Tag: Jess Phillips

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-06-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2016 to Question 38739, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of children who were receiving School Action or School Action Plus who subsequently would not be expected to meet the criteria for an Education, Health and Care plan.

Edward Timpson

Where a pupil is identified as having Special Educational Needs (SEN), schools should take action to remove barriers to learning and put effective special educational provision in place. This system of ‘SEN Support’ has replaced the School Action and School Action Plus categories. We expect schools to make robust judgements about who should receive SEN Support; and that these judgements should be informed by an understanding of good practice.

Different arrangements apply where a child has more complex SEN. Under the Children and Families Act 2014, the legal test of when a child requires an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan remains the same as that for a statement of SEN under the Education Act 1996. The EHC assessment and planning process allows for closer inter-agency working and greater involvement for the child and their family. This helps the local authority to identify and put in place the most effective provision for the child.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-07-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total net budget of Ofsted was in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16.

Nick Gibb

These are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. I have asked him to write to you and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House libraries.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to improve the representation of women at senior executive levels in (a) FTSE 100 and (b) all businesses.

Caroline Dinenage

We have more women on boards than ever before, and no all-male boards in the FTSE 100. I fully endorse the business-led target of 33% women on FTSE 350 boards by 2020. To achieve this, we have established the new, independent Hampton-Alexander Review that will have a particular focus on improving gender representation in the all-important executive layer of FTSE companies.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount her Department has spent to date on underwriting salaries of staff at free schools whose schools did not open or open on time.

Edward Timpson

The Department for Education does not have a full breakdown of revenue spent on staff salaries for proposed free school projects.

The total pre-opening expenditure for free school projects is published on GOV.UK:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools

We will shortly update this information to include projects that opened or were withdrawn or cancelled up to September 2015.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2016 to Question 21059, on universal credit: domestic violence, for what reasons that information is not currently available; and whether his Department plans to collect such information in the future.

Priti Patel

The Department published a strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently quality assuring a range of data for Universal Credit. It is for this reason that the information requested is not currently available.

During 2016 we will be increasing the range of statistics on Universal Credit, which will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-02-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children under 16 and (b) people aged 16 to 25 have been (i) tried and (ii) convicted of revenge porn in each year since it became a criminal offence.

Karen Bradley

The requested information is not available centrally. Offences of disclosure of private sexual photographs and films with the intent to cause distress or anxiety have been included in the harassment offence category since April 2015 in the statistics published by the Office for National Statistics. However, it is not possible to separately identify the age of the victims or the exact offence (from within harassment).

The most recent statistics can be found in Table A4 available at this link: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/crime-in-england-and-wales—year-ending-september-2015/index.html

Convictions data are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice has informed the Home Office that proceedings data for 2015 (including statistics for disclosure of private sexual photographs and films with the intent to cause distress or anxiety) are planned for publication in spring 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much school deficit has remained with local authorities after schools have converted to academy status.

Edward Timpson

The Department does not hold this information on local authority budgets

Deficits for schools which convert to become sponsored academies remain with the local authority. It is right that these deficits remain with their local authority as these schools were the responsibility of the authority when they were found to be failing or underperforming and it is the authority’s responsibility for ensuring the school managed its expenditure satisfactorily.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-04-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum on teacher recruitment and retention.

Nick Gibb

At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government’s position is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-04-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in free schools have (a) statements of special educational needs and (b) Education, Health and Care plans.

Edward Timpson

Information on the number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan by type of institution in the January 2015 School Census is available on GOV.UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015 (Table 1A and 1D.)

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-05-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials of her Department are (a) involved in organising and (b) expected to attend the National Schools Commissioner Roadshow during June and July 2016.

Nick Gibb

The cost of the nine National Schools Commissioner Roadshows during June and July 2016 will be met from within Schools Commissioner’s Group (SCG) allocated programme budget. The programme budget is to cover the costs related to events and other communications activities. For the 2016/17 financial year, this budget is £425k.

It is expected that approximately 1,500 system leaders will attend the nine National Schools Commissioner Roadshows taking place in June and July 2016.

There was no specific allocation made for travel and subsistence costs for officials related to the National Schools Commissioner Roadshows during June and July 2016. These costs will be met from within SCG allocated administrative budget.

An official in each of the RSC offices has been involved in organising the nine National Schools Commissioners roadshows, supported by a lead in SCG. We expect approximately five officials to attend each roadshow, plus the National Schools Commissioner and the relevant Regional School Commissioner (RSC).

There has been no budget allocated to advertising the National Schools Commissioner Roadshows.