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1002141

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his officials have had with the CBI on the content of that organisation's education and skills annual report published this month.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	188034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>My officials have not discussed the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) education and skills annual report with the CBI. We are aware of the need to deliver a national policy that is effective and delivers the cultural change in adult skills that is needed. That is why the National Retraining Scheme is being driven by a key partnership between the CBI, Trade Union Congress and government who are working together to develop a national policy that will genuinely make a difference.</p><p>We have also recently published findings from our Employer Skills Survey, which interviewed over 87,000 employers about their skills needs and challenges: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-skills-survey-2017-uk-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-skills-survey-2017-uk-report</a>. The survey findings will inform various Department for Education policies including the science, technology, engineering and mathematics strategy.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 11:13:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1000261

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans next to increase the national funding rate for sixth form students.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	187379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 11:50:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1000269

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to increase the national funding rate for sixth form students.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	187339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/11/2018 11:37:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

999663

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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, what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds were spent by non-levy payers in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	186952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Since May 2018, levy-paying employers have been able to transfer up to 10% of their unused apprenticeship service funds to non-levy paying employer(s) to pay for the training and assessment cost of the apprenticeships agreed with the receiving employer. From May 2018, when the employers became able to make levy transfers, to July 2018 [2017-18 Academic Year] less than 1% of levy funds in employer apprenticeship service accounts were used to fund apprenticeships in this way for non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>Other than through a levy transfer from a levy paying employer, apprenticeship levy funds cannot be accessed by non-levy paying employers. More information on how transfers work can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transferring-apprenticeship-service-funds" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transferring-apprenticeship-service-funds</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/11/2018 14:55:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

999164

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support further education and sixth form colleges receive for students who entered the UK via the Syrian Children's Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	186410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The government considers refugees, who entered the UK via the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme or the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme, eligible for funding on the same basis for 16-19 study programmes as all other eligible students.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the department provides a number of financial support programmes for economically disadvantaged 16 to 19 year olds, in particular the 16-19 bursary fund, to help with the education related costs associated with staying in post-16 education such as travel and course equipment. These programmes aim to enable 16 to 19 year olds to participate whatever their financial situation, and are available to refugee students who meet the qualifying criteria for each scheme.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/11/2018 10:41:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

999304

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	186199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has not spent money on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/11/2018 10:46:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

999384

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the £475 million for schools capital funding in his 2018 Autumn Budget to FE Colleges.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	186217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>General further education (FE) colleges have separate capital arrangements. Skills capital for FE colleges is delivered through the Local Growth Fund, devolved to Local Enterprise Partnerships to spend on their capital priorities. This year, the government has made available £130 million in skills capital funding through this route.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2018, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced an additional £38 million in capital funding to help ensure that the group of 2020 T level providers, including FE colleges, have the equipment and facilities necessary to deliver T levels from September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget that an additional £400 million will be made available to schools and sixth form colleges in England in 2018-19 to spend on capital projects to meet their own priorities.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/11/2018 13:37:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 83307 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

997619

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Career Development Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to introduce a scheme that provides bank loans to pay for work-related courses and training to replace the Professional and Career Development Loan scheme after that scheme closes in January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Spelthorne
tabling member printed	Kwasi Kwarteng
uin	185607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The majority of prospective Professional and Career Development Loan (PCDL) borrowers in England now have access to statutory loans such as Advanced Learner Loans, postgraduate master’s loans and doctoral loans. Demand for PCDLs has fallen significantly as a result.</p><p>Statutory loans offer better repayment terms and greater protections than PCDLs and access to those is not dependent on an assessment of the applicant’s credit history.</p><p>There are therefore no plans to replace PCDLs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/11/2018 16:33:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng

997643

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter sent to the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland, dated 7 October 2018, if he will publish the names of the nine FE colleges and the single sixth form college that will be included in the careers hub in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	185546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The details of all schools and colleges included in Careers Hubs will be published on The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company website in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Further Education colleges and sixth form that will be included in the North East hub are:</p><ul><li>Northumberland College.</li><li>Newcastle College.</li><li>Derwentside College.</li><li>Gateshead College.</li><li>City of Sunderland College.</li><li>East Durham College.</li><li>Tyne Coast College.</li><li>Bishop Auckland College.</li><li>New College Durham.</li><li>Durham Sixth Form Centre.</li></ul> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/11/2018 16:29:52 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

997644

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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, whether his Department has plans to (a) run a public awareness campaign, and (b) allocate funding to increase the level of understanding of (i) employers and (ii) learners on the different grades that learners are able to gain in the component parts of a T Level.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	185801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Our T level communications campaign will launch in 2019, ensuring that parents, teachers, students and the wider public know about T levels and where they fit among other choices after GCSEs. The campaign will be extended over time as T levels are rolled out more widely. We are working closely with the 2020 providers on this campaign, which will include resources to support regional communications.</p><p>We have provided £5 million to the National Apprenticeship Service, who have widened their remit to provide an advice and support service for employers, which includes raising awareness and promoting the benefits of T levels and industry placements to employers.</p><p>Information about the grading system for the component parts of T levels was confirmed in the government’s response to the T level consultation in May this year. We recognise the need to promote awareness and understanding of this as part of our communications to students, parents and employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 05/11/2018 15:14:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran