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428630

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawal of ESOL Plus mandated funding on the ability of refugees in the UK to access ESOL courses.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 ESOL Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.</p><p>Adults who are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection become eligible for skills funding through the adult skills budget, as any other English resident and are not subject to the normal 3 year qualifying period.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:14:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

428450

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to give refugees settled in the UK opportunities to improve their English language skills.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Adults who are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection become eligible for skills funding through a provider’s adult skills budget, as any other English resident and are not subject to the normal 3 year qualifying period. Refugees are therefore eligible for full-funding for English Speakers of Other Languages, if they are in receipt of certain work-related benefits and are mandated to undertake skills training to improve their English in order to find work. If they are on other state benefits and are unemployed, they may still be eligible for full funding at the discretion of the training provider. If they are not on benefits, they can be co-funded at the discretion of the provider.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:13:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

428451

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on community cohesion of the withdrawal of ESOL Plus Mandation funding.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>We have not carried out a specific assessment in relation to community cohesion. The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:10:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

428453

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the withdrawal of ESOL Plus Mandation funding on attainment levels of children whose parents participated in or were eligible for ESOL courses.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Although there is a correlation between parental education levels and the attainment of children, many other factors are also relevant. Isolating the specific impact of this particular funding on children’s levels of attainment would be extremely difficult.</p><p>The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:35:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

428454

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the skills of ESOL tutors are not lost following the withdrawal of ESOL Plus Mandation funding.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to maintain their ESOL courses and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. It is the responsibility of providers to ensure they have teaching staff with the right skills and expertise to deliver the range of courses they offer.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:12:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

428455

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on the Action for ESOL Manifestos.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not received any representations on the Action for ESOL Manifesto.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:09:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

428456

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department is providing to help businesses to employ migrants with in-demand skills but poor English language skills.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	16462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>In our approach to skills, we aim to create a fair balance between the investment made by Government, the employer and the individual. We believe that non-native speakers of English, who choose to live in the UK, should be expected to invest in the improvement of their English, with some exceptions. Similarly, where employers seek to rely on non-English speaking labour, it is their responsibility to cover the cost of training employees.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 14:16:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

418097

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the level of take-up of mathematics and science apprenticeships so far in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	9687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of apprenticeships starts in the Science and Maths Sector Subject Area is published in the FE data library (first link) as a supplementary table (second link) to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438150/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438150/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/09/2015 14:44:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

417512

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the current number of intermediary qualification apprenticeships offering qualifications equivalent to five GCSE passes.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	9449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship participation by Level of study is published in Table 5 and Table 19 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An Intermediate Level Apprenticeship (Level 2) is considered equivalent to five GCSEs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/09/2015 12:15:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

417513

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently enrolled on apprenticeships who were employed by the same organisation prior to the apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	9450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Details on entry routes onto Apprenticeships can be found in the Apprenticeships Evaluation: Learners survey report online. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387662/bis-14-1208-Apprenticeships-Evaluation-Learners-December-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387662/bis-14-1208-Apprenticeships-Evaluation-Learners-December-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><br> In 2013/14, two thirds (64%) of apprentices worked for their employer before starting their apprenticeship. This has decreased since 2012/13 when it was 68%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/09/2015 12:13:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain