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652304

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date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much public funding the Education Funding Agency expects to (a) successfully claw back and (b) fail to claw back from free schools which have failed to attract the number of students initially planned for the current academic year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56162 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652305

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department allocated from the public purse for the (a) London Schools Challenge and (b) Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The original London Challenge included a number of funding streams in addition to “in kind” contributions. As a result, there is no single figure for the overall budget allocation.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the City Challenge, which grew out of the London Challenge, stated that the total funding for London was £80 million[1].</p><p> </p><p>More recently, in the March 2016 budget, the Government committed to investing £20 million a year of new funding for the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy[2].</p><p>The Department will continue to work with schools across all parts of the country to ensure all children receive a high quality education.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/184093/DFE-RR215.pdf" target="_blank"> Evaluation of City Challenge Programme</a> - Page 3</p><p>[2] Budget 2016 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/12/2016 15:43:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652308

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Agency identified as needing to be clawed back from new free schools which failed to attract the planned number of students in each academic year since 2009-10; and how many free schools were identified as having funds which needed to be clawed back in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56162 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

652309

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Education Funding Agency has clawed back from free schools due to such schools admitting fewer pupils than planned in each academic year since 2009-10; and how much such funding has not yet been clawed back from such schools relating to each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	56162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The free school programme is responsive to local needs and free schools are initially funded on pupil estimates. For all schools funded on estimates the Education Funding Agency (EFA) carries out an annual pupil number adjustment to bring allocations back into line with the actual numbers reported through the schools census. Some free schools will receive either increases or reductions as a result of those pupil number adjustments. The Department works closely with schools each year to review estimates and to help minimise the likelihood of significant adjustments.</p><p>For the current academic year, 2016 to 2017, the EFA is in the process of calculating pupil number adjustments based on the October 2016 schools census. All schools will be notified of any increases or reductions to their allocations by Spring 2017. The EFA plans to make recoveries in respect of any and all negative adjustments, which will mostly take place over the course of the following academic year, 2017 to 2018. The EFA is currently in the process of making recoveries relating to 2015 to 2016.</p><p>The table below sets out for all relevant academic years up to and including 2015 to 2016, details of the total pupil number adjustment recovery calculated for free schools, the number of schools affected, the value of recoveries written-off, and the amount remaining to be recovered.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free schools with pupil number adjustment recoveries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value of pupil number adjustment recoveries for free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount recovered to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount written-off</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount remaining to be recovered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>£11.7m</p></td><td><p>£5.1m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£6.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>£11.2m</p></td><td><p>£8.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.1m</p></td><td><p>£2.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>£6.3m</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td><td><p>£0.7m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>£0.2m</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 56161 56173 question first answered 12/12/2016 15:13:49 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

648703

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has for implementing the recommendations of the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy, an independent review by Sir Nick Weller on tackling education under-performance in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>We welcome Sir Nick Weller’s independent report, which sets out some important challenges on teaching, leadership and school standards in the north of England.</p><p> </p><p>We will take the time to discuss Sir Nick’s specific recommendations, with the regions and with education stakeholders, before setting out further detail about our plans in spring 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2016 17:51:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

648705

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Careers Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many advice sessions the National Careers Service provided in each region of England in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The National Career Service was formed in April 2012. The model for the service changed in October 2014 replacing paid sessional activity with a payment by results system to incentivise better customer outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The periods 2012-13, 2013- 14 and Apr- Sept 2014 represent the number of paid sessions accessed by customers under the old model.</p><p> </p><p>For Oct 2014-Mar 2015 and 2015-2016 we report the number of adviser sessions that delivered a customer satisfaction outcome under the new model. In the new model the majority of customers will have had more than one session of advice or guidance to achieve an outcome. However, in contrast to the old model these further sessions were unpaid and therefore often unrecorded by contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Adviser Sessions</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 (Apr-Sep)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>65,748</p></td><td><p>71,697</p></td><td><p>34,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>153,340</p></td><td><p>181,149</p></td><td><p>79,294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>121,813</p></td><td><p>136,088</p></td><td><p>63,844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>100,787</p></td><td><p>112,996</p></td><td><p>53,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,487</p></td><td><p>138,568</p></td><td><p>69,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>134,211</p></td><td><p>152,634</p></td><td><p>69,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>198,628</p></td><td><p>204,080</p></td><td><p>86,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>154,990</p></td><td><p>166,138</p></td><td><p>66,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>104,474</p></td><td><p>114,233</p></td><td><p>28,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcomes</p></td><td><p>2014/2015 (Oct-Mar)</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>18,297</p></td><td><p>32,382</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>37,271</p></td><td><p>78,884</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>32,769</p></td><td><p>59,709</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>21,832</p></td><td><p>40,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>21,173</p></td><td><p>54,297</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Eastern</p></td><td><p>24,705</p></td><td><p>44,464</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>40,581</p></td><td><p>82,598</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>34,747*</p></td><td><p>25,895</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>18,012</p></td><td><p>30,831</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>10,497</p></td><td><p>20,229</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>10,255</p></td><td><p>25,969</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>October 2014 - change in service and funding model</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>*Adviser session for this provider due to contract differences. The reported regions are not co-terminus with official government office regions. They are informed by a variety of demographic factors that help to shape the delivery and focus of the service. Further information can be found in the table attached.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Area Name</p></td><td><p>Geographical[1] Area Covered</p></td><td><p>Prisons[2]</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Central Eastern Futures Advice</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Luton, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Suffolk, Norfolk, City of Peterborough</p></td><td><p>HMP Blundeston, HMP Bure, HMP Norwich*, HMP Wayland*, HMP Highpoint North/South*, HMP Hollesley Bay*, HMP Bedford*, HMP Littlehey, HMP The Mount*, HMP Whitemoor, HMP Woodhill*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Futures Advice</p></td><td><p>Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Rutland</p></td><td><p>HMP Nottingham*, HMP Ranby*, HMP Sudbury*, HMP Lincoln*, HMP Whatton, HMP North Sea Camp*, HMP Leicester*, HMP Onley*, HMP Stocken, HMP Gartree, HMPYOI Glen Parva, HMP Foston Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Cheshire/Warrington and Staffordshire Economic Solutions</p></td><td><p>Staffordshire, City of Stoke on Trent, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Manchester, Salford, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham</p></td><td><p>HMP Manchester*, HMP Styal, HMP Risley*, HMP Thorn Cross*, HMP Stafford, HMP Drake Hall, HMPYOI Swinfen Hall, HMP Buckley Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region, Cumbria and Lancashire Economic Solutions</p></td><td><p>Cumbria, Lancashire, Blackpool, Blackburn &amp; Darwen, Sefton, Wirral, Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton, St Helens</p></td><td><p>HMP Garth, HMP Haverigg*, HMP Kirkham*, HMP Lancaster Farms, HMP Preston*, HMP Wymott, HMP Liverpool*, HMP Kennet*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Prospects Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham, Barnet, Camden, City of London, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Islington, Kensington &amp; Chelsea, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith &amp; Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>HMP Belmarsh*, HMP Holloway, HMPYOI Feltham, HMP ISIS*, HMP Wormwood Scrubs*, HMP Brixton*, HMP Pentonville*, HMP Wandsworth*, HMP Thameside*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East CfBT</p></td><td><p>Northumberland, Country Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar &amp; Cleveland, Stockton on Tees, Darlington</p></td><td><p>HMP Durham*, HMP Low Newton, HMP Frankland, HMP Deerbolt, HMP Kirklevington Grange*, HMP Holme House*, HMP Northumberland*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central CfBT</p></td><td><p>Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, Bournemouth, Poole, City of Southampton, City of Portsmouth, West Sussex, Isle of Wight, City of Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>HMP Downview, HMP Send, HMP Coldingley, HMP Highdown*, HMP Isle of Wight (Albany, Parkhurst), HMP Ford*, HMP Guys Marsh*, HMP The Verne, HMP Winchester*, HMP Dorchester*, HMP Portland*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East CXK</p></td><td><p>Kent, East Sussex, Thurrock, Medway, Southend-on-Sea, Essex</p></td><td><p>HMP Sheppy Cluster (HMP Emley*, HMP Swaleside, HMP Standford Hill*), HMP Rochester*, HMP Blantyre House*, HMP East Sutton Park, HMP Maidstone, HMP Lewes*, HMP Chelmsford*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Prospects Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Torbay</p></td><td><p>HMP Channings Wood*, HMP Dartmoor, HMP Exeter*, HMP Bristol*, HMP Eastwood Park, HMP Leyhill*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Advisa</p></td><td><p>Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Reading, West Berkshire, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Windsor &amp; Maidenhead, Wokingham, Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>HMP Grendon, HMP Spring Hill*, HMP Huntercombe, HMP Aylesbury, HMP Reading, HMP Bullingdon*, HMP Erlestoke</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Prospects Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin, Shropshire, County of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Coventry, Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull</p></td><td><p>HMPYOI Brinsford, HMP Featherstone*, HMP Oakwood*, HMP Hewell*, HMP Birmingham*, HMP Long Lartin, HMP Stoke Heath*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Careers Yorkshire and the Humber (CYH)</p></td><td><p>North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Doncaster, City of Kingston upon Hull, Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Kirklees, Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, North and North East Lincolnshire.</p></td><td><p>HMP Hull*, HMP Everthorpe*, HMPYOI Northallerton, HMP Full Sutton, HMP Leeds*, HMP Wealstun*, HMP Wakefield, HMP Lindholme, HMP Hatfield, HMP Moorland, HMP Doncaster*, HMP New Hall, HMP Askham Grange, HMP Wolds*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1] The geographical areas cover all unitary upper tier local authorities in England. Whilst some have similar names they are actually different local authority areas.</p><p>[2] Prisons marked with * are resettlement prisons as announced by the Ministry of Justice in August 2013</p><p>The National Career Service was formed in April 2012. The model for the service changed in October 2014 replacing paid sessional activity with a payment by results system to incentivise better customer outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The periods 2012-13, 2013- 14 and Apr- Sept 2014 represent the number of paid sessions accessed by customers under the old model.</p><p> </p><p>For Oct 2014-Mar 2015 and 2015-2016 we report the number of adviser sessions that delivered a customer satisfaction outcome under the new model. In the new model the majority of customers will have had more than one session of advice or guidance to achieve an outcome. However, in contrast to the old model these further sessions were unpaid and therefore often unrecorded by contractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Adviser Sessions</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 (Apr-Sep)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>65,748</p></td><td><p>71,697</p></td><td><p>34,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>153,340</p></td><td><p>181,149</p></td><td><p>79,294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>121,813</p></td><td><p>136,088</p></td><td><p>63,844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>100,787</p></td><td><p>112,996</p></td><td><p>53,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,487</p></td><td><p>138,568</p></td><td><p>69,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>134,211</p></td><td><p>152,634</p></td><td><p>69,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>198,628</p></td><td><p>204,080</p></td><td><p>86,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>154,990</p></td><td><p>166,138</p></td><td><p>66,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>104,474</p></td><td><p>114,233</p></td><td><p>28,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcomes</p></td><td><p>2014/2015 (Oct-Mar)</p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>18,297</p></td><td><p>32,382</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>37,271</p></td><td><p>78,884</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>32,769</p></td><td><p>59,709</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>21,832</p></td><td><p>40,536</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>21,173</p></td><td><p>54,297</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Eastern</p></td><td><p>24,705</p></td><td><p>44,464</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>40,581</p></td><td><p>82,598</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>34,747*</p></td><td><p>25,895</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>18,012</p></td><td><p>30,831</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>10,497</p></td><td><p>20,229</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>10,255</p></td><td><p>25,969</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>October 2014 - change in service and funding model</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>*Adviser session for this provider due to contract differences. The reported regions are not co-terminus with official government office regions. They are informed by a variety of demographic factors that help to shape the delivery and focus of the service. Further information can be found in the table attached.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p>Area Name</p></td><td><p>Geographical[1] Area Covered</p></td><td><p>Prisons[2]</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Central Eastern Futures Advice</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Luton, Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes, Suffolk, Norfolk, City of Peterborough</p></td><td><p>HMP Blundeston, HMP Bure, HMP Norwich*, HMP Wayland*, HMP Highpoint North/South*, HMP Hollesley Bay*, HMP Bedford*, HMP Littlehey, HMP The Mount*, HMP Whitemoor, HMP Woodhill*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Futures Advice</p></td><td><p>Derby, Derbyshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Rutland</p></td><td><p>HMP Nottingham*, HMP Ranby*, HMP Sudbury*, HMP Lincoln*, HMP Whatton, HMP North Sea Camp*, HMP Leicester*, HMP Onley*, HMP Stocken, HMP Gartree, HMPYOI Glen Parva, HMP Foston Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Cheshire/Warrington and Staffordshire Economic Solutions</p></td><td><p>Staffordshire, City of Stoke on Trent, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Warrington, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Manchester, Salford, Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham</p></td><td><p>HMP Manchester*, HMP Styal, HMP Risley*, HMP Thorn Cross*, HMP Stafford, HMP Drake Hall, HMPYOI Swinfen Hall, HMP Buckley Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region, Cumbria and Lancashire Economic Solutions</p></td><td><p>Cumbria, Lancashire, Blackpool, Blackburn &amp; Darwen, Sefton, Wirral, Liverpool, Knowsley, Halton, St Helens</p></td><td><p>HMP Garth, HMP Haverigg*, HMP Kirkham*, HMP Lancaster Farms, HMP Preston*, HMP Wymott, HMP Liverpool*, HMP Kennet*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Prospects Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham, Barnet, Camden, City of London, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Islington, Kensington &amp; Chelsea, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith &amp; Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>HMP Belmarsh*, HMP Holloway, HMPYOI Feltham, HMP ISIS*, HMP Wormwood Scrubs*, HMP Brixton*, HMP Pentonville*, HMP Wandsworth*, HMP Thameside*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East CfBT</p></td><td><p>Northumberland, Country Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar &amp; Cleveland, Stockton on Tees, Darlington</p></td><td><p>HMP Durham*, HMP Low Newton, HMP Frankland, HMP Deerbolt, HMP Kirklevington Grange*, HMP Holme House*, HMP Northumberland*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central CfBT</p></td><td><p>Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, Bournemouth, Poole, City of Southampton, City of Portsmouth, West Sussex, Isle of Wight, City of Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>HMP Downview, HMP Send, HMP Coldingley, HMP Highdown*, HMP Isle of Wight (Albany, Parkhurst), HMP Ford*, HMP Guys Marsh*, HMP The Verne, HMP Winchester*, HMP Dorchester*, HMP Portland*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East CXK</p></td><td><p>Kent, East Sussex, Thurrock, Medway, Southend-on-Sea, Essex</p></td><td><p>HMP Sheppy Cluster (HMP Emley*, HMP Swaleside, HMP Standford Hill*), HMP Rochester*, HMP Blantyre House*, HMP East Sutton Park, HMP Maidstone, HMP Lewes*, HMP Chelmsford*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Prospects Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Isles of Scilly, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Torbay</p></td><td><p>HMP Channings Wood*, HMP Dartmoor, HMP Exeter*, HMP Bristol*, HMP Eastwood Park, HMP Leyhill*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Advisa</p></td><td><p>Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Reading, West Berkshire, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Windsor &amp; Maidenhead, Wokingham, Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>HMP Grendon, HMP Spring Hill*, HMP Huntercombe, HMP Aylesbury, HMP Reading, HMP Bullingdon*, HMP Erlestoke</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Prospects Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin, Shropshire, County of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Coventry, Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull</p></td><td><p>HMPYOI Brinsford, HMP Featherstone*, HMP Oakwood*, HMP Hewell*, HMP Birmingham*, HMP Long Lartin, HMP Stoke Heath*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Careers Yorkshire and the Humber (CYH)</p></td><td><p>North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire, Doncaster, City of Kingston upon Hull, Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Kirklees, Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale, North and North East Lincolnshire.</p></td><td><p>HMP Hull*, HMP Everthorpe*, HMPYOI Northallerton, HMP Full Sutton, HMP Leeds*, HMP Wealstun*, HMP Wakefield, HMP Lindholme, HMP Hatfield, HMP Moorland, HMP Doncaster*, HMP New Hall, HMP Askham Grange, HMP Wolds*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The geographical areas cover all unitary upper tier local authorities in England. Whilst some have similar names they are actually different local authority areas.</li><li>Prisons marked with * are resettlement prisons as announced by the Ministry of Justice in August 2013</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>[1] The geographical areas cover all unitary upper tier local authorities in England. Whilst some have similar names they are actually different local authority areas.</p><p>[2] Prisons marked with * are resettlement prisons as announced by the Ministry of Justice in August 2013</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 07/12/2016 15:47:03 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

648706

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people have benefited from money allocated through the Careers and Enterprise Fund in each region of England in each year since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company is making excellent progress in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement for young people to inspire them and prepare them for the world of work.</p><p> </p><p>The Company’s Careers and Enterprise Fund supports activity across all regions, and greater funding is focused in areas where it is needed most, based on ‘cold spots’ analysis. Funding awards were made in February 2016 and will benefit 250,000 young people. Further details of successful awards can be found at: <a href="http://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/map#fund" target="_blank">www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/map#fund</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network is now live in over 1,100 secondary schools and colleges across the country. These senior business volunteers support the Senior Leadership Team of the school with strategic plans for employer engagement, ultimately benefiting all pupils. By the end of the parliament, the offer of this support will have been made to all secondary schools and colleges in the country.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 07/12/2016 15:44:31 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

648918

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: North of England
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 fulfil the commitment made in the Northern Powerhouse Strategy, published in November 2016, on ensuring that northern labour market priorities inform the provision of careers advice.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	55652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>In the three months leading to August 2016, employment in the Northern Powerhouse was 7.1 million, with 429,000 more people in work than in 2010, and 187,000 jobs created in the past year alone.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of careers education, advice and guidance is crucial in supporting young people to make the right choices about their futures. That is why the Government is investing £90million over the course of this Parliament to improve careers and enterprise provision.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will work with the Northern Powerhouse to ensure that local priorities, including labour market priorities, are fed into the provision of careers advice for young people and adults.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Northern Powerhouse Strategy, published at the Autumn Statement this year, the Government will work with local partners in the North on the design of careers and enterprise provision for all ages, including collaboration on the work of the Careers and Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 07/12/2016 15:49:00 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

637051

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set a publication date for the Early Years Workforce strategy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	53105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>We want to continue to attract and retain good quality staff to deliver good quality early years provision and the Government has committed to developing a workforce strategy to help employers to do this.</p><p>We are currently consulting on the English and mathematics knowledge, skills and qualification requirements for level 3 early years educator staff. We want the workforce strategy to reflect the government response to this consultation which closes on 28<sup>th</sup> November. We have already received a high volume of replies and it will take time to analyse and consider those responses.</p><p> </p><p>Development of the early years workforce strategy is a priority and we will publish as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/11/2016 16:13:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

635541

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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 she is taking to bring forward the fair funding formula.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	907239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to introducing national funding formulae for early years, schools and high needs, so that funding is better matched to need.</p><p>We will introduce a national funding formula for early years from financial year 2017-18. A consultation on the early years formula closed on 22 September, and we will set out our response later in the autumn.</p><p>We will introduce national funding formulae for schools and high needs from financial year 2018-19. We are considering the options carefully, taking into account the need to give schools and local authorities stability. We will put forward our detailed proposals later in the autumn, including our proposals for the transition to the formulae. Following a full consultation, we will make final decisions and confirm arrangements in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2016 15:40:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson