Karen Buck

The information requested is collected by Department for Education and published on gov.uk. I have asked that this information for each year since 2010 is placed in the Library of the House as soon as is practicable.

Figures for actual spend by local authority in 2013-14 will be available in December 2014.

Information on the number and proportion of number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English is available in the underlying data of the schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2015 statistics[1]. This data also contains information on the type and location of each school and it can be used to rank the schools.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 - click on Underlying Data, open file ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Pupils’ and the information on English as an additional language is in column GB.

The proportion and number of children with non-statutory special needs, identified as ‘SEN support’ in each primary and secondary school, including type of school in London can be calculated from the underlying data of the publication Special educational needs in England: January 2015. This publication can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015

We have no plans to rank this data.

Information on the number of pupils eligible for the pupil premium is available in the final school level pupil premium allocations, which are published on the department’s website.[1] These figures can be used with the total number of pupils in each school (information which can also be found in the same publication) to calculate the proportion eligible for the pupil premium.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations - please click on ‘Pupil premium final allocations 2015 to 2016 by school in England’

Information about the number and percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals and claiming them in each school in London can be found in the underlying data of the Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics statistics for 2010[1] and 2015[2] respectively. These data contain information about the type and phase of school and in which local authority they are located. Change in free school meal eligibility rates for schools can be calculated and ranked from this information.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010 - click on underlying data and see columns EH and EI for free school meal data.

[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 - click on underlying data, open the ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Pupils’ file and the free school meal data is in columns EC and ED.

Information on the number and proportion of number of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English is available in the underlying data of the schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2015 statistics[1]. This data also contains information on the type and location of each school and it can be used to rank the schools.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 - click on Underlying Data, open file ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Pupils’ and the information on English as an additional language is in column GB.

Information about the number and percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals and claiming them in each school in London can be found in the underlying data of the Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics statistics for 2010[1] and 2015[2] respectively. These data contain information about the type and phase of school and in which local authority they are located. Change in free school meal eligibility rates for schools can be calculated and ranked from this information.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010 - click on underlying data and see columns EH and EI for free school meal data.

[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 - click on underlying data, open the ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Pupils’ file and the free school meal data is in columns EC and ED.

The published list of successful applications to open a free school and of free schools already opened or in the pre-opening stage, which includes which local authority they are in, is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-successful-applications-and-open-schools-2014

The total number of places in these schools when at full capacity will be around 2% of the total number of children currently educated in state-funded schools in England.

The number of places in approved free schools is published online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/successful-free-school-proposals-announced

The total school population is published in the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics' statistical first release and is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013

The cost to the public purse is highly dependent on the course of the pandemic and also how many people are using the railway and generating revenue, which is highly uncertain at this point.

Details of past payments made by the Department to individual franchised passenger rail operators under the Emergency Measures Agreements up until late June can be found on the government’s website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/payments-to-passenger-rail-operators-march-to-june-2020.

We plan to update these figures regularly and expect to publish figures up to late September in the coming weeks once the final payment adjustment processes are concluded.

The Department continues to request periodic management accounts and cashflow forecasts from all Train Operating Companies as per the underlying Franchise Agreements.

The Secretary of State does not plan to appoint special representatives to attend Southern Railway board meetings.

The classification of train operating companies by the Office for National Statistics does not have any direct implications in areas such as ownership, legal status, or management structure.

The Department continues to monitor the delivery of the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Franchise Agreement, which encompasses the Southern Railway brand.

The Department continues to monitor actual levels of passenger revenue through the submission of periodic management accounts from Govia Thameslink Railway, and the calculation of Franchise Payments is driven by the level of actual revenue received by the franchisee.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) decision was made in response to a very significant change in the commercial terms of Train Operating Companies (TOCs). In adapting to managing contract with TOCs under these new arrangements my department continues to keep its governance arrangements under close review, and we will communicate any changes (including any arising specifically from the ONS decision) to operators as needed.

All Emergency Measures Agreement (EMAs) have been published in redacted form on the public register of rail franchises on the gov.uk website. The Department is continuing to follow its processes in order to finalise the publication of the ERMAs. Given that a number of third party stakeholders are being consulted on proposed redactions, we cannot provide a definitive timescale for the redacted versions of the ERMAs however we continue to work towards publishing them as soon as reasonably practicable and the Department’s redactions have been completed.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) decision was made in response to a very significant change in the commercial terms of Train Operating Companies (TOCs). In adapting to managing contract with TOCs under these new arrangements my department continues to keep its governance arrangements under close review, and we will communicate any changes (including any arising specifically from the ONS decision) to operators as needed.

Approximately £4.2bn has been paid in operational support to all 14 Train Operating Companies, including the 2 in public ownership, up to the end of rail period 6 (from 1 March to 20 September).

Details of past payments made by the Department to individual franchised passenger rail operators under the Emergency Measures Agreements up until late June can be found on the government’s website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/payments-to-passenger-rail-operators-march-to-june-2020.

We plan to update these figures regularly and expect to publish figures up to 20 September in the coming weeks once the final payment adjustment processes are concluded

The Department has contracted Govia Thameslink Railway to act as a Good and Efficient Operator, as defined in the Emergency Measures Agreement and subsequently the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement and will assess their performance against this requirement.

Schedule 8.A of the Emergency Measures Agreement, outlines the calculation of Franchise Payments from 01 April 2020 – 21 September 2020. In addition, Schedule 8.1A of the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement outlines the Franchise Payments from 22 September 2020 onwards.

The Emergency Measures Agreement for Govia Thameslink Railway is publicly available, and the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement will be publicly available in due course.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/917486/govia-thameslink-emergency-measures-agreement.pdf.

There are a number of national rail concessions in the form of railcards. Under Section 28(3) of the Railways Act 1993, train operating companies are required to participate in certain approved discount card schemes for young and student travellers, disabled passengers and those over 60.

In addition, recent introductions include the 16-17 Saver and 26-30 ‘millennial’ railcard to help young people, and in October we launched a new Veterans Railcard to help former servicemen and women.

Funding for the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) for bus travel is provided to local authorities through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG’s) revenue support grant. This funding is not ringfenced, which enables local authorities to make spending decisions that more closely match local needs and circumstances.

Rail operators continue to assess local demand regularly to deliver the services passengers need. We continue to work closely with Govia Thameslink Railway (the operator of Southern services) as they develop future timetable proposals to make sure we strike the right balance between running the maximum levels of service that can be resourced reliably to meet demand and protecting taxpayers’ best interests.

The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) continue existing Franchise Agreement obligations on train operators to provide management accounts to the Department for each 4-week rail period. An equivalent obligation also applies to the two operators that are in direct public ownership. The EMAs include an additional provision that requires the management accounts to show greater disaggregation of the periodic profit and loss account, to allow more detailed scrutiny of expenditure by the Department.

The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) have introduced a formal process of budget reviews in each four-week rail period to enable additional financial scrutiny of operators. This is a new process to reflect the fact that the Government is bearing financial risk on almost all operator costs under the EMAs. This risk previously sat with the private operators. The two operators under direct public ownership are not under EMA provisions but follow similar requirements.

The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) prohibit the payment of dividends to shareholders during the six-month EMA term.

Operators that have entered into Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) will see a temporary suspension of their existing franchise agreement’s financial mechanisms for a period of six months.

The arrangements after the EMA period ends are being developed and will be announced in due course.

The Secretary of State has not appointed an external advisor to train operator boards and has no immediate plans to do so. The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) give the Department enhanced controls over financial decisions made by train operators. This includes a formal process of monthly budget reviews, allowing additional financial scrutiny of operators, with the ability for the Department to deem expenditure disallowable, in which case the train operator would have to bear the costs.

The funding and financing package for TfL amounts to £1.6 billion.

The Secretary of State has not appointed an external advisor to train operator boards and has no immediate plans to do so. The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) give the Department enhanced controls over financial decisions made by train operators. This includes a formal process of monthly budget reviews, allowing additional financial scrutiny of operators, with the ability for the Department to deem expenditure disallowable, in which case the train operator would have to bear the costs.

The Department is reviewing its approach to the contractual arrangements following the period in which the Emergency Measures Agreements apply. Work is underway to determine the most effective approach once this period ends. This work will take account of the impact of COVID-19 on demand for passenger rail travel in both the short and long term, and the associated economic and financial impacts on the railway.

The Department continues to monitor the financial position of all train operators to ensure to continuity of passenger services.

The Emergency Measures Agreements (EMAs) place a number of new restrictions on operator’s financial transactions in recognition of the risk that the government bears while they are in place. This includes restrictions on the payment of dividends to shareholders during the EMA term.