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1724811

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unit for Future Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education in the financial year 2022–23.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.</p><p>As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:</p><ul><li>Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.</li><li>Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.</li><li>Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.</li></ul><p>The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:</p><ul><li>Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035</a>.</li><li>Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk</a>. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.</li><li>Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.</p><p>The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.</p><p>The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL550 HL551 question first answered 13/08/2024 12:42:24 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1724812

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unit for Future Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in which activities the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education engages other than, and in addition to, producing and updating their online dashboards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.</p><p>As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:</p><ul><li>Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.</li><li>Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.</li><li>Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.</li></ul><p>The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:</p><ul><li>Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035</a>.</li><li>Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk</a>. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.</li><li>Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.</p><p>The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.</p><p>The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL549 HL551 question first answered 13/08/2024 12:42:24 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1724813

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unit for Future Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to date to ensure that the work of the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education directly influences the content of skills training in publicly funded education and training provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.</p><p>As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:</p><ul><li>Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.</li><li>Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.</li><li>Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.</li></ul><p>The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:</p><ul><li>Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035</a>.</li><li>Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk</a>. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.</li><li>Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.</p><p>The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.</p><p>The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL549 HL550 question first answered 13/08/2024 12:42:24 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1723959

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Gender Dysphoria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the consultation on the draft guidance for schools and colleges on gender-questioning children, published in December 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of the Gender Questioning guidance for schools.</p><p>It is vitally important that teachers have clear guidance, which is why the department is looking carefully at the consultation responses before setting out next steps to take the Gender Questioning guidance forward. The department will also consider this in light of the evidence published in the Cass Review. This will include consideration of the appropriate guidance to give on the use of pronouns in school settings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL434 question first answered 12/08/2024 15:45:09 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1723960

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued on whether teachers should be required to use preferred gender pronouns for pupils whose legal sex remains the same as their biological sex.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of the Gender Questioning guidance for schools.</p><p>It is vitally important that teachers have clear guidance, which is why the department is looking carefully at the consultation responses before setting out next steps to take the Gender Questioning guidance forward. The department will also consider this in light of the evidence published in the Cass Review. This will include consideration of the appropriate guidance to give on the use of pronouns in school settings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL433 question first answered 12/08/2024 15:45:09 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1724014

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the level of staff turnover for (1) teaching, and (2) non-teaching, staff in (a) 2021–22, and (b)2022–23, for (i) state-funded primary schools, (ii) state-funded secondary schools, including academies, (iii) sixth-form colleges, and (iv) further education colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Information on the numbers and rates of qualified teachers entering and leaving state-funded schools in England is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>In state-funded schools in England, between November 2022 and November 2023, the latest two years of data available, the rate of qualified teachers entering service was 9.1% in nursery and primary schools and 10.0% in secondary schools. This is published as 2023/24 entrants here alongside figures for the previous year, and is attached in the table titled ‘HL472_Qualified entrants to teaching_2022-23 and 2023-24’. The data is also available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/518037fe-b4d2-4fd6-baa3-08dcafcfd634" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/518037fe-b4d2-4fd6-baa3-08dcafcfd634</a>.</p><p>The equivalent rate of qualified teachers leaving state-funded schools between November 2022 and November 2023, the latest two years of data available, was 9.5% in nursery and primary schools and 9.5% in secondary schools. This is published as 2022/23 leavers here alongside figures for the previous year, and is attached in the table titled ‘HL472_Qualified leavers from teaching_2021-22 and 2022-23'. The data is also available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27af8b92-fa97-4081-baa4-08dcafcfd634" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27af8b92-fa97-4081-baa4-08dcafcfd634</a>.</p><p>Turnover figures for non-teaching staff in schools are not centrally calculated and would incur disproportionate cost to compile.</p><p>Staff turnover figures for both teaching and non-teaching staff in sixth-form colleges and further education colleges are not centrally collected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern attachment 1 file name HL472_Qualified leavers from teaching_2021-22 and 2022-23.xlsx title Qualified leavers from teaching 2021/22, 2022/23 2 file name HL472_Qualified entrants to teaching_2022-23 and 2023-24.xlsx title Qualified entrants to teaching 2022/23, 2023/24 question first answered 12/08/2024 15:49:07 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1723750

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: East Riding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-allocating the SEND per pupil funding allocation for the East Riding in line with other local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	1906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The department will take time to consider whether to make changes to the high needs national funding formula (NFF) that is used to allocate funding for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities. The department will also consider the impact of any formula changes on local authorities, including East Riding of Yorkshire Council. It is important that there is a fair education funding system that directs funding to where it is needed.</p><p>Budgets for the 2025/26 financial year have not been set, which means that decisions on the high needs NFF and the publication of allocations for that year will not be to the usual timescales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newcastle upon Tyne North answering member printed Catherine McKinnell question first answered 05/08/2024 11:40:17 answering member 4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

1723830

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will support food growing schemes in schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>It is important that children eat nutritious food at school and the department encourages schools to have a whole school approach to healthy eating.</p><p>Having a school garden or setting up a gardening club are some of the ways schools can achieve this approach. This is a decision for schools to make, dependent upon local circumstances. The department recognises a lot of schools find ways to collaborate between headteachers, school cooks, children, teachers, governors and parents to make this happen.</p><p>All education settings are welcome to register as participants in the National Education Nature Park. This initiative inspires children and young people to learn about and connect with nature, spend time outdoors and develop valuable green skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 05/08/2024 11:17:53 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723835

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-Semitism on university campuses.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Dowden
uin	1928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>As autonomous institutions, universities are responsible for tackling antisemitism on campus and should have processes in place to deal with unlawful abuse and harassment.</p><p> </p><p>Universities, as well as Jewish groups and other stakeholders, have told us that the previous government’s Freedom of Speech Act prevented them from taking effective action. The department is stopping further commencement of the Act, in order to consider the options, including its repeal.</p><p> </p><p>The department will continue to work closely with Jewish groups, including the Union for Jewish Students and the University Jewish Chaplaincy, to understand their concerns and what further action is needed.</p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 05/08/2024 11:11:09 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden

1723843

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many degree apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in (i) High Peak constituency, (ii) Derbyshire and (iii) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Jon Pearce
uin	2015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>The table below provides details of degree level apprenticeship (Level 6 and 7) vacancies in High Peak constituency, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester that were advertised on the Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) service on GOV.UK in each of the last five years.</p><p>The department encourages employers to advertise on FAA to maximise engagement with their vacancies and to ensure that they are accessible to all potential apprentices, but not all choose to use the service. Employers may choose to recruit apprentices through their own channels, for example via their own websites, which the department does not monitor. The figures below therefore do not represent the total number of degree level apprenticeship vacancies advertised.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>A</strong><strong>cademic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High Peak</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Derbyshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater Manchester</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To note:</p><ul><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>‘Low’ indicates a value of fewer than 5.</li><li>Vacancies are total number of positions within an advert. Each advert on FAA can have more than one position advertised.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The table below provides details of degree level (Level 6 and 7) apprenticeships that have been achieved in High Peak constituency, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester in each of the last five years, as published in the Apprenticeships statistics publication.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High Peak</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Derbyshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater Manchester</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To note:</p><ul><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>‘Low’ indicates a value of fewer than 5.</li><li>Source is the Individualised Learner Record.</li><li>Geography is based on the learner home postcode.</li></ul> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 05/08/2024 11:34:17 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	5115