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227251

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to help parents in work with the costs of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education understands that the cost of childcare can be a concern for many parents. In order to help support parents, the Department has increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has provided funding for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds, and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three- and four-year-olds is worth £2,500 per child, per year to parents. This gives an additional £425 per child, per year, when compared to funding prior to the last election. The funding for approximately 40% of two-year-olds is also worth £2,500 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is introducing Tax-Free Childcare, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit from up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For working parents on lower incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs. This could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department has taken action to give more choice to parents by creating child minder agencies and supporting schools to open nurseries and offer provision from 8am to 6pm. The Department is also introducing shared parental leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/03/2015 13:39:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227281

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of staff who were engaged off-payroll in the Department for Education (including its Executive Agencies) can be found online at <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not collect data on the number of staff engaged off-payroll in its associated bodies.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2015 14:27:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227282

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Leaving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the proportion of students who left school having had practical work experience in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Schools are not required to provide information about pre-16 work experience and therefore we do not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:16:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227283

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to improve educational provision for children with autism.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>It is vital that all children are able to fulfil their potential. The Department for Education continues to fund the Autism Education Trust which provides training on autism to early years, school and further education staff. Since Spring 2012, approximately 50,000 staff have received training across all levels: level one basic awareness training and level two hands-on tools and techniques training. Level three training has also been provided for those who want to develop their knowledge of autism further or will themselves take on a training role, such as school Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators. The contract for this training has recently been extended for a further year, to the end of March 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has funded three autism organisations between 2013-15, including Ambitious about Autism, to work with four general further education colleges and schools to test innovative ways of supporting the transition of young people with autism from school to college. The Department has also provided funding to the National Autistic Society in order to help young people with autism take part in the development of local offers of services, to provide advice to professionals and to fund an exclusion adviser for parents and professionals.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 18/03/2015 17:07:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227284

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students are taught in schools rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>As Ofsted is responsible for the requested statistics, this is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 19/03/2015 14:27:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227043

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many stand-alone academies have been placed by Ofsted into the requiring improvement or special measures categories.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morris of Yardley
uin	HL5682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>279 stand-alone academies have been judged to require improvement (including those judged to be satisfactory – the equivalent grade - under the pre-2012 inspection framework) or in special measures at their most recent Ofsted inspection. This is 14% of the stand-alone academies inspected. 1705 stand-alone academies (86%) have been judged by Ofsted to be outstanding or good. By way of comparison, 3178 maintained schools were graded as requiring improvement (including those graded as satisfactory under the pre-2012 inspection framework) or special measures (19% of the maintained schools inspected) and 13,565 (81%) were judged to be outstanding or good.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The strong accountability regime for academies allows the Department to tackle underperformance swiftly. In 2014 the Department introduced eight Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) to strengthen the oversight of academies and free schools. These RSCs, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, can intervene by: bringing in additional expertise; challenging the academy trust to make changes to its leadership team; and issuing pre-warning notices and warning notices to drive improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/03/2015 13:58:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	305 label Biography information for Baroness Morris of Yardley

227044

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Sponsorship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sponsored academies have changed sponsor since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morris of Yardley
uin	HL5683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>30 academies have transferred to new sponsors since 2010 out of over 4500 academies, either at the request of the sponsor or due to fundamental concerns about the academy and/or sponsor performance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/03/2015 12:53:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	305 label Biography information for Baroness Morris of Yardley

227113

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what public consultations her Department has conducted since January 2014; and how many responses her Department has received to each of those consultations.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	227442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has conducted 49 consultations since January 2014, and has received a total of 12,891 responses. The list of consultations and the number of responses received is attached.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 13:35:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name Consultations launched in 2014 and their response rate.doc title DfE 2104 consultations and response rates
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

227114

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's spending was for each student in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The schools block unit of funding (SBUF), which covers pupils in national curriculum year groups reception to 11 aged 4 or above, was £4,486 for Lancashire and £4,535 for the North West region in financial year 2014 to 2015. The SBUF does not cover funding for early years or high needs pupils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 17/03/2015 15:41:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227115

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will support the proposals of her French counterpart for including specific reference to anti-Semitism in citizenship education at the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	227422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Lord Nash is attending the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015. Along with Education Ministers from other Member States he plans to agree a declaration promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:23:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann