Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has undertaken any recent research into the number of pupils eligible but not registered for free school meals in Poole.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The latest research published on the number of pupils not claiming free school meals was published in December 2013 and shows the under-registration rate of pupils entitled to free school meals (FSM) is 11%. The full report is available here:
In Dorset and Poole, the under-registration rates reported at 2013 are in the attached table.
Schools automatically receive Pupil Premium funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals in the school census and for any pupil eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years. This year 1.99 million pupils, 27% of all pupils, aged 5-16 are eligible to receive Pupil Premium funding.
We do not publish statistics on the take up of Pupil Premium.
The department wants to make sure that as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility. To support this we provide:
We know that many schools and local authorities have established very effective ways to encourage all eligible families to register for free school meals.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department has undertaken any recent research into the number of pupils eligible but not registered for free school meals in Dorset.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The latest research published on the number of pupils not claiming free school meals was published in December 2013 and shows the under-registration rate of pupils entitled to free school meals (FSM) is 11%. The full report is available here:
In Dorset and Poole, the under-registration rates reported at 2013 are in the attached table.
Schools automatically receive Pupil Premium funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals in the school census and for any pupil eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years. This year 1.99 million pupils, 27% of all pupils, aged 5-16 are eligible to receive Pupil Premium funding.
We do not publish statistics on the take up of Pupil Premium.
The department wants to make sure that as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility. To support this we provide:
We know that many schools and local authorities have established very effective ways to encourage all eligible families to register for free school meals.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has recently undertaken any research into the effect of eligible pupils not registering for free school meals on pupil premium funding for schools in Poole.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The latest research published on the number of pupils not claiming free school meals was published in December 2013 and shows the under-registration rate of pupils entitled to free school meals (FSM) is 11%. The full report is available here:
In Dorset and Poole, the under-registration rates reported at 2013 are in the attached table.
Schools automatically receive Pupil Premium funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals in the school census and for any pupil eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years. This year 1.99 million pupils, 27% of all pupils, aged 5-16 are eligible to receive Pupil Premium funding.
We do not publish statistics on the take up of Pupil Premium.
The department wants to make sure that as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility. To support this we provide:
We know that many schools and local authorities have established very effective ways to encourage all eligible families to register for free school meals.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has undertaken recent research into the effect of eligible pupils not registering for free school meals on pupil premium funding for schools for Dorset.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The latest research published on the number of pupils not claiming free school meals was published in December 2013 and shows the under-registration rate of pupils entitled to free school meals (FSM) is 11%. The full report is available here:
In Dorset and Poole, the under-registration rates reported at 2013 are in the attached table.
Schools automatically receive Pupil Premium funding for each pupil registered as eligible for free school meals in the school census and for any pupil eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years. This year 1.99 million pupils, 27% of all pupils, aged 5-16 are eligible to receive Pupil Premium funding.
We do not publish statistics on the take up of Pupil Premium.
The department wants to make sure that as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming free school meals, and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility. To support this we provide:
We know that many schools and local authorities have established very effective ways to encourage all eligible families to register for free school meals.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in laying Statutory Instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Alan Duncan
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is making good progress on its EU Exit statutory instrument programme. The statutory instruments relating to areas of the FCO's responsibility other than sanctions have all been laid in Parliament. In relation to sanctions, the Department has laid five instruments and is preparing to lay further instruments before exit day under both the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made in laying Statutory Instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
As of 30 January, my department has laid 5 exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.
The Home Office has also published 3 statements of changes to the Immigration Rules regarding the EU Settlement Scheme that can be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/updates
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in laying Statutory Instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The Ministry of Defence laid The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on 13 December 2018. It is currently our only planned EU Exit Statutory Instrument.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made in laying Statutory Instruments related to EU exit preparedness; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
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 30 January, HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs has laid 70 exit related statutory instruments. All exit related statutory instruments are published on legislation.gov.uk, and include ‘EU Exit’ in their title.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children and care leavers went on to key stage 5 in 2016-17.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The information requested is not held centrally.
The number of care leavers aged 17 and 18 years old who were in education other than higher education in the year ending 31 March 2017, was 4,610. Information on care leavers aged 17 and 18 years old was collected for the first time for the year ending 31 March 2016 and is published as experimental statistics.
These figures were published in 2017 in table F3 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 (SFR 50/2017)’ at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017.
Education other than higher education means all studies excluding degrees, diplomas in higher education, teaching and nursing qualifications, HNDs, ONDs, and BTEC levels 4-5, all of which fall under the category higher education.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out a statistical assessment of the extent of littering in each constituent part of England.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Defra does not collect data on the level of fixed penalties set by local authorities for littering nor on the extent of littering in each constituent part of England.