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1035211

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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 (a) spent and (b) plans to spend in the next three months on publicity in relation to the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	205394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>To date, the department has spent nothing on publicity in relation to the UK leaving the EU without a deal. In the next three months, the department has no spend planned on publicity in relation to the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2019 14:20:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1035237

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of civil servants (a) were born, (b) were educated and (c) lived in London prior to beginning their employment with his Department.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	205193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2019 17:43:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1029352

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Staffing data are produced for the department monthly. The table below shows the number of staff employed in the department at the end of November 2018 and at the end of June 2016:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time equivalent </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) November 2018</p></td><td><p>6308</p></td><td><p>6074.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) June 2016</p></td><td><p>3531</p></td><td><p>3395.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>During this period, there have been Machinery of Government changes. This included the department taking responsibility for higher and further education and for the Skills Funding Agency, which merged with the Education Funding Agency to create the Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/01/2019 17:33:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029434

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>​The department has spent more than two years carrying out preparations for all scenarios, including a no deal scenario. The government, including the Department for Education, is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>A team within the department’s International Education Directorate leads our EU Exit programme and coordination of preparations. Members of staff across the department work on EU Exit issues, including no deal preparations, across a range of policy areas as required.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU Exit work and the department’s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate figure specifically for work on EU Exit issues, including on no deal planning.</p><p>​The work of the department is continuing, including planning and preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 204463 question first answered 09/01/2019 14:16:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1029446

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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 many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	204463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>​The department has spent more than two years carrying out preparations for all scenarios, including a no deal scenario. The government, including the Department for Education, is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>A team within the department’s International Education Directorate leads our EU Exit programme and coordination of preparations. Members of staff across the department work on EU Exit issues, including no deal preparations, across a range of policy areas as required.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU Exit work and the department’s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate figure specifically for work on EU Exit issues, including on no deal planning.</p><p>​The work of the department is continuing, including planning and preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 204452 question first answered 09/01/2019 14:16:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1028559

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 funding from the public purse has been allocated to his Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	203884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes;</p><ul><li>£412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016;</li><li>£286 million of additional funding for 2017-18, a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>, and;</li><li>Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of which can be found in my right hon. Friend, the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13 March 2018, available at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</li></ul><p>A breakdown of the more recent allocations (for 2019-20) can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS1205, laid on the 18 December 2018 at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/01/2019 17:10:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1028629

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on draft guidance for elective home education; and how many submissions were received for that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	203979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The government response document resulted from the consultation on elective home education, which ended on 2 July 2018. This document along with the finalised guidance documents will be published soon.</p><p>The number of responses received to the consultation were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of response</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of responses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online</p></td><td><p>2987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Email</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hard Copy</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/01/2019 13:27:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1027541

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Photography: Apprentices
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 promote photography apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	203332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>To promote apprenticeships across all sectors, we are first and foremost ensuring that apprenticeships are a quality product recognised by individuals and employers. Our communications campaign aims to help increase the number of vacancies created by employers and to encourage young people to choose an apprenticeship as a high quality career route, signposting them to new vacancies on offer. We target potential apprentices, employers, parents and teachers using channels such as video adverts for TV, cinema and online channels, a national billboard campaign, digital advertising and social media, as well as through face-to-face engagement activities and events. Our communication continues to support employers to create new vacancies and to publicise them on the Find An Apprenticeship website.</p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed and driven by industry; creating higher quality training that will lead to a more skilled and productive economy. All starts will be on the new, high quality standards by the beginning of the 2020-21 academic year.</p><p>A level 3 Photographic Assistant standard is currently in development. Employers involved in creating the standard include Defence School of Photography, ScreenSkills, Creative Pioneers and Warwickshire College.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/12/2018 13:41:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1027542

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Photography: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of photography apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	203333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>​​There is no apprenticeship framework or standard called ‘photography’. The most relevant framework found was the ‘Photo imaging for Staff Photographers’ framework which is the only apprenticeship framework or standard to contain ‘photo’ or ‘image’ in its title. There were no starts on this framework in the 2017/18 academic year compared to 20 in each of the previous two academic years (2016/17 and 2015/16).</p><p>The table below shows apprenticeship starts in the Arts, Media and Publishing sector subject area, along with further subject area breakdowns for the 2017/18 academic year. This sector is most likely to contain frameworks or standards with an element of photography within them. The data is taken from the Individualised Learner Record, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761151/Monthly-apprenticeship-starts_SSA-Fwk-Std-Age-Level-Fund_Nov2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761151/Monthly-apprenticeship-starts_SSA-Fwk-Std-Age-Level-Fund_Nov2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p><strong>Apprenticeship starts in the 2017/18 academic year (August 2017 – July 2018) in the Arts, Media and Publishing sector subject area</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apprenticeship starts in 2017/18 (Aug 2017 – July 2018)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total starts in Arts, Media and Publishing sector subject area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>950</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Crafts, Creative Arts and Design</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Media and Communication</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Performing Arts</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which Publishing and Information Services</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol start="1"><li><p>Data are based on full final year figures for the 2017/18 academic year (August 2017 to July 2018).</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>​Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, ‘-’ indicates a value of less than 5 starts.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/12/2018 14:03:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1027566

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the £65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	203340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>​The UK government currently does not plan to pay the Settled Status Fee for its non-UK EU citizen employees. The fee is set at an affordable rate (£65), less than the cost of an UK passport.</p><p> </p><p>Outsourced workers are not employees of the department and therefore this would be a decision for their employers.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-UK EU citizens employed across the Civil Service is not consistently collected across government. It is therefore not possible to estimate the cost of paying the settled status fee for non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the department.</p><p> </p><p>​We value the significant contribution made by EU citizens working in the Civil Service and we want these colleagues to continue to play a full role in the work of the Civil Service. We are committed to supporting our EU citizen employees across the Civil Service, the important engagement with EU national networks across government will continue over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/12/2018 13:37:07 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas