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100140

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, with reference to page 12 of her Department's publication, Implementing a new 0 to 25 special needs system: LAs and partners, published in July 2014, how the £45.2 million special education needs and disability implementation grant has been allocated to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Small local authorities (Isles of Scilly and City of London) receive £25,000 and all other local authorities receive set up costs of around £50,000, a further sum is allocated on the basis of population estimates for each local authority and, adjusted according to a number of factors including area costs and deprivation.</p><p>The link below provides further background and amounts for individual local authorities:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318588/S31_SEND_Implementation_Grant_Determination_Letter__2014-15__FINAL_SIGNE....pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318588/S31_SEND_Implementation_Grant_Determination_Letter__2014-15__FINAL_SIGNE....pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 14:21:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100141

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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 assessment she has made of the quality of specialist education support services for children in (a) England and (b) Plymouth with low incidence needs.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	211273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to determine the support they arrange, including any specialist education services for children and young people with low incidence needs. The importance of making appropriate provision for children with low incidence needs and local authorities including information about specialist support in their local offer is set out in the new 0-25 special educational needs and disability code of practice. Under Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014, local authorities have a duty to keep under review the educational provision, training provision and social care provision made in their area for children and young people who have special educational needs.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 27/10/2014 17:55:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

100142

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, how much of the £1 million made available for teachers and special educational needs support staff through the National Scholarship Fund has been awarded.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211205 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100143

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many deaf pupils achieved five A* to C grades in (a) England, (b) the South West and (c) Plymouth in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	211272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The number and proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 with a hearing impairment who achieved 5 or more GCSE A* to C grades (or equivalent) in a) England, b) the South West and c) Plymouth in 2013 can be found in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Pupils with a hearing impairment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of pupils achieving 5 or more <br>A*-C GCSE grades (or equivalent)</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more <br>A*-C GCSE grades (or equivalent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1390</p></td><td><p>1024</p></td><td><p>73.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>65.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: National pupil database</p><ol><li>Figures are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4 and do not include those pupils recently arrived from overseas.</li></ol><p>x = Figures not shown due to 1 or 2 pupils not achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSE grades (or equivalent). This suppression is to protect pupil confidentiality and consistent with the Department for Education’s statistical policy[1].</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-official-statistics-published-by-the-department-for-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-official-statistics-published-by-the-department-for-education</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:44:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

100146

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, how many special educational needs support staff have bid for funds from the National Scholarship Fund to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	211205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Scholarship Fund was introduced in 2011 following a commitment in the Importance of Teaching white paper to encourage teachers to deepen their subject knowledge. This year the priority subject area was special educational needs.</p><p>In round two, the National Scholarship Fund was expanded to include a scholarship for special educational needs (SEN) support staff to undertake a SEN related course or activity. There were 493 applications from SEN support staff and in round three of the National Scholarship Fund there were 225 applications from SEN support staff and in this year’s round (round 4) there were 215 applications from SEN Support Staff.</p><p>Of the £1 million made available for teachers and SEN Support staff in the National Scholarship Fund 2014-15, £792,652.63 was offered to applicants as awards.</p><p>Scholarships will only be awarded where applications are judged to be of sufficient merit. This will determine the number of scholarships awarded. We sought the assistance of colleagues from the sector to form an expert panel to judge the applications. The panel interrogated and ratified the internal assessment process. As impartial educational professionals they brought particular and relevant expertise to the process. They acted as independent external verifiers to ensure the rigour and consistency of the assessment process, and to endorse the scholarly nature of funded development activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211317 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

100149

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which academy trusts have directors of the board been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211249 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100150

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, what steps she has taken to encourage (a) computer science graduates and (b) professional programmers to become teachers.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	211327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is committed to recruiting high-quality graduates into teaching. The latest data published by UCAS on 25 September 2014 in its ‘UCAS Teacher Training statistical releases’[1], indicates that there will be an increase in computing trainees commencing initial teacher training (ITT) this year, although this will not be certain until the 2014/15 ITT census is published.</p><p>For computing trainees starting their training in 2015/16, we have increased bursaries to up to £25,000 tax-free. We are also funding a prestigious scholarship scheme for computing trainees worth £25,000 tax-free and offering a range of professional benefits. Additional funding has also been made available to schools offering School Direct (salaried) places in computing to boost starting salaries; computing trainees will be able to earn over £21,000 nationally and £25,000 in inner London.</p><p>There are a range of other incentives in place to attract high quality computing trainees into the teaching profession, including:</p><ol><li>The delivery of a targeted marketing campaign to encourage high-quality computing graduates and potential career changers to consider a career in teaching.</li><li>The offering of tailored support for graduates and career changers interested in teaching computing, including access to a School Experience Programme.</li><li>Funding of computing subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) programmes, which prepare applicants for teacher training by building up or refreshing their existing knowledge. 31% of computing applicants who accepted an ITT place for 2013/14 accessed a SKE course.</li></ol><p>[1] <a href="http://www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases" target="_blank">www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:10:23 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

99804

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City Technology Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many city technology colleges still exist; and how many such colleges have converted to Academy status to date.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>There are three open city technology colleges. There are 12 open academies whose predecessor school was a city technology college.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:34:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

99806

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City Technology Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in schools with city technology college status are looked-after children; and how this figure compares to other schools in their local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest information on numbers of children looked-after in each school is for 2013. There were three schools with city technology college status for which information was returned on the spring 2013 school census. The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of city technology college</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Emmanuel College</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Thomas Telford School</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority</p></td><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of looked-after children attending<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headcount of children in school<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looked-after children as a percentage of headcount</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of looked-after children attending all state funded secondary schools in local authority<sup>1,3</sup></p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of children attending all state funded secondary schools in local authority<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>22,075</p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>10,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Looked-after children as a percentage of all those attending state funded secondary schools in the local authority</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 2013 SSDA903 Children looked after data collection matched to the spring census 2013</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>From SSDA903 Children looked-after data collection matched to the spring census 2013. To be included in this data, children must have been looked after during the year from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, had a UPN submitted by the local authority and been successfully matched with the spring 2013 school census.</li><li>Taken from the spring 2013 census described in the Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2013 Statistical First Release.</li><li>Relates to the local authority where the children were educated. The local authority responsible for the care of the children may be different.</li><li>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5, percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.</li><li>x denotes a number from 1 to 5 inclusive, which has been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Percentages have been suppressed where the numerator was 5 or less.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:27:55 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

99807

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	City Technology Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to make national guidance on fair admissions which gives priority to looked-after children binding on city technology colleges.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	211021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>All maintained and academy schools must comply with the School Admissions Code. This requires them to give highest admissions priority to looked-after and previously looked-after children.</p><p>The School Admissions Code does not apply, however, to city technology colleges (CTCs), including city colleges for the technology of the arts (CCTAs), which are independent schools set up under provisions originally within the Education Reform Act 1998.</p><p>Each of these schools was established prior to the introduction of a mandatory School Admissions Code, so the funding agreements put in place do not require them to give priority to looked-after or previously looked after children.</p><p>Any variation in those funding agreements has to be with the CTC or CCTA’s agreement.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:32:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns