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765810

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of adults in London who do not have core digital skills.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	105989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Skills for Life Survey, 2011, estimated the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills of adults aged 16-64 in England, including estimates by region. ICT skills were assessed against four competencies (word processing, emailing, spreadsheets and a multiple choice assessment of other ICT skills such as internet use). The estimates of the numbers and percentage of the adult population with different skill levels for these components for England and London are in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:59:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 105989 table attachment 111017.docx title table_attachment
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765231

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to provide additional funding for (a) combined authorities and (b) the Mayor of London to support the delivery of T-levels.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	105958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a significant investment in technical education for 16 to 19-year olds, rising to an additional £500 million a year. Funding for education places for 16 to 19-year olds in England is allocated directly to providers by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in all areas of the country; this will include the additional T levels funding.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765232

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the adult education budget is allocated to national providers that operate in London.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	105959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:49:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765808

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
	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 demand for digital skills in London.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	106168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>London is regarded as one of the world’s leading technology hubs generating over £30billion GVA (Gross Value Added) to the local economy, and sustaining over 300,000 jobs (according to Tech Nation 2017). However, it is predicted that within 20 years, 90% of all jobs will require some element of digital skills. Effective digital skills provision is essential to ensure the workforce is prepared for this and future technological changes.</p><p> </p><p>Government is taking action at all stages of the education and training pipeline to help encourage young people into digital-related careers and meet demand for digital skills in and out of London. We have introduced computing as a statutory national curriculum subject at all four key stages, and have introduced a new Computer Science GCSE and A Level. We have also introduced an entitlement for adults who lack basic digital skills to undertake fully-funded training as part of the publicly-funded adult education offer. This will ensure adults have the opportunity to secure the basic digital skills that are increasingly needed to participate effectively in the labour market and day–to-day life.</p><p> </p><p>We have also established the Digital Skills Partnership, which was announced in the Digital Strategy (March 2017) and launched in July 2017. The Partnership will bring together industry, local businesses, local government, charities and other organisations to bring greater coherence to provision of digital skills training at a national level and also support local level partnerships to increase digital capability.</p><p> </p><p>In London specifically, we committed to devolve the adult education budget to London from 2019/20. We have also established Ada, the National College for Digital Skills. Ada opened in September 2016 and is supported by investment of £13 million from Government and £18 million from the Greater London Authority. The college will train 5,000 students over the next five years for a wide range of digital careers, such as software and database developers, user experience designers and tech entrepreneurs. Ada is also working with private sector organisations such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deloitte, IBM and Google.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:48:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765811

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the criteria will be for eligibility for free training in basic digital skills for adults lacking relevant qualifications under the new digital strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	105990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the Digital Strategy published in March 2017, the Government will introduce an entitlement for adults who lack basic digital skills to undertake fully funded training as part of the publicly funded adult education offer.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure adults have the opportunity to secure the basic digital skills increasingly needed to participate effectively in the labour market and day–to-day life.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with the Further Education sector, employers and other stakeholders to develop the details of the new adult basic digital skills offer and will confirm timings for launching the entitlement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:39:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley