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732380

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sign Language: Interpreters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all British sign language interpreters use the same set of standards.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>People take BSL qualifications at a lower level and progress to a higher level. People also need to register with the <a href="http://www.nrcpd.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Registers of Communications Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind people</a> (NRCPD). This information can be found on the careers advisory service site: <a href="https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/british-sign-language-interpreter" target="_blank">https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/british-sign-language-interpreter</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 17:00:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1082668

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to make an announcement on progress relating to the national retraining scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	229182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Retraining Scheme is an ambitious and far reaching programme to drive adult retraining, driven by a key partnership between the Confederation of British Industry, the Trade Union Congress and the government.</p><p>In the 2018 Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £100 million initial commitment to continue to develop the service, while allowing us to start the roll out of initial elements of the National Retraining Scheme to a small intake this summer. This is being informed by the extensive amount of user research we have undertaken and our ongoing Career Learning pilots, Flexible Learning fund and the Construction Industry Training Board Construction Skills fund. We envisage this first release will include high quality information, advice and guidance to help those whose jobs are at risk of automation to find training that will give them the skills to move into a better, more stable jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/03/2019 16:34:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1082667

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
	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 been of the potential effect of the devolution of the adult education budget on the diversity of adult education provision.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	229181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Orders enabling devolution of the Adult Education Budget (AEB) to Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs), from 2019/20 academic year onwards are now in force and were subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions. By fulfilling the conditions, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, received assurance that MCAs are likely to improve the exercise of the functions in their area.</p><p>In devolving the budget, the statutory duty to fund provision for learners aged 19 to 23 undertaking a first full level 2 qualification and/or first full level 3 qualification English and maths courses, for eligible adults aged 19 and over up to GCSE level, were also transferred. This also includes the upcoming digital skills entitlement.</p><p>Devolution ensures that, in line with their Strategic Skills Plans and Local Industrial Strategies, MCAs will be in position to shape adult education and skills provision in a way that best fits the needs of their residents and local economy.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/03/2019 16:32:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

746823

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce skills shortages in the (a) engineering, (b) STEM, (c) ICT, (d) care and (e) accountancy sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	2179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to create a world-beating technical education system and is investing heavily to ensure that it delivers the skills that the economy needs. We will be replacing 13,000 existing technical qualifications with new qualifications, known as T-levels, across fifteen routes in subjects including Heath and Social Care, Legal, Finance and Accounting and Social Care. The Government is creating specialist National Colleges to deliver higher level specialist technical skills in priority areas such as digital skills and to support national infrastructure projects such as HS2 and the New Institutes of Technology will deliver engineering and STEM skills. The Government will ensure that colleges deliver the skills required by local businesses by setting up new Skills Advisory Panels that will work with Local Enterprise Partnerships at a regional and local level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><br> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:31:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

984883

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, whether the WEA will continue to be funded nationally for a period of two years after the devolution of the Adult Education Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	177684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>From 2019/20 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) will be responsible for commissioning and funding Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision for learners resident in those areas, and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding provision for learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p>The exception to this are providers, which meet the following criteria, which will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a transitional period of two years (academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21) following devolution of the AEB:</p><ul><li>Qualify for a residential uplift for their learning provision, and</li><li>Receive more than two thirds of their income from the AEB, and</li><li>Predominantly target their provision at the most disadvantaged in society.</li></ul><p>We considered an additional period of two years of national funding would be in the learners’ best interests, in order to avoid destabilising provision to vulnerable learners and to allow time for MCAs to better understand the specialist nature of the provision they deliver. Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helping-providers-understand-implications-of-aeb-devolutiondelegation-from-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helping-providers-understand-implications-of-aeb-devolutiondelegation-from-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p>The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) does not meet the above criteria and from 2019/20 will be eligible to receive its AEB funding from MCAs/GLA for learners resident in those areas, and from the ESFA for learners resident in non-devolved areas. The ESFA wrote to AEB providers in June 2018, including the WEA, to explain how AEB allocations for 2019/20 for learners resident in non-devolved areas will be calculated, in order to help their planning for devolution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:41:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944056

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial incentives for small businesses taking on T Levels work-placement students.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	165564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We are supporting employers to deliver T level industry placements. We are investing nearly £60 million this year to build capacity across the sector to support the delivery of industry placements through the Capacity and Delivery Fund, with more funding announced from next year. This funding will enable providers to make it easier to organise and deliver placements to take away any burden from employers and help directly with costs to employers. The National Apprenticeship Service is also providing support and guidance for employers and we have published ‘how to’ guides to help make this as simple as possible for them. We will continue to review this support and we will be talking to all sized employers over the coming year to establish whether there are any gaps in support that we need to consider.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/07/2018 17:11:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944053

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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, if the Government will allow large employees to pass a greater proportion of their Apprenticeship Levy vouchers on to their supply chain subcontractors.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	165562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Employers that pay the apprenticeship levy access their apprenticeship funds by opening an apprenticeship service account.</p><p>Through this account, employers can transfer up to 10 per cent of their annual funds to any number of other employers, including employers in their supply chain. We will keep the 10 per cent transfer limit under review. We encourage all employers to use the opportunity to transfer this sum.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/07/2018 15:51:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

906356

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to implement recommendation 8 of the report Growing up North, published by the Children's Commissioner in March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	145332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Recommendation 8 of the report ‘Growing up North’ stated that Local Enterprise Partnerships need to expand their programmes to bring employers and schools together to widen children’s horizons and open up job prospects.</p><p> </p><p>Local Enterprise Partnerships have an important role in skills and education. They are working closely with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to co-fund a network of Enterprise Co-ordinators and volunteer Enterprise Advisers. The network helps secondary schools and colleges in England to improve their careers and enterprise provision and to make links with employers so that more young people benefit from encounters with the world of work. There are now over 2,000 Enterprise Advisers in the network.</p><p> </p><p>Our careers strategy says that by 2020, all secondary schools and colleges will have access to an Enterprise Adviser. We have also announced a new £5 million fund to help disadvantaged pupils to get the additional support they need to prepare for work, including opportunities for mentoring and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found on The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company’s website: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/05/2018 16:08:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

905704

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, what assessment the Government has made of the funding requirements of the specialist providers affected by the devolution of the adult education budget.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	144907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>From 2019/20 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) will be responsible for commissioning and funding Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision for learners resident in those areas, and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding provision for learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>The exception to this are providers, which meet the following criteria, which will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a transitional period of two years (academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21) following devolution of the AEB:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Qualify for a residential uplift for their learning provision, and</li><li>Receive more than two thirds of their income from the AEB, and</li><li>Predominantly target their provision at the most disadvantaged in society.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The specialist providers which meet these criteria have different funding arrangements from other specialist designated institutions because they qualify for a residential uplift for their formula funded learning provision, as they have residential facilities. They also receive non-formula funded community learning funding, which does not include a residential uplift.</p><p> </p><p>We considered an additional period of two years of national funding would be in the learners’ best interests, in order to avoid destabilising provision to vulnerable learners and to allow time for MCAs to better understand the specialist nature of the provision they deliver.</p><p> </p><p>The devolution deal readiness conditions include requirements on the MCAs/GLA to ensure that:</p><ul><li>devolved funding decisions take account of the need to maintain a sustainable and financially viable 16+ provider base, and</li><li>funding and provider management arrangements, including securing financial assurance, are agreed in a way that minimises costs and maximises consistency and transparency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following devolution the ESFA will continue to monitor the financial health of providers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144903 question first answered 21/05/2018 15:15:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

905701

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Engineering: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132470 on Engineering: Vocational Guidance, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Insight into Industry initiative for teachers; and whether he plans to expand the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	144905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy, published in December 2017, announced funding for a range of careers activities to help secondary schools make sure young people get the information, advice and guidance they need.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy announced £4 million for at least 500 schools and colleges to train their own careers leaders. We will also provide £5 million to pilot 20 career hubs linking together schools, colleges and other local organisations to achieve the Gatsby benchmarks of good careers provision. This year, there will also be a new £5 million investment fund to help disadvantaged pupils to get the additional support they need to prepare for work, including opportunities for mentoring and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found in The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company’s implementation plan: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploaded/careers-enterprise-careers-strategy-implementation-plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploaded/careers-enterprise-careers-strategy-implementation-plan.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Insight into Industry initiative is, and has always, been privately funded. While it does valuable work, the government is not considering funding the initiative.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144904 question first answered 21/05/2018 16:06:30 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah