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date	20/11/2023
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 the average amount of per pupil funding in mainstream schools in (a) North West Norfolk constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) England is (i) in the 2023-24 and (ii) planned for in the 2024-2025 financial year.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	2686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>Through the schools national funding formula (NFF), the department calculates and publishes notional funding allocations for each mainstream school. These are aggregated up at local authority level and, following an update in pupil numbers, are used to calculate each local authority’s dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocations. Each local authority then determines individual schools’ final funding allocations through their own local formula.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2023/24 financial year, through the DSG and mainstream schools additional grant (MSAG) combined, the national average per-pupil funding for mainstream schools in England is £5,839, a 5.6% increase from the previous year. Norfolk’s average per-pupil funding is £5,723, a 5.7% increase from the previous year. These are actual funding allocations. The department does not calculate the equivalent figures at constituency level as they would depend on each local authority’s own local formula.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not yet published the DSG allocations for the 2024/25 financial year. However, we have published notional school level allocations through the NFF. In 2024/25, through the notional NFF allocations, the national average per-pupil funding for England will be £5,950, a 1.9% increase from this current financial year. Norfolk’s average per-pupil funding will be £5,851, a 2.2% increase from this current financial year.</p><p> </p><p>North West Norfolk’s average per-pupil funding based on the notional NFF allocations will be £5,833, a 2.2% increase from this current financial year. However, final allocations for North West Norfolk will depend on the local authority’s local formula. The department does not have the equivalent per-pupil figure at constituency level for 2023/24 since it would not include the MSAG, which is paid separately from the NFF in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>The figures above do not include the additional funding we are providing through the Teachers Pay Additional Grant , which is being provided on top of the DSG and the NFF in both 2023/24 and 2024/25. Nor do they include other grants, such as the pupil premium.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/11/2023 12:34:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1671495

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	2687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The department is investing over £17 million on the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI), improving the language skills of reception age children who need it most following the pandemic. In July 2023, the department announced that funded support for the 11,100 schools registered for the NELI programme would continue for the academic year 2023/24.</p><p>The programme targets children needing extra support with their speech and language development and is proven to help them make four months of additional progress; this is seven months for those on free school meals.</p><p>The department estimates that the programme has screened over 500,000 children in the last three years and supported 160,000 children affected by the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 28/11/2023 16:12:35 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1660258

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Finance
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 adequacy of financial support available to kinship carers.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	199245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>On 2 February 2023, the department published the children’s social care implementation strategy and consultation ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, which set out how we will achieve broad, system-wide transformation.</p><p>Through this strategy we have made a commitment to implement or explore each of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care recommendations on kinship care.</p><p>The department will publish our kinship strategy later this year which will set out a range of policies designed to support kinship families in England.</p><p>Financial support is a vital element of enabling children to remain within their family and friends’ network and we are considering how we can further support carers beyond the existing support local authorities provide for kinship carers.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 20/09/2023 16:21:17 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1648637

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of university students whose exam and dissertation grades will be delayed.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	191675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The department understands that the vast majority of students will remain unaffected by the industrial action and, in most cases, will receive their full results on time, and progress and/or graduate as normal. On 23 June 2023, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) published research findings which surveyed 49% of higher education (HE) institutions in the New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff. These institutions provided updated feedback on the impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students at their institutions:</p><ul><li>Over 70% of HE institutions said that ‘less than 2% of students’ will be unable to graduate (on time) this summer, due to the boycott.</li><li>A further 20% were ‘unsure’ of the number.</li><li>4% of HE institutions said ‘between 2% and 9% of students’ would be impacted.</li></ul><p>A link to these research findings can be found here: <a href="https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/" target="_blank">https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/</a>.</p><p>HE institutions are working on minimising the disruption to their students in a variety of ways, including reallocating marking to other staff members and hiring external markers. Moreover, many HE institutions can award degrees when they have enough evidence of a student’s prior attainment to do so. Others will be able to assign provisional grades to students to allow them to progress.</p><p>On 12 June 2023, the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of HE in England, wrote to institutions affected by the boycott to reiterate its expectations in relation to its conditions of registration. The OfS will continue to monitor this ongoing situation through their normal regulatory mechanisms and have published guidance for students affected by industrial action.</p><p>On 22 June 2023, I met with Universities UK (UUK), the Russell Group and UCEA to better understand the impact that this boycott will have on students and the mitigating actions their members are taking to protect students’ interests.</p><p>I have also written to the Russell Group and UUK, encouraging them to continue to do everything within their powers to protect the interests of students during this phase of industrial action. On 27 June 2023, I met with a number of HE representative groups to discuss the marking and assessment boycott, including the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests.</p><p>The government believes students should be at the heart of the higher education system. This is why we set up the OfS to regulate the HE sector in England, protect student rights and ensure the sector is delivering real value for money. The OfS has published guidance to students on their rights during industrial action, which is available at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/</a>.</p><p>Students who have complaints about their HE experience should contact their provider in the first instance. Students in England and Wales may also raise a complaint with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which was set up to provide an alternative to the courts and is free of charge to students. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.oiahe.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.oiahe.org.uk/</a>.</p><p>My officials and I will continue to engage with the HE sector over the coming weeks to help better understand the boycott’s impact on students and the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 191676 question first answered 07/07/2023 11:13:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1648638

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with university vice-chancellors on delays in marking exams and dissertations.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	191676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>The department understands that the vast majority of students will remain unaffected by the industrial action and, in most cases, will receive their full results on time, and progress and/or graduate as normal. On 23 June 2023, the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) published research findings which surveyed 49% of higher education (HE) institutions in the New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff. These institutions provided updated feedback on the impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students at their institutions:</p><ul><li>Over 70% of HE institutions said that ‘less than 2% of students’ will be unable to graduate (on time) this summer, due to the boycott.</li><li>A further 20% were ‘unsure’ of the number.</li><li>4% of HE institutions said ‘between 2% and 9% of students’ would be impacted.</li></ul><p>A link to these research findings can be found here: <a href="https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/" target="_blank">https://www.ucea.ac.uk/news-releases/23june23/</a>.</p><p>HE institutions are working on minimising the disruption to their students in a variety of ways, including reallocating marking to other staff members and hiring external markers. Moreover, many HE institutions can award degrees when they have enough evidence of a student’s prior attainment to do so. Others will be able to assign provisional grades to students to allow them to progress.</p><p>On 12 June 2023, the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of HE in England, wrote to institutions affected by the boycott to reiterate its expectations in relation to its conditions of registration. The OfS will continue to monitor this ongoing situation through their normal regulatory mechanisms and have published guidance for students affected by industrial action.</p><p>On 22 June 2023, I met with Universities UK (UUK), the Russell Group and UCEA to better understand the impact that this boycott will have on students and the mitigating actions their members are taking to protect students’ interests.</p><p>I have also written to the Russell Group and UUK, encouraging them to continue to do everything within their powers to protect the interests of students during this phase of industrial action. On 27 June 2023, I met with a number of HE representative groups to discuss the marking and assessment boycott, including the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests.</p><p>The government believes students should be at the heart of the higher education system. This is why we set up the OfS to regulate the HE sector in England, protect student rights and ensure the sector is delivering real value for money. The OfS has published guidance to students on their rights during industrial action, which is available at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-students/student-rights-and-welfare/student-guide-to-industrial-action/</a>.</p><p>Students who have complaints about their HE experience should contact their provider in the first instance. Students in England and Wales may also raise a complaint with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which was set up to provide an alternative to the courts and is free of charge to students. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.oiahe.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.oiahe.org.uk/</a>.</p><p>My officials and I will continue to engage with the HE sector over the coming weeks to help better understand the boycott’s impact on students and the mitigating actions HE institutions are taking to protect their students’ interests</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 191675 question first answered 07/07/2023 11:13:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild