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49631

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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 arrangements are in place to ensure that the pupil premium for service children is used for its intended purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Headteachers are responsible for selecting the most appropriate interventions to support their service pupils, including pastoral support or interventions to improve attainment.</p><p>They are held accountable for the use of this additional funding in two ways. Firstly, through the Ofsted inspection framework where inspectors focus on the attainment of different groups of pupils, including those who attract the service premium. Secondly, schools are required to publish online how much service pupil premium funding they receive, how it is spent and the impact it has made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

49632

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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, whether the pupil premium is available for pre-school children from service families; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The pupil premium and the service children premium are additional resources provided to maintained schools and academies in England to support the education of 4-16 year-olds who meet the eligibility requirements.</p><p>The Government has announced that a new early years pupil premium, worth £50 million, will be introduced from April 2015. It will give disadvantaged three- and four-year-old children better access to quality early education which evidence shows can have a major impact on their school readiness. The Government will consult later this year on how best to implement these proposals.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

62615

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in secondary schools in each constituency have a chemistry degree.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>An estimate for the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:54:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62616

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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 long the recruitment period will be for subject knowledge enhancement courses for 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Recruitment to subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses is a matter for providers of initial teacher training and lead schools in the School Direct programme. We have announced funding support for SKE courses up to 31 March 2015 and will make a further announcement for the period beyond that in due course.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:54:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62617

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers undertook a chemistry subject knowledge enhancement course in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There are two types of subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses: pre initial teacher training (ITT) SKE, to support recruitment of trainee teachers in shortage subjects; and post ITT SKE, to support workforce challenges in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We have surpassed our target for trainees entering chemistry teacher training in each of the last three years, recruiting 121% of the target in 2011/12, 108% in 2012/13, and 127% in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the latest annual School Workforce Census (2013)[1] shows that 80.4% of chemistry teachers who teach pupils from years 7 to 13 have a relevant post-A Level qualification, up from 72.7% in the 2010 census[2].</p><p> </p><p>Data for the number of chemistry SKE courses for 2009-2013 is below. Post ITT SKE courses were available only from the academic year 2011/12. SKE course data for 2013/14 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pre ITT chemistry SKE courses undertaken</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of post ITT chemistry SKE courses undertaken</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</p><p>[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:00:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62618

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England have a (a) science subject leader and (b) subject leader who has a science degree.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:53:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

63226

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Citizenship: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students sat the Citizenship GCSE in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on pupil entries in citizenship GCSE short courses is published in the “GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2012 to 2013 (revised)”[1] Statistical First Releases for each year. Information on the number of pupils entering citizenship GCSE full courses for 2010/11 to 2012/13 is provided in the following table. Prior to 2010/10, citizenship GCSE full courses did not exist. Provisional GCSE results for 2013/14 will be available in October 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Pupils at the end of key stage 4 entering citizenship at GCSE<sup>1</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Years: 2010/11 - 2012/13<sup>2,3</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Coverage: England</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></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></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></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Number of pupils</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></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td> </td><td>8,339</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>10,364</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>10,707</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></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Source: Key stage 4 attainment data</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></tr><tr><td colspan="3">1. Includes full course GCSEs only.</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="13">2. Discounting has been applied so that only the best grade is counted where pupils have taken the same subject more than once, and only one entry is counted in these circumstances.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">3. Includes entries and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.</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></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] 2009/10 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>2008/09 -<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised)" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised)</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:53:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

58290

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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 he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central received by his office on 29 May 2014, relating to the recent situation in Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the statement made by my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of to the House on 9 June 2014, which addressed the questions raised in his letter.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/06/2014 16:54:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

64695

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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 (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) EBITT, (iii) HEI-led and (iv) in total in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category in each year represents.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The data held by the Department on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment is contained within the ITT Census.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census contains data on recruitment to courses and routes.</p><p> </p><p>Supply targets are included in ITT Census publications, but are only generated at overall subject level and do not include Teach First numbers for the years in question.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census for 2010-11 and 2011-12 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data</a></p><p> </p><p>Teach First recruitment was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sciences</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D&amp;T</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ML</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art &amp; Design</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Secondary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>541</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>687</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Primary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>19</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>85</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>560</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>772</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Only those subjects listed above were included in the Teach First programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:46:05 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

64696

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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 (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) School Direct (salary), (iii) School Direct (fee), (iv) other EBITT, (v) HEI-led and (vi) in total in (a) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category represents.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The data held by the Department on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment is contained within the ITT Census.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census contains data on recruitment to courses and routes, but does not include Teach First (TF) for 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Supply targets are included in the ITT Census publications, but are only generated at overall subject level and do not include TF numbers for the years in question.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census for 2011-12 and 2012-13 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Teach First recruitment for 2011-12 and 2012-13 was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sciences</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D&amp;T</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ML</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Secondary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>687</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>823</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Primary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>85</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>174</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>772</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Only those subjects listed above were included in the Teach First programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:45:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt