Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it the Government's policy to require local authorities to collect data on the number of children who have experienced abuse and neglect.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Government collects and publishes ‘Characteristics of children in need’ statistics annually. This includes data on the number of children in need where the primary need identified at assessment is abuse or neglect, the number of assessments undertaken by children’s social care services where different types of abuse and neglect are a factor, and the number of children on child protection plans by different categories of abuse and neglect.
The statistics can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-children-in-need.
Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have studied at least one arts subject at A-level in Manchester, Withington constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number of A level examination entries (including arts[1] subjects) by local authority and state funded schools are published in the A level and equivalent results statistical first releases (SFR)[2],[3],[4],[5],[6].
The information requested by parliamentary constituency is not available.
[1] Arts subjects are included under the categories Art and Design, Media, Film and Television Studies and Music.
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-a-level-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012 (Table 12a)
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised (Table 13a)
[4] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2013-to-2014-revised (Table 13a)
[5] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2014-to-2015-revised (Table 13a)
[6] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2015-to-2016-provisional (Table 10)
Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have studied at least two arts subjects at GCSE level in Manchester, Withington constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information is given in the table below:
Number of pupils at the end of KS4 entering at least two arts[1] subjects at GCSE (incl. equivalents) in Manchester LA
Year[2] | Pupils entering at least two arts subjects at GCSE |
2011/12 | 323 |
2012/13 | 304 |
2013/14 | 312 |
2014/15 | 532 |
2015/16 | 355 |
Source: KS4 Performance Tables |
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The information required by parliamentary constituency is not available. |
[1] Includes: Applied Art & Design, Art & Design, Drama, Performing Arts, Media/Film/TV Studies, Music and Dance. Does not include History of Art and Creative Writing.
[2] Data is provisional for 2016, all other years are final.
Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many GCSE entries for arts subjects there have been from students in Manchester, Withington constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information is given in the table below:
Number of entries in arts1 subject GCSEs (incl. equivalents) from pupils at the end of KS4 in Manchester LA
Year2 | Number of entries in GCSE Arts subjects |
2011/12 | 1,953 |
2012/13 | 1,954 |
2013/14 | 2,260 |
2014/15 | 2,968 |
2015/16 | 2,515 |
Source: KS4 Performance Tables Notes:
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The information required by parliamentary constituency is not available.
Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that academics in the UK will be able to continue collaborating with academics in universities in EU member states after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The EU Erasmus+ programme provides opportunities for schools and colleges to collaborate with their counterparts in Europe, and with universities. Access to the programme after we leave the EU is a matter for the forthcoming exit negotiations.
Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that non-religious worldviews form part of the religious education curriculum.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Government believes in the importance of religious education (RE) to develop children’s knowledge of the values and traditions of Britain and other countries, and to foster understanding among different faiths and beliefs, including non-religious beliefs.
We have issued guidance for schools, local authorities and agreed syllabus conferences about the religious studies GCSE and the RE curriculum. The guidance states that there is no obligation for any school to give equal air time to the teaching of religious and non-religious views. It is for schools to determine which religious and non-religious views to cover in their RE curriculum in line with statutory requirements. The guidance recommends that schools teach a wide ranging study of religious and non-religious beliefs across the key stages. The guidance is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies
All schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs.
Asked by: Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to schools for supporting children with learning difficulties in (a) Manchester, Withington constituency and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Funding for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) is allocated to local authorities through the dedicated schools grant, which includes both funding to be delegated to mainstream schools, and funding for the additional costs associated with educating children and young people with high needs.
Schools are funded through a formula set by their local authority, and local authorities are required to delegate funds to a level that enables schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with SEN up to £6,000 per annum. It is for individual schools to decide how they allocate their overall budget to ensure they meet the specific needs of children with learning difficulties.
For those pupils whose additional support costs more than £6,000 the local authority pays top-up funding to the schools from their high needs budget. Top-up funding rates are for local authorities to agree with their schools.
The high needs allocation, within the dedicated schools grant, for the Greater Manchester local authorities in each of the last three years were as set out below:
| 2013-14 (£million) | 2014-15 (£million) | 2015-16 (£million) |
Bolton | 25.83 | 27.15 | 27.55 |
Bury | 22.50 | 24.08 | 24.17 |
Manchester | 59.83 | 63.34 | 64.07 |
Oldham | 23.54 | 24.90 | 25.58 |
Salford | 22.10 | 22.75 | 22.82 |
Stockport | 27.62 | 29.04 | 29.44 |
Tameside | 25.82 | 27.14 | 28.23 |
Trafford | 13.81 | 14.79 | 14.73 |
Wigan | 22.88 | 23.34 | 24.08 |
We do not hold information on the total funding for supporting children with learning difficulties allocated to schools in the Manchester, Withington constituency or in the Greater Manchester area.