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Edward Timpson: Information about the number of children on roll in free schools will be collected during the January school census and published in due course.
Edward Timpson: Since 2011, 174 new free schools have opened across the country and around a further 80 are on course to open in September 2014. While free school proposers will have a preferred date for opening their school, the Department for Education does not approve projects to open in any specific year. The projects aiming to open in September 2014 or beyond that have been withdrawn are: 1. Inspirar...
Edward Timpson: The Department for Education does not collect this information and it could be collated only at disproportionate cost. The Department ensures that every free school has access to sufficient play and sports space either on- or off-site.
Edward Timpson: The trust reported to the Education Funding Agency (EFA) that a theft had occurred. The trust undertook a full independent review, and the EFA monitored their response. The Department for Education’s most recent discussion with the trust has been to confirm progress with the recovery of funds and the police investigation. The Department has not had recent discussions with the trust’s...
Edward Timpson: We want it to become the norm for young people to choose between an apprenticeship or university as equally prestigious routes to their career. We have placed a duty on schools to provide independent careers guidance for pupils in years 8-13 on the full range of options, including apprenticeships. We have published statutory guidance requiring schools to ensure that other providers, such as...
Edward Timpson: The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. There are strict rules protecting publicly funded school land. This is set out in guidance, which is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/protection-of-school-play ing-fields-and-public-land-advice
Edward Timpson: Legal costs on appealing decision notices served by the Information Commissioner are not held centrally by the Department for Education, and the cost of determining these over the past five years would exceed the disproportionate limit.
Edward Timpson: Information on subscriptions to magazines is not held centrally. The Department for Education does not fund any subscriptions to television channels. The Department receives the Parliamentary Television Service which provides Ministers and officials with access to direct television feeds from Parliament.
Edward Timpson: Under this Government’s transparency programme, contracts are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder Information on the amount spent monitoring each contract, and the number of officials involved, is not held centrally and an answer could be provided only at disproportionate costs.
Edward Timpson: The following table lists the amounts paid to the suppliers as recorded in the Department for Education’s finance systems: £ Organisation 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Total G4S 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 G4S FIRE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,458.31 12,458.31 SERCO 22,708,767.65 1,866,032.89 3,947,420.89 2,215,156.65 30,737,378.08 SODEXO...
Edward Timpson: Post-opening student recruitment targets are only included in funding agreements for studio schools where there has been concern about potential pupil recruitment prior to the school opening. Five studio schools have specific termination clauses relating to post-opening student recruitment targets in their funding agreements. One school closed on 31 August 2013 and another is due to close on...
Edward Timpson: The information requested is not held centrally.
Edward Timpson: No money has been spent on either media training or social media training for the Secretary of State for Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Nicky Morgan), her predecessor or other Ministers in the Department for Education since May 2010. The Department for Education has curbed spending on all communications activity, bringing the central costs of communication down...
Edward Timpson: In the June Statistical First Release we published data showing that there were 7,400 traineeships starts between August 2013 and April 2014-the first nine months of the programme. We do not yet have reliable data to break this down further. Further information on traineeships data is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data...
Edward Timpson: At the end of 2013, 1,094,000 young people aged 16-18 were studying on full-time study programmes in state-funded post-16 institutions (excluding higher education and independent schools). Of the remainder, 494,000 were in full-time education in independent schools, higher education, or part-time education; 220,000 were in other training or employment; and 148,000 were not in education,...
Edward Timpson: The responsibility for engaging with parents and staff on improving standards in underperforming academies lies with the sponsor or trust. The Department for Education will intervene in cases where we are concerned that sponsors are not bringing about rapid, sustained educational improvements. In the case of the University of Chester Academies Trust (UCAT), which is the sponsor of the...
Edward Timpson: The Department for Education responds to parliamentary questions in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance, available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parli amentary-questions-guidance The guidance makes clear that Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public and only withhold information where its disclosure would not be in the public...
Edward Timpson: I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Burnley (Gordon Birtwistle), as well as my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr Evans) and the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Robert Flello) for tabling the debate in order to champion the needs of autistic children. I think we would all agree that this is an extremely important issue that affects parents not just in Lancashire, but in...
Edward Timpson: As of 14 July 2014, the following organisations were listed in Ofsted’s register of social work providers as discharging functions for looked after children and care leavers: 1. Evolve YP, acting for Staffordshire County Council. 2. Redbridge Leaving Care, acting for the London Borough of Redbridge. 3. Mancroft Advice Project, acting for Norfolk County Council. 4. Catch 22, acting for Kent...
Edward Timpson: I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, will write to my hon. Friend, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Libraries. Some providers, such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over, are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not...