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604036

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
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 incentivise universities to attract more students to take courses in areas which are identified as having a skills shortage.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	48950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We want everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education to be able to do so. We will provide student finance for those studying part-time for a second degree in any Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subject. We also announced in the Autumn Statement of 2015 that we are introducing new part-time maintenance loans from the academic year 2018/19, in order to support the cost of living while studying on part-time courses.</p><p>To promote retraining and prepare people for the future labour market, we are also reviewing any further gaps in support for lifetime learning, including for flexible and part-time study. We are also supporting growth in degree apprenticeships and have made a £10m Development Fund available to help universities and partners, including further education colleges, to help higher education providers to meet employer demand.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2016 14:13:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

604037

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that private higher education providers that have attained degree powers and university status provide an education of a sufficient quality.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>Private higher education providers can obtain Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs) and University Title (UT) if they meet the criteria. The criteria are set out in departmental guidance, and are the same for publicly-funded and private providers. For DAPs they include criteria around Governance and Academic Management, and Academic Standards and Quality Assurance. For UT they include good governance criteria such as quality assurance and academic standards, and criteria on student numbers.</p><p>Higher education providers that are publicly funded can obtain DAPs on an indefinite basis. All other organisations, including private providers, can be granted DAPs for a fixed term period of six years. The decision to renew degree-awarding powers after each term rests with the Privy Council and is subject to the organisation meeting the criteria for the renewals set out in our guidance. All holders of DAPs are expected to subscribe to the Quality Assurance Agency and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.</p><p>A change in control at the provider may trigger a review to check that the provider in question continues to meet the criteria for UT, and remains the same cohesive academic community that was granted DAPs.</p><p>The current departmental guidance is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/higher-education-market-entry-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/higher-education-market-entry-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2016 14:13:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

604038

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
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 effect of changes to tuition fees on the breadth of course provision offered by universities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The breadth of a higher education institution’s course offering is a decision for the institution itself, rather than Government, though it will inevitably be constrained by the need to cover the cost of that provision. The cap on student tuition fees has been frozen since 2012, which has meant that the maximum fee providers can charge has fallen in real terms, from £9,000 to £8,500.</p><p>The Teaching Excellence Framework will mean that those providers who can demonstrate a suitably high standard of teaching quality will be able to maintain their fees in line with inflation.</p><p>This is expected to be worth over £1 billion per year to the sector, ensuring the sector can continue to provide a world leading and diverse higher education system that promotes social mobility and the country’s economic success.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2016 14:14:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

604039

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 30 August 2016 on the Kingston Centre (Primary PRU), our case reference ZA5075.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	48855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System sent a reply to the Hon. Member’s letter on 24 October 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 50944 question first answered 09/11/2016 14:01:01 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

604040

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received from the National Union of Teachers on the effect of children's centre closures.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>We have no record of having recently received representations from the National Union of Teachers on the effect of children’s centre closures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/10/2016 13:11:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

604041

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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, when her Department plans to roll out the fairer funding formula in schools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>We will introduce a national funding formula for schools from April 2018. We are considering the options carefully, taking into account the need to give schools and local authorities’ stability, and the importance of ensuring these historic reforms are right. We will put forward our detailed proposals later in the autumn, including our proposals for the transition to the formula. Following a full consultation, we will make final decisions and confirm arrangements in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/10/2016 16:03:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

604042

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres there were in (a) 2010 and (b) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure there are sufficient centres to meet local need; and a duty to consult where changes are planned to local children’s centre provision.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010 there were 3,615 children’s centres[1]. On 30 September 2016, local authorities listed as being in operation 3,265 main children’s centres and sites open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network.</p><p> </p><p>Children’s centre records are maintained by local authorities and are made publicly available via the department’s “EduBase portal” at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a></p><p> </p><p>[1] The total number of children’s centres in 2010 was originally reported as 3,631. However, a data-cleansing exercise carried out by the department in 2013 found that 15 of the children’s centres local authorities had entered onto the children’s centre database did not subsequently open and that there was one duplicate record on the database. The revised total of 3615 was announced on 18 December 2013 in replies to parliamentary questions 176910 and 177099 available at: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131218/text/131218w0002.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131218/text/131218w0002.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/10/2016 16:42:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

604043

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of children entering secondary education who are unable to read.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests provide information about the proportion of pupils entering secondary education who have reached the national expected standard in reading. The latest Key Stage 2 results are published in table N2 of the the “National curriculum assessments at key stage 2 in England, 2016 (provisional)” statistical first release (SFR)[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2016-provisional</a> (Table N2)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/10/2016 16:03:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

604044

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Manchester Withington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have studied at least one arts subject at A-level in Manchester, Withington constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	48868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of A level examination entries (including arts[1] subjects) by local authority and state funded schools are published in the A level and equivalent results statistical first releases (SFR)[2]<sup>,</sup>[3]<sup>,</sup>[4]<sup>,</sup>[5]<sup>,</sup>[6].</p><p> </p><p>The information requested by parliamentary constituency is not available.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Arts subjects are included under the categories Art and Design, Media, Film and Television Studies and Music.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-a-level-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-a-level-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a> (Table 12a)</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 13a)</p><p>[4] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2013-to-2014-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2013-to-2014-revised</a> (Table 13a)</p><p>[5] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2014-to-2015-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2014-to-2015-revised</a> (Table 13a)</p><p>[6] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a> (Table 10)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/10/2016 15:56:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

604045

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Manchester Withington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have studied at least two arts subjects at GCSE level in Manchester, Withington constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	48869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The requested information is given in the table below:</p><p><strong>Number of pupils at the end of KS4 entering at least two arts<strong>[1]</strong> subjects at GCSE (incl. equivalents) in Manchester LA</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year[2]</p></td><td><p>Pupils entering at least two arts subjects at GCSE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Source: KS4 Performance Tables</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The information required by parliamentary constituency is not available.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Includes: Applied Art &amp; Design, Art &amp; Design, Drama, Performing Arts, Media/Film/TV Studies, Music and Dance. Does not include History of Art and Creative Writing.</p><p>[2] Data is provisional for 2016, all other years are final.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/10/2016 16:02:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith