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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

1388667

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value of the bid put in by Capita to obtain the contract to run the Turing Scheme was.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	94478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 94480 94481 94482 question first answered 11/01/2022 15:34:10 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1388669

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bids were tabled for the contract to run the Turing Scheme; and what the monetary value of the lowest bid tabled was.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	94480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 94478 94481 94482 question first answered 11/01/2022 15:34:10 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1388670

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure that Capita is held accountable in respect of its spending on the Turing scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	94481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 94478 94480 94482 question first answered 11/01/2022 15:34:10 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1388671

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	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 (a) number of students participating in Turing scheme and (b) subjects studied by those students; and what comparative assessment he has made of the number of students participating in the (i) Turing scheme at December 2021 and (ii) Erasmus scheme in the academic year 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	94482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 94478 94480 94481 question first answered 11/01/2022 15:34:11 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1388234

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of schools that have access to a professional careers advisor.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	93880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The government’s careers statutory guidance sets out that all schools and colleges should use the internationally recognised Gatsby Benchmarks of good career guidance, to develop and improve their careers provision. The benchmarks define eight elements of an excellent careers programme, including experiences of workplaces and personal guidance.</p><p>Careers leaders in England can measure how well their school or college is doing against the benchmarks by using Compass, a digital tool provided by the Careers and Enterprise Company. This data is published annually by the Careers and Enterprise Company, most recently in the Trends in Careers Education report, published in December 2021.</p><p>Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of workplaces, states that every pupil should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. The criteria for achieving the benchmark are that every pupil should have an experience of the workplace by the age of 16, with a further such experience by age 18. Compass data shows the proportion of schools (including special schools and alternative provision) that had either achieved or partially achieved benchmark 6 in each of the last five years:</p><ul><li>End of 2020/21 academic year - 92.76%</li><li>End of 2019/20 academic year - 96.16%</li><li>End of 2018/19 academic year - 95.51%</li><li>End of 2017/18 academic year - 64.11%</li><li>End of 2016/17 academic year - 67.8%</li></ul><p> </p><p>Gatsby Benchmark 8, personal guidance, states that every pupil should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a careers adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level (guidance which can be found on page 38 of: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002972/Careers_statutory_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002972/Careers_statutory_guidance.pdf</a>). The criteria for achieving the benchmark are that every pupil should have at least one such interview by the age of 16, and the opportunity for a further interview by the age of 18. Compass data shows the proportion of schools (including special schools and alternative provision) that had either achieved or partially achieved benchmark 8 in each of the last five years:</p><ul><li>End of 2020/21 academic year – 92.98%</li><li>End of 2019/20 academic year – 91.38%</li><li>End of 2018/19 academic year - 91.08%</li><li>End of 2017/18 academic year - 69.94%</li><li>End of 2016/17 academic year - 65%</li></ul><p> </p><p>Recent data is affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, which made it more challenging for schools to deliver their careers programmes. The Careers and Enterprise Company supported the delivery of virtual activities.</p><p>The level of school access to a professional careers adviser is good. According to Trends in Careers Education 2021, Gatsby Benchmark 8, personal guidance, continues to be the strongest performing benchmark among schools and colleges. 80% of secondary schools reported providing most of their students with an interview with a qualified careers adviser by the end of year 11.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 93881 93882 question first answered 10/01/2022 11:52:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1388235

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he as made of the number of schoolchildren who have had access to a professional careers advisor in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	93881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The government’s careers statutory guidance sets out that all schools and colleges should use the internationally recognised Gatsby Benchmarks of good career guidance, to develop and improve their careers provision. The benchmarks define eight elements of an excellent careers programme, including experiences of workplaces and personal guidance.</p><p>Careers leaders in England can measure how well their school or college is doing against the benchmarks by using Compass, a digital tool provided by the Careers and Enterprise Company. This data is published annually by the Careers and Enterprise Company, most recently in the Trends in Careers Education report, published in December 2021.</p><p>Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of workplaces, states that every pupil should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. The criteria for achieving the benchmark are that every pupil should have an experience of the workplace by the age of 16, with a further such experience by age 18. Compass data shows the proportion of schools (including special schools and alternative provision) that had either achieved or partially achieved benchmark 6 in each of the last five years:</p><ul><li>End of 2020/21 academic year - 92.76%</li><li>End of 2019/20 academic year - 96.16%</li><li>End of 2018/19 academic year - 95.51%</li><li>End of 2017/18 academic year - 64.11%</li><li>End of 2016/17 academic year - 67.8%</li></ul><p> </p><p>Gatsby Benchmark 8, personal guidance, states that every pupil should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a careers adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level (guidance which can be found on page 38 of: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002972/Careers_statutory_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002972/Careers_statutory_guidance.pdf</a>). The criteria for achieving the benchmark are that every pupil should have at least one such interview by the age of 16, and the opportunity for a further interview by the age of 18. Compass data shows the proportion of schools (including special schools and alternative provision) that had either achieved or partially achieved benchmark 8 in each of the last five years:</p><ul><li>End of 2020/21 academic year – 92.98%</li><li>End of 2019/20 academic year – 91.38%</li><li>End of 2018/19 academic year - 91.08%</li><li>End of 2017/18 academic year - 69.94%</li><li>End of 2016/17 academic year - 65%</li></ul><p> </p><p>Recent data is affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, which made it more challenging for schools to deliver their careers programmes. The Careers and Enterprise Company supported the delivery of virtual activities.</p><p>The level of school access to a professional careers adviser is good. According to Trends in Careers Education 2021, Gatsby Benchmark 8, personal guidance, continues to be the strongest performing benchmark among schools and colleges. 80% of secondary schools reported providing most of their students with an interview with a qualified careers adviser by the end of year 11.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 93880 93882 question first answered 10/01/2022 11:52:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1388237

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Work Experience
	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 children who took part in work experience through their schools in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	93882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The government’s careers statutory guidance sets out that all schools and colleges should use the internationally recognised Gatsby Benchmarks of good career guidance, to develop and improve their careers provision. The benchmarks define eight elements of an excellent careers programme, including experiences of workplaces and personal guidance.</p><p>Careers leaders in England can measure how well their school or college is doing against the benchmarks by using Compass, a digital tool provided by the Careers and Enterprise Company. This data is published annually by the Careers and Enterprise Company, most recently in the Trends in Careers Education report, published in December 2021.</p><p>Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of workplaces, states that every pupil should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. The criteria for achieving the benchmark are that every pupil should have an experience of the workplace by the age of 16, with a further such experience by age 18. Compass data shows the proportion of schools (including special schools and alternative provision) that had either achieved or partially achieved benchmark 6 in each of the last five years:</p><ul><li>End of 2020/21 academic year - 92.76%</li><li>End of 2019/20 academic year - 96.16%</li><li>End of 2018/19 academic year - 95.51%</li><li>End of 2017/18 academic year - 64.11%</li><li>End of 2016/17 academic year - 67.8%</li></ul><p> </p><p>Gatsby Benchmark 8, personal guidance, states that every pupil should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a careers adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level (guidance which can be found on page 38 of: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002972/Careers_statutory_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1002972/Careers_statutory_guidance.pdf</a>). The criteria for achieving the benchmark are that every pupil should have at least one such interview by the age of 16, and the opportunity for a further interview by the age of 18. Compass data shows the proportion of schools (including special schools and alternative provision) that had either achieved or partially achieved benchmark 8 in each of the last five years:</p><ul><li>End of 2020/21 academic year – 92.98%</li><li>End of 2019/20 academic year – 91.38%</li><li>End of 2018/19 academic year - 91.08%</li><li>End of 2017/18 academic year - 69.94%</li><li>End of 2016/17 academic year - 65%</li></ul><p> </p><p>Recent data is affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, which made it more challenging for schools to deliver their careers programmes. The Careers and Enterprise Company supported the delivery of virtual activities.</p><p>The level of school access to a professional careers adviser is good. According to Trends in Careers Education 2021, Gatsby Benchmark 8, personal guidance, continues to be the strongest performing benchmark among schools and colleges. 80% of secondary schools reported providing most of their students with an interview with a qualified careers adviser by the end of year 11.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 93880 93881 question first answered 10/01/2022 11:52:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1388074

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of professional training available within companies for existing staff seeking to upskill within their current role.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	93735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the professional development and training of employees is a matter for individual employers, we are committed to supporting employers to equip staff with the skills they need.</p><p>Through apprenticeships, the government is supporting employers of all sizes to equip their staff with the skills they need now and in the future.</p><p>Apprenticeships funding will grow to £2.7 billion by the 2024-25 financial year, the first increase to apprenticeships funding since 2019-20, as we continue to support businesses to recruit the right people and develop the skills they need.</p><p>Apprenticeships are a great way for employers in all sectors to upskill or retrain existing employees at all levels of their organisations, and to support new employees, including those starting out in their careers. We are making apprenticeships more flexible so employers can choose the apprenticeship training that works for them, and even more people can benefit. For example, accelerated apprenticeships are supporting those with industry experience to achieve occupational competence more quickly by using their prior learning and tailoring the apprenticeship to meet their needs.</p><p>Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer. For employers wanting to train their own employees through Skills Bootcamps, the government funds 70% of the cost.</p><p>Complementing this, the Free Courses for Jobs offer, which was launched in April 2021, gives eligible adults the chance to access their first level 3 qualifications for free. Employers can encourage their staff to take up courses available under this offer to upskill and access new opportunities in their current place of work.</p><p>In addition, from April 2022, any adult in England earning under the National Living Wage annually or unemployed, will also be able to access these qualifications for free, regardless of their prior qualification level.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 93736 question first answered 05/01/2022 15:22:30 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins