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1090894

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date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 effectiveness of the training given to foster carers and support workers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children by ECPAT(UK) and the Refugee Council on preventing unaccompanied children from going missing.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	233557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Between November 2016 and February 2019, ECPAT(UK) and the Refugee Council have trained 2,086 foster carers and support workers on caring for the specialist safeguarding needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The training is equipping these carers with the skills they need to identify when a child is at risk of going missing to be onwards trafficked, of being exploited for economic, sexual, and criminal exploitation or of being exposed to radicalisation.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on the number of foster carers or support workers is not held centrally so we are unable to provide this as a proportion of the total foster carers and support workers.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016, recipients of the training have generally reported high levels of satisfaction with its quality. For the current tranche of training, 99% of those trained who provided feedback rated the training ‘good’ or ‘excellent’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 233556 question first answered 25/03/2019 16:42:32 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1090919

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of degree apprenticeships available in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	233566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>There are now 78 industry-designed apprenticeship standards available at level 6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>There were 10,880 starts on level 6+ apprenticeships, including degree apprenticeships, in 2017/18, a six-fold increase on the previous academic year.</p><p>We are supporting the development and take up of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships across England through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund (DADF). The fund has supported 103 education providers, 56 further education colleges and 47 higher education institutions, to boost capacity and internal infrastructure within higher education, including Nottingham Trent University.</p><p>The fund has supported a range of awareness raising activities aimed at higher, level 6+ and degree apprenticeship, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and National Apprenticeship service (NAS) careers fairs, offering access to 240,000 year 12 students.</p><p>DADF funding has also supported the NAS and UCAS to develop a higher and degree apprenticeships ‘vacancy finder’ consolidating many of these opportunities into one place. Approximately 2,000 vacancies, with 2019 starts, were published in November 2018.</p><p>We have also recently launched our ‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth, Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships particularly at higher levels.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:40:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1090927

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
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 ensure the financial viability of rural schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	233573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The national funding formula includes support for schools in rural areas, and the sparsity factor allocates additional funding of £25 million specifically to remote schools. The formula also provides a lump sum of £110,000 for every school as a contribution to the costs that do not vary with pupil numbers. This aims to give schools certainty that they will attract a fixed amount each year in addition to their pupil-led funding.</p><p>When the lump sum is coupled with the sparsity factor, this provides significant support for small and remote schools that play an essential role in rural communities. A small, rural primary school eligible for sparsity funding will attract up to £135,000 in total through the lump sum and sparsity factors and a small secondary school will attract up to £175,000.</p><p>In addition, the formula has already allocated an increase for every pupil in every school in 2018-19, with increases of up to 3% per pupil for the most underfunded schools, including some in rural areas. In 2019-20, those schools that have been historically underfunded will see further gains of up to 3% per pupil, as the Department continues to make progress in addressing historic unfairness. Alongside this, the Department has been able to ensure that all schools will attract an increase of 1% per pupil by 2019-20, compared to 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/03/2019 16:32:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1090928

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an adequate long-term funding settlement for schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	233574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to invest in schools, with an additional £1.3 billion across 2018/19 and 2019/20, over and above the plans set out at the last spending review, meaning that the total core schools and high needs budget will rise from almost £41 billion in 2017/18 to £43.5 billion in 2019/20. The Department will be making a strong case to the Treasury at the next spending review to ensure that we have the resourcing we need for our schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/03/2019 14:57:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1090961

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
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 15 March 2019 to Question 229154 on Department of Education: Public Expenditure, what programmes other than delivering new school places and improving the condition of the school estate are being funded from the capital departmental expenditure limit in financial years 2018-19 to 2020-21; and how much has been allocated to each of those programmes in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In addition to delivering new school places and improving the condition of schools, the department funds a range of capital projects across other sectors. In 2018-19, these projects included: £217 million to support our arms’ length bodies, including £150 million for the Office for Students to deliver priorities as agreed with the department; £75 million for investments in higher education and further education including Institutes of Technology and National Colleges.</p><p>The department will set out detailed plans for funding in future years of this Spending Review as part of its scheduled Main Estimates. The 2019-20 budgets will include capital funding to make sure that the colleges teaching the first T levels have world class equipment and facilities, as announced at the Conservative Party Conference.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:44:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1090983

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses create more apprenticeships in (a) Solihull and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	233605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to apprenticeships to improve their quality and to encourage employers across England to increase the number of apprenticeships that they offer.</p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed by industries to give apprentices the skills that businesses need. Over 400 standards are available for employers to use, with over 170 more in development, and we can see that employers are moving quickly to this new higher quality offer. There were 163,700 starts on apprenticeship standards in 2017/18, which is more than 6 times higher than the number of starts in 2016/17.</p><p>From April 2019, the amount that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers will increase from 10% to 25%. The National Apprenticeship Service is working closely with the West Midlands Combined Authority to promote levy transfers from large employers, including HSBC and Lloyds, to local small and medium-sized enterprises in the automotive, digital and construction sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:47:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1091034

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that modified versions of GCSE and A Level exams are available for young people with a visual impairment; and what steps his Department takes to monitor that availability.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	233472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write directly to my hon. Friend and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 233473 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:26:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1091035

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with vision impairment are provided with past papers and exams in their stated preferred format in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	233473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write directly to my hon. Friend and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 233472 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:26:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1091092

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of STEM subjects for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	233490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the number of pupils taking science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. There were 47,000 more exam entries to STEM A levels in 2018 compared to 2010, which is an increase of 23%.</p><p>Good teaching is essential to increase take-up of STEM subjects. The Department funds a number of programmes to support this aim. These programmes include specific focus on schools with the greatest need, including those in disadvantaged areas. This includes the £76 million of funding that the Department provides for the network of maths hubs and the Teaching for Mastery programme, which aims to reach 11,000 primary and secondary schools by 2023 and has specific focus to support schools in greatest need. It also includes the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme, which aims to increase participation and attainment in level 3 mathematics with a focus on schools from disadvantaged areas, including schools in Opportunity Areas.</p><p>In November 2018, the Department launched a new National Centre for Computing Education, (NCCE) supported by £84 million of funding until July 2022. The aim of the NCCE is to improve the quality of the teaching of computing. This programme will help improve take-up and attainment of computing at GCSE and A level, with a focus on schools in disadvantaged areas.</p><p>The Department also funds the national network of Science Learning Partnerships, which supports science teachers to improve the quality of science teaching, as well as the Stimulating Physics Network, which aims to increase participation in A level physics, particularly among girls.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/03/2019 16:26:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1091106

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of secondary school places that will be required in Romford in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	233555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed £7 billion of funding for school places between 2015 and 2021, on top of investment in the free schools programme. The school system is on track to create one million places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations.</p><p>The Department collects pupil forecasts, existing school capacities, and plans to deliver additional school places from each local authority via the annual school capacity survey. Information from local authorities, together with information on centrally funded projects to add places, such as new free schools, is used to produce estimates of the future need for school places.</p><p>Data is only collected at local authority and planning area level, and so constituency level data is not held. The latest available estimates show that the five secondary planning areas within Havering may require an additional 460 secondary school places by 2023/24 in order to meet forecast demand.</p><p>The latest published data relate to the position in the 2016/17 academic year and include secondary forecasts to 2023/24. Data for the 2017/2018 academic year are due to be published on 28 March 2019.</p><p><strong><br> </strong>Basic need allocations are based upon data supplied by local authorities themselves so there should be no shortfall between the number of places local authorities report they need to create, and the number the Department is funding.</p><p>Table 1: <br> Forecast secondary places needed in Havering by planning area (modelled estimates)[1], [2]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Secondary Planning Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Havering Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>93</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>460</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Secondary</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number; therefore do not add up to the sum total.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The data provide a snapshot in time at 1 May 2017. Currently, most forecasts continue to increase into the future whereas plans to create places are generally reported more strongly in the immediate future, since only places for which there are firm plans are included. The places needed will therefore naturally grow with time.</p><p>[2] Further information can be found in the place planning tables at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/03/2019 15:01:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell