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347295

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	York College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding from the public purse was allocated to York College in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-18/228227/" target="_blank">228227</a> regarding further education funding.</p><p>The Department provides funding for adult further education and higher education. Adult skills funding allocations to further education providers are published on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p>For higher education, Table 1 shows the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding to York College between financial years 2005-06 and 2014-15.</p><p>Funding to further education providers for learners aged 16-18 is provided by the Department for Education.</p><p><strong>Table 1: HEFCE funding to York College, 2005-06 to 2014-15</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>£1,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£1,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£1,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£1,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£1,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£415</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/06/2015 15:12:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347296

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	York College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of pupils at York College in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of government funded further education learners participating at York College between academic years 2004/05 and 2013/14.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Further education and skills participation by academic year for York College, 2004/05 to 2013/14</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Academic year</strong></td><td><strong>Learners</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td>13,470</td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td>9,190</td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>8,100</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>8,440</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>8,650</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>7,940</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>6,260</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>6,180</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>7,030</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>6,480</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten.</p><p>2) Full-year numbers are a count of the number of learners that participated at any point during the year.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/06/2015 14:24:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

346932

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
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 financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Financial Penalties for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, were introduced on 6 April 2014. Financial penalties are intended to be used in exceptional circumstances where employers have deliberately flouted the law, and whose behaviour is malicious or negligent.</p><p> </p><p>Three have been imposed to date. One has been paid. The other two are currently unpaid.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/06/2015 16:41:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346961

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the Adult Skills Budget on the number of (a) disadvantaged students able to study further education courses and (b) adult students able to study further education courses.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	25
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring the skills system operates effectively to support adult learners and the needs of learners who are most disadvantaged.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The adult skills system is demand led so individuals get a choice of what and where to study. The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges and training providers the ability to offer provision to respond best to the priorities and needs of learners and employers in the local area. The Skills Funding Agency considers the impact on colleges and providers when agreeing allocations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:01:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

347050

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to announce details of the planned review of employment laws and practices; and what consultations he plans to undertake on the form of that review.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no plans for a review of employment law and practices. The Department’s work will focus on the measures announced in the Queen’s Speech and other commitments set out in the Conservative Party Manifesto 2015 relevant to this Department.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/06/2015 11:37:35 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347131

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the trends in the number of students who take vocational GCSEs who go on to study at university.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information has been supplied below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of pupils entering higher education having achieved at least one vocational GCSE qualification</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupils in HE with at least one vocational GCSE by the end of key stage 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>21,655</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: National Pupil Database, HESA dataset</p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:56:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:51:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2084 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347132

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vocational GCSEs were taken in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The requested information has been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Results of GCSEs in Applied[1] (vocational) subjects of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Entries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>147,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>114,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>138,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>113,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>95,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>23,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>12,109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[2][3]</p></td><td><p>7,881</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For the years 2008/09 to 2010/11 this includes entries in both single and double award applied GCSEs. All other years include entries for double award applied GCSEs only.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014</a>. The first entry policy was introduced in 2013/14; this policy could have affected the total number of entries in 2013/14.</p><p>[3] Double Award vocational GCSEs are equivalent to 1 GCSE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:57:44 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:52:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2085 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347138

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many BTEC qualifications at each level were taken in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>Data relating to the number of awards for BTEC qualifications by level has only been collected since the 2005/06 academic year. Therefore, figures for 2005/06 to 2013/14 inclusive are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>BTEC qualification<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> numbers of pupils at the end of Key stage 4<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a> in all schools</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of Awards</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn3" target="_blank">[3]</a>,<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn4" target="_blank">[4]</a></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level 2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>37,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>102,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>166,242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>259,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>283,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p></td><td><p>13,661</p></td><td><p>463,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15,949</p></td><td><p>503,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftn6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></td><td><p>3,465</p></td><td><p>294,729</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Until 2010/11, comprises BTEC First Diploma and BTEC First Certificate. From 2011/12, it comprises BTEC Award, BTEC Certificate and BTEC Diploma.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Those in all schools who were at the end of key stage 4 in the relevant academic year.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Includes achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref4" target="_blank">[4]</a> Figures for 2006/07 and 2007/08 are provisional, all other years are revised.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref5" target="_blank">[5]</a> From 2011/12 onwards, BTEC and OCR qualifications awarded as part of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) are included in their respective BTEC and OCR qualification categories.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/295-%20Diana%20Johnson/Final/000295%20PQ%20final%20010615.docx#_ftnref6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations and the first entry policy have been implemented. Only those BTEC qualifications mentioned in the document at the following link are included: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf</a>. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years may not be directly comparable to previous years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/06/2015 16:51:41 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2015 13:51:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2083 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

229364

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to monitor young people to ensure that they stay in some form of education or training until their 18th birthday.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty under Section 68 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to encourage, enable or assist young people’s participation in education or training. Statutory guidance[1] that underpins this duty directs local authorities to collect information to identify young people who are not participating, or who are at risk of not doing so, and to target their resources on those who need them most.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/03/2015 10:07:37 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

229365

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes when notified of a young person under the age of 18 who is not in education or training.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2008 Education and Skills Act requires local authorities to support 16 and 17 year olds to meet their duty to participate in education or training. Statutory guidance[1] that underpins these duties directs local authorities to act when they are notified that a young person is not in education or training, contacting them at the earliest opportunity and supporting them to find an alternative place in education, training or employment with training.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/03/2015 10:09:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe