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1728473

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps this Government is taking to promote British values.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	4990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Education plays a vital role in promoting integration and ensuring children and young people are prepared for life in modern Britain, including learning about the values that underpin and unite our society. All schools have specific duties to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of their pupils and to prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities of adult life. Schools are also required to actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The department has issued guidance for maintained schools here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758c9540f0b6397f35f469/SMSC_Guidance_Maintained_Schools.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a758c9540f0b6397f35f469/SMSC_Guidance_Maintained_Schools.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The duty is also reflected in guidance for independent schools (including academies) on compliance with the Independent Schools Standards. The guidance provides that schools should encourage respect for democracy and support for participation in the democratic processes. It can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cd3fc2fe5274a3fd6ee74b0/Independent_School_Standards-_Guidance_070519.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cd3fc2fe5274a3fd6ee74b0/Independent_School_Standards-_Guidance_070519.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Promotion of these values plays an important role in preparing our children and young people for life in a modern and diverse Britain. The department continues to provide free resources for teachers and school leaders to support them with this via our Educate Against Hate website, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">https://www.educateagainsthate.com/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 18/09/2024 15:47:32 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728479

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-term funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency was in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	4968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities receive their core funding for schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Local authorities are then responsible for designing a local formula, within certain parameters, to distribute the funding that they receive from the department to schools in their area. This local formula is used to determine funding for both the maintained schools and academies in each area.</p><p>As the DSG is allocated at local authority level, DSG allocations are not available broken down to the level of individual constituencies. The individual allocations that schools within South Holland and The Deepings constituency receive are determined, each year, by the local funding formula set by Lincolnshire local authority.</p><p>The table below provides the cash per pupil funding levels from 2018/19 to 2024/25 for Lincolnshire local authority. The department cannot provide comparable funding data back to 2010, due to the changes in the funding system since that time. In particular, funding for schools was only identified separately from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, and funding for central school services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools block funding in 2018/2019.</p><p>The figures below represent the core funding schools receive through the schools block of the DSG. All the figures in the table exclude growth and premises funding. They also do not include additional funding that schools have received for pay and pensions or other funding streams such as the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>DSG Schools Block Per Pupil Funding: Lincolnshire Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Primary per pupil funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary per pupil funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£3,811</p></td><td><p>£4,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£3,914</p></td><td><p>£5,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4,184</p></td><td><p>£5,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£4,570</p></td><td><p>£5,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£4,735</p></td><td><p>£5,899</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>£4,993</p></td><td><p>£6,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>£5,278</p></td><td><p>£6,552</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 18/09/2024 16:20:05 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728593

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to provide mandatory training for social workers on identifying signs of coercive and controlling behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	5135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The regulator for the social work profession, Social Work England, sets the professional standards which all social workers must meet. The professional standards include that social workers must be able recognise the risk indicators of different forms of abuse and neglect and their impact on people, their families and their support networks. Social workers complete initial education and training courses which are approved by the regulator against the education and training standards. The provision of continuous professional development for employed social workers is a matter for their employer.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 18/09/2024 14:47:13 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1727669

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding of the (a) High Needs Block of the Dedicated Schools Grant and (b) servicing of the debt incurred by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Tom Hayes
uin	4493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is acutely aware not only of the financial pressures that local authorities are facing because of the increasing cost of supporting young people with complex needs, but also the pressures that the government as a whole is facing because of the financial situation it has inherited. This government is acting as quickly as it can to respond to the cost pressures in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, and is working to consider SEND reforms, including how it can help councils manage the impacts of dedicated schools grant (DSG) deficits on their accounts. This government will also take decisions on local authorities’ DSG allocations for next year as quickly as it can.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 12/09/2024 13:40:18 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	5210

1727427

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Numbers: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of secondary school age are (a) resident and (b) on roll at state secondary schools in (i) Yorkshire & the Humber; (ii) York Local Authority and (iii) secondary planning area 8169997; and how many places are unfilled in state secondary schools in those areas.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	4201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on all children and young people by residence.</p><p>Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication, which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity</a>. This is available at region and local authority level here for Yorkshire and the Humber and York: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2e5181ea-f132-48f7-b23f-08dccd7b0275" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2e5181ea-f132-48f7-b23f-08dccd7b0275</a>. School level information is also available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue/data-set/5f26c269-bf72-41ab-8292-e17b58ed7c98</a> and can be aggregated to planning area level.</p><p>This publication also contains information on the number of pupils on roll as at May 2023, to allow comparisons with data on unfilled places, however this is not the latest data for numbers on roll. The latest published data on secondary age pupils on roll in state funded secondary schools is for January 2024 and is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>. This is available at a region and local authority level here Yorkshire and the Humber and York: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ebafa0ad-e0a7-44ee-e0d3-08dccd7b577b" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ebafa0ad-e0a7-44ee-e0d3-08dccd7b577b</a>. School level information is also available here: <a href="https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/6a45c262-aaca-4bda-a548-cc9d1dc63137/files/6a137329-83ce-4e2e-8043-1f15ab5c7101" target="_blank">https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/6a45c262-aaca-4bda-a548-cc9d1dc63137/files/6a137329-83ce-4e2e-8043-1f15ab5c7101</a> and can be aggregated to planning area level.</p><p>For secondary planning area 8169997, there were 4,921 secondary pupils on roll in May 2023, with 259 secondary school places unfilled (5.9%). In January 2024, there were 4,370 pupils on roll.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 13/09/2024 12:52:01 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1726647

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Strengthening protections in unregistered alternative provision, which closed on 9 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	3734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>On 9 May, the department published the consultation ‘Strengthening Protections in Unregistered Alternative Provision (AP)’ which sought views on proposals intended to improve practice and raise standards in unregistered AP. The consultation closed on 5 July.</p><p>This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities or who are in AP, including those in unregistered AP, receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.</p><p>Departmental officials are currently analysing the responses of the consultation, and the department will set out the next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/09/2024 15:04:11 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1726683

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Natural History: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expectsthe Natural History GCSE to be made widely available in schools.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	3690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>The government has launched an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering key stages 1 to 5, which will be chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The Review will consider the current qualification pathways available at key stage 4 and key stage 5. A call for evidence will be published in the autumn, which will set out the areas where the review group would particularly welcome input. Further information about the Review is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-curriculum-and-assessment-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-curriculum-and-assessment-review</a>.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 10/09/2024 12:15:45 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1725588

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the planned new teachers will be allocated to schools in Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	2734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>​​High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state funded schools in England, but the government must do more to ensure it has the workforce needed to provide the best possible education for every child in all parts of the country, which is why the government has set out the ambition to recruit 6,500 new expert teachers.</p><p>​</p><p>​The department is developing its approach so that it can be clear on its target and held accountable against that target, with a focus on key subjects and in places where it is needed most. The department will share further details in due course.</p><p>​</p><p>​The first crucial step towards achieving this is to ensure teaching is once again an attractive and respected profession and teachers get the pay they deserve, which is why the government has accepted in full the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendation of a 5.5% pay award for teachers and leaders in maintained schools from September.</p><p>​</p><p>​The department is providing schools with almost £1.1 billion in additional funding in the 2024/25 financial year to support schools with overall costs. This matches what the department has calculated is needed to fully fund, at a national level, the teacher pay award, and the support staff pay offer in the 2024/25 financial year, after accounting for the overall available headroom in schools’ existing budgets.</p><p>​</p><p>​Alongside teacher pay, financial incentives are one of the most effective ways to increase teacher supply, and the department is continuing to support teacher trainees with tax-free bursaries of up to £28,000 and scholarships of up to £30,000 in shortage subjects. To help with retention, new teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing, who are in the first five years of their careers, also receive retention payments if working in disadvantaged schools. In the 2023/24 academic year, 55 schools in the Lincolnshire Local Authority area were eligible for these retention payments.</p><p>​</p><p>​To further help teachers stay and thrive in the profession, the department is also addressing teacher workload and wellbeing, and supporting schools to introduce flexible working practices. The Flexible Working Ambassador Multi-Academy Trusts and Schools (FWAMS) Programme offers support to schools across every region in England to help implement flexible working. Schools in Lincolnshire that are interested in receiving tailored peer support can contact the Hales Valley Trust, which is the Flexible Working Ambassador for the East Midlands.</p><p>​</p><p>​The department has also established Teaching School Hubs across the country, which provide approved high-quality professional development to teachers at all stages of their careers. L.E.A.D Teaching School Hub and DRET Teaching School Hub are centres of excellence supporting teacher training and development across Lincolnshire. ​</p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 06/09/2024 14:48:54 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1725747

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing 16 to 19 funding to colleges to help fund pay deals.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	2954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises how critical further education (FE) teachers are to unlocking opportunity, tackling disadvantage and equipping learners with the skills needed to secure high value work and boost employer productivity. While the government does not set or recommend pay in the FE sector, it is clear that remuneration is an important factor in teacher recruitment and retention.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to invest in FE teachers, including through additional funding of around £600 million across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years. This includes extending retention payments of up to £6,000 after tax to eligible early career FE teachers in key subject areas. This will support FE providers to recruit and retain high quality teachers in critical subject areas where vacancy rates are high.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby grouped question UIN 2953 question first answered 12/09/2024 14:40:15 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1725754

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Homes: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review licensing arrangements for children's homes in densely populated residential areas.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	3014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>It is essential that there are enough children’s homes for those vulnerable children who need residential care, and that these homes are in the areas children live so they can stay as part of their wider communities.</p><p> </p><p>All homes must register with Ofsted and in order to register as a children’s home, providers are required to undertake a location assessment which must show the steps that have been taken to ensure the location is safe and promotes positive opportunities for children. Ofsted will take a view on whether these requirements have been met.</p><p> </p><p>The department is developing options in regard to planning of children’s homes, including considering the location of new homes and registration requirements.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 10/09/2024 15:26:38 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin