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753685

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date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational 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 delivery of the first T-levels.
tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
uin	5990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Post-16 Skills Plan set out our plan to reform technical education including the introduction of 15 new technical routes to skilled employment, new college-based training programmes (T Levels) based on employer-designed standards, and high quality T Level work placements.</p><p>Delivering these reforms will be transformational; and we are determined to ensure they are a success and achieve their overall aims: to transform technical education and create a high quality system that delivers the skills, knowledge and behaviours that employers and the country need.</p><p>The only way to deliver this challenge successfully is through genuine partnership between government, business experts/leaders and education professionals.</p><p>My officials have now carried out extensive testing of the current delivery plans, including in relation to work placement provision, in discussion with employers, providers and awarding organisations. Following that assessment, we have concluded that we will deliver a small number of T levels from September 2020, with all routes available as planned in September 2022.</p><p>Over the summer, we will continue to refine and develop our plans working with business and the providers, and we will provide an update on progress in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/07/2017 15:02:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

752606

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has provided to local authorities on charging childcare providers a fee for mistakenly providing incorrect information relating to 30 hours of free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The department’s model agreement, published on 3 March 2017, sets out our expectations of what should be included in agreements between local authorities and childcare providers for the delivery of the free early education entitlements for two-, three- and four-year-olds. This is intended to bring more consistent practice across local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The model agreement is clear the local authority should not charge providers disproportionate penalties for providing late or incomplete information leading to additional administration in the processing of free entitlements. Any charges should be reasonable and proportionate to the inconvenience or costs incurred to the local authority as a result of the lateness, and local authorities should ensure charges are clearly communicated to providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 18:12:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752611

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and (ii) Sunderland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	5109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The table in the attachment provides the average pupil to teacher ratio[1] in state funded primary and state funded secondary schools as reported by schools in England, Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and Sunderland local authority in November each year from 2011 to 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The Pupil Teacher Ratios are calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of FTE teachers in schools in each year. Where schools are not open on Census (January) they are excluded. See School Workforce Census methodology document for further information: Methodology: SFR25/2017</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2017 15:37:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 5109 attachment.xlsx title 2011-16 average pupil to teacher ratio
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

752612

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of her Department's 30 hours of free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department demonstrated its commitment to evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of her Department's 30 hours of free childcare policy, by undertaking an independent evaluation of its early implementation, early innovation and early rollout programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published the evaluation of early implementation of 30 hours of free childcare on 17 January 2017 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-early-implementation-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-early-implementation-evaluation</a>).</p><p>We also plan to publish the evaluation of early rollout of 30 hours of free childcare in September 2017 and will take steps to implement the early leaning from this as soon as it is made available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will also continue to monitor the implementation of 30 hours free childcare through the Early Years and Schools censuses, the Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents and the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey to monitor the 30 hours offer from both the providers’ and parents’ perspective. These data sources have provided a very rich and detailed set of information over many years<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 16:15:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752613

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and (ii) Sunderland since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	5110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The table in the attachment provides the full time equivalent number[1] of teachers in service in state funded primary and state funded secondary schools in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency, Sunderland local authority and England in November each year between 2010 to 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2017 15:35:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 5110 attachment.xlsx title 5110_attachment
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

752614

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether looked-after children are eligible for 30 free hours of childcare from September 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Looked after children are in the care of the local authority and are therefore receiving support in their local area. They are not eligible for 30 hours free childcare but will still be eligible for the 2-year-old entitlement and the universal 15 hours as a 3 or 4-year-old.</p><p> </p><p>Foster carers are not eligible in respect of their foster children. The government is committed to ensuring that foster carers receive the support they need to meet the needs of the children they look after. Foster carers already receive an allowance and the national minimum standards for fostering services are clear that the allowance should cover the full cost of caring for a child. The national fostering stocktake, a comprehensive review of the fostering system, is now underway and we will complete it by the end of the year. Part of this review will consider the support that foster carers receive.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 18:08:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752615

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to undertake an assessment of the effect of 30 hours of free childcare on the availability of funded two-year-old places after that roll-out has concluded.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure free early education places for two-year-olds who meet the eligibility criteria. In 2016, we invested £100m of capital funding to expand place capacity for 30 hours by creating nearly 18,000 additional places.</p><p>In July 2017, the Department for Education published the <em>Evaluation of Early Implementation of 30 Hours Free Childcare: Research report</em>. It concluded that there was no indication of adverse effects on other free entitlement provision from the implementation of 30 hours in those areas.</p><p>We will closely monitor the impact of the 30 hours policy, working with our delivery contractor ‘Childcare Works’. We publish data annually on take up of free places by two, three and four-year-olds, and carry out regular voluntary surveys of local authorities. Overall, the proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education in England continues to rise, from 58% in 2015 to 71% in 2017. The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education places by local authority is set out in Table 5LA of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/07/2017 16:11:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752850

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship providers operate in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>In the 2015 to 2016 academic year, there were 400 apprenticeship providers that trained apprentices for employers in Greater London and 140 apprenticeship providers that trained apprentices for employers in the London Borough of Newham.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:49:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

752853

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starts in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Newham are with (i) levy-paying and (ii) non-levy-paying businesses.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of apprenticeship starts is published as part of the further education and skills statistical first release. Apprenticeship starts broken down by geographical region and local authority are available in the further education data library:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently, data on apprenticeship starts is only available reported to the end of April 2017, before the apprenticeship levy was implemented. The statistical first release will publish details of starts, where an apprenticeship service account holder has been able to use funds to support an apprenticeship, when data becomes available.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of accounts registered on the apprenticeship service and the number of commitments made have been published as experimental statistics. This is available as part of the statistical first release collection:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/07/2017 16:51:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

752929

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) the public purse, (b) schools and (c) pupils of the introduction of new GCSE curricula and material relating to those curricula and the new grading system.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	5530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The independent qualifications regulator, Ofqual, has produced an impact assessment for the reforms which is available at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141110161452/http:/ofqual.gov.uk/documents/regulatory-impact-assessment-on-reforms-to-gcses-from-2015/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141110161452/http://ofqual.gov.uk/documents/regulatory-impact-assessment-on-reforms-to-gcses-from-2015/</a></p><p>This indicates that overall, schools interviewed thought that the cost impact of the reforms would be neutral for them. We do not anticipate any additional costs for pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Ofqual spent approximately £370,000 during 2016-17 on testing and promoting understanding of the new grading arrangements with employers, parents, teachers and students and is planning to spend a further £82,000 this summer. The Department for Education has spent approximately £12,500 to date on communications about the GCSE reforms and is planning to spend a further £39,500 over the summer. All figures exclude VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The wider costs of the reforms to the public purse form part of the Department for Education and Ofqual’s running costs and cannot be identified separately.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/07/2017 15:40:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell