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938570

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University Technical Colleges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to promote University Technical Colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	163057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The University Technical Colleges (UTC) programme has an important role to play in our reforms to technical education, with strong UTCs succeeding in equipping young people with the skills businesses need, getting them into employment and supporting social mobility.</p><p>There are regulations in place that require local authorities to write to parents of pupils in Year 9 to notify them of schools with atypical ages of admission within reasonable travelling distance, which includes UTCs, to make sure they are aware of the choices available to them. Early indications suggest that these letters have had a positive impact on awareness of UTCs and supported their recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>Recent changes to the Careers Guidance legislation also requires maintained schools and academies to provide opportunities for providers of technical education, such as UTCs, to visit schools to talk to students in Years 8-13, to inform them of their offer.</p><p> </p><p>UTCs are sponsored by employers and they are essential to marketing efforts by UTCs to promote their offer. Employers can demonstrate to pupils how attending the UTC can lead to a successful career. Employers taking a sustained and embedded role in supporting the UTC programme is crucial to their success.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/07/2018 13:23:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

938572

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to put technical courses on parity with academic courses.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	163059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The government is transforming technical education to create a high quality system that meets the skills needs of businesses and is held in the same high esteem as our academic option. 15 prestigious technical routes will set a clear path to skilled employment through reformed apprenticeships and the new flagship T Level programmes. T Levels are a central part of the greatest shake-up of technical education for 70 years and builds on the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on Technical Education, chaired by Lord Sainsbury. They will provide a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels.</p><p>They are, however, just one strand of our ambitious new technical education offer. We also intend to undertake a review of qualifications at Level 3 and below so that those we fund serve a genuine and useful purpose, are of high quality and enable students to progress to meaningful outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2018 16:32:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

753042

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	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 ensure that the demographic and skills requirements of the economy in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK are met when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	5617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government is investing to create a skills system that enables the UK to compete with the best in the world - and can respond to Brexit as well as other labour market challenges.</p><p>As an example, in England we are introducing technical education reforms, backed by additional funding of £500m each year, to create a world-class post-16 technical education system that will give people the technical skills that employers need.</p><p> </p><p>Skills policy is a devolved matter so I am unable to advise on any specific skills strategy in Scotland as that would be for the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/07/2017 13:16:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

746438

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Lifelong Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of introducing free lifelong learning education in further education colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	1618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government offers a range of support for adult learners, including through the Adult Education Budget and through Advanced Learner Loans. Details of the funding are published through the Skills Funding Letter (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599089/SFA_Letter_2017-18_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599089/SFA_Letter_2017-18_final.pdf</a>). The Government has also announced £40 million at this year’s Budget to fund pilots that will test ambitious, new approaches to removing barriers to lifelong learning.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:32:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

747755

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education Maintenance Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of restoring the education maintenance allowance for 16 to 18-year-olds in each parental income decile.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	2453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not assessed the cost of restoring the Education Maintenance Allowance for 16 to 18 year olds in each parental income decile.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/07/2017 15:42:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

850029

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Department's report, Characteristics of young people who are long-term NEET, published on 8 February, what proportion of young people who are classified as (a) white, eligible for free school meals, and Children in Need, (b) white, eligible for free school meals, and not Children in Need, (c) any ethnicity, eligible for free school meals, and not Children in Need, were not in education, employment or training in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	129597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>26 per cent of white pupils who were eligible for free school meals and included within the Children in Need census, were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013/14, three years after finishing key stage 4.</p><p> </p><p>9 per cent of white pupils who were eligible for free school meals and not included within the Children in Need census, were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013/14, three years after finishing key stage 4.</p><p> </p><p>7 per cent of pupils who were eligible for free school meals and not included within the Children in Need census, were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013/14, three years after finishing key stage 4.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/03/2018 16:03:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

858548

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 6 March to Question 129597 on Unemployment: Young People, how many and what proportion of pupils who were (a) eligible for free school meals, (b) not eligible for free school meals, who were (i) included in the Children in Need census, (ii) not included in the Children in Need census, were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013-14, three years after finishing key stage 4, in each ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	131803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The following tables show the number and proportion of pupils that were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013-14, three years after finishing key stage 4. These figures include those eligible for free school meals, whether or not they were in the Children in Need census and their summary ethnic group. Pupils whose eligibility for free school meals is unknown are not included in these tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Eligible for free school meals between 10 and 15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not eligible for free school meals between 10 and 15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary ethnic group</p></td><td><p>In the Children in Need census</p></td><td><p>Not in the Children in Need census</p></td><td><p>In the Children in Need census</p></td><td><p>Not in the Children in Need census</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>7,900 (26%)</p></td><td><p>6,300 (9%)</p></td><td><p>4,800 (19%)</p></td><td><p>6,400 (2%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>500 (22%)</p></td><td><p>300 (6%)</p></td><td><p>200 (17%)</p></td><td><p>200 (2%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>400 (15%)</p></td><td><p>300 (3%)</p></td><td><p>200 (14%)</p></td><td><p>200 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>200 (11%)</p></td><td><p>300 (2%)</p></td><td><p>200 (10%)</p></td><td><p>300 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any other group</p></td><td><p>100 (12%)</p></td><td><p>100 (2%)</p></td><td><p>100 (22%)</p></td><td><p>less than 100 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>600 (31%)</p></td><td><p>300 (10%)</p></td><td><p>300 (21%)</p></td><td><p>300 (1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,600 (24%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,500 (7%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,800 (18%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,400 (2%)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/03/2018 17:48:30 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

896453

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	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 131803 on Unemployment: Young People, if he will provide the same figures for children of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	140845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of Gypsy, Traveller of Irish heritage and Roma pupils who were not in education, employment or training for the whole of academic year 2013-14, three years after finishing key stage 4 by eligibility for free school meals between the academic ages of 10 and 15 and whether or not they were in the Children in Need census.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Eligible for free school meals between 10 and 15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Not eligible for free school meals between 10 and 15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In the Children in Need census</p></td><td><p>Not in the Children in Need census</p></td><td><p>In the Children in Need census</p></td><td><p>Not in the Children in Need census</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gypsy, Traveller of Irish heritage and Roma</p></td><td><p>100 (33%)</p></td><td><p>100 (20%)</p></td><td><p>less than 50 (23%)</p></td><td><p>less than 50 (10%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/05/2018 16:17:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

872256

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Home Education: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government's consultation on the guidance on home education for parents and local authorities is planned to begin; how long that consultation is planned to last; and what the timetable is for the Government to respond to that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	134170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>We aim to start the consultation process within the next few weeks, once the necessary documentation has been prepared. The consultation period will be proportionate, as required by the consultation principles document published by the Cabinet Office. That document also sets out that a response to consultation will normally be made within 12 weeks; but in any event, it is planned that the final version of revised guidance will be issued as soon as responses received during the consultation period have been considered fully.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/03/2018 14:18:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

922355

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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, what plans he has for the allocation of unspent apprenticeship levy funds; and whether such unspent funds will be ring fenced for skills development.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	152761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education has a ring-fenced apprenticeship budget which is set regardless of how much levy receipts are each year. This budget was £2.01 billion for the 2017-18 financial year and £2.23 billion for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand led, and employers can choose which apprenticeships they offer and how many. We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all the funds available to them.</p><p> </p><p>Unspent funds are used to cover the ongoing training costs of apprentices that are already in training. They are also used to support levy-paying employers who spend more than the funds available in their accounts and to fund training for non-levy payers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 153265 question first answered 20/06/2018 16:09:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham