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905649

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 137063, what data was collected on the educational backgrounds of applicants to be Chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	144926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In line with other public appointments, applicants to be Chair of the Social Mobility Commission were not asked about their educational background. However, all applicants were asked to complete a diversity monitoring form. This is a standard form used for public appointments across government. The form asked the applicant to declare the following information:</p><ul><li><p>Gender</p></li><li><p>Disability status</p></li><li><p>Ethnicity</p></li><li><p>Age band</p></li><li><p>Sexual orientation</p></li><li><p>Religion or belief</p></li><li><p>Principal place of residence</p></li><li><p>Main employment and occupational sector</p><p>Applicants’ declarations were anonymised upon receipt and not considered as part of their application.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2018 15:17:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

901223

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value was of related party transactions made by academies and academy trusts in (a) the year ending 31 August 2016 and (b) each of the previous five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	142873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Related party transactions involving academy trusts encompass both receipts by and payments by trusts and so there are separate totals for each. The information requested, including both payments made by and receipts received by academy trusts, was included for the first time in the Academies Sector Annual Report and Accounts for the academic year 2015 to 2016.</p><p>Payments made by academy trusts to related parties:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Related Party Transactions</p></td><td><p>2015/16 payments to related parties (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1 to £50,000</p></td><td><p>2,636</p></td><td><p>24,627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£50,001 to £100,000</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>12,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£100,001 to £200,000</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>16,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£200,001 to £250,000</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>5,662</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£250,001+</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>61,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>3,033</p></td><td><p>120,802</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Income received by academy trusts from related parties:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Related Party Transactions</p></td><td><p>2015/16 receipts from related parties (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1 to £50,000</p></td><td><p>857</p></td><td><p>9,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£50,001 to £100,000</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>9,541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£100,001 to £200,000</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>11,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£200,001 to £250,000</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£250,001+</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>39,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>1,155</p></td><td><p>73,217</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As the tables above show, £120,802,000 (62%) of the total value of all related party transactions is accounted for by academy trusts making payments to related parties, whilst £73,217,000 (38%) represents income received by academy trusts from related parties. Income received from related parties includes: transactions with subsidiary companies or shared services, diocesan education authorities, related charities as well as donations or services provided by trustees, or trustees’ family members.</p><p> </p><p>This information was not previously collected in this format and we do not have comparable analysis for previous years.</p><p> </p><p>Academy trusts are required to disclose all related party transactions in their audited annual accounts, which are publicly available for all years the academy trust has been in operation.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/05/2018 16:10:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 58121 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

896296

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to Question 137063 on Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments, tabled by the hon. Member for Ashton-under Lyne on 23 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	140774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne to the answer I gave on 11 May 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-23/137063/" target="_blank">137063</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/05/2018 16:44:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

894944

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Communication Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release, Multi-million fund to boost children's early language skills, published on 30 April 2018, how his Department plans to assess the success of the £5 million scheme run by the Education Endowment Foundation; and whether his Department plans to roll out nationally successful elements of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	139506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>As the government announced on 30 April, the Education Endowment Foundation will trial projects to provide practical tools and advice to parents so that they can help their child to learn new words.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation will launch a call for proposals for home learning environment programmes to trial shortly. Trial areas will be finalised when the trial programmes have been selected.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not estimated the number of children that will benefit from the trial, however, our objective is to strengthen the evidence base and disseminate the findings widely in order that parents and children across the country can benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 139507 139508 question first answered 03/05/2018 16:22:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

894945

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Communication Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release, Multi-million fund to boost children's early language skills, published on 30 April 2018, what estimate he has made of the number of children who will benefit from the £5 million funding to improve children’s language skills.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	139507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>As the government announced on 30 April, the Education Endowment Foundation will trial projects to provide practical tools and advice to parents so that they can help their child to learn new words.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation will launch a call for proposals for home learning environment programmes to trial shortly. Trial areas will be finalised when the trial programmes have been selected.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not estimated the number of children that will benefit from the trial, however, our objective is to strengthen the evidence base and disseminate the findings widely in order that parents and children across the country can benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 139506 139508 question first answered 03/05/2018 16:22:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

894946

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Communication Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release, Multi-million fund to boost children's early language skills, published on 30 April 2018, which areas in the north of England will benefit from the £5 million in funding to be distributed by the Education Endowment Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	139508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>As the government announced on 30 April, the Education Endowment Foundation will trial projects to provide practical tools and advice to parents so that they can help their child to learn new words.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation will launch a call for proposals for home learning environment programmes to trial shortly. Trial areas will be finalised when the trial programmes have been selected.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not estimated the number of children that will benefit from the trial, however, our objective is to strengthen the evidence base and disseminate the findings widely in order that parents and children across the country can benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 139506 139507 question first answered 03/05/2018 16:22:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

894947

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Communication Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release, Multi-million fund to boost children's early language skills, published on 30 April 2018, which local authorities in England will receive funding through the Early Years Social Mobility Peer Review Programme.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	139509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Early Years Social Mobility Peer Review Programme is open to all local authorities (LAs).</p><p> </p><p>LAs can express their interest by contacting <a href="mailto:earlyyears.socialmobility@lga.gov.uk" target="_blank">earlyyears.socialmobility@lga.gov.uk</a>. The programme will be piloted over the summer, with the full programme rolling out from autumn 2018; further details will be available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-social-mobility-peer-review-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-social-mobility-peer-review-programme</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/05/2018 16:10:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

893106

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Studio Schools: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the site acquisition and construction costs of (a) Hyndburn Studio School, (b) Hull Studio School, (c) The Studio School Luton, (d) Inspire Enterprise Academy, (e) The Midland Studio College Nuneaton, (f) New Campus Basildon Studio School, (g) Kajans Hospitality and Catering Studio College, (h) Create Studio and (i) The Future Tech Studio.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	138995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Capital funding for individual free schools, university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools, where costs have been finalised and are no longer commercially sensitive, are published on GOV.UK at: <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><p>Additional finalised capital costs for individual free schools, UTCs and studio schools are due to be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/05/2018 16:31:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55679 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

892276

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	The Education Fellowship Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136599 on Education Fellowship Trust (TEFT), if he will list the (a) 10 TEFT schools for which new trusts have been identified but which have not yet been transferred and (b) two TEFT schools for which no new trust has been identified.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	138485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The department has confirmed that Rushden Community College will join Tove Learning Trust; Desborough College will form a Single Academy Trust, Desborough College Academy Trust, until joining or forming a multi-academy trust within two years. Blackthorn Primary School and Thorplands Primary School will join the Northampton Primary Academy Trust. Olympic Primary School, Ruskin Junior School and Warwick Academy will join Lion Academy Trust. Risdene Academy and Windmill Primary School will join Manor Learning Trust. The Clarendon Academy will join Acorn Learning Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Regional Schools Commissioners are working to confirm preferred new trusts as soon as possible for the remaining two schools, Pembroke Park Primary in Wiltshire, and Wrenn Academy in Northamptonshire.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2018 16:01:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55400 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

892277

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools are awaiting re-brokering as of 26 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	138486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>As at 26 April 2018, there were 89 academies that have been approved by Head Teacher Boards to transfer to another trust.</p><p> </p><p>Academies may transfer to other trusts in a range of circumstances. In some cases, Regional Schools Commissioners may be intervening due to concerns about academy performance. In other cases, an academy may be moving trust as part of an agreed voluntary arrangement. Although transfers are agreed in principle, some may end up not going ahead for any number of reasons.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/05/2018 16:28:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55424 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner