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star this property date less than 2021-12-15more like thismore than 2021-12-15
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Department for Education more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Skilled Workers: Vacancies more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has he made of trends in the level of skills shortages in sectors of strategic importance across the UK economy. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 93865 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-10more like thismore than 2022-01-10
star this property answer text <p>We know that a lack of access to skills is one among a number of possible barriers preventing employers from being able to access the workforce they need, alongside others such as pay, progression opportunities or working conditions.</p><p>Where there is a genuine skills shortage affecting a key sector, the Department for Education will work with partners in industry and across government to take action. For example, we are delivering training to become an HGV Driver to 11,000 people via new Skills Bootcamps, as part of a wider package which also includes increasing testing capacity to help more people get out onto the road more quickly.</p><p>To help inform government and industry action, we gather data through different sources, including the Employer Skills Survey. The most recent version of this survey highlighted skills shortages in construction and manufacturing, where 36% of vacancies were proving hard to fill because of applicants lacking the appropriate skills, qualifications or experience (compared to an average of 24%). We are helping employers to address these shortages through our programme of skills reforms, which is leading to a growing number of new apprenticeship starts, the creation of new Skills Bootcamps up and down the country, and the introduction of new T Levels to help more young people get the technical skills they need to thrive in the world of work.</p><p>We are also drawing on analysis undertaken by groups and organisations including Construction Industry Training Board, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board and the Green Jobs Taskforce, which point, for example, to the need for 35,000 heat pump installers to be trained by 2028. We are working with industry to address these gaps through the Construction Skills Delivery Group and, in 2022, a new cross-cutting delivery group on green jobs.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
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less than 2022-01-10T12:18:10.893Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-10T12:18:10.893Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388129
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2021-12-15more like thismore than 2021-12-15
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading School Leaving more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of students who left school in summer 2021, aged 18, who did not go onto further and higher education. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 93866 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-10more like thismore than 2022-01-10
star this property answer text <p>The sustained destinations of students who completed 16-18 study in summer 2021 are not yet available. The latest available data is for those students who completed 16-18 study in summer 2019. To be counted as having a sustained destination, the student must have had six contiguous months of activity in their destination year. The main destinations for this cohort are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/477e260e-ac3a-40d5-a7a9-b1e7a596c2c8" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/477e260e-ac3a-40d5-a7a9-b1e7a596c2c8</a>.</p><p>Of the 55.2% of students that did not sustain a further or higher education destination: 2.6% were in other education, 24.9% in employment, 8.4% in apprenticeships, 13.8% did not sustain a destination, and activity was not captured for the remaining 5.5%.</p><p>In addition to destination measures, the participation in education and training and employment publication may also be of interest: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/participation-in-education-and-training-and-employment" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/participation-in-education-and-training-and-employment</a>.</p><p>This release provides official measures of participation and not in education, employment or training (NEET) for 16-18 year olds. The estimates relate to a snapshot of activities at the end of the calendar year, and proportions are given as that of the population. Estimates for end 2021 will be published in June 2022.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
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less than 2022-01-10T12:05:19.397Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-10T12:05:19.397Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388130
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2021-12-15more like thismore than 2021-12-15
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Apprentices and Education more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the levels of demand among 18 to 25 year olds for (a) apprenticeships and (b) traditional further and higher education full time provision. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 93867 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-10more like thismore than 2022-01-10
star this property answer text <p>Apprenticeships provide young people with the opportunity to earn and learn the skills needed to start an exciting career in a wide range of industries, everything from artificial intelligence, archaeology, data science, business management and banking. There are currently over 640 employer-designed apprenticeship standards available at all levels, ensuring a wide variety of options for young people.</p><p>Prospective apprentices can search for employer advertised apprenticeship opportunities through the ‘find an apprenticeship’ (FAA) service on gov.uk and create an account to manage their applications and be alerted about new apprenticeships. Employers can advertise their apprenticeship vacancies through various other commercial services, or their own in-house channels, instead of, or in addition to FAA.</p><p>Latest published figures show over 15,000 vacancies on FAA available for prospective apprentices of all ages to apply for. Although we do not routinely publish data on apprenticeship demand through FAA, figures from the 12 months to 15 July 2021 show a ratio of roughly three applicants under 25 to one vacancy.</p><p>We are supporting employers to offer more apprenticeships to young people through encouraging more flexible training models such as front-loaded training, accelerated apprenticeships, and flexi-job apprenticeships. In addition, we continue to encourage more young people to consider apprenticeships through our Apprenticeship Support &amp; Knowledge programme which reached over 600,000 students across England in the last academic year.</p><p>We recognise the need for skills from employers and learners, and in January 2021 we published the Skills for Jobs White Paper. This is focused on giving people the skills they need, in a way that suits them, so they can get great jobs in sectors the economy needs and boost this country’s productivity.</p><p>The White Paper supports delivery of my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister’s, Lifetime Skills Guarantee which is aimed at giving people the opportunity to upskill and reskill at different points in their life. This includes funding people for their first advanced level (A level equivalent) course through Free Courses for Jobs, short, flexible ways to train through employer-led Skills Bootcamps, and a Lifelong Loan Entitlement to be introduced from 2025.</p><p>It is also focused on putting employers at the heart of the skills system so education and training meets their needs and local areas planning what skills they need through Local Skills Improvement Plans.</p><p>Together with other key reforms, such as the introduction of T Levels as a high-quality alternative to A levels, employer led apprenticeships and boosting level 4 and 5 technical provision, we are ensuring that there are a wide range of opportunities available for people of all ages to get the skills they need and meet demand.</p><p>In respect of higher education (HE), 2021 has been a record year for UK students in HE admissions, not just in terms of the number of applications, but also in terms of those who have been accepted onto university courses. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publishes data on the number of applicants and acceptances by age to full-time undergraduate higher education. Figures for the 2021 application cycle show the number of UK domiciled 18 to 24 year old applicants was 505,880, and the number of UK domiciled 18 to 24 year old acceptances was 423,270.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
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less than 2022-01-10T12:03:09.383Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-10T12:03:09.383Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388141
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2021-12-15more like thismore than 2021-12-15
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Apprentices: Degrees more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made on the take-up of degree apprenticeships since their introduction. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 93873 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-11more like thismore than 2022-01-11
star this property answer text <p>Apprenticeships at levels 6 and 7, including degree apprenticeships, are an important and growing part of our education and skills system and we are encouraged by the take-up so far. We have seen year on year growth since their inception, and in the last academic year there were 58,760 starts on apprenticeships at levels 6-7, 74.4% growth in 2020/21 compared to 2018/19.</p><p>There are now over 150 industry-designed apprenticeship standards available at levels 6 and 7, of which over 100 of these include a degree. As these are jobs with training, they directly address skills shortages for employers. They are available in a wide range of sectors such as Aerospace, Automotive, Digital, Engineering, Financial, Health, Leadership, Legal, Manufacturing, Nuclear and Protective Services.</p><p>Whilst we have seen positive growth of degree apprenticeships, we would like to see even more. Higher and degree apprenticeships support productivity, social mobility and widening participation in higher education and employment.</p><p>We continue to encourage more employers to consider using these apprenticeships to meet the skills needs of their industries. Education providers, including universities, have a vital role to play in working with employers to offer these apprenticeships wherever there is employer demand.</p><p>The attached file contains the number of apprenticeships starts at level 6 and 7, along with a further breakdown of those apprenticeships with a mandatory degree component since the first starts were recorded in the 2014/15 academic year.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
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less than 2022-01-11T15:59:43.037Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-11T15:59:43.037Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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star this property file name 93873_table_showing_number of apprenticeships starts.xlsx more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388663
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star this property date less than 2021-12-16more like thismore than 2021-12-16
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Apprentices: Degrees more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the take-up of degree apprenticeships against his Department's initial targets for take-up. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 94475 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-10more like thismore than 2022-01-10
star this property answer text <p>Apprenticeships at levels 6 and 7, including degree apprenticeships, are an important and growing part of our education and skills system and we are encouraged by the take-up so far. We have seen year on year growth since their inception, and in the last academic year there were 58,760 starts on apprenticeships at levels 6 and 7, that is 74.4% growth in 2020/21 compared to 2018/19.</p><p>Our apprenticeship reforms have put employers firmly in the driving seat and a market led approach ensures that apprenticeships are responsive to business needs both in terms of the content of the apprenticeship and availability. Employers take the decisions about who they recruit as an apprentice, and which type and level of apprenticeship they offer.</p><p>Employers, working in partnership with providers, have already developed over 150 apprenticeship standards available at levels 6 and 7, of which over 100 include a degree. As these are jobs with training, they directly address skills shortages for employers. They are available in a wide range of sectors such as aerospace, automotive, digital, engineering, financial, health, leadership, legal, manufacturing, nuclear and protective services.</p><p>Higher and degree apprenticeships support productivity, social mobility and widening participation in higher education and employment. So, whilst we have seen positive growth of degree apprenticeships, we would like to see even more.</p><p>We continue to encourage more employers to consider using these apprenticeships to meet the skills needs of their industries. Education providers, including universities, have a vital role to play in working with employers to offer these apprenticeships wherever there is employer demand.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
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less than 2022-01-10T13:45:01.73Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-10T13:45:01.73Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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star this property file name 94475_apprenticeship_starts.xls more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388667
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star this property date less than 2021-12-16more like thismore than 2021-12-16
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Turing Scheme more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value of the bid put in by Capita to obtain the contract to run the Turing Scheme was. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 94478 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-11more like thismore than 2022-01-11
star this property answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
94480 more like this
94481 more like this
94482 more like this
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less than 2022-01-11T15:34:10.853Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-11T15:34:10.853Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388669
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2021-12-16more like thismore than 2021-12-16
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Turing Scheme more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bids were tabled for the contract to run the Turing Scheme; and what the monetary value of the lowest bid tabled was. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 94480 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-11more like thismore than 2022-01-11
star this property answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
94478 more like this
94481 more like this
94482 more like this
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less than 2022-01-11T15:34:10.9Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-11T15:34:10.9Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388670
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2021-12-16more like thismore than 2021-12-16
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Turing Scheme more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure that Capita is held accountable in respect of its spending on the Turing scheme. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 94481 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-11more like thismore than 2022-01-11
star this property answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
94478 more like this
94480 more like this
94482 more like this
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less than 2022-01-11T15:34:10.947Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-11T15:34:10.947Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
1388671
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2021-12-16more like thismore than 2021-12-16
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Turing Scheme more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) number of students participating in Turing scheme and (b) subjects studied by those students; and what comparative assessment he has made of the number of students participating in the (i) Turing scheme at December 2021 and (ii) Erasmus scheme in the academic year 2015-16. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
star this property uin 94482 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-11more like thismore than 2022-01-11
star this property answer text <p>The Turing Scheme has made funding available for more than 41,000 students from schools, colleges and universities to go on study and work placements in over 150 destinations across the world this academic year. The government has also confirmed funding for the continuation of the Turing Scheme for the next 3 years, including £110 million for the 2022/23 academic year.</p><p>A competitive procurement exercise was conducted to appoint a delivery partner for the Turing Scheme from 1 April 2022. Two compliant bids were received for the contract to run the Turing Scheme. Following a robust procurement process, Capita’s bid was considered to be the highest in quality. The value of Capita’s bid was £6,271,155, which was the lowest bid in monetary value in this procurement.</p><p>As with all contracts, we will actively manage it at an operational and strategic level and should concerns arise, our contracts contain provisions and remedies to deal with them swiftly and effectively.</p><p>UK education providers who have successfully applied for funding may use the Turing Scheme funding to support mobilities for any of their students, regardless of study subject.</p><p>Statistics on actual participation in the scheme will be available after the end of the first year of the programme. The COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant effect on mobilities with some institutions choosing to delay their students’ placements. Statistics on participation in ERASMUS+ are published by the European Union: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a>.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar more like this
star this property answering member printed Alex Burghart more like this
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94478 more like this
94480 more like this
94481 more like this
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less than 2022-01-11T15:34:11.01Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-11T15:34:11.01Z
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star this property label Biography information for Alex Burghart more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Matt Western more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-01-31more like thismore than 2022-01-31
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Turing Scheme more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason Capita have been appointed to deliver the remainder of the Turing Scheme programme for the academic year 2021-22 starting in April 2022 rather than delivering that programme from the start of the academic year 2022-23. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Warwick and Leamington remove filter
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Matt Western more like this
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star this property answer text <p>The first year of the Turing Scheme is currently being delivered by the British Council and Ecorys under contractual arrangements that expire on 31 March 2022. A competitive procurement exercise was necessary to appoint a delivery partner for the remainder of the first year and for the second year of the programme. Capita has been appointed as the supplier to administer the completion of the first year of the Turing Scheme from April 2022 and the second year of the scheme until December 2023.</p><p>Bids for the Turing Scheme contract were evaluated on the answers to questions relating to quality and social value, compliance with a range of financial and corporate information tests, and cost. Bids were reviewed by a panel with knowledge relevant to the services required. Scores were moderated and weighted in line with the published evaluation model. The outcome of the panel review was taken to the Turing Scheme Procurement Board, and they approved the recommended outcome. Capita received the highest overall score and provided the best plan to continue opportunities for students to study and work abroad.</p><p>The costs for delivery of the contract have been agreed between Capita and the department. The use of continuous improvement is for the purpose of looking at how services can be improved without undermining Capita’s performance of the contract. It is common practice to consider how service improvements can improve service delivery efficiencies and where there are cost benefits of doing so, value for money will always be evaluated.</p><p>The department is currently working closely with the British Council, Ecorys and Capita to transfer all existing Turing Scheme projects granted funding and minimise any potential impact to the delivery of the first year of the programme. Until 1 April 2022, the British Council and Ecorys will continue to administer the scheme and will provide ongoing support for activities.</p><p>Beneficiaries will be contacted directly about next steps regarding ongoing support of their activities and should continue to communicate through the sector-specific helpdesk service if guidance or assistance is required.</p><p>We are confident that Capita have the capacity and skills to deliver the Turing Scheme. They have more than 35 years’ experience of supporting more than 180 local authorities and 21,000 schools, as well as being one of the largest IT providers to the UK education system. They will combine their capabilities in digital grants management, education, and complex programme management to deliver opportunities for students to study and work abroad.</p><p>In addition to preparations to transfer delivery of the first year of the Turing Scheme, the department is in continuous contact with Capita to plan for and receive updates on preparations for a successful launch of bids for the second year. I also personally met with Capita on Thursday 27 January, and they have assured me they are well prepared to administer the programme.</p><p>For the evaluation of the first year of the Turing Scheme, the department appointed IFF Research as its evaluation partner on 18 November 2021. Information regarding the appointment is available on the contracts finder service on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e4fc6e5f-13d3-4d01-a815-27a18ebe6a88" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e4fc6e5f-13d3-4d01-a815-27a18ebe6a88</a>.</p><p>In response to the buyer’s research board, the evaluation process and the data which will be required to support it has been approved by the research board and by the data protection team. The individual members of the research board are subject to data protection legislation and as such individual names cannot be released.</p>
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