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431641

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	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 assessment she has made of the quality of education at university technical colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	17358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>University technical colleges (UTCs) harness students’ talents, offering them technical learning alongside GCSEs and A levels, and providing them with knowledge and skills which employers value. The programme is still at an early stage. The best UTCs, such as UTC Reading, are providing excellent education, which is reflected in their exam results.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/12/2015 17:42:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

435835

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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 she has taken to encourage applications to university technical colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	18899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Like all academies, each university technical college (UTC) is responsible for publicising their school and encouraging applications. Officials from the Department for Education and the Baker Dearing Educational Trust provide UTCs with advice to support pupil recruitment, drawing on the best practice from UTCs and other new schools. Statutory guidance to schools on careers guidance is clear that they should allow UTCs to engage with their pupils on their premises. This guidance can be found at GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools</a>. This careers guidance should ensure pupils have information about their full range of education and training options.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/12/2015 12:48:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

517148

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to promote career colleges; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	36242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Career Colleges will have their own branding and identity and are independent of Government policy, so it is not for Government to promote them directly. However, we do support any organisation which is focused on providing high quality technical education to young people.</p><p>In particular, we hope Career Colleges can benefit from the protection of funding and the range of flexibilities in the system. This includes protecting the 16-19 base rate, substantial investment in apprenticeships and study programmes, which provide an opportunity to tailor provision around the needs and aspirations of each young person.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 13:35:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

423778

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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, whether new (a) free schools, (b) academies, (c) school sixth forms and (d) university technical colleges will be permitted to open while an area-based review of education and training institutions is underway.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	13259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>All applications to open a free school, academy, school sixth form or university technical college are assessed on a case by case basis against the published criteria, taking account of local needs and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/11/2015 12:05:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

391191

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her plans are for future funding of education and training for 16 to 19 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	901105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Decisions about how 16-19 institutions will be funded in the academic year 2016/17 and beyond will be subject to the outcome of the next spending review, which will set the budget for education and other public spending for the coming years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/07/2015 15:56:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

426115

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: English Language and Mathematics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of English and mathematics teachers in further education and sixth form colleges; and what effect those steps have had.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	14933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Our FE Workforce Strategy[1], published in 2014, sets out the steps the government has taken to encourage more Mathematics and English teachers to take up posts in further education colleges.</p><p>Since 2013, bursaries of up to £25,000 have been available to attract new graduates with relevant degrees to teach Maths and English, and to specialise in teaching students with SEN within the FE sector. These bursaries match those offered to trainee secondary teachers. To date, over 950 bursaries have been provided to graduates.</p><p>In March 2015, the Prime Minister announced an investment of £67m in a package of measures to improve the teaching of STEM subjects, including Maths, in secondary schools and sixth form colleges. This will see an additional 2,500 new Maths and Physics teachers trained, and a further 15,000 teachers given additional support to improve their subject knowledge.</p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-workforce-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-workforce-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/11/2015 14:18:33 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

426116

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: English Language and Mathematics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on increasing the number of English and mathematics teachers in further education and sixth form colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	14934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials at both the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have on-going discussions with stakeholder organisations and colleges about the need to ensure well qualified and skilled teachers of English and mathematics in both FE colleges and sixth form colleges, as we set out in our FE Workforce Strategy and National College for Teaching and Leadership business plan.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/11/2015 14:15:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

458072

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	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 steps her Department has taken to encourage provision of public sector work experience placements for 14 to 19 year-olds in education.
	tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
	tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
	uin	29885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>We encourage all employers, including those in the public sector, to provide quality work experience opportunities, and government guidance is available.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the government works in partnership with Movement to Work to offer placements in the Civil Service and we encourage all public sector bodies to offer traineeships, which include a quality work placement, and are available for 16-24 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>In January, the Prime Minister gave a speech focusing on life chances during which he expressed his wish to set out a plan for using work experience more creatively. We are well aware that work experience can be a transformative opportunity, and we look forward to receiving the Lord Sainsbury-led Independent Panel Report on Technical and Professional Education which we expect will make recommendations in this area.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/03/2016 16:26:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

433786

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of decoupling AS Levels and A Levels on university admissions procedures.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	18451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>Ofqual published an impact assessment on A level reform in November 2012. This can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140813095715/http://ofqual.gov.uk/qualifications-and-assessments/qualification-reform/a-level-reform/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140813095715/http://ofqual.gov.uk/qualifications-and-assessments/qualification-reform/a-level-reform/</a>.</p><br /><p>This assessment found that AS levels do not play a significant role in admissions processes, for most universities. It is for individual higher education institutions to determine their own admission arrangements.</p><br /><p>We are working with universities and UCAS to ensure universities are informed of the changes to AS and A Levels when they make decisions about those arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/12/2015 12:49:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

453197

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Horticulture: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on horticultural training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	27421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to give an estimate of how much funding the Department has spent on horticultural training, as the post-16 funding formula does not attribute funding to specific subjects. We fund institutions based on their whole programme content and student profile. Institutions then divide their funding between subjects as they see fit.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/02/2016 15:29:34 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan