Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The table below shows data on how many and what proportion of staff are employed by the Department for Education (DfE), on a contract which is full-time permanent and part-time permanent. The permanent headcount figures include staff who are on fixed-term contracts and have been employed for over 1 year but under 2 years. The fixed term/temporary figure shows staff on fixed-term contracts who have been employed for less than 1 year.
The total figure for (c) is therefore 212.
Agency workers are not employees of DfE and have therefore not been included. DfE does not employ any staff on zero hours contracts.
Mar-17 | DfE | GEO |
Paid headcount | 4697 | 55 |
FT Permanent (a) | 3941 | 44 |
PT Permanent (b) | 660 | 10 |
Of Permanent (c) |
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FT contract (less than 2 years) | 34 | 0 |
Other FT contract | 109 | 0 |
Fixed Term/Temporary (c) | 69 | 0 |
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 30 August 2016 on the Kingston Centre (Primary PRU), our case reference ZA5075.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System sent a reply to the Hon. Member’s letter on 24 October 2016.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 48855, tabled on 17 October 2016 by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System sent a reply to the Hon. Member’s letter on 24 October 2016.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools have been found to have paid the head teacher at such schools more than the publicly disclosed salary in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Academy trusts are subject to a more rigorous accountability regime than other types of schools, including the production of annual audited accounts that allow us to identify and act upon irregularity more quickly.
The Education Funding Agency has found one instance of where the head teacher has been paid more than the publicly disclosed salary in each of the last 3 years. The additional payments were in respect of chief executive or accounting officer responsibilities.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many LEA schools have been found to have paid the head teacher at such schools more than the publicly disclosed salary in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Local authorities are responsible for the oversight of the schools they maintain and carry out their own programmes of financial monitoring.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools have been found to have failed to keep records of eligibility for free school meals in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) undertakes academy trust funding audit visits as part of its assurance regime, which includes free school meals. It has found the following instances where full records have not been kept:
Assurance plan year | Total trusts where instances of pupil ineligibility were identified |
1 July 2015 – present | Currently underway, therefore no information |
1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015 | 0 |
1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 | 9 |
In addition we have received one instance where we have confirmed ineligibility of funding and are taking swift action to resolve issues.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority schools have been found not to have kept records of eligibility for free school meals in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
It is a statutory requirement for all schools to return free school meals eligibility data via the school census and the Department has a process for checking that returns are accurate.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority schools have been found to have made irregular payments to third party suppliers without the necessary contracts in each of the last three years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Local authorities are responsible for the oversight of the schools they maintain and carry out their own programmes of financial monitoring.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools have been found to have made irregular payments to third party suppliers without the necessary contracts in each of the last three years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Education Funding Agency does not record information in this manner, and would only be able to gather such information at disproportionate cost.