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751748

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's budget for 16-19-year-old education was in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in the 2014-15 financial year was £6.2bn; in the 2015-16 financial year it was £6.1bn; and £5.9bn in the 2016-17 financial year. High needs funding is included in these figures but funding for student support is not.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/07/2017 13:12:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

751756

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the retention of teachers in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	4844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We are providing greater support to teachers to tackle the most frequently cited reason for teachers wanting to leave the profession, which is unnecessary workload. We are continuing our extensive work with the profession to remove unnecessary burdens so that teachers can concentrate on teaching and not bureaucracy and paperwork. This includes implementing the recommendations of the three independent review groups from the 2014 Workload Challenge – ineffective marking, use of planning and resources, and data management. We are also encouraging schools to make greater use of the pay flexibilities, including retention allowances.</p><p> </p><p>Although North East teacher leavers rates are lower than the national average for primary and secondary schools (in 2015) we are working with key stakeholders to ensure greater support for schools. This will include supporting schools in each region, including the North East, to ensure teacher retention challenges are addressed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2017 15:56:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

751757

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the publication of the report by Sir Adrian Smith on post-16 mathematics.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	4848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Professor Sir Adrian Smith’s review of post 16 mathematics has been published, alongside a letter from myself, responding to the review. The report and letter responding to the review can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smith-review-of-post-16-maths-report-and-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smith-review-of-post-16-maths-report-and-government-response</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/07/2017 18:05:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

751874

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on increasing the number of apprenticeships in the North West.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
uin	4833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>There have been 71,290 apprenticeship starts recorded to date (August 2016 to April 2017) in the North West in the 2016 to 2017 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier years’ data for starts by region can be found in the apprenticeships FE data library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for apprenticeship participation by region is also available in the apprenticeships FE data library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624357/apprenticeships-participation-by-region-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624357/apprenticeships-participation-by-region-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>More detailed geographical data on apprenticeship starts and achievements are available in the apprenticeships FE data library tools:</p><p> </p><p>Starts: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm</a></p><p> </p><p>Achievements: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624585/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624585/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/07/2017 11:25:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

751217

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding for new free schools and new selective schools allocated for future financial years will be made available to the Department for Education; and for what purposes that funding will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	4492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Statement made by my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education on 17 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2017 16:48:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

751279

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of (a) rising tuition fees and (b) the abolition of maintenance grants on the increasing proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are dropping out of higher education; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	4520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education published an equality analysis in May 2016, to cover the reforms set out in the <em>Success as a Knowledge Economy </em>White Paper<em>,</em> that were subsequently taken forward through the Higher Education and Research Act (2017).</p><p> </p><p>This included an assessment of the impact of allowing institutions who were successful in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessment process to increase their fees up to inflation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also published in December 2016 an Equality Analysis for the 2017/18 student finance package, which covered both the increase in fees and accompanying loan support.</p><p> </p><p>These assessments concluded that this change was unlikely to significantly alter participation decisions. Tuition fees will not increase in real terms and Higher Education and publicly funded institutions will remain free at the point of access for those who are eligible, as tuition fee loans will increase to cover increased tuition fees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Equality Analysis – Higher Education and Research Bill (published May 2016) is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524226/bis-16-281-he-research-bill-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524226/bis-16-281-he-research-bill-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p>A copy of the Equality Analysis for the Student Support and Fee Regulations (published December 2016) is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577420/Equality_Analysis_for_Student_Support_Regulations_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577420/Equality_Analysis_for_Student_Support_Regulations_2016.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to maintaining the UK’s world class higher education system while living within its means and ensuring all those with the talent to benefit from a higher education can afford to do so. To put higher education funding onto a more sustainable footing, the Government asked future graduates to meet more of the costs of their studies through replacing maintenance grants with loans.</p><p>The equality analysis for the 2016/17 student support regulations assessed the impact of this policy change, including the impact on students from low income backgrounds.</p><p>A copy of the Student Finance Equality Analysis – The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (published November 2015) is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Non-continuation rates for UK students at English Higher Education Institutions are lower than in 2009/10, including for the most disadvantaged students. Analysis by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has found that students’ age, subject studied and entry qualifications account for a substantial portion of the gap between the most and least disadvantaged students. The analysis is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/ncr/nhe/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/ncr/nhe/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Young people from the poorest areas are now 43% more likely to go to university than they were in 2009/10. Not only are application rates among 18-year-olds in England at record highs, but drop-out rates for young, mature, disadvantaged and BME students are all lower now than they were when the coalition government came to power in 2010.</p><p>By measuring retention rates as one of its core metrics and requiring all participating providers to submit a statement for fair access, the TEF aims to recognise those institutions that do the most to welcome students from a range of backgrounds and support their retention and progression to further study or a graduate job.</p><p> </p><p>We want to continue to see reduced non-continuation rates for all students. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 requires institutions to publish admissions and retention data by gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background, and this greater transparency will help the Higher Education sector make further progress to build on what has already been achieved. We are working closely with HEFCE and the Director of Fair Access to target resources effectively and to ensure that universities take more responsibility for widening access and retention for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, prioritising activities that demonstrate the greatest value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 25/07/2017 17:43:17 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

751280

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the readiness of further education colleges to offer T-levels.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education has already facilitated area reviews of post 16 education and training, establishing the best structures to offer high quality provision to meet the current and future needs of all learners and employers within the local areas.</p><p>We have begun working with key partners, including the Education and Training Foundation, the Gatsby Foundation, the Association of Colleges and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, to understand the support the further education sector needs to implement the new T levels. The Secretary of State for Education last week announced a package of support for colleges, including a Strategic College Improvement Fund, a National Leaders of Further Education programme, and an expanded role for the FE Commissioner in supporting colleges to raise standards. We will continue to work with the sector to consider what further action we can put in place to ensure successful delivery of T levels.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/07/2017 15:55:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

751281

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken account of the potential change to parents' working hours resulting from the commencement of provision of 30 hours free childcare from September 2017 on the number of childcare places to be made available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities continue to have a duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents in their local areas. The Department is committed to working with local authorities to ensure sufficient places, which is why we awarded a delivery contract to Childcare Works, who continue to provide ongoing support and challenge to local authorities and providers delivering 30 hours.</p><p>The Department has also supported the growth and creation of additional places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement and in 2016, ran a £100 million early years capital bid round, which will create almost 18,000 additional 30 hours places for working parents.</p><p>We know that thousands of eligible children are taking up 30 hours places in our 12 early delivery areas and that parents have extended their working hours as a result of accessing the offer.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:57:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751282

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much core revenue funding (a) Willenhall Community Primary School, (b) Stretton CE Primary School and (c) Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College in Coventry South constituency received for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and how much funding each of those schools is planned to receive for (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>The schools block allocation for individual schools for the 2016-17 financial year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>School</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Willenhall Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>£1,821,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretton CE Primary School</p></td><td><p>£956,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College</p></td><td><p>£5,962,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Individual school allocations for 2017-18 will be published later this year. The formulae that local authorities have used to distribute funding to schools this year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools. We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course. Until then, we are unable to confirm the funding each school will receive in future years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/07/2017 16:41:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751283

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has available for parents who find employment after August's 30 free hours application deadline and before the application process reopening for January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Working parents, or parents expecting to start a new job in the next 14 days, who believe they are eligible for 30 hours can make an application through the childcare service. The Department published the guidance document, <em>30 hours free childcare: eligibility</em>, which sets out the eligibility requirements for 30 hours free childcare. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility</a>.</p><p>A parent can claim 30 hours the term following the child’s third birthday and the term following receipt of their eligibility code from HMRC (whichever is later). This is set out in the Department’s guidance <em>Early years entitlements: operational guidance</em> to support local authorities and childcare providers, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide</a>.</p><p>Further guidance for parents can also be found at: <a href="https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:54:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin