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785869

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Vocational Guidance and Work Experience
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of career advice and work experience services provided to young people by local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL3017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities do not have direct responsibility for providing careers advice and work experience to young people. Responsibility was devolved to schools in 2012, when they were given a legal duty to secure independent careers guidance for years 8-13 pupils. Statutory guidance underpins this duty and makes clear that schools should offer work placements, work experience and other employer-based activities as part of their careers programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to improve opportunities for young people to learn about the world of work. There are now 2,019 Enterprise Advisers appointed in the Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network, connecting with just under 2,000 schools and colleges to improve young people’s, careers and enterprise strategies and engagement with employers.</p><p> </p><p>Local councils continue to play an important role in supporting young people to participate in education or training. They ensure that 16 and 17 year olds have agreed post-16 plans and have received an offer of a suitable place in post-16 education or training under the ‘September Guarantee’, and that they are assisted to take up a place. Schools work closely with local councils to identify those at risk of not participating post-16.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish a careers strategy this year, with a clear focus on social mobility. We have worked with a number of external partners, including the Local Government Association, to examine best practice and develop proposals to improve the quality and coverage of careers guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/11/2017 12:15:27 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1046322

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people of education age in England are not in full-time education.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL13030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the Raising Participation Age legislation introduced in 2013-14 in England, young people are now required to stay in education or training until at least their 18th birthday.</p><p>The attached table shows the latest official participation figures for 16 and 17 year olds who are not in full-time education in England. Many 16 and 17 year olds are enrolled in other forms of education that are not classified as full-time. The number of 16 and 17 year olds who are not in education or training is also included and this shows those not in any education and training (those not in full or part-time education, on an apprenticeship or in employer-funded training).</p>1.0.0.20 answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/02/2019 17:08:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL13030 table showing the number of 16 and 17 year olds not in full-time education.doc title HL13030_table_children_not_in_full_time_education
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

679307

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many young people aged between 16 and 19 years of age were not in education, employment or training in each quarter of 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL5022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education publish <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">Quarterly statistics on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET)</a> from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The data covers England and is based on academic age. Many 19 year olds will be academic age 18 so academic ages 16-18 are included in the answer below.</p><p>Statistics for Quarter 4 2016 will be published on 23<sup>rd</sup> February 2017. Trends should be assessed by comparing the current time period with the same time period in the previous year to account for seasonal effects. Figures are therefore provided for the latest 2 years below.</p><p>It should also be noted that sample sizes in the Labour Force Survey are small for individual age cohorts, so sampling variation is large and caution should be taken in interpreting changes over the short term, particularly when numbers are small such as 16 and 17 year olds NEET.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total 16-18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16-18 NEET rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 Q4</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td><td><p>34,000</p></td><td><p>84,000</p></td><td><p>133,000</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q1</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>37,000</p></td><td><p>88,000</p></td><td><p>134,000</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q2</p></td><td><p>14,000</p></td><td><p>48,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>142,000</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q3</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>82,000</p></td><td><p>191,000</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 Q4</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td><td><p>122,000</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q1</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td><td><p>35,000</p></td><td><p>65,000</p></td><td><p>121,000</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q2</p></td><td><p>25,000</p></td><td><p>52,000</p></td><td><p>74,000</p></td><td><p>151,000</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 Q3</p></td><td><p>30,000</p></td><td><p>64,000</p></td><td><p>71,000</p></td><td><p>164,000</p></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The NEET rate for the 16-18 age group overall was 8.7% at the end of Q3 2016, 1.5 percentage points lower than Q3 2015 and the lowest Q3 NEET rate since consistent records began in 2000.</p><p>The ONS also release <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/youngpeoplenotineducationemploymentortrainingneettable1" target="_blank">quarterly NEET estimates</a> but their figures cover the UK, are based on calendar age and are seasonally adjusted.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/02/2017 17:48:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL5022 Attachment.xls title Quarterly NEET Estimates
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

511546

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they will provide for 16 to 18 year olds who are not in higher education or apprenticeships to ensure they have an effective and successful transition from school into the workplace.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL7588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Support is available for all 16 to 18-year olds whether they are making a transition into employment, ongoing education, or a combination. Local authorities are required to track and support young people, and in doing so they work closely with education and training providers, employers, the Voluntary and Community Sector, and other agencies.</p><p>Schools and colleges have a duty to secure independent careers guidance to young people. The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company has been established to help ensure young people get the inspiration and guidance they need to leave school or college ready to succeed in working life.</p><p>Specialist support is provided to vulnerable young people such as Care Leavers and those who are under the supervision of a Youth Offending Team, and any 16 to 18-year olds who claim benefits are supported into employment or education by staff at Job Centre Plus offices. The government has also allocated £30m for the Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund Social Impact Bond (SIB) schemes which provide support to vulnerable young people.</p><p>We are looking to improve the quality of the destinations data by linking it to employment and benefits data. This data will enable us to improve the robustness and coverage of NEET destination data and monitor the impact of our policies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/04/2016 11:27:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

708711

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Speech and Language Therapy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which agencies are responsible for commissioning speech and language therapy services for young people aged 18 to 25 who (1) have, and (2) do not have, an Education, Health and Care Plan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
	uin	HL5842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and recognise the importance of identifying SLCN early to enable the right support to be put in place and reduce the impact that they may have in the longer term.</p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 places a renewed focus on the early identification of needs and focuses the system on the impact of the support provided to the child, rather than on how children access support according to categories of need.</p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework (EYFS) sets out the key areas of learning which every provider must follow. For communication and language, the EYFS requires practitioners to give children the opportunity to experience a rich language environment, to develop their confidence and skills in expressing themselves and to speak and listen in a range of situations. Communication and language is a prime area of learning, within which it is expected that all children attain an expected level in the <em>listening and attention</em>, <em>understanding </em>and <em>speaking</em> early learning goals.</p><p>The EYFS profile results tells us that children’s development in these areas are improving year on year. In 2016, 81.6% of children achieved at least the expected level in communication and language compared to 72.2% in 2013.</p><p>The government recognises that the quality of the workforce has the biggest impact on children’s outcomes. We have recently published our workforce strategy which sets out our plans to remove the barriers to attracting, retaining and developing staff in the early years workforce. One of the planned actions is to provide training through voluntary and community sector grants on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), speech and language development and effective business management.</p><p>We have allocated £223 million to local authorities (LAs), since 2014 to support them to implement the SEND reforms. We published, in December 2016, seven Invitations to Tender for contracts totalling up to £4.8m to support children and young people with SEND in 2017-18.</p><p>One of the resulting contracts will specifically support those with SLCN and comes in addition to £1.7m that has already been invested in SLCN since the implementation of the SEND reforms in 2014. This funding is improving support for children and young people who have SLCN both with and without an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. One of the contract requirements will be to improve the quality of referrals and the effectiveness of commissioning specialist support for children and young people with SLCN, whether or not they have an EHC plan.</p><p>We are also delivering, through our strategic partners, a range of support for joint working between LAs and health bodies, including: self-assessment tools to jointly monitor progress with meeting responsibilities and briefings to support commissioning. In addition, from 2017-18, for the first time, NHS provider contracts will include a requirement that health professionals provide input into EHC plans within six weeks. We are working with NHS England (NHSE) to make best use of resources to support joint working, including NHSE-led workshops this spring, and to support the delivery of the Transforming Care Programme to improve services for children, young people and adults.</p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on Clinical Commissioning Groups and LAs to deliver integrated support to improve children and young peoples’ outcomes. This means that local governance arrangements must be in place to ensure clear accountability for commissioning services for children and young people with SEND from birth to the age of 25, whether or not they have an EHC plan.</p><p>In addition, nurseries, schools and colleges must use their best endeavours to secure the necessary special education provision needed by those with identified SEND, which includes commissioning speech and language therapy services. Local authorities can also use their high needs budget to fund support without the need for an EHC plan if it is appropriate to do so.</p><p>Government, local areas and the professionals working with children and young people with SLCN all have their part to play in the commissioning of services and highlighting where challenges remain. To this end, we have put in place a new Ofsted and CQC inspection framework for assessing local area effectiveness with meeting their SEND responsibilities. We are working closely with the Department of Health and NHSE to respond to findings and support local areas to improve services and build on their strengths.</p><p>We expect details of services to meet SLCN, including how they can be accessed, to be included in the local offer, which every LA is required to publish in consultation with children, parents and young people. This enables families to hold LAs to account for any provision they feel has not been available as specified in the Local Offer, and to suggest new services they consider necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5838 HL5839 HL5840 HL5841 question first answered 20/03/2017 13:39:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham

619456

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Education and Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of data published by the Department for Education on 13 October showing that the proportion of 16- and 17-year olds in England not participating in education and training, as required by the Education and Skills Act 2008, stood at June 2016 at 9.1 per cent, what is the full breakdown of the activities of this group of 16- and 17-year olds; and what steps they are taking to reduce the proportion of those in the age group who are failing to participate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL2563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The figures published in June 2016 showed estimates of activities of young people as at the end of 2015. These showed that 9.1% of young people at age 16/17 were not in education or work-based learning (apprenticeships) at the end of 2015. The breakdown of the activities recorded for this group are as follows (with corresponding figures from end 2010 for comparison):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employer Funded Training</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Education and Training*</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in any education or training - in employment</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in any education, employment or training (NEET)</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All not in education or work based learning</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Wholly privately funded training not picked in the administrative data collections is included under other education and training (OET) which is estimated using the Labour Force Survey</p><p> </p><p>The government is determined to do more to encourage young people to participate in education and training and that is why we are investing around £7 billion in 2016-17 to fund education and training places for 16 to 19 year-olds.</p><p> </p><p>Under Raising the Participation Age (RPA), all young people are required to continue in education or training until at least their 18th birthday. The Department for Education works closely with local authorities, which have a duty to track and support young people to participate.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this duty, pathfinders to test Jobcentre Plus support for young people in schools have started and will be rolled out across England by March 2017. Improvements to careers education and guidance are also underway with £90m to be invested over this Parliament – including £20m to increase the number of mentors to support those young people who most need it. Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund projects are helping to improve the prospects of 9,600 young people, and an additional £105m was announced in the Spending Review to scale up Social Impact Bonds over the Parliament, to help deal with issues including youth unemployment.</p><p> </p><p>These initiatives, alongside broader work including: curriculum; qualifications and technical education reform; apprenticeships expansion and reform; traineeships; and the 16-19 Bursary Fund, continue to support young people by ensuring that they are able to gain the skills and qualifications they need for their future employment or continuing education and by removing barriers to participation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/11/2016 15:00:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

479325

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will secure the skills necessary for students and businesses, and the improved productivity for the economy, given the pattern of delivery for 16–19 year olds through School Sixth Forms, Sixth Form Colleges and Further Education Colleges.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Leigh
	uin	HL7100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>We are ensuring that all 16-19 education institutions provide high quality academic and technical education through reforming A Levels and technical qualifications so that our standards match the best education systems in the world. A Levels are now linear, allowing more time for teaching and learning, and all approved technical qualifications now meet rigorous standards and are backed by employers. We are planning further reforms to technical education to simplify the 16+ skills system by providing clear progression routes into employment. These reforms will ensure that young people gain the skills and knowledge required by employers and universities.</p><p> </p><p>The government will verify that post-16 provision is meeting the current and future needs of learners and employers by means of area reviews, which will be based on the best available evidence, including mapping current curriculum provision and the travel to learn patterns that show how all learners currently access learning. These area reviews will create a stronger educational offer whilst also ensuring there is a high quality and financially resilient set of colleges in each area of England. They will also show the role technology is playing, and help to improve understanding of the quality and relative costs of provision and the financial implications of potential options.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/03/2016 15:07:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2509 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Leigh

804232

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Education
	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 measures and resources required to enable local authorities to provide support to young offenders who, without such support, could be at risk of being effectively excluded from education provision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL4053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Under Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 (as amended), local authorities have a duty to put alternative provision in place for children of compulsory school age who would not otherwise receive suitable education for any reason. A number of these children may be young offenders who are not in custody. The department issues statutory guidance for local authorities on alternative provision which outlines that good alternative provision (AP) should have arrangements for working with youth offending teams.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for compulsory school age children in alternative provision is made available to local authorities through high needs funding. The department also collects data annually on the number of children in local authority-commissioned alternative provision in schools, pupils and their characteristics. This can be found in the attached spreadsheet, which is part of information collected in the January 2017 school census available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where a child is in custody, education providers (in Youth Offending Institutions and Secure Training Centres) are required to assess the educational needs of young people. Their contracts also require them to provide support services for young people with special educational needs or disabilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 22/12/2017 14:19:16 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4053 Table 1B.xlsx title Table 1B
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

521483

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	White Helmets
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many schools are known to subsidise travel for students in year 12 and 13 out of their own budgets.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for post 16 transport rests with local authorities who are required to publish a transport policy statement setting out the arrangements they make to support young people to travel to further education and training.</p><p> </p><p>These arrangements do not have to include free or subsidised transport, but local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on local needs, circumstances and resources. Discounts or concessions are also available from local transport companies and schools, colleges or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are encouraged to develop a collaborative approach when developing their statements to provide a full picture of the transport and support available. But it is for local organisations to decide whether to provide support and what level of discounts and concessions to give. The department does not collect specific information on which local authorities, transport companies, or education and training providers give free or subsidised transport for students in years 12 and 13.</p><p> </p><p>The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund is also available to help young people with the costs associated with attending education or training, and transport is the biggest single area of expenditure for which this fund is used. Schools and colleges are responsible for deciding how to distribute their bursary allocations to students, and for establishing what criteria to use.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL339 question first answered 09/06/2016 12:15:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

785837

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wheelchairs: Access
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of buildings owned or managed by service-providers, as defined by section 29(1) of the Equality Act 2010, that are not accessible to wheelchair users.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL2985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government last made an estimate of the wheelchair accessibility of service providers in 2014 and there are no plans to conduct a further study at present.</p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold current data on the number of accessible shops; however, all new building works are required to meet accessibility standards and these apply to all new buildings owned or managed by service providers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/11/2017 13:40:37 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra