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1604780

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date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) performing arts teachers and (b) associated curriculum hours in schools and further and higher education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	167209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Information relating to ITT recruitment performance in England is published annually in the ITT census, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2022-23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2022-23</a>. In 2022/23, there were 329 postgraduate trainees who started an ITT course in drama, 301 in music, and 1,405 in physical education. Performance versus target in 2022/23 for drama was 113%, for music was 64%, and for physical education was 143%.</p><p>Information on the school workforce in England, including the number of subject teachers in state funded secondary schools, is collected each November as part of the annual school workforce census. Information is published in the ‘school workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>. Those who are designated as teachers of dance are included within the total for physical education/sports teachers.</p><p>As of November 2021, there were 8,976 teachers of drama, 7,003 teachers of music, and 23,708 teachers of physical education/sport at Key Stages 3, 4, and 5 in state funded secondary schools in England. In a typical week, they taught 85,003 hours of drama, 86,480 hours of music, and 290,033 hours of physical education/sport. Drama, music and physical education/sport teachers designate any teacher timetabled to teach the subject for any period in a typical week in November. These teachers do not necessarily have a specific post-A level qualification. This timetabling does not cover an entire year of teaching. If there are variations in timetabling across the year, this is not covered in the data available to the Department.</p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of teachers who teach performing arts in further education institutions.</p><p>For 2022/23, the Department increased funding for world-leading specialist HE providers by an additional £5 million, from £53 million in 2021/22 to £58 million in 2022/23. This is on top of the increase of £10 million the Department provided in 2021/22. The Department wants to ensure that specialist institutions, many of which specialise in arts provision, receive additional support, and that grant funding is used to effectively support students.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/03/2023 17:51:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1604781

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performing Arts: Extracurricular Activities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of rises in the cost of living on the uptake of extracurricular performing arts classes in (a) primary, (b) secondary, (c) further and (d) higher education; and whether she is taking steps to increase engagement in the performing arts in (i) schools and (ii) other educational establishments.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	167210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>All state funded schools are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum, and this includes promoting pupils' cultural development. The performing arts are a core part of the school curriculum and also supported through extracurricular activities to children and young people.</p><p>The Department regularly asks about pupil participation in extracurricular performing arts activities in ‘parent, pupil and learner panel’ surveys. In the most recent published wave in which the questions were asked (the November wave from the 2022/23 academic year), 19% of pupils reported that they had participated in extracurricular performing arts activities in that term. The Department will continue to monitor the uptake of performing arts and other extracurricular activities, and investigate reasons for any significant changes or trends.</p><p>An additional £1.6 billion in funding has been made available for 16-19 education between the 2021/22 and 2024/25 academic years. This includes an up-front cash boost which will see the rate of funding per student increase by over 8% in 2022/23.</p><p>The Department recognises the additional cost of living pressures that have arisen this year which have affected university students. In addition to the cost of living measures already announced, the Department discusses cost of living pressures that are affecting students in its regular meetings with stakeholders, including the Office for Students (OfS), Universities UK and other HE representative groups. The Department also consulted with the National Association of Student Money Advisers to understand the ongoing situation in relation to increased requests from students for hardship awards from their universities.</p><p>The Department will continue to spend around £115 million per annum on cultural education over three years, through its music, arts and heritage programmes. With the real terms per pupil increases to core school funding and the nearly £5 billion that has been announced for education recovery, schools will continue to have the flexibility to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum and enrichment activities, including in arts and creative subjects.</p><p>The Department will be publishing a Cultural Education Plan in 2023, working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England. The Chair of the Expert Advisory Panel was announced last year, and other panel members will be announced in due course. The Plan will focus on how the Government can support access and participation in a wide range of arts subjects and activities, particularly for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and in underrepresented groups. It will also further support young people who wish to pursue careers in the creative, cultural, and heritage industries.</p><p>In addition, the Department wants to ensure that HE specialist providers, many of which specialise in arts provision, receive additional support, and that grant funding is used to effectively support students.</p><p>On 8 December 2022, the OfS published the list of successful HE providers who have been identified as world-leading specialists by the Specialist Provider Panel. The current list of world-leading specialist providers includes 13 providers specialising in the arts. This funding will help improve the diversity and quality of creative education provision available to students.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/03/2023 17:54:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1604894

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of measures set out in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, on the ability of childcare providers to recruit staff; and what recent modelling has her Department undertaken of trends in staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	167190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The department regularly surveys a representative sample of over 10,000 early years providers to gain insights into how they run their provision and the challenges they face. This includes data on staff recruitment and retention. We also regularly survey over 6,000 parents to understand their usage of childcare.</p><p>The data collected through these surveys is used to inform the department’s methodology and the uplift required to meet the pressures providers face, and to evaluate the impact this will have on early years settings, early years staff, and on the sufficiency of childcare. We will share further details of this in due course.</p><p>The childcare and early years provider survey is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-provider-survey/2022" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-provider-survey/2022</a>. The childcare and early years parents survey is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 167191 question first answered 21/03/2023 17:27:17 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1604895

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the expanded free childcare hours offer announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, what assessment she has made of the total number of (a) early years settings and (b) early years staff needed to deliver that offer.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	167191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The department regularly surveys a representative sample of over 10,000 early years providers to gain insights into how they run their provision and the challenges they face. This includes data on staff recruitment and retention. We also regularly survey over 6,000 parents to understand their usage of childcare.</p><p>The data collected through these surveys is used to inform the department’s methodology and the uplift required to meet the pressures providers face, and to evaluate the impact this will have on early years settings, early years staff, and on the sufficiency of childcare. We will share further details of this in due course.</p><p>The childcare and early years provider survey is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-provider-survey/2022" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-provider-survey/2022</a>. The childcare and early years parents survey is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 167190 question first answered 21/03/2023 17:27:17 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1604896

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the expanded free childcare hours offer announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183 published on 15 March 2023, whether her Department has undertaken modelling of the number of children included in that offer whose parents or guardians are likely to take up the offer in each of (a) 2024 and (b) 2025, broken down by age.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	167192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>In the 2023 Spring Budget, the government announced a number of transformative reforms to childcare for parents, children and the economy.</p><p>By 2027/28, the government will expect to be spending in excess of £8 billion a year on free hours and early education, helping working families with their childcare costs. This announcement represents the largest ever investment in childcare in England.</p><p>In future, working parents will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks a year, from the point their child is 9 months to when their child starts school. This offer will be rolled out in full from September 2025. The department is ensuring a phased implementation of the expansion to the 30 hours offer to allow the market to develop the necessary capacity, and we will work closely with the sector to develop plans to grow, develop and support the workforce.</p><p>Eligibility estimates for the free early education entitlements are explained in the methodology of the ‘Education provision: children under 5 years of age’ under ‘Data Quality’. This can be accessed here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-methodology" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-methodology</a>.</p><p>Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 21/03/2023 17:25:03 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1604950

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify, (b) inspect and (c) remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete from school and college buildings.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	167240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is working with responsible bodies to identify and manage reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) across the school and college estate. The Department has asked all school and college leaders and Local Authorities to contact the Department if they have concerns about RAAC in their school and college buildings so appropriate action can be taken.</p><p>The Department sent a questionnaire to all responsible bodies asking them for information about RAAC in their premises. The Department published updated guidance on identifying, assessing and managing RAAC in December 2022, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-estates-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-estates-guidance</a>. The Department has appointed three leading structural surveying firms to investigate all cases of suspected RAAC and, where RAAC is confirmed, provides appropriate support through existing departmental programmes.</p><p>Well maintained, safe school and college buildings are a priority for the Department. Over £13 billion has been allocated since 2015 for keeping schools and sixth form colleges safe and operational, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year, which is informed by consistent data on the school estate. The School Rebuilding Programme will transform buildings at 500 schools over the next decade, prioritising schools in poor condition and with potential safety issues. The Department is allocating funding worth £1.5 billion in further education via the Further Education (FE) Capital Transformation Programme to deliver the Government's commitment to upgrade the condition of the FE college estate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/03/2023 18:00:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1604976

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Admissions
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 30 January 2023 to Question 132392 on Admissions: Academies, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting local authorities the power to direct academies to admit pupils in periods of (a) short term and (b) acute demand for school places.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	167100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is not currently considering giving Local Authorities a power to direct academies to admit pupils in periods of demand for school places.</p><p>While it is for academies, as their own admission authority, to determine the numbers of places they provide, the Department does expect academy trusts along with other schools to collaborate with Local Authorities to provide additional places where these are needed, particularly where an academy has spare capacity that can be brought into use.</p><p>The Department supports Local Authorities with capital funding through the Basic Need Grant to meet their statutory duty to provide sufficient school places. The Department provides revenue funding as part of the Designated Schools Grant that Local Authorities can use to support schools to manage a significant growth in pupil numbers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/03/2023 17:49:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1605012

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to develop a workforce plan for Government-funded childcare staff.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	167273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The department continues to explore how to best support the early years sector to recruit and retain the staff it needs. We are working closely with the sector to develop a workforce strategy. The department will share further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 21/03/2023 17:26:14 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1604399

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools and Multi-academy Trusts: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) what arrangements her Department has in place to help ensure that schools and mulit-academy trusts who have entered PFI contracts for school buildings remain able to afford interest payments on those contracts and (b) what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of those arrangements in the context of rising inflation and interest rates.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	166205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>All private finance initiative (PFI) schools contracts have been entered into by either local authorities or the Secretary of State for Education. PFI schools contracts include an interest rate hedge which is agreed at the point of contract signature to secure a fixed rate of borrowing until contract expiry. This means that the payments made to the PFI contractor do not fluctuate as interest rates change.</p><p>An element of the payment owing to PFI contractors is typically index linked but the impact of rising inflation is not an issue that is unique to PFI contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2023 16:34:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1604404

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fuels
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 28 February 2023 to Question 148721 on Students: Fuels, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on students.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	166263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The department discusses the additional cost of living pressures that are impacting students this year in our regular meetings with stakeholders, including the Office for Students (OfS), Universities UK and the higher education (HE) Mission Groups. The department has also consulted with the National Association of Student Money Advisers to understand the ongoing situation in relation to increased requests from students for hardship awards from their universities.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics has twice surveyed students directly on the impact of cost of living pressures. The most recent report, published on 24 February 2023, is available to view here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/educationandchildcare/bulletins/costoflivingandhighereducationstudentsengland/30januaryto13february2023" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/educationandchildcare/bulletins/costoflivingandhighereducationstudentsengland/30januaryto13february2023</a>.</p><p>On 17 March 2023, the OfS published an insight brief to better understand the impact increasing living costs are having on students. The brief discusses data and research from OfS roundtable events, a poll commissioned by the OfS, and other student surveys to explore how the cost of living is affecting students and how universities and colleges are mitigating its impact.</p><p>All households will save on their energy bills through the Energy Price Guarantee and the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. Students who buy their energy from a domestic supplier are eligible for the energy bills discount.</p><p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) will provide £400 support to those households without a direct relationship to a domestic electricity supplier in England, Scotland, and Wales, who have faced increased energy bill costs since 1 October 2022. This will include students in privately rented accommodation, where they receive their energy from an intermediary (such as a landlord or letting agency) who holds a commercial electricity contract.</p><p>The Energy Prices Act passed on 25 October 2022 includes the provision which requires landlords to pass any benefits they receive from energy price support onto end users, as appropriate.</p><p>Tenants should not need to take action to receive this benefit as the obligation is on intermediaries, such as landlords, to pass through the benefit and provide the information necessary to do so. If a student believes this obligation has not been met, they are advised to contact their landlord, or, intermediary to resolve this in the first instance. Within the regulations, there is also scope to pursue enforcement through civil proceedings. Further guidance on the pass-through requirement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries/guidance-on-the-pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-in-great-britain-provided-to-intermediaries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries/guidance-on-the-pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-in-great-britain-provided-to-intermediaries</a>.</p><p>Students in purpose-built student accommodation are not eligible to receive support under the scheme, as with fixed rental fees set ahead of the academic year, they have not been exposed to unexpectedly higher energy bill costs this Winter.</p><p>For students living in university, or private halls, businesses, including those that provide student accommodation, are covered by the Energy Bill Relief Scheme which provides energy bill relief for non-domestic customers in Great Britain.</p><p>The department welcomes the continued efforts of the OfS and the HE sector to look at what more can be done to support students in need of financial help.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 20/03/2023 17:25:34 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley