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1698919

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that job centres work with Further Education colleges to support adult learners to gain skills and qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	20687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>For customers in England, we have ongoing collaboration at a national and local level with the Department for Education who fund adult education via the Adult Education Budget (AEB). Learning providers, many of which are Further Education colleges, deliver training to address customer skills needs in line with labour market demand. As skills is a devolved matter, similar discussions take place with stakeholders in the Scottish and Welsh Governments.</p><p> </p><p>Local Jobcentre Plus partnership teams work directly with colleges and training providers in their area to ensure claimants have access to the right skills support. In England, this partnership is facilitated in part by the Department for Education’s employer representative body led Local Skills improvement Partnerships.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 15/04/2024 10:51:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1662134

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on adult education (a) participation and (b) outcomes by ethnic group since 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	200574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The ethnicity of adult (19+) further education and skills learners (self-declared) is recorded on the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and published by the Department in the further education and skills statistics publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills</a>. Learner income is not recorded on the ILR. Participation by ethnicity group for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years is shown here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a35b0db5-e926-43b0-1a51-08dbb99e3fd8" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a35b0db5-e926-43b0-1a51-08dbb99e3fd8</a>. The full year figures for the 2022/23 academic year will be published in November 2023.</p><p>Further education outcomes are published annually, including employment and further learning destinations and earnings outcomes available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures</a>. Users can break down measures to view those of learners with specific ethnicities. The publication contains information on earnings post-learning but does not include breakdowns by learner income prior to or during learning.</p><p>The most recent published data relates to adult learners who achieved their qualification in the 2019/20 and their destinations in the following academic year. Outcomes by ethnic group for adults achieving in 2019/20 are shown here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/57c83f1d-2fbd-4999-5a54-08dbb9ac4483" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/57c83f1d-2fbd-4999-5a54-08dbb9ac4483</a>. Data for 2020/21 achievers will be available in November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 200575 question first answered 20/10/2023 11:04:34 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1662135

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on adult education (a) participation and (b) outcomes by income since 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	200575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The ethnicity of adult (19+) further education and skills learners (self-declared) is recorded on the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and published by the Department in the further education and skills statistics publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills</a>. Learner income is not recorded on the ILR. Participation by ethnicity group for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years is shown here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a35b0db5-e926-43b0-1a51-08dbb99e3fd8" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a35b0db5-e926-43b0-1a51-08dbb99e3fd8</a>. The full year figures for the 2022/23 academic year will be published in November 2023.</p><p>Further education outcomes are published annually, including employment and further learning destinations and earnings outcomes available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures</a>. Users can break down measures to view those of learners with specific ethnicities. The publication contains information on earnings post-learning but does not include breakdowns by learner income prior to or during learning.</p><p>The most recent published data relates to adult learners who achieved their qualification in the 2019/20 and their destinations in the following academic year. Outcomes by ethnic group for adults achieving in 2019/20 are shown here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/57c83f1d-2fbd-4999-5a54-08dbb9ac4483" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/57c83f1d-2fbd-4999-5a54-08dbb9ac4483</a>. Data for 2020/21 achievers will be available in November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 200574 question first answered 20/10/2023 11:04:34 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1563687

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on local economies of the number of people undertaking adult learning at FE colleges.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	114751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The department is continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). This budget totals £1.34 billion in the 2022/23 financial year. The AEB fully funds, or co-funds, skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3 qualifications. This supports adults to gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p>In 2022/23 the government has devolved approximately 60% of the AEB to 9 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Mayor of London, acting where appropriate through the Greater London Authority (GLA). These authorities are now responsible for the provision of AEB-funded adult education for their residents and allocation of the AEB to providers. Devolution enables MCAs and the GLA to use the AEB to shape education and skills provision in a way that best fits the needs of their residents and local economy.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for funding learners in England that are resident outside the devolved areas. In 2021/22, 1,007,400 learners participated in AEB-funded learning.</p><p>The Unit for Future Skills is supporting decision making at the local level, including the development of Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) , by providing information on local employment and skills in a single, accessible place via a public dashboard. The dashboard provides up to date data on learners undertaking further education (FE) courses, local jobs and employment, and local enterprises. This can be accessed here:<a href="https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/local-skills-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/local-skills-dashboard/</a>.</p><p>The LSIPs place employers at the heart of local skills systems and facilitate direct and more dynamic working arrangements between employers, FE colleges and other skills providers. Once developed, LSIPs will set out the priorities for a local area to make technical education and skills training more responsive to employers’ needs and to help people develop the skills they need to get good jobs.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 09/01/2023 17:43:11 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1536155

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support adults who wish to return to education.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The department is investing £3.8 billion more in further education and skills over the Parliamentary session, to ensure that people have access to skills that will help them build a fulfilling career in jobs that the economy needs.</p><p>The department has transformed apprenticeships, which are available to everyone over the age of 16, driving up the quality of skills and better meeting the skills needs of employers through more flexible training models, along with offering opportunities to individuals to start and progress in their careers. This is why the government is increasing investment in apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by 2024/25.</p><p>The department is also investing in re-skilling and up-skilling opportunities, to make sure adults at any age can upskill to reach their potential, transforming lives and delivering on the National Skills Fund commitment. As part of this investment, we have introduced the Free Courses for Jobs scheme, which enables learners without a level 3 qualification, or learners with any qualification level but earning below the National Living Wage, to gain a qualification for free.</p><p>In addition, learners who want to upskill in their role, who are looking for work or who are changing career can take part in Skills Bootcamps. Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, that give people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer. Skills Bootcamps have the potential to transform the skills landscape for adults and employers.</p><p>The department is promoting and increasing awareness of our skills provision to learners and employers through the Skills for Life campaign, which targets employers, young people, and adults. Our campaign toolkits provide more information and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/skills-campaign-toolkits" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/skills-campaign-toolkits</a>.</p><p>There is continuing investment in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), including £1.34 billion in the 2021/22 academic year. The AEB fully funds or co-funds skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning.</p><p>Currently, approximately 60% of the AEB is devolved to nine Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) and the Mayor of London, acting where appropriate through the Greater London Authority (GLA). Devolution of the AEB gives MCAs and the GLA direct control over adult education provision for their residents, and provides local areas the opportunity to meet local needs.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for the remaining AEB in non-devolved areas where colleges, local authorities and other providers have the freedom and flexibility to determine how they use their AEB funding to best meet the needs of their communities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 10/11/2022 16:20:12 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1470039

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a branded adult education centre in every town which supports adults into learning and throughout their education journey.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>A large number of providers across the country, such as further education colleges and Independent Training Providers, are already delivering local adult education and skills provision. This ensures that adult learners have the opportunity to gain new qualifications and skills in their area.</p><p>The department is continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the adult education budget (AEB). This comprises £1.34 billion in the 2021/22 academic year. The AEB fully funds, or co-funds, skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3. This is to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship, or further learning.</p><p>The department is also investing £1.6 billion through the National Skills Fund across the 2022 to 2025 financial years, on top of the £375 million already committed in the 2021/22 financial year. This includes investment of up to £550 million to significantly expand Skills Bootcamps, and investment to expand the eligibility for delivery of the Free Courses for Jobs offer, which is now open to more adults.</p><p>The National Careers Service provides free, up-to-date, and impartial information, advice, and guidance to help individuals consider the different programmes, learning and skills opportunities in their local areas. This helps them determine which route would be best for them. This includes community-based face-to-face service for priority groups of adults, such as those with low qualification levels or learning difficulties and disabilities.</p><p>The department launched the Skills for Life campaign in January 2022, focusing on adults in England. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the different education and training routes available for adults to get the skills they need to get the job they want, whatever their stage in life. This includes promotion of free opportunities for adults, such as Skills Bootcamps, Free Courses for Jobs, apprenticeships, Multiply and essential maths, English, and digital skills. The campaign signposts adults to Skills for Life and the National Careers Service to find out more and apply. The department plans to launch the second phase of the campaign later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL968 question first answered 27/06/2022 10:40:12 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1315966

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase participation in adult education below level three.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Through the adult education budget (AEB), we fully fund or co-fund skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to support adults to gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. This includes fully funded first full level 2 and/or level 3 for learners aged 19 to 23.</p><p>Learners in receipt of low wage (£17,374.50 annual gross salary or less) who would previously have been co-funded, are eligible for full funding following the earlier low wage trial that operated in the 2018/19 and the 2019/20 academic years. This directly supports social mobility by enabling those that have been motivated to move out of unemployment and are low paid or skilled, to further progress.</p><p>We specifically recognise the importance of English, mathematics and digital skills, both in work and everyday life. That is why we are continuing to support participation in these areas to meet employers’ needs and support people to progress in employment or further study.</p><p>We provide full funding for learners who need English and mathematics skills to undertake a range of courses in GCSEs, Functional Skills and other relevant qualifications from entry level to level 2. We also fully or co-fund adults to take English for Speakers of Other Languages as part of our wider effort to improve adult literacy in England.</p><p>Adults with no or low digital skills are fully funded to undertake new Essential Digital Skills Qualifications at entry level and level 1, based on new national standards for essential digital skills, which equip learners with the digital skills needed for life, work and further study.</p><p>We also support training for adults in community settings through the AEB. Prioritised for disadvantaged learners, community learning can provide a 'stepping stone' for those adults who are not ready for formal accredited learning, or who would benefit from learning in a more informal way.</p><p>The department is reviewing post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below, to ensure that every qualification approved for public funding has a distinct purpose, is high quality and supports progression to positive outcomes. We recognise that level 2 and below study serves students with a diverse range of needs, and that some young people and adults studying at these levels may require additional support to help realise their ambitions.</p><p>One of the first steps to realise our ambitions for level 2 and below study is a government call for evidence, which launched on 12 November 2020. It gives the education sector, industry, and others with an interest in study at these levels the opportunity to share their views on how the level 2 and below system can best work in the context of our proposed reforms to level 3 qualifications. The level 2 and below call for evidence closed on 14 February. We will set out further proposals later this year. The call for evidence is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/post-16-study-at-level-2-and-below-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/post-16-study-at-level-2-and-below-call-for-evidence</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 02/06/2021 13:16:23 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1310973

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	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 potential merits of the Association of Colleges' proposal that his Department adopt a business case approach in determining a provider's ability to deliver 90 per cent of their adult education provision.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	185411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We are lowering the reconciliation threshold for Education and Skills Funding Agency grant funded Adult Education Budget (AEB) adult skills, including non-formula funded community learning and 19-24 traineeships, and Advanced Learner Loan Bursary fund providers for 2020 to 2021, from 97% and 100% respectively to 90%.</p><p>Our primary aim is to support providers to continue to deliver as much quality provision as possible, including above the 90% threshold, whether that be face to face where permitted, online or otherwise remotely, and including through subcontracting (for AEB-funded provision only) where that is in line with our subcontracting conditions set out in the rules and contracts.</p><p>We acknowledge the situation is still difficult for providers but equally we know that many providers have been able to deliver very successfully remotely during lockdown and the return to face to face learning should enhance further providers’ ability to deliver.</p><p>We are announcing this change now, to help providers plan their provision better for the remainder of the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>In areas where the AEB has been devolved, Mayoral Combined Authorities or the Greater London Authority are responsible for considering any provider flexibilities in their areas.</p><p>For those providers who are eligible and are at risk of insolvency, they would be referred to the Insolvency Regime or emergency funding process.</p><p>We are monitoring the situation carefully and, in particular, if there are providers that may need further support.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 185408 185409 185410 question first answered 26/04/2021 12:13:49 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1273141

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult 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 is taking to ensure that adult education institutions are adequately resourced to support online learning.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	133088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>We continue to support providers through the COVID-19 outbreak, and the testing programme that has been successfully stood up for colleges and secondary schools will continue to be used to support teachers, vulnerable children and children of critical workers and to prepare for wider re-opening.</p><p>We will continue to pay grant-funded providers their scheduled monthly profiled payments for 2020/21 academic year. We are currently reviewing the end of year grant funded AEB reconciliation position for 2020 to 2021 in recognition of the difficulties and uncertainties many providers are facing. We will communicate any changes to the published arrangements through our Update publication in the coming weeks.</p><p>Where applicable, providers were able to apply to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Post 16 and ESFA provider relief schemes for support.</p><p>For colleges in significant financial difficulties, the existing support arrangements remain in place, including short-term emergency funding.</p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, we have put in place a package of support to help the further education (FE) sector build their capacity to deliver digitally. This includes flexibilities to secure devices and connectivity through the 16-19 bursary funding and through changes to the adult education budget funding rules for the 2020/21 academic year.</p><p>In order to support colleges to respond to current challenge, including developing new ways of working, we adapted the College Collaboration Fund. This will see investment in new high-quality digital curriculum content, including funding for 7 projects that will develop hundreds of hours of new digital content for a wide range of vocational subjects, as well as PSHE and English and Maths.</p><p>We are also investing in FE practitioner online teaching skills through funding the Education and Training Foundation to support teachers to develop their online teaching skills, and we recently announced 80 new grants of £1,000 to FE providers across England to provide additional training and support for mentors and coaches specialising in assisting teachers with remote education.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 133085 133086 question first answered 15/01/2021 13:58:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1254450

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the public purse has been made available for adult education courses in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	119257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The adult education budget (AEB) is not allocated to specific geographies. The department allocates the AEB to individual providers who, under the current freedoms and flexibility policy, are able to use their funds to support any English learners in line with the funding rules set each year.</p><p>We publish our allocations by training provider. These can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/19-funding-allocations#supporting-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/19-funding-allocations#supporting-documents</a>. This data relates to training providers and is therefore not a measure of allocation to residents within Coventry or the West Midlands.</p><p>From 1 August 2019, part of the AEB was devolved to 6 mayoral combined authorities and the Greater London Authority. These authorities are now responsible for funding and allocating adult education provision for learners who are resident in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/11/2020 11:07:43 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher