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1121429

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date	11/04/2019
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, in each year since 1995 in real terms (a) what total school funding there was, (b) what total secondary school funding there was, (c) what total primary school funding there was, (d) what total school funding per pupil there was, (e) what total secondary school funding was per pupil; and (f) what total primary school spending per pupil was.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	244187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Per pupil funding in cash terms from 1996/97 to 2018/19, and total schools funding from 2001/02 to 2018/19 are set out in following tables. Before 2001 schools funding was included within the local government funding settlement. For this reason, the total funding prior to 2001 is not readily available. Before 2018/19 funding was not allocated separately for primary and secondary phases.</p><p> </p><p>The government publishes gross domestic product deflators that can be used to understand the impact of inflation over time. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-october-2018-budget-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-october-2018-budget-2018</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Funding 1996/97 to 2000/01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1996/97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1997/98</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1998/99</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999/00</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000/01</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding for schools (£m) cash terms</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding per pupil cash term</p></td><td><p>£2,178</p></td><td><p>£2,352</p></td><td><p>£2,485</p></td><td><p>£2,673</p></td><td><p>£2,938</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Per pupil funding to local authorities for financial years based on Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) allocations for pupils aged 3 to 15.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Funding 2001/02 to 2005/06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2001/02</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002/03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003/04</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2004/05</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding for schools (£m) cash terms</p></td><td><p>21,710</p></td><td><p>23,683</p></td><td><p>25,169</p></td><td><p>27,244</p></td><td><p>28,944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding per pupil cash terms</p></td><td><p>£3,184</p></td><td><p>£3,367</p></td><td><p>£3,612</p></td><td><p>£3,853</p></td><td><p>£4,132</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Funding to local authorities based on SSA to 2003/04 and Education Formula Share (EFS) allocations from 2003/04 for pupils aged 3 to 15.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Funding 2006/07 to 2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding for schools (£m) cash terms</p></td><td><p>30,638</p></td><td><p>32,353</p></td><td><p>33,477</p></td><td><p>34,710</p></td><td><p>36,506</p></td><td><p>37,167</p></td><td><p>38,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding per pupil cash term</p></td><td><p>£4,200</p></td><td><p>£4,487</p></td><td><p>£4,687</p></td><td><p>£4,887</p></td><td><p>£5,143</p></td><td><p>£5,169</p></td><td><p>£5,245</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Up to 2010/11, the figures include the total Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) (schools block, early years block and the high needs block), and other schools related grants. From 2011/12 the total funding figures includes the DSG, the pupil premium and other schools related grants.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Funding 2013/14 to 2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding for schools</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>40,861</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>42,466</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>43,965</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>44,413</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>45,742</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>46,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs Block</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>4,967</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>5,184</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>5,247</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>5,300</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>5,827</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>6,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools Block</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>30,412</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>30,655</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>32,168</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>32,650</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>33,094</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>33,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block unit of funding (£)</p></td><td><p>4,551</p></td><td><p>4,555</p></td><td><p>4,612</p></td><td><p>4,636</p></td><td><p>4,619</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block primary unit of funding (£)</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>4,058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block secondary unit of funding (£)</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>5,229</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>From 2013/14, per pupil funding figures are based on the DSG schools block only. Schools receive funding on top of this through the pupil premium, primary PE and sport premium, Year 7 Catch Up premium and the grant to support universal infant free school meals (from 2014/2015). In 2017/18, the balance between the schools and high needs block was re-set, with some £250 million being transferred from the schools block to the high needs block, to better reflect the actual spending decisions that local authorities had been taking. This accounts for the apparent reduction in the School Block Unit of Funding in that year. Before 2018/19, schools block funding was not allocated separately for primary and secondary phases.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/04/2019 11:45:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1121538

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Homelessness
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 care leavers in (a) Mansfield and (b) Nottinghamshire that have been homeless in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	244203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>​There were no young people in Nottinghamshire local authority area aged 19 to 21 who were care leavers and classified as homeless or of no fixed abode in the last 5 years.</p><p>Figures for young people in Nottinghamshire local authority area aged 17 and 18 who were care leavers have only been collected since the year ending 31 March 2016. None of these young people were classified as homeless or of no fixed abode by the local authority.</p><p>The department does not collect data at parliamentary constituency level.</p><p>Further information on care leavers over the last 5 years in the Nottinghamshire local authority area is published by the department in the underlying data tables accompanying the statistical release, ‘Children looked after in England (including adoption): 2017 to 2018’. The latest release is available on the department’s statistical web page at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>Previous releases can also be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2019 11:51:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1121558

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
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 need to require a placing local authority to introduce a procedure for when young people are placed in another local authority area for that local authority to be informed of the young person’s circumstances and needs and to jointly assess the suitability of the placement and the risk exposure of the young person; and whether they have any plans to introduce such a requirement.
tabling member printed	Lord Bach
uin	HL15209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Where local authorities are placing a young person out of area, there are clear statutory requirements in place to safeguard young people. These require the placing authority to inform the host authority before confirming the placement, and to check whether the host authority is aware of any concerns about the setting.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory responsibilities for looked after children remain with the placing local authority, and Directors of Children’s Services must approve all distant placements.</p><p> </p><p>As a lack of sufficient placements to meet young people’s needs can lead to children being placed out of area, we are investing part of our £200 million Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme in projects in London, where demand for placements outstrips supply. This would also help to increase councils’ capacity so that fewer children are placed far away from home.</p><p>Where there is a dispute between local authorities about who should have responsibility for a looked after child, the ordinary residence determination process provides a mechanism to resolve this.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also launched the Boarding School Partnerships (BSP) to encourage boarding school placements for children in care and those on the edge of care, where it was in the best interests of the child. The BSP has been working with the boarding schools sector to provide a supply of places to local authorities supported by bursaries.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL15210 question first answered 29/04/2019 16:27:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3451 label Biography information for Lord Bach

1121559

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to evaluate the impact of the passing on of costs by local authorities to other local authorities when placing a young person in another local authority; and what consideration they have given to asking the National Policing Chief’s Council and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services to undertake such work.
tabling member printed	Lord Bach
uin	HL15210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Where local authorities are placing a young person out of area, there are clear statutory requirements in place to safeguard young people. These require the placing authority to inform the host authority before confirming the placement, and to check whether the host authority is aware of any concerns about the setting.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory responsibilities for looked after children remain with the placing local authority, and Directors of Children’s Services must approve all distant placements.</p><p> </p><p>As a lack of sufficient placements to meet young people’s needs can lead to children being placed out of area, we are investing part of our £200 million Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme in projects in London, where demand for placements outstrips supply. This would also help to increase councils’ capacity so that fewer children are placed far away from home.</p><p>Where there is a dispute between local authorities about who should have responsibility for a looked after child, the ordinary residence determination process provides a mechanism to resolve this.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also launched the Boarding School Partnerships (BSP) to encourage boarding school placements for children in care and those on the edge of care, where it was in the best interests of the child. The BSP has been working with the boarding schools sector to provide a supply of places to local authorities supported by bursaries.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL15209 question first answered 29/04/2019 16:27:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3451 label Biography information for Lord Bach

1121566

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timeline for the review of the National Plan for Music Education, which currently runs until 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL15217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We have begun preparatory work on the refresh of the National Plan for Music Education, which will be published by 2020.</p><p>We are grateful to the many music stakeholders who have already submitted reports and proposals, and are reviewing these closely. A further public announcement will be made soon, setting out our plans to ensure that everyone with an interest in music has the opportunity to contribute.</p><p>The government believes that music is an important subject and that all pupils should receive a high quality music education, at least up to age 14. That is why the subject is compulsory in the national curriculum and why the government is providing funding of over £300 million for music education hubs between 2016 and 2020. The national curriculum does not apply in academies, but all state-funded schools have to provide a broad and balanced curriculum.</p><p>In order to ensure all pupils are able to enjoy a high quality music education, we are also developing and publishing a non-statutory model music curriculum for key stages 1 to 3. This will expand on the statutory programmes of study and act as a benchmark for all schools.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/04/2019 12:56:18 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1121603

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to set out how they measure whether the apprentice programme boosts economic productivity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We have recently introduced a range of reforms to further support the productivity contribution of apprenticeships. It is too early to assess the full impact of our reforms.</p><p>Our Apprenticeships Reform Programme Benefits Realisation Strategy, attached, sets out a broad range of success measures for the programme, including economic measures. Measures include earnings upon completion, results from employer and learner surveys, and the further education (FE) Skills Index – a measure of the productivity impact of the programme over time.</p><p>The Skills Index enables us to compare the value of skills investments across the FE sector, including apprenticeships. It looks at the number of learners achieving, the employment rate for those learners as well as expected additional earnings.</p><p>The total value-added for apprenticeships in the academic year 2016/17 has increased by 3% on 2015/16, due to an increase in the volume of apprenticeship achievers at Level 3 and above.</p><p>We publish annual progress updates against our strategy. Our last update, published in May 2018, is attached and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>We will be publishing our 2019 update shortly which will include an update to our Skills Index.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15254_Apprenticeship_Reform_Programme__Benefits_Realisation_Strategy.pdf title HL15254_Apprenticeship_Reform_Strategy 2 file name HL15254_Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf title HL15254_Report_on_Reform_Program question first answered 25/04/2019 16:43:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1121606

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sugar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support, funding, and guidance they intend to provide to schools to (1) limit the availability of sugar products in schools, and (2) become sugar-free.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>This government wants pupils to be healthy and well nourished. We encourage a healthy balanced diet and healthy life choices through school funding, legislation and guidance. The attached School Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 August 2016, the government published its plan for action (attached) to significantly reduce childhood obesity by supporting healthier choices.</p><p> </p><p>One of the commitments in the plan was to update the School Food Standards. The School Food Standards regulate the food and drink provided at both lunchtime and at other times of the school day, including, for example, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending machines and after school clubs. The standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods. They ensure that pupils always have healthy options for their school lunch.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Public Health England to update the regulations. This will focus on reducing sugar consumption and will be supported by detailed guidance to caterers and schools. More detail will follow shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15257_School_Food_Standards.pdf title hl15257_School_Food_Standards 2 file name HL15257_Childhood_obesity_plan.pdf title HL15257_Childhood_Obesity_A_Plan_for_Action question first answered 29/04/2019 16:16:50 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern