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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2019-09-06
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Finance more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of applicants for support under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in the last year for which records are held, were asked to provide further information to support their request, broken down by the reason further information was required. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17784 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-08more like thismore than 2019-10-08
answer text <p>The information requested would require a manual trawl of records of all service users receiving section 4 support and could only be provided at a dis-proportionate cost.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-10-08T11:16:37.18Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-08T11:16:37.18Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141955
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-24more like thismore than 2019-07-24
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Standards more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any relationship between the proportion of disadvantaged pupils attending a school and the likelihood of that school receiving a good or outstanding Ofsted rating; and what steps they intend to take as a result of any such assessment. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17499 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-02more like thismore than 2019-08-02
answer text <p>The department has not conducted an assessment of the relationship between the proportion of disadvantaged pupils attending a school and its likelihood of being rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding.</p><p>Schools are allocated additional funding, in the form of the pupil premium, for pupils on roll who are classed as disadvantaged. Pupils are classed as disadvantaged through having been registered for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years, being looked after or having left care through adoption or other specified routes. Schools have flexibility over the ways in which they use this funding to improve the attainment and other outcomes of their disadvantaged pupils and these can include measures to improve the quality of teaching received by those pupils. Ofsted will also consider how leaders and governors spend the pupil premium, their rationale and the intended impact, as part of school inspection.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-02T12:16:04.583Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-02T12:16:04.583Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141956
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-24more like thismore than 2019-07-24
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Mental Illness: Children more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that referrals to child mental health units from primary schools for pupils aged 11 and under have risen by almost 50 per cent in the last three years. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17500 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-07more like thismore than 2019-08-07
answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made as comparable data is not available at a national level.</p><p>Referral data for children and young people’s mental health services is published by NHS Digital in the Mental Health Services Dataset since 2017. This shows that in 2017/18 there were 259,615 new referrals to children and young people’s mental health services for people aged 0-18 and 381,528 new referrals for the same in 2018/19.</p><p>The number of providers supplying data has increased in 2018/19 and so a direct comparison between the two years is not possible.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-07T11:38:28.227Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-07T11:38:28.227Z
answering member
4019
label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141572
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Teachers: Pay more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 22 July (HLWS1746), what proportion of the additional cost of the School Teachers' Review Body's recommendation for a 2.75 per cent uplift in all pay ranges and allowances will be met by the Government. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17440 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-01more like thismore than 2019-08-01
answer text <p>In January the department published the schools cost technical note, alongside our written evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body. In that we demonstrated that, nationally, a 2% pay increase for teachers is affordable in 2019-20.</p><p>The recommended award of 2.75% is therefore 0.75% over that assessment. In recognition of the difference between this award, and the 2% we have assessed schools can afford, we are providing an additional £105 million of funding for schools this year. This is on top of the £321 million the department is already providing this year through the Teachers’ Pay Grant to cover the ongoing cost of the 2018 pay award.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-01T13:19:22.443Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-01T13:19:22.443Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141573
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Grammar Schools more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration is given to the effect on the intake of comprehensive secondary schools in the proximity of grammar schools which have successfully applied for satellite expansion under the Selective School Expansion Fund. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17441 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-01more like thismore than 2019-08-01
answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p>
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
grouped question UIN
HL17442 more like this
HL17443 more like this
HL17444 more like this
HL17445 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.7Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.7Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141574
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Grammar Schools more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the full bids of successful applications to the Selective School Expansion Fund; and if not, why not. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17442 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-01more like thismore than 2019-08-01
answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p>
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
grouped question UIN
HL17441 more like this
HL17443 more like this
HL17444 more like this
HL17445 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.76Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.76Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141575
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Eleven Plus more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent selective schools and their local authorities increasing the proportion of pupils passing the 11-plus test by lowering the pass mark in order to increase the numbers of pupils meeting the admission criteria for selective state schools. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17443 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-01more like thismore than 2019-08-01
answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p>
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
grouped question UIN
HL17441 more like this
HL17442 more like this
HL17444 more like this
HL17445 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.823Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.823Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141576
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Eleven Plus more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that pupils born in the summer are not disadvantaged in the 11-plus tests for entry to selective state schools. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17444 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-01more like thismore than 2019-08-01
answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p>
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
grouped question UIN
HL17441 more like this
HL17442 more like this
HL17443 more like this
HL17445 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.87Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.87Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1141577
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-07-23more like thismore than 2019-07-23
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Secondary Education: Standards more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the progress rates of pupils in non-selective secondary schools in Buckinghamshire, Kent and Lincolnshire compared to pupils in selective schools in those areas; and what assessment they have made of that data. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL17445 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-08-01more like thismore than 2019-08-01
answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p>
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
grouped question UIN
HL17441 more like this
HL17442 more like this
HL17443 more like this
HL17444 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.903Zmore like thismore than 2019-08-01T13:18:52.903Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this
1135101
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-26more like thismore than 2019-06-26
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Admissions more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to implement the recently-announced changes to the School Admissions Code introducing priority admission-status for inter-country adopted children. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Watson of Invergowrie remove filter
uin HL16728 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-08more like thismore than 2019-07-08
answer text <p>As stated in the recent Children in Need review, the government will be taking forward changes to the School Admissions Code, to ensure that all children, especially the most vulnerable, can access a school place as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>As part of these changes, the government will also implement the changes previously announced by my right hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards, to ensure that children who were previously in care outside of England receive highest priority for admission into a school in England.</p><p> </p><p>All changes will be subject to the full statutory process, including a public consultation, which will be launched in the autumn.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-07-08T11:58:45.207Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-08T11:58:45.207Z
answering member
4689
label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
tabling member
1241
label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie more like this