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227696

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the level of funding his Department will provide to further education colleges for the provision of adult education in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	227789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total budget for post 19 Further Education for 2015/16 is £3,741,472,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not have any budgets beyond 2015-16 as these will be agreed in the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:58:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

227774

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 changes have been made to the funding of school sixth forms since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	227913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>School sixth forms used to be funded at a higher rate than colleges. In 2011/12 the Government made a deliberate decision to end this disparity so that, by 2015, schools and colleges would be funded at the same level as each other for similar programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We reduced the funding for enrichment activities for all full-time students in order to protect funding for activities that led to qualifications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Starting in academic year 2013/14 we moved from a system of funding per qualification to funding per student. Institutions are now funded for, on average, 600 teaching hours per year per full-time student. We put into place formula protection funding until 2015/16 so no provider would lose any funding as a result of the formula change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From academic year 2014/15, we reduced the funding for 18-year-olds in full-time education. This will apply to all elements of the formula, except the extra support for disadvantaged students without a GCSE grade C or above in English or mathematics, and students with a learning difficulty assessment or a statement of special educational needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2015 13:44:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

228339

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Offenders: Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many literacy courses were enrolled on by offenders assessed as having a literacy need in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	228241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p> </p><p>Information for each academic year since 2010/11 on prisoner participation in English and maths is published in the FE data library (first link) as a supplementary table (second link) to a Statistical First Release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners participating who were assessed as having a literacy need was not recorded for these years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382079/feandskills-OLASS-participation-and-achievement.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382079/feandskills-OLASS-participation-and-achievement.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2015 15:14:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

228260

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2015 to Question 226805, where in the weblinks provided the information requested can be found on how much the Government has made available in adult skills funding in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York Council and (c) all areas using York College in 2015-16; how much such funding was made available in each of the last six years (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices; and if he will place in the Library a table showing that information.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	228227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 12 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-09/226806/" target="_blank">226806</a>. Adult skills funding is made available to further education providers, not local areas. The funding system is demand led and money follows the learners.</p><p>Allocations for 2015-16 are available on the Skills Funding Agency website. Historic allocations are also available on the Skills Funding Agency website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>To offer accountability as to how allocations money is spent we publish tables showing a summary of learning associated with each provider. For York College in 2012/13, see row 1,235 in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310265/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1213.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310265/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1213.xls</a></p><p>It should be noted that in any given area, learners are supported by a range of different providers. For a summary of further education providers and their delivery in the York local authority in 2012/13, see rows 53,186 to 53,387 of the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349344/Jan14_Learners_Delivery_Local_Authority_District_ProviderLevel_1213.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349344/Jan14_Learners_Delivery_Local_Authority_District_ProviderLevel_1213.zip</a></p><p>All provider and local authority tables are published in the FE Data Library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2015 15:59:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

228070

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what non-apprenticeship adult skills budget was allocated for Leeds City College in 2014-15; and what such allocation he plans to make in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	228113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The non-apprenticeship adult skills budget allocated for Leeds City College in 2014-15 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2015 17:14:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name Leeds-City-College-non-apprenticeships-budget.docx title Leeds City College non-apprenticeships budget
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

228068

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to address the adult skills gap in Pendle and East Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are reforming the further education (FE) and skills system so that it is increasingly responsive to local needs, particularly focused on Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), and driven by the needs of local growth opportunities. LEPs are responsible for identifying local skills priorities working in partnership with key players across their local economies. Growth Deals enable them to align investment in skills capital to their key growth priorities. For example, Nelson and Colne College has successfully has secured investment of £1.4m for an Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Centre. Since December 2011 Government funding has also supported capital projects at the FE Colleges of Accrington and Rossendale, Blackburn, and Burnley. Greater devolution has enabled a Lancashire LEP scheme to support 4,000 employees aged 19 and over in small and medium-sized businesses to develop the skills that will give those businesses the confidence to grow. In addition, 610 adults started apprenticeships in Pendle in 2013/14 and 7,780 in Lancashire as a whole. 6,150 adults participated in FE and Leaning in 2013/14 in Pendle and 74,840 in Lancashire.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/03/2015 11:51:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

227692

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: Hackney
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Skills Funding Letter 2015 to 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the change in adult skills funding between 2014-15 and 2015-16 on (a) students and (b) colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	227859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The skills funding agency allocates funding in response to learner demand and in accordance with Government priorities, including the importance of growing apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency since 2010 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 have recently been shared with colleges and providers. They will be published on the Skills Funding Agency website as a matter of course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 227860 question first answered 25/03/2015 11:52:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52064 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

227693

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: Hackney
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes in adult skills funding since 2010 on (a) students and (b) colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	227860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The skills funding agency allocates funding in response to learner demand and in accordance with Government priorities, including the importance of growing apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency since 2010 can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 have recently been shared with colleges and providers. They will be published on the Skills Funding Agency website as a matter of course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 227859 question first answered 25/03/2015 11:52:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52061 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

229035

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for the funding of adult skills in (a) the South East and (b) Eastbourne constituency is for (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	228643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Skills Funding Agency does not allocate funding to specific geographical areas. The Agency allocates funding to colleges and training providers, some of whom operate on very local geographic footprints, whilst others provide training and skills services to learners and employers across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Colleges have all now received their allocations for 2015/16 and they will be in the public domain during June 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for all providers in 2014/15, including those in the South East and Eastbourne areas, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/03/2015 09:36:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

229364

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to monitor young people to ensure that they stay in some form of education or training until their 18th birthday.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty under Section 68 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to encourage, enable or assist young people’s participation in education or training. Statutory guidance[1] that underpins this duty directs local authorities to collect information to identify young people who are not participating, or who are at risk of not doing so, and to target their resources on those who need them most.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/participation-of-young-people-education-employment-and-training</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/03/2015 10:07:37 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe