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227079

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many further education colleges there were in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of how many further education colleges there will be in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of further education colleges (institutions that are incorporated or designated and in receipt of Skills Funding Agency Funding) for the past 5 years are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Colleges</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>243</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The reductions since 2010 are due to institutional mergers.</p><p> </p><p>Further mergers planned by colleges for 2015 will reduce the number of colleges to 241.</p><p> </p><p>We make no estimates of numbers of colleges for future years.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:52:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227080

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were enrolled in further education colleges in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of students enrolled in further education colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on participation at Further Education providers over the last five academic years is published in provider reports (first link below) in the FE Data Library (second link below).</p><p>The Department do not produce forecasts for Further Education &amp; Skills learner numbers.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378355/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1314.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378355/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1314.xls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:51:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227081

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many teachers and lecturers worked in the further education sector in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of teachers and lecturers working in that sector in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Government does not collect information about the number of teachers and lecturers in further education and we have not made any estimates about future numbers. Colleges and other further education providers are independent institutions, responsible for their own staffing matters. The Education and Training Foundation is the independent sector led organisation responsible for standards in further education. Established in 2013, the Foundation is working with the sector to develop a comprehensive annual staff survey. Currently this is on a voluntary basis, but based on information from the 2012/13 academic year, it is estimated that were approximately 110,000 teachers in post in July 2013.</p><p>Government has funded a range of incentives and programmes to help recruit more graduates to teach in further education and raise the skills of the existing workforce, with a priority on maths, English and supporting learners with special education needs and disabilities. Full details of these initiatives are available from the Education and Training Foundation at <a href="http://www.et-foundation.co.uk/supporting/support-teacher-recruitment/" target="_blank">http://www.et-foundation.co.uk/supporting/support-teacher-recruitment/</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:54:22 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227082

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of his Department's (a) expenditure and (b) budget was allocated to the further education sector in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of that amount and proportion that will be allocated to that sector in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below details the expenditure and plans allocated to the further education sector since 2010-11.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£000's</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>plans</p></td><td><p>plans</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resource DEL FE</p></td><td><p>4,034,468</p></td><td><p>3,541,073</p></td><td><p>3,495,296</p></td><td><p>3,415,607</p></td><td><p>3,151,647</p></td><td><p>2,833,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resource Capital FE</p></td><td><p>660,551</p></td><td><p>393,400</p></td><td><p>285,876</p></td><td><p>396,832</p></td><td><p>414,857</p></td><td><p>410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Loans</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72,961</p></td><td><p>398,000</p></td><td><p>498,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total FE</p></td><td><p>4,695,019</p></td><td><p>3,934,473</p></td><td><p>3,781,172</p></td><td><p>3,885,400</p></td><td><p>3,964,504</p></td><td><p>3,741,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS Resource</p></td><td><p>23,374,101</p></td><td><p>21,145,806</p></td><td><p>20,435,856</p></td><td><p>22,987,121</p></td><td><p>20,272,524</p></td><td><p>21,916,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE %</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source - BIS Accounts out-turn 2010-11 to 2013-14. Skills Funding statement published February 2014 for 2014-15 plans and Skills Funding Letter published February 2015 for 2015-16 plans</em></p><p>We do not have any budgets beyond 2015-16 as these will be agreed in the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:57:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227083

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) schools, (b) colleges, (c) trade associations, (d) charities, (e) education experts, (f) teachers, (g) lecturers, (h) students and (i) parents on the future funding of further education colleges.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We have recently received a number of letters from hon. Members, colleges and individuals about the adult skills budget allocation for 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:56:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227084

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average number of subjects or courses offered by further education colleges was in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the average number of subjects or courses that will be offered by further education colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of course undertaken by government-funded learners at Further Education providers in each academic year is published in the FE and Skills National Aims Report (link below).</p><p> </p><p>The Department do not produce forecasts for the number of courses expected to be undertaken in a given year.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378266/feandskills-national-aims-report-1314.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378266/feandskills-national-aims-report-1314.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 09:54:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227085

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Business: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small and medium-sized enterprises received money from the Funding for Lending Scheme in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Funding for Lending Scheme is not a direct source of finance for businesses. The scheme was introduced in July 2012 to help to reduce elevated bank funding costs and incentivise lending to the real economy. It does this by providing funding to participating banks and building societies, the quantity of which is linked to their net lending performance. Individual lending decisions remain a commercial consideration for the bank or building society concerned. More broadly, gross lending to businesses in the UK has been increasing since 2012, particularly to SMEs. In 2014, gross lending to SMEs was £53bn; 24% higher than 2013 and 40% higher than 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:53:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227086

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the mean class size was in further education colleges in each of the last five years; and what forecast his Department has made of the likely mean class size in such colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Government does not collect information about class sizes in further education and does not make estimates about class sizes in future years. As independent organisations, colleges and other further education providers are responsible for deciding how they deliver their curriculum, taking account of local learner, employer and community needs. This will include how courses are organised and the location and methods of delivery. Most institutions publish details of their educational programmes in their prospectus, which will be available locally.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:58:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227093

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Older People: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) couples and (b) single people living alone there were aged over (i) 65 and (ii) 80 in (A) York Central constituency and (B) City of York local authority area at the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 18/03/2015 16:37:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 227382 ONS 99.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Couple and Single people
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

227099

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with fire authorities in England and Wales on pension rights for firefighters who fail fitness tests due to illness; and how many of those authorities have indicated to him that they cannot pay those pensions.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	227419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>I recently met with the National Employers to discuss firefighter fitness issues in England. Where underlying medical reasons have been identified that restrict or prevent an individual from achieving the necessary fitness standards for undertaking their role as a firefighter, the individual should be referred to occupational health, and must receive the necessary support to facilitate a return to operational duties. The fire and rescue authority should also fully explore opportunities to enable the individual to remain in employment, including through reasonable adjustments and appropriate redeployment within the role, where it appears the medical condition prevents a return to operational duties. In those circumstances, where there are no such opportunities or suitable alternative employment is unavailable, then the fire and rescue authority will commence the formal assessment for ill-health retirement by referring the case to the Independent Qualified Medical Practitioner. Where it is determined that a firefighter is permanently unable to continue in their role as a firefighter they would become entitled to the immediate payment of a lower tier ill-health pension. In addition to this, they would also receive a higher tier ill-health enhancement if it was also determined that they could not undertake any regular employment. The definition of ill-health is wide, and includes both physical and mental conditions, including arthritis and post-traumatic stress syndrome. It is important to note that, where a firefighter is deemed eligible for medical retirement, the authority must pay the ill-health pension - there is no discretion.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 Firefighters Pension Scheme firefighters will accrue pension more quickly than their counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and will consequently achieve a higher ill-health pension.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/03/2015 12:57:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson