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date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Education Policy Institute The early years workforce in England, published on 17 January; and what steps they intend to take in response to that report in particular the need to ensure increased (1) skills, (2) diversity, and (3) pay levels in the early education workforce.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL14293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We have noted the findings of the report published by the Education Policy Institute. We are already working with the sector on a number of the issues highlighted in their report. In March 2017, we published the attached early years workforce strategy, the government's plans to support employers to attract, retain and develop early years staff to deliver high quality provision: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy</a>. As a result of the strategy, we have worked with sector stakeholders to develop criteria for new more robust level 2 qualifications, considered how the gender diversity of the workforce can be improved, as well as developing new career pathways information to support careers advice, recruitment and staff development: <a href="https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf</a>. The career pathways map is attached.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting employer trailblazer groups to develop new apprenticeship standards for the early years workforce and have announced a £20 million investment in professional development and training for early years practitioners in pre-reception settings in disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p>Employers in the early years sector are responsible for setting the pay and conditions for their employees, within the statutory requirements set by government (for example, national minimum wage).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL14293_Early_years_workforce_strategy.pdf title HL14293_Early_years_workforce_strategy 2 file name HL14293_Early_years_career_progression_map.pdf title HL14293_Early_years_career_progression_map question first answered 20/03/2019 11:50:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1083421

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date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the withdrawal of pupils from Parkfield School because their parents did not want them to attend lessons about LGBT rights and homophobia, what consideration they have given to suspending the requirement for such lessons in order to carry out a consultation with parents and schools into the provision of such lessons.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL14304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The department is actively engaged in the situation at Parkfield Community School where parents are objecting to an educational programme, No Outsiders, which contains elements of teaching around lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Parkfield Community School have stated that, as previously planned, there will be no further teaching of the No Outsiders programme for the remainder of the school term, and that they will be undertaking a consultation with parents during this time.</p><p>Senior officials from the Regional School Commissioner’s Office have been on site regularly since the start of this issue and are working to facilitate conversations between the community, the academy and Excelsior Multi Academy Trust. They are already working closely with the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill, Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Education Partnership to resolve the conflict and, as such, end pupil absences as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 18/03/2019 11:20:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1083429

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from the National Audit Office that the number of UK apprenticeships has fallen since the introduction of an apprenticeship levy on large employers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL14312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>We are making apprenticeships longer and better, with more off-the-job training and suitable assessment at the end. We have asked employers to lead on the design of new standards that will give apprentices the skills that businesses really need.</p><p>We are pleased with the changes we have seen to the balance of the programme, with the increase in the proportion of high quality apprenticeships since the introduction of the levy and wider apprenticeship reforms. 57.8% of people doing an apprenticeship are now starting on apprenticeship standards (in the first quarter of the 2017/18 academic year), compared to 35.8% this time last year.</p><p>Over 90% of employers with the largest levy declarations have set up an apprenticeship service account, showing that they are ready and willing to invest. To further support employers, we have already extended the amount of time that employers have to spend their levy (from 18 months to 24 months). We will increase the amount of funds that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers from 10% to 25% from April 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/03/2019 17:12:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick