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1054021

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase the quality of apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
	uin	908970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>New industry-designed standards are driving up quality, such as the project management apprenticeship developed by employers. We have increased off-the-job training and introduced rigorous end-point assessments so apprentices are occupationally competent. We’ve also strengthened the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers giving employers confidence apprentices will receive high-quality training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 908973 question first answered 04/02/2019 17:13:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

1054024

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase the quality of apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
	tabling member printed	James Morris
	uin	908973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>New industry-designed standards are driving up quality, such as the project management apprenticeship developed by employers. We have increased off-the-job training and introduced rigorous end-point assessments so apprentices are occupationally competent. We’ve also strengthened the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers giving employers confidence apprentices will receive high-quality training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 908970 question first answered 04/02/2019 17:13:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

759065

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Females
	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 women can access high-quality apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
	uin	900756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Women have accounted for the majority of apprenticeship starts in recent years - 52.8 per cent in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>But we know there are gender representation disparities in some sectors. We are addressing this proactively through our Diversity Champions Network, by taking part in the 2018 Year of Engineering campaign and other Government actions.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 900757 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:56:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer

759064

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Females
	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 women can access high-quality apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
	uin	900757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Women have accounted for the majority of apprenticeship starts in recent years - 52.8 per cent in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>But we know there are gender representation disparities in some sectors. We are addressing this proactively through our Diversity Champions Network, by taking part in the 2018 Year of Engineering campaign and other Government actions.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 900756 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:56:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

756756

	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	Learndirect
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department allocated to learndirect Ltd from the Adult Education budget between 1 August and 31 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	8410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Learndirect is a large provider of adult education and training under contract to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It also provides services to other government departments, including the professional skills test for prospective teachers for the Department for Education, the ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test for the Home Office and the work programme for the Department for Work and Pensions. In all it delivers training for around 80,000 people a year, and tests for more than 150,000 people. Our priority is to protect those learners and avoid disruption to testing services.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect provision for learners and ensure an orderly rundown of contracts, all existing Adult Education Budget (AEB) contract holders who did not participate in the recent procurement or who were unsuccessful have been offered a contract extension for the period 1 November 2017 to 31 July 2018. The extensions are equivalent to 49% of their 2016/17 allocation. Learndirect Ltd originally submitted a bid for this procurement but withdrew it before its conclusion, so were offered an extension on this basis, which equates to £29.19m. All providers offered this extension are not able to secure any further extension after July 2018.</p><p>We have agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract for adult education in order to protect the large number of learners and avoid disruption to other government services delivered by this provider. This decision also reflects the fact that Learndirect’s adult education provision, and their leadership and management, was graded 3 by Ofsted at the recent inspection. Learndirect’s provision will be subject to regular monitoring arrangements during the rundown, and if we have any concerns about the quality of delivery we will take action. If we had not agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract in this way the large number of learners currently on courses and other government services could have been at risk. The ESFA will closely monitor Learndirect’s performance during the extended contract and will take action if there are any concerns.</p><p> </p><p>AEB funding levels for 2017/18 for individual contract-based providers were determined either by the outcome of the procurement, or the standard methodology that applies to run down contracts that is set out above. There were separate arrangements in place for allocating funding to grant-based providers, which includes most colleges.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure continuity of provision for learners, all existing AEB contract holders, including Learndirect Ltd, were issued with a three-month contract extension for the period 1 August to 31 October 2017 to bridge the period between the end of the previous funding year and the commencement of the period after the procurement. All providers were offered the same percentage (26%) of their 2016/17 allocation. For Learndirect Ltd this equates to £15.96m.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 8409 8411 8412 question first answered 07/09/2017 16:02:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

756753

	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	Learndirect
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to learndirect Ltd from the Adult Education budget between 1 November 2017 and 31 July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	8411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Learndirect is a large provider of adult education and training under contract to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It also provides services to other government departments, including the professional skills test for prospective teachers for the Department for Education, the ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test for the Home Office and the work programme for the Department for Work and Pensions. In all it delivers training for around 80,000 people a year, and tests for more than 150,000 people. Our priority is to protect those learners and avoid disruption to testing services.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect provision for learners and ensure an orderly rundown of contracts, all existing Adult Education Budget (AEB) contract holders who did not participate in the recent procurement or who were unsuccessful have been offered a contract extension for the period 1 November 2017 to 31 July 2018. The extensions are equivalent to 49% of their 2016/17 allocation. Learndirect Ltd originally submitted a bid for this procurement but withdrew it before its conclusion, so were offered an extension on this basis, which equates to £29.19m. All providers offered this extension are not able to secure any further extension after July 2018.</p><p>We have agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract for adult education in order to protect the large number of learners and avoid disruption to other government services delivered by this provider. This decision also reflects the fact that Learndirect’s adult education provision, and their leadership and management, was graded 3 by Ofsted at the recent inspection. Learndirect’s provision will be subject to regular monitoring arrangements during the rundown, and if we have any concerns about the quality of delivery we will take action. If we had not agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract in this way the large number of learners currently on courses and other government services could have been at risk. The ESFA will closely monitor Learndirect’s performance during the extended contract and will take action if there are any concerns.</p><p> </p><p>AEB funding levels for 2017/18 for individual contract-based providers were determined either by the outcome of the procurement, or the standard methodology that applies to run down contracts that is set out above. There were separate arrangements in place for allocating funding to grant-based providers, which includes most colleges.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure continuity of provision for learners, all existing AEB contract holders, including Learndirect Ltd, were issued with a three-month contract extension for the period 1 August to 31 October 2017 to bridge the period between the end of the previous funding year and the commencement of the period after the procurement. All providers were offered the same percentage (26%) of their 2016/17 allocation. For Learndirect Ltd this equates to £15.96m.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 8409 8410 8412 question first answered 07/09/2017 16:02:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

756754

	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	Learndirect
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons learndirect Ltd is being permitted to recruit additional adult education learners in the light of its Grade 4 assessment by Ofsted.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	8412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Learndirect is a large provider of adult education and training under contract to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It also provides services to other government departments, including the professional skills test for prospective teachers for the Department for Education, the ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test for the Home Office and the work programme for the Department for Work and Pensions. In all it delivers training for around 80,000 people a year, and tests for more than 150,000 people. Our priority is to protect those learners and avoid disruption to testing services.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect provision for learners and ensure an orderly rundown of contracts, all existing Adult Education Budget (AEB) contract holders who did not participate in the recent procurement or who were unsuccessful have been offered a contract extension for the period 1 November 2017 to 31 July 2018. The extensions are equivalent to 49% of their 2016/17 allocation. Learndirect Ltd originally submitted a bid for this procurement but withdrew it before its conclusion, so were offered an extension on this basis, which equates to £29.19m. All providers offered this extension are not able to secure any further extension after July 2018.</p><p>We have agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract for adult education in order to protect the large number of learners and avoid disruption to other government services delivered by this provider. This decision also reflects the fact that Learndirect’s adult education provision, and their leadership and management, was graded 3 by Ofsted at the recent inspection. Learndirect’s provision will be subject to regular monitoring arrangements during the rundown, and if we have any concerns about the quality of delivery we will take action. If we had not agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract in this way the large number of learners currently on courses and other government services could have been at risk. The ESFA will closely monitor Learndirect’s performance during the extended contract and will take action if there are any concerns.</p><p> </p><p>AEB funding levels for 2017/18 for individual contract-based providers were determined either by the outcome of the procurement, or the standard methodology that applies to run down contracts that is set out above. There were separate arrangements in place for allocating funding to grant-based providers, which includes most colleges.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure continuity of provision for learners, all existing AEB contract holders, including Learndirect Ltd, were issued with a three-month contract extension for the period 1 August to 31 October 2017 to bridge the period between the end of the previous funding year and the commencement of the period after the procurement. All providers were offered the same percentage (26%) of their 2016/17 allocation. For Learndirect Ltd this equates to £15.96m.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 8409 8410 8411 question first answered 07/09/2017 16:02:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

756755

	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	Learndirect
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the Adult Education budget was requested by learndirect Ltd for 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	8409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Learndirect is a large provider of adult education and training under contract to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It also provides services to other government departments, including the professional skills test for prospective teachers for the Department for Education, the ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test for the Home Office and the work programme for the Department for Work and Pensions. In all it delivers training for around 80,000 people a year, and tests for more than 150,000 people. Our priority is to protect those learners and avoid disruption to testing services.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect provision for learners and ensure an orderly rundown of contracts, all existing Adult Education Budget (AEB) contract holders who did not participate in the recent procurement or who were unsuccessful have been offered a contract extension for the period 1 November 2017 to 31 July 2018. The extensions are equivalent to 49% of their 2016/17 allocation. Learndirect Ltd originally submitted a bid for this procurement but withdrew it before its conclusion, so were offered an extension on this basis, which equates to £29.19m. All providers offered this extension are not able to secure any further extension after July 2018.</p><p>We have agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract for adult education in order to protect the large number of learners and avoid disruption to other government services delivered by this provider. This decision also reflects the fact that Learndirect’s adult education provision, and their leadership and management, was graded 3 by Ofsted at the recent inspection. Learndirect’s provision will be subject to regular monitoring arrangements during the rundown, and if we have any concerns about the quality of delivery we will take action. If we had not agreed to extend Learndirect’s contract in this way the large number of learners currently on courses and other government services could have been at risk. The ESFA will closely monitor Learndirect’s performance during the extended contract and will take action if there are any concerns.</p><p> </p><p>AEB funding levels for 2017/18 for individual contract-based providers were determined either by the outcome of the procurement, or the standard methodology that applies to run down contracts that is set out above. There were separate arrangements in place for allocating funding to grant-based providers, which includes most colleges.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure continuity of provision for learners, all existing AEB contract holders, including Learndirect Ltd, were issued with a three-month contract extension for the period 1 August to 31 October 2017 to bridge the period between the end of the previous funding year and the commencement of the period after the procurement. All providers were offered the same percentage (26%) of their 2016/17 allocation. For Learndirect Ltd this equates to £15.96m.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 8410 8411 8412 question first answered 07/09/2017 16:02:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

731552

	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, what her policy is on reviewing funding across tertiary education.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Further detail on the manifesto commitment to look at the funding of further, technical and higher education will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 803 question first answered 06/07/2017 16:58:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731955

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Institutes of Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new institutes of technology her Department plans to provide in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of our Industrial Strategy, we will launch a call for proposals to establish new Institutes of Technology later this year. The number of new institutions we approve will depend on the quality and number of bids we receive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 802 question first answered 03/07/2017 14:28:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner