Last year the department promoted the statutory guidance on ‘supporting pupils with medical conditions in school’ through the department’s social media channels. This reached over 32,000 people.

We keep the statutory guidance under review and plan to host a roundtable with the Health Conditions in Schools Alliance in May 2018 where issues such as awareness and compliance will be discussed.

I am sorry, but the department does not collect this information.

If specialist advice is required from a nutritionist then schools would handle the matter at a local level.

The childhood obesity plan, published in August 2016, mentions that we will update the School Food Standards in light of refreshed government dietary recommendations. We are currently reflecting on the best course of action and further announcements will be made in due course.

(a) The Department does not have any data source that separately identifies the number of ‘overseas students’ attending schools in the UK where an overseas student is defined as a student who is not normally resident in the UK but has travelled to the UK to study.

(b) Data published by the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) shows that in 2015/16, 438,000 international students (from both EU and Non-EU countries) were enrolled in UK Higher Education Institutions. Enrolment data for 2016/17 is currently unavailable.

The budget is not just for school buildings. As the right hon. Gentleman is aware, it is also for improving the facilities of school buildings. If there is a specific issue in his constituency that has not been dealt with, he can by all means write to me and I will look at it.

School nurses have a role in the primary prevention of obesity in children and young people. The National Diabetes Prevention Programme is aimed at individuals at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes aged over 18, and as such school nurses will not have a role in this programme.

On 3 April, the Department for Education published updated statutory guidance on safeguarding, “Keeping Children Safe in Education”. On the same day, we e-mailed all head teachers a letter from the Secretary of State drawing their attention to the guidance. We will be publishing this on the website in due course.

The letter was e-mailed to 31,660 addressees in 25,035 schools. As of 30 April, 13,285 (43.1%) recipients had opened the e-mail, and 9,402 (30.5%) recipients had clicked through to the guidance on safeguarding.

Other records show that the guidance has been seen by a greater number of people. Between 3 and 29 April, the web page hosting the guidance received 65,729 page views. The Department also published five tweets in support of the publication. These achieved a total reach of 639,315, and the embedded links were clicked 755 times.

The guidance will also be highlighted in the summer term 2014 schools’ e-mail and Need to Know timelines that will be sent to all schools in May. Schools can also access relevant information through social media, and messages from the Education Funding Agency and the National College for Teaching and Leadership. The Department also sends regular e-mails to all local authorities.

Officials have also promoted the guidance through various stakeholder groups that work with the Department, including the Headteacher Reference Groups and the Education Forum; members of the latter include chairs of local safeguarding children boards, and they have written to head and teacher unions who met Ministers in January to discuss female genital mutilation and broader safeguarding issues.

That certainly sounds like an interesting invitation, although I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that the Secretary of State is very mindful in the Department for Education. There are a number of free schools pioneering these types of approach, and that is one of the reasons we give schools autonomy over how to teach—so that they can explore new and innovative ideas and new ways of delivering high-quality education.

DCMS is working with a wide range of partners, including the Department of Health, the Department for Education, Sport England, the Association for Physical Education, the Youth Sport Trust and ParalympicsGB, on a number of programmes designed to increase participation in sport for all school children, no matter their age, gender or ability. These programmes include the Sainsbury's School Games, the recently announced school sport premium, Sportivate and community satellite clubs.

Physical Education (PE) is, and will remain, compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum, and the revised programmes of study place a greater emphasis on competitive sport.

The Department is also supporting the cross-Government School Games Programme and applauds its impact on competitive sport in schools and encouraging more young people to participate in sport.

In March 2013 the Prime Minister announced additional ring-fenced funding of £150 million per year for academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15 to support provision of PE and sport in primary schools, including outside the normal school day.

In addition, the Government's Youth Sport Strategy, launched in January 2012, is providing £1 billion of funding over the five financial years of 2012-13 to 2016-17 to help to ensure that young people are regularly playing sport outside school.

During academic years 2011/12 and 2012/13 we supported competitive sport in schools with funding of £65 million for a PE Teacher Release Scheme which enabled secondary schools to release a PE teacher for one day a week to encourage take-up of competitive sport in local primary schools.

Physical Education (PE) is, and will remain, compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum, and the revised programmes of study place a greater emphasis on competitive sport.

The Department is also supporting the cross-Government School Games Programme and applauds its impact on competitive sport in schools and encouraging more young people to participate in sport.

In March 2013 the Prime Minister announced additional ring-fenced funding of £150 million per year for academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15 to support provision of PE and sport in primary schools, including outside the normal school day.

In addition, the Government's Youth Sport Strategy, launched in January 2012, is providing £1 billion of funding over the five financial years of 2012-13 to 2016-17 to help to ensure that young people are regularly playing sport outside school.

During academic years 2011/12 and 2012/13 we supported competitive sport in schools with funding of £65 million for a PE Teacher Release Scheme which enabled secondary schools to release a PE teacher for one day a week to encourage take-up of competitive sport in local primary schools.

Physical Education (PE) is, and will remain, compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum and every child should participate in PE lessons. The Department does not, however, collect data on pupils' participation in planned sporting activities. The Education Act 2002 specifically prohibits the Secretary of State for Education from prescribing the amount of time to be spent on any curriculum subject, including PE.

Physical Education (PE) is, and will remain, compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum and every child should participate in PE lessons. The Department does not, however, collect data on pupils' participation in planned sporting activities. The Education Act 2002 specifically prohibits the Secretary of State for Education from prescribing the amount of time to be spent on any curriculum subject, including PE.

Physical Education (PE) is, and will remain, compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum and every child should participate in PE lessons. The Department does not, however, collect data on pupils' participation in planned sporting activities. The Education Act 2002 specifically prohibits the Secretary of State for Education from prescribing the amount of time to be spent on any curriculum subject, including PE.

The Government is keen to put competitive sport, including tennis, at the heart of school life and this is reflected in our new curriculum for PE. Schools will be expected to provide competitive sport for their pupils and are free to choose tennis—among other sports—to fulfil that requirement.

We are providing additional ring-fenced funding of £150 million per annum direct to primary schools to boost PE and sport for academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15. In addition, the Government's Youth Sport Strategy, launched in January 2012, is providing £1 billion of funding over the five years 2012-13 to 2016-17 to help to ensure that young people are regularly playing sport, including tennis.

The Department has placed a substantial amount of material onto its website to help primary school head teachers to make the best use of their additional funding. This material is available through the following link:

https://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagement/primary

and provides case studies from effective schools, 'what works' evidence and information about programmes and support provided by a range of sports bodies. This includes information from the Lawn Tennis Association about its educational support programme.