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748146

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Social Mobility Commission's report, entitled The time for change, published on 28 June 2017, what steps she plans to take to increase careers advice and training opportunities for young people.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	2942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure young people have the skills they need to do the well-paid, high-skilled jobs of the future. That is why we are investing money into improving skills provision and giving young people real choice, including an additional £500 million per year investment in England’s technical education system.</p><p> </p><p>We want to improve the quality and coverage of careers advice for young people in schools and colleges. We will set out our plans in a comprehensive careers strategy later this year.</p><p> </p><p>We set up the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) in 2014 to connect employers with schools and colleges and improve opportunities for young people to learn about work. The CEC has made good progress in delivering its programmes. There are now over 1,700 Enterprise Advisers working with over 1,700 schools and colleges to improve their careers and enterprise strategies and link up with employers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:53:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748640

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Social Mobility Commission's report: Time for Change: an assessment of government policies on social mobility 1997-2017, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the attainment gap identified between disadvantaged young people and other students at A level or equivalent.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	3217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Commission’s report, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and ability, but by where you come from, who your parents are and which school you attend.</p><p>Educational achievement is at the heart of this Government’s commitment to make ours a meritocratic country. This is why we invested around £552m on disadvantaged learners aged 16-19 in 2016-17, on top of standard funding rates.</p><p>The attainment gap between those eligible and those not eligible for Free School Meals at age 15 achieving level 3 by age 19 has decreased from 26.4% in 2005 to 24.5% in 2016, but we know there is more to do. The department is pursuing a range of policies aimed at benefiting disadvantaged learners. Improvements in the delivery of high-quality basic skills and careers advice benefit disadvantaged learners by ensuring they have the qualifications, support and experience needed to get on in life, and have access to clear advice on their options. Funding uplifts support apprentices from disadvantaged areas, care leavers and those with learning difficulties and disabilities.</p><p>Traineeships, programmes combining pre-employment training, work experience and English and maths are available for young people aged 16-24 (and for young people with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan up to academic age 25) who are within six months of being ready to enter the labour market.</p><p>Latest data shows that there were 24,100 traineeship starts in the 15/16 academic year (14,700 aged 16-18 and 9,400 aged 19-24). Supported internships can be life-changing opportunities for young people with a SEN statement or EHC plan aged 16-24 who need more help to move from education into employment.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/07/2017 13:41:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

755743

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Parliament: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answers of 21 April 2017 to Questions 70502 and 70503, on apprentices: Parliament, how much has been paid by the House of Commons and by hon. Members of the House of Commons and Members of the House of Lords.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	7075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Introduced on 6 April 2017, the apprenticeship levy requires all UK employers with an annual pay bill of £3 million or more to pay 0.5% of their paybill to invest in apprenticeship training.</p><p> </p><p>The levy is collected from UK employers on a monthly basis via PAYE.</p><p> </p><p>The expected yield for the apprenticeship levy is published in table B.5 (‘Current Receipts’) in the Spring Budget 2017 document. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597467/spring_budget_2017_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597467/spring_budget_2017_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how much individual employers contribute to the levy will not be made publicly available because of taxpayer confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 14:36:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

732602

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71090, how much spending was forecast to be spent on education for 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of announcements in the Autumn Statement 2015; and how much was allocated to institutions offering education to 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of those announcements.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	1097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Following the 2015 Autumn Statement, the department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in the 2016-17 financial year was £5.9bn. High needs funding is included in this figure but funding for student support is not. The funding allocations for institutions in the 2016/17 academic year can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

746430

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level: Knowsley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2016 to Question 43655, what progress she has made on ensuring that A-level provision will be available in Knowsley Metropolitan Borough by September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	1861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>I understand that Maria Eagle met with the Chief Executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Peter Lauener, on 7 December 2016, when she was assured that the department continues to work with the local authority Executive Director (Children) to determine the demand for A level provision above and beyond existing accessible provision.</p><p> </p><p>Following a number of meetings, both the local authority and department have concluded that there is no clear evidence of immediate demand for A Level provision above and beyond that which currently exists and is available. The most recent meeting, confirming this position, took place on 15 June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The department remains committed to working with the local authority on a continued basis in order to review the need to establish new viable A Level provision within Knowsley Metropolitan Borough, and will consider taking steps to implement appropriate A Level provision should demand arise in the future.</p><p> </p><p>In the interim, the local authority confirmed that it is working with a local college to look at ways to improve KS4 attainment within Knowsley Metropolitan Borough.</p><p> </p><p>Knowsley Metropolitan Borough will also benefit from some limited A Level provision brought about through Knowsley Community College’s pending merger with St Helens College, where A Level provision will be delivered in the borough from September 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/07/2017 15:08:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

748346

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 4 of the Social Mobility Commission report Time for Change, published on 28 June 2017, for what reasons more older than younger workers have obtained apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	2750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Tackling social mobility is at the heart of the government’s ambition to make Britain a country that works for everyone. As part of this, we are committed to ensuring that high quality apprenticeships are accessible to people of all ages and from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs with training and can be used to train and upskill existing employees as well as a means of recruiting new staff.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that people of all ages and backgrounds are able to achieve the long term benefits associated with completing an apprenticeship in terms of increased wages and career progression.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing additional funding to support young people and those from disadvantaged areas to access apprenticeships, recognising where the costs of supporting an apprentice are higher. This includes additional payments for both employers and training providers when they take on 16 to 18 year olds or 19 to 24 year olds who were in care or who have an Education, Health and Care Plan, and cash payments to providers for training individuals from the top 27% of deprived areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our ‘Get In Go Far’ campaign aims to inspire more young people to take on an apprenticeship, and more employers to offer them.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:38:04 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

756867

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which EU legislation within her Department's responsibilities will (a) be incorporated into UK law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and (b) require to be amended under powers in that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply after exit from the EU as they did before.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is still making a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>The department is responsible for a number of policy areas falling within the scope of this process including recognition of professional qualifications, equalities and participation in some EU agencies.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/09/2017 16:51:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

731597

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which 16 to 19 year old sports academies were established in 2015 and 2016; and which of these remain open.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education funds sports provision for 16 to 19 year olds in a wide range of schools, colleges and other providers. However, the Department does not directly fund any sport academies, although the Department does fund League Football Education and the FA Premier League Limited for delivery of education and training in association with football clubs. Some education and training linked to sporting organisations is also delivered through sub-contracting arrangements with funded institutions.</p><p>The Department publishes annually details of the funding allocations to 16 to 19 institutions – the latest information is here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2016-to-2017-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2016-to-2017-academic-year</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 14:44:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

751298

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges will be included in the tertiary education funding review.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	4626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will provide an update in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:23:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

731637

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, whether she plans to invest in further education colleges involve additional (a) revenue and (b) capital funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department wants to make sure that English technical education rivals the best in the world and is looking at policy options for investment in further education colleges to make sure they have world-class equipment and facilities.</p><p>In the March Budget, the Government committed to increasing the number of programme hours of training for 16-19 year olds on technical routes by more than 50% to over 900 hours a year on average, including the completion of a high quality industry work placement during the programme. To ensure the routes are well designed, and colleges properly prepared, funding will be increased in line with this roll out, with over £500 million of additional funding invested per year once routes are fully implemented.</p><p>The Government’s aim is to encourage students to continue their training at high quality institutions such as National Colleges or Institutes of Technology to develop the high level skills employers demand. From 2019-20, the government will provide maintenance loans, like those available to university students to students on technical education courses at levels 4 to 6 in National Colleges and Institutes of Technology.</p><p /> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 16:58:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner