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105895

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date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on supply teachers in England and Wales in the academic year 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	212870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Local authority (LA) maintained schools’ funding is allocated per financial year, whereas academy school funding is allocated on the basis of the academic year.</p><p>In the financial year 2012-13 the amount spent on supply teachers<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/212870-%20Nicholas%20Brown/Draft/212870%20QA%205.11.14.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> in LA maintained schools in England was £893,389,000. The 2013-14 data for LA maintained schools will be available in December. The amount spent on supply teachers in academies<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/212870-%20Nicholas%20Brown/Draft/212870%20QA%205.11.14.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a> in England in the 2012-13 academic year was £176,384,000. The 2013/14 data for academies will be available in the summer of 2015.</p><p>Academies have responsibilities that maintained schools do not, particularly around services previously provided by the local authority (library services, behavioural support services, audit costs, etc.) and maintenance of capital assets. This can affect what the academy spends its funding on, meaning that an academy, by its nature, is likely to have a different pattern of spend than a maintained school. For this reason, figures for academies and maintained schools are not directly comparable.</p><p>Expenditure on supply teachers in Wales is a devolved matter.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/212870-%20Nicholas%20Brown/Draft/212870%20QA%205.11.14.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Includes salaries and wages for supply teaching staff employed directly by the school, premiums paid to insurers for supply teacher cover and includes costs paid to an agency for teaching staff that have been brought in to cover teacher absence. Includes cover of any period and for all reasons including illness, absence for training, and any leave.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/212870-%20Nicholas%20Brown/Draft/212870%20QA%205.11.14.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> The figures quoted for academies only include 1633 Single Academy Trusts and 135 Multi Academy Trusts that returned an accounting return (AR) for at least the full academic year of 2012/13. Multi academy trusts where one or more school within the trust was not open for the full 2012/13 academic year are not included.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 16:59:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

105896

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were distributed in the initial allocations for initial teacher training trainees to School Direct and HE providers in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16; and what the target number of trainees estimated by the National College of Teaching and Leadership, the National College for School Leadership and the Teaching Agency was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	212886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The data for initial teacher training (ITT) allocations for School Direct and HE providers over the last 5 years is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HE providers</p></td><td><p>28,669</p></td><td><p>28,841</p></td><td><p>26,790</p></td><td><p>23,095</p></td><td><p>22,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Direct</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>772</p></td><td><p>9,586</p></td><td><p>15,254</p></td><td><p>17,609</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:23:23 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

105897

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee teachers were recruited in the initial allocations to School Direct in each subject to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	212887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The academic year 2013/14 was the first time School Direct information was available in the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census.<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/212887-%20Nic%20Dakin/Draft/212887%20QA%20Version%204%20-%205.11.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> The information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>Information from the 2013/14 ITT Census shows that 6,580 new entrants were recruited to School Direct initial teacher training places. Of these, 2,890 (44%) were recruited to primary places (i.e. primary schools) and the remaining 3,690 (56%) to secondary schools.</p><p>The 2014/15 Census will be published on 27 November 2014.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/212887-%20Nic%20Dakin/Draft/212887%20QA%20Version%204%20-%205.11.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> There was a small number of School Direct providers in the academic year 2012-13; however the data was aggregated for publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/11/2014 17:02:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

105899

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are enrolled in those school and academy sixth forms that have opened since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	212988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013/14, the latest year for which data is available, there were 12,500 students enrolled in those new sixth forms which had opened between 2011/12 and 2013/14. The Department for Education does not have records for new sixth forms prior to 2011.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/11/2014 17:44:23 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

105900

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to her Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013, 3,954 instant rewards were issued to officials of the Department for Education. The total value of such rewards was £132,140, giving an average value of £33.42.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014 to date (4 November), 4,825 instant rewards have been issued. The total value of instant rewards this year has been £200,245, giving an average value of £41.50.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The instant reward scheme is funded from the staff pay bill (not in addition to it). Each year 0.1% of the pay budget is set aside to pay for instant reward vouchers and any associated tax and National Insurance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2014 16:13:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105901

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Civil Service Commission has not turned down any requests made by the Department for Education to appoint a Senior Civil Servant by exception.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2014 16:15:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105902

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families on 21 July 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-07-16/206217/" target="_blank">206217</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/11/2014 15:46:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105903

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are enrolled in those 16-19 academy and free schools that have opened since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	212989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013/14, the latest year for which data is available, there were 3,000 students enrolled in those 16-19 academy and free schools that opened since 2010.[1]</p><p> </p><p>This figure does not include those that opened in 2014 as there is no student data yet available. The data sources used are the School Census 2013/14 S02 and Individualised Learner Record 2013/14 R14. The figures include funded learners only.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/11/2014 15:55:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

105906

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Freedom of Information requests her Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Quarterly and annual statistics on Freedom of Information requests received by the Department for Education, including the number of requests in which all requested information was released in full, is set out in the table below. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Requests received</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolvable requests [1]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resolvable requests granted in full</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>549 (75%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,149</p></td><td><p>937</p></td><td><p>590 (63%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,309</p></td><td><p>1,038</p></td><td><p>686 (66%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,759</p></td><td><p>1,354</p></td><td><p>931 (69%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (Q1 and Q2)</p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>399 (56%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1] Resolvable – requests in which it was possible to give a substantive decision on whether to release the information being sought; for example, excluding requests where the information sought was not held or further clarification was necessary.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/11/2014 15:43:22 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105907

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2010, the Department for Education has made 1,722 appointments by exception. The numbers of appointments are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Exceptions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1/04/14 to date</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these exceptions, 1,565 were the result of a programme to reform the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) which gave staff the right of transfer into the Department and its new Executive Agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2014 16:18:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney