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That this house welcomes the Government's announcement of period poverty funding which will fight stigma around menstruation and provide free period products in primary and secondary schools across England; notes that 4.3 billion disposable menstrual products are used in the UK every year and an estimated 2.5 million tampons and 1.4 million sanitary towels are flushed down the toilet every day; is concerned that the period poverty funding could be spent on brands which contain up to 90% plastic that ends up in landfill and the sea and takes centuries to break down; is gravely concerned that marine wildlife is at serious risk from plastic pollution with our oceans at crisis point; notes that during the Marine Conservation Society Great British Beach Clean 2018, on the 294 beaches across England that were cleaned and surveyed, volunteers found on average 249 tampon applicators and 242 panty liners; calls on the Government to set out that the definition of an appropriate range of period products as referred to in the recently published invitation to tender for the procurement of free sanitary products in schools means eco-friendly, sustainable tampons and pads and the inclusion of reusable menstrual products; and urges the Government not to miss this opportunity to tackle period poverty and the single use plastic crisis simultaneously.
That this house welcomes the Government's announcement of period poverty funding which will fight stigma around menstruation and provide free period products in primary and secondary schools across England; notes that 4.3 billion disposable menstrual products are used in the UK every year and an estimated 2.5 million tampons and...
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann), not least because I was the Minister for Schools when we introduced the London challenge. It is worth reminding the House that, prior to the London challenge, the performance of London schools was below the national...
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann), not least because I was the Minister for Schools when we introduced the London challenge. It is worth reminding the House that, prior to the London challenge, the performance of London schools was below the national...
I absolutely agree.
Despite the challenging environment that Bank View and Redbridge schools face, I am delighted that have they have again been ranked outstanding by Ofsted. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate both schools on that fantastic achievement.
Schools in Liverpool are highly dependent on the minimum funding guarantee,...
I absolutely agree.
Despite the challenging environment that Bank View and Redbridge schools face, I am delighted that have they have again been ranked outstanding by Ofsted. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate both schools on that fantastic achievement.
Schools in Liverpool are highly dependent on the minimum funding guarantee,...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on her excellent and powerful speech and on bringing this important issue to the House. I echo what she said about the risks to schools in Liverpool. On Saturday, we had a demonstration against school cuts in...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on her excellent and powerful speech and on bringing this important issue to the House. I echo what she said about the risks to schools in Liverpool. On Saturday, we had a demonstration against school cuts in...
In Liverpool and other cities, there is a real concern that the new formula could mean that schools lose out. Can the Secretary of State reassure the House that issues such as deprivation, prior attainment and mobility will be significant factors in any new formula?
In Liverpool and other cities, there is a real concern that the new formula could mean that schools lose out. Can the Secretary of State reassure the House that issues such as deprivation, prior attainment and mobility will be significant factors in any new formula?
I recognise the points that the hon. Gentleman makes. I was committed to making sure that we protected the funding for children with additional
needs under this formula, and that is what I hope we will be able to do. It is, indeed, particularly important for communities such as his own.
May I take the Minister back to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), because it is absolutely the crux of this? If we introduce fair funding at a time when there are greater cost pressures on schools, those that lose under the funding...
May I take the Minister back to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell), because it is absolutely the crux of this? If we introduce fair funding at a time when there are greater cost pressures on schools, those that lose under the funding...
The Secretary of State listed a number of factors—mobility, disadvantage and prior attainment—that are crucial in many constituencies, particularly those in urban areas like the one that I represent. Will she give us more detail on how big a factor they will be, because that will determine how much constituencies...
The Secretary of State listed a number of factors—mobility, disadvantage and prior attainment—that are crucial in many constituencies, particularly those in urban areas like the one that I represent. Will she give us more detail on how big a factor they will be, because that will determine how much constituencies...
The principle of fair funding is clearly right, but the devil will be in the detail. Will the right hon. Lady reassure the House that in areas of high poverty such as my constituency in Liverpool this will not result in significant cuts in spending on schools?
The principle of fair funding is clearly right, but the devil will be in the detail. Will the right hon. Lady reassure the House that in areas of high poverty such as my constituency in Liverpool this will not result in significant cuts in spending on schools?
I am pleased that we have got to questions from other Members of the House, and the hon. Gentleman rightly says that the principle is of course right. We will be looking in detail at the needs of the disadvantaged pupils. I should point out that we have also introduced the pupil premium—we did so after the funding formula was first introduced—at a cost of more than £2.5 billion a year. We want to make sure that there will be full consultation, and all Members and others will have an opportunity to have their say.
Head teachers in my constituency are concerned about their budgets for this year, and they tell me that the big effect will come with the Government’s changes to sixth-form funding. Will he look again at those changes?
Head teachers in my constituency are concerned about their budgets for this year, and they tell me that the big effect will come with the Government’s changes to sixth-form funding. Will he look again at those changes?
The hon. Gentleman will know that the Government have protected schools funding in the existing Parliament, and we have introduced a pupil premium to make sure that youngsters in more disadvantaged areas are also assisted. I agree with him that in the future we must make sure that education funding is as protected as possible across the system, and he will be aware of the announcement that the Deputy Prime Minister made on behalf of my party today. It is now up to other parties to make similar commitments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what progress schools have made on making savings in back office and procurement services; and what estimate he has made of the total predicted saving by 2014-15.
[157679]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what progress schools have made on making savings in back office and procurement services; and what estimate he has made of the total predicted saving by 2014-15.
[157679]
As part of the spending review 2010, we asked schools to make savings in procurement and back office functions to allow more money to be invested directly in frontline teaching. We will not be able to accurately measure the impact of any changes in schools' spending habits in the first year of the spending review period until academies' expenditure data for 2011-12 are available later this year.
As announced in the Budget statement in March, we are currently conducting a review of efficiency in schools to learn more about how schools spend their money and what could be done to support them to invest in those areas which are proven to have an impact on pupil achievement. The outcomes of the review will be published later this month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the value is of the successful grants given by the Education Endowment Fund to date; and if he will place in the Library a complete list of all bids made and successful recipients.
[151250]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the value is of the successful grants given by the Education Endowment Fund to date; and if he will place in the Library a complete list of all bids made and successful recipients.
[151250]
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent grant making charity established in 2011. The main aims of the EEF are to raise the attainment of children facing disadvantage by:
identifying promising educational innovations that address the needs of disadvantaged children in primary and secondary schools in England;
evaluating these innovations to extend and secure the evidence on what works and can be made to work at scale;
encouraging schools, government, charities, and others to apply evidence and adopt innovations found to be effective.
The Department entered a Grant Funding Agreement which established the EEF for a minimum often years, with a single initial grant of £125 million so far. The charity has funded 56 successful projects, including eight new projects announced in March 2013, at a value of £28.7 million covering both primary and secondary schools. So far over 1,800 schools and 300,000 pupils
have been involved in projects funded by the EEF. The knowledge gained from these projects will be shared with all schools.
The successful grants and their individual and total value are shown in the following table. The Department does not maintain records of any unsuccessful bids.
| £ | |
| Durham
University | 766,945 |
| ARK | 774,000 |
| Future
Foundations | 930,339 |
| Tutor
Trust | 263,000 |
| PATHS | 90,000 |
| Bristol
University | 1,600,184 |
| Campaign
for
Learning | 550,154 |
| Challenge
Partners | 961,778 |
| Hampshire
County
Council | 141,000 |
| The
Schools
Network | 396,750 |
| Anglican
School
Partnership | 110,760 |
| Catch
Up | 184,900 |
| University
College
London | 736,546 |
| Oxford
Trust | 270,750 |
| Plymouth
Parent
Partnership | 1,022,471 |
| Portsmouth
University | 368,460 |
| Sapere | 304,000 |
| SHINE
Trust | 510,175 |
| Achieve
Together | 1,800,192 |
| The
Learning
Trust | 310,237 |
| Creative
futures | 415,000 |
| How
to
Thrive | 687,000 |
| Innovation
Unit | 906,000 |
| Primary
Writing
Project | 121,000 |
| School21 | 382,000 |
| Success
for
All | 1,410,000 |
| Book
Trust | 218,414 |
| Calderdale
Excellence
Partnership | 395,850 |
| Catch
Up | 424,626 |
| Coventry
University | 397,314 |
| Discover | 240,652 |
| Dyslexia
Action | 390,206 |
| Real
Action | 457,980 |
| SHINE
Trust | 455,800 |
| Success
for All
(Quest) | 726,112 |
| North
Tyneside
Council | 520,064 |
| Unitas | 480,953 |
| University
College
London | 525,000 |
| University
of
Exeter | 338,752 |
| CUREE | 550,347 |
| Bolton
Council | 393,570 |
| Norfolk
Council | 148,217 |
| Adamsrill
Primary
School | 78,755 |
| Nottingham
Council | 70,575 |
| Perry
Beeches | 306,000 |
| Greenford
High
School | 148,110 |
| Fresh
Start Aggregated
Trial | 353,065 |
| Thornaby
Academy | 146,880 |
| Chess
in Schools and
Communities | 689,150 |
| The
Communications
Trust | 967,780 |
| The
Curriculum
Centre | 147,848 |
| Edge
Hill
University | 543,425 |
| Oxford
University | 489,471 |
| Let's
Think
Forum | 639,485 |
| Private
Equity
Foundation | 254,624 |
| Catch
22 | 596,087 |
| 28,708,753 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will set out the amount of local authority central spend equivalent grant that will be paid in academic year 2011-12 to each academy which converted to that status between May 2010 and August 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will set out the amount of local authority central spend equivalent grant that will be paid in academic year 2011-12 to each academy which converted to that status between May 2010 and August 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much matched funding his Department has provided to schools for phonics products and services since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much matched funding his Department has provided to schools for phonics products and services since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons teacher release funding did not reach schools until September 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons teacher release funding did not reach schools until September 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what monitoring mechanisms he has put in place to assess the uptake of teacher release funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what monitoring mechanisms he has put in place to assess the uptake of teacher release funding.
This is the first debate I have spoken in since the summer recess, so may I declare an interest that I should have declared when I spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on 6 July? Since March this year, I have had a part-time placement in my local office from...
This is the first debate I have spoken in since the summer recess, so may I declare an interest that I should have declared when I spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on 6 July? Since March this year, I have had a part-time placement in my local office from...
My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I was going to make a similar point later, but she has made it very powerfully. The Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, who is not here this evening, has been cautious in his criticism of the previous Government's programmes, and rightly...
My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I was going to make a similar point later, but she has made it very powerfully. The Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, who is not here this evening, has been cautious in his criticism of the previous Government's programmes, and rightly...
Not at all. What I mean by complementary, and what I understand Future First to mean by complementary, is that we need face-to-face advice, but that that is not enough. We also need the other projects to which I and other Members have referred.
Not at all. What I mean by complementary, and what I understand Future First to mean by complementary, is that we need face-to-face advice, but that that is not enough. We also need the other projects to which I and other Members have referred.