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1364000

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2021
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that young people have access to a wide choice of T-Levels that meet individual (a) needs and (b) interests; and what steps he is taking to ensure that their choice is not limited to (i) their location and (ii) local industries.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	64694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>T Levels are being introduced across 11 different industry areas, from Engineering &amp; Manufacturing and Digital, to Creative &amp; Design and Science. The rollout of T Levels began last year with three subjects offered by 43 providers. 10 T Levels are now offered by over 100 providers. These numbers will grow year on year and over 20 T Levels will be available by 2023. This gradual introduction has meant T Levels got off to a high-quality start with feedback from both providers and students has been positive.</p><p>Current T Level providers are based across the country, and we have ensured they are represented in Opportunity Areas. As the rollout continues, coverage will increase and more students will benefit from these pioneering new qualifications. Young people will also benefit from improved, high-quality information, advice and guidance to help them make informed choices about the course that is right for them.</p><p>T Level content is designed by employers, so they will meet students’ needs by giving them the skills and knowledge needed by business. Current T Level students have been particularly enthusiastic about industry placements, which allow them to hone their technical skills in their chosen occupational specialism.</p><p>As with other education provisions, we do not expect all T Levels to be available in all post-16 providers. Providers will choose which courses to offer based on a number of factors, including their current post-16 offer and the local labour market situation. This is no different to current arrangements. The department has given extensive support to ensure providers can work with local employers to offer industry placements, and the National Apprenticeship Service is helping to match providers and employers, particularly targeting areas where there may be gaps in provision.</p><p>As part of our review of level 3 qualifications, we have set out the range of situations where we see a role for other technical qualifications to sit alongside T Levels. For 16-19 year olds this includes qualifications enabling entry to occupations not covered by T Levels. Information on reforms to post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3-in-england</a>.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 02/11/2021 10:53:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1387669

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	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 the breakdown was by sex for each subject for which students were enrolled on T-level courses in (a) September 2020 and (b) September 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	92911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We expect to publish data on the breakdown of T Level students by sex and ethnicity in spring 2022 – as part of an addendum to the 2021 T Level action plan (published on 17 December 2021). This will be end-year data and will relate only to students enrolled for the 2020/21 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/01/2022 15:01:24 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1388577

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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, how many students began T level courses at the start of the (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22 academic year, by learning institution and subject.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	94322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>Early data suggests that the number of T Level student enrolments for 2020 was around 1,300 – and for 2021 around 5,450. These figures were published in the 2020 and 2021 T Level Action Plans, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan</a>.</p><p>The number of 2020 T Level starts in England were included in the 16-18 participation statistical data release in June 2021. T Level student numbers by institution will be published alongside T Level results. This is to match the approach we take with other qualifications such as BTECs or A levels. There is information on the funding provided to each institution for T Levels which includes the student numbers that this is based on, but these are predicted not actual student numbers. This is published as part of allocations data which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2020-to-2021-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2020-to-2021-academic-year</a>.</p><p>We do not yet have the official data for 2021 T Level student enrolments. We are looking at what other data we might publish, as an addendum to the 2021 T Level Action Plan, in spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 06/01/2022 18:39:31 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1388578

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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, how many of the students that began T level courses in 2020-21 left the course before the end of the 2021 academic year, by institution and subject.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	94323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We have published the numbers of students recorded as enrolling on T Levels in 2020 (around 1,300) in the 2020 Action Plan: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan</a>.</p><p>This figure was based on early data, we do not yet have the final official data for the 2020 to 2021 academic year. We are looking at what other data we might publish, as an addendum to the 2021 T Level Action Plan, in Spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/01/2022 14:38:03 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1388585

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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, how many days of work experience 2020-21 T level students (a) did in the 2020-21 academic year, by institution and subject and (b) have left to do in the 2021-22 academic year in order to meet the requirement of the qualification, by institution and subject.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	94325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We are aware that sourcing industry placements has been very challenging for the first cohort of T Level students due to COVID-19 restrictions and the residual economic challenges. We have been working closely with all of our T Level providers to ensure they have the support they need to source placement opportunities.</p><p>T Level providers monitor the completion of the required placement hours, so this specific data is not information we have at this point. However, the vast majority of students have either completed their placement, or they are in progress. We have introduced a number of temporary flexibilities to enable providers to deliver placement opportunities. We continue to monitor the situation to determine what further support is needed to ensure that all students can succeed on their T Level despite the impact of COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/01/2022 15:09:12 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1405207

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	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 data on the number of companies that (a) provided T-level placements in 2020-21 and (b) confirmed to provide placements in 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	109206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>We currently do not, nor plan to, collect data on the number of T Level industry placements delivered, or committed to, by individual companies. Instead, this information is held by education providers, who are responsible for securing industry placements for their T Level students. Therefore, we are unable to report on the number of companies currently offering or planning on offering placements.</p><p>However, through our ongoing engagement with employers, education providers and key stakeholders, we are able to identify which sectors and geographical locations we need to focus on to support the delivery of further industry placement opportunities for T Level students.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/01/2022 11:39:14 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1405208

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2022
	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 steps his Department has taken to ensure sufficient placements for T-Levels over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	109207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>We have provided an extensive programme of employer and provider support to help with the delivery and scale up of high-quality industry placements. We have invested £200 million over the past 4 years to help providers build their capacity and relationships with employers, and we have published practical industry placement delivery guidance for both education providers and employers. We are engaging directly with employers through the department’s employer engagement teams to provide a strong pipeline of employers, across all sectors, ready to offer placements and there is comprehensive package of support available for employers offering online guidance, webinars, and direct hands-on support to help them deliver industry placements. We have established a T Level employer ambassador network to engage with others in their industries on T Levels and placements, and we are further developing our communications materials to continue to raise the profile of T Levels and industry placements to an employer audience. We will continue to work closely with education providers and employers to identify any potential barriers to the delivery of placements for each of the T Levels and identify appropriate mitigations.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/01/2022 11:04:19 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1415981

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the hours on T Level Transition Programmes to bring them into line with T Level Programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
	uin	110616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>T Levels are significantly larger than other 16-19 study programmes. They are 2 year courses that include a substantial technical qualification and mandatory 9 week industry placement and cover significant theoretical and practical content to ensure students are able to successfully progress into work or further technical study. The T Level Transition Programme, in contrast, provides an additional year of support and preparation for those students who need it, before they are ready to enrol on a T Level. The differences in the number of funded hours for these programmes reflects their respective purposes and content.</p><p>From academic year 2022/23, T Levels and the T Level Transition Programmes will benefit from the additional hours the department will be funding for 16-19 education. For a band 5 ‘full-time’ T Level Transition Programme, this will mean an extra 40 hours, taking funded hours up to a minimum of 580 hours, with proportionate increases for smaller programmes. Students may also be able to receive additional small group tuition via the 16-19 Tuition Fund.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 01/02/2022 12:53:30 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1437447

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2022
	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 steps he is taking to ensure work placements for t-levels are available in every town in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	133260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Ensuring employers are made aware of T Levels and are well prepared to deliver high quality industry placements is key to the success of T Level delivery. We have invested over £200 million over the past 4 years to help providers build their capacity and relationships with employers, and have developed a comprehensive package of advice and guidance to support providers to deliver placements, as well as networking opportunities to share best practice.</p><p>We are engaging directly with employers of all sizes throughout England, via the department’s employer engagement teams, to promote the benefits of T Levels and of hosting industry placements. We are providing an extensive programme of employer focussed support to help ensure employers are able to deliver placements. This includes a comprehensive employer support package, which offers guidance, workshops and webinars, as well as tailored advice and direct hands-on support, to help build employer confidence, and capability and capacity to deliver high-quality industry placements. We have also implemented different delivery models to ensure placements can be delivered by employers across all industries and locations. Our T Level ambassador network is enabling employers to engage with others in their industries on T Levels and placements. Finally, we have put in place a short-term incentive fund, offering employers £1,000 per industry placement, to encourage employers to offer placements during the pandemic, which has been warmly welcomed by employers.</p><p>We will continue to monitor the delivery of placements throughout England and work closely with employers to identify what support they will need going forward to enable them to deliver high quality placements.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/03/2022 11:52:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1484886

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2022
	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 his targets are for the number of t-level placements by subject available in academic years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	27599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The industry placement is a mandatory component of the T Level and every student must complete a placement in order to complete their T Level. We currently do not, nor plan to, set targets on the number of T Level students and industry placements, in each academic year. This is a conscious decision as we want students to enrol on the T Level courses because they are the right choice for them to make the career progression they want. The quality of the qualification and the value to the student’s future career are what will drive take-up of T Levels.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 04/07/2022 16:07:22 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah