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994268

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how often (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have held meetings with (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in the Department of Work and Pensions on skills gaps and needs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	183305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers in the department meet regularly with ministers of other government departments to discuss interrelated policy areas, including skills needs. The department’s officials also have regular engagement with the Department of Work and Pensions on a range of skills issues. This includes discussions on the National Retraining Scheme, which will give adults the skills they need to thrive as the economy changes, and Skills Advisory Panels, which will bring together local representatives to identify and address local skills gaps.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/10/2018 16:28:07 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

994269

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the use of artificial intelligence on skills and training; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	183306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Automation and modernisation will have a significant impact on the jobs market over the next 10-20 years, bringing new challenges and opportunities. The National Retraining Scheme, announced in the 2017 Autumn Budget, is an ambitious and far-reaching programme to drive adult retraining. The Scheme will help those most at risk and in precarious employment to gain the skills they need to thrive as the economy changes.</p><p>In addition, the government has committed up to £30 million to develop innovative ways to use education technology and artificial intelligence in education to deliver improved learning outcomes. This funding takes effect from 2019-20 onwards and further details will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/10/2018 14:43:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

864423

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's paper, SFR56/2017 published on 15 February 2018, what plans his Department has to increase the take-up of apprenticeships through university technical colleges; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	132906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The University Technical College (UTC) programme has an important role to play in our reforms to technical education, with strong UTCs succeeding in equipping young people with the skills businesses need, getting them into employment and supporting social mobility.</p><p> </p><p>During 2015/2016, 20% of students studying in Key Stage 5 at a UTC the previous year, progressed into apprenticeships, twice as high as for any other type of mainstream school or college. At Key Stage 4, 12% of pupils leaving UTCs progressed into apprenticeships, double the national average.</p><p> </p><p>We want to see this encouraging early performance continue. UTCs are set up to address a defined local skills gap and this early data on sustained destinations demonstrates that many UTCs are achieving their goal. We are taking a systematic approach to supporting the programme, including funding intensive support from local teaching schools and supporting UTCs with pupil recruitment.</p><p> </p><p>It is also crucial that employers take a sustained and embedded role in supporting the UTC programme. Employers are essential to UTCs’ marketing efforts, as they can demonstrate to pupils how attending the UTC can lead to a successful career. Employers are vital to ensuring that the curriculum design and delivery provides pupils with the skills that they need in their companies. Only by strong engagement from their employer sponsors can UTCs continue to prove successful in getting pupils into apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/03/2018 16:48:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

793156

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 110007, how much was spent on delivery by (a) grant and (b) contract-funded providers that delivered in London but were located outside of London in 2015/16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is contained within the attached file.</p><p>There were 303 approved adult education budget (AEB) providers located outside London that delivered learning to residents of London in 2015/16. Of the 303, 221 were grant funded providers and 82 were contract funded providers. The source for this data is the Individualised Learner Record 2015/16 return, the final funding claims 2015/16 return and the Earnings Adjustment Statement 2015/16.</p><p>The AEB budget did not exist in its current form in 2015/16 and therefore the Adults Skills budget (excluding apprenticeships), Community Learning and Learner support funding from 2015/16 has been included in the analysis.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/11/2017 17:36:50 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 114941 attachment.xlsx title Adult education budget subcontractors
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792761

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
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, what estimate she has made of the potential amount to be raised from the Apprenticeship Levy in each region in the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not have estimates on the amount of apprenticeship levy that will be raised in each region. However, it is estimated that in the 2018/19 financial year the levy will raise over £2.7 billion overall.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 13:07:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792763

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education how (a) many providers did not spend their full Adult Education Budget allocation and (b) much adult education funding went unspent in total in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated to providers in line with the funding year which runs from August to July. This means that each funding year spans two financial years. As a result, the following details are not directly comparable as they cover different time periods.</p><p> </p><p>The adult education budget did not exist in its current form until 2016/17. The figures below are for the non-apprenticeship adult skills budget, including community learning and discretionary learner support.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 to 2015 funding year, 596 of 784 providers with an allocation did not spend their allocation in full. It is of note that the value of this under-delivery represents only 4.5% of total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 to 2016 funding year, 551 of 762 providers did not spend their allocation in full. The value of this under-delivery represents only 3.5% of the total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education and skills sector. There was no recorded underspend against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,855 million for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, there was a £53 million under spend recorded against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,494 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2014 to 2015 financial year was for £1,855 million (as per Skills Funding Letter 2013-16). The final budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,789 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2015 to 2016 financial year was for £1,494 million (including exceptional financial support, city deals, community learning, learner support). The final updated budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,462 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The budget was not allocated on a geographic basis so we are unable to provide the budget for each region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 114691 114693 question first answered 23/11/2017 16:25:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792764

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was returned to her Department from providers that did not spend their full adult education budget in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated to providers in line with the funding year which runs from August to July. This means that each funding year spans two financial years. As a result, the following details are not directly comparable as they cover different time periods.</p><p> </p><p>The adult education budget did not exist in its current form until 2016/17. The figures below are for the non-apprenticeship adult skills budget, including community learning and discretionary learner support.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 to 2015 funding year, 596 of 784 providers with an allocation did not spend their allocation in full. It is of note that the value of this under-delivery represents only 4.5% of total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 to 2016 funding year, 551 of 762 providers did not spend their allocation in full. The value of this under-delivery represents only 3.5% of the total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education and skills sector. There was no recorded underspend against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,855 million for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, there was a £53 million under spend recorded against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,494 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2014 to 2015 financial year was for £1,855 million (as per Skills Funding Letter 2013-16). The final budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,789 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2015 to 2016 financial year was for £1,494 million (including exceptional financial support, city deals, community learning, learner support). The final updated budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,462 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The budget was not allocated on a geographic basis so we are unable to provide the budget for each region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 114690 114693 question first answered 23/11/2017 16:25:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792766

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the budget for adult skills (a) nationally and (b) in each region in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated to providers in line with the funding year which runs from August to July. This means that each funding year spans two financial years. As a result, the following details are not directly comparable as they cover different time periods.</p><p> </p><p>The adult education budget did not exist in its current form until 2016/17. The figures below are for the non-apprenticeship adult skills budget, including community learning and discretionary learner support.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014 to 2015 funding year, 596 of 784 providers with an allocation did not spend their allocation in full. It is of note that the value of this under-delivery represents only 4.5% of total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2015 to 2016 funding year, 551 of 762 providers did not spend their allocation in full. The value of this under-delivery represents only 3.5% of the total funding allocated.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter sets out the funding priorities and available budget for the further education and skills sector. There was no recorded underspend against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,855 million for the 2014 to 2015 financial year. For the 2015 to 2016 financial year, there was a £53 million under spend recorded against the Skills Funding Letter budget of £1,494 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2014 to 2015 financial year was for £1,855 million (as per Skills Funding Letter 2013-16). The final budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,789 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Letter budget for the 2015 to 2016 financial year was for £1,494 million (including exceptional financial support, city deals, community learning, learner support). The final updated budget recorded by the Skills Funding Agency was for £1,462 million as agreed with the department.</p><p> </p><p>The budget was not allocated on a geographic basis so we are unable to provide the budget for each region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 114690 114691 question first answered 23/11/2017 16:25:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792768

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many civil servants in her Department are working solely on the devolution of the adult education budget (a) in total and (b) in each mayoral or combined authority.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 7 civil servants in the department working solely on devolution of the Adult Education Budget with additional input and assistance from an additional number of people from across the department and the Education and Skills Funding Agency. It is the responsibility of each Mayoral Combined Authority and the Greater London Authority to determine their own level of resourcing.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 12:49:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

792770

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out approved digital qualifications for adult learners and the examination bodies that offer them.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	114697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>There are a range of digital qualifications approved for adult learners.</p><p> </p><p>Digital qualifications and the examination bodies that offer them at level 3 and above for adults are included in the Advanced Learner Loans catalogue which is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-learner-loans-qualifications-catalogue" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-learner-loans-qualifications-catalogue</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Digital qualifications and the examination bodies that offer them at levels 2 and 3 are included in the list of qualifications which form part of the statutory entitlements for learners aged 19 to 23 which published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualifications-getting-approval-for-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualifications-getting-approval-for-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are also basic digital qualifications and units available as part of the local flexibility offer within the Adult Education Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Digital Strategy published in March 2017 confirmed that the government will introduce an entitlement for adults who lack basic digital skills to undertake fully-funded training. The entitlement to free digital skills training for adults was provided through the Digital Economy Act 2017. This will mirror the approach taken for adult literacy and numeracy training.</p><p> </p><p>The government is currently working with Further Education institutions, employers and other stakeholders to develop the appropriate training. The department will set out specific basic digital qualifications for adult learners eligible for fully-funded training in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/11/2017 14:57:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley