Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) annual income and (b) annual payment for a PFI scheme was for each school in the Bradford district in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information requested regarding annual income refers to third party income earned in respect of a private finance initiative (PFI) contract. Information on third party income for any PFI scheme is not held by the Department. This information may be available directly from the local authority.
The annual payment (or unitary charge) is not available for individual schools as there is one unitary charge payment for each PFI project which may contain multiple schools.
Information on PFI projects as at March 2018 is published by HM Treasury and includes details of the unitary charge for all education PFI schemes. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2018-summary-data.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many variations of Published Admission Numbers submitted by local authorities have been disallowed by the school adjudicator in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
In each of the past three reporting years, the following number of variation requests in relation to Published Admissions Numbers (PAN) were submitted by local authorities, but were not approved by the Schools Adjudicator:
Variation to PANs | 2018/19* | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
Number of variation requests made by local authorities | 50 | 37 | 24 |
Variation requests not approved | 8 | 1 | 3 |
* This reporting year ends on 31 August 2019
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the provision of education to girls on domestic violence against men and boys.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department is making relationships education compulsory for all primary pupils, relationships and sex education (RSE) compulsory for all secondary pupils from September 2020. From that point, health education will also be compulsory for all pupils.
These subjects will help in ensuring all young people, at age appropriate points, know the signs of unhealthy or abusive relationships and that violence in relationships and domestic abuse is unlawful and never acceptable. Throughout these subjects there is a focus on ensuring pupils know how to get further support.
Specifically, the updated draft guidance sets out that RSE will cover the concepts of, and laws relating to, sexual consent, sexual exploitation, abuse, grooming, coercion, harassment, forced marriage, rape, domestic abuse and female genital mutilation and how these can affect current and future relationships. The updated draft guidance can be accessed via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education.
Children exposed to domestic abuse are more likely to experience mental health difficulties, be excluded from school and become victims of domestic abuse in later life. That is why teaching about this in RSE is important and demonstrates how the subjects will support the measures set out in the draft Domestic Abuse Bill.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2019 to Question 208844 on Department for Education: Overseas Aid; if he will set out what specific programmes that funding was spent on.
Answered by Anne Milton
The spend figures relate to the provision of education to child and unaccompanied child asylum seekers in the 12 months after they make an asylum claim in the UK. The figures are an estimate of the amount of core schools funding provided to schools in relation to these children.
The government is clear that in meeting its responsibilities to the world's poorest citizens through its aid commitments, the UK also protects its own security and interests. As set out in the UK's aid strategy, the UK aid budget is used to tackle the great global challenges, from the root causes of mass migration and disease to the threat of terrorism and global climate change, all of which also directly threaten British interests.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond with a date for the request from the hon. Member for Shipley for a meeting with Lord Agnew of Oulton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System has offered a meeting with Vicky Beer CBE, the Regional Schools Commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire, in the first instance, which he will follow up with a phone call. Officials have contacted my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley, to ensure this is acceptable before agreeing a convenient date and time for the meeting and are currently waiting for a response.