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764348

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date	02/10/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to address the shortage of applications for secondary teacher training places in subjects not expected to reach the targets set by the teacher supply model for September.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of teachers is at an all-time high: there are now 457,300 full time equivalent teachers, up 15,500 from 2010. The number of new teachers entering our classrooms continues to outnumber those who retire or leave, and the number of teachers returning to the profession is 8% higher than in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to offer generous bursaries to recruit the best graduates into the profession. From 2018 we are increasing funding across all high priority subjects. Our prestigious scholarship scheme will also continue, offering a package of tailored support and up to £28,000 tax-free for scholars in six subjects. We are also introducing a new style bursary for mathematics teachers with early retention payments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these generous incentives, teachers will benefit from the newly announced rise in the student loan repayment threshold and we will be piloting a new student loan reimbursement programme for science and Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teachers in the early years of their career, targeted in the areas of the country that need them most. We have also recently announced a £30 million investment in support for schools that struggle most with recruitment and retention.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 13:33:37 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

764349

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many School Direct salaried places have been offered in secondary schools for September; and what were the comparative numbers for (1) 2015, and (2) 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education allocates initial teacher training (ITT) places to accredited ITT providers in England. We allocate more places each year than are required, as we do not expect to fill every place. The number of trainee teachers who actually start courses with those ITT providers is published in the ITT Census in November each year.</p><p>The available information for the years requested is summarised in the attached table.</p><p>ITT allocations are published in the ‘Allocations’ section of the department’s ‘Statistics: initial teacher training’ webpage. The number of new entrants to ITT is published in the ITT Census, available in the ‘Census data’ section of the same webpage.</p><p>Please note that there is no allocations publication for 2016/17, as the department did not allocate ITT places. ITT providers were allowed to recruit as many trainees as they felt necessary (subject to a limited number of controls) until the system had recruited sufficient trainees at the national level.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 16:54:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL1686 table attachment.docx title School Direct salaried places table
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

764350

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the implications for school budgets of an increase in staff salaries of more than one per cent.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We will publish evidence on the affordability of increases to teachers' pay as part of the department’s input to the School Teachers’ Review Body consideration on teachers’ pay for 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 we announced an additional £1.3bn for schools and high needs across 2018-19 and 2019-20, in addition to the schools budget set at Spending Review 2015. This means funding per pupil for schools and high needs will be maintained in real terms for the next two years. And following our announcement in September 2017, for the first time, under the national funding formula, school funding will be distributed based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country.</p><p> </p><p>While the way schools are funded is important, it is also vital that schools themselves continue to get the best value from their resources, to improve pupil outcomes and promote social mobility. Alongside our substantial investment, we are committed to helping schools improve their efficiency in order to achieve this.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 13:31:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

764351

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Statistics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that statistics issued by the Department for Education are of the highest quality.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education takes its responsibilities around statistics very seriously and has strong processes in place to ensure its statistics are of the highest quality. The Department’s statistical policy on quality assurance is published and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622918/Quality_Assurance_in_DfE.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622918/Quality_Assurance_in_DfE.pdf</a> and has been attached. The Department works closely with the UK Statistics Authority as it develops its statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 16:54:38 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Quality_Assurance_in_DfE.pdf title HL1688
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

764352

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to prevent schools from entering students for more than one public examination in the same subject at the same time.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) and I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write directly to the noble Lord. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Lords Library.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 13:57:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

764354

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in developing guidance for schools on the teaching of relationship and sex education as required by section 34 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017; when they expect the draft guidance to be published; and when they expect to lay the relevant regulations before Parliament.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL1691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Social Work Act (2017) places a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to make Relationships Education mandatory in all primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education mandatory in all secondary schools, in England.</p><p>As part of our next steps, the Department intends to conduct thorough and wide ranging engagement on Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education. This will determine the content of the regulations and statutory guidance, covering subject content, school practice and quality of delivery. We will ensure the subjects are carefully designed to safeguard and support pupils whilst being deliverable for schools.</p><p>The Department is committed to this programme of work and will set out shortly more details about the engagement process, the timetable and the work to consider age appropriate subject content.</p><p>This will result in draft regulations and guidance on which we will consult. Following consultation, the regulations will be laid in the House allowing for a full and considered debate.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 13:32:11 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

764357

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young children placed into care out of area subsequently go missing or become victims of abuse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Walmsley
uin	HL1694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on looked after children placed out of area who subsequently go missing or become victims of abuse. However, local authorities, police and other partners share current local data to safeguard on all looked after children if they go missing. This includes understanding patterns of missing episodes to put preventative steps in place.</p><p>The government considers this an important issue. The Missing Children and Adults strategy, (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/missing-children-and-adults-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/missing-children-and-adults-strategy</a>) which focuses primarily on vulnerable people who go missing within England and Wales, provides a core framework in which we can all work to deliver collectively the best protection possible for missing children, adults and their families.</p><p>The government is clear that the needs of the child are paramount when making decisions about the right care placement. Local authorities have a statutory duty to consider the right placement for the child and take into account a number of factors, one of which is placement area. For some children in care a placement outside of a home local authority area is in their best interests, provided there is effective planning and oversight. In recent years we have strengthened the safeguards around children being placed out of area, for example since 2013, Directors of Children’s Services must approve all placements at ‘distance’ (i.e. more than 20 miles away).</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 16:54:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2547 label Biography information for Baroness Walmsley

764358

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL1202), how much money was advanced in total for Advanced Learner Loans in 2015–16 to providers based or registered in Greater London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL1695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The total outlay for new and continuing learners, funded by an Advanced Learner Loan in the 2015-16 financial year, to providers based or registered in London was £32 million.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 13:13:35 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

764359

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL1203), how much money was advanced in 2015–16 for Advanced Learner Loans in relation to qualifications at level 4 or higher delivered by providers based or registered in Great London.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL1696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The total outlay for new and continuing learners, funded by an Advanced Learner Loan for eligible qualifications at Level 4 or higher, in the 2015-16 financial year for providers based or registered in London was £2.1 million.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 16/10/2017 13:13:52 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

749228

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the public cost of student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.</p><p> </p><p>The student funding system is fair and sustainable. The cost of the system is not an unintended loss, nor a waste of public money. It is the policy subsidy required to make higher education widely available, achieving the Government’s objectives of increasing the skills in the economy and ensuring access to university for all with the potential to benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Andreas Schleicher of the OECD said in September 2016 that “the UK has been able to meet rising demand for tertiary education with more resources…by finding effective ways to share the costs and benefits”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2017 14:39:04 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath