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454652

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average number of GCSEs grades A to C, including Maths and English, gained by pupils in the English Core Cities in (1) 2012, (2) 2013, (3) 2014, and (4) 2015, and what were the individual figures for Liverpool in each year.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in the required format.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/03/2016 15:21:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

454656

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the minimum amount of special educational needs teaching required to fulfil the Teacher Standards of having "a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs".
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL6406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Teachers’ Standards set a clear baseline of expectations for the professional practice and conduct of teachers and define the minimum level of practice expected of teachers in England.</p><p>Head teachers and other appraisers should use their professional judgement to assess teachers to a level that is consistent with what should reasonably be expected of a teacher given their role and level of experience and the specific demands of the setting in which they are working.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 01/03/2016 17:54:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

454657

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times since 2006 government-commissioned reports have recommended that more teacher training is necessary in the field of special educational needs to satisfy the duty to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL6407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>All initial teacher training (ITT) courses must ensure that trainee teachers can meet the teachers’ standards at the appropriate level. This includes having a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN). Teachers must also be able to adapt teaching to the needs of all pupils and have an understanding of the factors that can inhibit learning and how to overcome them.</p><p> </p><p>An independent review of ITT, carried out by Sir Andrew Carter, and published in January 2015, found that there is considerable variability in ITT course content across the system, and cites SEN among areas where there are gaps in a range of courses.</p><p>In response to the Carter Review, the Government has commissioned an independent working group made up of expert representatives from the sector, including an SEN specialist, to develop a framework of core ITT content. The group is expected to report to Ministers in spring 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance on teacher’s standards is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 01/03/2016 17:53:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

454658

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the national consultation on the future of children’s centres will be launched<b>, </b>and what is the timetable for responses to be received and for them to announce their proposals following the consultation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL6408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The government is considering its future policy on children’s centres as part of the development of the cross-Government Life Chances Strategy, and plans to publish details in the summer. At that point we will make it clear how stakeholders and members of the public can contribute.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/03/2016 17:58:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

454746

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
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 implications for her policies on encouraging school leavers to consider careers in science and mathematics of the conclusion of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in its report, Engineered in Britain, published in December 2015, on the rate of change in the numbers of school leavers considering such careers.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	28192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to increase the number of young people studying science and mathematics This includes an ambition that by 2020 we want to see a 20% increase in A level entries by girls to these subjects. Since 2010, there have been 28,000 more science and mathematics A level entries.</p><p>In order to attract the best and brightest into the teaching profession, we are offering bursaries and scholarships of up to £30,000 to attract top science and mathematics graduates into teaching. We are also investing up to £67 million to recruit 2,500 additional maths and physics teachers and upskill 15,000 existing non-specialist teachers over the lifetime of this parliament. We welcome the contribution that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is making through its programme of two-week industrial placements which will give teachers a better understanding of the application of science and engineering in the real world.</p><p>The Government is also taking action to ensure that young people are making well-informed choices about their future which include a good understanding of the value of science and mathematics subjects. Programmes such as STEM ambassadors and the Big Bang Fair are aimed at raising awareness of the range of careers that science and technical qualifications offer. The Government also supports the industry-led Your Life campaign which aims to transform perceptions of science and maths.</p><p>We want to transform careers education and guidance so that all young people can access high quality support when they need it. The Government plans to publish a comprehensive careers strategy later this year to outline this government’s plans for improving careers provision by 2020. Over this parliament we are committing a total of £70 million to our strategy. As part of this, we will provide further funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to embed and further extend its projects already underway, including the Enterprise Adviser Network, its Careers and Enterprise Fund, its research and wider activity to bring schools, colleges, business and careers and enterprise organisations closer together.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/03/2016 17:40:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

454805

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on marketing for the Future Teaching Scholars programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	28315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The management of the Future Teaching Scholars programme is contracted to the delivery organisation, Education Development Trust. Any money spent on marketing is determined by the Education Development Trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/02/2016 12:52:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

454806

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to encourage academies to join high-performing rather than under-performing multi-academy trusts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	28318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Regional Schools Commissioners (RSC) are supporting the development of high-performing multi-academy trusts (MAT). MATs enable academies to realise a wide range of benefits and provide the formal structure in which high-performing schools can support under-performing schools to improve.</p><p>Where there are concerns about the performance of an academy, the RSC may decide that the support of a new academy trust is needed to bring about the necessary improvements. In selecting a new trust, the RSC will evaluate its capacity, including the performance of the trust’s existing academies and its ability to provide the support required.</p><p>In order to move an underperforming academy to a new trust, the RSC may be able to use the termination powers set out in the academy’s funding agreement to require the academy to move without the agreement of the academy or the existing trust. The Education and Adoption Bill will give RSCs stronger, more consistent powers to do this with all failing and coasting academies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 29/02/2016 17:26:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

454807

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has allocated to the Future Teaching Scholars programme for the 2016-17 cohort.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	28316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Funding for the Future Teaching Scholars programme is allocated by financial year rather than by cohort. £1.3m has been allocated for financial year 2016-17. This covers the £15,000 financial incentive to Scholars, continued marketing expenditure, and all programme delivery costs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/02/2016 17:56:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

454810

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) new IT equipment, (b) new furniture, (c) new artwork, (d) catering and events, (e) renovating its buildings and facilities, (f) new plants and shrubs and (g) special advisers' travel expenses since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	28384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education has spent the amounts shown in the table below on the following list of categories from 1 May 2015 to 31 January 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>a) New IT equipment</p></td><td><p>£868,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) New furniture</p></td><td><p>£11,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c) New artwork</p></td><td><p>No Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d) Catering and events</p></td><td><p>£326,575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>e) Renovating buildings and facilities [1]</p></td><td><p>£9,862,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>f) New plants and shrubs</p></td><td><p>No Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>g) Special Advisers’ travel expenses (including rail journeys)</p></td><td><p>£1,555</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1] The figure for renovating buildings and facilities is for DfE and its Agencies and does not include expenditure on school buildings.</p><p>The figures are for the Department, its Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Government Equalities Office, Equality and Human Rights Commission and Office of the Children’s Commissioner.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/02/2016 12:30:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

454811

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 26852, what funding she expects will be provided for the Fostering Network in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	28252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested. We will be making available opportunities for voluntary and community sector organisations to bid for grants and contracts to undertake specific activity which addresses ministerial priorities, including fostering, during this Parliament.</p><p>We anticipate that grant and contract funding opportunities will be published on the Contracts Finder website, <a href="http://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>, in due course, with further funding opportunities to be offered later in the 2016 to 2017 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 29/02/2016 17:28:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms