The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ritchie on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s report on the collision between the stern trawler MV Karen and a dived Royal Navy submarine in the Irish Sea on 15 April 2015 to be published.
Mr John Hayes
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s report of its investigation into this accident is due to be published in mid-October.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the differences are in the requirements for proposed new grammar schools and existing grammar schools for fairer access.
Nick Gibb
On 12 September, the department launched the consultation ‘Schools that work for everyone’, which sets out proposed requirements that could be placed on new and existing selective schools to ensure fair access. This can be found at https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that more nurseries employ qualified early years teachers.
Caroline Dinenage
The Government recognises that graduates are an important part of the early years workforce, and that is why in 2013 we introduced the early years initial teacher training programme which leads to the award of Early Years Teacher Status. We have made a significant investment in this programme by providing funding for course fees and bursaries to eligible trainees, and also funding for employers to support trainees.
The number of graduates in the workforce continues to rise, and between 2008 and 2013 the proportion of full day care staff with a degree or higher increased from 5% to 13%. The Government wants to see more trained graduates in the workforce in the future.
The early years workforce strategy is in development this year and will set out how government will help to remove barriers to attracting, retaining and developing staff. It will look at the barriers to growing the body of graduates in the workforce in England.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what child protection steps have been taken to prevent self-employed adults with violent or sexual convictions providing extracurricular activities for children when no governing body exists for that sport or activity.
Edward Timpson
Schools are aware of their responsibilities in ensuring that any self-employed individual who is providing extra-curricular classes or sessions on their behalf has been subject to the necessary and appropriate checks, which could include checking individual status with the relevant sports or activity governing body.
If those checks reveal convictions for violence the school will then determine the appropriateness or otherwise of allowing that individual to continue to provide classes or sessions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review proposed arrangements for the non-examined assessment elements of new GCSEs and A-level examinations to enable adult learners who wish to sit those qualifications as private candidates to do so.
Nick Gibb
These questions are a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write directly to the Hon. Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House libraries.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Education Funding Agency has in place for the use of the former East Ham police station.
Edward Timpson
The Department acquired the former East Ham Police Station for a free school and has every intention to use this site for a school. We are considering the best use for the site, taking into account both that it is listed and the accommodation needs of whichever school occupies it.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils attending state-funded (a) grammar schools and (b) schools that are not grammar schools (i) are eligible for free schools meals and (ii) have special educational needs.
Nick Gibb
The Government does not collect data on pupils who have social educational needs.
The number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals are set out below.
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Eligible for and claiming FSM |
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State-funded grammars |
2.5% (4,237 of 166,517 pupils) |
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Non-selective state-funded secondary schools |
13.8% (416,279 of 3,026,901 pupils) |
Source: January 2016 school census return. The data includes all pupils on roll, including those over 16.
The consultation document Schools that work for Everyone proposes that we should seek to identify and support those families which are ‘just managing’; those on modest incomes who might not be in receipt of benefits but nevertheless are just about managing. The document also proposes that we should place conditions on new selective schools so that they attract more pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, and that they should work with non-selective schools to raise standards for all pupils.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on the self-esteem of female pupils of having to wear a uniform.
Caroline Dinenage
The department has published advisory guidance on school uniform policy. The guidance makes clear that it is for the governing body of a school to decide whether there should be a school uniform policy and if so what that should be. It also makes clear that, when deciding on uniform policy, a school will have to consider its obligations not to discriminate unlawfully, including on the basis of gender.
The guidance can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with her Cabinet colleagues on preventing self-employed adults with violent or sexual convictions providing extracurricular classes or sessions to children where there is no governing body for that sport or activity.
Edward Timpson
Schools are aware of their responsibilities in ensuring that any self-employed individual who is providing extra-curricular classes or sessions on their behalf has been subject to the necessary and appropriate checks, which could include checking individual status with the relevant sports or activity governing body.
If those checks reveal convictions for violence the school will then determine the appropriateness or otherwise of allowing that individual to continue to provide classes or sessions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Graham on 2016-09-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish updated guidance on opening a university technical college.
Robert Halfon
Each University Technical College (UTC) application round opens with the publication of the ‘University Technical Colleges How to Apply Guide’, which sets out the application window for each round. The next How to Apply Guide will be published in due course.