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date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the BUSK campaign for safe coach transport in relation to coach tour companies being contracted for long-distance school trips.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	225089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>I am aware of the BUSK campaign for safe coach transport. The safety of children and young people is of the utmost importance. All school employers must adhere to the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. They must conduct a risk assessment and put measures in place to minimise any known risk. Where schools use a coach tour company to provide transport for their trip, we expect them to apply sensible and proportionate health and safety measures to assess the company’s suitability.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:29:59 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

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date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	BTEC Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 18 year olds are studying for BTEC qualifications at each level in (a) schools, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) and further education colleges.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	225258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The number of 16 to 18 year olds entered for one or more BTEC qualifications in the 2012/13 academic year, the latest year of data available, is shown in the table below, by level and institution type. The analysis is based on data collected by the Department from examination awarding organisations.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Entry Level</p></td><td><p>Level 1</p></td><td><p>Level 2</p></td><td><p>Level 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools (state-funded, including special schools)</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td><td><p>15,300</p></td><td><p>51,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form Colleges</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td><td><p>28,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Colleges</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>28,700</p></td><td><p>55,600</p></td><td><p>141,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note that where a learner was entered for BTECs at more than one level, the highest level has been shown in the table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/02/2015 09:02:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin