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794171

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date	23/11/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to achieve equal pay for men and women.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	902535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Paying men and women unequally for the same work has been unlawful for nearly 50 years. Where an employer is found to have breached equal pay law, an employment tribunal can order them to produce an equal pay audit. Our requirement for all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap will help increase transparency of all the factors underlying the endemic differences in pay between men and women.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 17:41:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

792761

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential amount to be raised from the Apprenticeship Levy in each region in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not have estimates on the amount of apprenticeship levy that will be raised in each region. However, it is estimated that in the 2018/19 financial year the levy will raise over £2.7 billion overall.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 13:07:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792763

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education how (a) many providers did not spend their full Adult Education Budget allocation and (b) much adult education funding went unspent in total in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated to providers in line with the funding year which runs from August to July. This means that each funding year spans two financial years. As a result, the following details are not directly comparable as they cover different time periods.</p><p> </p><p>The adult education budget did not exist in its current form until 2016/17. The figures below are for the non-apprenticeship adult skills budget, including community learning and discretionary learner support.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 to 2015 funding year, 596 of 784 providers with an allocation did not spend their allocation in full. It is of note that the value of this under-delivery represents only 4.5% of total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 to 2016 funding year, 551 of 762 providers did not spend their allocation in full. The value of this under-delivery represents only 3.5% of the total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education and skills sector. There was no recorded underspend against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,855 million for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, there was a £53 million under spend recorded against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,494 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2014 to 2015 financial year was for £1,855 million (as per Skills Funding Letter 2013-16). The final budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,789 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2015 to 2016 financial year was for £1,494 million (including exceptional financial support, city deals, community learning, learner support). The final updated budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,462 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The budget was not allocated on a geographic basis so we are unable to provide the budget for each region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 114691 114693 question first answered 23/11/2017 16:25:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792764

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was returned to her Department from providers that did not spend their full adult education budget in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated to providers in line with the funding year which runs from August to July. This means that each funding year spans two financial years. As a result, the following details are not directly comparable as they cover different time periods.</p><p> </p><p>The adult education budget did not exist in its current form until 2016/17. The figures below are for the non-apprenticeship adult skills budget, including community learning and discretionary learner support.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 to 2015 funding year, 596 of 784 providers with an allocation did not spend their allocation in full. It is of note that the value of this under-delivery represents only 4.5% of total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 to 2016 funding year, 551 of 762 providers did not spend their allocation in full. The value of this under-delivery represents only 3.5% of the total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education and skills sector. There was no recorded underspend against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,855 million for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, there was a £53 million under spend recorded against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,494 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2014 to 2015 financial year was for £1,855 million (as per Skills Funding Letter 2013-16). The final budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,789 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2015 to 2016 financial year was for £1,494 million (including exceptional financial support, city deals, community learning, learner support). The final updated budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,462 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The budget was not allocated on a geographic basis so we are unable to provide the budget for each region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 114690 114693 question first answered 23/11/2017 16:25:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792766

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the budget for adult skills (a) nationally and (b) in each region in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated to providers in line with the funding year which runs from August to July. This means that each funding year spans two financial years. As a result, the following details are not directly comparable as they cover different time periods.</p><p> </p><p>The adult education budget did not exist in its current form until 2016/17. The figures below are for the non-apprenticeship adult skills budget, including community learning and discretionary learner support.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 to 2015 funding year, 596 of 784 providers with an allocation did not spend their allocation in full. It is of note that the value of this under-delivery represents only 4.5% of total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 to 2016 funding year, 551 of 762 providers did not spend their allocation in full. The value of this under-delivery represents only 3.5% of the total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education and skills sector. There was no recorded underspend against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,855 million for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, there was a £53 million under spend recorded against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,494 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2014 to 2015 financial year was for £1,855 million (as per Skills Funding Letter 2013-16). The final budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,789 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2015 to 2016 financial year was for £1,494 million (including exceptional financial support, city deals, community learning, learner support). The final updated budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,462 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The budget was not allocated on a geographic basis so we are unable to provide the budget for each region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 114690 114691 question first answered 23/11/2017 16:25:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley