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777915

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she was first made aware of proposals by the Equality and Human Rights Commissioner to abolish the position of Disability Commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The position of ‘Disability Commissioner’ was not a statutory one, and there was no requirement for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to put proposals about discontinuing it to Ministers. Following a period of consideration and discussion and the winding up of the statutory Disability Committee on 31 March 2017 under the Equality Act 2006 (Dissolution of the Disability Committee) Order 2014 (SI No.406), the Board of the EHRC decided to abolish the role of ‘Disability Commissioner’ at its meeting on 11 May 2017. We will, however, ensure that disabled people continue to be represented on the EHRC.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 12:08:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

777762

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it compulsory for all schools to have sprinklers installed.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of pupils and teachers very seriously. All schools have to follow strict fire safety regulations, including having a Fire Risk Assessment, designed to ensure they are as safe as possible and well prepared in the event of a fire.</p><p>All new school building projects must comply with Building Regulations, including on fire safety, and this is independently certified by Building Control or an Approved Inspector before buildings are occupied. Where sprinklers are deemed necessary to keep pupils and staff safe, following an assessment of risk at the design stage, or to meet local planning requirements, they should be fitted.</p><p>Following the tragic Grenfell fire, the government has launched a Public Inquiry and an independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. Alongside the rest of Government, we will take forward any relevant recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 12:22:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

777763

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change will be in funding to schools from baseline block funding allocation 2015-16 to academic year 2019-20 of the implementation of the National Funding Formula in (a) Tooting constituency, (b) Wandsworth Borough Council, (c) Greater London Authority and (d) the UK in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The schools block funding allocation in 2015-16 was £32.2bn for England and £148m for Wandsworth local authority.</p><p>We have now published full detail of the school and high needs national funding formulae, and the impact they will have for every local authority here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p><p>In 2019-20 England’s schools block allocation would rise to £33.6bn, based on pupil numbers and characteristics from 2017-18. The actual allocation for 2019-20 will be adjusted to take account of more recent pupil number and characteristic data. On the same basis, Wandsworth would receive £155m and Tooting would receive £61.2m. We do not allocate funding on a regional basis so we do not calculate statistics for the Greater London Authority.</p><p>The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies have said, the additional £1.3 billion we are investing in schools funding means that overall funding per pupil across the country will now be maintained in real terms up to 2020. We do not calculate real terms funding estimates at a local level.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 12:05:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

777771

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Ofsted: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspectors are employed by Ofsted in each region of England.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner). A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/10/2017 17:11:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

777773

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Oxfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on the budgets of Oxfordshire primary and secondary schools of (a) changes to business rates, (b) the apprenticeship levy, (c) changes to national insurance contributions and (d) the withdrawal of the education services grant.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Audit Office published an estimate of the cost pressures faced by schools between 2015-16 and 2019-20 in December 2016, available at: <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/report/financial-sustainability-in-schools/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/report/financial-sustainability-in-schools/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 July 2017, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, announced that the Department will provide an additional £1.3 billion for schools and high needs across 2018-19 and 2019-20, on top of the spending plans considered in the NAO report. Core funding for schools will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion in 2018-19, and £43.5 billion in 2019‑20. This represents an increase of over 6%. As the Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed, this means that overall funding for schools and high needs will be maintained in real terms per pupil over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing an updated assessment of cost pressures for schools, taking account of this additional funding, which will include consideration of the withdrawal of the Education Services Grant and the introduction of the apprenticeship levy, and any planned changes to national insurance. Schools are funded to meet the costs of business rates on the basis of actual charges.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 16:51:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

777774

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children live within three miles of three outstanding schools in each local authority in England.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/10/2017 17:49:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

777780

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	ICT: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to enhance collaboration between the (a) Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science and (b) other programmes in England and equivalent computing teacher support programmes in the devolved nations.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Network of Excellence for Computer Science Teaching is a Department funded programme which provides high-quality continuing professional development to existing teachers in England.</p><p>This programme is contracted to the British Computing Society who have members and local branches across the whole of the UK. Through its management of Computing At Schools, a network of local hubs for computing science teachers across the UK, the British Computing Society ensures that the Network of Excellence is part of a collaborative UK wide network. The Network of Excellence responds to local needs through collaboration with wider programmes such as the STEM learning centre in York, the London mayor’s digital programmes, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Apps for Good.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 12:55:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

777788

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: North Cornwall
	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 school funding in North Cornwall constituency after the implementation of the national funding formula.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The introduction of the national funding formulae is supported by significant extra funding of £1.3bn across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above the budget announced at the 2015 spending review. Core funding for schools and high needs will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion in 2018-19 and £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will allow us to maintain school and high needs funding in real terms per pupil for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, schools in North Cornwall would be allocated a 4.3% increase in their funding if the national funding formula were implemented in full, with gains of 2.0% in 2018-19 and 3.1% in 2019-20, over their 2017-18 baselines, as we transition towards the formula.</p><p> </p><p>Full details on the provisional allocations for local authorities and schools can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 14:11:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

777794

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of capital funding allocated to school building programmes by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	109610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to invest more than £23bn in the school estate between 2016-17 and 2020-21. This includes a combination of formula and bid-based allocations to schools, local authorities and academy trusts and centrally delivered programmes.</p><p>Allocations include School Condition Allocations, Devolved Formula Capital, Basic Need payments and the bid-based Condition Improvement Fund. Other funding is available through centrally-delivered programmes, including the Free Schools programme and the £4.4bn Priority Schools Building Programme. Revenue funding can also be used for capital purposes.</p><p>Data is not available by constituency, but links to data publications for our main capital funding programmes can be found below, which include data by local authority for funding allocations. The Department also publishes final capital costs for all free schools on the gov.uk website once projects are at practical completion and are no longer commercially sensitive. A link to this information is also provided below.</p><p>School Condition Allocations and Devolved Formula Capital:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a></p><p>The Condition Improvement Fund:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/condition-improvement-fund</a></p><p>The Priority School Building Programme:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/priority-school-building-programme-psbp" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/priority-school-building-programme-psbp</a></p><p>Basic need:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations</a></p><p>Free schools:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/11/2017 16:46:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

778161

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Inner London Boroughs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the retention rates are for teachers in inner London who qualified in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	110015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in the format requested.</p><p>The retention rates for qualified teachers in England who began their employment in each of the last five years was published in Table 8 of the ‘School Workforce in England: November 2016’ in June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Regional versions of these statistics are not available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published information at regional level on the percentage of teachers who leave each year. These statistics were published in tables 2.1a and 2.1b in the ‘Local analysis of teacher workforce: 2010 to 2015’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-analysis-of-teacher-workforce-2010-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-analysis-of-teacher-workforce-2010-to-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 110013 110014 question first answered 31/10/2017 17:53:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck