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724554

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Bolsover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided per pupil in state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in Bolsover constituency in the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolsover
	tabling member printed	Mr Dennis Skinner
	uin	72006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	325 label Biography information for Mr Dennis Skinner

724555

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of families in Bolsover constituency are in receipt of 15-hours a week of free childcare for three and four-year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Bolsover
	tabling member printed	Mr Dennis Skinner
	uin	72011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	325 label Biography information for Mr Dennis Skinner

1439447

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of choice available for students of streamlining post-16 qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	137303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>The department is streamlining and improving the quality of the post-16 qualifications system at level 3 and below. We are strengthening the progression pathways, creating clearly defined academic and technical routes with high-quality qualifications leading to further study and/or skilled employment.</p><p>This clarity of purpose will help students to make good choices and see more easily how their study will help them to progress. At level 3, A levels and T Levels will be at the core of study programmes for most young people. For other students, a combination of A levels with other high-quality qualifications will be the right choice.</p><p>As set out in our plans for reform of level 3 qualifications, published in July 2021, students will continue to be able to study qualifications similar to current Applied General Qualifications (AGQs) as part of mixed programmes alongside A levels, where they meet new quality standards and support progression to higher education. For example, students can progress in areas such as engineering, applied science, and information technology. Students will also be able to study qualifications like AGQs as their full programme of study where there is no A level or T Level, in areas such as performing and creative arts, and sports science.</p><p>Qualifications that do not meet new standards or the criteria for funding will not be funded in future. In the department’s impact assessment published alongside its policy statement on level 3 qualifications last summer, we were clear that students taking qualifications that are not funded in future will benefit most from these changes, as they are more likely to be taking qualifications that do not deliver the skills employers need.</p><p>Students will have access to higher-quality qualifications in the future, including new T Levels. This will put them in a stronger position to progress onto further study or skilled employment. We also noted in our impact assessment that some students may find it more difficult to achieve level 3 in future. We are putting in place support for these students, such as the T Level Transition Programme and the pilot academic progression programme, with the aim of improving progression to level 3.</p><p>Alongside reforms to level 3 qualifications, the department wants to improve qualifications and study at level 2, level 1, and entry level. We are currently consulting on proposed reforms to level 2 and below, and the consultation remains open until 27 April 2022.</p><p>Alongside the consultation, the department published its initial impact assessment. This states that we would expect the impact of the proposals at level 2 and below to be generally positive for all students, through an improved qualification landscape that is high-quality and better equips students for progression into employment or further study at higher levels.</p><p>Our proposed reforms will result in a good choice of high-quality qualifications to meet student and employer needs. This will be easier for students and employers to navigate than the current offer of around 8,000 qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 18/03/2022 12:18:13 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1365095

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Government's skills strategy prioritises training and courses that meet the workforce demands for the future.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	67202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The department published the ‘Skills for Jobs’ White Paper in January 2021, setting out our blueprint to reform post-16 education and training, focusing on giving people the skills they need in a way that suits them.</p><p>The white paper sets out that we are putting employers at the heart of the skills system so that education and training meets their needs. By 2030, almost all technical courses will be on employer-led standards, ensuring that the education and training people receive are directly linked to the skills needed for jobs. This builds on the success of our flagship apprenticeships programme where industry designed standards equip apprentices with the skills employers need and our work on developing new T Levels, which has involved over 250 employers in their design.</p><p>It also set out our aim to give employers a central role working with further education colleges, other providers and local stakeholders to develop new Local Skills Improvement Plans as part of the Skills Accelerator, which shape technical skills provision so that it meets local labour market skills needs. These will be launched in a number of trailblazer areas and be led by accredited Chambers of Commerce and other employer representative bodies in collaboration with local providers. We will engage employer and provider groups to ensure we create the most effective models of employer representation before wider rollout.</p><p>Following the Wolf Review which found that the content of many qualifications was not valued by employers, the department is streamlining and improving the quality of the post-16 level 3 system. We are strengthening the pathways to progression, creating clearly defined academic and technical routes with qualifications leading to further study, and/or skilled employment. Our proposed landscape – with employers at the heart and a much greater focus on quality – will serve all students better.</p><p>We announced in the recent Spending Review that we are investing £3.8 billion in further education and skills, to ensure people can access high-quality training and education that leads to good jobs, addresses current and future skills gaps, boosts productivity, and supports levelling up. This builds on the range of skills policies that we have introduced to improve skills at all levels.</p><p>The introduction of T Levels will boost access to high quality technical education for thousands of 16 to 19 year olds, representing a once in a lifetime opportunity to reform technical education in this country, put it on a par with the best in the world and offer young people a real choice of high-quality training that is equal in esteem to traditional academic routes.</p><p>We are providing an extra £1.6 billion boost for 16 to 19 year old’s education, including maintaining funding in real terms per student and delivering more hours of teaching for T Levels.</p><p>We are committed to supporting more people to benefit from the high-quality training that apprenticeships offer, including those at the start of their career or those looking to retrain, and as my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out at the Spending Review, funding for apprenticeships will grow to £2.7 billion by the 2024/25 financial year, delivering the first increase to employer-led apprenticeships funding since the 2019/20 financial year. We are also investing over £550 million by the 2024/25 financial year to make sure adults can upskill to reach their potential, delivering on the National Skills Fund commitment.</p><p>Many people lack the basic numeracy skills they need and that is why we have introduced ‘Multiply’, a new £560 million programme to help people improve their basic numeracy skills through free digital training, flexible courses, and tutoring. Launching in spring 2022, the Multiply programme is in addition to the England-wide statutory entitlement for numeracy and will give people who do not have at least a GCSE grade C/4 or equivalent in mathematics access to free, new and flexible courses to improve their maths skills. This will include a new website with bitesize training and online tutorials, as well as flexible courses.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/11/2021 11:17:04 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1365096

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Trade Unions
	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 role of trade unions in driving up skills in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	67203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The department works with a range of stakeholders as it develops its policies. It consults widely and its public consultations are open to all interested parties. We have recently consulted on reforms to further education funding and accountability, the National Skills Fund, flexi job apprenticeships and review of qualifications. Public consultations enable the department to gather a range of views, input and evidence as it develops its policies. Trade unions are free to respond to our consultations and their views would be welcome.</p><p>As part of our work on being committed to playing our part to support the labour market transition to net zero, in November last year, we established (jointly with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) the Green Jobs Taskforce, which has helped to build the evidence on skills and workforce needs in key green sectors. The Trade Union Congress and Prospect were members of the Green Jobs Taskforce. That has informed our contribution to the Net Zero Strategy which was published on 19 October 2021. Building on the Skills for Jobs White Paper, the Net Zero Strategy sets out how our skills reforms will strengthen links between employers and providers, support workers in high carbon sectors with the transition, and help to build a pipeline of future talent.</p><p>This will build on our existing range of skills policies that we have introduced to improve skills at all levels.</p><p>The introduction of T Levels will boost access to high quality technical education for thousands of 16-19 year olds and we are providing an extra £1.6 billion boost for 16-19 year olds' education including maintaining funding in real terms per student and delivering more hours of teaching for T Levels.</p><p>We are continuing with our commitment to supporting more people to benefit from the high-quality training that apprenticeships offer by increasing funding for apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by 2024-25.</p><p>We are also investing over £550 million by 2024-25 to make sure adults can upskill to reach their potential, delivering on the National Skills Fund commitment. This includes expanding level 3 course offer in high value, high demand subjects and scaling up skills bootcamps.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 09/11/2021 11:25:25 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1378913

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	BTEC Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to ensure that BTEC qualifications are (a) accessible to students and (b) recognised as legitimate qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	75918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>We will continue to fund some BTECs and other Applied General qualifications (AGQs) in future where there is a clear need for skills and knowledge that A levels and T Levels cannot provide and where they meet new quality standards. Qualifications such as BTECs will continue to play an important role for 16 to 19 year olds and adults. This includes for students combining BTECs and other AGQs as part of mixed programmes alongside A levels, and those taking qualifications such as BTECs as their full programme of study where there is no A level or T Level.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/11/2021 15:47:32 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1401993

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Unemployment: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are classified as not in education, employment or training in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	101773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes national statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey for young people aged 16-24. However, these are only published at national and regional level due to limitations with sample sizes for lower-level geographies. Therefore, NEET rates for young people aged 16-24 cannot be provided for the areas requested.</p><p>The publication is available to view here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief</a>.</p><p>Local authorities are required to encourage, enable, or assist young people’s participation in education or training and return management information for those aged 16 and 17. This data is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-and-participation-local-authority-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-and-participation-local-authority-figures</a>.</p><p>This shows that of the 3,500 16 and 17 year olds who were known to York local authority around the end of 2020 (average of December 2020, January 2021 and February 2021), 110 were NEET or their activity was not known (65 known to be NEET and 45 young people whom the local authority could not confirm their activity). These are not national statistics but published as transparency data so some caution should be taken if using these figures.</p><p>In addition, 16-18 destination measures are published. These official statistics show the percentage of pupils not continuing to a sustained education, apprenticeship, or employment destination in the year after completing 16-18 study, that is 6 months of continual activity. This can be used as a proxy for NEET at age 18.</p><p>The below statistics show that of the cohort of young people leaving state funded mainstream schools and colleges<sup>1</sup> in 2019/20:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>16-18 Destination measures<sup>2,3</sup>, 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>Number in cohort</p></td><td><p>Number not in a sustained destination<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Number activity not captured<sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>3,510</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Constituency</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, sixth forms and other and further education sector colleges. Excludes alternative provision, special schools, other government department funded colleges and independent schools.</li><li>Local authority figures are based on the local education authority area responsible for the young person whereas constituency figures are based on the provider location.</li><li>Links to the destination measures statistics quoted in table:<ul><li>York local authority: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/8dacd6e4-a5b1-401c-b834-3fbc62621b0e" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/8dacd6e4-a5b1-401c-b834-3fbc62621b0e</a></li><li>York Central Constituency: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ebedb6cb-4536-4aa5-aca9-cbad3c42ea9b" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ebedb6cb-4536-4aa5-aca9-cbad3c42ea9b</a></li></ul></li><li>Students who had participated in education, apprenticeships or employment during the academic year but did not complete the required 6 months participation.</li><li>Student was not found to have any participation in education, apprenticeship, or employment in England.</li></ol><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/01/2022 10:40:02 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1415936

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships are currently being undertaken in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency, by level of apprenticeship.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	110462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Apprenticeship participation, by apprenticeship level, for York Local Authority District and York Central Parliamentary Constituency in the academic year 2020/21 are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Apprenticeship Participation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York LAD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>York Central PCON</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Apprenticeship level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Intermediate</strong></p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Advanced</strong></p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher</strong></p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Note:</p><ol><li>Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10</li><li>Source: Individualised Learner Record</li></ol><p>Further information on apprenticeship participation can be found in the apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/99259960-1fe7-4dd6-b81b-95881f664a94" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/99259960-1fe7-4dd6-b81b-95881f664a94</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/01/2022 17:05:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1415938

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship placements are currently available in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	110463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Apprenticeships provide people with the opportunity to earn and learn the skills needed to start an exciting career in a wide range of industries with over 640 high-quality standards to choose from in roles such as Baker, Veterinary Nurse and Nuclear Desk Engineer.</p><p>As apprenticeships are jobs, employers choose which apprenticeships they offer and where and when they offer them.</p><p>The Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) service on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship</a> allows individuals to register for apprenticeship vacancy alerts, search and apply for vacancies, and receive feedback from employers. Around 2.8 million people have registered to use this service, and we are working with employers so they advertise more apprenticeships in this way.</p><p>The department publishes data on apprenticeship adverts and vacancies on the FAA service details of which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2020-21" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2020-21</a>. In November 2021, there were over 19,500 apprenticeship vacancies advertised across England on FAA. There are currently 149 apprenticeship vacancies being advertised through FAA in York, and 30 in the York Central constituency.</p><p>Employers may choose to advertise through their own recruitment platforms or other job sites, therefore, the number of vacancies available on FAA does not provide a true measure of the available apprenticeship vacancies.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/01/2022 16:56:01 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1415939

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Leaving: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school leavers take up an apprenticeship (a) nationally, (b) in Yorkshire, (c) in York and (d) in York Central constituency.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	110464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of pupils who left key stage 4 from state-funded mainstream schools in 2018/19 and went on to sustain an apprenticeship destination in 2019/20. The table shows these figures nationally, in Yorkshire, in York and in the York Central constituency. A pupil must have 6 months of consecutive activity in an apprenticeship at any point within the destination year to be categorised as having a sustained apprenticeship destination. There may be pupils who started an apprenticeship who did not sustain their destination for 6 months. These pupils are not included in the figures below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of key stage 4 pupils in the cohort</p></td><td><p>Sustained apprenticeships (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>531,917</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber<sup>1 2</sup></p></td><td><p>53,539</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York<sup>1 2</sup></p></td><td><p>1,683</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central<sup>1 3</sup></p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Footnotes</p><p>(1) State-funded mainstream schools include community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges and further education colleges with provision for 14- to 16-year-olds.</p><p>(2) The data are based on local education authority area. Local education authority area uses the provider’s administrative local authority.</p><p>(3) The data are based on the provider’s location.</p><p> </p><p>The data which have been used to create the table can be found in the following links:</p><p>England: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ea915f4a-f3ab-44c7-9dc6-d53da1589337" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/ea915f4a-f3ab-44c7-9dc6-d53da1589337</a>.</p><p>Yorkshire and the Humber and York local authority: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a8dafbce-bcb6-4278-94ba-578e9f770a13" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a8dafbce-bcb6-4278-94ba-578e9f770a13</a>.</p><p>York Central: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27db1050-831e-4eb6-87c8-6f40b7bbcfa8" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27db1050-831e-4eb6-87c8-6f40b7bbcfa8</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 27/01/2022 16:40:07 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell