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1139925

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Yorkshire and Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to further education colleges in Yorkshire and Humber in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	278595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes the funding allocations for individual colleges annually.</p><p>Links to funding allocations for the most recent years for both 16 to 19 year olds and adults are given below:</p><p>Funding allocations for 16 to 19 year olds can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Funding allocations for adults can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/07/2019 17:00:16 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1135350

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department plans to increase funding for ESOL to ensure that all refugees can access a minimum of eight hours a week of formal accredited English language teaching for their first two years in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	270447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises that learning English is essential to enabling refugees to rebuild their lives. The department supports adults in England through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) to secure the English language skills that they need. The Home Office and the Department for Education have also provided £10 million to enable refugees resettled through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme to access additional classes. The government has committed to developing a new strategy for English for speakers of other languages in 2019. Funding for all programmes beyond 2019/20, including any potential funding for this strategy, will be set during the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 02/07/2019 16:04:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1134593

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has allocated to further education colleges in low-income communities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	269135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not have a standard definition of low-income communities. The department publishes the funding allocations for individual colleges annually. Links to the most recent years for both 16 to 19 year olds and adults are given below.</p><p>The link for funding allocations for 16 to 19 year olds can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year</a>.</p><p>The link for funding allocations for adults can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/07/2019 15:13:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

922435

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	Personal Care Services: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the professional apprenticeship standard for beauty therapy to be published.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	152860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships. I have asked its Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/06/2018 13:16:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

866990

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Leeds North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of people undertaking paid apprenticeships in Leeds North West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	133108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The department holds and publishes a range of data relating to apprenticeships using the information collected through the Individualised Learner Record. For example, information on the number of learners starting apprenticeships by geographical area, including by parliamentary constituency is published on GOV.UK. The table below provides apprenticeship starts for the Leeds North West Constituency in the 2016/17 academic year and in the first quarter of the 2017/18 academic year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18 Quarter 1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprenticeship Starts</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2) 2016/17 covers August 2016 to July 2017, and 2017/18 Quarter 1 covers August to October 2017.</p><p>3) 2017/18 Quarter 1 is reported to date and will be subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p>These data are published in the ‘FE data library’ on GOV.UK:</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><p>Additionally, statistics showing the destinations outcomes of learners completing apprenticeships between 2014 and 2015 are available in the ‘Further education outcome-based success measures’ publication:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures-2014-to-2015</a>. For example, in the Leeds Local Authority District, 4,130 apprentices in 2014/15 completed apprenticeships with 87% going a sustained positive destination, 83% were in sustained employment, and 19% were in sustained learning.</p><p> </p><p>It should also be noted, that all learners starting apprenticeships are paid at least the minimum wage (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/apprenticeships-guide/pay-and-conditions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/apprenticeships-guide/pay-and-conditions</a>). Additional information on the rules and regulations of employing apprentices is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/take-on-an-apprentice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/take-on-an-apprentice</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/03/2018 16:51:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

843997

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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 steps his Department is taking to raise awareness among students of vocational internships as an alternative to university.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	128114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Internships are work experience placements often undertaken by higher education students and graduates looking to gain relevant skills and experience in a particular field.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of higher education, the department widely promotes apprenticeships as jobs with relevant training in a particular profession and is targeting 3 million apprenticeships by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>High quality work placements will also be a key element of T levels, which are the centre piece of our technical education reforms. We have begun working with employers, including the launch of a pilot scheme, to test different models and approaches to delivering T level placements.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are responsible for providing independent careers guidance on the full range of education and training options both academic and vocational.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/02/2018 16:10:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

810233

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's report, Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential: a plan for improving social mobility through education, published in December 2017, Cm 9541, what plans she has to extend the National Collaborative Outreach Programme to widen the participation of people aged 21 and above in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	120699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Government wants to make sure that higher education is available to all who wish to pursue it and this includes mature students. That is why, in our last guidance to the Director of Fair Access, we asked that institutions take into account the needs of older learners and make more effort to attract mature students as part of their Access Agreements. Higher Education Providers expect to spend around £860 million for 2018/19 on activity to widen participation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government is looking into ways of promoting and supporting a wide variety of flexible and part-time ways of learning which should have the effect of making higher education a more attractive option to mature students. For instance, we are consulting on how we make accelerated degrees more widely available. These shorter degree courses offer various benefits to all students - including lower costs, more intensive study, and a quicker entry or return to the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken steps to help those wanting to study part-time, often a mode of study preferred by mature students, by offering financial support in the form of loans to cover fees and maintenance costs. <br> <br> The National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) is targeted at 18 year olds to support the government goal in doubling the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education by 2020. The NCOP targets those areas of the country where progression into higher education is both low overall and lower than expected given typical GCSE attainment rates in order to address a potential lack of aspiration among school leavers. A key element of the NCOP is the partnership between universities and schools.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 120700 question first answered 09/01/2018 14:20:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 33109 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

810234

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's report, Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential: a plan for improving social mobility through education, published in December 2017, Cm 9541, what funding will be allocated to support widening participation in higher education of people aged 21 and above.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	120700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Government wants to make sure that higher education is available to all who wish to pursue it and this includes mature students. That is why, in our last guidance to the Director of Fair Access, we asked that institutions take into account the needs of older learners and make more effort to attract mature students as part of their Access Agreements. Higher Education Providers expect to spend around £860 million for 2018/19 on activity to widen participation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the government is looking into ways of promoting and supporting a wide variety of flexible and part-time ways of learning which should have the effect of making higher education a more attractive option to mature students. For instance, we are consulting on how we make accelerated degrees more widely available. These shorter degree courses offer various benefits to all students - including lower costs, more intensive study, and a quicker entry or return to the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken steps to help those wanting to study part-time, often a mode of study preferred by mature students, by offering financial support in the form of loans to cover fees and maintenance costs. <br> <br> The National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) is targeted at 18 year olds to support the government goal in doubling the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education by 2020. The NCOP targets those areas of the country where progression into higher education is both low overall and lower than expected given typical GCSE attainment rates in order to address a potential lack of aspiration among school leavers. A key element of the NCOP is the partnership between universities and schools.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 120699 question first answered 09/01/2018 14:20:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 33110 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

800623

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Church Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to (a) amend or (b) remove the 50 per cent faith-based cap on admissions to Catholic schools.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p><em>The ‘Schools that work for everyone’</em> consultation document recognised that some faiths, including the Catholic Church, have felt unable to open new free schools subject to the 50% cap because they say it contravenes religious rules.</p><p>The department plans to respond on this in due course. We greatly value the important role Catholic schools play in our education system and that will continue.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/12/2017 17:05:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel