Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per student her Department provides to schools in order to fulfil the entitlement that every student taking drama GCSE or A level experiences live theatre.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The updated content for GCSE drama and A level drama and theatre studies clarifies that all pupils studying for these qualifications have the entitlement to experience live theatre. This reaffirms the Government’s commitment to providing pupils with an enriching arts education. Taking pupils to see a live performance is a small part of the cost of providing a drama GCSE or A level and a small portion of a secondary school’s overall budget. The vast majority of schools already take GCSE and AS/A level drama students to live performances.
We have just announced that under the national funding formula there will be an additional £1.3 billion for schools and high needs across 2018-19 and 2019-20, on top of existing spending plans. This means that core funding for schools will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017-18 to £42.4 billion in 2018-19. In 2019-20, this will rise again to £43.5 billion. Full details of the arrangements are set out at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/justine-greening-statement-to-parliament-on-school-funding.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is the Government's policy that 90 per cent of students will take the EBacc combination of GCSE subjects by 2025.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Government believes that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) provides the right educational foundation for the vast majority of pupils. Since 2015, the Government has been clear that we want to see 90 per cent of pupils study the EBacc combination of subjects at GCSE. We will publish further detail about the EBacc policy in due course.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is the Government's policy that 75 per cent of students will take the EBacc combination of GCSE subjects by 2022.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Government believes that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) provides the right educational foundation for the vast majority of pupils. Since 2015, the Government has been clear that we want to see 90 per cent of pupils study the EBacc combination of subjects at GCSE. We will publish further detail about the EBacc policy in due course.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to set up at least one new institute of technology in the UK, dedicated to world-leading digital skills and developed and run in partnership with the technology industry.
Answered by Anne Milton
As Institutes of Technology are the responsibility of the Department for Education, I am replying to this question. As part of our Industrial Strategy, we will launch a call for proposals to establish new Institutes of Technology later this year, which will enable more young people to take the advanced technical qualifications needed for the high skills, high wage jobs of the future. Further details on the specific requirements will be published in due course.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in England were entered for the EBacc combination of subjects during the 2015-16 academic year.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 41, in state funded schools2 in England, who were entered for the English Baccalaureate combination of subjects during the 2015-16 academic year is 39.7 per cent.
This data was published as part of the post errata (final) Key stage 4 attainment data update on the school performance tables website.3
1 Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at a school and in year 11 at the time of the January 2016 school census. Age is calculated as at 31 August 2015, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were aged 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.
2 State-funded schools include academies, free schools, city technology colleges, further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds and state-funded special schools. They exclude independent schools, independent special schools, non-maintained special schools, hospital schools and alternative provision.
3 Figures from 2009/10 – 2014/15 are taken from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional (“National tables: SFR48/2016” document, table 1b). Figures for 2015/16 are taken from 2015/16 final data published in the download data section of the school performance tables website: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes®iontype=all&la=0&downloadYear=2015-2016&datatypes=ks4
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Government has spent on the National College of Digital Skills, Ada; and how much it plans to spend on Ada in each of the next three years.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Government is providing £13.4m of capital grant funding to the National College for Digital Skills (Ada). Details of spend and forecast spend is set out in the table below. The Greater London Authority are also providing £18.2m of funding for the capital project and the college will receive contributions from employers in the sector.
Grant allocation | 15/16 (spend) | 16/17 (spend)* | 17/18 | 18/19 | 19/20 |
13,404,828 | 285,643 | 5,256,856 | 0 | 6,937,600 | 297,973 |
*to February 2017
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children in West Bromwich East constituency are not eligible for free school meals.
Answered by Edward Timpson
This information is published in the statistical publication available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) music, (b) drama and (c) art teachers there were in each region of England in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The following table shows the estimated number of secondary school teachers in England, November 2010 to 2015, teaching (a) music, (b) drama and (c) art and design.
| Music | Drama | Art and Design |
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2010 | 7,500 | 11,100 | 13,200 |
2011 | 8,000 | 11,600 | 13,900 |
2012 | 7,400 | 10,500 | 12,800 |
2013 | 7,300 | 10,200 | 12,700 |
2014 | 7,100 | 9,600 | 12,400 |
2015 | 6,900 | 9,400 | 12,000 |
Source: School Workforce Census
The number of teachers teaching each subject in secondary schools are estimates. The annual School Workforce Census typically receives curriculum taught data for over 70% of secondary school teachers. The sample data received have been weighted and grossed so that all figures presented provide a representative, national picture. Due to the sample nature of the data received, regional and local estimates are not produced.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students studying STEM degree subjects were from (a) the UK, (b) the EU and (c) non-EU countries in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2015/16 and can be found at the following link:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications
Information on First Degree enrolments in STEM (including computer games) subjects, and by domicile prior to study, has been provided in the attached table from 2010.
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have studied for a video games degree in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2015/16 and can be found at the following link:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications
Information on First Degree enrolments in STEM (including computer games) subjects, and by domicile prior to study, has been provided in the attached table from 2010.