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1265W<br />
Written Answers<br />
6 JUNE 2013<br />
Written Answers<br />
1266W<br />
The Secretary of State for Education has said that<br />
following the current review swimming will remain<br />
compulsory in the national curriculum.<br />
We do not prescribe how teachers should teach<br />
swimming, or any other subject, as we believe that<br />
individual schools and teachers are best placed to decide<br />
how to address the particular needs of their pupils.<br />
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Education what guidance his Department issues to<br />
primary schools in relation to the spending of<br />
ring-fenced funds for physical education and sport.<br />
[158306]<br />
Mr Timpson: Advice about the nature, purpose and<br />
extent of the additional ring-fenced funding to support<br />
physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools<br />
was placed on the Department’s website immediately<br />
following the announcement by the Prime Minister on<br />
16 March. This advice includes lists of possible activities<br />
to support the provision of PE and sport, and can be<br />
found at:<br />
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/<br />
financialmanagement/b00222858/primary-school-sport-funding<br />
We will also publish a range of best practice examples<br />
from schools with a proven track record of delivering<br />
high quality PE and sport. Further advice will be included<br />
with information about the conditions of grant that will<br />
accompany the payment to schools.<br />
Schools can also draw on support from County Sports<br />
Partnerships to help them improve the range and quantity<br />
of their offer of PE and sport.<br />
Sign Language<br />
Simon Kirby: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Education what steps his Department is taking to<br />
ensure the services it offers are accessible to British<br />
Sign Language users. [157928]<br />
Mr Timpson: All public bodies, including schools,<br />
early years providers, post-16 institutions and local<br />
authorities, have duties towards disabled people, including<br />
those who are deaf and use British Sign Language<br />
(BSL), under the Equality Act 2010. The Department<br />
publishes guidance for schools on these duties 1 .<br />
Schools and local authorities have crucial responsibilities<br />
to ensure support, including sign language support, is<br />
available to deaf children.<br />
The Children and Families Bill will encourage a more<br />
joined-up approach to supporting deaf children and the<br />
provision of clearer information on the support that<br />
families can expect locally. The Bill will introduce the<br />
option of a personal budget for some parents and<br />
young people, which will give them more control over<br />
the support they receive.<br />
The Department does not use British Sign Language<br />
for direct service provision but provides a Typetalk<br />
service for the deaf and hearing impaired and also<br />
offers translation services.<br />
1<br />
http://education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/advice/f00215460/equalityact-2010-departmental-advice<br />
Third Sector<br />
Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for<br />
Education how much direct funding his Department<br />
provided to each civil society organisation it funded in<br />
(a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; how much<br />
he expects to provide to each such organisation in (i)<br />
2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15; and if he will make a<br />
statement. [158315]<br />
Mr Timpson: The Department’s central register of<br />
grants does not identify recipients as civil society<br />
organisations but does identify them as members of the<br />
voluntary and community sector (VCS). Details of funding<br />
for VCS organisations for 2011-13 is available online at:<br />
http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/<br />
earlylearningandchildcare/delivery/funding/a0077703/grantfunded-projects-early-years-and-childcare<br />
Details for funding for 2013-15 is available at:<br />
http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/families/<br />
a00216108/vcs-funding<br />
The VCS also receives money indirectly from the<br />
Department through a number of routes, including<br />
through Executive Agencies (and previously arm’s length<br />
bodies), through the money the Department gives to<br />
local authorities, and through services commissioned<br />
by schools.<br />
PRIME MINISTER<br />
Food Banks<br />
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Prime Minister if the<br />
Government will record and publish the number of<br />
referrals to food banks made by government agencies<br />
bi-annually in (a) Greater London and (b) the UK.<br />
[157746]<br />
Esther McVey: I have been asked to reply on behalf<br />
of the Department for Work and Pensions.<br />
Civil society has always played a role in helping the<br />
worst off.<br />
To better enable this the Government reversed the<br />
decision of the previous Government not to signpost<br />
claimants to food banks through Jobcentre Plus. Statistics<br />
are not currently collected on the number of referrals to<br />
food banks. As with all policy this is kept under review.<br />
Tax Avoidance<br />
Catherine McKinnell: To ask the Prime Minister with<br />
reference to his letter to the leaders of the UK’s Crown<br />
Dependencies and Overseas Territories of 20 May 2013<br />
on tax information exchange and beneficial ownership,<br />
whether he has received any replies to that letter; and if<br />
he will publish any replies received in full. [158182]<br />
The Prime Minister: I have placed a copy of my letter<br />
in the Library of the House.<br />
We expect the UK’s Crown Dependencies and Overseas<br />
Territories to make their policies clear publicly.<br />
I also refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to<br />
the hon. Member for Blyth Valley (Mr Campbell) on 3<br />
June 2013, Official Report, column 1251.