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803723

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	What plans she has to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	902864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>A new phase of our communications campaign starts in early 2018 to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities. This will build on the National Apprenticeship Service’s ongoing communications activity to increase awareness and benefits of apprenticeships among employers and learners.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be holding National Apprenticeships Week from 5 – 9 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In November, I launched the Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Network in Birmingham, a group of past and current apprentices whose remit is to help grow and expand the apprenticeship programme by reaching out to young people and providing them information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2017 17:42:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

804400

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
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 Government to lift the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions in new religious schools.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	118526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p><em>The ‘Schools that work for everyone’</em> consultation document recognised that some faiths have felt unable to open new free schools subject to the 50% cap because they believe it contravenes religious rules.</p><p> </p><p>The department plans to respond on this in due course. We greatly value the important role faith schools play in our education system and that will continue.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:32:04 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

804403

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing employers to allocate a fixed proportion of funding raised by the Apprenticeship Levy to cover relocation and accommodation costs for apprentices from low-income households.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	118519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We are determined to make sure that people from all backgrounds can benefit from the increased wage and employment prospects that high quality apprenticeships offer. We have made £60 million available to support providers to train apprentices from areas with the highest levels of disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship levy is set at a level to fund 3 million high quality apprenticeships in England by 2020. In order to deliver this, funds in an employer’s levy account can only be used towards the cost of approved apprenticeship training and assessment. Employers are able to spend their funds on the apprenticeship training which they judge best meets their needs. As the apprenticeship levy was only introduced in April 2017, we do not plan to introduce further flexibilities on how employers can spend their funds at this time.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:22:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

804490

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a community cohesion impact assessment was made before approving the opening of new independent schools in Oldham.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	118692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The only basis for the registration of a new independent school is whether, upon registration, it is likely to meet the independent school standards. If the Secretary of State is satisfied that it will do so, then the school must be registered. However, the standards do include a requirement that the school ensures that pupils understand how they can contribute positively to the lives of those living and working in the locality in which the school is situated, and to society more widely. There are also other relevant standards such as those relevant to tolerance for people of other faiths and beliefs.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:34:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

804527

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people aged (a) 18-24, and (b) over 24 in (i) Sunderland and (ii) the north east of England have enrolled in (A) further and (B) higher education in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following outlines the details of those in further education.</p><p>The proportion of people in specified age groups participating in further education in:</p><p>Houghton and Sunderland South constituency:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 18-24</p></td><td><p>28.5%</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 25+</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>North East of England:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 18-24</p></td><td><p>24.7%</p></td><td><p>22.4%</p></td><td><p>21.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged 25+</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) These figures include Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning, and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges, and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</p><p>(2) Proportions include the number of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the calculated proportions for each academic year.</p><p>(3) Learner age is as reported on 31 August of each academic year</p><p>(4) Learners are allocated to regions/constituencies based upon their home postcode</p><p>(5) Population estimates derived from published Office for National Statistics data:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesanalysistool" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesanalysistool</a></p><p>(6) Mid-year population estimates were used to calculate the proportion of Further Education (FE) participants for the subsequent academic year; for example, mid-2016 population estimates were used to derive the proportion of FE participants in the 2016/17 academic year not 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The following outlines the details of those in Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p>UCAS publish the entry rate for 18 year olds to full-time undergraduate courses by parliamentary constituency. The entry rates for older age groups by parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><p> </p><p>18-year-old entry rates to full-time undergraduate courses</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South constituency</p></td><td><p>27.5%</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td><td><p>26.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East of England</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td><td><p>28.9%</p></td><td><p>30.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Data are published by teh Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) as part of their End of Cycle reports. See: <a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/2017-end-cycle-report" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/2017-end-cycle-report</a> and</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/86541/download?token=PQnaAI5f" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/86541/download?token=PQnaAI5f</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:20:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804528

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North East
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 increase access to further and higher education institutions for people living in (a) Sunderland and (b) the north east of England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government funds a wide range of Further Education colleges and private training providers across the North East. In addition, the National Apprenticeship Service works with a wide range of public and private sector employers in the region to promote apprenticeships to individuals of all ages.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17 there were 9,080 adults participating in Further Education in Sunderland and 208,520 in the North East.</p><p> </p><p>A number of financial support programmes are available to 16-19 year olds to help with the costs associated with post-16 education. These are: the 16-19 Bursary Fund (which is commonly used to cover the costs of transport, educational trips, and course equipment), Care to Learn (which provides childcare funding and related travel costs for young parents aged under 20) and support with accommodation costs for students aged 16 to 19 via the Residential Bursary Fund and the Residential Student Support. All programmes are subject to eligibilities, but are designed to ensure 16-19 year olds are able to participate regardless of their financial situation.</p><p> </p><p>To support access for adults from disadvantaged groups in the North East and across England, the Adult Education Budget funds colleges and providers to help adult learners to overcome barriers which prevent them from taking part in learning. This includes Learner Support to help learners with a specific financial hardship and to meet the additional needs of students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service shows that the 18-year-old entry rate to full-time Higher Education (HE) for the North East of England has increased proportionally by 34 per cent this year, compared to 2006 and by 24.8% in Houghton and South Sunderland. In our last guidance to the Director of Fair Access we asked that areas with the poorest progression to higher education receive particular attention. This includes through more long-term outreach and collaboration with schools.</p><p> </p><p>HE Institutions expect to spend more than £860 million on measures to improve access and student success for those from disadvantaged backgrounds through access agreements with the Director of Fair Access for 2018/19. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has put in place ‘The National Collaborative Outreach Programme’ which provides £120 million to 29 consortia undertaking outreach activity in geographical areas where the higher education participation of young people is both low and much lower than expected based on GCSE-level attainment. The North East Collaborative Outreach Programme, covering North East England is one of the consortia being funded.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 17:46:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

804535

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England and Wales have a dedicated careers adviser.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	118737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy, published on 4 December 2017, explains the importance of careers professionals to our long term plan to build a world class careers system.</p><p>The department publishes data on the number of staff in schools with the role of careers adviser, but not on independent careers advisers employed by schools.</p><p>There are 298 schools that reported employing a careers advisor in state funded schools in England, November 2017. The source of this information is the annual School Workforce Census.</p><p>Information for Wales is a matter for its devolved administration.</p><p>Schools were placed under a statutory duty to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in September 2012. Schools can retain in-house arrangements for providing careers guidance but must combine this with support from external sources to meet their legal requirements. Statutory guidance underpinning the duty is clear that this should include face-to-face guidance where it is the most suitable.</p><p>The statutory guidance encourages schools to search for qualified careers practitioners in their area on the UK Register of Career Development Professionals. Individuals providing careers development services can apply to join the register if they are professionally qualified in a career development subject to a minimum of Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Level 6, adhere to the Career Development Institute Code of Ethics and undertake and record a minimum of 25 hours continuing professional development each year. As of June 2017 there were nearly 1,300 people on the register.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2017 16:55:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

802567

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools entered into elective home education in each local authority in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	118117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The data on the numbers of children educated at home is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/12/2017 13:23:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

802657

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage and promote apprenticeships and traineeships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics roles (a) in the general aviation sector and (b) elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	118207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>A full list of apprenticeship standards is available online at: <a href="https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/" target="_blank">https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/</a>. Apprenticeships in science, engineering and maths are well represented, and there are specific standards for aviation including Aviation Maintenance Mechanic (Military) at level 2 and Aerospace Engineer at degree level 6.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Amazing Apprenticeships’ resource portal provides information, advice and videos to schools, featuring case studies from employers in the STEM related sector and promotes their vacancies. A series of live broadcasts has recently been launched showcasing a broad range of employers including Highways England, National Grid, IBM and the BBC.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to promote the benefits of apprenticeships and traineeships to employers and young people and are taking part in the 2018 Year of Engineering campaign.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/12/2017 16:20:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

802752

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company: Finance
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 give additional funding to the Careers and Enterprise Company to support their broader role set out in paragraph 60 of the Government's Careers Strategy, published in December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	118301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) will take on a broader role to help schools and colleges to develop all aspects of their careers programme. They will co-ordinate support across all eight Gatsby Benchmarks, which define excellence in careers provision.</p><p>The careers strategy explains that we will fund careers hubs in 20 areas to link together schools, colleges, universities and other local organisations to test approaches to improving careers provision in their area. The government’s investment of £5 million will include funding for an additional coordinator for each hub, based at the CEC, who will be trained across all the benchmarks. Each hub will work with the CEC’s network structure within the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).</p><p>This is part of a major trial of the CEC’s expanded role. It replicates the approach in the North East pilot which explored the practicalities and impact of putting the Gatsby Benchmarks into practice. Participants in the pilot found that the LEP-led careers system was valuable in creating a shared vision. The coordinator played an essential role in helping schools and colleges become part of a network which can share ideas and tackle challenges.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/12/2017 16:24:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden