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1017218

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department issues on nutrition in packed lunches.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The government supports measures to ensure that children eat a healthy, nutritious meal at lunchtime. This is why we set out, through legislation, the minimum standards for food provided by schools.</p><p>It is ultimately for schools to set their own packed lunch policies. Schools must act reasonably in setting such policies and we would expect schools to consider pupils’ medical, dietary and cultural needs accordingly. We also expect that schools will consult with parents, setting out their objectives, gaining their support and giving proper consideration to any difficulties when setting their packed lunch policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 16:53:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1017219

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Refugees
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 support the integration of refugee children that attend schools.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	197325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for ensuring that all of their pupils, irrespective of their ethnicity and background, are engaged, challenged and have opportunity to achieve their full academic potential. Such children and young people may be diverse in terms of their country of origin, how long they have been in England and their previous experiences of formal education – so individual schools will be best placed to determine how to integrate pupils with refugee status most effectively into the life of the school.</p><p>Head teachers have flexibility in how they use the funding allocated to their schools in order to support and address the specific needs of their pupils – including those who are refugees (or seeking asylum). Refugee children may have English language development needs. Through the new national funding formula (NFF) for schools, which was introduced in April 2018, schools are allocated funding for pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) who have been in the school system in England for up to three years. The funding equates to an additional £515 per primary school pupil and an additional £1,385 per secondary school pupil by the time the formula is fully implemented. The mobility factor in the NFF also directs funding to schools in which more than 10% of pupils joined the school mid-way through the academic year.</p><p>Where appropriate, schools can also use their pupil premium funding to support refugee pupils who are classed as disadvantaged, or who are currently or have previously been in local authority care.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum seeking children who arrive in the UK become looked-after children and therefore will be safeguarded and have their welfare promoted in the same way as any other looked-after child. Such children will have a Personal Education Plan, and social workers, Virtual School Heads (VSH) and Independent Reviewing Officers, school admission officers and special educational needs departments will work together to ensure that appropriate education provision for the child is arranged.</p><p> </p><p>The department has contributed £1.3 million through the Controlling Migration Fund over two years to fund eight diverse local authorities in providing better access to initial assessment and education for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The local authorities will also use their delivery models to develop resources for this vulnerable cohort of looked-after children that can be easily shared with and used by other local authorities facing similar challenges. We are working with the VSH Network to support the development of the tools and resources as well as good practice examples and case studies of effective support, which are being cascaded through the VSH Network to all other local authorities looking after unaccompanied and refugee children.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 17:42:33 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1017239

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued contracts in the last two years that do not include provisions to impose that any payment due from the contracting authority to the contractor under the contract is to be made no later than 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, all of the Department’s model contracts contain clauses which require the Department to pay invoices within 30 days of receipt. Any correctly submitted invoice that is not paid within 30 days will be subject to the provisions of the Late Payment of Commercial Debt (Interest) Act (1998).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2018 16:57:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017286

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether confirmation on funding availability for EU students accessing 16-19 provision for the 2019-20 academic year will be published prior to the publication of funding guidance in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	197412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>In order to be eligible for funding for 16-19 education and training, a student must have the legal right to be resident in the United Kingdom at the start of their study programme. Any student, including EU students, who are legally resident in the UK at the start of their course in the academic year 2019 to 2020 will continue to be eligible for funding for the duration of their course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/12/2018 09:52:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1017331

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in (a) Salford, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West Region are on the (a) upper, (b) leading practitioner and (c) leadership pay ranges.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	197448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The attached table provides the number and proportion of full and part-time regular teachers in service in state funded schools who are paid on the upper, leading practitioner and leadership pay ranges for Salford, Greater Manchester and the North West Region and in England in November 2017.</p><p>Figures for teachers on the main pay scale have been provided for context.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2018 17:12:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 197448_Number _and_proportion_of_teachers_in_service_by_pay_range.pdf title 197448_Number _and_proportion_of_teachers_in_servi
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1016242

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, if his Department will take steps to reduce the time taken for autistic children to receive a statement of special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	196715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>All local authorities in England are required to follow the guidance set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 years: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p>This requires them to meet a statutory deadline of 20 weeks for completion of an Education, Health and Care plan from the time that they receive a request for an assessment. This applies to all children and young people, including those on the autism spectrum.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/12/2018 10:14:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1016250

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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 the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the recruitment of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teaching staff.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	196782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>More than 34,500 new trainee teachers started teacher training (ITT) courses this year – over 2,600 more than in 2017. Of postgraduate new entrants to ITT whose nationality was known, five per cent were European economic area (EEA) nationals. Teachers from the EEA make a valuable contribution to our education system and we are working very closely with the Home Office to ensure that this is taken fully into consideration as we leave the EU and move to a new UK migration framework.</p><p>The Government has always been clear that decisions about the future immigration system should be based on evidence and the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)’s report on EEA migration in the UK will inform those decisions. The MAC report provides a clear direction for us to develop a single, global immigration system, based on skills rather than nationality. The Department will ensure the future system caters for professionals working in a range of sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The withdrawal agreement, finalised on 25 November, protects the rights of more than three million EU citizens living in the UK and around one million UK nationals living in the EU.</p><p>It will provide EU teachers in the UK with certainty about their rights going forward allowing them to continue living their lives broadly as they do now. During the implementation period, EU teachers will still be able to come to the UK and be able to live, work and study as they do now.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is undertaking extensive preparations in advance of the next phase of negotiations with the EU to put in place appropriate governance structures and to build further capacity and capability, in order to negotiate an ambitious future partnership. The Government will continue to prepare for all scenarios, including the unlikely event that March 2019 is reached without the agreement of a deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/12/2018 17:56:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1016251

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of teaching support staff who are EEA nationals.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	196783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/12/2018 17:54:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1016252

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) EEA and (b) foreign nationals who have left the teaching profession in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	196784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/12/2018 17:54:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1016253

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made on securing continued access to the Erasmus programme after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	196785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. Following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK based organisations and people will be able to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, for the duration of the current programmes.</p><p>The government values international exchange and collaboration in education and training as part of its vision for a global Britain. In the white paper, we propose that the UK and EU should continue to give young people and students the chance to benefit from each other’s world leading universities, including cultural exchanges like Erasmus+. We are considering the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+ carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>The political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the EU and the UK, published on 25 November, sets out that UK participation in EU programmes such as Erasmus+ would be on the basis of a set of agreed terms which would provide for a fair and appropriate financial contribution, provisions allowing for sound financial management by both sides, fair treatment of participants, and management and consultation appropriate to the nature of our involvement.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/12/2018 16:43:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes