Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which 16 to 19 year old sports academies were established in 2015 and 2016; and which of these remain open.
Answered by Anne Milton
The Department for Education funds sports provision for 16 to 19 year olds in a wide range of schools, colleges and other providers. However, the Department does not directly fund any sport academies, although the Department does fund League Football Education and the FA Premier League Limited for delivery of education and training in association with football clubs. Some education and training linked to sporting organisations is also delivered through sub-contracting arrangements with funded institutions.
The Department publishes annually details of the funding allocations to 16 to 19 institutions – the latest information is here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2016-to-2017-academic-year.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in Worksop Town football academy in 2015-16 were assessed for student support; and how many received financial support during their studies.
Answered by Anne Milton
The Department does not hold this information.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times in the last five years her Department has (a) discussed and (b) received reports from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on efforts to address discrimination during election campaigns.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
In 2014, the Government Equalities Office had a number of discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission about updating its 2009 Election Guidance in time for the 2015 election. The EHRC subsequently issued the following guidance in March 2015:
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what restrictions are placed on organisations which sell access to school websites and teachers' email addresses.
Answered by Nick Gibb
All organisations that sell access to data (of any sort) are governed by the Data Protection Act 1998, which regulates how organisations, businesses or the Government uses personal information. The Department is not able to apply any further restrictions.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make representations to (a) Wikihow and (b) YouTube on the content hosted on their sites on how to hack into school websites and servers.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Government does not censor or interfere with legal content online. If online content is deemed illegal, it is a matter for law enforcement to investigate.
However, cyber security is a top priority for the Government. We are investing £1.9 billion in the national cyber security strategy and have opened the National Cyber Security Centre which is working with public and private sector organisations to make the UK the safest place for online activity.
All organisations should have good basic cyber security measures in place, such as the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme, which protects against common vulnerabilities, which are widely reported online, and will not be specific to schools. They should also ensure they have appropriate protections in place for sensitive data such as personal details.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has provided to football academies in the last three years; and (a) what projects have been funded and (b) how many participants there have been in (i) those projects and (ii) each academy.
Answered by Robert Halfon
I refer the MP to the answer given on 5 December 2016 to question 55137, which provided the following answer:
The Department for Education funds sports provision in a wide range of schools, colleges and other providers. The Department does not directly fund any football or other sport academies, but it does fund League Football Education and the FA Premier League Limited for delivery of education and training in association with football clubs.
Some education and training linked to football clubs is also delivered through sub-contracting arrangements with funded institutions. The Department does not hold information on the numbers of students who drop out from sports academies.
The Department currently funds 16 to 19 provision in 36 schools and academies that have sports as a specialism and are identified as such in their title. The allocations to those schools and academies, along with the allocations for all other 16 to 19 provision, are published online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2016-to-2017-academic-year and:
Most students enrolled on sports provision are enrolled on general qualifications that are not specific to any particular sport.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools are required to inform her Department when their websites and servers are hacked.
Answered by Nick Gibb
As per my answer to PQ 62140, the Department for Education provides guidance to schools on how to protect data including the key principles, obligations and duties in relation to the Data Protection Act. Schools are not required to notify the Department if their website of servers are hacked, but in the event of a suspected serious breach or loss of personal or private information, schools should report the incident to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to ensure that commercial organisations which sell access to school websites and teachers' emails do so securely and responsibly.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education provides advice to help schools understand their obligations and duties in relation to the Data Protection Act 1998 (the DPA).
This advice is underpinned by a supplier self-certification scheme which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cloud-software-services-and-the-data-protection-act