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1012299

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to allocate new moneys to fund in full the pay award for teaching staff in Catholic sixth-form colleges; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	194581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>Further education (FE) providers, including Catholic sixth-form colleges, are independent institutions responsible for setting their own staff salaries, and the government has no current plans to allocate money to assist with any increases in their teachers’ pay.</p><p>However, we know that FE faces cost pressures, and we are working with the sector to look closely at funding, to see what more we can do and to inform Spending Review planning.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/11/2018 11:30:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1012322

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Gateshead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a Good Level of Development at age five in the Gateshead constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	194646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested data is shown in the attached table<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Results at local authority level for academic year 2017/18 are due to be published on Thursday 29 November.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/11/2018 12:44:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 194646_Percentage_of_children_achieving_a_good_level_of_development_in_early_years_foundation_stage_profile_teacher_assessments.pdf title Achievement_in_early_years_foundation_stage
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1012368

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
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 the effect of a higher education provider’s Teaching Excellence Framework rating on the number of students that applied to study at that provider since the rating was awarded.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	194738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) is to drive up standards of teaching quality in higher education, as well as to offer prospective students information about where to find high quality teaching and the most positive graduate outcomes.</p><p>We are assessing and evaluating the development of the TEF on an ongoing basis. Since 2016, we have published consultation reports, research reports and evaluation findings on the development of the TEF. The Office for Students also published its findings from the first year of the subject-level pilots on 22 October.</p><p>We intend to publish further research on the initial impact of the TEF, based on the provider-level evaluation 2016/17, in the New Year. That research report will include evidence, drawing on the views of providers and students, about the effect of the TEF on the choices made by students. It will also report on the perceptions of changes to institutional reputation that providers and students, both home and international, attribute to the TEF.</p><p>On 19 November, we announced the appointment of Dame Shirley Pearce as the independent reviewer of TEF. Dame Shirley Pearce will report on the operation of the TEF, in line with the remit set out for her in section 26 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. We expect her to report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 194739 194740 194741 question first answered 30/11/2018 11:27:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1012369

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
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 the effectiveness of the Teaching Excellence Framework on improvements in the quality of teaching at higher education providers.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	194739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) is to drive up standards of teaching quality in higher education, as well as to offer prospective students information about where to find high quality teaching and the most positive graduate outcomes.</p><p>We are assessing and evaluating the development of the TEF on an ongoing basis. Since 2016, we have published consultation reports, research reports and evaluation findings on the development of the TEF. The Office for Students also published its findings from the first year of the subject-level pilots on 22 October.</p><p>We intend to publish further research on the initial impact of the TEF, based on the provider-level evaluation 2016/17, in the New Year. That research report will include evidence, drawing on the views of providers and students, about the effect of the TEF on the choices made by students. It will also report on the perceptions of changes to institutional reputation that providers and students, both home and international, attribute to the TEF.</p><p>On 19 November, we announced the appointment of Dame Shirley Pearce as the independent reviewer of TEF. Dame Shirley Pearce will report on the operation of the TEF, in line with the remit set out for her in section 26 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. We expect her to report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 194738 194740 194741 question first answered 30/11/2018 11:27:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1012370

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Teaching Excellence Framework measures the quality of teaching at a higher education provider.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	194740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) is to drive up standards of teaching quality in higher education, as well as to offer prospective students information about where to find high quality teaching and the most positive graduate outcomes.</p><p>We are assessing and evaluating the development of the TEF on an ongoing basis. Since 2016, we have published consultation reports, research reports and evaluation findings on the development of the TEF. The Office for Students also published its findings from the first year of the subject-level pilots on 22 October.</p><p>We intend to publish further research on the initial impact of the TEF, based on the provider-level evaluation 2016/17, in the New Year. That research report will include evidence, drawing on the views of providers and students, about the effect of the TEF on the choices made by students. It will also report on the perceptions of changes to institutional reputation that providers and students, both home and international, attribute to the TEF.</p><p>On 19 November, we announced the appointment of Dame Shirley Pearce as the independent reviewer of TEF. Dame Shirley Pearce will report on the operation of the TEF, in line with the remit set out for her in section 26 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. We expect her to report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 194738 194739 194741 question first answered 30/11/2018 11:27:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1012371

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
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 the effect a higher education provider’s Teaching Excellence Framework rating has on a provider’s (a) national and (b) international reputation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	194741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) is to drive up standards of teaching quality in higher education, as well as to offer prospective students information about where to find high quality teaching and the most positive graduate outcomes.</p><p>We are assessing and evaluating the development of the TEF on an ongoing basis. Since 2016, we have published consultation reports, research reports and evaluation findings on the development of the TEF. The Office for Students also published its findings from the first year of the subject-level pilots on 22 October.</p><p>We intend to publish further research on the initial impact of the TEF, based on the provider-level evaluation 2016/17, in the New Year. That research report will include evidence, drawing on the views of providers and students, about the effect of the TEF on the choices made by students. It will also report on the perceptions of changes to institutional reputation that providers and students, both home and international, attribute to the TEF.</p><p>On 19 November, we announced the appointment of Dame Shirley Pearce as the independent reviewer of TEF. Dame Shirley Pearce will report on the operation of the TEF, in line with the remit set out for her in section 26 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. We expect her to report to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 194738 194739 194740 question first answered 30/11/2018 11:27:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1011428

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
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 change in the total amount of student loans outstanding between (a) March 2014 and (b) March 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company publish statistics annually on student loan debt and repayment. The statistics are published separately for loans funded by each of the devolved administrations and can be found at: <a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2018 14:31:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011430

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Autism
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 change in the number of children requiring autism support since the commencement of the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We publish the number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including the type of need in the annual ‘SEN in England’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a>.</p><p>Pupils with SEN are recorded according to their primary type of need. Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is included as a type of need.</p><p>The table below shows a breakdown of the number of pupils with ASD as their primary type of need from 2015 to 2018 (as at January each year):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEN support</p></td><td><p>36,530</p></td><td><p>42,801</p></td><td><p>47,571</p></td><td><p>53,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statements of SEN &amp; education, health and care plans</p></td><td><p>54,245</p></td><td><p>57,211</p></td><td><p>60,832</p></td><td><p>66,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>90,775</p></td><td><p>100,012</p></td><td><p>108,403</p></td><td><p>119,909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/11/2018 15:39:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1011446

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Healthy Pupils Capital Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish a report on how the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund has been spent by schools.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	194062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Existing mechanisms for school condition funding are being used to report on Healthy Pupils Capital Fund (HPCF) expenditure. We plan to collect data on HPCF spend during 2018/19 in 2019 and include it in our published report on capital spend by local authorities and multi- academy trusts on the school estate, which will be published in 2020.</p><p>Successful HPCF projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund 2018-19 have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/11/2018 16:42:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1011469

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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 his Department is taking to encourage unqualified teachers to access teacher training.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>There are several salaried routes into initial teacher training (ITT), including School Direct Salaried and Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeships. By the end of their course, trainees must be able to demonstrate the same teachers’ standards as on any other ITT course, but trainees progress towards qualified teacher status (QTS) while employed in a school and receiving a salary.</p><p>Unqualified teachers can also apply to a fee-funded ITT course, where they can benefit from our generous bursaries worth up to £26,000 across a range of subjects.</p><p>In addition, those with significant experience of teaching can be assessed by an accredited provider, and achieve QTS, without having to undergo formal training on an ITT course.</p><p>Information on salaried teacher training can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/teacher-training-routes/school-led-training/school-direct-salaried" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/teacher-training-routes/school-led-training/school-direct-salaried</a>.</p><p>Information on bursaries and scholarships can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/funding-my-teacher-training/bursaries-and-scholarships-for-teacher-training" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/funding-my-teacher-training/bursaries-and-scholarships-for-teacher-training</a>.</p><p>Information on gaining QTS with only an assessment can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/teacher-training-routes/specialist-training-options/assessment-only" target="_blank">https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/teacher-training-routes/specialist-training-options/assessment-only</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/11/2018 17:32:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham