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46737

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, if he will amend the School Admissions Code to allow primary schools' admission arrangements to give priority to pupils attending a primary school's own nursery.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	195071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the response given to hon. Member for Enfield North, Nick de Bois, on 6 March 2014, Official Report Column 905W.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

46738

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, how many unauthorised school absences there have been in (a) St Albans constituency, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK since 2010; and what steps he is taking to reduce such absences.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	195130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes statistics on England only. Information on unauthorised pupil absence in St Albans constituency has been provided in the following table. Pupil absence rates at regional and local authority level are available in the local authority tables in the absence statistical first release for each year[1].</p><p> </p><p>We know from evidence that pupils who have regular attendance at school are four times more likely to achieve five or more A*-C grades at GCSE including English and maths than those pupils who are persistently absent[2]. This is why the Department for Education reduced the threshold at which pupils are classified as being persistently absent, from 20 to 15 per cent of school missed. This measure enables schools to identify earlier those pupils with troubling attendance patterns, and to do something about them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, we increased the level of the school attendance penalty fines of £50 and £100 to £60 and £120 respectively; and in 2013 reduced the overall timescales for paying fines from 42 to 28 days. Our reforms are working. In 2012/13 persistent absence was 300,895 pupils – a fall of almost a third from 2010. 130,000 fewer pupils are now persistent absentees.</p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7">STATE-FUNDED PRIMARY, STATE-FUNDED SECONDARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS (1)(2)(3)(4):</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE RATES (5)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Academic years 2009/10 - 2012/13</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">St Albans parliamentary constituency</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Unauthorised absence rate (5)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td> </td><td>0.7</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td> </td><td>0.6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td> </td><td>0.6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td> </td><td>0.6</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Source: School Census</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(2) Includes primary academies, including free schools.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(3) Includes city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="17">(4) Includes maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved for SEN pupils.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(5) The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/183445/DFE-RR171.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/183445/DFE-RR171.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

46884

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 the average cost of childcare for a three year old in England has been in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	195216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education uses cost information from a number of independent surveys. The Family and Childcare Trust (formerly the Daycare Trust) has published a Childcare Costs survey annually since 2002. Survey information is available on: <a href="http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys" target="_blank">http://www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/childcare-costs-surveys</a> or by contacting the Family and Childcare Trust. Their findings on the costs of childcare for children aged two and over in England since 2005 are shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of 50 hours care for nursery, 2005 - 2009</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family and Childcare Trust Survey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekly Hours of Childcare</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nursery (2 and over)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£132.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£135.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£140.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£149.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>£156.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From the 2010 survey onwards, the hours of weekly childcare used in the cost survey was changed from 50 hours a week to 25 hours a week. This was because the Trust believed that the lower figure was a more accurate reflection of typical childcare usage.</p><p> </p><p>Cost of 25 hours care for nursery, 2010 – 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Family and Childcare Trust Survey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Weekly Hours of Childcare</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nursery (2 and over)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£82.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£94.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£98.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£106.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>£106.19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

46885

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the national curriculum to require the teaching of water safety in schools.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	195297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that swimming and teaching water safety takes place in schools. Swimming is an important part of the National Curriculum, which requires that all pupils must be taught to swim at least 25 metres unaided, and be able to use recognised swimming strokes by the end of Key Stage 2 (age 11). It also requires that a child can demonstrate an understanding of water safety. Swimming and water safety remain compulsory in the National Curriculum following the recent curriculum review.</p><p>In March 2013 the Prime Minister announced additional ring-fenced funding of £150m per year for each of 2013-14 and 2014-15 to support the provision of PE and sport in primary schools. This funding was extended in the Autumn Statement 2013 to include 2015-16. Qualifying schools would be free to use this to extend their pupils' access to swimming lessons and water safety awareness.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

46886

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 potential role of the local offer in reducing the number of pupils with autism affected by official and unofficial exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	195296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>An interim evaluation of the school exclusions pilot, published in March 2013, found early indications of schools taking more responsibility for pupils at risk of exclusion, collaborating with each other and working in partnership with local authorities to improve alternative provision in their areas. Such approaches benefit all pupils vulnerable to exclusion, including those with autism.</p><p>The Department for Education has introduced wide ranging reforms through the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision and support for children and young people with special educational needs or a disability.</p><p>The Act requires local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability. The local offer will set out in one place information about provision families can expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have education, health and care (EHC) plans.</p><p>The local offer will provide children, young people and parents with clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the services and support available and how to access it, including that from schools.</p><p>It will make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving families and service providers in its development and review, enabling them to have a greater say in how services and support develop over time.</p><p>This should therefore have an important role to play in improving outcomes and reducing exclusions for children and young people with SEN, including those with autism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 195295 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

46887

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 effect of the school exclusions pilot on pupils with autism.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	195295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>An interim evaluation of the school exclusions pilot, published in March 2013, found early indications of schools taking more responsibility for pupils at risk of exclusion, collaborating with each other and working in partnership with local authorities to improve alternative provision in their areas. Such approaches benefit all pupils vulnerable to exclusion, including those with autism.</p><p>The Department for Education has introduced wide ranging reforms through the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision and support for children and young people with special educational needs or a disability.</p><p>The Act requires local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability. The local offer will set out in one place information about provision families can expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have education, health and care (EHC) plans.</p><p>The local offer will provide children, young people and parents with clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the services and support available and how to access it, including that from schools.</p><p>It will make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving families and service providers in its development and review, enabling them to have a greater say in how services and support develop over time.</p><p>This should therefore have an important role to play in improving outcomes and reducing exclusions for children and young people with SEN, including those with autism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 195296 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

46888

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 24 February 2014, Official Report, column 221W, how many three and four year olds in each parliamentary constituency are accessing the free early years entitlement outside of reception classes.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>This information is provided in the accompanying table, which will also be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name 195200 Table Sent to Parliament 10.04.14.xlsx title 195200 Table attachment
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

46889

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 356W, on London Academy of Excellence, whether the enrolment data for 2013-14 for the London Academy of Excellence is now available; and if he will publish that data.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	195178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The London Academy of Excellence is the only 16-19 free school that provides data on its pupil numbers through the individualised learner record; this is the equivalent to the school's census return for further education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The enrolment numbers requested are not yet available. We are expecting to have them by the end of April.</p><p> </p><p>The pupil numbers and funding covering all open academies and free schools for the academic year 2014/15 will be published in October. This will include the London Academy of Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

46890

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 steps his Department takes to support parents whose children attend a school in special measures; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the best way forward for any school judged inadequate by Ofsted is for it to become an academy with the support of a strong sponsor. We consider that sponsored academy arrangements will safeguard the long-term future of such schools and will secure rapid and sustained improvement, which should reassure parents.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

46982

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the report by Policy Exchange, Watching the Watchmen: the future of school inspections in England, what measures are being taken to ensure that Ofsted inspectors used from private firms are accredited and qualified.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL6590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>This question is a matter for Ofsted. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has written to the noble Lord and a copy of his response has been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry