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Written Question
University Technical Colleges
Friday 31st March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department paid any sums in to the Baker-Dearing Trust in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department has paid the following sums to the Baker Dearing Trust (BDT):

(a) 2014/15 - £213,191

(b) 2015/16 - £157,364

(c) 2016/17 –£138,341 (from 1 April 2016 – 31 January 2017)

BDT provide advice, guidance and pre-approval support to proposer groups developing applications to establish UTCs. The Department funds this work through a competitively tendered grant award.


Written Question
Academies: Sponsorship
Wednesday 29th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools currently sponsor academies; what independent schools sponsor academies; and which academies each such independent school sponsors.

Answered by Nick Gibb

As of 3 March 2017, eight organisations have been set up by independent schools for the purpose of sponsoring academies. They currently sponsor 11 academies in total.

Three free schools are sponsored by independent schools.

The following table contains the names of the relevant academies, the sponsor organisations to which they are linked, and the relevant independent school(s) that originally established the sponsor organisation.

Academy Name

Sponsor name

Independent School/ Independent School Organisation

Orchard Meadow Primary School

Blackbird Academy Trust

Dragon School

Windale Community Primary School

Blackbird Academy Trust

Dragon School

Theale Green School

Bradfield College

Bradfield College

The Bourne Academy

Canford School

Canford School

Birkenhead High School Academy

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) – umbrella body of independent schools

The Belvedere Academy

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) – umbrella body of independent schools

Haileybury Turnford

Haileybury Academy Trust

Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Messing Primary School

New Hall Academy Trust

New Hall School

The Steiner Academy Hereford

Steiner Waldorf

Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship – umbrella body of independent schools

Wellington Primary Academy

Wellington College

Wellington College

The Wellington Academy

Wellington College

Wellington College

The following table contains the names of the relevant free schools and the sponsoring independent schools.

Free School Name

Independent School/ Independent School Organisation

New Islington Free School

Manchester Grammar School

London Academy of Excellence

Brighton College & a consortium of Eton College, Highgate School, City of London School

Holyport Free School

Eton College


Written Question
English Baccalaureate
Wednesday 29th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on implementing the English Baccalaureate which closed on 29 January 2016.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The English Baccalaureate provides the right foundation for most pupils, and we want to see a significant increase in the proportion of pupils in mainstream secondary schools entering the English Baccalaureate subjects at GCSE.

We are carefully considering the consultation responses and will publish the Government response in due course.


Written Question
Modern Greek Language: GCE A-level
Wednesday 29th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) which state schools entered candidates for A-level Greek in 2015-16.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Information on the number of A level entries to Modern and Classical Greek by students at the end of advanced level study in 2015/16 is published at school level in the performance tables underlying data download file[1]

There were 54 state funded schools with pupils at the end of advanced level study in the 2015/16 academic year with A level entries to modern or classical Greek. A list of these schools is provided in the table below.

Local Authority

URN

School or college name

School or college type

A level entries in

Camden

100054

The Camden School for Girls

Voluntary Aided School

Classical Greek

Lambeth

100638

Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Barnet

101361

St Michael's Catholic Grammar School

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Barnet

101365

Bishop Douglass School Finchley

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Bromley

101676

St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School

Voluntary Aided School

Classical Greek

Enfield

102047

Southgate School

Community School

Modern Greek

Enfield

102049

Chace Community School

Community School

Modern Greek

Enfield

102055

The Latymer School

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Birmingham

103560

Bishop Challoner Catholic College

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Newcastle upon Tyne

108524

Walbottle Campus

Community School

Modern Greek

Dorset

113854

Ferndown Upper School

Community School

Modern Greek

Brighton and Hove

114607

Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre

Community School

Modern Greek

Gloucestershire

115758

Rednock School

Foundation School

Modern Greek

East Riding of Yorkshire

118075

Withernsea High School

Community School

Modern Greek

Kent

118840

Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School

Voluntary Controlled School

Classical Greek

Staffordshire

124407

Westwood College

Foundation School

Modern Greek

Enfield

132256

Highlands School

Community School

Modern Greek

Lewisham

135073

Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College

Sponsored Academy

Classical Greek

Bristol, City of

135581

Colston's Girls' School

Sponsored Academy

Modern Greek

Hertfordshire

135876

Francis Combe Academy

Sponsored Academy

Modern Greek

Barnet

136308

Ashmole Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Lincolnshire

136358

Branston Community Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Buckinghamshire

136419

Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Bedford

136470

Sharnbrook Upper School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Kent

136581

Valley Park School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Warwickshire

136587

Ashlawn School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Hertfordshire

136607

The John Warner School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Kingston upon Thames

136615

The Tiffin Girls' School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Gloucestershire

136623

Chosen Hill School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Barnet

136658

East Barnet School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Milton Keynes

136730

Shenley Brook End School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Lancashire

136742

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Sutton

136785

Cheam High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Sutton

136795

Nonsuch High School for Girls

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Sutton

136800

Greenshaw High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Kingston upon Thames

136910

Tiffin School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Hammersmith and Fulham

137157

The London Oratory School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Harrow

137177

Harrow High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Warwickshire

137302

King Edward VI School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

West Berkshire

137465

St Bartholomew's School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Sefton

137520

Maghull High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Brent

137685

Kingsbury High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Essex

137790

Plume School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Essex

137814

Colchester Royal Grammar School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Oxfordshire

137936

Chipping Norton School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Brent

137994

Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Barnet

138051

The Henrietta Barnett School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Bournemouth

138385

LeAF Studio

Studio School

Modern Greek

Birmingham

138136

The Arthur Terry School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Wandsworth

138682

Southfields Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Sunderland

139538

St Aidan's Catholic Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Plymouth

140104

Eggbuckland Community College

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Coventry

140248

President Kennedy School Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Coventry

140961

WMG Academy for Young Engineers

University Technical College

Modern Greek

[1] https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&regiontype=all&la=0&downloadYear=2015-2016&datatypes=ks5underlying


Written Question
Offences against Children
Monday 27th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2014 have not been published in full.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).

Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).

Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:

Period

Completed SCRs received by panel

SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication

SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website

SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication

01/07/13 to 30/06/14

74

7

4

0

2

1

01/07/14 to 30/06/15

80

16

8

4

3

1

01/07/15 to 30/06/16

110

17

4

9

3

1

Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Monday 27th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews were published in full in 2016.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).

Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).

Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:

Period

Completed SCRs received by panel

SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication

SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website

SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication

01/07/13 to 30/06/14

74

7

4

0

2

1

01/07/14 to 30/06/15

80

16

8

4

3

1

01/07/15 to 30/06/16

110

17

4

9

3

1

Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.


Written Question
Offences against Children
Monday 27th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2015 have not been published in full.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).

Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).

Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:

Period

Completed SCRs received by panel

SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication

SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website

SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication

01/07/13 to 30/06/14

74

7

4

0

2

1

01/07/14 to 30/06/15

80

16

8

4

3

1

01/07/15 to 30/06/16

110

17

4

9

3

1

Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.


Written Question
Female Genital Mutilation
Monday 27th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect girls from female genital mutilation.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The Department for Education’s vision statement, Putting Children First, published in July 2016, set out our commitment to protecting children from all forms of abuse, including female genital mutilation (FGM). The Children and Social Work Bill, currently before Parliament, will help us to deliver the change needed to secure a system that meets children’s needs.

As well as that wide-ranging work on safeguarding, we are currently funding two voluntary sector organisations working to safeguard girls from FGM. The Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development (FORWARD) and the Midaye Somali Development Network have been allocated a total of over £600,000 for work from December 2016 until March 2018.

On 1 March the Secretary of State made a statement to this House announcing her intention to put Relationships and Sex Education on a statutory footing. There will be a comprehensive programme of engagement, followed by full public consultation, and I know that those campaigning on issues such as FGM will want to contribute to that discussion.


Written Question
Department for Education: Third Sector
Friday 24th March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 63174, on Department for Education: third sector, what information her Department holds on which charitable and voluntary organisations are in receipt of grants from her Department; what the value of each such grant is; and how each such grant was allocated.

Answered by Caroline Dinenage

The Department publishes details of all expenditure exceeding £25,000 and they are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000 .

This information is taken directly from our financial systems where reported expenditure includes all payments made to organisations. However, those systems do not distinguish between payments made to charitable and voluntary sector organisations and those made to the private sector. We have attempted to consider alternative sources of information.

The DfE Grants Register (in Excel format) covers grants awarded and the planned allocation of funds including to organisations in the charitable and voluntary sectors. An extract of the information held is attached, though this does not give the total picture as we are updating the data as part of a migration process to a new system.

To provide information on all grants actually paid would incur a disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Free Schools: Sponsorship
Thursday 23rd March 2017

Asked by: Michael Gove (Conservative - Surrey Heath)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which university vice-chancellors she has met to discuss sponsoring free schools.

Answered by Nick Gibb

My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State has held meetings with vice chancellors and representative bodies, including Universities UK, as part of her engagement with the higher education sector on how it can increase its involvement with schools, including through the establishment of free schools. The Government is currently considering responses to the Schools that work for everyone consultation and will respond in due course.