Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of applications to the Troops to Teachers scheme were successful in each year since 2018.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Troops to Teachers programme was closed in 2017 and replaced by a new Troops to Teachers initial teacher training bursary that became available in September 2018. The Department does not hold information centrally on the characteristics of people who are in receipt of the Troops to Teachers bursary.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants to the Troops to Teachers scheme were (i) female, (ii) aged under 30, (iii) aged between 30 and 40, (iv) aged between 40 and 50 and (v) aged over 50.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Troops to Teachers programme was closed in 2017 and replaced by a new Troops to Teachers initial teacher training bursary that became available in September 2018. The Department does not hold information centrally on the characteristics of people who are in receipt of the Troops to Teachers bursary.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants to the Troops to Teachers scheme were from the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force; and which rank each of those applicants held on leaving service in each year since 2018.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Troops to Teachers programme was closed in 2017 and replaced by a new Troops to Teachers initial teacher training bursary that became available in September 2018. The Department does not hold information centrally on the characteristics of people who are in receipt of the Troops to Teachers bursary.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of successful applicants to the Troops to Teachers programme left the course before completion in each year since 2018.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Troops to Teachers programme was closed in 2017 and replaced by a new Troops to Teachers initial teacher training bursary that became available in September 2018. The Department does not hold information centrally on the characteristics of people who are in receipt of the Troops to Teachers bursary.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in laying statutory instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Anne Milton
The government has made good progress in laying the up to 600 statutory instruments required by exit day to ensure a functioning statute book. As of 31 January, the department has laid 3 exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published in the link below, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title: https://legislation.gov.uk.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools in Scotland receive funding from his Department for English children who attend those schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Schools in Scotland do not receive funding from the Department to educate English pupils attending there. Similarly, where Scottish pupils attend English schools, the Scottish Government does not pay for this.
Education is a devolved matter. The way funding is allocated to Scottish schools is a matter for the Scottish Government. In England, schools receive funding for the number of pupils attending the school, regardless of where the pupil resides.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils from England attend schools in Scotland; and what the cost levied by the Scottish Government for that attendance is.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department does not hold information on pupils attending school in Scotland.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department contributes annually to the cost of running Wellbeck Defence Sixth form.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College is a private independent institution; therefore the Department for Education only contributes funding to directly support students enrolled at the institution.
In the 2015/16 academic year, the Department for Education contributed £21,434 in 16 to 19 discretionary bursary funding. Discretionary bursaries are awards made to students by institutions to help overcome the individual barriers to participation a student faces, such as help with the cost of transport, meals, books and equipment.
The Education Funding Agency’s published allocation is available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2015-to-2016-academic-year
The Department for Education has also contributed funding to the Ministry of Defence’s Armed Forces Bereavement Scholarship Scheme for bereaved service children.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in an early years setting are in receipt of the service pupil premium.
Answered by Edward Timpson
No children in an early years setting are in receipt of the service child element of the pupil premium grant. The grant is payable to schools and local authorities for pupils in year groups reception to year 11.
The number of school-age children in England eligible for the service child pupil premium in January 2016, broken down by Key Stage, is provided in the table.
| Reception | Key Stage 1 | Key Stage 2 | Key Stage 3 | Key Stage 4 | Total |
Number of pupils (headcount) | 6,008 | 13,098 | 26,489 | 17,479 | 10,358 | 73,432 |
Source: School Census, January 2016
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-aged children in England are in receipt of the service pupil premium.
Answered by Edward Timpson
No children in an early years setting are in receipt of the service child element of the pupil premium grant. The grant is payable to schools and local authorities for pupils in year groups reception to year 11.
The number of school-age children in England eligible for the service child pupil premium in January 2016, broken down by Key Stage, is provided in the table.
| Reception | Key Stage 1 | Key Stage 2 | Key Stage 3 | Key Stage 4 | Total |
Number of pupils (headcount) | 6,008 | 13,098 | 26,489 | 17,479 | 10,358 | 73,432 |
Source: School Census, January 2016