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1506794

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people under the age of 18 years and who have been subject to a Deprivation of Liberty order in (a) England and (b) Wales have been placed in unregistered provision in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	51831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>The department does not collect information on the number or characteristics of children subject to a Deprivation of Liberty order.</p><p>In July 2022, the President of the Family Division established a National Deprivation of Liberty court, which is to be supported by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory. This will improve the department’s understanding of the cases that are being heard by the court, and to understand more about what can be done to better meet the needs of the children involved.</p><p>Where local authorities place children subject to a Deprivation of Liberty order in a setting that is not registered with Ofsted, they should follow the ‘Placements in unregistered children’s homes in England or unregistered care home services in Wales’ guidance issued by the President of the Family Division in November 2019, alongside its December 2020 addendum. The guidance is clear that an application to register the provision with Ofsted must be made within seven working days from the date of the Deprivation of Liberty order. The department supports this guidance and adherence to it.</p><p>The latest information on the number of children looked after is available in the ‘Children looked after in England’ statistical release available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 51828 question first answered 27/09/2022 08:15:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1506221

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Shipping: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake in maritime qualifications in schools and colleges.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>Provision is already available for both those under 16 in a school setting seeking to understand more about the industry, and for post-16 students studying at level 2 and 3, who may be seeking to undertake a qualification to progress into an apprenticeship or into employment and wish to take a qualification which will involve a work-based setting.</p><p>There are around 40 qualifications focusing on aspects of maritime studies approved for funding for young people and adults, some of which are available only to adults. Others are available to those of school age or in further education. There are 12 apprenticeship standards in this sector approved for delivery, including Maritime Mechanical and Electrical Mechanic, Marine Surveyor, and Seafarer.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company is supporting schools and colleges to embed best practice in the delivery of careers information, advice, and guidance, so young people are aware of the full range of training and careers available to them and have access to a broad range of employers and workplaces, including those in the maritime sector. This will be delivered through the national roll-out of Career Hubs, Careers Leaders training, and the Enterprise Adviser Network.</p><p>The department has established the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce (UKSST). This group is made up of representatives from across industry, trade unions, and training providers. It will look to address skills barriers in the sector by utilising and catalysing existing skills provisions. As part of this, existing provision will be reviewed to see how it can best meet the present skills demand and future needs. UKSST’s work will be driven by the needs of stakeholders from across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 22/09/2022 12:03:47 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506246

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National School Breakfast Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools (a) were eligible for support from the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) in the last academic year and (b) received food orders as part of the NSBP in (i) Hounslow and (ii) Feltham and Heston constituency in the last academic year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	49682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs and we are investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme until the end of the summer term 2023. This funding will support up to 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas, meaning that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing, and readiness to learn.</p><p>Schools are eligible for the programme if they have 40% or more pupils within bands A-F of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index scale, a nationally recognised indicator of need.</p><p>The department does not hold data on school eligibility and food orders at a constituency level.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/09/2022 11:27:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1506248

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level and GCSE
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 trends in the level of attainment in (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level this year in England.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	49775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Ofqual have previously announced a planned and managed transition back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic grading arrangements, in recognition of the disruption that students experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, 2022 has been described as a transition year and overall, the results have reflected the policy intention for outcomes this year to be between 2019 and 2021. This year’s results are higher than in 2019 and lower than 2021, when teacher assessed grades were used as the method of assessment.</p><p>The Joint Council for Qualifications and Ofqual have published further breakdowns of results for GCSE and A levels according to gender, centre type and by region. At a regional level, the trends are broadly stable compared to previous years, with London and the South East having the highest proportion of entries for A level and GCSEs and achieving the highest grades. In 2022, girls continue to outperform boys at all grades overall for GCSEs and A levels.</p><p>Results by other pupil characteristics, including disadvantage, are not yet available for GCSEs or A levels. The department publishes this data in as timely a way as possible. This year, improvements to processing mean it is possible bring forward the publishing of this data from January 2023 to October 2022 for GCSEs, and to November 2022 for A levels.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/09/2022 09:05:28 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1506250

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Feltham and Heston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Feltham and Heston constituency have over 40 per cent of students in IDACI bands A to F.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	49683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department uses income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) bands to allocate funding through the schools and high needs National Funding Formulae (NFF). We calculate IDACI bands using IDACI ranks to group Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) into seven bands of decreasing deprivation.</p><p>The schools NFF allocates funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 in mainstream schools. The data used for the 2023/24 financial year NFF allocations show 30 schools in Feltham and Heston constituency have over 40% of students in IDACI bands A to F. There are 36 schools in Feltham and Heston in scope for the schools NFF.</p><p>Schools in Feltham and Heston attract an increase of 7.8% per pupil for their NFF pupil-led funding across two years to academic year 2023/24 compared to 2021/22.</p><p>The high needs NFF allocates funding at local authority level. As such, the Department does not hold data on IDACI bands at special and alterative provision school level.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 26/09/2022 12:50:08 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1506300

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
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, what steps his Department is taking to increase school places available for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The department is investing £2.6 billion between 2022 and 2025 to support local authorities to deliver new places and improve existing provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), or who require alternative provision (AP). This represents a significant, transformational investment in new high needs provision. It will support local authorities to deliver new places in mainstream and special schools, as well as other specialist settings, and will also be used to improve the suitability and accessibility of existing buildings.</p><p>As part of this commitment, in March 2022, the department announced High Needs Provision Capital Allocations amounting to over £1.4 billion of new investment, focused on the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years. In June 2022, the department announced we will build up to 60 new, centrally delivered special and AP free schools. The application process for special schools opened on 10 June 2022.</p><p>This is alongside an increase in high needs revenue funding, which is rising by £1.65 billion over two years, between the 2021/22 and 2023/4 financial years. This is an increase of 21%, bringing total high needs revenue funding to over £9.7 billion by 2023/24. In addition, the department is continuing to work with local authorities with the highest dedicated schools grant deficits as part of the safety valve programme and the introduction of the Delivering Better Value programme.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/09/2022 12:07:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506301

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to attract (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering, and (d) mathematics teachers in disadvantaged areas.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The department has announced funding for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects for those training in the 2022/23 academic year. As graduates in these subjects attract the highest salaries outside teaching, we are offering a £24,000 tax-free bursary or a £26,000 tax-free scholarship in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. This reflects the priority we place on training teachers to teach STEM subjects.</p><p>We are offering a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free annually for maths, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers, who choose to work in disadvantaged schools. This will support recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in the schools and areas that need them most.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/09/2022 13:06:38 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506302

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the quality of technical qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The department is reforming technical education to ensure that all post-16 students have access to high quality technical options that support progression and meet employer needs. This includes the introduction of T Levels, new technical qualifications designed with employers, reviewing the technical qualifications we continue to fund at level 3 and below, and introducing new Higher Technical qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>We are putting employers at the heart of the skills system and boosting the quality of qualifications on offer by basing them on employer-led occupational standards so that all students leave education with the skills most needed by industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 22/09/2022 11:58:27 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506303

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to protect freedom of speech in universities.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Hendon, to the answer I gave on 20 July 2022, to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-28/26904" target="_blank">26904</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 22/09/2022 12:00:47 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1506357

registered interest
date	08/09/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	After School Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have participated in after school clubs in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	49634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold a central register of wraparound providers from which an accurate assessment can be made about the number of children that have participated in after-school clubs by local authority.</p><p>However, the department runs the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents, which provides national-level estimates around the use of and payments for after school clubs and activities.</p><p>Use of after-school clubs and activities as childcare by families over the past five years is detailed in the attached document.</p><p>The department does not currently hold statistical data on the number of children that attend after-school clubs or their usage by region or local authority. However, the department conducted a survey of teachers and school leaders in March 2022, which revealed that 65% of primary schools that responded offered after-school childcare. When weighted to be nationally representative, this translates to around 11,000 primary schools. More information can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1087043/School_and_college_panel_March_2022_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1087043/School_and_college_panel_March_2022_Report.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/09/2022 12:28:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst attachment 1 file name 49634_after_school_clubs_and_activities.xls title 49634_table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson