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536245

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that non-religious worldviews form part of the religious education curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	42758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes in the importance of religious education (RE) to develop children’s knowledge of the values and traditions of Britain and other countries, and to foster understanding among different faiths and beliefs, including non-religious beliefs.</p><p>We have issued guidance for schools, local authorities and agreed syllabus conferences about the religious studies GCSE and the RE curriculum. The guidance states that there is no obligation for any school to give equal air time to the teaching of religious and non-religious views. It is for schools to determine which religious and non-religious views to cover in their RE curriculum in line with statutory requirements. The guidance recommends that schools teach a wide ranging study of religious and non-religious beliefs across the key stages. The guidance is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies</a></p><p>All schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2016 15:33:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

535466

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the introduction of a programme to reduce or write off student loans for top graduates entering teaching or social work in areas (a) of high social need and (b) struggling to recruit to such professions.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	42487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Recruiting sufficient, high-quality teachers is central to the Government’s ambition to deliver educational excellence everywhere. High-quality teachers are the single most important factor determining how well pupils achieve in schools. That is why we have already committed to spend over £1.3 billion on teacher recruitment up to 2020. This includes continuing to provide generous tax-free teacher training bursaries to graduates, which are worth up to £30,000 for academic year 2016/17.</p><p>More trainee teachers started training in 2015/16 than in 2014/15, and a record proportion of new trainees held a first class degree. For courses beginning in 2016/17, so far around 26,000 people have secured a teacher training place, and we have already recruited in excess of targets in primary and several secondary subjects.</p><p>We review the financial incentives for teacher training every year, and we will continue to test new approaches to recruiting teachers, such as the STEM teacher supply package announced in March 2015.</p><p>Recruiting and retaining high quality social workers is essential to ensure we deliver high quality services to vulnerable children and families. As already announced, the Government will consult on the future funding of social work education in order to ensure that there will be an adequate supply of social workers with the right skills and training. This is part of a wider, ongoing programme which has seen investment of over £700m since 2010 in social worker training and improvement programmes, including support for a range of routes to expand entry into the profession such as <em>Frontline</em>, a scheme specifically aimed at bringing top graduates into social work, and <em>Step Up</em>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2016 15:31:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

535208

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Festivals and Special Occasions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision schools make for Muslim children who want to take time off school for Eid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	42284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>A school should treat a pupil’s absence as authorised if a pupil is unable to attend on a day exclusively set apart for religious observance by the religious body to which their parent belongs.</p><p>This is set out in Regulation 6(2)(b)(ii) of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1751/regulation/6/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1751/regulation/6/made</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2016 15:29:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

535212

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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, what information her Department holds on the geographical allocation of placements of teachers to initial teacher training schemes.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	42394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the latest figures for postgraduate trainees by the location of the provider.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Number of postgraduate ITT trainees by region, academic year 2015 to 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Trainees</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,271</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,888</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,355</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,440</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,807</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,187</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,379</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,473</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,969</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>27,769</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: ITT Census 2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1) Figures for 2015/16 were extracted on 2nd November 2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2) Troops to Teachers are excluded</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>3) Excludes forecast trainees</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2016 15:29:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

533857

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department monitors the number of managed moves between schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not monitor the number of managed moves between schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2016 15:33:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

533653

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Holidays
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what purposes the income from fines levied on parents in England who take their children out of school in term time is allocated.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The sums received by local authorities from penalty notices issued to parents should be used for the purposes of issuing and enforcing such penalty notices, and prosecuting recipients who do not pay.</p><p> </p><p>This is set out in Regulation 23 of the Education (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2007, available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1867/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1867/contents/made</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/07/2016 13:20:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

533359

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of instances of sexual harassment that have taken place in schools in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	42004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/07/2016 13:33:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

532901

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Computers
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 number of student participants in the Computing at School programme in each year since that programme was created; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	41883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount of funding provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£933,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£2,397,092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£1,157,563</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This funding is for the following programmes: the Network of Excellence to build a national network of over 300 Master teachers to provide training for computing teachers; Barefoot Computing, an online resource to help primary teachers develop their computing subject knowledge; and Quickstart, to provide training and resources for primary and secondary school teaches on basic computing.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2016 the Network of Excellence had provided 56,000 instances of professional development to teachers. Just under 23,000 teachers are currently registered with Barefoot Computing, and 38,000 copies of the Quickstart packs have been distributed to teachers through Computing at School.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 41884 question first answered 13/07/2016 13:35:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

532902

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Computers
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 financial contribution by her Department to the Computing at School programme in each year since that programme was created; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	41884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount of funding provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£933,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£2,397,092</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£1,157,563</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This funding is for the following programmes: the Network of Excellence to build a national network of over 300 Master teachers to provide training for computing teachers; Barefoot Computing, an online resource to help primary teachers develop their computing subject knowledge; and Quickstart, to provide training and resources for primary and secondary school teaches on basic computing.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of March 2016 the Network of Excellence had provided 56,000 instances of professional development to teachers. Just under 23,000 teachers are currently registered with Barefoot Computing, and 38,000 copies of the Quickstart packs have been distributed to teachers through Computing at School.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 41883 question first answered 13/07/2016 13:35:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

532910

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Curriculum Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish additional sample test material ahead of the 2017 SATs.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	41863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>The Standards and Testing Agency will not be producing any additional sample tests prior to the 2017 tests. We produced sample tests prior to the 2016 National Curriculum tests to provide exemplification of the new tests. As there will be no further changes to the tests in 2017, schools can now refer to the 2015 sample tests and the 2016 live tests for exemplification of the tests in 2017 and any future tests.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/07/2016 14:36:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney