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	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional resources he has allocated to ensure the introduction of T levels by 2020; and what steps is he taking to ensure the value for money of the introduction of T levels.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	152840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Once T Levels are fully rolled out there will be over £500 million additional funding per year for their delivery. This extra funding will pay for extended industry placements and the additional taught hours that will be needed for T Levels. Nearly £60 million of this funding has already been allocated to providers to help them build capacity for the improved industry placements that will form part of the new T Levels. The funding also includes up to £20 million to help teachers and leaders prepare for the implementation of T Levels. We are currently considering how best to provide this support, and information we gather from the data collection launched on 25 May will help to inform this.</p><p>We are confident that T Levels will provide a substantial boost to national productivity and the life chances of many thousands of young people. As we introduce the technical education routes, we will explore value for money in a number of ways, including through commissioning an evaluation of the new routes and monitoring performance and destination data.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/06/2018 14:59:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

922003

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	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 employers in each region that was consulted by his Department on the introduction of T levels.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	152272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>We ran a ten week consultation on our proposals for T levels, which closed on 8 February 2018. This involved an online survey and a series of events around the country. We received hundreds of comments at our events and 430 official responses to the online survey, including 55 from different employers and 86 from employer representative bodies/agencies. We reviewed all of these responses and published the official government response on 27 May 2018, which is available here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711472/Implementation_of_T_Level_programmes-Government_consultation_response.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711472/Implementation_of_T_Level_programmes-Government_consultation_response.pdf</a>. A full list of respondents is included in Annex B, which can be found in the weblink above, though we have not published the names of organisations who wished to keep their submissions confidential.</p><p> </p><p>Employers have developed the outline content that will form the basis of new T Levels, through membership of the T Level panels. A list of the T level panel members of the first 16 panels that have been convened has been published and is available online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-panels-membership" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-panels-membership</a>.</p><p>In addition to membership of the T Level panels, we have further consulted employers including BAM Nuttall, Kier, Busy Bees, Action for Children, Amazon, John Lewis and Deloitte on the first three T Levels that will be delivered in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/06/2018 16:46:22 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

922004

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	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 number of learners taking T levels in the first year of the level's introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	152273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Our plan is for a measured implementation of T levels, the most radical reform of post-16 education since the introduction of A Levels almost 70 years ago, which will transform the technical education landscape. On 27 May we announced the 52 colleges and other providers that have been selected to deliver the first three T Levels in 2020 and have since selected a further two providers.</p><p>Teaching is to begin in 2020 in the first three subjects in 54 providers. As providers are considering the outline content of the first T Levels and developing their own implementation plans, the number of potential learners for the first years of T Levels is still under consideration but is expected to grow over time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/06/2018 17:26:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

872223

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) short-skills sectors of setting apprenticeship bands which are lower than the average costing proposals submitted and (b) the expected quality of apprenticeships delivered against the standards and on training providers of those bands being so set lower.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	134137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The independent Institute for Apprenticeships is responsible for advising the department on the appropriate funding band for individual apprenticeship standards. The Institute takes into account a range of evidence to provide a recommendation. This includes employer evidence of eligible delivery costs, the cost and funding band of equivalent frameworks, affordability, and the expertise of their employer route panels.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship funding band upper limit represents the maximum amount of government funding that can be used to support high-quality apprentice training and assessment. Employers are encouraged to negotiate and agree a price with training providers and are free to agree a price above the funding band, although the employer will be liable for any costs above the funding band limit.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/04/2018 12:00:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

869336

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of apprenticeship starts on the financial sustainability of (a) employers that are paying the Apprenticeship Levy and (b) training providers.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	133850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>For employers that pay the apprenticeship levy, the number of starts affects the amount of funds in their apprenticeship service accounts. Employers have two years to spend their apprenticeship service funds and we are working with them to help plan their programmes and their investment in apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the impact of the funding reforms on the training provider market. This includes reviewing and assessing the financial health of all providers who contract with the Education and Skills Funding Agency as new financial information becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/04/2018 15:35:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868447

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Bury North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship places have been taken up in North Bury constituency; which sectors those apprenticeships are in; and at what levels those apprenticeships are at.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	133667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is in the public domain. Apprenticeship starts in the 2016/17 academic year for the Bury North constituency broken down by sector subject areas and levels is published in the apprenticeships section of the ‘Further education data library’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661046/201617_apprenticeships_geography_tool_by_sector_subject_area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661046/201617_apprenticeships_geography_tool_by_sector_subject_area.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Full year apprenticeship starts by young people (under 19s) between 2011/12 and 2016/17 in the Bury North constituency is published in the ‘Further education data library’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675497/FE_and_Skills_Participation_by_Level_-_Age_-_Region_-_LEA_FINALv4.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675497/FE_and_Skills_Participation_by_Level_-_Age_-_Region_-_LEA_FINALv4.xlsx</a>. The proportion of young people in Bury North starting an apprenticeship is not available from the official data.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 133670 question first answered 03/04/2018 15:21:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868450

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Bury North
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people in Bury North constituency started an apprenticeship in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	133670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is in the public domain. Apprenticeship starts in the 2016/17 academic year for the Bury North constituency broken down by sector subject areas and levels is published in the apprenticeships section of the ‘Further education data library’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661046/201617_apprenticeships_geography_tool_by_sector_subject_area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661046/201617_apprenticeships_geography_tool_by_sector_subject_area.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Full year apprenticeship starts by young people (under 19s) between 2011/12 and 2016/17 in the Bury North constituency is published in the ‘Further education data library’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675497/FE_and_Skills_Participation_by_Level_-_Age_-_Region_-_LEA_FINALv4.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675497/FE_and_Skills_Participation_by_Level_-_Age_-_Region_-_LEA_FINALv4.xlsx</a>. The proportion of young people in Bury North starting an apprenticeship is not available from the official data.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 133667 question first answered 03/04/2018 15:21:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868451

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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 plans his Department has to ensure that any Apprenticeship Levy underspend can be retained for the sectors from which that Levy was raised and directed to address specific skills gaps in those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	133671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The apprenticeships programme is demand led, and employers will recruit apprentices and spend their funds on the apprenticeship training that they judge best meets their skills needs. The programme makes sure that funds move to where there is a need; to retain levy funds for specific sectors could restrict the use of funding.</p><p> </p><p>Using our apprenticeship budget to fund wider skills training would have a significant impact on our ability to meet our target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 as less of the funding would be focussed on apprenticeship training. We want to retain and meet this target to give more people the opportunity to get the skills they need to get on in life.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 133673 question first answered 03/04/2018 15:22:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868452

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made on the extent to which the new apprenticeship standards are closing the skills gap in sectors such as engineering, facilities management and construction.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	133672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The department continues to monitor apprenticeships market performance including levels of starts by sector subject areas such as Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies as well as Construction, Planning and the Built Environment. In the first quarter of this academic year we have seen particular growth in the number of starts at Level 4 and above in Engineering and Manufacturing, in comparison to the same period last year.</p><p> </p><p>Quality is at the heart of our changes to apprenticeships and new employer-designed high quality standards are replacing frameworks to ensure apprenticeships meet employers’ needs and address national skills shortages.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are taking on the standards rapidly - there were 40,900 apprenticeship starts on the new apprenticeship standards for quarter one of the 2017/18 academic year – more than the whole of last year combined. This represents 36% of all starts in the first quarter of this year compared to 3.1% in the same period the previous year, and much quicker growth than expected - showing that employers are moving to the new higher quality offer.</p><p> </p><p>Higher quality training leads to increased productivity; of the new standards approved, 37 are standards in construction and engineering-related occupations and in Facilities Management. Around 300 more standards are in development, including more than 100 in construction and engineering and three more in Facilities Management occupations.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/04/2018 15:30:16 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868453

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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 his Department has made of the potential merits of broadening the apprenticeship levy into a wider skills levy which would encompass other forms of training.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	133673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The apprenticeships programme is demand led, and employers will recruit apprentices and spend their funds on the apprenticeship training that they judge best meets their skills needs. The programme makes sure that funds move to where there is a need; to retain levy funds for specific sectors could restrict the use of funding.</p><p> </p><p>Using our apprenticeship budget to fund wider skills training would have a significant impact on our ability to meet our target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 as less of the funding would be focussed on apprenticeship training. We want to retain and meet this target to give more people the opportunity to get the skills they need to get on in life.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 133671 question first answered 03/04/2018 15:22:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith