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818816

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Sheffield Central
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children in Sheffield Central constituency who are currently eligible for free school meals who would not be considered eligible under plans in the consultation entitled Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	121580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on proposals for free school meals eligibility under Universal Credit. We will consider the responses to the consultation carefully and will continue to refine our analysis as our policy on this matter develops.</p><p>Currently around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children are eligible for and claim a free nutritious meal. This government provides significant funding to ensure the most disadvantaged children receive free school meals. <br> <br> Under our proposals, no existing recipients of free school meals should lose their entitlement following the introduction of new eligibility criteria. We have proposed protection arrangements to ensure that every pupil who is eligible and receiving free school meals at the point at which the criteria are changed (or any claimants who gain free school meals during the rollout of Universal Credit) should be protected against losing their meals whilst Universal Credit is fully rolled out nationally. In addition, any protected pupils who are still receiving free school meals once the Universal Credit transition is complete would continue to receive protection until the end of their current phase of education.</p><p>In our proposed net earnings threshold, we estimate that around 50,000 more children will become entitled to free school meals than at present, enabling us to target support towards a greater number of families on low incomes. It is right that we make sure that free school meals reach children from the most disadvantaged families, and we are consulting on this issue to make sure this is the case.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/01/2018 17:26:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

818822

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 120011, whether she has made an assessment of the accuracy of the Ever 6 model in establishing entitlement to Pupil Premium in schools with growing pupil rolls; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	121586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The department counts the numbers of pupils eligible for pupil premium using a single census point in January to enable it to allocate pupil premium to schools by June. This gives certainty to schools about their pupil premium budget to allow them to plan it’s use effectively.</p><p>To make in-year adjustments to reflect the movement of pupils would introduce uncertainty. The EVER6 FSM measure is designed as a proxy measure to reflect relative deprivation in schools and is not intended to allocate a specific amount to an individual pupil. Schools have the ability to use their pupil premium allocation flexibly to meet the various needs of all eligible pupils. The funding model does take into account growing pupil numbers for schools that are newly opened or are continuing to grow by year group following opening. The department rarely receives queries from schools on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121589 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:35:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

818825

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many representations has she received on the accuracy of the Ever 6 model in assessing the eligibility of Pupil Premium for all pupils in schools with growing pupil rolls; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	121589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The department counts the numbers of pupils eligible for pupil premium using a single census point in January to enable it to allocate pupil premium to schools by June. This gives certainty to schools about their pupil premium budget to allow them to plan it’s use effectively.</p><p>To make in-year adjustments to reflect the movement of pupils would introduce uncertainty. The EVER6 FSM measure is designed as a proxy measure to reflect relative deprivation in schools and is not intended to allocate a specific amount to an individual pupil. Schools have the ability to use their pupil premium allocation flexibly to meet the various needs of all eligible pupils. The funding model does take into account growing pupil numbers for schools that are newly opened or are continuing to grow by year group following opening. The department rarely receives queries from schools on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121586 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:35:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

810484

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that her Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	120830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Impact assessments, typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament, are narrowly defined. For example, the government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which can be found at GOV.UK.</p><p>Civil servants conduct any impact assessments related to legislation as business as usual. Our broader analysis continues.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/01/2018 09:20:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810536

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by her Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The attached spreadsheet lists every regulation introduced by the department since May 2010, ordered by year (see tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet), and indicates which of these regulations have been amended, and which have been revoked (including partial revocations and pending amendments).</p><p> </p><p>As requested, these regulations have been ordered by month. In the absence of further instructions, they have been ordered by the month in which they came into force (commencement date).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 parliament made by the department, and the associated costs or savings, are recorded in ‘Statements of New Regulation’ that were published every six months. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. During the 2010-15 parliament, the department made five changes to regulation which had a total cost to business of £2.8 million, and made 16 deregulatory changes which had a total saving to business of £13.54 million, a net saving of £10.74 million. Any costs arising for the public sector are calculated in line with the guidance in the ‘Better Regulation Framework Manual’.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that parliament. For the current parliament, the government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the government is required to set under the ‘Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015’.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the government’s Principles of Regulation, regulations are not introduced or amended unless the department has demonstrated that satisfactory outcomes cannot be achieved by alternative approaches, that the regulatory approach is substantially superior to alternative approaches, and that the regulation and its enforcement framework can be implemented in a proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted manner.</p><p> </p><p>The government has published guidance for departments on the statutory requirement that all new regulations contain a requirement for a review at a suitable point after their implementation. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements</a>. The department has issued advice to its officials to explain and reinforce the statutory guidance. The impact assessment for a new regulation should set out the plan for a post-implementation review of the measure, typically within five years of it coming into force. The review should assess if the objectives of the regulation were achieved, remain valid and relevant, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li></li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 120912 question first answered 12/01/2018 14:59:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet of regulation since May 2010.xlsx title Spreadsheet of regulations since 2010
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810567

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes her Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The attached spreadsheet lists every regulation introduced by the department since May 2010, ordered by year (see tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet), and indicates which of these regulations have been amended, and which have been revoked (including partial revocations and pending amendments).</p><p> </p><p>As requested, these regulations have been ordered by month. In the absence of further instructions, they have been ordered by the month in which they came into force (commencement date).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 parliament made by the department, and the associated costs or savings, are recorded in ‘Statements of New Regulation’ that were published every six months. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>. During the 2010-15 parliament, the department made five changes to regulation which had a total cost to business of £2.8 million, and made 16 deregulatory changes which had a total saving to business of £13.54 million, a net saving of £10.74 million. Any costs arising for the public sector are calculated in line with the guidance in the ‘Better Regulation Framework Manual’.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that parliament. For the current parliament, the government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the government is required to set under the ‘Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015’.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the government’s Principles of Regulation, regulations are not introduced or amended unless the department has demonstrated that satisfactory outcomes cannot be achieved by alternative approaches, that the regulatory approach is substantially superior to alternative approaches, and that the regulation and its enforcement framework can be implemented in a proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted manner.</p><p> </p><p>The government has published guidance for departments on the statutory requirement that all new regulations contain a requirement for a review at a suitable point after their implementation. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-statutory-review-requirements</a>. The department has issued advice to its officials to explain and reinforce the statutory guidance. The impact assessment for a new regulation should set out the plan for a post-implementation review of the measure, typically within five years of it coming into force. The review should assess if the objectives of the regulation were achieved, remain valid and relevant, and whether they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li></li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 120881 question first answered 12/01/2018 14:59:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name Spreadsheet of regulation since May 2010.xlsx title Spreadsheet of regulations since 2010
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

816673

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last year; and what proportion of total sick leave in her Department that leave was.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 who were absent due to stress was 102, this represented 2% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to stress was 14% of the overall sickness absence for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of sickness absence days in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 due to stress was 2652.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the department from December 2016 to December 2017 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £2,700,000.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121103 121107 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816676

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days' sick leave officials in her Department took for reasons relating to stress in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 who were absent due to stress was 102, this represented 2% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to stress was 14% of the overall sickness absence for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of sickness absence days in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 due to stress was 2652.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the department from December 2016 to December 2017 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £2,700,000.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121100 121107 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816680

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost was to her Department as a result of officials taking sick leave in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	121107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of employees in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 who were absent due to stress was 102, this represented 2% of the total workforce. The proportion of sickness absence related to stress was 14% of the overall sickness absence for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount of sickness absence days in the Department for Education from December 2016 to December 2017 due to stress was 2652.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to the department from December 2016 to December 2017 for employees taking sickness absence, is estimated at £2,700,000.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 121100 121103 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

816722

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of local authorities provide radio aids hearing technology to assist deaf children in educational settings.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	121149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We do not collect data on the provision by local authorities of radio aids to deaf children in educational settings.</p><p>Schools and local authorities are required to provide auxiliary aids as part of the reasonable adjustment duty under the Equality Act 2010. Schools are expected to provide an auxiliary aid or service for a disabled pupil when it would be reasonable to do so and if such an aid would alleviate any substantial disadvantage that the pupil faces in comparison to non-disabled pupils. All such decisions depend on the facts of each individual case. Where there is a centrally organised visual or hearing impairment service it may be reasonable for the local authority to provide more expensive aids or support through that service but not reasonable for an individual school to have to provide them.</p><p>Local authorities must have regard to the statutory responsibilities placed upon them by the Children and Families Act 2014 to determine appropriate provision for children and young people with special educational needs or a disability (SEND) in their area and to keep it under review. They are also required to consult children and young people and their families on their published Local Offer of SEND provision. This is especially important for low incidence types of SEND such as hearing impairment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2018 17:51:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh