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registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for special educational needs and disabilities services in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	252539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education frequently discusses matters of shared interest with HM Treasury ministers, including funding for special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p>We are committed to supporting local authorities in tackling cost pressures on their high needs budgets. In December 2018 we allocated an additional £250 million up to 2020, on top of the £6 billion we had already promised nationally, and in the run up to the Spending Review we will continue to consider the level of funding that is needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/05/2019 13:24:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1064459

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Essex
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 number of pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans attending (a) special schools and (b) mainstream schools in Essex in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	223984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of pupils with education, health and care plans attending special schools and mainstream schools in Essex is available in Table 14 of the local authority tables in the ‘Special Educational Needs in England: January 2018’ publication available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2018. </a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2019 09:50:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038020

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement on 3 January 2019 that life-saving skills and first-aid education will be compulsory in all schools from 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of installing defibrillators in all schools.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for schools to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED), but the government encourages them to do so as part of their first aid equipment.</p><p>School-age children are at a relatively low risk of cardiac arrest but to ensure that any risk, no matter how small, is minimised, AEDs are currently available for schools and other education providers in the UK to purchase through the NHS Supply Chain at a reduced cost. These arrangements are available to all UK schools, including academies and independent schools, sixth-form colleges, FE institutions and early years settings (including holiday and out-of-school providers).</p><p>The government has produced guidance for schools on buying, installing and using an AED, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206345 question first answered 14/01/2019 13:33:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038021

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of defibrillators in schools.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There is no legal requirement for schools to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED), but the government encourages them to do so as part of their first aid equipment.</p><p>School-age children are at a relatively low risk of cardiac arrest but to ensure that any risk, no matter how small, is minimised, AEDs are currently available for schools and other education providers in the UK to purchase through the NHS Supply Chain at a reduced cost. These arrangements are available to all UK schools, including academies and independent schools, sixth-form colleges, FE institutions and early years settings (including holiday and out-of-school providers).</p><p>The government has produced guidance for schools on buying, installing and using an AED, which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 206344 question first answered 14/01/2019 13:33:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

919181

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all schools are following statutory guidance on supporting pupils with medical conditions.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	151153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support pupils with medical conditions and published statutory guidance, ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p>The guidance is clear that schools, local authorities, health professionals, commissioners and other support services should work together to ensure that children with medical conditions receive a full education.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements upon schools, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of different groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in its March 2017 school inspection update, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015</a>.</p><p>This guidance reminds inspectors that as part of looking at how a school is supporting the welfare and teaching and learning of pupils with medical conditions the school’s policy on supporting students with medical conditions and its implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Excluding children with medical conditions from participating in extra-curricular activities is unacceptable practice and we expect all children to be included in school life, whatever their needs. It is up to the governing bodies to ensure that arrangements are in place in schools to support pupils with medical conditions. Where parents have concerns over the support their child is receiving we encourage them to raise the matter with the school. If they feel that the school is not meeting its obligations, they have recourse to make a complaint through the school’s complaint process.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 151154 question first answered 15/06/2018 12:49:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

919183

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take against schools which contravene statutory guidance and exclude pupils with medical conditions from participating in extra-curricular activities.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	151154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support pupils with medical conditions and published statutory guidance, ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>.</p><p>The guidance is clear that schools, local authorities, health professionals, commissioners and other support services should work together to ensure that children with medical conditions receive a full education.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements upon schools, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of different groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in its March 2017 school inspection update, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015</a>.</p><p>This guidance reminds inspectors that as part of looking at how a school is supporting the welfare and teaching and learning of pupils with medical conditions the school’s policy on supporting students with medical conditions and its implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Excluding children with medical conditions from participating in extra-curricular activities is unacceptable practice and we expect all children to be included in school life, whatever their needs. It is up to the governing bodies to ensure that arrangements are in place in schools to support pupils with medical conditions. Where parents have concerns over the support their child is receiving we encourage them to raise the matter with the school. If they feel that the school is not meeting its obligations, they have recourse to make a complaint through the school’s complaint process.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 151153 question first answered 15/06/2018 12:49:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
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