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765231

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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 plans her Department has to provide additional funding for (a) combined authorities and (b) the Mayor of London to support the delivery of T-levels.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	105958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>In the Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a significant investment in technical education for 16 to 19-year olds, rising to an additional £500 million a year. Funding for education places for 16 to 19-year olds in England is allocated directly to providers by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in all areas of the country; this will include the additional T levels funding.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765232

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the adult education budget is allocated to national providers that operate in London.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	105959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:49:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765808

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of demand for digital skills in London.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	106168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>London is regarded as one of the world’s leading technology hubs generating over £30billion GVA (Gross Value Added) to the local economy, and sustaining over 300,000 jobs (according to Tech Nation 2017). However, it is predicted that within 20 years, 90% of all jobs will require some element of digital skills. Effective digital skills provision is essential to ensure the workforce is prepared for this and future technological changes.</p><p> </p><p>Government is taking action at all stages of the education and training pipeline to help encourage young people into digital-related careers and meet demand for digital skills in and out of London. We have introduced computing as a statutory national curriculum subject at all four key stages, and have introduced a new Computer Science GCSE and A Level. We have also introduced an entitlement for adults who lack basic digital skills to undertake fully-funded training as part of the publicly-funded adult education offer. This will ensure adults have the opportunity to secure the basic digital skills that are increasingly needed to participate effectively in the labour market and day–to-day life.</p><p> </p><p>We have also established the Digital Skills Partnership, which was announced in the Digital Strategy (March 2017) and launched in July 2017. The Partnership will bring together industry, local businesses, local government, charities and other organisations to bring greater coherence to provision of digital skills training at a national level and also support local level partnerships to increase digital capability.</p><p> </p><p>In London specifically, we committed to devolve the adult education budget to London from 2019/20. We have also established Ada, the National College for Digital Skills. Ada opened in September 2016 and is supported by investment of £13 million from Government and £18 million from the Greater London Authority. The college will train 5,000 students over the next five years for a wide range of digital careers, such as software and database developers, user experience designers and tech entrepreneurs. Ada is also working with private sector organisations such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deloitte, IBM and Google.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:48:53 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765810

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of adults in London who do not have core digital skills.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	105989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Skills for Life Survey, 2011, estimated the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills of adults aged 16-64 in England, including estimates by region. ICT skills were assessed against four competencies (word processing, emailing, spreadsheets and a multiple choice assessment of other ICT skills such as internet use). The estimates of the numbers and percentage of the adult population with different skill levels for these components for England and London are in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:59:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 105989 table attachment 111017.docx title table_attachment
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

765811

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the criteria will be for eligibility for free training in basic digital skills for adults lacking relevant qualifications under the new digital strategy.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	105990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced in the Digital Strategy published in March 2017, the Government will introduce an entitlement for adults who lack basic digital skills to undertake fully funded training as part of the publicly funded adult education offer.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure adults have the opportunity to secure the basic digital skills increasingly needed to participate effectively in the labour market and day–to-day life.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with the Further Education sector, employers and other stakeholders to develop the details of the new adult basic digital skills offer and will confirm timings for launching the entitlement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2017 16:39:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

760864

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Charities
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 charitable status of private schools.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	105273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 06 July 2017 to Question 1921.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-06-29/1921/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-06-29/1921/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 17:43:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

759664

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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 of the 200,000 new public sector apprenticeships announced by her Department on 20 January 2017 have been filled; and how many of those are based in the (a) West Midlands and (b) City of Wolverhampton.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the number of public sector apprenticeships are not available. Public sector bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeships target are required annually to publish and send to the Department for Education their progress towards the target.</p><p>The first reports (covering the period 2017/18) will be due by 30 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 09:55:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759665

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices were from below average income households in (a) England, (b) West Midlands and (c) Wolverhampton in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The department does not currently hold information which is specific to the breakdown of apprentices by their household income by region.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 10:42:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759666

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices are funded in the Wolverhampton local authority area through the apprenticeship levy; and how many apprenticeships in the Wolverhampton local authority area the Government expects will be funded by the apprenticeship levy, in financial year (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of apprenticeship starts is published as part of the further education and skills statistical first release. Apprenticeship starts broken down by geographical region and local authority are available in the further education data library:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, data on apprenticeship starts is only available reported to the end of April 2017, before the apprenticeship levy was introduced. The statistical first release will publish apprenticeship starts supported through the levy in the October release on 12 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are jobs and the volume and mix of apprenticeships will depend on the decisions employers make. The department has made estimates of the overall numbers of apprenticeships in future years but does not have breakdowns by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of accounts registered on the apprenticeship service and the number of commitments made have been published as part of the statistical first release collection:</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> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 11:45:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759270

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency have been allocated a careers and enterprise company adviser.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	9892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The department is working closely with the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) and I met with representatives of the Company recently.</p><p> </p><p>The CEC set up its Enterprise Adviser Network in 2015 to work with schools and colleges to increase opportunities for young people to learn more about the world of work. Over 1,800 Enterprise Advisers are now working with schools and colleges to support their careers and enterprise provision.</p><p> </p><p>In Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle there are five education establishments that have signed up to the network. Four establishments have been matched with an Enterprise Adviser and the other one is in the process of being matched.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/09/2017 11:47:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy