Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their response to the House of Lords National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee's report, A national plan for sport, health, and wellbeing, where they note the average time teaching PE in primary schools was 90 minutes per week in 2016, what plans they have to increase the average time spent teaching PE in (1) primary schools, and (2) secondary schools.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

The government is prohibited by law in prescribing the exact time a school should allocate to individual subjects in the curriculum. On 8 March, the government made an announcement on physical education (PE) and school sport which included an expectation for both primary and secondary schools to strive for a minimum of two hours of PE and sport in the curriculum time every week.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are offering to people from Hong Kong who have come to the UK under the British National Overseas (BNO) visa to help them take up teaching positions.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

From 1 February 2023, teachers who are already qualified and recognised as teachers in Hong Kong are able to apply to have their qualification recognised with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England, without additional training. This means that they can apply for teaching roles that require QTS.

For those looking to train to teach in physics and languages, bursaries worth up to £27,000 and scholarships worth up to £29,000 are available, including to those with a British National (Overseas) visa.

For those who are considering coming to England, we have introduced an international relocation payment worth up to £10,000 to help overseas physics and language teachers and trainees, including those from Hong Kong, to relocate.

Schools looking to complete safeguarding checks in order to employ teachers from Hong Kong can currently provide assistance to these individuals with a letter which can be used to apply for a Certificate of No Criminal Conviction from the Hong Kong authorities. Our statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education, also sets out alternative safeguarding processes that schools can follow. This can be found attached.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support and protect at-risk girls and young women in education settings, including against poor mental health and sexual harassment.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

The department is committed to helping education settings provide the safe, calm, and supportive learning environments that promote good wellbeing and reduce risk of harm. This includes considering how we can best support girls and young women who may be at higher risk of sexual harassment or poor mental health.

The government’s Tackling Violence against Women and Girls Strategy sets out the actions that we are taking and the progress that we have made to prevent violence and harassment and protect victims. It includes the introduction of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the Enough communications campaign, and changes to the law to introduce new criminal offences, including up-skirting and revenge porn. We will also be publishing non-statutory guidance specifically focused on teaching about sexual harassment and sexual violence.

As part of the strategy, we are determined to make sure the right resources and processes are in place across the education system to support any victims of abuse who come forward. The department published strengthened statutory school safeguarding guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education in September 2021. The guidance has been further strengthened for 2022, ensuring schools have even clearer guidance on how to deal with reports of sexual abuse. Revised guidance includes the ‘Sexual violence and sexual harassment advice’, putting this on a statutory footing to give the issue the prominence it deserves. The department is also trialling the impact of supervision for designated safeguarding leads, with a particular focus on supporting them to respond to sexual abuse issues.

As well as supporting pupils to understand their mental health, the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum in schools ensures all pupils are taught about respectful relationships. This includes learning that some types of behaviour within relationships are criminal, what constitutes sexual harassment and sexual violence, and why these are always unacceptable. The department has started a review of the RSHE statutory guidance and continues to develop standalone non statutory guidance to support schools to teach about these issues effectively.

Further education providers also have flexibility to offer aspects of RSHE. Providers should support students to access the support they need to have healthy relationships. The Ofsted Further Education and Skills inspection handbook includes personal development in its judgements, including students’ understanding of healthy relationships and how to keep themselves mentally healthy.

In higher education (HE), the department expects all providers to have robust policies and procedures in place to comply with the law, including the Equality Act 2010, and to swiftly address reports of harassment and sexual misconduct. The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill includes a clause banning the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements to silence victims in cases of sexual misconduct in HE. The Office for Students (OfS) has also launched a consultation to make mandatory measures that will require providers to address student harassment.

The department supports education settings to take effective approaches to supporting wellbeing and mental health. In schools and colleges, we are providing grants to train Senior Mental Health Leads and rolling out Mental Health Support Teams which can improve access to support. In HE, we have an ambition for all providers to sign up to Student Minds’ University Mental Health Charter by 2026. The OfS have funded the online platform Student Space. The department has asked them to allocate £15 million to establishing better partnerships between universities and local NHS service and support transitions into university.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to understand the drivers behind young women and girls’ official and unofficial school exclusions, in order to tackle the over-representation of ethnic minorities among those excluded.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

Continuing to improve behaviour in schools is a priority for the government. Head teachers use suspensions and permanent exclusions when required as part of creating calm, safe and supportive classrooms. Schools should only use permanent exclusion as a last resort, and the Department supports teachers in taking proportionate and measured steps to ensure good behaviour in schools.

Informal or unofficial exclusions are unlawful, and the department has previously written to schools to remind them of the rules on suspension and permanent exclusion.

Analysis from the Timpson Review of School Exclusion (2019) illustrated a complex picture but, on the whole, there is no substantial difference in permanent exclusion rates when comparing all ethnic minority children as a whole with white British children. More information on the Timpson Review of School Exclusion can be found attached.

The updated 'School suspension and permanent exclusion’ guidance sets out that schools, local authorities, and local partners should work together to understand what lies behind local trends.

The department’s ‘Understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees’ guidance also makes clear governing boards should carefully consider the level and characteristics of pupils who are leaving the school, and challenge the school and academy trust management teams on any permanent exclusions to ensure it is only used as a last resort.

Schools also have a clear duty not to discriminate against pupils under the Equality Act 2010. Ofsted’s assessment of behaviour in schools includes specific consideration of rates, patterns and reasons for exclusions, as well as any differences between groups of pupils.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bellamy on 8 March (HL5707), what assessment they have made of the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory report What do we know about children and young people deprived of their liberty in England and Wales?, published on 9 February 2022; and what steps they plan to take in response to the recommendations for collecting and publishing data made in that report.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

The department welcomes the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory’s report ‘What do we know about children and young people deprived of their liberty in England and Wales’, and recognises the growing concerns regarding deprivation of liberty (DoL) cases. Children and young people deprived of their liberty are some of the most vulnerable children in society.

The newly launched National DoLs Court has helped the judiciary and the government gain more robust data and a greater understanding of this cohort of children who are often the subject of DoL proceedings, which requires a cross-system response.

The department accepts that there is a need for more robust data and will be meeting with the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and Tribunals Services, and Nuffield to discuss their recommendations. Officials are meeting with Nuffield on 19 April. As data collection continues, we will be able to better understand the number of children placed in different settings, their characteristics, experiences and outcomes.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) occasions that schools in Birmingham, Erdington constituency have screened pupils using metal detectors and (b) weapons that have been recovered as a result of screening pupils in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department does not collect data on how many schools use screening or how many weapons are collected as a result of screening.

The Department updated its guidance, ‘Searching, screening and confiscation’, in July 2022.

Headteachers are encouraged to consult with local police who may be able to advise on whether installation of screening devices is appropriate. Any weapons that are found as a result of screening or a search must be passed to the police.

Schools are advised that any search for a prohibited item by a member of staff or police officers should be recorded in the school’s safeguarding reporting system. This allows the designated safeguarding lead to identify possible risks and initiate a safeguarding response if required.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a specialist school for music, film and digital design in the north of England.

Answered by Nick Gibb

All pupils are entitled to a broad and ambitious cultural education, irrespective of where they live. The Department is currently assessing a number of applications for new free schools, including one in Bradford, linked to the BRIT school in London. This is a competitive process and the Department will announce approved schools later this year.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve reading standards in schools.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Since the Department introduced the Phonics Screening Check in 2012, the proportion of 6-year-olds reaching the expecting standards has risen from 58% in 2012 to 82% in 2019, just before the pandemic.

The proportion of Year 6 pupils reaching the expected standard in reading in the Key Stage 2 SATs has risen from 66% in 2016 to 73% in 2019, just before the pandemic.

Our ambition is for at least 90% of pupils to reach these standards, through spreading best practice in the English Hubs Programme and through the new Reading Framework.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review: right support, right place, right time, published on 29 March 2022, what steps her Department is taking to make it easier for parents of disabled children to receive financial support.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Shadow Minister (Equalities)

The government has announced further support for next year designed to target the most vulnerable households, including those families raising disabled children. This cost of living support is worth £26 billion in 2023/24 in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working-age households and people with disabilities. Further details on cost of living payments in 2023/24 is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cost-of-living-payments-2023-to-2024.

This means that over eight million households across the UK will be supported via additional Cost of Living Payments. The government is also increasing benefits in line with September inflation by 10.1% and will continue to provide support to all households through the Energy Price Guarantee, which caps the price households will pay for each unit of energy. This will save the average UK household £500 in 2023/24.

In addition, over six million people across the UK on eligible ‘extra costs’ disability benefits will receive a further £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment in 2023/24, to help with the additional costs they face. This is in addition to the cost of living payments for households on means-tested benefits and pensioner households, if eligible.

In 2023/24, the government is investing £27.3 million in Support for Families with Disabled Children Funding to support low-income families raising seriously ill or children with disabilities in England, by providing small grants to purchase equipment, goods, and activities, which would otherwise be inaccessible. This funding is currently administered by our delivery partner, the Family Fund Trust.

The government has provided £842 million for 2023/24 to County Councils and Unitary Authorities in England to support those most in need, and to help with global inflationary challenges and the rising cost of living via the Household Support Fund. Local authorities can decide how to run this scheme and who is eligible, but the funding is aimed at anyone who is vulnerable or cannot pay for essentials, which can include families raising children with disabilities.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in early years education.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Shadow Minister (Equalities)

In the 2023 Spring Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced transformative reforms to childcare for parents, children and the economy. By 2027/28, the government will expect to be spending in excess of £8 billion every year on free hours and early education, helping working families with their childcare costs. This represents the largest ever investment in childcare in England. Following this announcement, we will work closely with the sector to develop a plan to grow and develop the workforce.

The department is providing a package of training, qualifications, expert guidance, and targeted support for the early years sector to focus on the development of the youngest and most disadvantaged children and help to address existing recruitment and retention challenges. We are funding a range of programmes, including additional funding for graduate level specialist training leading to early years teacher status and an accredited level 3 early years special education needs coordinator qualification.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact the new Level 3 Alternative Academic Qualifications have had on T-Level student numbers in the engineering and manufacturing sector.

Answered by Robert Halfon

The department is unable to make an assessment about the potential impact that level 3 Alternative Academic Qualifications (AAQs) are having on students studying T Levels in engineering and manufacturing, as they are still in development and will not be available for teaching until 2025.

AAQs will be required to meet criteria that ensure they support progression to higher education.

Small AAQs will be available for funding in a wide range of subjects, including science, engineering, health and social care, IT, art and design, performing arts, creative digital media, and sport.

The department will evaluate the impact of level 3 AAQs as part of the delivery of the qualifications reforms.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason there was a £0.4 billion decrease in Education Capital DEL spending plans for financial year 2022-23 in the Spring Budget 2023 when compared to the figures in the 2022 Autumn Statement.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Government’s spending on the education estate is unchanged after the Spring Budget, presented to Parliament on 15 March 2023.

The change in budgetary control totals between the 2022 Autumn Statement and the 2023 Spring Budget, is a technical adjustment which reflects forecasts for how the academies sector will spend grants given by the Government, but it does not change the amount made available to the sector.

Academies have some autonomy to decide how and when to spend funding allocated to them. The lower spend in the 2022/23 financial year is due to academies planning more substantial long term works which cross financial years.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to expand Free School Meals to all children with families in receipt of Universal Credit.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Since 2010, the number of pupils receiving a free school meal (FSM) has increased by more than two million. This increase in provision is due to the introduction of Universal Infant Free School Meals and protections put in place as benefit recipients move across to Universal Credit. Over a third of pupils in England now receive FSM, compared with one in six in 2010.

The Department believes that the current eligibility threshold level, which enables children in low income households to benefit from FSM, while remaining affordable and deliverable for schools, is the right one. The Department does not have plans to change the current eligibility conditions for FSM, but will continue to keep eligibility under review to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them. The Department continues to monitor the consequences of the rising cost of living and is working with other Government Departments to provide support to disadvantaged families.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to update the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy to help tackle STEM teacher shortages.

Answered by Nick Gibb

In January 2019 the Department launched the Government’s first ever integrated Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, developed alongside and welcomed by teachers, education unions and leading professional bodies. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy.

The strategy focused on four key priorities where reform and investment can have the biggest impact, and the Department continues to deliver policies that stemmed from the strategy.

The first priority is creating the right climate for head teachers to establish supportive school cultures. This is being delivered through measures such as the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and the Department’s School Workload Reduction Toolkit, developed with the education sector. These can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/education-staff-wellbeing-charter, and here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-workload-reduction-toolkit.

The Department has also prioritised transforming support for early career teachers. The Department has reformed early career support by rolling out the Early Career Framework, which provides the foundations for a successful career in teaching.

The Department has focused on ensuring teaching remains an attractive profession as lives and careers progress. The Department has launched a new and updated National Professional Qualifications for teachers and school leaders at all levels, from those who want to develop expertise in high-quality teaching practice to those leading multiple schools across trusts.

The Department aims to make it easier for great people to become teachers. In 2021 the Department launched the new digital service, Apply for teacher training, which has enabled a more streamlined, user-friendly application route.

These reforms support recruitment and retention across all subjects. However, some subjects remain more challenging to recruit to than others, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

In October 2022, the Department announced a £181 million Initial Teacher Training (ITT) financial incentives package for those starting ITT in academic year 2023/24, which is a £52 million increase on 2022/23. The package includes bursaries worth £27,000 tax-free and scholarships worth £29,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing. The Department has also extended bursary and scholarship eligibility to all non-UK national trainees in physics.

Additionally, the Department is providing a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free for mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who choose to work in disadvantaged schools, including in Education Investment Areas. This will support recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in the schools and areas that need them most.

In spring 2022, the Department launched a pilot ‘Engineers teach physics’ initial teacher training course, designed to encourage engineering graduates and career changers with an engineering background to consider a career as a physics teacher.

The Department reviews the financial incentives offer each year and considers introduction of specific targeted initiatives where there is evidence that they could contribute to the recruitment and retention of excellent teachers.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter from the Sefton Association of Primary Headteachers, dated 26 March 2023.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Cabinet Office target is for Departments to reply to 95% of correspondence within 20 working days. The Department and its Ministers understand the importance of providing timely responses to correspondence, and have set an internal target for responding to MP correspondence within 18 working days.

The hon. Member’s correspondence was received in the Department on 26 March and a response has been sent.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of international student visa restrictions on the higher education sector.

Answered by Gillian Keegan

The department works closely with the Home Office on a range of issues, including on matters relating to international student visas. The government keeps all immigration policies under constant review to ensure they best serve the country and reflect the public’s priorities.

International students make a significant economic and cultural contribution to the UK’s higher education sector, and I am proud to have met our International Education Strategy ambition to attract at least 600,000 international students for the second consecutive year.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will outline the planned timescales for building work on Russell Scott Primary School.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The 239 schools selected for the School Rebuilding Programme in December 2022, including Russell Scott Primary School, will start delivery at a rate of approximately 50 per year, over a five-year period. The Department is currently undertaking feasibility and due diligence on these schools prior to scheduling them. The Department met Responsible Bodies at information events in March 2023, where they were provided with an update on expected timescales. The Department will also be writing to all Responsible Bodies with an indicative timescale before the summer break.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that LGBT-inclusive relationship and sex education is provided to school children.

Answered by Nick Gibb

In September 2020, the Government made relationships education compulsory for primary school pupils, relationships and sex education compulsory for secondary school pupils, and health education compulsory for pupils in all state funded schools.

Guidance for schools is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education.

On 8 March 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced the review of the guidance. The Department announced further details regarding the review on 31 March 2023. More information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/review-of-relationships-sex-and-health-education-to-protect-children-to-conclude-by-end-of-year.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide relationship and sex education to school children that is (a) high quality and (b) LGBT-inclusive.

Answered by Nick Gibb

In September 2020, the Government made relationships education compulsory for primary school pupils, relationships and sex education compulsory for secondary school pupils, and health education compulsory for pupils in all state funded schools.

Guidance for schools is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education.

On 8 March 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced the review of the guidance. The Department announced further details regarding the review on 31 March 2023. More information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/review-of-relationships-sex-and-health-education-to-protect-children-to-conclude-by-end-of-year.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to mark Gypsy, Roma, Traveller history month in June 2023.

Answered by Nick Gibb

I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer of 19 January 2023 to Question 122193.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to provide free school meals to children who are permanently excluded.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Schools are legally required to provide free school meals (FSM) to eligible pupils. Pupils must be registered at the school in order to be eligible. For temporary or fixed term exclusions, schools should continue to provide FSM for registered pupils, either on the school premises or at any other place where education is being provided.

In the case of pupils who have been permanently excluded, and are no longer registered with a school, the Local Authority must arrange suitable full time education for the pupil to begin from the sixth school day after the first day the permanent exclusion took place.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of impact of performance-related pay for teachers on (a) performance and (b) educational outcomes.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department believes that teachers should be paid on the basis of their performance rather than the number of years they have been in the profession. We believe that the best teachers should be paid more and that the most successful should be able to progress faster than was previously the case.

The reforms to teachers’ pay introduced in September 2013 gave schools the flexibility to exercise their judgement as to how they reward their staff and to more closely align pay and performance. This enables them to attract and retain those teachers who have the greatest impact on their pupils’ achievements. This also means that schools are free to determine for themselves the salary, within the relevant national pay range, that they wish to offer on appointment.

Non-maintained schools, including academies and free schools, are responsible for determining the pay and conditions of their staff themselves. Such schools are not obliged to follow the statutory arrangements set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, although they may still choose to do so.

We want any pay award for school staff (teachers and support staff) to be fully funded by the Government.

We want the Government to fund increased pay for NHS workers and teachers in areas with higher local vacancy rates, to help supply match demand.

I want to change the way people, and especially boys, think about ballet, and make ballet accessible and inclusive for everyone.

There is too much use of single-use plastic in schools and I don’t want this to continue. Every day, millions of plastic knives and forks are used once before being thrown away when these could either be reusable metal ones or completely biodegradable ones. Our planet is dying.

The Government should provide funding for starter packs to be provided to girls in primary schools alongside teaching about menstrual wellbeing and the menstrual cycle.

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Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on the use of official Departmental social media accounts to comment on industrial disputes.

Answered by Will Quince

The role of Government communications is to use factual information to inform the public, explain policy and set out the Government’s position on matters of public interest, such as industrial action. We do this using a variety of channels, including social media.

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to work collaboratively with the Department for Education to help ensure sustained growth in the (a) engineering, (b) technology and (c) other sectors.

Answered by George Freeman

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is working closely with the Department for Education (DfE) to develop a strong talent pool across industry and academia ensuring engineering, technology and other sectors have access to the skills needed for innovation and growth, for example sharing workforce data on skills demand. We are also working with industry to help them tackle skills shortages, for example co-developing a skills action plan with the space sector.

As set out in the Science and Technology Framework, DfE is working on a cross-government action plan to build on the UK’s enviable talent and skills base.

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Science and Technology Framework to include policies on apprenticeships; and if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the number of apprenticeships in the (a) engineering, (b) technology and (c) other key sectors.

Answered by George Freeman

The Science and Technology Framework outlines our goals and vision to 2030, including initial work that departments will undertake, but is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of the actions the government is taking. DSIT is working with the Department for Education (DfE) to expand opportunities for participation in STEM skills programmes. DfE's cross-government action plan on STEM talent and skills aims to develop the pipeline of individuals studying and working in priority sectors, including those taking up apprenticeships.

With over 350 high-quality apprenticeship standards available in STEM sectors, apprenticeships are an important route for supporting people to begin, or progress in careers in science and technology. From 3 April, small employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy are able to recruit as many apprentices as their business needs where previously they were limited to 10 new apprenticeship starts. There are opportunities available through other routes, too: in the March budget, £63 million was announced for additional places for Skills Bootcamps and Sector-Based Work Academy placements, which will cover technical skills, digital skills and green skills. Apprenticeships are at the forefront of DfE's employer-centred skills system reforms.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote volunteering in support of public services.

Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

HM Government is committed to enabling people to volunteer in all manner of ways, including in support of public services. Volunteers play important roles alongside staff as magistrates, in schools, and in the NHS, for instance. Each public service area is responsible for its own volunteer management and for developing its strategic involvement of volunteers.

The Government is currently taking several steps to promote volunteering in support of public services. For example, the Department for Education continues to support the recruitment of school governors. The ‘Inspiring Governance’ programme recruits volunteers from business to become school governors and to serve on the local governing bodies of academy trusts. Since the programme began in 2016, it has placed 6,782 volunteers in governance roles. The Government has also invested over £1 million to support the recruitment of magistrates from a diverse range of backgrounds. A revised recruitment process has been introduced making use of best practice to ensure that it is fairer, more inclusive, and more accessible. These changes have been supported by a new marketing campaign designed to raise the profile of the magistracy, particularly among under-represented groups of society.

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Found: Recommended changes to policy Exclude children from education only as a last resort The Department for Education

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Found: According to Department for Education and Ministry of Justice (2022)20, 32% of those cautioned or

Found: According to Department for Education and Ministry of Justice (2022)20 See page 12 of Department for

Found: this strategy is primarily on the care system (and routes out of care) – the remit of the Department for Education

Found: DfE undertook to report in Q1 2023 on the progress achieved against each action in the 2022 Action

Found: The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for the Supported Internship policy, which is a

Found: To address this, the DfE appointed an Expert Panel in July 2022 to lead work on a new Model History

Found: with ministerial membership from BEIS (now the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), Defra, DfE

Found: work in Scotland, on 31 August, I was contacted by Baroness Barran, Minister in the UK Department for Education

Found: Observations from the U K State Party’s Constructive Dialogue with the UN Committee, with the Department for Education

Found: We will also consider learning from our engagement with the Department for Education and Welsh Government

Found: in England has changed where English colleges have been reclassified by ONS as public bodies, and DfE

Found: Parliament on Colleges and Universities by Ms Alex Barker, Policy Lead for Turing at the Department for Education

Found: the Committee’s awareness, we have also provided our views as previously submitted to the Department for Education

Found: On the education tariff specifically, the Department for Education has agreed that any funding not

Found: predecessor, Clare Haughey, gave evidence regarding kinship care.Since the meeting, the Department for Education

Found: Officials leading on this work also engaged with Department for Education, Welsh Government and Northern

Found: £5bn funding to 2024 - 25 to help children and young people recover from the impact of the pandemic, DfE

Found: draught T250 N2 D 1 Oxx fanned draught T250 P2 D 1 Oxx[1] Gas fire radient/convector ILFE or DFE

Found: draught T250 N2 D 1 Oxx fanned draught T250 P2 D 1 Oxx[1] Gas fire radiant/convector ILFE or DFE

Found: draught T250 N2 D 1 Oxx fanned draught T250 P2 D 1 Oxx[1] Gas fire radiant/convector ILFE or DFE

Found: Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, Westminster, SW1P 3BT Web: www.gov.uk/dfe

Found: These include the Department for Education, where spending is higher due to the location of the Student

Found: Health expe rts hailed the scheme, expected to be announced by the Department for Education.

Found: England: Statistics at the Department for Education Wales: Examinations and assessments Northern

Found: and implications for our work in Scotland.The chair gave an overview of the recent announcement from DfE

Found: Safety, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IstructE), Office of Government Property, Department for Education

Found: Department for Education (DfE) revised approach changes their appetite for risk not the process for RAAC

Found: The Department for Education (DfE) issued guidance on RAAC in December 2022 to help school and college

Found: The Department for Education (DfE) issued guidance on RAAC in December 2022 to help school and college

Found: can be found in the Methodology section of this release and the technical report on the Department for Education

Found: In England, I have sent an email to the HoP at DfE asking for their support in ensuring that any release

Found: > Subject: Re: mermaids Sorry Here is the article on the DofE https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe

Found: in 1990, it was wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (now the Department for Education

Found: not to use their powers under s23 of the Equality Act 2006 to issue a compliance notice. 30 Sep : DfE

Found: is responsible for the distribution of allocated referrals to specified local authorities (DfE

Found: 2006 the Department of Education has set ‘national minimum allowances’ for foster carers in England (DfE

Found: are devolved, he requested tha t the SG be included in all matters relat ing to education where the DfE

Found: was appointed Parliamentary Under -Secretary of State for Children and Families a t the Department for Education

Found: Safety, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), Office of Government Property,  Department for Education

Found: It is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education, which is

Found: destinations.Professor Ewart Keep holds the emeritus chair in Education, Training and Skills at the Department for Education

Found: Now, this is an issue we’ve been alive to for some time – long before the change in approach by the DfE

Found: Department for Education.

Found: Systematic review of models of analysing significant harm (DFE‐RR199).

Found: maintained by each of the data controllers ; for example , see lists maintained by the Department for Education

Found: Education9.8 Education n.e.c.9.8 Education n.e.c.S022A044-OTHER DFE ADMINIDCURCG000000000TES000005.01300000000000100000Department

Found: information: Additional detailed information on the LEO data is available in releases on the Department for Education

Found: domiciled graduates from Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) in Scotland, derived from the Department for Education

Found: Scotland - TablesThese tables have been produced using Scottish LEO data published by the Department for Education

Found: We understand that our DfE colleagues are advising their mi nisters to participate in the Core (lower

Found: no power over the Councils England has a statutory education system managed by the Department for Education

Found: agency landscape must be transformed. 22 Department for Education

Found: Department for Education and Skills. (2007) Children's trust pathfinders : innovative partnerships for

Found: The UK Government’s Department for Education ( DfE) commissioned qualitiative research to understand

Found: Work was also commissioned by the Department for Education to document clearly the differences between

Found: https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi -201900003278/ 23 https://www.transgendertrend.com/department -for-education

Found: no power over the Councils England has a statutory education system managed by the Department for Education

Found: United States (1,022 hours), Netherlands (1,000), and Australia (1,000). 3.5 The UK Department for Education

Found: Evaluation of Pause, Department for Education. Boyd, R. (2019).

Found: draught T250 N2 D 1 Oxx fanned draught T250 P2 D 1 Oxx[1] Gas fire radient/convector ILFE or DFE

Found: draught T250 N2 D 1 Oxx fanned draught T250 P2 D 1 Oxx[1] Gas fire radient/convector ILFE or DFE

Found: England: Statistics at the Department for Education Wales: Examinations and assessments Northern

Found: from post-school education include greater job satisfaction, increased community engagement (DfE

Found: from post- school education include greater job satisfaction, and increased community engagement (DfE

Found: from post-school education include greater job satisfaction, increased community engagement (DfE

Found: This model is used across the devolved administrations and is managed by the UK Department for Education

Found: colleges-universities-young-people-training-and-employment-statistics/This publication is being released in conjunction with the Department for Education’s (DfE

Found: statistics/ This publication is being released in conjunction wi th the Department for Education’s (DfE

Found: DFE -7002 in the portal mentions a dosage stream of NaCl brine, but it is not used downhole with the

Found: Education9.8 Education n.e.c.9.8 Education n.e.c.S022A044-OTHER DFE ADMINIDCURCG000000000TES-0.0010.3490.0242.4590000000000005Department

Found: rUK appro aches  DfE and OFQUAL will be very soon conducting a public consultation on an approach

Found: Palace’s official position Dates of Informal Information Sharing Meetings with Department for Education

Found: Information taken from: Department for Education and Skills (2007) 39 Box 5: South Australia’s

Found: Scottish Ministers were advised by Department for Education on 21 March 2022 that any opt-in process

Found: Research funded by the UK's Department for Education and conducted by the Learning and Work Institute

Found: Barriers to Learning Research funded by the UK’s Department for Education and conducted by the Learning

Found: London: Department for Education. 36 Establishing demand for childminding services is complex.

Found: A study carried out for the Department for Education (DFE) to assess the learning loss experienced by

Found: A study carried out for the Department for Education (DFE) to assess the learning loss experienced by

Found: Financial advisory support for the Lochaber Project Directorate for Economic Development Department for Education

Found: Work was commissioned by the Department for Education to document clearly the differences betwee n each

Found: businesses, such as those on behalf of UK Government clients, for example with the Home Office, Department for Education

Found: Given the employer lands cape in s chools is varied, we have s et out here what the exis ti ng DfE

Found: There are preliminary findings from a Department for Education study indicating face covering s may

Found: In England, the Department for Education has said that young people do not need to be examined on the

Found: Agendas, minutes and emails relating to meetings and discussions with the Department for Education in

Found: Enclosure 1 Email chain from DFE to SG arranging meeting From: [redacted section 38 (1) (b)] @education.gov.uk

Found: in 1990, it was wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (now the Department for Education

Found: England: Statistics at the Department for Education Wales: Examinations and assessments Northern

Found: likely to have gone on to engage with a DYW Regional Group. 77 References Department for Education

Found: departments who should be able to help you further.The Department of Education:Contact the Department for Education

Found: • The DfE held two urgent meetings last week with all 4 nations to discuss UK government plans for

Found: the relevant Sub -Cont ractor shall): carry out a check with the records held by the Department for Education

Found: programme The NOS programme was originally managed and overseen by the UK Government’s Department for Education

Found: the relevant Sub -Cont ractor shall): carry out a check with the records held by the Department for Education

Found: Policy DataVita Limited 71,969.41 06-Nov-2020 Telecommunications Directorate for Digital Department for Education

Found: estimated by the Higher Education Funding Councils (HEFC) for England, Scotland, Wales and the Department for Education

Found: Education9.8 Education n.e.c.9.8 Education n.e.c.DFE022-S022A044-E-TES_CUR-ID-CG-SUB090800S022A044-OTHER DFE

Found: facilitation of Citizens Assembly of Scotland events Directorate for Constitution and Cabinet Department for Education

Found: The strategy would draw on Department for Education RSHE guidance, the latest version of the NPFS parent

Found: Work on CO2 monitoring to assess ventilation to be taken forward by DfE & HSE.

Found: The Department for Education are looking to identify a list of available centres, with exam boards being

Found: Damian Hinds Gavin Williamson The Secretary of State is responsible for the work of the Department for Education

Found: development for families of 0 -4 year -olds during COVID -19 Source: Ipsos MORI (for the Department for Education

Found: domiciled graduates from Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) in Scotland, derived from the Department for Education

Found: Scottish TablesThese tables have been produced using Scottish LEO data published by the Department for Education

Found: that children’s social services is not included in this workstream unless we heard otherwise from DfE

Found: referred to in this publication were published in research report s by the UK Government Department for Education

Found: There are issues with funding – the DfE decision has created a shortfall – and they are seeking to move

Found: In addition, UK Gover nment (DfE) have placed a large order for devices (c.300k), with a further call

Found: Work was commissioned by the Department for Education to document clearly the differences between each

Found: Margaret Hodge, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the (then) Department for Education

Found: Why did the Scottish government choose to ignore the science produced by SPi-B and DfE? 2. 

Found: The SSI has been carefully considered and developed in collaboration with colleagues from the DfE and

Found: The SSI has bee n carefully considered and developed in collaboration with colleagues from the DfE

Found: in 1990, it was wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (now the Department for Education

Found: England a nd Wales which may also have relevance in Scotland. 16 Other studies The Department for Education

Found: education.gov.uk > Subject: Mark Priestly review Graeme, Elizabeth Andrew, my DG colleague in DfE

Found: gov.scot >; gov.scot>;    3@univ ersities‐scotland.ac.uk >  Subject: RE: International students  Hi , DfE

Found: (DfE) and the DWP, alongside a host of other agencies and non -departmental public bodies

Found: Following a review in 2018, the DfE con cluded their review of the Employer Surveys in October 2018,

Found: Government prompted changes to how these surveys were managed and administered , with the Department for Education

Found: carried out by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) and the Department for Educa tion (DfE

Found: And while the Department for Education have now adopted our position that all mobilities at all levels

Found: by the Higher Educa tion Funding Councils (HEFC) for England, Scotland, Wales and the Department for Education

Found:  Following a proposal by DfE Ministers to introduce legislation to change an exemption in the Data

Found: Department for Education.

Found:  Following a proposal by DfE Ministers to introduce legislation to change an exemption in the Data

Found: local authorities referred all children who were potential victims of human trafficking to the NRM (DfE

Found: ConferenceConference Call - the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for Education

Found: Health services (DHSC)  2,289  Local authorities (MHCLG)  381  Railway services (DfT)  448  Schools etc (DfE

Found: The Department for Education (DfE) in England also published a short summary on 15 May 2020 following