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1603997

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Multi-academy Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department issues guidance to multi-academy trusts recommending targets for the number of (a) pupils served and (b) schools run by such trusts.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is focused on continuing to improve standards in schools, providing the best education for children, including for those from disadvantaged backgrounds and with special educational needs. The best way for this to happen is for all schools to be in strong families of schools, benefitting from the support of the best in the group, and the resilience that comes from being part of a larger group of schools. That is why, over time, the Department would like all schools to be in a strong multi-academy trust (MAT), due to the positive impact it can have on children’s lives. If we get this right then we will see the vast majority of schools in trusts before 2030. The Department is exploring how to further support the growth of strong multi-academy trusts through the Regulation and Commissioning Review.</p><p>The current national academisation rate is 47.4%, which includes 10,254 academies and free schools out of a total of 21,630 state funded schools. This has increased from 45.7% in March 2022 when the Schools White Paper was published. Of those, 9,173 are in a MAT.</p><p>There are 94 MATs that serve at least 7,500 pupils. These represent 6.9% of the total of 1,345 MATs, and are comprised of 2,341 Academies (22.8% of the total number) and just over 1.24 million pupils (26.2% of the total).</p><p>There are 266 MATs serving 10 or more schools, which is 19.7% of the total. These are comprised of 4,872 Academies (47.5%) and 1.94 million pupils (40.8%).</p><p>The Department does not issue guidance specifically on the size of MATs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165431 165432 question first answered 28/03/2023 17:26:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1603996

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Multi-academy Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of multi-academy trusts (a) serve a minimum of 7,500 pupils and (b) run at least 10 schools.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department is focused on continuing to improve standards in schools, providing the best education for children, including for those from disadvantaged backgrounds and with special educational needs. The best way for this to happen is for all schools to be in strong families of schools, benefitting from the support of the best in the group, and the resilience that comes from being part of a larger group of schools. That is why, over time, the Department would like all schools to be in a strong multi-academy trust (MAT), due to the positive impact it can have on children’s lives. If we get this right then we will see the vast majority of schools in trusts before 2030. The Department is exploring how to further support the growth of strong multi-academy trusts through the Regulation and Commissioning Review.</p><p>The current national academisation rate is 47.4%, which includes 10,254 academies and free schools out of a total of 21,630 state funded schools. This has increased from 45.7% in March 2022 when the Schools White Paper was published. Of those, 9,173 are in a MAT.</p><p>There are 94 MATs that serve at least 7,500 pupils. These represent 6.9% of the total of 1,345 MATs, and are comprised of 2,341 Academies (22.8% of the total number) and just over 1.24 million pupils (26.2% of the total).</p><p>There are 266 MATs serving 10 or more schools, which is 19.7% of the total. These are comprised of 4,872 Academies (47.5%) and 1.94 million pupils (40.8%).</p><p>The Department does not issue guidance specifically on the size of MATs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165431 165433 question first answered 28/03/2023 17:26:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1300853

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Remote Education: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his department has made of the number of electronic devices that have been allocated to disadvantaged pupils during national covid-19 restrictions since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care. We are making available 1.3 million laptops and tablets to schools, colleges, academy trusts and local authorities, supporting disadvantaged children and young people who would not otherwise have access to a digital device.</p><p>As of Monday 15 March, over 1.2 million laptops and tablets have been delivered. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/laptops-and-tablets-progress-data-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/laptops-and-tablets-progress-data-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>The Department has been publishing this data every week during term time. The next publication will be due on Tuesday 23 March.</p><p>Once received, the laptops and tablets are owned by schools, academy trusts, local authorities or further education colleges who can lend these to children and young people who need them the most. These laptops and tablets are intended to give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term either in the classroom or from home.</p><p>The Department does not collect any data on how devices are used once they are received by the school.</p><p>We know that a range of other local and community initiatives have also provided technology for remote education, and that some schools have also invested in technology at this time. We do not hold comprehensive data on device provision outside of the Get Help with Technology Programme during this period.</p><p>Over 5,000 schools are now accessing a digital platform for remote education via the department’s grant funded Digital Platforms Programme</p><p>The Department plans to examine the broader impact of these interventions over the coming year.</p><p>From the 8 March, attendance is mandatory for all pupils of compulsory school age. Schools affected by the remote education temporary continuity direction are still required to provide remote education for pupils where their attendance would be contrary to government guidance or legislation around COVID-19. This includes, for example, where such guidance means that a class, group, or small number of pupils need to self-isolate, or that clinically extremely vulnerable children need to shield.</p><p>Where it is needed, schools are expected to offer pupils 3-5 hours of remote education. This includes either recorded or live direct teaching alongside time for pupils to work independently to complete assignments that have been set.</p><p>We have recently updated our guidance and resources for schools around safeguarding and delivery of remote education, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://get-help-with-remote-education.education.gov.uk/safeguarding" target="_blank">https://get-help-with-remote-education.education.gov.uk/safeguarding</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165431 165432 165433 question first answered 16/03/2021 17:27:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1300852

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Remote Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the number of schools that have used (a) allocated devices and (b) digital platforms to deliver teaching.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care. We are making available 1.3 million laptops and tablets to schools, colleges, academy trusts and local authorities, supporting disadvantaged children and young people who would not otherwise have access to a digital device.</p><p>As of Monday 15 March, over 1.2 million laptops and tablets have been delivered. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/laptops-and-tablets-progress-data-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/laptops-and-tablets-progress-data-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>The Department has been publishing this data every week during term time. The next publication will be due on Tuesday 23 March.</p><p>Once received, the laptops and tablets are owned by schools, academy trusts, local authorities or further education colleges who can lend these to children and young people who need them the most. These laptops and tablets are intended to give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term either in the classroom or from home.</p><p>The Department does not collect any data on how devices are used once they are received by the school.</p><p>We know that a range of other local and community initiatives have also provided technology for remote education, and that some schools have also invested in technology at this time. We do not hold comprehensive data on device provision outside of the Get Help with Technology Programme during this period.</p><p>Over 5,000 schools are now accessing a digital platform for remote education via the department’s grant funded Digital Platforms Programme</p><p>The Department plans to examine the broader impact of these interventions over the coming year.</p><p>From the 8 March, attendance is mandatory for all pupils of compulsory school age. Schools affected by the remote education temporary continuity direction are still required to provide remote education for pupils where their attendance would be contrary to government guidance or legislation around COVID-19. This includes, for example, where such guidance means that a class, group, or small number of pupils need to self-isolate, or that clinically extremely vulnerable children need to shield.</p><p>Where it is needed, schools are expected to offer pupils 3-5 hours of remote education. This includes either recorded or live direct teaching alongside time for pupils to work independently to complete assignments that have been set.</p><p>We have recently updated our guidance and resources for schools around safeguarding and delivery of remote education, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://get-help-with-remote-education.education.gov.uk/safeguarding" target="_blank">https://get-help-with-remote-education.education.gov.uk/safeguarding</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165431 165432 165434 question first answered 16/03/2021 17:27:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1300851

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Remote Education: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing disadvantaged pupils with (a) devices and (b) other technology after covid-19 restrictions have ended.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	165432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care. We are making available 1.3 million laptops and tablets to schools, colleges, academy trusts and local authorities, supporting disadvantaged children and young people who would not otherwise have access to a digital device.</p><p>As of Monday 15 March, over 1.2 million laptops and tablets have been delivered. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/laptops-and-tablets-progress-data-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/laptops-and-tablets-progress-data-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>The Department has been publishing this data every week during term time. The next publication will be due on Tuesday 23 March.</p><p>Once received, the laptops and tablets are owned by schools, academy trusts, local authorities or further education colleges who can lend these to children and young people who need them the most. These laptops and tablets are intended to give schools the flexibility to provide remote education support and can continue to be used in the longer term either in the classroom or from home.</p><p>The Department does not collect any data on how devices are used once they are received by the school.</p><p>We know that a range of other local and community initiatives have also provided technology for remote education, and that some schools have also invested in technology at this time. We do not hold comprehensive data on device provision outside of the Get Help with Technology Programme during this period.</p><p>Over 5,000 schools are now accessing a digital platform for remote education via the department’s grant funded Digital Platforms Programme</p><p>The Department plans to examine the broader impact of these interventions over the coming year.</p><p>From the 8 March, attendance is mandatory for all pupils of compulsory school age. Schools affected by the remote education temporary continuity direction are still required to provide remote education for pupils where their attendance would be contrary to government guidance or legislation around COVID-19. This includes, for example, where such guidance means that a class, group, or small number of pupils need to self-isolate, or that clinically extremely vulnerable children need to shield.</p><p>Where it is needed, schools are expected to offer pupils 3-5 hours of remote education. This includes either recorded or live direct teaching alongside time for pupils to work independently to complete assignments that have been set.</p><p>We have recently updated our guidance and resources for schools around safeguarding and delivery of remote education, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://get-help-with-remote-education.education.gov.uk/safeguarding" target="_blank">https://get-help-with-remote-education.education.gov.uk/safeguarding</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 165431 165433 165434 question first answered 16/03/2021 17:27:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh