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225949

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has made available in Adult Skills Funding in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York Council and (c) all areas using York College in 2015-16; and how much such funding was made available in each of the last six years (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	226806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The funding available for Adult Skills in 2015/16 is outlined in the Skills Funding Letter. The letter sets out the Government’s priorities for the budget and it is for providers to decide how they use their adult skills funding to reflect those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in their local area.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2015-to-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2015-to-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>FE funding is demand led and adult participation in Local Authorities and parliamentary constituencies for 2009/10 to 2013/14 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378262/feandskills-participation-by-geography-learner-demographics.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378262/feandskills-participation-by-geography-learner-demographics.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/03/2015 15:16:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

225093

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising mentioning the word apprenticeship in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply I gave to the hon Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith) to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-05/223662/" target="_blank">223662</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/03/2015 11:02:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

224639

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Lifelong Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage requalification and life-long learning; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	225956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government supports learning for the full range of purposes. Apprenticeships, including Higher Apprenticeships, are the Government’s key priority to enable people of all ages to acquire new skills, improve their skills or update them as part of an employer- led skills system. Wider freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget give colleges and training organisations more ability to respond to the learning needs of individuals and employers in their locality, and we have increased loan support for learners aged 24 and over studying at Levels 3 and 4. 24 + Advanced Learning Loans continue to be accessed in large numbers with over 123,000 applications in total to December 2014. The National Careers Service provides high quality, information and guidance to help people choose the right learning pathway and to understand whether funding is available to help them.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills also invests £210m per annum in Community Learning, which offers flexible local provision for post-19 adults of all ages and from a wide range of backgrounds. Courses meet a variety of learning needs, from personal development to pre-employment skills, health and wellbeing, parenting skills, arts, crafts and languages.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/03/2015 14:33:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

224797

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of traineeships completed to date lasted (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months and (d) six months or more.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	226127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>Of the 6,400 traineeship completions reported to date (August 2013 to October 2014) one per cent lasted less than one month, 32 per cent lasted between one and three months, 48 per cent lasted between three and six months, and 18 per cent lasted more than six months. These data will include trainees that left earlier than originally expected for positive destinations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While work experience and work preparation training should be completed within 6 months of starting a traineeship, learners are able to continue to study English and/or maths for longer – for example, as part of further learning or while they are in work. Therefore, the length of traineeships can vary greatly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/03/2015 12:16:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

224383

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the number of women participating in advanced manufacturing apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	225859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of women starting engineering and manufacturing technologies apprenticeships has increased threefold from 1,600 in the 2009/10 academic year to 4,800 in the 2013/14 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensure that the STEM workforce is diverse, reflects wider society and makes use of all the talents available to it. We need to articulate to young people, especially women, the career opportunities in STEM based occupation via STEM apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Apprenticeship Week, 9 – 13 March, will see a number of events across the country celebrating and promoting the benefits and opportunities offered by apprenticeships in STEM. This will complement our recent `Get in. Go far` Campaign that featured dynamic young women in apprenticeships, including engineering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/03/2015 15:58:35 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

224196

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2015 to Question 225258, how many 16 to 18 year olds studied for BTEC qualifications at each level in (a) schools, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) further education colleges in each year from 2006-07 to 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	225792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of 16 to 18 year olds entered for one or more BTEC qualifications between 2007/08 and 2011/12 is shown in the tables below, by level and institution type. The analysis is based on data collected by the Department from examination awarding organisations. Figures for 2006/07 are not readily available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Entry Level</strong></p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools (state-funded, including special schools)</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form Colleges</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Colleges</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Level 1</strong></p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools (state-funded, including special schools)</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form Colleges</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Colleges</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td><td><p>14,900</p></td><td><p>19,500</p></td><td><p>29,100</p></td><td><p>30,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Level 2</strong></p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools (state-funded, including special schools)</p></td><td><p>13,400</p></td><td><p>14,700</p></td><td><p>16,000</p></td><td><p>17,200</p></td><td><p>16,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form Colleges</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>6,600</p></td><td><p>8,900</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Colleges</p></td><td><p>40,200</p></td><td><p>47,500</p></td><td><p>54,700</p></td><td><p>61,300</p></td><td><p>61,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Level 3</strong></p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools (state-funded, including special schools)</p></td><td><p>8,300</p></td><td><p>13,300</p></td><td><p>20,300</p></td><td><p>31,100</p></td><td><p>41,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form Colleges</p></td><td><p>7,400</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td><td><p>12,400</p></td><td><p>17,100</p></td><td><p>20,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Colleges</p></td><td><p>66,500</p></td><td><p>82,300</p></td><td><p>95,300</p></td><td><p>103,700</p></td><td><p>121,500</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 04/03/2015 13:02:24 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

224204

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Agriculture: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many agricultural apprenticeships were taken up in financial years (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	225772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts in the Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care sector subject area is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR). Data is published on an academic year basis, rather than financial year:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401393/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401393/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/03/2015 12:53:24 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

223845

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to figure 31 of the Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2014, published in December 2014, what proportion of apprentices aged 25 or older were working for their employer before starting their apprenticeship in each academic year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2014 Apprenticeship Pay Survey is not directly comparable to earlier Apprenticeship Pay Surveys (in 2005, 2007, 2011 and 2012) due to substantial changes in both coverage and questionnaire design.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the 2014 Apprenticeship Evaluation: Learner Survey[1] shows that, of those apprentices aged 25+ who completed or were undertaking a Level 2 or Level 3 apprenticeship between August 2012 and March 2013, 91% worked for their employer before starting their apprenticeship. The proportion is unchanged compared with the previous year[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-learner-survey-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-learner-survey-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-survey-learners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-survey-learners</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/03/2015 14:13:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223596

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges can apply for academy status; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	225406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>It would be legally possible for a sixth form college to become an academy, but the Department is not currently able to consider applications. This is because we have not yet been able to resolve difficult issues such as the cost of VAT and the handling of existing debts held by sixth form colleges. We are looking at these issues, but cannot promise to solve them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/03/2015 17:33:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 47416 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

223183

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of payments by the Skills Funding Agency under the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers scheme were made within 30 days in each of the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency outlined in their previous response (29 January 2015) that from the day the apprentice reaches 13 weeks of their apprenticeship (the census day for eligibility to AGE), payment can take between 5 weeks and 9 weeks to reach the training provider, dependent on where the 13 week point falls in relation to the next monthly data return to the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Skills Funding Agency receives data from the provider to confirm eligibility for AGE, payment to the provider is made within 30 days and the Skills Funding Agency has always met this timeline.</p><p> </p><p>Providers are contractually bound to pay the employer their AGE payment within 30 days of receipt of the funds from the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/02/2015 13:39:34 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna