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date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Retraining Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the test phase of the National Retraining Programme, announced in October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	66023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The aim of the National Retraining Scheme is to help prepare adults for future changes to the economy, including those brought about by automation, and help them retrain into better jobs.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a user centred, test and learn approach to developing the National Retraining Scheme, starting small and developing products iteratively. Through this approach we have used a small proportion of the initial multi-year £100 million investment which started in financial year 2019-20 to develop the scheme, including exploring online training and in-work technical training alongside testing the first part of the scheme, Get Help to Retrain.</p><p> </p><p>To date, nearly 2000 users have accessed Get Help to Retrain. The digital service helps users to understand their current skills, explore alternative occupations that they could do and sign up to the training they need to access opportunities for a broad range of good jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside developing Get Help to Retrain, we have undertaken extensive user research and testing whilst developing the National Retraining Scheme. This research and the pilots we have conducted will provide valuable evidence about how we can support adults and employers and will help inform the design of future adult skills provision.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to explore the relationship between the National Retraining Scheme, the recently announced £2.5 billion National Skills Fund and other recent reforms to adult skills provision and funding. We will provide a further update in the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 66024 66025 question first answered 07/07/2020 09:02:23 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1218670

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Retraining Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on the National Retraining Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	66024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The aim of the National Retraining Scheme is to help prepare adults for future changes to the economy, including those brought about by automation, and help them retrain into better jobs.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a user centred, test and learn approach to developing the National Retraining Scheme, starting small and developing products iteratively. Through this approach we have used a small proportion of the initial multi-year £100 million investment which started in financial year 2019-20 to develop the scheme, including exploring online training and in-work technical training alongside testing the first part of the scheme, Get Help to Retrain.</p><p> </p><p>To date, nearly 2000 users have accessed Get Help to Retrain. The digital service helps users to understand their current skills, explore alternative occupations that they could do and sign up to the training they need to access opportunities for a broad range of good jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside developing Get Help to Retrain, we have undertaken extensive user research and testing whilst developing the National Retraining Scheme. This research and the pilots we have conducted will provide valuable evidence about how we can support adults and employers and will help inform the design of future adult skills provision.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to explore the relationship between the National Retraining Scheme, the recently announced £2.5 billion National Skills Fund and other recent reforms to adult skills provision and funding. We will provide a further update in the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 66023 66025 question first answered 07/07/2020 09:02:23 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1218672

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Retraining Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adults has the National Retraining Scheme helped to retrain to date in England.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	66025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The aim of the National Retraining Scheme is to help prepare adults for future changes to the economy, including those brought about by automation, and help them retrain into better jobs.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a user centred, test and learn approach to developing the National Retraining Scheme, starting small and developing products iteratively. Through this approach we have used a small proportion of the initial multi-year £100 million investment which started in financial year 2019-20 to develop the scheme, including exploring online training and in-work technical training alongside testing the first part of the scheme, Get Help to Retrain.</p><p> </p><p>To date, nearly 2000 users have accessed Get Help to Retrain. The digital service helps users to understand their current skills, explore alternative occupations that they could do and sign up to the training they need to access opportunities for a broad range of good jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside developing Get Help to Retrain, we have undertaken extensive user research and testing whilst developing the National Retraining Scheme. This research and the pilots we have conducted will provide valuable evidence about how we can support adults and employers and will help inform the design of future adult skills provision.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to explore the relationship between the National Retraining Scheme, the recently announced £2.5 billion National Skills Fund and other recent reforms to adult skills provision and funding. We will provide a further update in the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 66023 66024 question first answered 07/07/2020 09:02:23 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1218236

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to cover in full the potential loss of earnings for people notified via the NHS Test and Trace service as needing to self-isolate due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	65112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced an unprecedented package to support individuals through this difficult time. This includes the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention and Self-Employment Income Support Schemes, as well as injecting an additional £8bn into the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has laid new regulations to ensure that people asked to isolate by the Test and Trace service will be eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if they are unable to work from home. This is in addition to changes already made, which make SSP payable from day one rather than day four of absence from work. Employees will still be entitled to claim SSP from their employers even if they are asked to self-isolate several times. The SSP Rebate Scheme was announced at Budget to support SMEs which may face a financial strain due to staff absences caused by Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Self-employed people are eligible for “new style” Contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if they are incapable of work due to Covid-19, including all those who are required to self-isolate according to Government guidance. The Government has made it easier for people to claim by removing the seven-day waiting period which means people can get support from day one.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to helping the lowest paid through the coronavirus outbreak, and the welfare system is best placed to provide this support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/07/2020 13:10:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon