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837334

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: First Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department’s policy for all nursery staff to undertake compulsory paediatric first aid training.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>It is not the Department for Education’s policy for all staff working in a nursery to have paediatric first aid (PFA) training. The statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) says that there must be at least one person with a full PFA certificate available at all times. All newly qualified entrants to the early years workforce, who have completed a level 2 and/or level 3 early years qualification, must also have either a full or emergency PFA certificate within three months of starting work, to be included in the required staff to child ratios at level 2 or level 3 in an early years setting. The statutory framework for the EYFS can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/02/2018 13:18:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837339

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 123606, on special education needs, how much was spent on the training and SEND leadership programme in the last two years; and which bodies and local authorities have been involved in that training.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	126458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The costs of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities leadership programme form part of the department’s contract with the Delivering Better Outcomes Together consortium, led by Mott MacDonald, with the Council for Disabled Children and the National Development Team for Inclusion. We are unable to provide a detailed breakdown of pricing within the contract, as the information is commercially in confidence.</p><p>A list of the local authorities and their partner organisations which have participated in the programme is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/02/2018 16:23:07 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 126458 - table.docx title A list of the LA & their partner organisations
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

837391

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: North Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people in north Cornwall who completed A-Level studies enrolled in university courses in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	126510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number and proportion of students that were at the end of 16‑18 study (taking A level or other level 3 qualifications) in North Cornwall and progressed to study at a UK Higher Education Institution for at least two terms in a given academic year. Information on destinations in academic years 2010-11 to 2015-16 is given. This is the most recent data available. Destinations data for all England are provided for comparison.</p><p> </p><p>Information on pupil destinations is published annually on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/02/2018 16:31:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 126510 - Students with sustained destinations at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) after 16-18 study, state-funded mainstr.docx title Students with sustained destinations at UK HEIs
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

837392

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: North Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people in north Cornwall ,took up an apprenticeship after completing GCSEs, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	126511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The table attached shows the number and proportion of pupils who completed key stage 4 (including GCSEs) in North Cornwall and took up an apprenticeship the following year as part of at least two terms’ education, employment or training. Information on destinations in academic years 2010-11 to 2015-16 is given. This is the most recent data available. Destinations data for all of England is provided for comparison.</p><p>Information on pupil destinations is published annually on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2018 12:54:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 126511 Table.xlsx title 126511 Table
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

837393

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Leaving: North Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people in north Cornwall did not complete secondary education to GCSE level in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	126512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The closest information the Department publishes is the percentage of pupils, at the end of Key Stage 4, who passed at least one GCSE or equivalent qualification; this is published in the Key Stage 4 statistical first releases[1]. The remaining percentage from this figure are those who did not pass any qualifications. The Department publishes these figures at a local authority level, the closest available figures to ‘north Cornwall’ are those for ‘Cornwall’. There have been some methodological changes over the years, details of these are available in the main text and footnotes of each statistical first release[2].</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures for 2009/10 – 2014/15 are available within ‘table 16’ of the additional/local authority tables in the ‘revised’ publications from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a> (table 15 for 2013/14). The ‘any passes’ column provides the figures. For 2015/16 – 2016/17, the figures are available from <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data</a> (select the year, Local authority (Cornwall), ‘Final key stage 4’ (revised, for 2016/17) and download the Excel file. The column ‘PTANYQ_PTQ_EE’ is required; figures for Cornwall are in the row labelled as rectype 4, the figures for England are labelled rectype 7. Rectype is found in column A.</p><p>[2] In the revised publications for each year, from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a>, the SFR text and main national tables contain an explanation of how the figures are generated for that year. These changes mean that figures between years can not always be directly compared.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/02/2018 14:30:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

837436

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating funding from the apprenticeship levy to support apprenticeships in SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	126555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy is paid by employers with a payroll of over £3 million a year. These employers are able to spend funds they have paid into the levy through their apprenticeship service account. All other employers use funds that have been allocated to providers, who offer apprenticeship training.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently awarded hundreds of providers across the country with initial awards totalling around £485 million to deliver apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers. Non-levy paying employers benefit from government co-investment of 90 per cent of apprenticeship training and assessment costs. 100 per cent of the cost of training is paid for small employers, with fewer than 50 employees, who take on apprentices who are 16 to 18 years old, 19 to 24 year old care leavers or 19 to 24 year olds with an Education and Health Care Plan.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2018, we will allow eligible levy-paying employers to transfer up to 10 per cent of the annual value of funds entering their digital accounts to other employers, including smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p>By 2019/20 annual investment in apprenticeships in England will be £2.45 billion, double what was spent in 2010-11, ensuring that all employers can access high quality apprenticeships training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2018 10:34:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

837444

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he or his predecessors have received in relation to local authorities acting on (a) Education, Health and Care Plans and (b) the Local Offer under the provisions of sections 496 and 497 of the Education Act 1996.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The department receives correspondence from parents, including complaints. To differentiate complaints from other correspondence relating to special educational needs and disability would require a significant update to our correspondence management system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 126322 question first answered 12/02/2018 17:27:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837445

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Skills Funding Agency has provided for ESOL Plus Mandation courses since 2016; and how much such funding is forecast to be spent in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Plus Mandation refers to specified funding that was discontinued in 2015 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The department’s data showed that the numbers being referred to provision were significantly lower than originally envisaged.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to provide full funding for unemployed job seekers to improve their English, through a provider’s Adult Education Budget. Other learners are eligible for 50 per cent funding of course costs. In the academic year 2016-17, the government supported 114,100 ESOL learners using funds from the Adult Education Budget. Providers have the freedom and flexibility to deliver ESOL provision to best meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2018 13:00:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837520

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships in STEM industries have been taken up since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	126639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The table attached shows the number of apprenticeship starts in ‘Construction, Planning and the Built Environment’, ‘Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies’, ‘Information and Communications Technology’ and ‘Science and Mathematics’ sector subject areas for each academic year since 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>This data is published in the ‘FE data library: apprenticeships’ which can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2018 16:34:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 126639 attachment.docx title Number of apprenticeship starts since 2009/10
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

837521

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote apprenticeship programmes to small and medium-sized businesses.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	126640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>Through the National Apprenticeship Service, we are working closely with employers of all sizes in growing their apprenticeship programmes and to help them make the most effective decisions for their organisation.</p><p> </p><p>Our relaunched apprenticeships campaign aims to help increase the number of vacancies created by employers of all sizes. It encourages small and medium-sized businesses to recruit apprentices and upskill their current workforce through apprenticeships. Radio advertising is supported by targeted digital, telemarketing activity, public relations and social media activity. It will continue to support employers to create new vacancies and publicise these on the ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ website.</p><p> </p><p>Links to the two apprenticeships campaign websites can be found at – one for employers: <a href="https://hireanapprentice.campaign.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://hireanapprentice.campaign.gov.uk/</a>, and one for apprentices: <a href="https://www.getingofar.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.getingofar.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All UK employers with an annual pay bill of £3 million or more, pay 0.5 per cent of their pay bill to invest in apprenticeship training. We have led a major awareness-raising campaign over the past year, alongside HM Revenue and Customs. This ensures all levy-paying employers, whatever their size, are aware of both their obligations to pay the levy, and the opportunity to spend their investment through registering for an apprenticeship service account. We are providing ongoing support for smaller levy-payers via telephone to encourage them to invest their levy funds through registering for an apprenticeship service account.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2018 10:28:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan