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1242164

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the end of the transition period on (a) further and (b) higher education.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	907377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The department is considering all aspects of how exiting the EU might affect further and higher education. This includes consideration of participation in EU-funded programmes, future arrangements for migration and for access to student finance support. We are committed to ensuring the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>My officials also regularly engage with sector stakeholders on a range of issues, including leaving the EU and the Transition Period.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:16:48 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1242165

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on universities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	907386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>We have worked across government and with the higher education (HE) sector to understand the impact of COVID-19.</p><p>In response, between April to September we have announced a suite of measures to mitigate the impact of the virus upon the HE sector and HE students and staff. This includes the HE stabilisation package, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's research stabilisation package, access to business support schemes, the capital fund and the HE restructuring regime.</p><p>We have prioritised the mental health and well-being of students, emphasising our strong support for the University Mental Health Charter and continued to work closely with Universities UK on embedding the Step Change: Mentally Healthy Universities framework. We confirmed universities and HE providers were able to use Office for Students (OfS) Student Premium funding towards student hardship funds and announced the OfS funded, Student Minds Led, Student Space which has been designed to work alongside existing mental health services.</p><p>Importantly, to support universities to reopen this autumn, to enable them to provide high quality education to students in a COVID-secure environment, we have provided advice and guidance on reopening and have worked to ensure universities have robust outbreak plans in place. We will shortly also be providing additional guidance on winter planning and end of term preparation.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:17:14 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1242166

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the effect of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill on Scotland’s education system.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	907378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>I meet regularly with education ministers from all of the devolved administrations and value our dialogue on a range of matters. During the course of recent meetings we have discussed aspects of the UK Internal Market Bill that are relevant to education.</p><p>My officials continue to work closely with colleagues in the devolved administrations on a range of matters. They have also discussed the UK Internal Market Bill with their counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/10/2020 16:16:45 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1242359

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations have been provided with funding as a result of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy; and how much each of those organisations received, in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	102089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Budget 2016 announced that the Department would receive funding of £575 million, linked to the revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), for a number of programmes.</p><p>Since September 2017, the funding has been used to double primary PE and Sport Premium, with SDIL revenue contributing an additional £160 million a year towards the total of £320 million. School-level allocations are available here: <a href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/single-funding-statement/latest/start" target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/single-funding-statement/latest/start</a>.</p><p>Allocations from previous years are available on The National Archives’ website: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=pe+and+sport+premium" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/result/?q=pe+and+sport+premium</a>.</p><p>From the revenue generated from the SDIL, £100 million was used for the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund in the 2018-19 financial year. Allocations for each local authority and multi-academy trust, who were eligible to receive a direct allocation, were published in March 2018 and are available here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20190212204720/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20190212204720/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations</a>.</p><p>Details of successful Healthy Pupils Capital Fund projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome</a>.</p><p>Funding of nearly £22 million was allocated, between 2017 and 2019, to an Essential Life Skills (ELS) programme to enable disadvantaged children and young people living in some of the most deprived parts of the country to participate in regular extra-curricular activities. These activities will enable them to develop essential life skills and get the best start in life. The ELS programme targeted disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-18 across 12 opportunity areas. Areas received £7.95 million in the 2017-18 financial year and £13.8 million in the 2018-19 financial year. Details of the grants are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-life-skills-grant-s31-grant-determination-and-letters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/essential-life-skills-grant-s31-grant-determination-and-letters</a>.</p><p>The Department is investing up to £35 million from the SDIL to fund the National Schools Breakfast Programme over 3 years from March 2018. Overall, this money will start or improve breakfast clubs in up to 2,450 schools in disadvantaged areas, making them more sustainable in the long run. The focus of these clubs has been to target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including the Department’s opportunity areas, to help make sure every child gets the best start in life.</p><p>The Department confirmed in July that children from more than 1,800 schools in England, who are currently part of our Breakfast Clubs programme, would be offered healthy breakfasts over the summer months: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-children-offered-nutritious-breakfasts-during-summer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-children-offered-nutritious-breakfasts-during-summer</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:33:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1242362

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what payments have been made to schools in (a) Sefton, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West from the covid-19 exceptional costs fund; and when schools that have applied for that funding will receive a decision on their application.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The first window for schools to claim funding back for exceptional costs due to COVID-19 closed on 21 July. The following payments against claims within the published scope of the fund have been arranged for schools in the named areas for those costs incurred between March to July 2020:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Paid in September 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>To be paid in November 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>£289,962</p></td><td><p>£491,796</p></td><td><p>£781,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,133,315</p></td><td><p>£2,953,468</p></td><td><p>£5,086,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£7,763,083</p></td><td><p>£8,738,090</p></td><td><p>£16,501,173</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Schools also made claims for costs outside of the published scope of the fund and an assessment is currently being undertaken to determine which of these other costs can be reimbursed. We expect to write to schools in November to confirm the outcome of that assessment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup> Schools in the Sefton local authority area.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>2</sup> Schools in the Liverpool, Knowsley, Wirral, St Helens, Sefton and Halton local authority areas.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><sup>3</sup> Schools in the government office region of the North West.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:15:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242363

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
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 ability of schools to access the national tutoring programme.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is an ambitious scheme that will provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who need the most help to catch up.</p><p>Through the NTP programme for 5-16 year olds, schools will be able to access high quality, subsidised tuition from approved tuition partners. Schools in the most disadvantaged areas will be supported to employ in-house academic mentors to provide tuition to their pupils. The NTP has not gone live yet so the Department does not have figures on the number of pupils who have accessed it. It is expected that the first group of tutors will be supporting schools from November, with provision continuing into the spring term. Further information on the processes for delivering and accessing tuition support is set out here: <a href="https://nationaltutoring.org.uk/faqs" target="_blank">https://nationaltutoring.org.uk/faqs</a>.</p><p>NTP funding will also be used to provide additional targeted early language and literacy support for reception classes. The Department is inviting applications from all state-funded schools with a reception class, with priority given to those with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals. The application deadline is 30 October 2020. Participating schools will begin delivering to children from January 2021.</p><p>The Department is also providing funding to support small group tuition for 16-19 year olds, in English, maths and other courses where education has been disrupted as a result of COVID-19. The 16-19 tuition fund is a one-off, ring-fenced grant available to school sixth forms, colleges and all other 16-19 providers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 102065 question first answered 15/10/2020 16:37:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242364

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Tutoring Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have accessed the National Tutoring Programme.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) is an ambitious scheme that will provide additional, targeted support for those children and young people who need the most help to catch up.</p><p>Through the NTP programme for 5-16 year olds, schools will be able to access high quality, subsidised tuition from approved tuition partners. Schools in the most disadvantaged areas will be supported to employ in-house academic mentors to provide tuition to their pupils. The NTP has not gone live yet so the Department does not have figures on the number of pupils who have accessed it. It is expected that the first group of tutors will be supporting schools from November, with provision continuing into the spring term. Further information on the processes for delivering and accessing tuition support is set out here: <a href="https://nationaltutoring.org.uk/faqs" target="_blank">https://nationaltutoring.org.uk/faqs</a>.</p><p>NTP funding will also be used to provide additional targeted early language and literacy support for reception classes. The Department is inviting applications from all state-funded schools with a reception class, with priority given to those with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals. The application deadline is 30 October 2020. Participating schools will begin delivering to children from January 2021.</p><p>The Department is also providing funding to support small group tuition for 16-19 year olds, in English, maths and other courses where education has been disrupted as a result of COVID-19. The 16-19 tuition fund is a one-off, ring-fenced grant available to school sixth forms, colleges and all other 16-19 providers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 102064 question first answered 15/10/2020 16:37:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242365

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Coronavirus Catch-up Premium
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 how schools are using payments from the Coronavirus catch-up premium.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced a catch-up package worth £1 billion, including a ‘Catch-Up Premium’ worth a total of £650 million to support schools to make up for lost teaching time. Our expectation is that this funding will be spent on the additional activities required to support children and young people to catch up after a period of disruption to their education. To help schools make the best use of this funding, the Education Endowment Foundation has published a support guide for schools with evidence based approaches to catch up for all students and a further 'school planning guide: 2020-2021'. These are available at: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/guide-to-supporting-schools-planning/" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/guide-to-supporting-schools-planning/</a> and: <a href="https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/#nav-covid-19-support-guide-for-schools1" target="_blank">https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/national-tutoring-programme/covid-19-support-guide-for-schools/#nav-covid-19-support-guide-for-schools1</a>.</p><p>Schools are held accountable for the outcomes they achieve with all their funding and this will be no exception. The Department understands that each school will have different needs as a result of this outbreak and we trust school leaders to make the appropriate decisions for their students to ensure that this money is spent wisely.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:23:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242426

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on whether contact tracers are required to follow up cases of covid-19 reported in schools.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	102067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Where a member of staff or child tests positive, contact tracers will ask the individual to provide details of their contacts.</p><p>Staff or the parents of children who test positive should inform their school immediately. The school will then take swift action to ask those who have been in close contact with the confirmed case to self-isolate. Schools can contact the dedicated Public Health England (PHE) advice service via the Department’s own helpline for support on the latest public health advice.</p><p>PHE’s advice service will work with the school to carry out a rapid risk assessment and make recommendations based on the latest public health advice. If, following triage, further expert advice is required, the adviser will escalate the call to the local health protection team.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2020 16:27:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1242464

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
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 the £1,500 incentive for employers hiring a new apprentice aged 25 and over on the number of apprentices hired since 1 August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	102037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Apprenticeships will be more important than ever in helping businesses to recruit the right people and develop the skills they need to recover and grow. To help employers offer new apprenticeships, they are now able to claim £2,000 for every new apprentice they hire under the age of 25 before 31 January 2021, and £1,500 for new apprentices aged 25 and over. The new payment means it is a great time for employers to offer new apprenticeship opportunities and take advantage of existing flexibilities to train their apprentices in a way that suits their needs.</p><p>Employers have been able to register to claim the incentive since 1 September. The first payment is made 90 days from the apprentice’s start date and as such no payments have yet been made. We are monitoring the take-up of the new payments and will assess their impact on apprenticeship starts to ensure it is helping employers to meet their skills needs.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 15/10/2020 16:59:07 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon