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1063950

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the quality of construction apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	223122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>New, employer-designed apprenticeship standards are at the centre of our reforms to drive up quality and develop the skills businesses need for the future, in every part of the economy. Standards describe full occupational competence, as agreed by employers, and must include a rigorous and independent end-point assessment.</p><p>In the construction sector, 66 standards have already been approved for delivery and a further 33 are in development by trailblazer groups comprising employers of all sizes.</p><p>The move to standards, together with the minimum 20% off-the-job training rule, has already contributed to a 25% rise in expected apprenticeship training hours. The government has committed to all apprenticeship starts being on standards by the end of the 2019-20 academic year. Frameworks will be withdrawn on 31 July 2020.</p><p>We have also introduced quality assurance in apprenticeship training and assessment at all levels from a range of independent specialist bodies, and strengthened the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers to give employers confidence that apprentices will receive high-quality training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:30:20 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063951

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
	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 effect on productivity levels of (a) bricklaying, (b) plastering and (c) other core construction apprenticeships after (i) two years and (ii) three years of such apprenticeship training.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	223123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Research published in 2015 established that successful achievement of an apprenticeship in construction and building services is associated with an increase in earnings of 11% and 32% at Levels 2 and 3 respectively. This is measured 3 to 5 years after the apprenticeship, and is used as a measure of the increase in productivity.</p><p>The full research paper is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480627/BIS-15-652-FE-analysis-further-disaggregation-employment-and-earnings-returns-by-sector-group.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480627/BIS-15-652-FE-analysis-further-disaggregation-employment-and-earnings-returns-by-sector-group.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information regarding further breakdown of the effect of productivity levels by occupational route is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:29:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063952

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	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 to increase the proportion of Apprenticeship Levy vouchers that are able to be passed down the supply chain to smaller non-Levy paying companies.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	223124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Employers that pay the Apprenticeship Levy can transfer up to 10% of their annual apprenticeship service funds to other employers, including non-levy paying employers. From April 2019, the amount that employers can transfer will increase to 25%.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:28:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1064055

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	223253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 February 2019, the Department for Education employed 6,427 individuals, 209 of which are apprentices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 16:54:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1061056

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	221673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has highlighted tackling bullying and harassment as one of its three diversity and inclusion priorities for 2019. It recently appointed fair treatment ambassadors on all of its sites to provide support and advice to people who report bullying or harassment, and has also provided training for managers on inclusive leadership, disability awareness and unconscious bias.</p><p> </p><p>In the most recent People Survey, 11% of respondents across the Civil Service, on average, told us that they had experienced bullying or harassment at work in the 12 months preceding the survey. Whilst this figure has remained stable since 2016, we recognise that certain groups of staff are more likely to say than others that they have experienced this type of unacceptable behaviour. This includes staff members with long-term limiting conditions who, in the vast majority of departments and agencies, were more likely to say that they had been bullied or harassed in the last 12 months than staff members with no long-term limiting conditions. We are strengthening the routes for staff to report bullying and harassment to make sure that all staff are fully supported throughout the process and to make sure that the cultures are positive and inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The high level People Survey results for each organisation, including reported rates of bullying and harassment, were published last December on GOV.UK. Each spring, the Cabinet Office conducts and publishes a range of further analysis on the People Survey responses, including the results by gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and health status. Similar analysis will be conducted again this year and made available on GOV.UK. In the meantime, the results for the 2017 survey are summarised in the attached table. A copy of this table has been placed in the Houses of both Libraries.</p><p> </p><p>Data on health status for the Civil Service People Survey 2017, which are arranged by organisation, can be found in the attached table. Long-term health status is captured in the People Survey through questions J04 and J04A. J04 asks if the individual has a &quot;long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?&quot; and, if they answer yes, J04A asks whether their condition, illness or disability has an impact on their daily activity or the work they can do.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Results are aggregated in to two broad categories: &quot;No long-term limiting condition&quot;, combining those who answer No to either J04 or J04A; and, &quot;Long-term limiting condition&quot;, those who answer Yes to J04 and who answer that their condition limits what they can do either &quot;a little&quot; or &quot;a lot&quot; at J04A.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:21:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 221673_2017_Civil_Service_People_Survey_Responses.pdf title 221673_2017_Civil_Service_People_Survey_Responses previous answer version 103208 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1062102

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of university students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	221984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on the employment and earnings outcomes of graduates one, 3, 5 and 10 years after graduation from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and earnings outcomes for the higher education sector as a whole were published in March 2018 as part of ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes by institution and subject were published in June 2018 as part of ‘Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Subject by Provider, 2015 to 2016’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the occupations of higher education leavers at 6 months and three-and-a-half-years after graduation. The occupations data are collected in HESA’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education surveys. Graduates categorised as being in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) groups one to three[1] are considered to be in ‘Professional Employment’. Information by subject is published at the links below.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers six months after graduation (see Figure 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers three and a half years after graduation (see Table 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] SOC groups one to three are ‘Managers, directors and senior officials’, ‘Professional occupations’ and ‘Associate professional and technical occupations’ respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221985 221986 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:19:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1062103

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating by higher education institution.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	221985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on the employment and earnings outcomes of graduates one, 3, 5 and 10 years after graduation from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and earnings outcomes for the higher education sector as a whole were published in March 2018 as part of ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes by institution and subject were published in June 2018 as part of ‘Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Subject by Provider, 2015 to 2016’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the occupations of higher education leavers at 6 months and three-and-a-half-years after graduation. The occupations data are collected in HESA’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education surveys. Graduates categorised as being in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) groups one to three[1] are considered to be in ‘Professional Employment’. Information by subject is published at the links below.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers six months after graduation (see Figure 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers three and a half years after graduation (see Table 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] SOC groups one to three are ‘Managers, directors and senior officials’, ‘Professional occupations’ and ‘Associate professional and technical occupations’ respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221984 221986 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:19:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1062104

	registered interest
	date	15/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating by course.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	221986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on the employment and earnings outcomes of graduates one, 3, 5 and 10 years after graduation from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and earnings outcomes for the higher education sector as a whole were published in March 2018 as part of ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes by institution and subject were published in June 2018 as part of ‘Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Subject by Provider, 2015 to 2016’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the occupations of higher education leavers at 6 months and three-and-a-half-years after graduation. The occupations data are collected in HESA’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education surveys. Graduates categorised as being in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) groups one to three[1] are considered to be in ‘Professional Employment’. Information by subject is published at the links below.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers six months after graduation (see Figure 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers three and a half years after graduation (see Table 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] SOC groups one to three are ‘Managers, directors and senior officials’, ‘Professional occupations’ and ‘Associate professional and technical occupations’ respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221984 221985 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:19:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1064305

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the higher education sector on reducing tuition fees.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	223784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Review of Post-18 Education and Funding is considering how we ensure funding arrangements across post-18 education and training are transparent and do not act as barriers to choice or provision, and how best to promote value for money for students and taxpayers.</p><p>As part of the review, an independent panel, chaired by Philip Augar, has undertaken an extensive programme of engagement with stakeholders and experts, including the higher education sector, students and recent graduates.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/02/2019 14:01:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1059219

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review funding levels for early entitlements to ensure that childcare providers are able to continue providing high quality early education.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL13604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>We will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support in 2019-20 – a record amount. That will include funding for our early education entitlements, on which we plan to spend around £3.5 billion this year alone.</p><p> </p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ (attached) which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the need to keep the evidence base on costs up to date. We continue to monitor the provider market closely through a range of regular and one-off research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the provider market.</p><p> </p><p>Future spending decisions will be a matter for the Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/02/2019 11:59:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL13604_151124_Analytical_review.pdf title HL13604_Review_of_childcare_costs
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding