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registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
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 ensure that school admissions authorities are aware of the guidance to give second highest priority in their over-subscription criteria to children who were previously in state care outside of England.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	188810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>In December 2017 the Department announced that, when the opportunity arises, it intends to amend the School Admissions Code to require admission authorities to give children who were previously in state care outside of England highest priority for admission into school.</p><p> </p><p>Until such time when the relevant changes to the Code can be made, admission authorities have been asked to use their current flexibilities in setting their own admission arrangements to grant such children second highest admissions priority in their oversubscription criteria.</p><p> </p><p>To further encourage admission authorities to make this change, additional advice was issued about this matter to all local authorities, with a request that it is circulated to all own admission authorities in their respective areas in August 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2018 12:25:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

971647

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
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 25 June 2018 to Question 153261 on Teachers: Recruitment, if he will provide the finalised (a) total spending and (b) under-spend on teacher training bursaries in the 2017/18 academic year now that that academic year has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	173571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of the 2017/18 academic year, we require teacher training providers to complete a rigourous financial assurance exercise to demonstrate that they have properly administered training bursary funding on behalf of the Department. This exercise will be complete at the end of the 2018-19 financial year, at which time finalised spend figures will be available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/09/2018 15:42:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

964256

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will amend the eligibility criteria to lead a basic maths Centre for Excellence so that it is based on the total number of students with low prior attainment in maths rather than the number of students contained in the 2017 maths progress measure.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	169337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to amend the eligibility criteria for the basic maths Centres for Excellence programme. The Centres for Excellence programme will build on the success of the Maths Hubs model in schools, adapting it to improve the quality of teaching post-16.</p><p> </p><p>The eligibility criteria is for institutions to have a minimum of 250 maths students with prior attainment below a grade 4 included in the maths progress measure. This will make sure institutions have a substantial number of students at the end of their 16-19 study programme who have directly benefited from the programme as they work towards achieving a GCSE standard pass in maths. We view this as an important criterion as we trial teaching approaches and evaluate their impact on the quality of teaching and learning over the length of the study programme to inform a wider rollout.</p><p> </p><p>We have allowed and have actively encouraged institutions to partner up to be Centres for Excellence through consortium bids. This will also serve to encourage improved networking between a mix of institutions and institution types with a shared goal of improving maths teaching and attainment.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/09/2018 10:26:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

934155

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
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 25 June 2018 to Question 153261, on teachers: recruitment, how his Department plans to use the money within the remaining budget.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	160194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Spend on teacher bursaries is determined by the number of trainee teachers recruited annually. As recruitment varies year-on-year it is difficult to accurately predict expenditure when budgets are set, which means that underspends and overspends often materialise. All underspends are collected centrally and targeted towards high-priority areas of education spending.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/07/2018 13:40:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

934175

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
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 2 July 2018 to Question 156624, how many and what proportion of maths teachers in receipt of bursaries are still teaching after (a) three, (b) four and (c) five years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	160195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking detailed analysis of teacher training and school workforce data to explore the proportion of bursary holders awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) and the progression of bursary holders into the state funded workforce in England. This will include analysis of employment and retention rates by trainee bursary status (whether a trainee received a bursary), and whether the subject for which a trainee received a bursary is the subject they go on to teach. The Department intends to publish this analysis later in the year.</p><p>Table 8 of the School Workforce Census 2017 includes analysis of teacher retention rates over time, but this data is not currently available by subject and does not consider whether the teacher received a bursary during teacher training. This table is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017</a>.</p><p>Whilst not a direct measure of retention, the Department has recently published new analysis of employment rates of trainees awarded QTS in state-funded schools in England. This analysis does not consider whether a trainee received a bursary during their teacher training, but does include employment rates by subject in Table T1.4 of the Teacher Analysis Compendium (February 2018) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-3</a>. Analysis of teacher wastage rates can also be found by subject in Tables T2.1 to T2.4 of the Teacher Analysis Compendium (May 2017) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017</a>.</p><p>The Department is piloting a phased bursary for mathematics trainee teachers starting initial teacher training in the 2018/19 academic year, which comprises a lower bursary upfront followed by two additional early-career payments once in teaching. The pilot will test whether this approach secures a greater supply of teachers than the upfront bursary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 160196 question first answered 11/07/2018 13:14:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

934176

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
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 2 July 2018 to Question 156624, how many and what proportion of teachers of subjects other than maths are still in teaching after (a) three, (b) four and (c) five years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	160196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently undertaking detailed analysis of teacher training and school workforce data to explore the proportion of bursary holders awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) and the progression of bursary holders into the state funded workforce in England. This will include analysis of employment and retention rates by trainee bursary status (whether a trainee received a bursary), and whether the subject for which a trainee received a bursary is the subject they go on to teach. The Department intends to publish this analysis later in the year.</p><p>Table 8 of the School Workforce Census 2017 includes analysis of teacher retention rates over time, but this data is not currently available by subject and does not consider whether the teacher received a bursary during teacher training. This table is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017</a>.</p><p>Whilst not a direct measure of retention, the Department has recently published new analysis of employment rates of trainees awarded QTS in state-funded schools in England. This analysis does not consider whether a trainee received a bursary during their teacher training, but does include employment rates by subject in Table T1.4 of the Teacher Analysis Compendium (February 2018) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-3</a>. Analysis of teacher wastage rates can also be found by subject in Tables T2.1 to T2.4 of the Teacher Analysis Compendium (May 2017) is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/teachers-analysis-compendium-2017</a>.</p><p>The Department is piloting a phased bursary for mathematics trainee teachers starting initial teacher training in the 2018/19 academic year, which comprises a lower bursary upfront followed by two additional early-career payments once in teaching. The pilot will test whether this approach secures a greater supply of teachers than the upfront bursary.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 160195 question first answered 11/07/2018 13:14:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

929336

registered interest
date	22/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of initiatives to encourage more people to enter the teaching profession.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	156624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has made it his top priority to ensure teaching remains an attractive and fulfilling profession<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition to a £30 million investment in tailored support for the schools that struggle the most with recruitment and retention, the Department offers several other financial incentives to encourage the recruitment of high quality graduates into teaching. These include; tax-free bursaries, worth up to £26,000 for priority subjects and tax-free scholarships of up to £28,000 in five subjects. The Department is piloting a new approach for mathematics trainee teachers in 2018/19, which tests whether offering some of the bursary once the teacher is employed is effective in incentivising both recruitment and retention. The Department recruited more trainee teachers in 2017/18 than in 2016/17 (a 3% rise).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/07/2018 16:29:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

923313

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of funding tuition fees for prospective teachers to encourage more teachers into the teaching profession.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	153259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that we recruit the best graduates into the teaching profession, which is why generous bursaries and scholarships are offered to trainees in priority subjects. In addition to this, teachers will benefit from the newly announced student loan repayment threshold rise and, from September 2018, the Department is piloting a new programme to reimburse student loan repayments for languages and science teachers in the early years of their careers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is developing a recruitment and retention strategy which will make recommendations on the best way to attract graduates into the teaching profession, and will publish the outcomes of this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2018 14:24:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

923317

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of effect of the Teacher Supply Model on teacher recruitment in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	153260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to estimate, at a national level, the number of postgraduate trainee teachers required each year.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 more trainees were recruited than in the previous year, but despite our improved performance, we fell short of the TSM target by 10%.</p><p> </p><p>The growing pupil population in recent years has seen targets rise; for 2017/18 the target grew by 6% from the previous year. The 2018/19 TSM target has increased further by 4%.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the scale of the challenge this presents, which is why generous tax-free bursaries and scholarships worth up to £28,000 for trainees in priority subjects continue to be offered for 2018/19. The Department has also expanded the number of subjects in which schools and universities can recruit without centrally imposed limits, meaning that no good candidate should be turned away owing to the lack of a place.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/06/2018 13:38:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

923332

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there has been an under-spend in the budget for teacher bursaries in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	153261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The table shows the budget and the actual spend for training bursaries in each of the last three complete financial years along with the value of any underspend. These figures take account of the income generated by recovery of unused funding in respect of trainees who withdrew or deferred from training each year as identified through routine assurance processes. The financial year 2017-18 figure consists in part of financial information relating to the 2017/18 academic year, which is yet to conclude, and is subject to further routine assurance before being finalised.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Total amount spent on bursaries</p></td><td><p>Total budget</p></td><td><p>Underspend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£163,730,014</p></td><td><p>£161,544,000</p></td><td><p>(£2,186,014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£184,166,893</p></td><td><p>£188,755,000</p></td><td><p>£4,588,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£183,327,995</p></td><td><p>£224,094,000</p></td><td><p>£40,766,005</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/06/2018 16:49:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 64882 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin