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449718

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report <i>An Unholy Mess</i>, published by the Fair Admissions Campaign last year, that a significant number of religiously selective schools are employing religious selection criteria that was not permitted by their relevant religious authority, contrary to the School Admissions Code.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL5800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5720 HL5721 HL5801 HL5802 HL5803 HL5804 HL5805 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:54:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

449719

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the objection submitted to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator that a state-funded school sought to prioritise the admission of children on the basis of whether or not their parents have sex during the period of a mother's menstruation.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL5801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5720 HL5721 HL5800 HL5802 HL5803 HL5804 HL5805 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:54:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

449720

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a number of religiously selective schools have been breaking the Equality Act 2010 by directly discriminating on the basis of race or gender.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL5802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5720 HL5721 HL5800 HL5801 HL5803 HL5804 HL5805 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:54:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

449721

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a significant number of religiously selective schools are asking parents for information they do not need, and are not allowed to ask for, such as whether they are UK nationals or speak English as an additional language.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL5803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5720 HL5721 HL5800 HL5801 HL5802 HL5804 HL5805 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:54:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

449722

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year<i> An Unholy Mess</i> that a significant number of religiously selective schools are not allowing all applicants to be admitted, even when a school is undersubscribed, and what steps they are taking to ensure that all schools comply with the School Admissions Code in this regard.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL5804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5720 HL5721 HL5800 HL5801 HL5802 HL5803 HL5805 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:54:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

449723

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a significant number of religiously selective schools are not making clear in their admission arrangements the process by which children with statements of special educational needs are admitted; and what steps they are taking to ensure that all schools have clear guidance regarding that.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL5805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5720 HL5721 HL5800 HL5801 HL5802 HL5803 HL5804 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:54:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

449724

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a significant proportion of religiously selective schools are not properly publishing their admission arrangements, thereby depriving parents of the information they need to navigate the admissions process.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL5806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5807 HL5808 HL5809 HL5810 HL5811 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:47:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

449725

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a majority of religiously selective schools may not be properly prioritising looked-after, and previously looked-after, children in their admission arrangements, and what steps they are taking to address this.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL5807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5806 HL5808 HL5809 HL5810 HL5811 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:47:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

449726

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a significant number of religiously selective schools are still interviewing prospective pupils, despite this being banned in 2006.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL5808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5806 HL5807 HL5809 HL5810 HL5811 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:47:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

449727

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the finding of the report by the Fair Admissions Campaign and the British Humanist Association last year <i>An Unholy Mess</i> that a significant number of religiously selective schools are requiring practical or financial support for associated organisations such as churches and synagogues from parents, and what steps they are taking to address this.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL5809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, are required to comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.</p><p>Where an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, if the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay. Where an admission authority fails to implement decisions of the adjudicator, the Secretary of State may direct the admission authority to do so.</p><p>We continue to keep the Code under review, and, where we consider any changes are necessary to make the admissions system work more effectively for parents, these will be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5806 HL5807 HL5808 HL5810 HL5811 question first answered 15/02/2016 14:47:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison