Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the quality of specialist education support services for children in (a) England and (b) Plymouth with low incidence needs.
Answered by Edward Timpson
It is for local authorities to determine the support they arrange, including any specialist education services for children and young people with low incidence needs. The importance of making appropriate provision for children with low incidence needs and local authorities including information about specialist support in their local offer is set out in the new 0-25 special educational needs and disability code of practice. Under Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014, local authorities have a duty to keep under review the educational provision, training provision and social care provision made in their area for children and young people who have special educational needs.
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many deaf pupils achieved five A* to C grades in (a) England, (b) the South West and (c) Plymouth in 2013.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The number and proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 with a hearing impairment who achieved 5 or more GCSE A* to C grades (or equivalent) in a) England, b) the South West and c) Plymouth in 2013 can be found in the table below.
Pupils with a hearing impairment | |||
Number of eligible pupils1 | Number of pupils achieving 5 or more | Percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more | |
England | 1390 | 1024 | 73.7 |
South West | 125 | 82 | 65.6 |
Plymouth | 10 | x | x |
Source: National pupil database
x = Figures not shown due to 1 or 2 pupils not achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSE grades (or equivalent). This suppression is to protect pupil confidentiality and consistent with the Department for Education’s statistical policy[1].
Asked by: Alison Seabeck (Labour - Plymouth, Moor View)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Two parliamentary questions tabled to the Department for Education, PQs 198493 (tabled on 13/5/2014) and 198434 (tabled on 12/5/2014), did not receive substantive answers by the time of prorogation. The questions had reply on dates during prorogation, and therefore could not be answered due to the House's rules regarding notice periods.
As a courtesy, both Members have been sent copies of the answers that they would have received had the Department been permitted to give the answers in the usual way.