Department for Education

written question – answered on 19 December 2016.

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  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Skills in the Technical and Further Education Public Bill Committee on 29...

  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship standards relate to skills for which there are shortages in the green economy.

  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52226, for what reason there is no requirement to outline a typical career progression or...

  • Pupils: Cheshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the availability and regularity of bus services for pupils travelling for Halewood to Cronton...

  • Academies: Football

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues and other stakeholders on increasing the role played by Premier League and Football League teams...

  • Skills Funding Agency: Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the future staffing of the Skills Funding Agency.

  • Apprenticeship Delivery Board

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the process is for appointing the advisory panel of apprentices for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education; and how she plans...

  • Institute for Apprenticeships

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which locations her Department is assessing the potential merits of for the Institute of Apprentices.

  • Lifelong Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 1.102 of Budget 2016, what the planned timescale is for the review of Lifelong Learning.

  • Children: Disadvantaged

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children living in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the North East of England and (c) England received free school meals in each of the last...

  • Primary Education: Sports

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to the Primary PE and Sport Premium in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17.

  • Faith Schools: Admissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications of the Education Policy Institute report, entitled Faith Schools, pupil performance and social...

  • Schools: Buildings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to monitor the quality of new Education Funding Agency-funded school building stock in relation to (a) the health and...

  • Schools: Buildings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to improve communications between schools, the Education Funding Agency and contractors as a result of the findings of...

  • Schools: Buildings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to permit more flexibility in the rules governing the design and size of new schools to allow for the best possible use...

  • Schools: Buildings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to adopt a smarter approach to the use of building management equipment that controls the internal environment of modern...

  • School Meals: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that academies and free schools meet the School Food Standards.

  • Teachers: Labour Turnover

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the retention rate is for newly qualified teachers who were recorded in service between November 2014 and November 2015; and how many such...

  • Teachers: Vacancies

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher vacancies there are in each (a) phase and (b) region.

  • Class Sizes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were taught in classes of 31 or more pupils in 2016.

  • Sixth Form Education: Admissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average GCSE score is of students currently enrolled at (a) sixth form colleges and (b) school and academy sixth forms in England.

  • Sixth Form Education: Disadvantaged

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students enrolled at (a) sixth form colleges and (b) school and academy sixth forms in December 2016 were eligible for free school...

  • Students: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants for student finance for the 2016-17 academic year are still awaiting a decision; and how many of those applicants are awaiting an...

  • Educational Institutions: Domestic Visits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) schools and (b) other educational institutions she has visited since taking office.

  • Academies

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average cost of converting a local authority maintained school to an academy.

  • Academies: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy trusts made related-party transactions in the last financial year for which data is available.

  • Schools: Sponsorship

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools sponsor state schools.

  • Academies: Headteachers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy headteachers earn more than the Prime Minister.

  • University Technical Colleges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent further closures of university technical colleges.

  • Department for Education: Information Officers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on communications and media staff in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and how much her Department expects to have spent on such...

  • Pre-school Education: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are in the lowest-attaining (a) 18.6 and (b) 21.5 per cent within the early years foundation stage profile; and how many such...

  • Schools: Closures

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 55853, who records the cost of school closures.

  • Academies

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy conversions her Department expects to have been completed between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017.

  • Penn School

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Education Funding Agency and (b) other statutory bodies about the future use of the former Penn...

  • Department for Education: Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil service apprentices her Department has appointed since the civil service apprenticeship scheme was created.

  • Pupil Premium

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral contribution on 14 December 2016, Official Report, column 797, whether the commitment to protect the pupil premium at...

  • Teachers: Graduates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage graduates with a first class degree into the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement.

  • Pupil Premium

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspections have been undertaken by Ofsted into the effective use of the Early Years Pupil Premium by providers in each year since that...

  • Pre-school Education: Pupil Premium

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department monitors the effective use of the Early Years Pupil Premium by childcare providers.

  • Grammar Schools: Food

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the School Food Standards will be made mandatory for new grammar schools.

  • Grammar Schools: Social Mobility

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on social mobility of proposed changes to the Government's policy on selective schools.

  • Schools: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government is making on ensuring that funding is fairly distributed to schools across England.

  • Higher Education: Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on higher education research funding of the UK's decision to leave the EU.

  • Schools: Floods

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on protecting vulnerable schools from flooding.

  • Teachers: Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the projected number of teachers required to meet demand in England in each of the next three years.

  • Church Schools: Community Relations

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Roman Catholic schools in contributing to social cohesion.