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1041364

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
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 on the public purse of replacing university maintenance grants with larger maintenance loans in every year since that change was introduced in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	208358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>An assessment was made at Summer Budget 2015 of the costs of replacing maintenance grants with loans for all full-time higher education students from the 2016/17 entry cohort. The then former Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Jo Johnson, my hon. Friend for Orpington said in the House of Commons Debate about Student Maintenance Grants on 19 January 2016 (c1308) that:</p><p>“The switch from maintenance grants to loans will, in a steady state, save around £2.5 billion per year from the fiscal deficit. […] We acknowledge that a proportion of the loans will not be repaid. This is a conscious decision to invest in the skills base of our country, and protect those who go on to lower-paying graduate jobs. We forecast that the long-term annual economic savings will be around £800 million per year.”</p><p>An equality analysis was also published by the government in November 2015, which included analysis of the impacts of the change from maintenance grants to loans: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p>There has been no further analysis of the impact of this policy, as current student loan expenditure and repayment will be impacted by all the policy changes which have been enacted since this date.</p><p>A review of post-18 education and funding is underway. This is being informed by independent advice from an expert panel, chaired by Philip Augar. The panel have undertaken an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement and evidence gathering. They will report in 2019 before government concludes the overall review.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2019 17:54:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1041448

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students aged 16 to 19 are eligible for (a) free school meals and (b) free meals in further education.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	208413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The department does not publish data on the total number of pupils eligible for free meals in further education. Data is only published from those institutions who provide census returns including state-funded secondary schools, special schools, pupil referral units and local authority alternative provision.</p><p> </p><p>The published data shows the total number of students aged 16 to 19 who were eligible for and claiming free school meals in January 2018 is 32,215.</p><p> </p><p>A more detailed breakdown is available in the national tables document of the 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2018' statistical release here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/01/2019 13:36:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1039609

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the funding allocation for the early years pupil premium in the dedicated schools grant has fallen from £50.0 million in 2015-16 to £28.1 million in 2019-20 while the hourly rate has remained 53p.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	207611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We introduced the early years pupil premium (EYPP) in April 2015 in order to support better outcomes for disadvantaged 3 and 4-year-old children.</p><p> </p><p>The EYPP is demand led and local authorities are funded for the EYPP on the basis of the number of children benefiting and by the number of entitlement hours they take, according to annual census data. The EYPP is therefore funded on the same basis as the early year’s childcare entitlements.</p><p> </p><p>Census data was not available when the EYPP was introduced. Funding for 2015 to 2016 was on the basis of data held by the Department of Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/01/2019 13:57:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1035211

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has (a) spent and (b) plans to spend in the next three months on publicity in relation to the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	205394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, the department has spent nothing on publicity in relation to the UK leaving the EU without a deal. In the next three months, the department has no spend planned on publicity in relation to the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2019 14:20:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1027534

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Numeracy: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether secondary legislation will be required to implement the Key Stage 2 Multiplication tables check assessment framework.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	203326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>To help ensure that children can recall their times tables fluently by the time they leave primary school, a new national multiplication tables check will be introduced from the 2019/20 academic year onwards. This check will be delivered via a short, onscreen assessment and will be administered by schools to pupils at the end of year 4.</p><p> </p><p>In order to implement the check, the Department is proposing to amend the Education (National Curriculum) (key stage 2 assessment arrangements) Order 2003. The Department will also consider making further consequential amendments to related statutory instruments before the check is first administered on a statutory basis in the summer of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/01/2019 14:49:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1024018

registered interest
date	12/12/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the pay gap between teachers working in schools and further education colleges on the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff working in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	201723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>​It is essential that the further education (FE) sector is able to recruit and retain excellent teachers if we are to achieve a world-class technical education system in England. Due to the independent nature of the FE sector, and government’s historical relationship with it, we do not have detailed data on FE teacher pay, or on the wider FE workforce.</p><p>We are undertaking work to understand the situation better, including the specific challenges and opportunities in relation to teacher recruitment and retention in the sector. This includes our recent College Staff Survey, which is helping us develop a better insight into the state of the teaching profession in FE and shows that more than half of all teachers have worked in the sector for ten years or more.</p><p>We want to support the recruitment and development of FE teachers. This year we have launched our £5 million Taking Teaching Further programme to help attract talented and inspiring people with industry expertise to teach in FE. We have also announced our £8 million new bespoke professional development offer, T level Professional Development, to help existing teachers and leaders successfully deliver T levels.</p><p>​Further, we have recently commissioned research on identifying FE teacher comparators, and on incentive programmes for the recruitment and retention on FE teachers, to better inform our thinking. The reports, and the results of the College Staff Survey, are available at GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/12/2018 16:07:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1016278

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: Finance
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 19 November 2018 to Question 191474 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, when he plans to publish data showing the amount of schools block funding local authorities have allocated in 2018-19 to date compared with the amount they received in order to provide an indication of funding directed to other areas such as high needs.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	196905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Pre 16 maintained school and academy allocations are published each financial year for all maintained schools and academies.</p><p>We have already published the Dedicated Schools Grant provided to each local authority for 2018-19 financial year, and intend to publish the 2018-19 schools block allocations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 03/12/2018 17:10:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1010391

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
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 19 November 2018 to Question 191474, which 13 local authorities have been granted the ability to move funding from the schools block to the high needs block.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	192930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>For the funding year 2018 to 2019, local authorities have the flexibility to transfer up to 0.5% of their schools block funding to another block of the Dedicated Schools Grant, with the approval of their schools forum. Local authorities were only required to submit a request if they wished to transfer more than 0.5% out of the schools block, or if they did not receive support from the schools forum for a transfer.</p><p>13 local authorities were allowed to transfer over 0.5% from the schools block to the high needs block.</p><p>The local authorities are listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount of transfer <br> (£million)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of <br> schools block </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>1.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston-upon-Thames</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>1.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.60%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/11/2018 14:25:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1007153

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money was reallocated from the Dedicated Schools Grant towards the High Needs Block in each local authority area in England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	191474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Prior to 2018-19, local authorities were free to determine the balance of funding between their schools, high needs and early years budgets, all funded from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). It is not possible to give figures for transfers from the schools block to high needs, as the precise amounts spent by local authorities will also be affected by transfers to and from DSG reserves, and any funding from other sources (for instance, local authorities’ general funds) spent on educational purposes.</p><p>In 2018-19, with the introduction of the national funding formulae for schools and high needs, we have limited this flexibility in order to ensure that the majority of schools funding that local authorities receive is going directly to schools.</p><p>Local authorities are able to move up to 0.5% of their funding from the schools block to the high needs block, with agreement of their schools forum. This is explained in the high needs operational guide, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2019-to-2020</a>. Where a local authority wishes to move more funding, or the forum does not agree to the transfer, the local authority will be required to seek recourse to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education. Last year, after thorough consideration, 13 local authorities were granted the ability to move funding under these circumstances.</p><p>We will publish data shortly showing the amount of schools block funding the local authorities has allocated this year, compared to the amount they received, thereby providing an indication of funding directed to other areas, such as high needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/11/2018 17:18:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1000261

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans next to increase the national funding rate for sixth form students.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	187379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 11:50:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran