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731633

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on replacing existing technical qualifications with new qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to radically reforming technical education provision and the wider skills system in England in line with the recommendations of Lord Sainsbury’s Independent Panel on Technical Education. These were accepted in the Post-16 Skills Plan, published on 8 July 2016. Copies of both documents have been placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms will tackle longstanding issues which have affected our nation’s productivity and international competitiveness over many years. They will replace the confusing patchwork of thousands of qualifications of variable quality with fifteen routes to skilled employment. The new routes will include far fewer but consistently better qualifications. These will be shaped by industry professionals and will provide stretching technical content, delivered to industry standards.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to fund the new technical qualifications once they have been approved, and over time we expect to cease funding similar qualifications. We will not withdraw funding for students who are partway through their courses. We are currently working through the detail of our proposals and expect to publish further information in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 14:56:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731634

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the number of teaching hours per year.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>In study programmes for 16 and 17 year old students there is a requirement for a minimum of 540 planned hours per year for a programme to qualify as full time. However, the expectation on providers is to deliver programmes of 600 hours per year and the funding rate is set on that basis. The Department for Education plans to make additional funding available to support the introduction of new technical education routes, T levels. In the March budget we announced that we anticipate the number of programme hours for students on those routes will increase to over 900 a year on average, including the completion of a high quality work placement. We are currently working through the detail of our proposals for implementing the technical education reforms and the actual amounts that will be made available are still to be determined, but will be from the additional resources announced in the March Budget for 16-19 technical education to implement the Sainsbury reforms: the first line in Table 2.1 in the Budget report. See <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2017-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2017-documents</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 667 question first answered 03/07/2017 14:41:16 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731635

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on future investments in further education colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department wants to make sure that English technical education rivals the best in the world and is looking at policy options for investment in further education colleges to make sure they have world-class equipment and facilities.</p><p>In the March Budget, the Government committed to increasing the number of programme hours of training for 16-19 year olds on technical routes by more than 50% to over 900 hours a year on average, including the completion of a high quality industry work placement during the programme. To ensure the routes are well designed, and colleges properly prepared, funding will be increased in line with this roll out, with over £500 million of additional funding invested per year once routes are fully implemented.</p><p>The Government’s aim is to encourage students to continue their training at high quality institutions such as National Colleges or Institutes of Technology to develop the high level skills employers demand. From 2019-20, the government will provide maintenance loans, like those available to university students to students on technical education courses at levels 4 to 6 in National Colleges and Institutes of Technology.</p><p /> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 16:58:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731563

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on teaching assistants becoming qualified teachers through a degree apprenticeship.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to building a stronger and more prosperous Britain for all. Developing an appropriate degree apprenticeship, that protects the professional status of teaching, will be an effective way of upskilling those individuals with a passion for teaching, such as teaching assistants. We will work with the sector in progressing this work, with employers at the heart of the route’s development.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is developing an appropriate degree apprenticeship, that protects the professional status of teaching and will be an effective way of upskilling those individuals with a passion for teaching, such as teaching assistants. We will work with the sector in progressing this work, with employers at the heart of the route’s development.</ins></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 15:26:55 question first ministerially corrected 04/07/2017 14:59:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 1340 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731430

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for the sale of illegal tobacco have taken place in each police authority area in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of people who have been charged with, and prosecuted for, selling illegal tobacco. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 relates to the excise duty on tobacco products. Section 8G(4) and 8H(6) of the act was inserted by the Finance Act 2000 and creates the offences of (a) possess, transport or display unmarked tobacco products otherwise than as described and (b) selling, offering to sell or otherwise deals in unmarked tobacco products; or suffers premises to be used for the sale of unmarked tobacco products. In these sections unmarked products mean tobacco products that are subject to fiscal marking but do not carry compliant duty-paid fiscal mark.</p><p>Although it is not possible to identify the number of people charged with particular offences, records are held showing the overall number of offences in which a prosecution commenced in the Magistrates’ courts. The table below shows the number of offences, rather than defendants, charged by way of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979. A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence. Data are only available since 2011-12. Prior to this date, prosecutions under this legislation were carried out by the Revenue and Customers Prosecution Office (RCPO).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2016-2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 { 8G(4)(a) and (6) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 { 8G(4)(b) and (6) }</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 relates to the collection and management of the revenues of custom and excise. Prosecutions under section 170(1)(b) for being knowingly concerned in ‘carrying, removing, depositing, harbouring, keeping or concealing or in any manner dealing’ with excise goods and the offence of fraudulent evasion of duty under s170(2) can include offences involving tobacco products but also other products.</p><p>CPS data does not dis-aggregate the overall number of these offences in which a prosecution commenced in the Magistrates’ courts. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Some offences in relation to the unlawful sale of tobacco products are prosecuted by trading standards departments and would not be recorded in CPS data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/07/2017 15:45:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

731637

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to invest in further education colleges involve additional (a) revenue and (b) capital funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department wants to make sure that English technical education rivals the best in the world and is looking at policy options for investment in further education colleges to make sure they have world-class equipment and facilities.</p><p>In the March Budget, the Government committed to increasing the number of programme hours of training for 16-19 year olds on technical routes by more than 50% to over 900 hours a year on average, including the completion of a high quality industry work placement during the programme. To ensure the routes are well designed, and colleges properly prepared, funding will be increased in line with this roll out, with over £500 million of additional funding invested per year once routes are fully implemented.</p><p>The Government’s aim is to encourage students to continue their training at high quality institutions such as National Colleges or Institutes of Technology to develop the high level skills employers demand. From 2019-20, the government will provide maintenance loans, like those available to university students to students on technical education courses at levels 4 to 6 in National Colleges and Institutes of Technology.</p><p /> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 16:58:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731641

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 apprenticeship starts there were by 18 to 24 year olds in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>This data can be found in Tables 7 and 22 of the main tables of the further education and skills statistical first release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p>More granular breakdowns of starts by age can be found in the apprenticeships FE data library under the demographics data tool:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 14:13:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731648

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 proportion of young people starting apprenticeships in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17 went on to complete them.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We publish annual apprenticeship qualification achievement rates that show the proportion of learners who started an apprenticeship and went on to complete and successfully achieve in a given academic year.</p><p> </p><p>This data can be found in Table 14 of the main tables of the further education and skills statistical first release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 15:02:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731657

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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, if she will take steps to guarantee apprenticeship funding for non-levy paying employers in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>A new procurement for services to non-levy paying employers will be launched at the end of July 2017, this will set out how much funding we are making available for non-levy employers.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on future years’ funding will be made on the basis of ongoing monitoring of employer demand, performance and budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2017 14:59:26 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

731832

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah: Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the size of Hezbollah's weapons arsenal.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that Hizballah continues to amass an arsenal of weapons in direct contravention of UN Security Council Resolution 1559. Hizballah’s arsenal has been increasing since the 2006 war with Israel and we remain concerned about Hizballah's involvement in the Syria conflict where they have provided essential support to the Syrian Armed forces.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/07/2017 16:21:03 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton