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1378914

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial benefits for sixth form colleges of converting to academy status as a result of (a) VAT exemptions, (b) VAT refunds, and (c) additional funding opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	75838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Sixth form colleges are independent statutory bodies and it is their responsibility to make an assessment of all the potential benefits and disbenefits of conversion to a 16-19 academy. The department has issued guidance to help inform their assessments: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-academies-application-process-for-sixth-form-colleges" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-academies-application-process-for-sixth-form-colleges</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/11/2021 11:11:05 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1002588

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of raising the national funding rate for students in sixth form colleges to (a) £4,760 per year for 16 and 17-year-olds and (b) £3,000 per year for 18-year-olds.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	188728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has not made those specific estimates. I am aware of representations on the subject of funding for 16 to 19 year olds including the Raise the Rate campaign, and incoming letters from MPs and the 16 to 19 sector.</p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. We are considering the funding and resilience of the further education sector ahead of the next Spending Review, and as with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be considered as part of that review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 188730 question first answered 15/11/2018 15:13:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

732602

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71090, how much spending was forecast to be spent on education for 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of announcements in the Autumn Statement 2015; and how much was allocated to institutions offering education to 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of those announcements.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Following the 2015 Autumn Statement, the department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in the 2016-17 financial year was £5.9bn. High needs funding is included in this figure but funding for student support is not. The funding allocations for institutions in the 2016/17 academic year can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

750109

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget allocated to 16 to 19-year old education was reallocated to other budgets in the financial years (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	3811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Budgets for 16 to 19-year-old education are set on the basis of the established 16 to 19 funding rates and formula, using estimates of student numbers. In 2014-15 and 2015-16 student numbers and associated costs were lower than these estimates, which resulted in lower spending than the forecast, by £135m and £132m respectively, representing 2.2% of the budget. This was available for reallocation. Because this resulted from student numbers which were slightly lower than forecast, it did not affect funding per student. Final expenditure is not yet available for 2016-17 and will be published in Education and Skills Funding Agency accounts in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/07/2017 15:10:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

752137

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
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 30 June 2017 to Question 1097, how much funding was allocated to 16-to-19 education in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	5005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to his previous question number 3689, which was answered on 12 July:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-07/3689/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-07/3689/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/07/2017 15:54:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

752936

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	Sixth Form Education
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 13 July 2017 to Question 3811, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the use of the £267 million underspend in the budget for 16 to 19 year old education.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	5438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The 16-19 budget set for each financial year is a forecast of anticipated spend. Actual spend varies from this because it is based on set funding rates per student. If actual student numbers are lower than forecast, the department works in conjunction with the Treasury to try to reallocate any underspends to other priorities in a way that maximises value for money. This could include a proposal to redeploy the funding to the next financial year. If alternative value for money activities cannot be identified, the funding is returned to the Treasury to support the overall fiscal position.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:46:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

447359

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the regional schools commissioners have oversight of performance of sixth forms in academies; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	24003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Regional Schools Commissioners are responsible for monitoring the performance of academies within their region, including performance at sixth form level. Decisions regarding intervention action are informed by the academy’s performance against minimum standards, including the 16-19 minimum standards, and Ofsted judgements, as well as local intelligence.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 28/01/2016 16:01:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

626575

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) school sixth forms and (b) 16 to 19 free schools have opened in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	51508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Data on open schools is available on Edubase, accessible via this link:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of 16-19 free schools opened</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/11/2016 18:11:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1192589

registered interest
date	04/05/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Education and Skills Funding Agency on (a) auditing guided learning hours and (b) the leaving date that should be recorded by colleges for year 13 students.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	43040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>For funding purposes, guided learning hours are not used in the 16 to 19 system, as providers are funded based on planned hours recorded early in the academic year. The auditing of these hours is based on evidence of planned delivery (for example, with a timetable or learning agreement). In the adult education system, we do not use the planned guided learning hours recorded on the Individualised Learner Record, as the funding is based on a series of rates that are attached to each learning aim.</p><p>We have stated in our further education operational guidance that we are reviewing the impact of Covid-19 on retention in the 16 to 19 funding formula. We will provide further guidance on this and on recording leaving dates in due course.</p><p>To help manage the financial implications due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will continue to pay grant-funded providers their scheduled monthly profiled payments for the remainder of the 2019 to 2020 funding year.</p><p>For 2019 to 2020 only, the ESFA will not carry out the final reconciliation for grant-funded providers who are in receipt of the ESFA-funded Adult Education Budget (AEB), which relates to adult skills, community learning, learner and learning support and 19 to 24 traineeships. These providers will be funded in line with the current agreement schedule with no claw-back, subject to the conditions stated in the operational guidance. The conditions are that these providers will be funded unless they had already forecast significant under-delivery in their mid-year returns and that they support furloughed workers to enhance existing or develop new skills. The conditions also include that providers deliver online learning wherever possible, including for ESFA-funded AEB via existing subcontracting arrangements to support existing learners to successfully complete their courses or qualifications, or retain evidence where this is not possible.</p><p>ESFA allocations for 2020 to 2021 have been confirmed and payments will be made in line with the national profile.</p><p>Looking ahead, for 16 to 19 funding, as we will use data from the 2019 to 2020 academic year to calculate allocations for 2021 to 2022, the ESFA may need to apply a different approach to a number of elements within 16 to 19 funding. Where appropriate, we will therefore use alternative data sources to calculate allocations for 2021 to 2022 to ensure, as far as possible, that there is not a disproportionate impact on funding.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 43041 question first answered 11/05/2020 17:04:26 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1311935

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in delivering their statutory duty to lead the transition to sixth form process for 16- and 17-year olds in their area.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	914736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The department takes seriously its duty to support students during transition years and to assist them with progression to further education or training. We continue to support local authorities and monitor participation figures, with 94.4% of 16 and 17 year olds receiving an offer in education and training in 2020. Under the September Guarantee, all 16 and 17 year olds are entitled to an offer of a suitable place in education or training regardless of qualifications gained, and the government plans to invest over £7 billion during 2020/21, to ensure there is a place in education or training, including apprenticeships, for every 16 to 19 year old.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 27/04/2021 07:49:57 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney