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1077720

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
	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 (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed in each group of his Department that are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	226124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</p><p>Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p>Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2019 17:32:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_125_126_Table_of_apprentices previous answer version 104932 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077723

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff at the Institute for Apprenticeships are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	226125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p>Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105461 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077725

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department working on apprenticeship strategy, policy, and delivery are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	226126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. </ins>Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, <del class="ministerial">5<del class="ministerial"> </del></del><ins class="ministerial">8 </ins>employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents <del class="ministerial">1.6%</del> <ins class="ministerial">2.5% </ins>of <ins class="ministerial">their workforce.</ins> <del class="ministerial">the total of 317 employees. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105462 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1079011

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Governing Bodies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the governance of multi-academy trusts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL14128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The department’s expectations of effective governance in multi academy trusts (MATs) is set out in the Academies Financial Handbook and Governance Handbook. This includes the skills, knowledge and behaviours that boards need to demonstrate to be effective. Both handbooks are currently being updated and once completed, copies will be <ins class="ministerial">placed</ins> <del class="ministerial">available</del> in the Libraries of both Houses. The Academies Financial Handbook is updated annually.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Academies Ambassadors Programme, over 1200 volunteers with commercial and business experience have been recruited to join academy boards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/03/2019 17:05:25 question first ministerially corrected 14/03/2019 12:35:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton previous answer version 107039 answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

177831

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils<sup>1</sup> at the end of key stage 4 <del class="ministerial">in Blackpool local authority and in England</del><ins class="ministerial">by parliamentary constiuency of school location</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)<sup>2,3,4</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td><td><p>% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">253</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42.1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>556,002</p></td><td><p>315,873</p></td><td><p>56.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">605</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>575,970</p></td><td><p>318,720</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.</p><p>3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).</p><p>4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, <del class="ministerial">I</del><ins class="ministerial">i</ins>t is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 16:44:25 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2015 11:56:15 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 43519 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

178119

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free schools there currently are in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West; and how much funding her Department has allocated to the funding of free schools in each such area.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	223512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>In answer to the above question;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p>There are currently no free schools in Preston.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are currently three free schools in the local authority area of Lancashire with the total revenue funding allocation of £2,789,724 for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are currently <ins class="ministerial">ten</ins><del class="ministerial">seven</del> free schools in the county of Lancashire, which includes the local authorities of <ins class="ministerial">Lancashire,</ins> Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen, with the total revenue funding allocation of <ins class="ministerial">£14,802,909.77</ins><del class="ministerial">£12,013,185</del> for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The North West has <ins class="ministerial">40</ins><del class="ministerial">41</del> free schools with a total revenue funding allocation of £54,002,376 for the academic year 2014 to 2015.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/02/2015 17:31:03 question first ministerially corrected 27/02/2015 12:43:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 45242 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

178120

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	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 22 January 2015 to Question 220889, what mechanism is in place to alert Ministers when local authorities do not issue a final statement of special educational needs within the statutory 26 week time limit.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	223615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>There is no mechanism in place to alert Ministers routinely to individual cases when a local authority does not issue a final statement of special educational needs for a child within the statutory 26 week timescale.</p><p>A complaint can be made to the Secretary of State for Education under section 497 of the Education Act 1996 if it is believed that a local authority has failed to carry out a statutory duty. If, following investigation, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the local authority has failed to carry out their duty, she may make an order giving directions to enforce the duty as appear to her to be expedient.</p><p>Data collected annually from all local authorities on the numbers of final statements issued for children with special educational needs within the statutory timescale of 26 weeks and published each year gives a national picture of local authority performance in this area.<del class="ministerial">nal picture of local authority performance in this area.</del></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 11/02/2015 17:10:47 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2015 17:22:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 44003 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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
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