recent years, following a generally downward trend since 2006/07 (4.8% in 2017/18, compared to 6.5% in 2006/07).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2019 16:50:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1167651

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Referral Units: Walsall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timescale is for the completion of the proposed rebuild project of New Leaf Pupil Referral Unit in Walsall.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	8270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The New Leaf Centre is a local authority maintained Pupil Referral Unit. Walsall local authority is responsible for the building project, so the department is unable to confirm timescales.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted judged the school as inadequate following an inspection in April 2018. As a result, an Academy Order was issued by the Regional School’s Commissioner (RSC) on 28 June 2018. The Forward Education Trust were approved as sponsor of the school by the RSC in April 2019. The department is working closely with the local authority and the Forward Education Trust regarding the site issue.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 05/11/2019 15:00:22 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1167677

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected budget is for schools in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 academic years.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the total value of the core schools budget each year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 8289 question first answered 05/11/2019 16:47:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 8208_8289_school_funding_table.pdf title 8208_8289_PDF
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167678

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
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 schools budget in cash terms in each year (a) since 1997 and (b) until 2022-23 .
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the value of the core schools budget each year since 2015-16:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Core schools budget (in billions of pounds)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>39.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>40.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>42.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>43.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>47.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>49.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>52.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures for 2020-21 to 2022-23 include the £1.5 billion per year that the Department will provide to fund additional pension costs for teachers.</p><p>Changes to the school funding system mean that the Department does not have comparable figures for years before 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2019 16:54:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167679

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
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 average per pupil funding increase in each parliamentary constituency in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>In 2020-21, the National Funding Formula (NFF) will ensure that every school attracts at least a per-pupil increase in line with inflation, with faster than inflation for most. Nationally, per-pupil funding is increasing by 4.2% per pupil next year. The Department has published provisional NFF allocations to show what each school is attracting under the NFF, and what each local authority will receive, per pupil, for schools in its local area. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2020-to-2021</a>.</p><p>The attached table shows the increase in funding that schools are receiving by constituency area.</p><p>Local authorities continue to be responsible for determining final allocations, in consultation with local schools, and will inform schools of their budgets for next year early in 2020. While the Department has not yet determined school funding allocations beyond 2020-21, we have announced that funding levels will increase by £4.8 billion in 2021-22, and £7.1 billion in 2022-23, compared to 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 8234 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:07:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 8233_8234_constituency_funding_data_table.pdf title 8233_8234_PDF
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1167680

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the October 2019 national funding formula release, what estimate he has made of the average per-pupil funding increase in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 in (i) each (i) school, (ii) local authority and (iii) parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ludlow
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
uin	8234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>In 2020-21, the National Funding Formula (NFF) will ensure that every school attracts at least a per-pupil increase in line with inflation, with faster than inflation for most. Nationally, per-pupil funding is increasing by 4.2% per pupil next year. The Department has published provisional NFF allocations to show what each school is attracting under the NFF, and what each local authority will receive, per pupil, for schools in its local area. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2020-to-2021</a>.</p><p>The attached table shows the increase in funding that schools are receiving by constituency area.</p><p>Local authorities continue to be responsible for determining final allocations, in consultation with local schools, and will inform schools of their budgets for next year early in 2020. While the Department has not yet determined school funding allocations beyond 2020-21, we have announced that funding levels will increase by £4.8 billion in 2021-22, and £7.1 billion in 2022-23, compared to 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 8233 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:07:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 8233_8234_constituency_funding_data_table.pdf title 8233_8234_PDF
tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne