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1007862

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Home Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the link between the number of pupils that are home schooled and the number of school exclusions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	191919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The department does not hold information on the number of children who are home educated. It is not possible to make any overall assessment of the number of children who are educated at home and of those, the number who have been excluded from school.</p><p> </p><p>Parents have a right to educate their child at home. That choice should be one made freely by the parent, without pressure from a school whether by exclusion or other means.</p><p> </p><p>Head teachers can only exclude pupils, either permanently or for a fixed period, for disciplinary reasons. The process that head teachers must follow is set out in statutory guidance, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusion</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on fixed period and permanent exclusion decisions is published annually and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2018 10:06:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1020391

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Technology: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK workforce can be upskilled or retrained in the event that their profession is adversely affected by the fourth industrial revolution.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	199397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Automation and technological change is expected to have a significant impact on the jobs market over the next 10 to 20 years, bringing new challenges and opportunities. The National Retraining Scheme, which was announced in the Autumn Budget 2017, is an ambitious and far-reaching programme focussed on adult retraining. The scheme will help those who are most at risk and in precarious employment to gain the skills that they need to thrive as the economy changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 12:18:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1020392

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing greater flexibility for apprenticeship levy paying employers by allowing them to transfer levy funds to more than one employer.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	199398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Apprenticeship levy-paying employers can transfer levy funds to as many employers as they wish, provided the total of transfers does not exceed 10% of the total value of levy funds declared in the previous tax year. This will rise to 25% from April 2019.</p><p>We are monitoring the impact of all aspects of apprenticeship funding policy, including the changes to co-investment rates and the transfer limit announced in the Budget, to make sure that we continue to support employers of all sizes to make a sustainable investment in high-quality skills training.</p><p>Further information on apprenticeship levy funding rules can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733034/1819_Employer_Rules_v1.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733034/1819_Employer_Rules_v1.0.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 12:19:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039062

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Apprenticeship Levy funding has been (a) spent, (b) drawn down by Levy contributor employers, (c) spent on apprenticeships training by non-Levy contributor employers, (d) allocated in incentives and payments to apprentices, (e) spent on English and Maths requirements and (f) allocated to other Levy-related spending in each financial year since the introduction of that Levy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The following information pertains to the 2017-18 financial year and is based on the aggregate spending on apprenticeships as set out in the department’s 2017-18 annual report and accounts.</p><p>In the 2017-18 financial year, the department spent £1.58 billion on apprenticeships. Of the £1.58 billion, £1.52 billion was spent on training and assessing apprentices:</p><ul><li>£1.065 billion on ongoing costs of training apprentices who started before the levy was introduced in May 2017.</li><li>£268 million was spent on training for apprentices who started on or after 1 May 2017 with levy paying employers.</li><li>£189 million was spent on training for apprentices who started on or after 1 May 2017 with employers who do not pay the levy.</li></ul><p>Additional payments relating to apprentices who started on or after 1 May 2017 were £99 million. English and maths training for apprentices who started on or after 1 May 2017 was £38 million.</p><p>The remaining spending of £58 million was on maintaining the apprenticeship programme and service, and on learners still funded under legacy areas of policy (now closed to new learners).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 16:40:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039063

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of Apprenticeship Levy (a) funding and (b) spending for 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education has a ring-fenced apprenticeship budget which has been set regardless of how much levy receipts are each year. This budget was set at £2.23 billion for the 2018-19 financial year. It is used to fund new apprenticeship starts in levy and non-levy paying employers and to cover the ongoing training costs of apprentices that are already in training.</p><p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand led - employers choose which apprenticeships they offer and at what level, how many and when, to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p>We will publish details on aggregate apprenticeship spending in our departmental end of year accounts as part of our annual financial reporting cycle.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 11:48:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039064

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) dates of and (b) principal topics for discussion at the meetings that (i) he, (ii) Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with the Institute for Apprenticeships since it was established.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Since the Institute for Apprenticeships was established in April 2017, ministers and officials in the department have had regular meetings with the institute. These have included 6 monthly ministerial reviews with the institute, and quarterly performance reviews at senior official level. These reviews have discussed the progress of the institute in discharging its apprenticeship responsibilities and preparing to take on responsibilities for T levels. Ministers and officials have met the institute regularly between these meetings to discuss a range of issues related to the business of the institute and the apprenticeship and technical education reform programmes.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 16:43:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039065

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the stated aims are of the apprenticeship funding band review; and how those aims align with Government policy on apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The aim of the apprenticeship funding band review is to assess whether apprenticeship standards are set in the appropriate funding band to support high-quality delivery and to provide value for money for employers and government, following the introduction of the 30 band funding structure in August 2018. This is set out on the Institute for Apprenticeships’ website: <a href="https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/about/news-events/funding-band-review/" target="_blank">https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/about/news-events/funding-band-review/</a>.</p><p>This is in line with our commitment to create an apprenticeships programme which delivers high-quality apprenticeship training in a sustainable way.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 13:16:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039066

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department’s policy to prioritise the take-up of higher-level apprenticeship programmes at Levels 4-7, over programmes at Levels 2-3.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Employers choose the type, level and quantity of apprenticeships that they offer, as well as when they offer the apprenticeships, to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is supporting employers to design and take charge of high quality apprenticeship standards that give them the skills that they need. There are currently 390 standards available at all levels and in a range of occupations.</p><p>Apprenticeship starts at levels 2 and 3 make up the vast majority of the programme. There were 327,600 starts at these levels in 2017/18, which represents over 87% of starts. Apprenticeships at higher levels (from level 4 onwards) are continuing to grow, with an increase of 31.7% in 2017/18 compared to 2016/17. There were over six times more starts on apprenticeships at levels 6 and 7 in 2017/18 (10,880 starts) than in 2016/17 (1,700 starts).</p><p>This shows how apprenticeships are helping people to train in skilled occupations at all levels and to progress in their careers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 14:02:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039067

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) skills and (b) economic sectors his Department has classified as priority for the apprenticeships sector.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The government want to see high-quality apprenticeship opportunities at all levels, right across the economy, and we are working with employer groups in a wide range of sectors to develop the standards their industries need. A total of 390 apprenticeship standards are now approved for delivery.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p>Apprenticeships benefit people of all ages and backgrounds, and the government’s reforms are driving up quality and enabling people to gain the skills employers need.</p><p>As part of the Industrial Strategy, the department contributes to Sector Deals: business-led agreements between a sector and government, with each side making commitments to work in new and innovative ways to improve productivity.<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> All of the sector deals include elements relating to skills and the labour market specific to those sectors, including commitments to increase the number of apprenticeships at all levels across priority sectors. This could include promoting apprenticeships to existing workers, to support progression and re-training to provide the highly skilled workforce employers need.</p><p>Further sector deals are in progress towards formal negotiation. The government is fully engaged in this process and seeks opportunities to embed skills policy initiatives within each deal.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/?includeApprovedForDelivery=true" target="_blank">https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/?includeApprovedForDelivery=true</a>.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-strategy-sector-deals/introduction-to-sector-deals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-strategy-sector-deals/introduction-to-sector-deals</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 14:08:54 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1039068

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held with stakeholders from the apprenticeships sector in the last 12 months; and what the principal topics for discussion were at those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	207252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, ministers and department officials meet with stakeholders from across the apprenticeships sector frequently to discuss the apprenticeships agenda, including employers, business representative organisations and providers. This includes a regular meeting between my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State and national business bodies.</p><p>Stakeholder meetings cover a variety of topics across the apprenticeships programme. The department will continue to work closely with all key stakeholders to help them take advantage of apprenticeships and the apprenticeship reform programme to invest in the long-term skills needs of the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/01/2019 17:41:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell