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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

1456027

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have (a) commenced and (b) completed an MBA using funds raised by the Apprenticeship Levy in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	150148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is not a mandatory qualification in any current apprenticeship standard.</p><p>A mandatory master’s level qualification, which could have included an MBA, was previously included in the Level 7 Senior Leader standard, however, it was removed in March 2021. This followed a request to the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education. The request was to review the standard to ensure all apprenticeships represent value for money and that government funding supports those who can benefit the most from our high-quality apprenticeships.</p><p>We do not have data on the number of apprentices on the level 7 senior leader standard who undertook an MBA as part of their apprenticeship. We therefore cannot provide figures on the cost of government funding provided or the number or type of employers that have received government funding for MBA qualifications as part of an apprenticeship.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 150149 150150 question first answered 19/04/2022 14:23:10 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1456028

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	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, what estimate he has made of the total cost of MBAs funded through the Apprenticeships Levy in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	150149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is not a mandatory qualification in any current apprenticeship standard.</p><p>A mandatory master’s level qualification, which could have included an MBA, was previously included in the Level 7 Senior Leader standard, however, it was removed in March 2021. This followed a request to the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education. The request was to review the standard to ensure all apprenticeships represent value for money and that government funding supports those who can benefit the most from our high-quality apprenticeships.</p><p>We do not have data on the number of apprentices on the level 7 senior leader standard who undertook an MBA as part of their apprenticeship. We therefore cannot provide figures on the cost of government funding provided or the number or type of employers that have received government funding for MBA qualifications as part of an apprenticeship.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 150148 150150 question first answered 19/04/2022 14:23:10 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1456029

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) companies and limited liability partnerships, (b) charities and (c) other organisations that have used the Apprenticeships Levy to fund MBAs for staff in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	150150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is not a mandatory qualification in any current apprenticeship standard.</p><p>A mandatory master’s level qualification, which could have included an MBA, was previously included in the Level 7 Senior Leader standard, however, it was removed in March 2021. This followed a request to the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education. The request was to review the standard to ensure all apprenticeships represent value for money and that government funding supports those who can benefit the most from our high-quality apprenticeships.</p><p>We do not have data on the number of apprentices on the level 7 senior leader standard who undertook an MBA as part of their apprenticeship. We therefore cannot provide figures on the cost of government funding provided or the number or type of employers that have received government funding for MBA qualifications as part of an apprenticeship.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 150148 150149 question first answered 19/04/2022 14:23:10 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1387696

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	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, for what reason there has been a delay in confirming the outcomes of appeals against the adult education budget clawback.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	92877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>A comprehensive review of each business case received was undertaken to ensure that our decisions were correct. We originally committed to confirming outcomes to eligible providers by 15 November 2021. There was a short delay, until 24 November 2021 whilst those outcomes were finalised and agreed.</p><p>Where a provider's business case was not fully supported, they have a right of appeal. The deadline for appeals was 1 December 2021 and we expect to be able to confirm the outcome of those appeals in early January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/01/2022 15:42:06 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1387651

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pieces of guidance have been issued by his Department to principals of sixth form colleges, excluding such guidance as relates only to particular individual schools, individual local authorities, or individual multi-academy trusts, in each of the last 36 months.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	92898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2021 answer text <p>A database of publications by category can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/guidance-and-regulation?parent=department-for-education&amp;level_one_taxon=c58fdadd-7743-46d6-9629-90bb3ccc4ef0&amp;level_two_taxon=dd767840-363e-43ad-8835-c9ab516633de&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-education&amp;public_timestamp%5Bfrom%5D=16/12/2018&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/guidance-and-regulation?parent=department-for-education&amp;level_one_taxon=c58fdadd-7743-46d6-9629-90bb3ccc4ef0&amp;level_two_taxon=dd767840-363e-43ad-8835-c9ab516633de&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-education&amp;public_timestamp%5Bfrom%5D=16/12/2018&amp;order=updated-newest</a>.</p><p>This database can be interrogated to identify specific guidance aimed at specific audiences, including education and training providers.</p><p>The database contains guidance which may have been updated on multiple occasions, for instance the guidance document ‘Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus pandemic’ has been updated 48 times since it was first published in March 2020: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision#history</a>.</p><p>It includes guidance published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for a variety of audiences. The ESFA communicates all major guidance updates through ESFA Update, which is issued to providers weekly, and ESFA inform, which is issued monthly. It has issued 49 editions of ESFA Update in 2021, 49 in 2020 and 50 in 2019. It has issued 9 editions of ESFA Inform in 2021, 8 in 2020 and 10 in 2019.</p><p>The ESFA also publishes Business Update, which is aimed at FE providers and employers offering apprenticeships, highlighting related news and guidance updates. It issued 7 editions of Business Update in 2021, 15 in 2020 and 9 in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 92899 question first answered 22/12/2021 09:47:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1387652

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many items of guidance have been issued by his Department to principals of further education institutions, excluding such guidance as relates only to particular individual institutions, in each of the last 36 months.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	92899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2021 answer text <p>A database of publications by category can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/guidance-and-regulation?parent=department-for-education&amp;level_one_taxon=c58fdadd-7743-46d6-9629-90bb3ccc4ef0&amp;level_two_taxon=dd767840-363e-43ad-8835-c9ab516633de&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-education&amp;public_timestamp%5Bfrom%5D=16/12/2018&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/guidance-and-regulation?parent=department-for-education&amp;level_one_taxon=c58fdadd-7743-46d6-9629-90bb3ccc4ef0&amp;level_two_taxon=dd767840-363e-43ad-8835-c9ab516633de&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-education&amp;public_timestamp%5Bfrom%5D=16/12/2018&amp;order=updated-newest</a>.</p><p>This database can be interrogated to identify specific guidance aimed at specific audiences, including education and training providers.</p><p>The database contains guidance which may have been updated on multiple occasions, for instance the guidance document ‘Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus pandemic’ has been updated 48 times since it was first published in March 2020: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-further-education-provision#history</a>.</p><p>It includes guidance published by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for a variety of audiences. The ESFA communicates all major guidance updates through ESFA Update, which is issued to providers weekly, and ESFA inform, which is issued monthly. It has issued 49 editions of ESFA Update in 2021, 49 in 2020 and 50 in 2019. It has issued 9 editions of ESFA Inform in 2021, 8 in 2020 and 10 in 2019.</p><p>The ESFA also publishes Business Update, which is aimed at FE providers and employers offering apprenticeships, highlighting related news and guidance updates. It issued 7 editions of Business Update in 2021, 15 in 2020 and 9 in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 92898 question first answered 22/12/2021 09:47:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1434117

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCE A-level: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that any announcement on the future funding of the provisional list of level 3 qualifications is made to Parliament first.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	127360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>A provisional list of level 3 qualifications that will have public funding approval withdrawn for 16-19 year olds, as they duplicate the content and purpose of wave 1 and 2 T Levels, will be published shortly. We will continue to keep Parliament up to date with our reforms to the qualifications landscape, including at level 3 and level 2 and below, as they progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/02/2022 11:19:17 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1362246

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of top sixth form schools in the Central London area that are available to girls.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	60507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>Across inner London there are 60 state funded schools with sixth forms and further education colleges which are rated Outstanding by Ofsted. Of these, 45 are accessible to boys and 54 accessible to girls[1].</p><p>Local authorities have broad duties to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education or training. This includes securing sufficient suitable education and training provision for all young people in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19, or up to age 25 for learners with an education, health and care plan.</p><p>The government’s free schools programme has opened eight 16-19 free schools in inner London with places available to female students and a further 21 mainstream free schools that have 16-19 places. All of these schools that have been inspected to date have been judged Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. This includes the London Academy of Excellence in Newham, a 16-19 free school judged Outstanding by Ofsted, which in the 2020/21 academic year had 57% female students. Proposals for approving further free schools will be set out in due course.</p><p>Nationally, capital funding of £83 million has also been made available in the 2021/22 financial year to existing post-16 providers, including sixth form colleges, to enable them to accommodate the demographic increase in 16-19 year olds.</p><p>[1] Some single sex schools may have mixed sixth forms. This is not reflected in the figures provided above.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 29/10/2021 15:20:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova