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426114

	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	Further Education: Finance
	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 effect of annual funding cycles on the ability of further education and sixth form colleges to undertake financial planning; what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on that matter; what plans the Government has to change those funding cycles to reflect Government spending review cycles; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	14932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>16-19 funding is that it is based on the level of recruitment institutions delivered in the previous year. That means institutions’ funding keeps pace with changing student numbers with the minimum delay. The Government has no plans to change the 16-19 funding system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/11/2015 16:33:25 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

860819

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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, what arrangements the Government plans to put in place from 2018-19 to support adult education providers which operate both in Mayoral Combined Authority areas and also in areas which do not have a devolution deal.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	132176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>2018/19 will be a transitional year for the Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) in preparation for devolution, where the Adult Education Budget will continue to be administered by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, ahead of devolution to MCAs in 2019/20. We are working closely with MCAs to support them on their journey to full devolution. The department has encouraged MCAs to communicate their future plans and skills priorities to providers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/03/2018 17:47:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

984735

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	STEM subjects
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effect on the take up of careers in (a) engineering and (b) physics by (i) women and (ii) men of the (A) Highers system in Scotland and (B) A-Levels in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	177683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>As education policy is devolved, issues relating to qualifications in Scotland and Wales are a matter for the Scottish Government and Welsh Assembly respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to growing the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills needed for a dynamic and modern economy, including those needed for careers in engineering and physics.</p><p> </p><p>Both mathematics and physics are important qualifications to have in order to pursue careers in engineering and physics. STEM A levels have been reformed to make them more rigorous and to better prepare students for further study at university. Published 2017 data shows that there has been an 18% increase in the number of entries to STEM A levels by girls, and an 17% increase in the number of entries by boys since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that more young people are developing the skills needed for careers in engineering and physics, the Department is investing in programmes to increase the take-up of maths, by incentivising schools using the recently launched advanced maths premium, and providing support to schools to improve progression to physics A level through the Stimulating Physics Network.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s careers strategy has committed to improving information and guidance for STEM careers. The Department is raising awareness of the range of careers that STEM qualifications offer, to inform young people and enable them to choose the career path that is right for them.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2018 15:54:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

862048

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Labour Market: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has evaluated usage of its careerometer.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	132467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Careerometer is an online tool developed by Labour Market Information for All. It has been made freely available to provide people with access to high-quality labour market information. The department does not collect information centrally about the usage of Careerometer. It is, however, being used in a number of schools and colleges to support their careers provision.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/03/2018 16:30:27 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

91261

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on increasing the use of digital engagement in the development and implementation of policy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	208680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Digital is the default engagement and communications channel for the Department for Education. In addition to our presence on the GOV.UK website, we use a range of widely available social media platforms to communicate. The Department regularly seeks to develop the use of these channels in new ways, and to reach more people.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a particularly strong presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, with 129,000 Twitter followers – up by 60,000 since April 2013. Recent tweets on policy activity during ‘Back to School Week’ have reached as many as 1.2 million Twitter accounts. We have 25,560 Facebook followers – up by 12,000 since April 2013. In the last full financial year (2013-14), our YouTube videos were watched around 279,000 times.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also regularly publishes content on relevant third-party spaces, such as the TES Connect website, which is widely used by teaching professionals as a place for discussion and information.</p><p> </p><p>In the last financial year (2013-14), there were 5.4 million unique visitors to the Department’s newly launched web pages on GOV.UK. All the Department’s publications are now published on this website, in line with our digital strategy. National curriculum publications have been the most popular collection of documents anywhere on the GOV.UK website, receiving around 2 million views. Additionally, the Department’s e-consultations application allows users to respond to public consultations online. This tool is widely used to elicit views on a broad range of policy areas, informing their development and implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has used its social media channels effectively to make people aware of public consultations – for example leading to around 5000 responses to the consultation on changes to the national curriculum. On a similar basis, we use our social media channels to make people aware of conferences and meetings at which Ministers or departmental officials are speaking and answering questions. We also provide policy colleagues with relevant public comments from our social media channels to help inform their activity.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 12/09/2014 11:49:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

944053

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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, if the Government will allow large employees to pass a greater proportion of their Apprenticeship Levy vouchers on to their supply chain subcontractors.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	165562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Employers that pay the apprenticeship levy access their apprenticeship funds by opening an apprenticeship service account.</p><p>Through this account, employers can transfer up to 10 per cent of their annual funds to any number of other employers, including employers in their supply chain. We will keep the 10 per cent transfer limit under review. We encourage all employers to use the opportunity to transfer this sum.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/07/2018 15:51:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

905698

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, whether those organisations eligible for support have different national funding arrangements from other specialist designated institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	144903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>From 2019/20 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) will be responsible for commissioning and funding Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision for learners resident in those areas, and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding provision for learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>The exception to this are providers, which meet the following criteria, which will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a transitional period of two years (academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21) following devolution of the AEB:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Qualify for a residential uplift for their learning provision, and</li><li>Receive more than two thirds of their income from the AEB, and</li><li>Predominantly target their provision at the most disadvantaged in society.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The specialist providers which meet these criteria have different funding arrangements from other specialist designated institutions because they qualify for a residential uplift for their formula funded learning provision, as they have residential facilities. They also receive non-formula funded community learning funding, which does not include a residential uplift.</p><p> </p><p>We considered an additional period of two years of national funding would be in the learners’ best interests, in order to avoid destabilising provision to vulnerable learners and to allow time for MCAs to better understand the specialist nature of the provision they deliver.</p><p> </p><p>The devolution deal readiness conditions include requirements on the MCAs/GLA to ensure that:</p><ul><li>devolved funding decisions take account of the need to maintain a sustainable and financially viable 16+ provider base, and</li><li>funding and provider management arrangements, including securing financial assurance, are agreed in a way that minimises costs and maximises consistency and transparency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following devolution the ESFA will continue to monitor the financial health of providers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144907 question first answered 21/05/2018 15:15:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

905704

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, what assessment the Government has made of the funding requirements of the specialist providers affected by the devolution of the adult education budget.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	144907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>From 2019/20 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) will be responsible for commissioning and funding Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision for learners resident in those areas, and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding provision for learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>The exception to this are providers, which meet the following criteria, which will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a transitional period of two years (academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21) following devolution of the AEB:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Qualify for a residential uplift for their learning provision, and</li><li>Receive more than two thirds of their income from the AEB, and</li><li>Predominantly target their provision at the most disadvantaged in society.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The specialist providers which meet these criteria have different funding arrangements from other specialist designated institutions because they qualify for a residential uplift for their formula funded learning provision, as they have residential facilities. They also receive non-formula funded community learning funding, which does not include a residential uplift.</p><p> </p><p>We considered an additional period of two years of national funding would be in the learners’ best interests, in order to avoid destabilising provision to vulnerable learners and to allow time for MCAs to better understand the specialist nature of the provision they deliver.</p><p> </p><p>The devolution deal readiness conditions include requirements on the MCAs/GLA to ensure that:</p><ul><li>devolved funding decisions take account of the need to maintain a sustainable and financially viable 16+ provider base, and</li><li>funding and provider management arrangements, including securing financial assurance, are agreed in a way that minimises costs and maximises consistency and transparency.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following devolution the ESFA will continue to monitor the financial health of providers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144903 question first answered 21/05/2018 15:15:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

984883

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133046 on adult education: finance, whether the WEA will continue to be funded nationally for a period of two years after the devolution of the Adult Education Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	177684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>From 2019/20 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) will be responsible for commissioning and funding Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision for learners resident in those areas, and the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding provision for learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p>The exception to this are providers, which meet the following criteria, which will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a transitional period of two years (academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21) following devolution of the AEB:</p><ul><li>Qualify for a residential uplift for their learning provision, and</li><li>Receive more than two thirds of their income from the AEB, and</li><li>Predominantly target their provision at the most disadvantaged in society.</li></ul><p>We considered an additional period of two years of national funding would be in the learners’ best interests, in order to avoid destabilising provision to vulnerable learners and to allow time for MCAs to better understand the specialist nature of the provision they deliver. Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helping-providers-understand-implications-of-aeb-devolutiondelegation-from-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/helping-providers-understand-implications-of-aeb-devolutiondelegation-from-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p>The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) does not meet the above criteria and from 2019/20 will be eligible to receive its AEB funding from MCAs/GLA for learners resident in those areas, and from the ESFA for learners resident in non-devolved areas. The ESFA wrote to AEB providers in June 2018, including the WEA, to explain how AEB allocations for 2019/20 for learners resident in non-devolved areas will be calculated, in order to help their planning for devolution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:41:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

800497

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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, whether businesses can transfer their apprentice levy vouchers to smaller businesses in their supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	117118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>From April 2018, we plan to allow levy-paying employers to transfer up to 10% of the annual value of their funds to other employers, including to smaller employers in their supply chain through the apprenticeship service. The 10% refers to the maximum amount of funds a levy-paying employer can transfer. State aid rules apply to transferred funds which mean that the maximum amount that an organisation can receive is €2 million over 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 117440 question first answered 07/12/2017 16:55:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah