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49740

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations have received how much funding from his Department aimed at supporting access to short breaks and respite provision for children, young people and their families experiencing all types of disadvantage in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	197809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not directly fund organisations to deliver short breaks and respite services for disadvantaged children, young people and their families; this is done at the local authority level.</p><p>In the case of disabled children and young people however, the Department for Education has made available to local authorities £800 million to invest in short breaks services between April 2011 and March 2015, through unringfenced grants. In 2011-12 and 2012-13, an additional £40 million of capital funding per annum was made available to local authorities to invest in short breaks equipment and infrastructure, also in unringfenced grants. It has been for local authorities to decide how to use this funding to provide the short breaks provision for disabled children that is needed locally and to support access to it.</p><p>While the Department does not directly fund providers of short breaks for disabled children, it has funded a number of organisations over the last five financial years to help increase access to such provision and to improve its quality.</p><p>A table setting out details of the fnding has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

49930

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average value is of the title deed of a local authority school that becomes an academy.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49932

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has paid in legal fees since 2010 on the transfer of title deeds of a local authority schools becoming academies.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197851 197852 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49934

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many title deeds of local authority schools have been transferred to academies operated by private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>When community schools convert to academies, the freehold is retained by the local authority and a lease is granted to the academy trust.</p><p>There are strict rules protecting publicly-funded land used by academies, regardless of who holds the freehold. This is set out in published guidance, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-playing-fields-and-public-land-advice</a></p><p>A copy of the guidance has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The Department for Education does not hold information about the average value of land used for academies, or about the legal costs associated with establishing leasehold or freehold arrangements.</p><p>Academies are run by academy trusts, which are charities limited by guarantee – academies are not operated by private companies.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 197852 197853 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49936

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority schools have become academies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	197850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>As of 1 May 2014, 3,688 local authority schools have become academies since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

49619

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department provides for Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	197635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) are funded by contributions from the local authority, Primary Care Trust, police and other agencies, with the largest contribution coming from the local authority. It is important that agencies work together to agree budgets locally and prioritise spending in response to local needs and issues.</p><p>The Department for Education provided the Association of Independent LSCB Chairs with funding of £240,000 between September 2012 and March 2014 to support the leadership of LSCBs in ensuring the effectiveness of local safeguarding arrangements. We will provide them with a further £130,000 in this financial year as they move towards self-sustainability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49631

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the pupil premium for service children is used for its intended purposes.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	197697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Headteachers are responsible for selecting the most appropriate interventions to support their service pupils, including pastoral support or interventions to improve attainment.</p><p>They are held accountable for the use of this additional funding in two ways. Firstly, through the Ofsted inspection framework where inspectors focus on the attainment of different groups of pupils, including those who attract the service premium. Secondly, schools are required to publish online how much service pupil premium funding they receive, how it is spent and the impact it has made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

49632

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the pupil premium is available for pre-school children from service families; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	197691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The pupil premium and the service children premium are additional resources provided to maintained schools and academies in England to support the education of 4-16 year-olds who meet the eligibility requirements.</p><p>The Government has announced that a new early years pupil premium, worth £50 million, will be introduced from April 2015. It will give disadvantaged three- and four-year-old children better access to quality early education which evidence shows can have a major impact on their school readiness. The Government will consult later this year on how best to implement these proposals.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

49408

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 24 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Barnes.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	197512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. hon Friend, the Secretary of State, replied to the Rt. hon Gentleman's letter on 25 April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

49422

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Contact Point database was discontinued.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>ContactPoint was discontinued because it was disproportionate.</p><p>The Government believes it is unjustifiable to hold information on every child in England and to make it accessible to hundreds of thousands of people.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe