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1456984

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people under 25 have completed Skills Boot Camps since they have been available; and, of those people, what percentage have gone on to get jobs.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL7770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>Skills Bootcamps are very popular and there is a high demand for places. The department has now published outcome data from wave 1 of Skills Bootcamps, which was delivered in six areas in England between September 2020 and 31 March 2021. This data shows that over 2,000 participants completed a Skills Bootcamp in this initial stage of the programme.</p><p>At least 54% of individuals who completed a Skills Bootcamp in wave 1 of the programme achieved a positive outcome as a result. A positive outcome is defined as a new full or part time job or apprenticeship, a new role or increased responsibilities with their current employer or, for the self-employed, access to new opportunities. Data collected as part of the evaluation of these Skills Bootcamps suggests that 22% of participants were aged 19-25.</p><p>Since the initial rollout of the programme, the department have been expanding Skills Bootcamps so that more adults can get the skills they need for good jobs. This includes an estimated 16,000 training places in the current wave 2 of the programme, backed by a £43 million investment in the 2021/2022 financial year. We are investing an additional £550 million across the 2022/2025 financial years, as announced in the Autumn Budget, including an investment of up to £150 million in this financial year for delivery of wave 3 of Skills Bootcamps.</p><p>The department has commissioned process and impact evaluations for waves 2 and 3 of Skills Bootcamps, which will provide further evidence and learning to inform future delivery. The reports generated as a result of these evaluations will be available in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/04/2022 13:22:15 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1456991

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Carbon Dioxide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their guidance to keep windows in classrooms open to improve ventilation, what assessment they have made of (1) the amount of extra carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere because of higher energy use in all schools, and (2) the average increase in carbon dioxide emissions in (a) primary schools, and (b) secondary schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL7777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the department has provided guidance to settings on how to manage ventilation, in addition to providing over 360,000 CO2 monitors to state-funded education providers in England. As well as helping to identify areas that are poorly ventilated, CO2 monitors can be useful to help education providers balance good ventilation with keeping classrooms warm.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring adequate ventilation does not need to be at the expense of keeping classrooms warm. Education providers do not need to keep windows fully open at all times. Opening windows regularly for 10 minutes, or a small amount continuously, can still improve ventilation substantially. The department’s guidance has also been clear that when CO2 monitors indicate good ventilation, there is no need to open additional windows. The guidance can be found in full here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-ventilation-of-indoor-spaces-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-ventilation-of-indoor-spaces-to-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining adequate ventilation remains the responsibility of individual education providers. The department does not hold the information requested on the increase in energy usage or carbon emissions due to opening windows. This will vary according to a range of factors, including how individual education providers manage ventilation in their estate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/04/2022 10:52:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1456992

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ofsted inspectors are (1) headteachers, (2) former headteachers, (3) senior leaders in schools, and (4) former senior leaders in schools; and what percentage of all inspectors each group makes up.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL7778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>These are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the noble Lord directly and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL7779 HL7780 question first answered 22/04/2022 13:41:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1456993

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the (1) number, and (2) percentage, of Ofsted inspectors who are (a) current, and (b) former, headteachers has changed in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL7779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>These are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the noble Lord directly and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL7778 HL7780 question first answered 22/04/2022 13:41:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1456994

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the (1) number, and (2) percentage, of Ofsted inspectors who are (a) current, and (b) former, school senior leaders has changed in each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL7780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>These are matters for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the noble Lord directly and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL7778 HL7779 question first answered 22/04/2022 13:41:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1456997

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Air Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on their trial in Bradford of air purification technology suitable for classroom contexts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
uin	HL7783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>The study of air cleaning units in primary schools, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, is run by the class-ACT (air cleaning technology) consortium and led by the Centre for Applied Educational Research at the University of Leeds.</p><p> </p><p>The trial has provided valuable informal interim feedback on the practicalities of introducing ACT in schools. These interim findings have been published by the Class-ACT consortium as a 10-step guide for schools, published in the Times Educational Supplement on 27 January. This article can be found here: <a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/covid-schools-ventilation-10-step-guide-using-air-cleaning-units" target="_blank">https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/covid-schools-ventilation-10-step-guide-using-air-cleaning-units</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The study of air cleaning technologies is still ongoing, findings are planned to be published in late 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/04/2022 10:52:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport

1456998

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Air Pollution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make changes to (1) standards, or (2) guidance, for the (a) construction, and (b) specification, of new school buildings, in respect of either (i) classroom ventilation, or (ii) air purification, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
uin	HL7784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>Schools should always create a healthy indoor environment for occupants, this includes keeping spaces ventilated to reduce the concentration of pathogens in the air, such as COVID-19. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the department have emphasised the importance of ventilation and provided guidance to settings on ventilation requirements.</p><p>In 2018, the department published Building Bulletin 100, guidance for school design on ventilation, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality. This includes the World Health Organisation’s air quality guidelines and Air Quality Standards Regulation 2010 for indoor air quality. The full publication can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-100-design-for-fire-safety-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-100-design-for-fire-safety-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Furthermore, the department sets environmental standards for centrally delivered new schools and sets a minimum specification for ventilation to address healthy indoor air quality.</p><p>The current version was updated recently and published in November 2021. This can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/output-specification-generic-design-brief-and-technical-annexes</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/04/2022 10:52:57 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport

1456999

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, in kWh, of the total amount of higher energy consumption in schools as a result of their advice to keep windows in classrooms open as a form of ventilation; and what estimate they have made of the average extra consumption for each (1) primary school, and (2) secondary school.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
uin	HL7785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has provided schools with guidance on how to manage ventilation, in addition to providing over 360,000 CO2 monitors to state-funded education providers in England. As well as helping to identify areas that are poorly ventilated, CO2 monitors can be useful to help schools balance good ventilation with keeping classrooms warm.</p><p>Ensuring adequate ventilation does not need to be at the expense of keeping classrooms warm. Schools do not need to keep windows fully open at all times. Opening windows regularly for 10 minutes, or a small amount continuously can still improve ventilation substantially. The department's guidance has also been clear that when CO2 monitors indicate good ventilation, there is no need to open additional windows.</p><p>Maintaining adequate ventilation remains the responsibility of individual providers. The department does not hold the information requested on the increase in energy usage or costs due to opening windows, as this will vary according to a range of factors including how individual schools manage ventilation in their estate.</p><p>The department recognises that schools will be facing cost pressures in the coming months, particularly due to the increase in energy prices. The department is looking carefully at how this will impact schools. All schools can access a range of school resource management tools to help them get the best value from their resources, including two Schools Commercial Team recommended deals for energy costs and ancillary services relating to energy, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL7786 question first answered 22/04/2022 10:52:33 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport

1457000

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, in pounds, of the total cost of the higher energy use in schools as a result of following their advice to keep windows in classrooms open as a form of ventilation; and what estimate they have made of the average extra cost for each (1) primary school, and (2) secondary school.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
uin	HL7786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has provided schools with guidance on how to manage ventilation, in addition to providing over 360,000 CO2 monitors to state-funded education providers in England. As well as helping to identify areas that are poorly ventilated, CO2 monitors can be useful to help schools balance good ventilation with keeping classrooms warm.</p><p>Ensuring adequate ventilation does not need to be at the expense of keeping classrooms warm. Schools do not need to keep windows fully open at all times. Opening windows regularly for 10 minutes, or a small amount continuously can still improve ventilation substantially. The department's guidance has also been clear that when CO2 monitors indicate good ventilation, there is no need to open additional windows.</p><p>Maintaining adequate ventilation remains the responsibility of individual providers. The department does not hold the information requested on the increase in energy usage or costs due to opening windows, as this will vary according to a range of factors including how individual schools manage ventilation in their estate.</p><p>The department recognises that schools will be facing cost pressures in the coming months, particularly due to the increase in energy prices. The department is looking carefully at how this will impact schools. All schools can access a range of school resource management tools to help them get the best value from their resources, including two Schools Commercial Team recommended deals for energy costs and ancillary services relating to energy, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-a-dfe-approved-framework-for-your-school</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL7785 question first answered 22/04/2022 10:52:33 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport

1457001

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Free School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken any (1) engagement, or (2) analysis, of the impact of a free school meals programme for all primary school pupils.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
uin	HL7787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2022 answer text <p>The provision of free school meals to children from out-of-work or low income families is of the utmost importance to this government.</p><p>Under the benefits-related criteria, the department provides a free healthy meal to around 1.7 million children. This ensures they are well nourished and can concentrate, learn, and achieve in the classroom.</p><p>The department spends around £600 million per year to ensure an additional 1.3 million infants enjoy a free, healthy, and nutritious meal at lunchtime, following the introduction of the universal infant free school meal (UIFSM) policy in 2014.</p><p>Under this government, eligibility for free school meals has been extended several times to more groups of children than any other government over the past half a century. This includes the introduction of UIFSM and further education free meals.</p><p>We think it is right that provision is aimed at supporting the most disadvantaged, those out of work or on the lowest incomes. We do not have any plans to extend universal provision. but we will continue to keep all free school meal eligibility under review, to ensure that these meals are supporting those who most need them.</p><p>The department is also permanently extending free school meal eligibility to children from all groups with no recourse to public funds. This will come into effect for the start of the 2022 academic year summer term.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/04/2022 13:36:22 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport