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1000281

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides for unaccompanied child refugees when they arrive in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to provide accommodation for unaccompanied children who arrive in their area. This means that they become looked after children and should be safeguarded and have their welfare promoted in the same way as any other looked after child. To help support this, the government has revised the ‘Statutory guidance on the care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery’, which was published 1 November 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-of-unaccompanied-and-trafficked-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-of-unaccompanied-and-trafficked-children</a>.</p><p>The government recognises that unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children can be some of the most vulnerable in our society. The government’s vision and additional commitment to caring for these children is set out in the strategy for ‘Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children’, published 1 November 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-and-refugee-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-and-refugee-children</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 12/11/2018 11:30:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

999681

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 5.21 of Budget 2018 Red Book whether the £400 million for School Equipment and Maintenance Uplift applies to (a) specialist schools and (b) alternative provision.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	187038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The new funding is for maintained nurseries, primary and secondary schools, academies and free schools, special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units, sixth-form colleges, and special post-16 institutions that have eligible state-funded pupils. Any institution that is eligible for devolved formula capital will also be eligible for the new funding. A full list of the institutions eligible for devolved formula capital in the financial year 2018-19 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/​publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/11/2018 16:42:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

999121

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children and care leavers went on to key stage 5 in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	186405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of care leavers aged 17 and 18 years old who were in education other than higher education in the year ending 31 March 2017, was 4,610. Information on care leavers aged 17 and 18 years old was collected for the first time for the year ending 31 March 2016 and is published as experimental statistics.</p><p>These figures were published in 2017 in table F3 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 (SFR 50/2017)’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Education other than higher education means all studies excluding degrees, diplomas in higher education, teaching and nursing qualifications, HNDs, ONDs, and BTEC levels 4-5, all of which fall under the category higher education.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/11/2018 10:51:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

999197

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Freedom: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, of 17 May 2018, Official Report, column 241WH, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of speaking events blocked by a university or students’ union, (b) books removed from university libraries and (c) changes to courses due to changes in equalities guidance.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	186352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not collect data on the number of speaking events blocked by a University or Students’ Union, books removed from university libraries and changes to courses due to changes in equalities guidance</p><p> </p><p>​As set out in a statement on 17 May, we do not believe that measuring free speech on campus by events that happen is sufficient, as this does not evidence self-censorship or those events that do not happen in the first place. We are committed to defending free speech on campus to avoid a culture of censorship which risks leading to those outcomes to which the question refers. Comprehensive guidance on Freedom of Speech for the higher education sector is due to be published by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/11/2018 17:16:11 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

999382

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 31 October 2018, Official Report, what the evidential basis is for the Prime Minister's statement that £1.4 billion of additional funding was committed to schools in this financial year.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	186329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The core schools budget in 2017-18 was almost £41 billion. This budget rose to £42.4 billion in 2018-19. This means that in 2018-19, the department will be spending £1.4 billion more through the core schools budget than in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2018 09:08:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

999384

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the £475 million for schools capital funding in his 2018 Autumn Budget to FE Colleges.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	186217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>General further education (FE) colleges have separate capital arrangements. Skills capital for FE colleges is delivered through the Local Growth Fund, devolved to Local Enterprise Partnerships to spend on their capital priorities. This year, the government has made available £130 million in skills capital funding through this route.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced an additional £38 million in capital funding to help ensure that the group of 2020 T level providers, including FE colleges, have the equipment and facilities necessary to deliver T levels from September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget that an additional £400 million will be made available to schools and sixth form colleges in England in 2018-19 to spend on capital projects to meet their own priorities.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/11/2018 13:37:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 83307 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

997580

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, social, health and economic education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training will be provided for new and existing teachers to ensure that they can deliver the new relationships and health education in schools announced in July 2018; and whether he plans to allocate extra resources for that training.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	185585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on the draft guidance and regulations for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education closes on 7 November 2018. The draft statutory guidance sets out the core content that primary and secondary schools should teach.</p><p>The Department is also seeking views through the consultation on what support schools will need to deliver these subjects. In addition, the Department is working with stakeholders, including unions and expert organisations to help determine the appropriate school support.</p><p>The consultation can be found via this link: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/</a>. Once the consultation period is complete, the Department expect to lay regulations in spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 185582 185586 question first answered 05/11/2018 09:25:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

997612

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing the P-card scheme proposed by Plan UK in its report Break the Barriers: Girls' experience of menstruation in the UK, published in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that any action to support disadvantaged pupils is based on robust evidence. We have considered the research published by Plan UK and have used this to inform the department’s 2018 survey questions for pupils and senior school leaders.</p><p> </p><p>The department published additional analysis of its absence statistics, in March 2018, which show that whilst absence rates amongst girls increases after a certain age, there is no evidence to suggest that this is related to pupils being disadvantaged. This suggests period poverty does not have a significant, nation-wide impact on school attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are best placed to assess the needs of their pupils, have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attendance. We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to more than £2.4 billion of additional funding this year alone.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 185670 question first answered 07/11/2018 13:16:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

997643

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter sent to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland, dated 7 October 2018, if he will publish the names of the nine FE colleges and the single sixth form college that will be included in the careers hub in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	185546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The details of all schools and colleges included in Careers Hubs will be published on The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company website in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Further Education colleges and sixth form that will be included in the North East hub are:</p><ul><li>Northumberland College.</li><li>Newcastle College.</li><li>Derwentside College.</li><li>Gateshead College.</li><li>City of Sunderland College.</li><li>East Durham College.</li><li>Tyne Coast College.</li><li>Bishop Auckland College.</li><li>New College Durham.</li><li>Durham Sixth Form Centre.</li></ul> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/11/2018 16:29:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

997644

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to (a) run a public awareness campaign, and (b) allocate funding to increase the level of understanding of (i) employers and (ii) learners on the different grades that learners are able to gain in the component parts of a T Level.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	185801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Our T level communications campaign will launch in 2019, ensuring that parents, teachers, students and the wider public know about T levels and where they fit among other choices after GCSEs. The campaign will be extended over time as T levels are rolled out more widely. We are working closely with the 2020 providers on this campaign, which will include resources to support regional communications.</p><p>We have provided £5 million to the National Apprenticeship Service, who have widened their remit to provide an advice and support service for employers, which includes raising awareness and promoting the benefits of T levels and industry placements to employers.</p><p>Information about the grading system for the component parts of T levels was confirmed in the government’s response to the T level consultation in May this year. We recognise the need to promote awareness and understanding of this as part of our communications to students, parents and employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/11/2018 15:14:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran