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1006939

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the money raised through the apprenticeship levy has been spent by (a) local authority area and (b) region; and how many apprenticeships have been so funded in each (i) local authority (ii) region.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	191417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the apprenticeship levy collected by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and spent in each local authority or region of the UK is not available in the format requested. Many larger levy-paying employers are headquartered in one region but employ staff across the country meaning that we cannot attribute the levy collected and spent in individual locations. Individual employers have control of the expenditure of apprenticeship funds based on their current and future skills needs.</p><p>Information on the number of apprenticeships funded in each region or local authority district is not available. However, we can provide the numbers of apprentices that have had some or all of their apprenticeship supported through levy funds based on their home postcode. Please see the attached files for levy-supported apprenticeship starts by region or local authority district; these figures are from May 2017, when changes to the apprenticeship funding system were implemented following the introduction of the levy, to April 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 191417_table_of_levy_supported_apprenticeship_starts_by_local_authority_district.pdf title Table_of_levy_supported_starts_by_LAD 2 file name 191417_table_of_levy_supported_apprenticeship_starts_by_region.pdf title Table_of_levy_supported_starts_by_region question first answered 19/11/2018 16:35:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1002573

	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	Department for Education: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) Ofqual, (iii) Ofsted and (iv) Equality and Human Rights Commission in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	188849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and reducing its carbon footprint.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was funded by DfE as the sponsor department for the period of 2015 to 2016 and for the period of 2017 to 2018. The EHRC’s spending on electricity and natural gas is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information requested for DfE, Ofqual and Ofsted is in the attached table in Annex A. The figure for DfE includes all of its agencies and non-departmental bodies and has been adjusted to exclude Ofsted. We are unable to report data from locations where landlords do not provide data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 188850 question first answered 15/11/2018 17:51:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Annex_A_table_of_utilities_consumption_cost_188849_188850.doc title Table_of_Utilities_Consumption_Cost_188849_188850
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002574

	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	Department for Education: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) Ofqual, (iii) Ofsted and (iv) Equality and Human Rights Commission in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	188850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education (DfE) is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and reducing its carbon footprint.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was funded by DfE as the sponsor department for the period of 2015 to 2016 and for the period of 2017 to 2018. The EHRC’s spending on electricity and natural gas is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information requested for DfE, Ofqual and Ofsted is in the attached table in Annex A. The figure for DfE includes all of its agencies and non-departmental bodies and has been adjusted to exclude Ofsted. We are unable to report data from locations where landlords do not provide data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 188849 question first answered 15/11/2018 17:51:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Annex_A_table_of_utilities_consumption_cost_188849_188850.doc title Table_of_Utilities_Consumption_Cost_188849_188850
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002589

	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	Sixth Form Colleges: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the number of sixth form colleges which have ceased offering A level courses in (a) French, (b) German, (c) Spanish and (d) music in the last ten years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	188729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The department does not collect information on the subjects offered by individual institutions. However, the number of students entering each subject can be provided as a proxy, and this data is available at institutional level from 2011/12. Between 2011/12 and 2016/17, there have been 99 sixth form colleges that were open for at least one year. The attached table gives the number of pupils entering each subject at each institution for each year.</p><p>Some sixth form colleges were not always open, have since closed, or have converted to academies (these are denoted as ‘-’ in the figures). Having zero entries into a subject does not necessarily mean that the subject was not offered by the sixth form in that year - it could be the case that no students chose to enter it or if they did, they sat no exams in that particular year. Some sixth forms also have small cohorts of students and therefore the numbers entering different subjects is naturally low and prone to fluctuation; this could lead some sixth forms to have no entries in particular years.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/11/2018 13:38:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Table_for_188729_of_students_entering_subjects_at_sixth_form_colleges.xls title Table_for_188729_of_students_at_sixth_form_college
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1002588

	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	Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of raising the national funding rate for students in sixth form colleges to (a) £4,760 per year for 16 and 17-year-olds and (b) £3,000 per year for 18-year-olds.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	188728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has not made those specific estimates. I am aware of representations on the subject of funding for 16 to 19 year olds including the Raise the Rate campaign, and incoming letters from MPs and the 16 to 19 sector.</p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We are considering the funding and resilience of the further education sector ahead of the next Spending Review, and as with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be considered as part of that review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 188730 question first answered 15/11/2018 15:13:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1002590

	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	Sixth Form Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on increasing the level of national funding for sixth form colleges; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	188730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has not made those specific estimates. I am aware of representations on the subject of funding for 16 to 19 year olds including the Raise the Rate campaign, and incoming letters from MPs and the 16 to 19 sector.</p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We are considering the funding and resilience of the further education sector ahead of the next Spending Review, and as with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be considered as part of that review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 188728 question first answered 15/11/2018 15:13:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1003741

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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, how many post-16 specialist SEND schools there have been in each of the last 10 years to date.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	189697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested, which identifies post-16 specialist SEND schools specifically, is not held by the department. The age range of pupils within specialist SEND schools varies significantly, and specific phases, including post-16, are not reported on.</p><p>The information requested on the capacity of post-16 specialist SEND schools is not held by the department. The Children and Families Act (2014) requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and providers to keep the provision for children and young people with special needs and disabilities under review, including its sufficiency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 189698 question first answered 15/11/2018 13:46:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1003742

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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, what the capacity has been of post-16 specialist SEND schools in each of the last 10 years to date.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	189698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested, which identifies post-16 specialist SEND schools specifically, is not held by the department. The age range of pupils within specialist SEND schools varies significantly, and specific phases, including post-16, are not reported on.</p><p>The information requested on the capacity of post-16 specialist SEND schools is not held by the department. The Children and Families Act (2014) requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and providers to keep the provision for children and young people with special needs and disabilities under review, including its sufficiency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 189697 question first answered 15/11/2018 13:46:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1005817

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
	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 potential merits of increasing the national funding rate for sixth form students.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	190408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We are actively exploring the efficiency and resilience of post-16 education and will be assessing how far existing and forecast funding and regulatory structures enable high quality provision. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding from 2020 onwards will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/11/2018 10:21:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1005980

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that young people in Knowsley have access to study academic A-level courses within the borough boundaries.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	190793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) continues to liaise with the local authority and regional schools commissioner team to monitor improvements in key stage 4 provision in the borough and identify local need. The ESFA also meets regularly with SK College Group to discuss the college’s offer of A level provision at their Knowsley campus. For 2018/19 academic year the college made 68 offers to study academic A levels at its Knowsley campus. Twelve learners progressed to enrol and attend at the college. However, due to low numbers it was financially unviable to deliver at the Knowsley Campus, so the learners access A Level provision on the St Helens Campus via bespoke transport.</p><p>For 2019 the college has committed to continue to promote the development of A level provision at the Knowsley campus and this is being marketed in their prospectus for 2019/20. They now have in place specific branding alongside targeted promotional activities including: a 2019 school leaver prospectus distributed to all local schools, supermarkets, convenience shops, community centres, and libraries; an A level advert in the college adult course guide in December which is distributed to 65,000 local homes across Knowsley and surrounding Liverpool areas; digital ad vans promoting the A level offer prior to college open evenings; and planned and targeted social media campaigns, local press promotions and railing banners. Furthermore, there are specific A level events for local school career advisers and school liaison teams are working directly in feeder borough schools to promote the A level offer.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/11/2018 16:28:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle