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date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce skills shortages in the (a) engineering, (b) STEM, (c) ICT, (d) care and (e) accountancy sectors.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to create a world-beating technical education system and is investing heavily to ensure that it delivers the skills that the economy needs. We will be replacing 13,000 existing technical qualifications with new qualifications, known as T-levels, across fifteen routes in subjects including Heath and Social Care, Legal, Finance and Accounting and Social Care. The Government is creating specialist National Colleges to deliver higher level specialist technical skills in priority areas such as digital skills and to support national infrastructure projects such as HS2 and the New Institutes of Technology will deliver engineering and STEM skills. The Government will ensure that colleges deliver the skills required by local businesses by setting up new Skills Advisory Panels that will work with Local Enterprise Partnerships at a regional and local level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><br> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:31:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

733145

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Lifelong Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure current levels of funding for lifelong learning are maintained after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>This year’s Budget committed £40 million to fund pilots that will test ambitious, new approaches to removing barriers to lifelong learning. These pilots are not funded through EU sources.</p><p>In relation to ongoing EU sources of funding, the Government has said it will consult closely with stakeholders to review such schemes in the round, to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest, while ensuring appropriate certainty. Leaving the EU means we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 16:30:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

732380

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all British sign language interpreters use the same set of standards.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>People take BSL qualifications at a lower level and progress to a higher level. People also need to register with the <a href="http://www.nrcpd.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Registers of Communications Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind people</a> (NRCPD). This information can be found on the careers advisory service site: <a href="https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/british-sign-language-interpreter" target="_blank">https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/job-profiles/british-sign-language-interpreter</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/07/2017 17:00:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah