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1063783

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to schools and colleges through the large programme uplift in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	222718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The total funding allocated for the large programme uplift since its introduction in the 16 to 19 funding formula in 2016/17 has been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Large Programme Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£8.14 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£7.75 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£7.24 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:56:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1059953

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
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 effect of trends in the level of funding on the financial sustainability of the further education sector.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	220323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We are examining the trends in the level of funding for further education in considering the funding and resilience of further education and in assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. We recognise that some of the key areas of funding have not kept up with costs and we will continue to look carefully at these issues in preparation for the next Spending Review and in the light of the recommendations of the Post-18 Review.</p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for all 16 to 19 year old students until 2020 and plan to invest nearly £7 billion this academic year to make sure that there is a place in education or in training, including for apprenticeships, for every 16 to 19 year old. We are investing in education for adult learners, including for those furthest from learning and the labour market. We are continuing to provide Advanced Learner Loans, which is an established part of the Further Education funding framework and a key source of provider income. We are also doubling the amount of funding available for apprenticeships in England (in cash terms) by 2019-20 when compared with actual levels of spend in 2010-11. This includes funding for both 16-19 and adult apprenticeships.</p><p>From 1 April 2016 to 31 January 2019, as part of the area review programme, we made approximately £470 million available to support major college restructuring, supporting significant improvements to financial sustainability in the sector.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/02/2019 11:44:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1056715

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the further education review restructuring facility has been allocated to (a) sixth form colleges and (b) FE colleges in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>From 1 April 2016 to 31 January 2019, the total allocation of restructuring facility funding in England is approximately £470 million. The total spend so far is approximately £290 million.</p><p>Of the total allocation of £470 million, up to £435 million has been allocated for general further education colleges (including partnerships with universities), up to £25 million has been allocated for mergers between general further education colleges and sixth form colleges and up to £10 million for conversion of sixth form colleges to academy status.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2019 09:22:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1015517

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: 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 provide adequate funding to ensure the sustainability of further education colleges.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We have been allocated £1.5 billion for the Adult Education Budget for each year of the 2015 spending review period, up to 2020, to engage adults to participate and develop the skills and learning that they need up to level 3 to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2016, we have made over £330 million available to support major college restructuring, supporting significant improvements to financial sustainability in the sector. We are currently considering the final applications for the Restructuring Facility and expect the final figure to rise significantly before the programme ends in March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively exploring the funding and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review, in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education. As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/12/2018 09:55:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1007891

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer of 14 November 2018, Official Report, column 310, to the hon. Member for Makerfield, what the evidential basis is for the statements that (a) the Government has invested nearly £7 billion this year in further education and (b) funding to support adult participation in further education will be higher than at any time in England’s history by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	191938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The government plans to invest nearly £7 billion during the 2018/19 academic year, to ensure there is a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year old who wants one. This is made up of £5.7 billion as set out in the 2018/19 published 16 to 19 allocations (available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year</a>.) along with our estimates of: additional high needs funding from the Dedicated Schools Grant that will be invested by local authorities in young people with complex special educational needs or disabilities (whose support costs more than schools and colleges can meet from their annual budget); and investment in apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds.</p><p>By 2020, funding in adult skills participation will have increased through maintaining the Adult Education Budget at £1.5 billion per annum, by investing nearly £2.5 billion in apprenticeships per year, double what was spent in 2010, and by extending the reach of Advanced Learner loans so that funding has been available to meet demand. In addition, the total amount of investment in skills through the European Social Fund (ESF) is between £250 and £300 million per annum. Plans are being made to determine what provision should be delivered as a replacement for ESF.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2018 10:18:39 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1006883

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for further education institutions.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	191438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We have been allocated £1.5 billion for the Adult Education Budget for each year of the 2015 Spending Review period to engage adults to participate and develop the skills and learning they need up to level 3 to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p>We are actively exploring the efficiency and resilience of further education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. This work will align closely with the Post-18 Funding Review in particular, to ensure a coherent vision for further and higher education. As with other areas of departmental spending, further education funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/11/2018 15:30:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1006136

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many colleges are currently subject to a notice to improve financial health; and how many are projected to be subject to such a notice in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	190900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 38 colleges that are subject to a notice to improve for financial health.</p><p>The published response to the insolvency consultation stated that, using data and assumptions available at that time, over the first ten years of the insolvency policy (commences April 2019), an additional 63 colleges could meet the current triggers for a notice.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has published an Early Intervention and Prevention strategy, which is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-funding-early-intervention-and-prevention/early-intervention-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-funding-early-intervention-and-prevention/early-intervention-strategy</a>. This strategy outlines how the ESFA works with colleges where data shows that they could be at risk of failure.</p><p>In addition, the ESFA is improving and increasing the financial information that it requests from colleges, which will be analysed by integrated expert teams, and is developing a strengthened approach to intervention and prevention approaches in advance of financial crisis.</p><p>The department is also updating improved guidance for college governors, due later this month, to highlight governors’ fiduciary duties. They are in the process of appointing National Leaders of Governance to deliver sector-led support (alongside the National Leaders of Further Education). The Further Education Commissioner’s team has also expanded coverage of ‘diagnostic visits’ to colleges, which also highlight potential issues in advance of crisis, and offer recommendations for support and improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:38:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1002731

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Inspector of OFSTED on the financial sustainability of the further education sector.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	188734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>There have been no substantial discussions between my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, or other ministers, and the Chief Inspector of Ofsted on the financial sustainability of the further education sector.</p><p>We have been working to improve the financial resilience of the further education sector. We have already invested over £330 million to support college restructuring following the area review process. We are now considering the final applications for restructuring support, and expect the final figure to rise significantly before the programme ends next year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 15:31:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

992832

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will make it his policy to increase the 16-19 funding by five per cent a year for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	182122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>16 to 19 funding for all institutions including those in the North West, Merseyside and the Wirral is shown in the published allocations for each year, and allocations for the last 6 years from the period 2013 to 2014 onwards is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for previous years are also available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107132325/https:/www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/executiveagencies/efa/funding/fundinga/b00204972/16-19-allocations" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107132325/https://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/executiveagencies/efa/funding/fundinga/b00204972/16-19-allocations</a>. However, they cannot be directly compared on a like for like basis with later years as the funding system changed in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>All 16 to 19 providers, including those in the North West, have a vital role to play in making sure young people have the skills they need. Our commitment to the 16 to 19 sector across England has contributed to the current record high proportion of 16 and 17 year olds who are participating in education or apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the efficiency and resilience of the further education sector and assessing how far existing funding and regulatory structures meet the costs of delivering quality further education. We will continue to look carefully at funding for the sector in preparation for the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 182121 182123 question first answered 25/10/2018 15:48:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

984733

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
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 validity of the findings of the Institute for Fiscal Studies 2018 annual report on education spending in England that funding for further education has been reduced more than other areas of education since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	177671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies report uses published data on funding and student numbers to derive a trend in real terms expenditure per student. Their report shows that funding for school pupils aged 5 to 16 will be more than 50% higher in real terms per pupil in 2020 than in 2000. The government chose to prioritise pre-16 schooling because that is absolutely fundamental to later learning and achievement.</p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until 2020. Our commitment to the 16 to 19 sector has contributed to the current record high proportion of 16 and 17 year olds who are participating in education or apprenticeships.</p><p>We are investing in the sector to support providers to deliver the new T level qualifications from 2020. This will mean an additional £500 million every year once they are fully rolled out. We recently announced a further £38 million for the first wave of T level providers to invest in equipment and facilities to support the roll-out of T levels.</p><p>We are currently considering the efficiency and resilience of the further education sector and assessing how far existing funding and regulatory structures meet the costs of delivering quality further education.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:37:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris