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971659

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date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Whitehaven Academy: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for School Standards on 10 September 2018, Official Report, column 456, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to improve (a) teaching, (b) resources and (c) the school estate at Whitehaven Academy.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	173614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>To date, the department has provided a package of support in the rebrokerage of The Whitehaven Academy which includes the full sponsored rebrokerage tariff of £150,000; environmental improvement grant of £80,000 and emergency strategic school improvement fund of £73,600. We are committed to supporting Cumbria Education Trust (CET) to ensure they can drive forward teaching and resource improvements at The Whitehaven Academy when they formally take on the school.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also making a substantial capital investment, to give a much needed fresh start for all at The Whitehaven Academy. The project will see the majority of the existing school buildings demolished and rebuilt, and will be delivered by the department, with CET involved throughout the design and construction phase.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/09/2018 14:43:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

971660

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for School Standards on 10 September 2018, Official Report, column 456, what improvements have been made by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in relation to the oversight of multi-academy trusts.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	173615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The department’s academy trust intervention strategy is robust, ensuring that where concerns are identified, our intervention is proportionate to the risk and preserves the effective education of children. By combining school improvement and financial management oversight, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) works with Regional School Commissioners to ensure that the department’s intervention is joined up and consistent.</p><p> </p><p>We are continually looking to develop and strengthen our approach. The Academies Financial Handbook is strengthened year on year to enhance the accountability framework. We published a new edition in June 2018, the main changes were:</p><ul><li>Executive pay – even more focus on the board’s responsibility for ensuring decisions about senior leaders’ pay are proportionate, justifiable and clearly documented;</li><li>Related party transactions (RPTs) – embedding a new requirement for trusts to report all RPTs to the ESFA in advance and to seek approval for those over £20,000;</li><li>Management accounts – emphasising a rigorous approach to setting and monitoring financial plans, including board engagement;</li><li>Audit findings – being clear that trusts must respond in an appropriate and timely manner to advice from auditors, taking opportunities to strengthen their systems.</li></ul><p>Overall, the financial health of the academies sector is strong: the latest published accounts show no regularity exceptions for over 95% of trusts and 98% of trusts’ accounts received unqualified opinions.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/09/2018 14:51:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

971705

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carillion: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills of 10 September 2018, Official Report, column 456, how many construction apprentices employed by Carillion were made redundant in July 2018; and what steps the Government is taking to support those people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	173627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>341 Carillion apprentices who were unable to find new jobs at the end of July 2018 have been made redundant.</p><p> </p><p>Every effort was made to support the apprentices to find new jobs. When Carillion went into liquidation on 15 January 2018, an extensive support programme was established to help 1,148 apprentices employed to find alternative employment. Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) supported 775 apprentices to successfully apply for new jobs with alternative employers in the sector where they have resumed their apprenticeships. Some former Carillion apprentices found work in different sectors or returned to full time education.</p><p> </p><p>The 341 apprentices who have been made redundant will continue to receive support from CITB to apply for apprenticeships. They have been offered information, advice and guidance and where appropriate are being encouraged to return to full time education, if they have an appetite to continue their construction qualifications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/09/2018 16:10:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

971729

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) male and (b) female social workers were employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	173551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>The department only collects the numbers of child and family social workers employed by local authorities in England. Data on the gender of social workers was only collected on a mandatory basis for the first time in 2017. Therefore, there is only one year of data available on the gender of child and family social workers.</p><p>The figures that are available can be found in the ‘Children’s social work workforce’ publication. This can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2017</a>.</p><p>As of 30 September 2017, 26,310 females and 4,360 males were employed as child and family social workers by local authorities in England.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/09/2018 14:13:54 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971749

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of T-Levels in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	173531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>We recently announced appointments to a further nine employer-led T level panels, including the catering panel, who will begin work on developing the outline content for T levels in this area. This is key to our approach – putting employers at the heart of T level development to specify the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to succeed in their industries.</p><p>Hospitality occupations also fall within the Catering and Hospitality technical education route. The hospitality pathway within this route will be delivered via apprenticeships only and we do not intend to develop T levels for this area.</p><p>Occupational maps define the routes and pathways, and are owned by the Institute for Apprenticeships, who carried out a consultation on the maps earlier this year. Their response to the consultation can be found at: <a href="https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/about/occupational-maps/" target="_blank">https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/about/occupational-maps/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/09/2018 16:19:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

971750

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Catering and Hospitality Industry: Apprentices
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 promote apprenticeship opportunities in the catering and hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	173532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Apprenticeship standards are now available across a broad range of sectors including in hospitality and catering. There are 10 standards available, including Hospitality Manager, Chef De Partie and Maritime Caterer.</p><p>The new apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed and driven by industry; creating higher quality training that will lead to a more productive economy and give employers, like those in the hospitality and catering sector, the skills they need to grow and succeed.</p><p>We are promoting apprenticeships opportunities through our Get In Go Far marketing campaign. The latest campaign phase launched on 13 August and coincided with August's exam results period when young people are looking at the options available to them after school or college. The campaign aims to help increase the number of vacancies created by employers and encourage young people to choose an apprenticeship as a high quality career route – signposting them to new vacancies on offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 17/09/2018 15:37:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

971779

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
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 days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of working days taken as sick leave for mental health reasons by staff in the department, in each year since 2010, is detailed in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working days taken as sick leave for mental health reasons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4202.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2733.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3650.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5136.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5835.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4151.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4607.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5648.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 (to 31 Aug)</p></td><td><p>5465.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/09/2018 16:07:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971342

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Bright Tribe Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when (a) he and (b) officials in his Department were made aware of the financial concerns relating to Bright Tribe academy trust; and what steps his Department has taken to address those concerns.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	172421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have a robust intervention strategy, built on a clear framework and communicated and regulated through trusts’ funding agreements and the Academies Financial Handbook.</p><p> </p><p>The former Secretary of State (Nicky Morgan), my right hon. Friend for Loughborough, was initially made aware of the financial concerns relating to Bright Tribe Trust in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The ESFA has worked closely with Bright Tribe Trust since 2015. An initial Financial Management and Governance Review was completed in November 2015, with follow up visits in September 2016 and August 2017. In June 2018, we made a further visit to Bright Tribe Trust in relation to the outstanding capital issues at The Whitehaven Academy.</p><p> </p><p>The ESFA reviews all allegations received about Bright Tribe Trust and individual schools within the trust. Following most recent allegations, a warning letter was issued by the EFSA on 7 August 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/09/2018 14:59:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

971454

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance, Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above, published on 22 May 2013, what progress the Government has made on implementing the staying put policy.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	172577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Staying Put has helped thousands of care leavers to continue to benefit from a stable and secure family setting and to prepare for independence at a more gradual pace rather than facing a ‘cliff-edge’ at the age of 18. The policy has been welcomed by care leavers and the sector.</p><p>The latest data for the year ending March 2017 shows that 51% of those ceasing to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday remained with their former foster carer. In addition, 25% of 19 and 20 year olds were still living with their former foster carers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/09/2018 15:03:12 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

971456

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on its staying close scheme for children leaving residential care; and how many such children have been involved in that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	172579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>We are providing around £6 million in the period 2018 to 2019 and in the period 2019 to 2020 for a national pilot of Staying Close in eight sites.</p><p>These pilots provide an enhanced support offer for those leaving residential care. The support offer includes an accommodation offer close to their former children’s home alongside practical and emotional support from a member of staff from their former children's home whom they know and trust.</p><p>Reports from the pilots show that 120 care leavers participated in the Staying Close pilots from January 2018 to July 2018.</p><p>A full evaluation will be available when the pilots end in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/09/2018 15:01:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy