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1020216

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the School Food Standards permits school to sell (a) doughnuts, (b) waffles and (c) cookies to pupils.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	199332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The school food standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar. The standards apply to the overall planned provision of food and drink in schools, including during school lunches and food provided by the school at other times.</p><p>Governing boards are legally responsible for meeting the school food standards and it is for schools and caterers to decide which foods to serve across the school week. Desserts are permitted when served during the school lunch service and the types of products mentioned in this question are only permitted by the standards under restricted circumstances: for example, confectionery is prohibited, and only healthy snacks, such as fruit, vegetables, seeds and nuts can be provided for food other than lunch.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our work on the Childhood Obesity Plan, we have committed to reducing sugar in the school food standards and officials are working with Public Health England to achieve this. Further details will be available shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 10/12/2018 17:16:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1020219

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education
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 the potential benefits of reinstating rounders on the activity list of assessed sports for GCSE and A-level physical education.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	199473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department published subject content for reformed physical education GCSE, AS and A levels in England in January 2015. Both sets of subject content include a list of activities in which students can be assessed. On 24 October 2018, the Department launched a review inviting proposals to add activities to the list, information about which is available here:</p><p><a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/gcse-and-alevel-reform/review-of-gcse-as-and-a-level-physical-education-a/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/gcse-and-alevel-reform/review-of-gcse-as-and-a-level-physical-education-a</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The deadline for responses is 20 December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will consider all responses to this review, including those relating to rounders, along with Ofqual and exam boards. Decisions drawn from the review will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 17:34:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1020247

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education and Skills Funding Agency: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many related-party transactions over £20,000 there were in the 2017-18 financial year where records are available; what resource the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) plans to allocate to sign off related-party transactions over that amount in the 2018-19 financial year; and what deadline the ESFA plans to set to sign off individual transactions.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	199411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>To increase transparency and accountability, from April 2019 academy trusts will be required to declare all Related Party Transactions (RPTs) and to seek the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA’s) approval for any worth over £20,000.</p><p> </p><p>Individual trusts’ accounts for 2017-18 are not due to be submitted to the Department until early 2019 and, therefore, the information on numbers of RPTs worth over £20,000 for 2017-18 will not be published. The new process from April 2019 will allow the Department to report on sector-wide RPT use, including volumes of RPTs worth over £20,000.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated team has been established to administer the new process. This team will be responsible for a range of duties in terms of ensuring compliance with the approval process and ensuring approvals are dealt with, within an appropriate time scale. Guidance to support and underpin the new process will be published on GOV.UK, in advance of April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 14:11:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1020248

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Selective Schools Expansion Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the new school places created by the selective schools expansion fund will be for children on free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	199412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>All schools applying to the Selective School Expansion Fund were required to give pupils eligible for the pupil premium second priority (after the mandatory priority for looked after and previously looked after children) in their oversubscription criteria.</p><p>As with all oversubscription criteria, the actual number admitted will depend on the number that apply to the school and reach the school’s academic entry requirements. Schools were required to demonstrate, through their fair access and partnership plans, the outreach work they will undertake to support disadvantaged pupil’s access their schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 17:15:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1020249

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Selective Schools Expansion Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the applications submitted by the successful schools that will receive funding through the Selective Schools Expansion Fund.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	199413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Applications submitted by the successful schools for funding through the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF) will not be published. This is because the applications contain commercially sensitive information. However, the Department appreciates that there is a public interest in understanding what the successful schools have committed to deliver. Therefore, a summary of each successful schools’ Fair Access and Partnership Plan will be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 17:32:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1020262

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to educate parents about (1) the potential risks of gambling-related harm, and (2) how to support and help their children to avoid such harm.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL12059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The government’s Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures included the announcement of a multi-million pound safer gambling advertising campaign, aimed at raising public awareness of the risks around gambling and signposting to support. The campaign will be funded by industry and led by GambleAware, an independent charity which commissions research, education and treatment of gambling-related harms.</p><p> </p><p>GambleAware’s delivery plan for 2018-20 sets out steps it will take around education and harm-prevention, including developing and promoting a ‘knowledge hub’ of resources and guidance for teachers and those who work with young people, working with agencies that support young people’s mental health and encouraging parents to have conversations with their children about safer gambling behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are expected to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils. We know that some schools choose to teach about gambling and addiction in an age-appropriate way, as part of their Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education. The non-statutory PSHE programme of study, published by the PSHE Association includes teaching about gambling (including online) and its psychological and financial impact.</p><p>The consultation to make relationships education compulsory in all primary schools; relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools; and health education in all state-funded schools, closed on 7 November and a thorough engagement process has informed the key decisions on the content of these subjects. The draft content also addresses online behaviour and mental wellbeing. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation before finalising the regulations and guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/12/2018 15:19:12 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

1020273

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role that physical education and school sport can play in tackling childhood obesity.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL12066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is clear that physical education (PE) and school sport is important as it teaches pupils the importance of developing healthy habits from an early age that can have positive impacts on pupil health, mental wellbeing, character and childhood obesity. The first ever Active Lives Children and Young People Survey published by Sport England on 6 December showed a positive association between engagement in sport and physical activity and levels of mental wellbeing. The survey is attached.</p><p> </p><p>In October my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a new School Sport and Activity Action Plan to be published in spring 2019 which will help get more young people active and enjoying the benefits of sport.</p><p>Through the Childhood Obesity Plan, attached, the government is supporting the delivery of the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines that every primary age child should get at least 60 minutes of moderate to physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be delivered in school. The Childhood Obesity Plan Chapter 2 update, attached, sets out that the government will promote a national ambition for every primary school to embrace an active mile, such as the Daily Mile into the school day.</p><p>Through the primary PE and sport premium, the government has invested over £1 billion of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport since 2013. A further £100 million of revenue generated from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy has been used for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund in 2018-19, which can be used to improve children’s access to facilities for physical activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name active-lives-children-survey-academic-year-17-18.pdf title Active_Lives_Children_&_Young_People_Survey 2 file name Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf title Childhood_Obesity_Plan 3 file name childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2.pdf title Childhood_Obesity_Plan_Chapter_2 grouped question UIN HL12067 question first answered 13/12/2018 15:24:34 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1020274

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits to children of participation in physical education and school sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL12067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The government is clear that physical education (PE) and school sport is important as it teaches pupils the importance of developing healthy habits from an early age that can have positive impacts on pupil health, mental wellbeing, character and childhood obesity. The first ever Active Lives Children and Young People Survey published by Sport England on 6 December showed a positive association between engagement in sport and physical activity and levels of mental wellbeing. The survey is attached.</p><p> </p><p>In October my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a new School Sport and Activity Action Plan to be published in spring 2019 which will help get more young people active and enjoying the benefits of sport.</p><p>Through the Childhood Obesity Plan, attached, the government is supporting the delivery of the Chief Medical Officer’s guidelines that every primary age child should get at least 60 minutes of moderate to physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be delivered in school. The Childhood Obesity Plan Chapter 2 update, attached, sets out that the government will promote a national ambition for every primary school to embrace an active mile, such as the Daily Mile into the school day.</p><p>Through the primary PE and sport premium, the government has invested over £1 billion of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport since 2013. A further £100 million of revenue generated from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy has been used for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund in 2018-19, which can be used to improve children’s access to facilities for physical activity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name active-lives-children-survey-academic-year-17-18.pdf title Active_Lives_Children_&_Young_People_Survey 2 file name Childhood_obesity_2016__2__acc.pdf title Childhood_Obesity_Plan 3 file name childhood-obesity-a-plan-for-action-chapter-2.pdf title Childhood_Obesity_Plan_Chapter_2 grouped question UIN HL12066 question first answered 13/12/2018 15:24:34 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1020310

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 16 of The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2017/18, HC 1707, published on 4 December 2018, what steps he plans to take to close the gap between per pupil funding in secondary schools and further education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	199382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We are actively exploring the funding and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education.</p><p>As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 12:14:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1020313

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
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 number of people with qualified teacher status who are no longer working in education.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The information can be found in table 22 of the publication ‘School Workforce Census in England, November 2017’ available here:</p><p><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> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 17:20:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham