Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children did not meet the required standards in speech and language by key stage 1 in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) Yorkshire and Humber and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
While speech and language are important components of the English National Curriculum and assessments, the Department only collects data of an overall expected standard in reading and writing. Information on the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading and writing is published at national, regional and local authority level as part of the “Phonics screening check and Key Stage 1 assessment” statistical first release.[1]
Parliamentary constituency level information is not available.
The Department for Education produces statistics on England only. The responsibility for education statistics in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales lies with each devolved administration.
[1] KS1 for 2015/16: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577812/SFR42_2016_KS1_LA_tables.xlsx (Table 18 by local authorities’)
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on average per pupil in schools in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Putney constituency and (c) the UK in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
Answered by Nick Gibb
School-level figures for spending per pupil are published annually. The most recent figures are available at:
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data (for maintained schools in financial year 2015-16, select: a) the academic year 2015 to 2016; b) data for All of England; and c) Spend per pupil (grouped data)),
and at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2014-to-2015 (for academy schools in academic year 2014/15).
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per head has been allocated for childcare in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in the financial years (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis. In 2016-17, the relevant hourly funding rates per child were as follows:
LAs | Three and Four Year old Entitilement | Two year old entitlement |
Barnsley | £3.99 | £4.85 |
Bradford | £5.19 | £4.85 |
Calderdale | £4.15 | £4.85 |
Doncaster | £3.87 | £4.85 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £4.40 | £4.85 |
Kingston upon Hull City of | £4.20 | £4.85 |
Kirkless | £4.37 | £4.85 |
Leeds | £4.09 | £4.85 |
North East Lincolnshire | £3.72 | £4.85 |
North Lincolnshire | £4.39 | £4.85 |
North Yorkshire | £4.49 | £4.85 |
Rotherham | £4.07 | £4.85 |
Sheffield | £4.51 | £4.85 |
Wakefield | £4.14 | £4.85 |
York | £3.63 | £4.85 |
The figures given above relate to England. Childcare policy for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is devolved. In 2016-17, the national average hourly funding rate paid by the Department for Education to local authorities in England, is £4.51 for three and four-year-olds and £5.09 for two-year-olds.
All funding rates for three and four-year-olds are exclusive of the Early Years Pupil Premium which is an additional funding stream for disadvantaged children.
The new funding rates under our proposed early years national funding formula from 2017-18, can be found here:
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per head is received for childcare in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Funding for the free early years entitlements is allocated on a local authority basis. In 2016-17[1], the relevant hourly funding rates per child were as follows:
Local authority | Three and four year old entitlement | Two year old entitlement |
Barnsley | £3.99 | £4.85 |
Bradford | £5.19 | £4.85 |
Calderdale | £4.15 | £4.85 |
Doncaster | £3.87 | £4.85 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £4.40 | £4.85 |
Kingston upon Hull, City of | £4.20 | £4.85 |
Kirklees | £4.37 | £4.85 |
Leeds | £4.09 | £4.85 |
North East Lincolnshire | £3.72 | £4.85 |
North Lincolnshire | £4.39 | £4.85 |
North Yorkshire | £4.49 | £4.85 |
Rotherham | £4.07 | £4.85 |
Sheffield | £4.51 | £4.85 |
Wakefield | £4.14 | £4.85 |
York | £3.63 | £4.85 |
In 2016-17, the national average hourly funding rates paid by the Department for Education to local authorities in England is £4.51 for three and four year olds and £5.09 for two-year-olds.
All funding rates for three and four year olds are exclusive of the Early Years Pupil Premium which is an additional funding stream for disadvantaged children.
The figures given above relate to England. Childcare policy for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is devolved.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the number of school places that will be available in Yorkshire and Humber in each of the next five years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The department collects information from each local authority (LA) on the current number of school places and LA’s firm plans for the delivery of additional places over the next three years, through the annual school capacity survey (SCAP).
As at May 2015 there were 475,707 primary places and 375,888 secondary places at maintained mainstream schools across Yorkshire and Humber. At that point in time LAs across Yorkshire and Humber reported they had firm plans for delivery of an additional 17,919 places by 2017/18. The number of new places for which LAs have firm plans for delivery, through academic years 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 is available in table A7 of the attached and is available on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2014-to-2015
The data represents a snapshot in time and LAs will have delivered and developed plans for many more new places since.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Key Stage 1 children in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were in classes of more than 35 children in the academic year beginning September (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information about the number of pupils in infant classes with more than 30 pupils is available at school level in the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics.[1]
Information on class sizes for the academic year beginning September 2015 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.
[1] Data from January 2011 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011 in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2011’ within the underlying data download
Data from January 2012 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012 in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2012’ within the underlying data download
Data from January 2013 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013 in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2013’ within the underlying data download
Data from January 2014 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014 in the file called ‘SFR15_2014_school_level_classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.
Data from January 2015 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 in the file called ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Key Stage 1 children in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were in classes of more than 30 children in the academic year beginning September (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information about the number of pupils in infant classes with more than 30 pupils is available at school level in the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics.[1]
Information on class sizes for the academic year beginning September 2015 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.
[1] Data from January 2011 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011 in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2011’ within the underlying data download
Data from January 2012 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012 in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2012’ within the underlying data download
Data from January 2013 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013 in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2013’ within the underlying data download
Data from January 2014 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014 in the file called ‘SFR15_2014_school_level_classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.
Data from January 2015 is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015 in the file called ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding for each (a) primary age and (b) secondary age pupil in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) Yorkshire and the Humber in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
We have announced the per pupil funding rates for 2016-17. They can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017
Per pupil funding rates for the specified areas in 2016-17 are as follows:
Area | 2015-16 schools block unit of funding | 2016-17 schools block unit of funding |
Barnsley LA | £4,460 | £4,474 |
Sheffield LA | £4,422 | £4,449 |
Rotherham LA | £4,837 | £4,837 |
Doncaster LA | £4,511 | £4,530 |
Yorkshire and Humber region (average schools block unit of funding) | £4,552 | £4,568 |
We protected the schools budget in the last Parliament and we have met our manifesto commitment to protect the core schools budget throughout this Parliament. This means that as pupil numbers rise, so will the amount of money available for our schools. The Government is committed to going even further to make school funding fairer. At the Spending Review we announced our intention to introduce a national funding formula, so that the money we provide for schools is fairly matched to need. As we develop our plans, we will consider the effect of the formula on all schools and make sure change is introduced at a pace that is manageable for the sector. We will set out our detailed proposals and consult extensively later this year.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to maintain the current provision of children's centre services.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Department for Education will be launching an open consultation in the autumn about children’s centre services. This will be a consultation that will offer parents, carers, local authorities and key stakeholders the opportunity to influence and drive what we expect from children’s centre services and where we see them collectively having the greatest impact. This consultation will not just be about the children’s centre buildings but focus on what they provide as part of the integrated services for children and families locally, what outcomes they should achieve and what accountability framework is needed to best demonstrate impact.
Local authorities have duties under the Childcare Act 2006 to ensure sufficient children’s centres to meet local need and to ensure they consult before any significant changes are made. They are best placed to determine the delivery models and service offering in relation to children’s centres that best meet the needs of their local community.
Asked by: Michael Dugher (Labour - Barnsley East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was received per pupil in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Average per pupil revenue funding figures for Barnsley local authority and Yorkshire and the Humber region are given below.
Figures for financial years 2011 to 2013 are shown below. These are in cash terms:
Average revenue per pupil funding (cash) | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Barnsley LA | 4,880 | 4,880 |
Yorkshire and the Humber region | 4,970 | 4,970 |
Per pupil figures are using Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations and pupils aged 3-15 rounded to the nearest £10.
Changes to the DSG funding in financial year 2013 to 2014 with funding allocated through three blocks; schools, early years and high needs, means there is no longer a comparable overall figure with previous years. The table below shows the DSG schools block unit funding figures in cash terms for Barnsley LA and Yorkshire and the Humber region.
DSG schools block per pupil funding | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 |
Barnsley LA | 4,459 | 4,459 | 4,460 |
Yorkshire and the Humber region | 4,534 | 4,536 | 4,552 |