Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Minister for Children and Families has completed any equality and diversity training since assuming that ministerial role.
Answered by Anne Milton
On appointment, my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State received a letter from the Permanent Secretary drawing his attention to the Ministerial Code, and a copy of that code.
Ministers are expected to observe the Seven Principles of Public Life. The Ministerial code sets out the standards of conduct expected of ministers and how they discharge their duties. It provides guidance to ministers on how they should act and arrange their affairs in order to uphold these standards. The code is clear that harassing, bullying or other inappropriate or discriminating behaviour wherever it takes place is not consistent with the Ministerial Code and will not be tolerated.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to the PE and Sport Premium in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, and (f) 2022-23.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
We want all pupils to be healthy and active. This is why since 2013 the government has invested over £600 million of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE through the Primary PE and Sport Premium.
The Department for Education and the Department of Health contribute £100 million and £60 million per year to the premium respectively, with the Soft Drinks Levy funding contributing £415 million over the remainder of the current spending review period (see attached table).
Funding for 2020-21 onwards will be considered at the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Government has allocated to the healthy pupil capital fund in the next two financial years; and what proportion of that funding is ring-fenced from the soft drinks industry levy.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
As announced by the Secretary of State on 17 July, we will invest £100 million in 2018-19 for healthy pupils’ capital. All funding for the healthy pupils capital fund will be provided by the soft drinks industry levy.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much government funding was allocated to the Union Learning Fund in each financial year from 2009-2010 to 2014-2015.
Answered by Anne Milton
Since the financial year 2009-10, the government has allocated the following funding to the Union Learning Fund:
Financial Year | Support to the Union Learning Fund (£ million) |
2009-10 | 13.4 |
2010-11 | 13.3 |
2011-12 | 13.2 |
2012-13 | 13.0 |
2013-14 | 12.2 |
2014-15 | 11.2 |
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding for the planned £26 million contract to provide breakfast clubs will be allocated from revenue raised from the soft drinks industry levy.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
We announced within the Childhood Obesity Plan in August 2016 that we would launch a breakfast club programme using funds from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
We published an invitation to tender on the 16 October 2017 indicating that we are investing £26 million from the levy over the next three years to expand breakfast club provision.