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997132

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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, what the timetable is for the next steps of his Department's consultation on home education.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	184893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The responses received to the consultation are still being considered. When this process has been completed, the department will publish the finalised version of guidance on current arrangements for home education. We will also publish a formal government response document setting out the proposed next steps in relation to matters covered by the call for evidence.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/11/2018 17:12:20 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

997314

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings have taken place between officials of his Department and (a) the UK Statistics Authority and (b) the Office for Statistics Regulation since the exchange of letters between his Department and those organisations dated 8 October 2018 on his Department's use of statistics.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	185034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Officials from the department have close working relationships and regular dialogue with colleagues from the UK Statistics Authority, and its regulatory arm in the Office for Statistics Regulation, in conduct of their day-to-day activities ensuring delivery of high quality statistical outputs.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary, Jonathan Slater, met with Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation, on 16 October 2018, supported by officials including the Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics. They discussed work within the department to ensure that our statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality, and value.</p><p>The integrity of statistics is important across all of politics and public life and any statements should be presented in a way that is both factually accurate and placed in the right context.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/11/2018 17:05:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

995610

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Expenditure
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 24 October 2018 to Question 181594 on Training, what proportion of (a) the £24 million allocated to the CITB Construction Skills Fund and (b) the £30 million allocated to develop innovative ways to use education technology and artificial intelligence in education will be spent in the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	184443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The CITB Construction Skills Funding is currently being agreed with the successful Construction Training Hubs providers across the country. We expect up to £9.2 million to be granted in 2018/19. A ministerial announcement about the successful projects will be made later this year.</p><p>The government has also committed up to £30 million to develop innovative ways to use education technology and articial intelligence in education to deliver improved learning outcomes. As updated in my previous response on 24 October 2018, this funding will begin in the 2019-20 financial year and is profiled evenly between financials years 2019-20 and 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 31/10/2018 16:26:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

994503

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold information about how many people working in it or its agencies are citizens of non-UK EU countries. The department does not hold any information about the employees of its non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 02/11/2018 09:09:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994175

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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will reopen for applications.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is currently reviewing the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and intends to re-open it for applications this autumn. I want to ensure that the register provides assurance to employers that the training providers they choose have the capacity and capability to deliver good quality apprenticeship training. Further details on the updates that the ESFA is making to the apprenticeship register and the timing of its re-opening will be available in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/10/2018 16:12:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

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

993627

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what enforcement procedures have been put in place in England to ensure that apprenticeship providers pay their apprentices the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	182745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Enforcement of all minimum wages, including the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for apprentices, is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).</p><p>In the period 2017 to 2018, HMRC identified a record £15.6 million in total arrears owed to 200,000 workers who were underpaid the minimum wages and issued £14 million in penalties. HMRC continues to investigate 100% of complaints received from workers in respect of minimum wage law.</p><p>The government’s naming scheme, which was introduced in 2013, provides HMRC with the power to publicly name employers who fail to pay minimum wages. 1,900 businesses have already been named. Between them, these businesses owed workers total arrears of more than £11 million. Apprentices are distinguished separately.</p><p>Each new apprentice on a government-funded apprenticeship receives a letter from the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills which sets out what they can expect from their apprenticeship. This letter includes information on apprentices’ entitlement to the NMW.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency’s Find an Apprenticeship service also has built-in automated checks to ensure that no apprenticeship vacancy can be advertised with a wage rate below the NMW level. An employer would not be able to submit a vacancy to Find an Apprenticeship until the NMW requirements are met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 31/10/2018 15:48:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

993699

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Wolverhampton North East
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 apprenticeships have been created in each month since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in Wolverhampton North East Constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	182760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The attached table in Annex A provides the figures for apprenticeship starts in Wolverhampton North East constituency for each month since changes were made to apprenticeship funding from May 2017, following the introduction of the levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/10/2018 13:52:16 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Annex A for PQ 182760.doc title Annex_A_for_PQ_182760
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

993747

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the level of recruitment of teachers for T Levels in colleges.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	182691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>We are investing up to £20 million over the two years to March 2020 to support providers as they prepare for the introduction of T levels. This includes a new, bespoke programme of professional development to help improve the knowledge and skills of those teaching T levels, as well as our new £5 million Taking Teaching Further programme. This programme will support up to 150 industry professionals to train to teach in the further education (FE) sector.</p><p>Although FE institutions are private sector organisations responsible for their own workforce planning, we are working closely with providers, including the first T level providers, to understand how best we can support the effective recruitment, retention and development of the teachers and leaders that the sector needs to secure the best possible outcomes for learners. We will be looking carefully at these issues in the forthcoming Spending Review.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 182692 question first answered 26/10/2018 13:47:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden