Damian Hinds MP: written questions
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Teachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the distribution is by (a) age and (b) length of service of teachers without qualified teacher status.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The next publication i...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on disallowing schools from employing teachers without qualified teacher status.
Answer: The department has heard from schools, leaders and teachers regarding the measure in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to require new teachers to have or be working towards qualified teacher status (QTS). This measure will reaffirm the professiona...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what average proportion of full-time equivalent teaching staff teachers without qualified teacher status constitute for the top (a) 3% and (b) 10% of schools employing those teachers.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The next publication i...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which subjects are most taught by teachers without qualified teacher status.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The next publication i...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers without qualified teacher status were on recruitment programmes (a) supported and (b) procured by her Department in the (i) earliest and (ii) latest year for which data
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The next publication i...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers without qualified teacher status were (a) working towards (b) not working towards qualified teacher status in the (i) earliest and (ii) latest year for which data are av
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The next publication i...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent teachers were without qualified teacher status in state funded (a) mainstream primary, (b) mainstream secondary, (c) special schools and (d) alternative prov
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england. The next publication i...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnical Excellence CollegesDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Technical Excellence colleges will differ from the Institutes of Technologies programme.
Answer: Technical Excellence Colleges will support a focus on higher technical skills and link to local growth plans. These colleges will work with businesses, trade unions and local government to provide young people and adults with better job opportunities and ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6019 on Private Education: Teachers, whether any schools have (a) left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and (b) entered phased withdrawal since 14 October 2024.
Answer: Between 14 October 2024 and 15 January 2025, nine schools left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme outright and eighteen have entered a phased withdrawal.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the geographic level at which housing targets are set will change in the event of local government reorganisation.
Answer: Strategic policy making authorities, which are normally district councils (in two tier areas), metropolitan districts councils and unitary authorities, are responsible for planning for local housing needs.The government intends to legislate to create a un...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the target for an additional 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects this Parliament will be met.
Answer: High quality teaching is the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcomes and is thus essential to delivering the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child.There are now 468,693 full-time ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage change in net recruitment from the last Parliament will be needed to meet the target of an additional 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects this Parliament.
Answer: High quality teaching is the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcomes and is thus essential to delivering the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child.There are now 468,693 full-time ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teachers in key subjects she expects to recruit each year.
Answer: High quality teaching is the in-school factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s outcomes and is thus essential to delivering the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child.There are now 468,693 full-time ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: South EastDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme on religious minority groups in (a) Hampshire (b) South East England.
Answer: Since August 2022, the Listed Places of Grant Scheme has awarded more than £3 million to 416 Non-Christian listed places of worship. This includes Buddhist, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu and other denominations. In the same timeframe the Listed Places of Worship...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme to the heritage crafts sector.
Answer: Churches can have an important part to play in heritage skills and crafts. For example, in summer 2024, Historic England's Heritage Building Skills Summer School took place at St John the Evangelist Church, Lancaster, a Churches Conservation Trust site. T...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on schools making second hand uniform available.
Answer: The government’s statutory guidance requires schools to ensure that arrangements are in place for parents to acquire second-hand school uniforms, for example through periodic second-hand uniform sales or swap shops, and to make these arrangements clear on...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of school absence in (a) schools with 40% or more pupils in bands A-F of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index and (b) other (i)
Answer: The department collects detailed pupil-level data on attendance, which is disaggregated by a number of characteristics, including measures of disadvantage such as the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and free school meal (FSM) eligibili...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of disadvantaged pupils in schools on rates of absence in schools.
Answer: The department collects detailed pupil-level data on attendance, which is disaggregated by a number of characteristics, including measures of disadvantage such as the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) and free school meal (FSM) eligibili...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast Clubs: Secondary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of free breakfast provision in secondary schools on levels of school attendance.
Answer: Breakfast clubs remove barriers to opportunity, supporting pupils’ attendance and attainment, enabling them to thrive academically and socially and helping families with the cost of childcare around the school day.Compared to studies of programmes targete...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason a school tie is not permitted as an additional item of branded uniform in primary schools in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: School uniforms play a valuable role in creating a sense of common identity among pupils and reducing visible inequalities, but too many schools require high numbers of branded uniform items, with parents reporting uniforms are their most significant cost...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether costs for (a) before-school breakfast and (b) after-school clubs and programmes for children of (I) primary (II) secondary school age are eligible for reimbursement through universal credit as c
Answer: Universal Credit childcare support is paid to eligible Universal Credit customers in work for childcare for children up to the age of 16 and can be considered for the costs of wraparound childcare, including breakfast and afterschool clubs. Childcare prov...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor trends in Education Health and Care Plan applications by local authority area.
Answer: Information on applications for education, health and care (EHC) plans is collected from local authorities via the annual SEN2 data collection each January. SEN2 is a statutory return. It includes information on requests for assessment for an EHC plan mad...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is collecting data on trends in the number of in-year school applications in each local authority area.
Answer: The department does not collect data on the number of in-year school admission applications received in each local authority area. Admission authorities must notify their local authority of all in-year applications they receive and their outcomes. Local a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the average fees charged by independent schools for the term starting in (a) January 2024, (b) September 2024 and (c) January 2025.
Answer: The school level annual school census collects information each January from all registered independent schools in England. This collection includes information from each school on the lowest and highest fees charged for day and boarding pupils, before th...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21576More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has changed the recipients by position entitled to pre-release access to reports since June 2024.
Answer: The Minister for Cabinet Office has not made any changes to pre-release access to official statistics since 5 July 2024.
Answered 10 Jan 2025
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