Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The information requested can be found in the attached table.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The number of civil servants employed by the department in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions as at 31 March 2021 is available in the document ‘Statistical tables – Civil Service Statistics: 2021’ at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021.
The number of civil servants employed by the department in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions as at 1 June 2021 and 1 September 2021 is available in attached table.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 2 June 2020, reference RL6297.
Answered by Nick Gibb
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to schools in High Peak constituency in each financial year since 2009-10.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The revenue funding allocated for schools for financial years 2009-2010 to 2019-2020 for Derbyshire local authority (LA) is shown in the table below. Schools funding is not allocated to parliamentary constituencies.
Financial Year | Derbyshire LA (£ millions) |
2009-10 | 484.8 |
2010-11 | 502.1 |
2011-12 | 500.1 |
2012-13 | 504.6 |
2013-14 | 535.5 |
2014-15 | 551.4 |
2015-16 | 566.3 |
2016-17 | 566.2 |
2017-18 | 576.6 |
2018-19 | 593.7 |
2019-20 | 620.3 |
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in High Peak constituency were rated (a) good and (b) outstanding by Ofsted at their most recent inspection.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information requested is published by Ofsted. The table shows the number of schools in High Peak that are rated as 'Outstanding', ‘Good’, ‘Requires Improvement’ or ‘Inadequate’. It shows that, as at 31 August 2019, there were 43 schools (80%) rated as either ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ in High Peak constituency. Nationally, 86% of schools are rated either ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.
All schools as at August 2019 | Number of ‘Outstanding’ schools | Number of ‘Good’ schools | Number of ‘Requires Improvement’ schools | Number of ‘Inadequate’ schools | Total number of schools | Number of ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ schools | % of ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ schools |
High Peak constituency | 4 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 43 | 80% |
England | 4,332 | 14,420 | 2,261 | 792 | 21,805 | 18,752 | 86% |
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department will allocate per pupil in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in High Peak constituency in (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23.
Answered by Nick Gibb
?The Department is increasing school funding in England by £14.4 billion over the next three years - by £2.6 billion in 2020-21, followed by increases of £4.8 billion and £7.1 billion in 2021-22 and 2022-23 respectively, compared to 2019-20. In 2020-21, primary schools and secondary schools in the High Peak constituency will attract, on average, £4,377 and £5,262 per pupil respectively through the national funding formula. We will confirm how the funding for the subsequent two years will be allocated in due course.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for ensuring equitable funding for urban and rural schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Since 2018-19, the national funding formula (NFF) has distributed school funding based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country. This is fairer and more equitable than the previous system, which based local authority’s allocations for schools on data that was over a decade out of date.
While the majority of school funding is based on pupils and their characteristics, the NFF provides every school a fixed lump sum, worth £114,400 next year. This is particularly beneficial for small schools, which are overrepresented in rural areas, that are more reliant on an element of funding that is not driven by pupil numbers.
The NFF’s sparsity factor provides additional funding specifically to small schools in remote areas, in recognition that they do not have the same opportunities to find efficiencies as those elsewhere. Next year, £26.2 million will be allocated through this factor, which is contributing to rural schools attracting on average 4.7% more per pupil next year relative to 2019-20 NFF allocations, compared to a national average increase of 4.1% per pupil.
We keep the national funding formula under review to ensure that it is directing funding where it is most needed, and will set out our plans for 2021-22 shortly.