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1109404

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: 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 ensure that teachers are adequately trained to advise students on the benefits of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	240522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) provides a programme in schools and further education colleges across England called the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools (ASK) Programme, which provides a face-to-face and or digital services incorporating advice, information and continuous professional development resources for teachers.</p><p> </p><p>This service has been provided for students in years 10 to 13 since 2016 and will be extended to provide for students in years 7 to 9 for the 2019/20 academic year. In conjunction with this, we will seek feedback from teachers to inform our review of the content of the ASK programme to ensure that delivery is progressive throughout each school year.</p><p> </p><p>To complement this work, the ESFA also have developed Amazing Apprenticeships which is a resource portal for schools, colleges and those providing advice and guidance on apprenticeships. The site contains a wealth of useful resources that are downloadable and free of charge and includes a facility for schools to book a visit from a young apprenticeship ambassador or an ASK provider.</p><p>Every school and college must have a Careers Leader who co-ordinates their institution's careers provision and is responsible and accountable for the delivery of their school or college careers programme.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 12:13:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1109093

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what level of funding has been allocated from the Adult Education budget to fund trade union education modules in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	240067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Adult Education Budget (AEB) is not allocated to specific provision areas. The Education and Skills Funding Agency allocates AEB to individual providers who, under the current freedoms and flexibility policy, are able to use their funds to support any learners meeting the funding rules.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore the table below shows the value of Trade Union learning delivered through the AEB for each funding year. Please note that the AEB has been operating since 2016/17. It was previously known as the Adult Skills Budget.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Adult Education Budget (and equivalent predecessor budget) delivery of Trade Union learning</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£11.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£11.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£10.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£5.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£5.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 14:03:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109096

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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, what proportion of the Adult Education Budget will be (a) devolved to mayoral authorities, (b) be administered nationally by the Skills Funding Agency in 2019-20 and; and what estimate he has made of those same figures for subsequent years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	240068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>From 2019/20 academic year the Adult Education Budget (AEB) will be devolved to 6 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCA) (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England) and delegated to the Greater London Authority (GLA).</p><p> </p><p>49% of the AEB participation budget will be devolved to MCAs/GLA.</p><p> </p><p>51% of the AEB will be administrated by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) who will continue to be responsible for funding learners that are resident outside devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers agreed that the methodology for calculating ESFA/MCAs/GLA budgets will be based on historic provider delivery and learner residence in 2017 to 2018. Residency calculations have been used to determine the percentage share of the budget. The 2017 to 2018 calculation establishes the baseline percentage for what ESFA/MCAs/GLA AEB allocations will be for the foreseeable future.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage split between ESFA/MCAs/GLA in future years could change dependent upon whether North of Tyne and Sheffield City Region meet the readiness conditions for their devolution deals.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 14:03:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109185

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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 made a feasibility assessment of the proposals in the Raise the Rate campaign to increase funding for sixth form education.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	239893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the department have noted the important points raised within the Raise the Rate campaign to increase funding for sixth form education. We recognise that funding has not kept up with costs. We will continue to look carefully at this in preparation for the next Spending Review, taking relevant evidence, including that presented by the Raise the Rate campaign into account.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 12:22:27 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1108653

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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, with reference to the conclusions of the National Audit Office’s report of 6 March 2019, The apprenticeships programme, HC 1987 2017-19, what plans he has to address concerns that funding for that programme may be insufficient should there be an increase in demand for apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	239284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We are pleased that employers are choosing to move to our new, higher quality apprenticeship offer to make a sustainable investment in the skills that they need to grow. Employers are designing higher level apprenticeships that take longer and require more off-the-job training and, while this is something to be welcomed, we are conscious of the challenges it presents.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019-20, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will be over £2.5 billion, this is double what was spent in 2010-11. The apprenticeship budget is set in advance by Her Majesty’s Treasury for the current spending review period. Currently, we expect to be within budget in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years. We continue to monitor the trend of increasing spending on apprenticeships and to make use of our engagement with employers in addition to all available data from the programme to inform forecasts of demand and future costs.</p><p> </p><p>The level of funding for the programme beyond 2020 will be determined by the forthcoming Spending Review announced by my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Spring Statement.</p><p><em><br> </em></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 10:14:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 112154 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1105869

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
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 the (a) terms of reference and (b) scope is of his Department's review of the Apprenticeship Levy.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	238388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>​In the Autumn Statement last year, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that the government would work with employers and providers on the use of the apprenticeship levy after 2020.</p><p>We have been looking at how organisations have responded to the introduction of the levy and associated reforms as well as how we can help develop future demand for, and provision of, apprenticeships. We have also been exploring the impact of the levy across different sectors and regions and for different types of apprentices as well as the contribution of apprenticeships to the wider skills landscape.</p><p>Over the past few months, we have used a number of channels, including a survey and regional roundtables across England, to work with a range of different employers, providers and representative organisations. We will continue to listen to the views of employers and providers in the run-up to the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 02/04/2019 14:00:07 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1105491

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	European Social Fund
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 27 March 2019 to Question 235786, if he will publish the (a) list and (b) value of the 294 European Social Fund contracts with the Education and Skills Funding Agency; and if he will publish the (i) list and (ii) value of the 132 European Social Fund contracts due to run from April 2019 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	237708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>A list of current 2014-2020 European Social Fund (ESF) contracts, including their values, is published on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esf-2014-to-2020-programme-list-of-contracts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esf-2014-to-2020-programme-list-of-contracts</a>.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency are finalising procurement for new contracts to cover the period April 2019-2020. A list of these contracts, including their values, will be published on GOV.UK within 30 days of contracts being signed by successful providers, in line with the requirements of the ESF programme and Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/04/2019 12:28:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1105663

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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, what progress his Department has made on promoting and increasing apprenticeships in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Angus.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	237771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Apprenticeship policy is devolved to Scotland, and any measures to promote apprenticeships there are a matter for the Scottish government.</p><p>In England, we want to increase the number of high-quality apprenticeships. In January we launched a major new communication campaign, ‘Fire it Up’, which seeks to change the way people think about apprenticeships and demonstrate that they are an aspirational choice for anyone with passion and energy.</p><p>National Apprenticeship week, which took place 4-8 March this year, is an annual opportunity to celebrate apprenticeships and their impact on individuals, employers, and the economy. This year’s theme, ‘Blaze a Trail’, was inspired by the Fire it Up campaign and featured in over 1250 events across the country to encourage everyone to recognise the change that apprenticeships can bring. Over 1900 features and articles appeared during the week, in media outlets as diverse as BBC Breakfast, Cosmopolitan, and the Financial Times.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/04/2019 14:46:40 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1105671

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department has cancelled the further education teacher bursaries scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	237773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The bursaries scheme for maths and English teacher training in further education (FE) was launched in 2013/14 and was initially intended to run for 2 years, to support providers in meeting additional recruitment needs arising from the condition of funding around GCSE resits. We subsequently extended the programme over a total of 6 academic years. Funding for the scheme, secured through the last Spending Review, has now come to an end.</p><p>We have been working closely with FE providers and representative organisations to understand the current challenges faced around teacher recruitment and retention in the sector. We are looking carefully at how best we can support the FE sector to meet existing and emerging workforce challenges, and will be making the case for the necessary investment as part of the forthcoming Spending Review</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/04/2019 12:30:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1104858

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprenticeships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Edge Foundation's report entitled Our Plan for Apprenticeships, published on 2 March, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of that report's finding that the number of apprenticeship starts has dropped from 521,000 in 2011-12 to 376,000 in 2017-18; and what steps he is taking to meet the Government’s target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	236323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2015, we set ourselves ambitious targets, but we will not sacrifice quality to get there. We are aware that the number of people starting apprenticeships has dropped, but we have moved away from the old frameworks and onto new, high quality standards, improving the quality of apprenticeships.</p><p>The number of people starting on these new standards is growing fast. Nearly 60% of people doing an apprenticeship are now starting on standards (in the first 2 quarters of the 2018/19 academic year). In this period, there were 128,100 starts on standards, compared to 71,600 at the same time last year.</p><p>Employers will lead on the design of new standards, giving apprentices the skills that businesses need. There are now over 420 apprenticeship standards approved for delivery and this number continues to grow. We have made a further £3.5 million available to support the Institute for Apprenticeships to introduce new standards and update existing ones, meaning that there will be more choice for employers and people considering their training options.</p><p>We are supporting employers to make the long-term, sustainable investment in training which will generate more apprenticeship starts. We have already extended the time levy-paying employers have to spend their funds from 18 to 24 months, and we will increase the amount of funding that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers from 10% to 25%, from April 2019, to make the system more flexible. To ease the cost of apprenticeship training for small employers, we are halving the co-investment rate from 10% to 5% for new starts from April 2019.</p><p>Our new communication campaign, ‘Fire it Up’, is working to grow the number of high-quality apprenticeships offered and started, by changing the way people think about apprenticeships, demonstrating that they are an aspirational choice.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/04/2019 13:24:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman