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1002141

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his officials have had with the CBI on the content of that organisation's education and skills annual report published this month.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	188034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>My officials have not discussed the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) education and skills annual report with the CBI. We are aware of the need to deliver a national policy that is effective and delivers the cultural change in adult skills that is needed. That is why the National Retraining Scheme is being driven by a key partnership between the CBI, Trade Union Congress and government who are working together to develop a national policy that will genuinely make a difference.</p><p>We have also recently published findings from our Employer Skills Survey, which interviewed over 87,000 employers about their skills needs and challenges: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-skills-survey-2017-uk-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-skills-survey-2017-uk-report</a>. The survey findings will inform various Department for Education policies including the science, technology, engineering and mathematics strategy.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 11:13:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1002731

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Chief Inspector of OFSTED on the financial sustainability of the further education sector.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	188734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>There have been no substantial discussions between my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, or other ministers, and the Chief Inspector of Ofsted on the financial sustainability of the further education sector.</p><p>We have been working to improve the financial resilience of the further education sector. We have already invested over £330 million to support college restructuring following the area review process. We are now considering the final applications for restructuring support, and expect the final figure to rise significantly before the programme ends next year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 15:31:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1010202

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	M&C Saatchi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has had with M&C Saatchi on their contract to relaunch the marketing campaign promoting apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	192725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The decision to appoint M&amp;C Saatchi as the lead creative and strategic agency for the apprenticeships marketing campaign followed an independent and impartial, quality assured procurement process led by the Department for Education’s (DfE) strategic communications team. This was conducted via the Campaign Solutions framework co-ordinated by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), which maintains a roster of 27 best-in-class advertising agencies capable of designing and delivering a major national campaign. More information on the framework can be found at: <a href="https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3774" target="_blank">https://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3774</a>.</p><p>After an initial engagement meeting with all interested agencies, the brief for the apprenticeships campaign was issued to all 27 agencies on the roster. Three agencies were successful at the first stage and subsequently invited to present their proposals to a team of communications professionals including DfE’s Director of Communications and the Cabinet Office Head of Campaigns. Throughout this process, additional support was provided by professionals from the DfE Commercial Directorate and the CCS. A cross-government team, comprising specialists from the Cabinet Office and Government Communication Service, reviews all proposals for major public-sector communications campaigns to confirm that they represent industry best practice and value for money.</p><p>Ministers only meet government contractors once this process has been concluded and a winning bidder notified. M&amp;C Saatchi were notified on 8 June. I subsequently met with the senior account planner from M&amp;C Saatchi on 23 July as part of a regular ministerial apprenticeships ‘stocktake’ meeting. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has not met with representatives of M&amp;C Saatchi.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/11/2018 15:03:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1019549

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on the cost of student accommodation at Higher Education Institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	198274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Office for Students (OfS) on a very wide range of issues of importance to students, including matters relating to accommodation.</p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government; government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation and does not issue rent charging guidance to universities.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. The student funding system targets the most support at those from the lowest-income families, who need it most.</p><p>Living costs support increased by 10.3% for eligible students on the lowest incomes in 2016/17 compared to the previous system with further increases of 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the OfS. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 198275 198276 198277 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:55:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1019551

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Russell Group: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the finances of students of the increase in the cost of Russell Group Universities halls of residence between 2008 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	198275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Office for Students (OfS) on a very wide range of issues of importance to students, including matters relating to accommodation.</p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government; government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation and does not issue rent charging guidance to universities.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. The student funding system targets the most support at those from the lowest-income families, who need it most.</p><p>Living costs support increased by 10.3% for eligible students on the lowest incomes in 2016/17 compared to the previous system with further increases of 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the OfS. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 198274 198276 198277 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:55:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1019553

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring of student higher education accommodation costs is undertaken by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	198276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Office for Students (OfS) on a very wide range of issues of importance to students, including matters relating to accommodation.</p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government; government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation and does not issue rent charging guidance to universities.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. The student funding system targets the most support at those from the lowest-income families, who need it most.</p><p>Living costs support increased by 10.3% for eligible students on the lowest incomes in 2016/17 compared to the previous system with further increases of 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the OfS. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 198274 198275 198277 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:55:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1019554

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) criteria and (b) guidance his Department has issued to universities on the charging policies and procedures for student accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	198277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Office for Students (OfS) on a very wide range of issues of importance to students, including matters relating to accommodation.</p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government; government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation and does not issue rent charging guidance to universities.</p><p>Loans for living costs are a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. The student funding system targets the most support at those from the lowest-income families, who need it most.</p><p>Living costs support increased by 10.3% for eligible students on the lowest incomes in 2016/17 compared to the previous system with further increases of 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the OfS. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 198274 198275 198276 question first answered 06/12/2018 15:55:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020705

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have started the Registered Nursing Apprenticeship programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	199784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>There have been 88,320 apprenticeship starts in health, public services and care in the 2017 to 2018 academic year in England. The data for this can be accessed at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p>We want to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the National Health Service (NHS).</p><p>In the 2017/18 academic year, there have been 300 apprenticeship starts recorded for the standard ‘Registered Nurse’ (the degree apprenticeship approved for delivery on 9 May 2017) and 1,420 apprenticeship starts recorded for the standard ‘Nursing Associate’ (level 5 apprenticeship standard approved for delivery on 20 November 2017). There were no starts on these standards in the 2016/17 academic year.</p><p>We are working closely with employers, Health Education England and ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the NHS is fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and in a range of other occupations. 2,000 nursing associates started training on Health Education England’s pilot project in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2018 15:36:39 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023046

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Interserve on the viability of existing apprenticeship training following their refinancing talks.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	200556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Officials continue to monitor the delivery of apprenticeship provision provided by Interserve to ensure that it meets our quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2018 12:14:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91959 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023050

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has had with the Institute for Apprenticeships on the viability of existing apprenticeship training at Interserve following their refinancing talks.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	200557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships has not been involved in any discussions with regard to apprenticeship training at Interserve. This is a matter for the ESFA, and officials continue to monitor the delivery of apprenticeship provision provided by Interserve to ensure it meets quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2018 12:12:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91958 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden