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823974

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide advice and support to schools in order to minimise the burden on those schools of providing good-quality careers advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The department has taken a number of steps to ensure we minimise the burden on schools to provide good quality careers advice.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy, published in December 2017, set out a package of support for schools. This includes: investing £4 million into supporting at least 500 schools and colleges to train their careers leader; new careers hubs in areas of most need in the country, backed by £5 million funding; and trialling careers activities in primary schools, backed by £2 million funding.</p><p> </p><p>The department is working closely with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) who will have a broader remit to support schools to deliver all eight Gatsby Benchmarks of good careers provision. From September 2018, a named careers leader should lead the careers programme in every secondary school. The vast majority of schools already have a careers leader and it is a matter for schools to decide whether they wish to take on new hires for this role.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is that the careers leader should have the expertise and influence to co-oridinate the careers programme across all eight Gatsby benchmarks. The department is working with the CEC and the Gatsby Foundation to develop the training for careers leaders. Further details about how schools and colleges can access funding to train their careers leader will be released in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The department published revised the attached statutory guidance, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ in January 2018 which sets out what schools should do to meet the eight Gatsby Benchmarks and the support available for schools. This was developed with input from educational representative bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4728 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:42:32 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4724 Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

823975

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to encourage more organisations that pay the apprenticeship levy to use the funds thereby available to them to offer apprenticeships themselves.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Over 90 per cent of employer PAYE schemes with larger levy declarations (of over £150,000) have registered an account on the apprenticeship service. Feedback from levy payers has shown they plan to increase their demand for apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant changes to the way we build a skilled workforce and in light of this it would be premature to draw definitive conclusions on the basis of the limited data available. We fully expect there to be a period of adjustment while employers decide how to maximise the opportunities these reforms present them.</p><p> </p><p>The department is supporting employers to help them plan their future programmes. This includes account management for over 1,000 of the largest levy-paying employers. We have recently announced initial awards totalling around £485 million to hundreds of providers across the country to offer apprenticeship training to non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>We are also undertaking a wider range of ongoing communications and engagement activities to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships. A new phase of our communications campaign started on 26 January 2018, to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities and to promote these to potential apprentices.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4726 HL4727 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:58:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

823976

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the falling number of apprenticeship starts, according to the latest published statistics; and what action they plan to take to remedy this.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Over 90 per cent of employer PAYE schemes with larger levy declarations (of over £150,000) have registered an account on the apprenticeship service. Feedback from levy payers has shown they plan to increase their demand for apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant changes to the way we build a skilled workforce and in light of this it would be premature to draw definitive conclusions on the basis of the limited data available. We fully expect there to be a period of adjustment while employers decide how to maximise the opportunities these reforms present them.</p><p> </p><p>The department is supporting employers to help them plan their future programmes. This includes account management for over 1,000 of the largest levy-paying employers. We have recently announced initial awards totalling around £485 million to hundreds of providers across the country to offer apprenticeship training to non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>We are also undertaking a wider range of ongoing communications and engagement activities to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships. A new phase of our communications campaign started on 26 January 2018, to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities and to promote these to potential apprentices.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4725 HL4727 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:58:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

823977

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress made towards meeting their target of three million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020; and what further action, if any, they plan to take to achieve that target.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Over 90 per cent of employer PAYE schemes with larger levy declarations (of over £150,000) have registered an account on the apprenticeship service. Feedback from levy payers has shown they plan to increase their demand for apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant changes to the way we build a skilled workforce and in light of this it would be premature to draw definitive conclusions on the basis of the limited data available. We fully expect there to be a period of adjustment while employers decide how to maximise the opportunities these reforms present them.</p><p> </p><p>The department is supporting employers to help them plan their future programmes. This includes account management for over 1,000 of the largest levy-paying employers. We have recently announced initial awards totalling around £485 million to hundreds of providers across the country to offer apprenticeship training to non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>We are also undertaking a wider range of ongoing communications and engagement activities to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships. A new phase of our communications campaign started on 26 January 2018, to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities and to promote these to potential apprentices.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4725 HL4726 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:58:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

823978

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they envisage that the funding committed for careers leaders in their new careers strategy will be allocated to schools; what schools will be able to use that funding for; and whether schools will be (1) expected, and (2) permitted, to take on new hires for these roles.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL4728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The department has taken a number of steps to ensure we minimise the burden on schools to provide good quality careers advice.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy, published in December 2017, set out a package of support for schools. This includes: investing £4 million into supporting at least 500 schools and colleges to train their careers leader; new careers hubs in areas of most need in the country, backed by £5 million funding; and trialling careers activities in primary schools, backed by £2 million funding.</p><p> </p><p>The department is working closely with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) who will have a broader remit to support schools to deliver all eight Gatsby Benchmarks of good careers provision. From September 2018, a named careers leader should lead the careers programme in every secondary school. The vast majority of schools already have a careers leader and it is a matter for schools to decide whether they wish to take on new hires for this role.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is that the careers leader should have the expertise and influence to co-oridinate the careers programme across all eight Gatsby benchmarks. The department is working with the CEC and the Gatsby Foundation to develop the training for careers leaders. Further details about how schools and colleges can access funding to train their careers leader will be released in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The department published revised the attached statutory guidance, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ in January 2018 which sets out what schools should do to meet the eight Gatsby Benchmarks and the support available for schools. This was developed with input from educational representative bodies.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4724 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:42:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4724 Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

824013

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Commonwealth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Education will be representing HM Government at the meeting in Fiji of Commonwealth Education Ministers in mid February in preparation for the Commonwealth Summit in April 2018 in London; and whether the purpose of that meeting is to strengthen Commonwealth cooperation between universities and schools for the benefit of young people.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL4758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>It has not yet been decided who will represent Her Majesty’s Government at the Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers. However, we hope to confirm attendance shortly, subject to parliamentary business. The purpose of the Conference is to strengthen cooperation across the Commonwealth for the benefit of young people of all ages. A key objective of this year’s conference is to address and define mechanisms through which education systems across the Commonwealth can enable sustainable development, and address major global challenges, such as climate change. This is a topic, which is of importance to young people across all member states.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 16:57:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

824021

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they propose taking forward their policy paper Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The government published the Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents on 4 December 2017. The strategy sets out a long term plan to build the best careers system, that will help young people and adults choose the right path for them. This will give all people the best possible start to move into a job or training that enables them – whatever their background or wherever they live – to have a fulfilling life.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the strategy, officials have continued discussions regarding the delivery of the proposals with stakeholders and delivery partners, including The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>Progress has already been made, with the publication of the revised statutory guidance for schools, ‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ (attached). This sets out how schools can meet the Gatsby benchmarks, a standard of excellence that government is adopting. The revised guidance also explains the new statutory duty on schools, to allow providers access to pupils to inform them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. Revised guidance for colleges will be published shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 17:44:25 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4765 Careers guidance and access for education and training providers.pdf title Careers guidance
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

824024

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools currently use Gatsby Benchmarks to improve their careers provision.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The department does not hold the number of schools that use the Gatsby Benchmarks. However, The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company’s ‘State of the Nation’ report (attached) highlighted the results of over 500 schools that self-evaluated their careers provision against the Gatsby Benchmarks. Around half of these schools were achieving at least two of the eight benchmarks, although a fifth of schools were not achieving any of the benchmarks.</p><p>The government published the attached ‘Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents’ on 4 December 2017. As we set out in the strategy, schools and colleges will continue to be responsible for making sure that their students can access independent careers guidance. We will use the eight benchmarks of good careers guidance, developed by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, to set a standard of excellence for schools and colleges to follow. To support this, we have asked The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to take on a more ambitious role by coordinating support for schools and colleges across all the Gatsby Benchmarks.</p><p>The careers strategy and our updated statutory guidance for schools both promote Compass, a free online tool for schools to evaluate and monitor improvements in their careers provision against the benchmarks.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name State of a Nation.pdf title State of a Nation 2 file name Careers Strategy.pdf title Careers Strategy question first answered 30/01/2018 17:39:30 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

824038

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support and resources will be provided to maintained schools, free schools and academies to ensure that they are able to comply fully with the General Data Protection Regulation rules when those rules come into force in May.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is working with a small network of school sector representatives to identify the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) related topics that schools face. These then form the basis of communications setting out GDPR preparation support within the context and language of the education sector.</p><p> </p><p>In July, the former Secretary of State the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) announced an additional £1.3 billion for schools over the next two years, so that total funding for the core schools budget will rise from almost £41 billion this year to £43.5 billion in 2019-20. This will mean that overall schools’ funding will be protected, in real terms per pupil, over the next two years. The introduction of the national funding formula, means that for the first time that total will be distributed based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country. It is for each school to determine the use of the resources available to it, in order to raise the attainment of all its pupils, and to meet all its statutory responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 16:49:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

824039

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Care Leavers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that care leavers' entitlement to a local authority bursary when attending university is extended to care leavers undertaking an apprenticeship.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Care leavers do not generally have access to the family support networks that benefit other young people. It is therefore important that local and central government provide additional support to care leavers in their role as corporate parents. The cross-government care leaver strategy - ‘Keep on Caring’ (see attached), sets out the additional support the state provides to help care leavers achieve better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to distinguish between higher education and apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are paid jobs with training, allowing apprentices to earn while they learn. Apprentices are not required to pay for their training or assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The government is creating an apprenticeship system that is available to a wide range of people, including those with experience of care. As we continue to reform the apprenticeships system we will keep our funding for apprentices with additional needs under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/01/2018 17:00:09 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name Care-Leaver-Strategy.pdf title Keep On Caring
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie