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452297

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Governing Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to ensure that every academy has its own governing body.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>Under the Academies Act 2010 an academy is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is therefore required under the Companies Act 2006 to have members and a board of trustees/ directors.</p><p> </p><p>In a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), individual academies do not have a separate legal identity and are all under the control of the trust board. Whether the board establishes local governing boards for each academy or local governing bodies to oversee groups of academies, and the range of functions delegated to any such boards, are both a matter for the board to determine – but in all cases the board remains accountable for all the academies in the MAT.</p><p> </p><p>Fewer, higher quality and more highly skilled boards overseeing groups of schools is central to the Government’s strategy for improving the quality of governance. It is also the key to schools realising a wide range of other financial and educational benefits. While every academy may not therefore have its own governing body, our guidance in the Governance Handbook makes clear that boards should have meaningful and effective arrangements in place for engaging with and listening to the views and needs of parents, staff and the wider local community.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/02/2016 15:19:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

450494

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any future plans to make all secondary schools academies.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The government’s ambition is for every school to have the opportunity to become an academy. Over 60 per cent of secondary schools have already become academies and we want to encourage more schools to do this. The Education and Adoption Bill, currently going through Parliament, will enable us to intervene more quickly to turn underperforming schools into academies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/02/2016 14:43:24 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

450496

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which 10 local authorities have (1) the most, and (2) the least, pupil funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities (LAs) are funded for their schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). This currently comprises three blocks, namely schools, early years and high needs. Each LA has its own school block unit of funding (SBUF), and the 10 highest and lowest 10 SBUFs for financial year 2016 to 2017 are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>10 highest funded LAs</p></td><td><p>2016-2017 SBUF</p></td><td><p>10 lowest funded LAs</p></td><td><p>2016-2017 SBUF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>8,587</p></td><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>4,238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>6,982</p></td><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>4,232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>6,858</p></td><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>4,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>6,486</p></td><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>4,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>6,463</p></td><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>4,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>6,351</p></td><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>4,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>6,233</p></td><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>4,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>6,221</p></td><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>4,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>6,127</p></td><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>4,187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>6,020</p></td><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/02/2016 15:10:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

450497

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the budget of each Regional School Commissioner; who scrutinises and audits those budgets; how many staff are employed by each Commissioner; and whether those Commissioner budgets are made publicly available at the end of each financial year, and if so, how.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Each Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) has an annual budget of approximately £560k for the 2015-16 financial year. This consists of a programme budget of £40k per region and an administration budget of approximately £520k. The programme budget is to cover costs related to events and other communications activities. The administration budget is for staff costs, for example salary and travel. In addition, each RSC also has a Head Teacher Board (HTB) budget of approximately £100k annually to recompense the HTB members’ employer for loss of staff time.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of other budgets that are used to support the work of the RSCs and the delivery of the academies and free schools programmes, but these are not held by the RSCs themselves.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Department for Education’s internal review and governance arrangements, RSCs are required to provide financial reports each month, as well as an assurance statement at year end. Their budgets are included within the annual financial scrutiny and audit of the DfE accounts carried out by internal audit and externally scrutinised by the National Audit Office (NAO).</p><p> </p><p>At present, each RSC office employs between 8 and 10 members of staff. The RSC and their office’s salary information are included within the Department’s salary details published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/02/2016 13:49:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448928

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Collective Worship
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 20 January (HL5274), whether it is still a legal requirement to have a daily act of collective worship in academies, free schools and maintained schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>All state schools, including academies and free schools, must provide a daily act of collective worship for all registered pupils up to the age of 18. Parents have the right to withdraw their children from all or any part of collective worship, and sixth-form pupils have the right to withdraw themselves from collective worship.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 04/02/2016 13:40:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448929

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards are in place to prevent children either never going to school or going missing from school.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The law provides a number of safeguards to ensure that all children receive a suitable full-time education. These are set out in Chapters I and II of Part VI of the Education Act 1996, and include:</p><ul><li><p>a duty on local authorities to make arrangements to establish, as far as it is possible to do so, the identities of children of compulsory school age in their area who are not receiving suitable education (Section 436A);</p></li><li><p>a duty on local authorities to arrange suitable education for all children of compulsory school age who may not for any period receive it, unless such arrangements are made for them (Section 19);</p></li><li><p>a duty on parents to ensure that their child of compulsory school age is receiving suitable full-time education, either at school or otherwise (Section 7);</p></li><li><p>provision for a local authority to issue a School Attendance Order to a parent where it is not satisfied that a child of compulsory age is receiving a suitable education (Section 437); and</p></li><li><p>provision for the prosecution of a parent who has failed to secure their child's regular attendance at school (Section 444).</p></li></ul><p>Statutory guidance requires local authorities to have robust procedures and policies in place to enable them to carry out their duty to identify children of compulsory school age in their area who are not receiving suitable education (<em>Children Missing Education, 2015)</em>.</p><p>Under the <em>Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006</em>, schools have a duty to inform their local authority, at agreed intervals, of the details of pupils who are regularly absent from school or have missed 10 school days or more without permission. Schools must also notify the authority if a pupil is to be deleted from the admission register in certain circumstances.</p><p>We are taking steps to ensure the system is as robust as it can be when it comes to protecting young people, while at the same time safeguarding the rights of parents to determine how and where to educate their children. The Department for Education is currently consulting on proposals to strengthen further the <em>Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006</em> in order to require schools to inform local authorities under all grounds when a child’s name is deleted from a school register.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/02/2016 16:25:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448930

registered interest
date	29/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support is available for children whose parents choose for their child to be tutored at home.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>When parents elect to educate children at home, they assume financial responsibility for their children’s education. Local authorities are not funded specifically to provide financial support to those parents who educate at home.</p><p>If a child has special needs, financial assistance may well be appropriate. If the child has a statement of special educational needs or an Education and Health Care (EHC) Plan which specifies home education, or one which specifies a school but the parents have chosen to educate their child at home, then financial support to the parents may help discharge the authority’s duty to ensure that the child’s needs are met.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 04/02/2016 13:40:02 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448846

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many academy sponsors are waiting for approval.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>As of 29 January 2016, there are currently 66 sponsor applications being assessed by the Department.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/02/2016 14:52:24 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448847

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of (1) maintained schools, (2) faith schools, and (3) academies, were rated as outstanding following an Ofsted inspection in 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. I have asked him to write to you and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Libraries.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 04/02/2016 13:09:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448849

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial support is available for post-16 students in rural areas who have to travel long distances to attend the nearest further education or sixth form college.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for financial and other support regarding transport to education and training for 16 to 19 year olds rests with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions which best match local needs and circumstances. Local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on the needs of their population, the local transport infrastructure, and the resources they have available.</p><p>Most young people, including those in rural areas, have access to discounts or concessions from their local authority or transport providers. Some young people are also supported by the 16-19 Bursary Fund, and some schools or colleges provide free or subsidised transport directly.</p><p>The government also supports local bus travel, including in rural areas, through the Bus Service Operators Grant.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/02/2016 14:00:37 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey