Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) average length of time and (b) longest time was for a higher education establishment to receive their registration from the Office for Students.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
There is no meaningful average time for higher education establishments receiving an outcome on their Office for Students (OfS) registration application. This is because the time taken from initial receipt of the application to a final registration decision is dependent on a number of factors. These factors include the completeness of the application initially submitted, the scale of the clarificatory information requested by the assessor during the assessment process and the length of time taken by the provider to respond to such information requests. In addition, other factors include the time taken for the provider’s access and participation plan to be negotiated and approved, the likelihood of the provider to breach its ongoing conditions of registration, including the ways in which that would impact its students. Furthermore, consideration is also given to the overall readiness of the provider to be regulated.
In cases where decisions that have been reached more quickly often relate to circumstances where the provider has submitted a near-complete application or where queries during the assessment have been minimal. In addition, more timely decisions can be made where the risk assessment suggests that the provider is unlikely to breach any of its ongoing conditions of registration. Cases that have taken longer to assess have typically involved several attempts to obtain relevant information from the provider. The risk assessment also suggests either that the provider does not satisfy one or more initial conditions of registration (in which case the provider may make representations against the proposed decision to refuse registration), or that the provider may be at increased risk of breaching one or more of its ongoing conditions of registration once registered. In these cases, the OfS is likely to conclude that the interests of students are best protected by taking regulatory action with which the provider must comply, such as applying specific conditions of registration or enhanced monitoring arrangements. Such occurrences would lengthen the timeframe for a decision on an application.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expected timeframe is for the Office for Students to complete the registration of a higher education establishment.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
There is no set timeframe for how long it takes the Office for Students (OfS) to process an application. This is because a final registration decision is dependent on a number of factors. These include the completeness of the application, the scale of the information requested by the assessor during the assessment process and the length of time taken by the provider to respond to such information requests. The time taken for the provider’s bespoke access and participation plan to be negotiated and approved also has an impact on the length of the process.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many higher education establishments (a) received and (b) did not receive their registration within the timeframe expected of the Office for Students.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
As higher education establishments may choose to apply for registration onto the Office for Students’ (OfS) register at any time, there is no set deadline or timeframe for when they should receive a decision on their applications. To date, 356 higher education establishments have successfully registered with the OfS since the OfS started accepting applications.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had more than (i) five, (ii) seven and (c) 10 per cent of pupils defined as children in need in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many such pupils there were at each of those schools.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in need whose primary assessment of need was abuse or neglect were within 12 months of a previous referral in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been classified as in need (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four times (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) during their lifetimes.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
The proportion of referrals to children’s social care which were within 12 months of a previous referral by local authority, however, is published in the characteristics of children in need statistical first release in table C1 here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in need achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information for 2013-14, the most recent year available, was published in table L5 of the ‘Additional tables’ available online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who attended schools assessed as outstanding at their most recent inspection (a) achieved and (b) did not achieve five A* to C grades including English and mathematics, broken down by eligibility for (i) free school meals, (ii) ethnicity, (iii) children in need and (iv) children in care in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information is not held in the correct format.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals in each ranked category of school at its most recent inspection (i) achieved and (ii) did not achieve five A* to C grades including English and mathematics in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information is not held in the correct format.
Asked by: Andrew Griffiths (Conservative - Burton)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children designated as in need achieved (a) five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics and (b) no A* to C grades at GCSE, excluding equivalents, in each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information on how many and what proportion of children designated as in need achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics, excluding equivalents, for the most recent year for which figures are available is published in table L5 in the additional tables, online at:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014
Information on how many and what proportion of children designated as in need achieved no A* to C grades at GCSE, excluding equivalents, is not held in the requested format.