Asked by: Bob Stewart (Independent - Beckenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Bromley Council to provide additional school places in the north-west of the borough.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places sits with local authorities. The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support local authorities to provide school places, based on their own pupil forecasts and school capacity data. Local authorities can use this funding to provide places in new schools or through expansions of existing schools and can work with any school in their local area, including academies and free schools. Bromley has received just over £80 million to support the provision of new school places needed between 2011 and 2022. Bromley has not been allocated funding in subsequent allocations because its data indicates need for mainstream places up to September 2026 had already been funded in previous years.
Asked by: Bob Stewart (Independent - Beckenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to schools in the event that a single child in a year group tests positive for covid-19.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The actions that schools should take in the event that a child tests positive for COVID-19 are outlined within the GOV.UK guidance for full opening and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools#section-1-public-health-advice-to-minimise-coronavirus-covid-19-risks.
This guidance states that schools must take swift action when they become aware that someone who has attended has tested positive for COVID-19, and contact their local health protection team. This team will also contact schools directly if they become aware that someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 attended the school.
The health protection team will carry out a rapid risk assessment to confirm who has been in close contact with the person during the period that they were infectious. They will work with schools in this situation to guide them through the actions they need to take. Based on the advice from the health protection team, schools must send home those people who have been in close contact with the person who has tested positive, advising them to self-isolate for 14 days since they were last in close contact.
Asked by: Bob Stewart (Independent - Beckenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made in Beckenham on implementing the Government's proposal for 30 hours' free child care for working parents.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
We have made substantial progress towards implementing the offer of 30 hours of free childcare to working parents of three- and four-year-olds. At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced a significant increase in funding to support the policy, which means that by 2019-20 we will be spending over £1billion extra per year on the free childcare entitlements for two-, three- and four-year-olds.
The Childcare Bill, which provides the legal framework for the extended entitlement, has completed its Commons stages and Lords Consideration will take place on 2 February. We have announced that parents will be able to check their eligibility for both the working parents’ childcare offer and Tax-Free Childcare through a joint online system, making it easier for working parents to access Government childcare support.
Asked by: Bob Stewart (Independent - Beckenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list in descending order the proportion of schools in each local authority in England which have converted to academies.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested is shown in the table below:
Proportion of state-funded schools that are academies | ||||
As of 01/01/2016 | ||||
By Local Authority in England | ||||
| Number of state-funded schools 1 | Number of academies 2 | % of state-funded schools that are academies | |
North East Lincolnshire | 61 | 48 | 79% | |
Bournemouth | 41 | 32 | 78% | |
Bromley | 100 | 71 | 71% | |
Darlington | 40 | 28 | 70% | |
Torbay | 42 | 28 | 67% | |
Thurrock | 53 | 34 | 64% | |
Rutland | 22 | 14 | 64% | |
Kingston upon Hull City of | 95 | 56 | 59% | |
Slough | 48 | 25 | 52% | |
Leicestershire | 283 | 146 | 52% | |
Poole | 41 | 21 | 51% | |
Middlesbrough | 55 | 28 | 51% | |
Blackpool | 42 | 21 | 50% | |
Bexley | 79 | 39 | 49% | |
Nottingham | 100 | 49 | 49% | |
Wakefield | 139 | 67 | 48% | |
Swindon | 81 | 38 | 47% | |
Medway | 103 | 48 | 47% | |
Cornwall | 278 | 128 | 46% | |
Northamptonshire | 312 | 141 | 45% | |
Croydon | 119 | 52 | 44% | |
Bristol City of | 140 | 58 | 41% | |
Stoke-on-Trent | 93 | 38 | 41% | |
Barnsley | 90 | 36 | 40% | |
Rotherham | 118 | 45 | 38% | |
Hillingdon | 98 | 37 | 38% | |
Central Bedfordshire | 134 | 49 | 37% | |
Lincolnshire | 356 | 127 | 36% | |
Sutton | 60 | 21 | 35% | |
Sheffield | 173 | 59 | 34% | |
Bedford | 77 | 26 | 34% | |
Oxfordshire | 286 | 95 | 33% | |
Essex | 555 | 182 | 33% | |
Redcar and Cleveland | 58 | 19 | 33% | |
Cheshire East | 153 | 50 | 33% | |
Plymouth | 96 | 31 | 32% | |
Birmingham | 420 | 135 | 32% | |
Sunderland | 109 | 35 | 32% | |
Kent | 583 | 182 | 31% | |
North Lincolnshire | 81 | 25 | 31% | |
Stockton-on-Tees | 78 | 24 | 31% | |
Doncaster | 125 | 38 | 30% | |
Wiltshire | 237 | 71 | 30% | |
Southampton | 74 | 22 | 30% | |
Herefordshire | 99 | 29 | 29% | |
Waltham Forest | 76 | 22 | 29% | |
Warwickshire | 237 | 68 | 29% | |
Portsmouth | 63 | 18 | 29% | |
Dorset | 172 | 49 | 28% | |
Calderdale | 102 | 29 | 28% | |
Cambridgeshire | 250 | 71 | 28% | |
Southend-on-Sea | 53 | 15 | 28% | |
Havering | 82 | 23 | 28% | |
Wolverhampton | 105 | 29 | 28% | |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 58 | 16 | 28% | |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 63 | 17 | 27% | |
Coventry | 119 | 32 | 27% | |
Somerset | 264 | 69 | 26% | |
Manchester | 177 | 46 | 26% | |
Solihull | 82 | 21 | 26% | |
Kingston upon Thames | 51 | 13 | 25% | |
Peterborough | 75 | 19 | 25% | |
Sandwell | 119 | 30 | 25% | |
Gloucestershire | 303 | 76 | 25% | |
Nottinghamshire | 338 | 84 | 25% | |
Walsall | 113 | 28 | 25% | |
Westminster | 57 | 14 | 25% | |
Suffolk | 325 | 79 | 24% | |
Norfolk | 420 | 102 | 24% | |
Harrow | 58 | 14 | 24% | |
Worcestershire | 241 | 58 | 24% | |
Devon | 363 | 87 | 24% | |
Bath and North East Somerset | 80 | 19 | 24% | |
Hartlepool | 38 | 9 | 24% | |
Surrey | 389 | 90 | 23% | |
Trafford | 93 | 21 | 23% | |
East Sussex | 192 | 43 | 22% | |
Brent | 81 | 18 | 22% | |
Reading | 54 | 12 | 22% | |
Staffordshire | 397 | 88 | 22% | |
Milton Keynes | 108 | 23 | 21% | |
Oldham | 104 | 22 | 21% | |
Southwark | 101 | 21 | 21% | |
Hounslow | 77 | 16 | 21% | |
Kensington and Chelsea | 35 | 7 | 20% | |
North Somerset | 76 | 15 | 20% | |
Haringey | 84 | 16 | 19% | |
Luton | 65 | 12 | 18% | |
Buckinghamshire | 233 | 43 | 18% | |
West Sussex | 282 | 52 | 18% | |
Barnet | 120 | 22 | 18% | |
South Gloucestershire | 115 | 21 | 18% | |
Hertfordshire | 519 | 89 | 17% | |
Tameside | 96 | 16 | 17% | |
Bradford | 206 | 34 | 17% | |
Dudley | 107 | 17 | 16% | |
Derby | 96 | 15 | 16% | |
Blackburn with Darwen | 72 | 11 | 15% | |
Shropshire | 153 | 23 | 15% | |
Cumbria | 316 | 47 | 15% | |
Wandsworth | 81 | 12 | 15% | |
Leeds | 274 | 40 | 15% | |
Halton | 62 | 9 | 15% | |
Wirral | 124 | 18 | 15% | |
Kirklees | 180 | 26 | 14% | |
Richmond upon Thames | 57 | 8 | 14% | |
Telford and Wrekin | 73 | 10 | 14% | |
Gateshead | 84 | 11 | 13% | |
Hackney | 77 | 10 | 13% | |
Lambeth | 85 | 11 | 13% | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 96 | 12 | 13% | |
Cheshire West and Chester | 161 | 20 | 12% | |
Wigan | 129 | 16 | 12% | |
Bolton | 126 | 15 | 12% | |
South Tyneside | 59 | 7 | 12% | |
Isle of Wight | 51 | 6 | 12% | |
Redbridge | 78 | 9 | 12% | |
Wokingham | 65 | 7 | 11% | |
Durham | 261 | 27 | 10% | |
Northumberland | 174 | 18 | 10% | |
Salford | 99 | 10 | 10% | |
West Berkshire | 80 | 8 | 10% | |
Newham | 91 | 9 | 10% | |
Knowsley | 61 | 6 | 10% | |
Sefton | 102 | 10 | 10% | |
Liverpool | 165 | 16 | 10% | |
York | 62 | 6 | 10% | |
Greenwich | 83 | 8 | 10% | |
Leicester | 110 | 10 | 9% | |
Merton | 56 | 5 | 9% | |
Hampshire | 530 | 47 | 9% | |
Barking and Dagenham | 59 | 5 | 8% | |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 145 | 12 | 8% | |
Warrington | 86 | 7 | 8% | |
Derbyshire | 408 | 32 | 8% | |
Ealing | 90 | 7 | 8% | |
Stockport | 106 | 8 | 8% | |
Enfield | 95 | 7 | 7% | |
North Yorkshire | 369 | 27 | 7% | |
Rochdale | 86 | 6 | 7% | |
Islington | 65 | 4 | 6% | |
St. Helens | 68 | 4 | 6% | |
Bracknell Forest | 39 | 2 | 5% | |
Bury | 81 | 4 | 5% | |
Lancashire | 608 | 29 | 5% | |
Lewisham | 86 | 4 | 5% | |
Brighton and Hove | 70 | 3 | 4% | |
Tower Hamlets | 96 | 4 | 4% | |
North Tyneside | 77 | 3 | 4% | |
Camden | 62 | 2 | 3% | |
City of London | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
Isles Of Scilly | 1 | 0 | 0% | |
Total | 21,516 | 5,096 | 24% | |
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1. Includes LA maintained schools, academies, free schools, studio schools, university technical colleges, city technology colleges and state-funded special schools, pupil referral units and alternative provision. | ||||
2. Includes converter academies and sponsored academies. | ||||
Asked by: Bob Stewart (Independent - Beckenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ease the pressure of rising birth rates on schools.
Answered by David Laws
Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education’s main priorities. That is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places. In addition we have announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017.
This support has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015. We have also stripped out bureaucracy to make it easier for schools to expand to offer more places, if they so wish.