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748640

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Social Mobility Commission's report: Time for Change: an assessment of government policies on social mobility 1997-2017, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the attainment gap identified between disadvantaged young people and other students at A level or equivalent.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Commission’s report, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and ability, but by where you come from, who your parents are and which school you attend.</p><p>Educational achievement is at the heart of this Government’s commitment to make ours a meritocratic country. This is why we invested around £552m on disadvantaged learners aged 16-19 in 2016-17, on top of standard funding rates.</p><p>The attainment gap between those eligible and those not eligible for Free School Meals at age 15 achieving level 3 by age 19 has decreased from 26.4% in 2005 to 24.5% in 2016, but we know there is more to do. The department is pursuing a range of policies aimed at benefiting disadvantaged learners. Improvements in the delivery of high-quality basic skills and careers advice benefit disadvantaged learners by ensuring they have the qualifications, support and experience needed to get on in life, and have access to clear advice on their options. Funding uplifts support apprentices from disadvantaged areas, care leavers and those with learning difficulties and disabilities.</p><p>Traineeships, programmes combining pre-employment training, work experience and English and maths are available for young people aged 16-24 (and for young people with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan up to academic age 25) who are within six months of being ready to enter the labour market.</p><p>Latest data shows that there were 24,100 traineeship starts in the 15/16 academic year (14,700 aged 16-18 and 9,400 aged 19-24). Supported internships can be life-changing opportunities for young people with a SEN statement or EHC plan aged 16-24 who need more help to move from education into employment.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/07/2017 13:41:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748641

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Social Mobility Commission's report: Time for Change: an assessment of government policies on social mobility 1997-2017, what steps her Department is taking to improve the attainment of children eligible for free school meals at GCSE.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education welcomes the Commission’s report which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and ability but by where you come from, who your parents are and which school you attend.</p><p> </p><p>Educational achievement is at the heart of government’s commitment to make this is a truly meritocratic country and we have spent over £11bn since 2011 - almost £2.5bn this year alone - through the pupil premium to tackle educational inequality. The pupil premium provides schools with additional money to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils, most of whom are current or past free school meal claimants, of all abilities. This complements our work since 2010 to raise standards for curriculum, assessment and accountability, and our £72 million investment in Opportunity Areas where we are working to break down the barriers to social mobility that too many still face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has provided the Education Endowment Foundation with £137 million to expand the evidence base and communicate to schools what works best to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils; schools are held to account for their use of the pupil premium through Ofsted inspection and information in performance tables. Further information about the pupil premium is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, measured by the department's gap index, has narrowed by 9.3 per cent at age 11 and 7.0 per cent at age 16 (GCSE) since 2011, the year the pupil premium was introduced. The 2016 GCSE figures show ongoing narrowing of the gap from 3.80 points to 3.78 points. This means better prospects for a more prosperous life as an adult. But we know there is more to do; the Department will set out further details on policy to tackle social injustice in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/07/2017 15:47:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748643

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people are in receipt of universal credit in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 3263 question first answered 10/07/2017 15:09:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748644

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who will be in receipt of universal credit in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 3218 question first answered 10/07/2017 15:09:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748645

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Networking: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the data protection and privacy implications of the Snap Map feature available to users of the Snapchat service.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	3204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for the protection of personal data and the right to privacy. The Secretary of State and I also met with the Information Commissioner last week to discuss data protection. The Government understands the concerns that have been raised and have discussed Snap Map with the ICO.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 3356 3357 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:10:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

748646

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy centrally to fund any school improvement work that is required to make school buildings safer as a result of safety tests carried out as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We have instructed all bodies responsible for safety in schools, colleges and universities to carry out checks to identify any buildings that might require further investigation and to flag any concerns. This has included carrying out checks for Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding where it may pose a risk.</p><p>We have had thousands of responses from schools and responsible bodies. Work is ongoing to go through this data. We are contacting schools if we need further information. Our priority is to analyse the data returns as quickly as possible and contact all schools that have cladding that may require further checks, in line with the collective government response. Updates on the outcomes of any cladding tests will be provided once they are available. Where we agree that remedial work is required we will support responsible bodies to make the necessary amendments to ensure pupils safety.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3268 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:02:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748648

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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, with reference to page 62 of stage two of the Schools National Funding Formula consultation, whether it remains her policy that from 2019-20, the national funding formula will be used to calculate the vast majority of each individual school's budget so that schools are predominantly funded through a consistent national approach without the additional layer of variation and complexity created by the current existence of a different formula in every local authority; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to introduce a fairer funding formula. We are committed to ensure that no school has its budget cut as a result of the new formula.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation, which we are analysing in detail. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will work with Parliament to bring forward proposals that command consensus and will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3266 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:31:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748649

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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, with reference to page 62 of stage two of the Schools National Funding Formula consultation, whether it remains her policy to bring forward legislation to implement the change to the funding formula in due course; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	3266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to introduce a fairer funding formula. We are committed to ensure that no school has its budget cut as a result of the new formula.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation, which we are analysing in detail. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will work with Parliament to bring forward proposals that command consensus and will publish the response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 3267 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:31:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

748097

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports Competitors: Down's Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her Department has had with disability sports organisations on classing Down's syndrome athletes as a separate and discreet class and excluding such athletes from participation opportunities in national disability sports events.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	2938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We have not been approached about this issue and no recent discussion has taken place. Sport England is currently in discussions with National Disability Sports Organisations, about the role they can play to support the delivery of Government's strategy for sport and physical activity, Sporting Future, which is focused on tackling inactivity in priority groups, such as disabled people. This includes discussions with Special Olympics GB and Mencap about the work that they do with people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2017 10:09:23 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

748104

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Sector: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how often the public services programme implementation group, announced on 13 December 2016 has met; and what progress has been made in developing a Public Service Incubator.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Civil Society Implementation Group, chaired by Sir Martyn Lewis, was formed. It was tasked with creating delivery proposals for policies related to public services and civil society, including the Incubator. The group has met on 15 separate occasions and Government is considering its proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/07/2017 16:24:24 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed