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1363066

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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 discussions he has had with experts in curriculum development and pedagogy in designing T-Level qualifications; and what experience the panels designing T-Levels have in working with 14 to 19-year-old learners at further education colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	62591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>T Levels have been designed to give young people the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to progress directly to skilled employment or further technical study. The learning needs of 16-19 year olds and the skills needs of employers have played a central role at every stage of T Level development.</p><p> </p><p>T Levels are based on the same standards as apprenticeships and the outline content was designed by panels of experts in collaboration with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute). The T Level panels consist of employers, industry experts and education providers, including some further education colleges. A list of panel members for each T Level can be accessed on gov.uk: <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> </p><p>In developing the outline content, T Level panels received support and advice from education experts who have significant experience and expertise in curriculum and assessment design and in pedagogy.</p><p> </p><p>A single awarding organisation is contracted by the Institute to develop the technical qualification for each T Level on the basis of the outline content. Awarding organisations are required to evidence engagement with a range of education providers and employers throughout the development process.</p><p> </p><p>T Level technical qualifications are quality assured by the Institute and Ofqual. Both organisations work together to ensure that T Levels are high quality and continue to meet the needs of learners and employers.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 16:49:51 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1363067

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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 discussions he has had with the National Education Union in the development of T-Level qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	62592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders has been central to the development of T Levels and contributed to their successful launch in September last year.</p><p>Employers and other experts have designed the content of the qualifications, and we consulted extensively on the design, implementation and funding arrangements for T Levels, to which we received responses from the National Education Union. We have also engaged relevant stakeholders, including the National Union of Students, on an ongoing basis through advisory groups.</p><p>We have had no recent discussions with the National Education Union about T Levels and would welcome their input should they wish to meet.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 16:47:59 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1363068

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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 funding and investment he plans to make available to ensure the success of proposed T-Level qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	62593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>We have an extensive programme of support in place for T Levels, which will be backed by £500 million per year in revenue funding once fully rolled out. We have already invested over £165 million in capacity building funding to ensure providers can work with employers to deliver Industry Placements. An Employer Incentive Scheme has also been introduced, where employers can receive a £1,000 payment for hosting a T Level industry placement.</p><p>To ensure that T Level students benefit from high quality facilities and cutting-edge equipment, we have made £268 million capital funding available for T Levels starting in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Every teacher offering T Levels has been able to take advantage of the T Level Professional Development offer, for which we have committed over £15 million in the 2021-22 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 16:51:45 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1363069

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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 current academic qualifications will lose funding following the proposed introduction of T-Level qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	62594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>We will continue to fund high quality qualifications that can be taken alongside, or as alternatives to, T Levels and A levels, where there is a clear need for skills and knowledge that T Levels and A levels cannot provide.</p><p>We have not pre-judged which subject areas will be funded in future, but our plans for reform published in July listed a number of areas where we see a clear role for academic qualifications to sit alongside A levels. These include performing and creative arts, sport and STEM subjects.</p><p>Funding approval criteria for academic qualifications to be approved for delivery from 2024 and beyond will be published in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 16:43:33 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1363073

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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 assessment he has made of the potential short-term effect on students’ educational prospects of replacing current applied general qualifications with T-Level qualifications; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that students across the country can continue to access a wide variety of educational pathways following the proposed rollout of T-Levels.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	62595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Plans for the reform of level 3 qualifications were published in July. Students will continue to access a wide variety of high-quality level 3 pathways in future. They will continue to be able to study applied general qualifications (AGQs) as part of mixed programmes alongside A levels, where they meet new quality standards. Students will also be able to study AGQs as their full programme of study where there is no T Level and are in areas less well served by A levels.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a range of technical qualifications that will be offered alongside T Levels. The first will be qualifications supporting entry to occupations where there is no T Level. The second will be ‘specialist’ qualifications that develop more specialist skills and knowledge than could be acquired through a T Level alone.</p><p> </p><p>The accompanying impact assessment did not distinguish between short and long term impacts of change but set out our expectation that the educational impact of the reforms will be positive for most students. This is because students will have access to higher quality qualifications in future, including new T Levels. This will put them in a stronger position to progress onto further study or skilled employment.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 16:55:16 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1363074

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that children who have been absent from school as a result of illness from covid-19 are not penalised in applications to further education institutions that have a fixed attendance requirement for enrolment.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	62596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that extended restrictions on attendance at school and colleges have had an impact on children and young people’s learning, but decisions about admissions by further education (FE) institutions are a matter for providers themselves and are not specified by the government.</p><p>The department does, however, expect FE providers to be mindful of the impact of COVID-19 when considering any entry requirements for young people entering FE.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 16:45:03 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1404437

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient provision of technical and practical education in green skills to meet the future demands of the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	107474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>​​The government is committed to supporting green skills across the country. At the recent Spending Review, we set out investment of £3.8 billion in further education and skills over the course of the Parliament as a whole, to ensure people can access high quality training and education that leads to good jobs, addresses skills gaps, boosts productivity and supports levelling up. This includes funding for programmes to support green skills crucial to the net zero transition.</p><p>Building on the skills for jobs white paper, the Net Zero Strategy (published in October 2021) sets out how the government’s skills reforms will strengthen links between employers and providers, support workers in high carbon sectors with the transition, and help to build a pipeline of future talent.</p><p>Through the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, we are supporting workers to gain the skills they need to transition to the green economy, including through targeted support for retraining. As part of this and through the National Skills Fund investment, we are delivering Skills Bootcamps, which are short, flexible courses covering digital, technical and green skills. Green Skills Bootcamps are available in areas such as housing retrofit, solar, nuclear energy and vehicle electrification.</p><p>The Free Courses for Jobs offer has, since April 2021, been supporting adults who do not have a qualification at level 3 or higher to access over 400 level 3 courses for free. The offer currently includes qualifications linked to green sectors such as agriculture, building and construction, engineering, environmental conservation, horticulture and forestry and science. This offer replaces loan funding with grant funding for any adult over the age of 23 looking to achieve their first level 3 qualification. In addition, we have recently announced that, from April this year, any adult in England who is earning under the National Living Wage annually (£18,525), or is unemployed, will also be able to access these qualifications for free, regardless of their prior qualification level.</p><p>At post-16 level, we will continue to build on our apprenticeship reforms, to align the majority of post-16 technical education and training with employer-led standards by 2030. A strengthened system of employer-led standards, underpinning apprenticeships, T Levels and new higher technical qualifications will ensure employers, including in low carbon sectors, have a central role in designing and developing qualifications and training.</p><p>High quality apprenticeships give students of all ages the practical skills, knowledge, and behaviours to make an immediate impact across all industries. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (the Institute) has convened a Green Apprenticeships Advisory Panel (GAAP) to work with employers to align apprenticeships to net zero objectives. Work is underway to map existing apprenticeship standards against green occupations and identify opportunities to create new standards in areas including retrofit, agri-tech and renewable energy and the GAAP has endorsed existing apprenticeships which support green career pathways.</p><p>In 2021, we introduced the first occupational traineeships, in collaboration with sector bodies, to provide a clear, planned transition to an apprenticeship at level 2 to 3 for young people aged 16 to 24. They allow young people to continue in learning with a work-based programme of training. Going forward, we will consider the potential to develop and introduce other occupational traineeships, including in priority and green sectors to ensure that young people secure the jobs of the future.</p><p>We are continuing to roll out T Levels that support green careers, providing high quality technical qualifications as an alternative to A levels which are underpinned by the same employer-led approach as apprenticeships. The building services engineering for construction T Level, launched in September 2021, will cover housing retrofit and heat pump installation. From September 2022, new T Levels will be available in engineering, manufacturing, processing and control, with agriculture, land management and production available by September 2023. The Institute is exploring the suitability of potential future T Levels and occupational specialisms, focusing on areas to support green skills.</p><p>Our network of Institutes of Technology (IoT) across England specialise in delivering higher technical education and are utilising their state of the art facilities to offer training in green skills. This includes the East London IoT which offers training in green and zero carbon energy production, and the Greater Birmingham and Solihull IoT which focuses on sustainable engineering. The network is supporting increased participation from underrepresented groups, including women, helping to grow the pipeline of individuals with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills needed for green jobs. We are investing £120 million in the second wave of IoTs, to be up and running this year.</p><p>Working alongside industry, we will continue to ensure that our existing skills programmes can be directed to support the net zero agenda, and where appropriate identify further opportunities to flex key skills programmes to support green sectors and occupations.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/01/2022 16:46:09 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1434728

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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, how many apprentices were (a) added to and (b) went live on the Apprenticeship Service between 1 April 2021 and 30 November 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	128173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>As of 7 February 2022, the number of commitments reported on the apprenticeship service with planned training start dates between 01 April 2021 and 30 November 2021 was 255,000.</p><p>The number of apprenticeships with start dates between 01 April 2021 and 30 November 2021 was 251,400, as confirmed by providers reporting on the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) in January.</p><p>It should be noted, commitments on the apprenticeship service are where potential apprentices, who are expected to go on to start an apprenticeship, have been recorded on the apprenticeship service system. Commitments may be recorded or amended on the apprenticeship service system after the training start date has passed and therefore data should be treated as provisional.</p><p>Providers may not record learners immediately on the ILR, so a lag may occur between a commitment being recorded in the apprenticeship service and the corresponding commitment being recorded as a start on the ILR.</p><p>Apprenticeship service commitments and monthly apprenticeship starts figures are published in the ‘Apprenticeship Service and monthly transparency data’ section of the apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication, found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 03/03/2022 15:38:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1434730

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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, how many incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice were made to employers for apprentices who started apprenticeship training between 1 April and 30 November 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	128174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>Our apprentice incentive payments of up to £3,000 have helped employers of all sizes to build back better from the COVID-19 outbreak. The net total of incentive payments made to employers for apprentices who started apprenticeship training between 1 April and 30 November 2021, was 62,419 (as of 24 February 2022). Incentive payments have also supported over 170,000 new apprentices into work between August 2020 and January 2022 (as of 7 February 2022).</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted these totals are not static. They may change as and when we receive new Individualised Learner Record data from training providers and employer updates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 03/03/2022 12:11:13 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1082173

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure disadvantaged young people are able to access degree apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	228565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The availability of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships has grown significantly. 78 standards available at level 6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>The National Apprenticeship Service works with local partners and through an employer engagement campaign across the most deprived local authority areas (65 areas in total) to ensure that apprenticeships are available in disadvantaged areas at all levels. We have also recently launched our ‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth, Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships particularly at higher levels.</p><p>We have specifically supported degree apprenticeships for those under-represented through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund. In 2017, we launched the second phase of the fund, which included criteria aimed at encouraging access to degree apprenticeships for: disadvantaged groups, disadvantaged areas, expanding provision in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and gender diversity in STEM. The fund has also supported a range of awareness-raising activities aimed at higher and degree apprenticeships, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service/National Apprenticeship Service careers fairs and offering access to 240,000 Year 12 students.</p><p>We have increased the proportion of people starting an apprenticeship from black and minority ethnic backgrounds to 11.2% in 2017/18 from an average of 10% in 2010/15. We have also increased the proportion of apprenticeships starts by people with learning difficulties and disabilities to 11.2 per cent.</p><p>We do not differentiate between access or performance criteria at different apprenticeship levels, but we do have programme-wide targets and strive to widen participation across all levels of apprenticeships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 228566 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:21:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman