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227251

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to help parents in work with the costs of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education understands that the cost of childcare can be a concern for many parents. In order to help support parents, the Department has increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has provided funding for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds, and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three- and four-year-olds is worth £2,500 per child, per year to parents. This gives an additional £425 per child, per year, when compared to funding prior to the last election. The funding for approximately 40% of two-year-olds is also worth £2,500 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is introducing Tax-Free Childcare, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit from up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For working parents on lower incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs. This could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department has taken action to give more choice to parents by creating child minder agencies and supporting schools to open nurseries and offer provision from 8am to 6pm. The Department is also introducing shared parental leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/03/2015 13:39:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227043

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many stand-alone academies have been placed by Ofsted into the requiring improvement or special measures categories.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morris of Yardley
uin	HL5682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>279 stand-alone academies have been judged to require improvement (including those judged to be satisfactory – the equivalent grade - under the pre-2012 inspection framework) or in special measures at their most recent Ofsted inspection. This is 14% of the stand-alone academies inspected. 1705 stand-alone academies (86%) have been judged by Ofsted to be outstanding or good. By way of comparison, 3178 maintained schools were graded as requiring improvement (including those graded as satisfactory under the pre-2012 inspection framework) or special measures (19% of the maintained schools inspected) and 13,565 (81%) were judged to be outstanding or good.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The strong accountability regime for academies allows the Department to tackle underperformance swiftly. In 2014 the Department introduced eight Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) to strengthen the oversight of academies and free schools. These RSCs, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, can intervene by: bringing in additional expertise; challenging the academy trust to make changes to its leadership team; and issuing pre-warning notices and warning notices to drive improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/03/2015 13:58:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	305 label Biography information for Baroness Morris of Yardley

227044

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sponsored academies have changed sponsor since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morris of Yardley
uin	HL5683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>30 academies have transferred to new sponsors since 2010 out of over 4500 academies, either at the request of the sponsor or due to fundamental concerns about the academy and/or sponsor performance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/03/2015 12:53:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	305 label Biography information for Baroness Morris of Yardley

227113

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what public consultations her Department has conducted since January 2014; and how many responses her Department has received to each of those consultations.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	227442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has conducted 49 consultations since January 2014, and has received a total of 12,891 responses. The list of consultations and the number of responses received is attached.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 13:35:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name Consultations launched in 2014 and their response rate.doc title DfE 2104 consultations and response rates
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

227114

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's spending was for each student in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The schools block unit of funding (SBUF), which covers pupils in national curriculum year groups reception to 11 aged 4 or above, was £4,486 for Lancashire and £4,535 for the North West region in financial year 2014 to 2015. The SBUF does not cover funding for early years or high needs pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/03/2015 15:41:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227115

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will support the proposals of her French counterpart for including specific reference to anti-Semitism in citizenship education at the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	227422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Lord Nash is attending the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015. Along with Education Ministers from other Member States he plans to agree a declaration promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:23:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

227116

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 3 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr T Cook.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	227429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>I replied to the Rt Hon Member for Manchester, Gorton on 19 February. I have arranged for a copy to be resent to the Rt Hon Member’s office.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 19/03/2015 14:25:14 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

227118

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the decision by Oxford Cambridge and RSA not to redevelop GCSE and A Level Turkish on the ability of students to acquire skills in Turkish; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	227493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it wants to see all pupils provided with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern foreign languages. There are considerable benefits to learning a second language and the Government is keen to see the range of languages at GCSE and A level preserved. It is, however, up to Awarding Organisations to decide which languages they want to continue offering as reformed GCSEs and A levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:21:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

226645

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that funding is available for schools to enable them to maintain the variety of A-levels they offer.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
uin	227129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>For the academic year 2015/16, the Department for Education has maintained the base rate of funding for 16- to 19-year-olds in schools and colleges at £4,000 for full-time 16- and 17-year-olds, and £3,300 for 18-year-olds. This is sufficient to fund a study programme of 600 hours, which is enough for students to take three A levels and one AS level, plus around 150 hours of enrichment or tutorial activity across each two-year course. It is for schools to determine what they offer their students, taking into account the needs and aspirations of their students as well as the overall budget available to the school.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/03/2015 17:30:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal

226646

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding is available to schools to enable pupils to continue at A-level subjects they took at GCSE.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
uin	227130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Funding for 16- to 19-year-olds is sufficient for students to take three A levels and one AS level, plus around 150 hours of enrichment or tutorial activity across each two-year course. It is up to individuals to choose which subjects they wish to take at A level and not all students will choose to continue to study the same subjects they took at GCSE. It is for schools to determine what they offer their students, taking into account the needs and aspirations of their students as well as the overall budget available to the school.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/03/2015 17:28:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal