Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of community schools in England have made their sports facilities available to members of the public outside school hours in each of the last five years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education does not collect data on the number of community schools that have made their sports facilities available to members of the public outside of school hours. Schools are not required to report to the Department on how they use their sports facilities.
Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers at local authority community schools have achieved Learning Outside the Classroom accreditation in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by David Laws
The Learning Outside the Classroom accreditation is run by an independent organisation. The Department for Education does not collect information on which schools have achieved the accreditation or quality mark. Decisions relating to teachers’ professional development rightly rest with schools, individual teachers and heads, as they are in the best position to make judgements about their requirements to help their pupils achieve good outcomes.
Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of physical education training trainee teachers received in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by David Laws
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in England attended a residential outdoors education experience in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of pupils’ attending residential outdoors education experiences.
Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of pupils in England who have participated in outdoor school trips in each year since 2005.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not collect information on the number of pupils’ participating in outdoor school trips.
Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate how much of the PE and sport premium for primary schools has been spent on external providers since that scheme began.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education cannot provide an accurate estimate of how much of the physical education (PE) and sport premium schools have spent on external providers since funding began in 2013 because schools are not required to provide a breakdown of their spending to the Department.
Independent research has found that 67% of schools have used the premium to employ a new sports coach. 70% of schools reported making changes to staff who deliver curricular PE lessons. There has also been an increase in the number of schools employing specialist teachers from 22% to 54%.
Asked by: Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers held the status of specialist primary school physical education teacher in each of the last two years.
Answered by David Laws
The information requested is not collected centrally.