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1147091

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list including the postcode locations of the Sure Start children’s centres that have closed between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	292103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/WPQT%20-%202017-19%20Drafts/292103%20QC%20011019.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a>, the attached spreadsheet provides details of the name and post-code of children’s centres that closed between 2010 and 30 September 2019.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/WPQT%20-%202017-19%20Drafts/292103%20QC%20011019.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> The list of children’s centres closed between 2010 and 30 September 2019 is based on information supplied by local authorities as at 1 October 2019 (10:00am). These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update the database at any time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 16:39:45 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name PQ_292103_list_of_children's_centres_closed_since_2010.xls title 292103_table
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1147254

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £25 million funding for T levels announced in the Spending Round 2019 will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	292259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The £25 million represents the difference in funding for T levels in 2020-21 compared with 2019-20. This additional funding will support delivery of the first 3 T levels from 2020. It will also enable funding for providers and employers to deliver industry placements and to further build their capacity for these placements across all technical routes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, some of the funding will be allocated via the Early Adopter Development Fund to the early providers in recognition of the costs associated with engaging in co-design of the qualifications and working with the department on T level and transition framework policy development.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 16:46:17 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1146422

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Garston and Halewood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in funding for high needs support on mainstream SEND provision in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as the department does not break funding allocations down to a constituency level.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before the creation of the blocks within the DSG in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2020-21, we will provide more than £700 million in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. We will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Schools and high needs funding allocations for 2013-14 to 2019-20 are as follows. In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding nationally, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals displayed.</p><p>In Knowsley:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£87.9 million</p></td><td><p>£19.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£86.3 million</p></td><td><p>£19.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£85.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£85.4 million</p></td><td><p>£19.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£87.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£89.7 million</p></td><td><p>£19.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£92.5 million</p></td><td><p>£20.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>And in Liverpool:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£266.9 million</p></td><td><p>£41.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£267.3 million</p></td><td><p>£42.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£289.0 million</p></td><td><p>£44.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£292.9 million</p></td><td><p>£44.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£301.1 million</p></td><td><p>£46.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£302.6 million</p></td><td><p>£47.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£310.3 million</p></td><td><p>£49.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Both of these blocks are funded on a per-pupil basis, so where there are reductions in funding from one year to the next, this is a reflection of a reduction in pupil numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291244 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:24:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146423

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Knowsley and Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to (a) Liverpool City Council and (b) Knowsley Borough Council to support children with SEND needs in each year since April 2010.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally as the department does not break funding allocations down to a constituency level.</p><p>Local authorities are required to provide sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the cost of additional support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding and funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget.</p><p>In 2013, the schools and high needs budgets within the DSG were created. As the DSG includes other budgets such as the early years budget, the department is unable to provide comparable figures before the creation of the blocks within the DSG in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2020-21, we will provide more than £700 million in additional high needs funding, bringing the national high needs funding total to over £7 billion. Every local authority will receive a minimum increase of 8% per head of their population aged 2-18 years old. We will provide provisional allocations to local authorities in October.</p><p>Schools and high needs funding allocations for 2013-14 to 2019-20 are as follows. In December 2018, the department allocated an additional £250 million of high needs funding nationally, in recognition of funding pressures. This additional funding is included within the final totals displayed.</p><p>In Knowsley:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£87.9 million</p></td><td><p>£19.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£86.3 million</p></td><td><p>£19.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£85.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£85.4 million</p></td><td><p>£19.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£87.5 million</p></td><td><p>£19.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£89.7 million</p></td><td><p>£19.6 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£92.5 million</p></td><td><p>£20.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>And in Liverpool:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools funding figure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs funding figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£266.9 million</p></td><td><p>£41.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£267.3 million</p></td><td><p>£42.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£289.0 million</p></td><td><p>£44.0 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£292.9 million</p></td><td><p>£44.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£301.1 million</p></td><td><p>£46.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£302.6 million</p></td><td><p>£47.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£310.3 million</p></td><td><p>£49.6 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Both of these blocks are funded on a per-pupil basis, so where there are reductions in funding from one year to the next, this is a reflection of a reduction in pupil numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291243 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:24:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146511

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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, how much Apprenticeship Levy funding was drawn down by the NHS on a monthly basis in the financial years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20 to date.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	291360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>As the NHS is made up of a large number of diverse employers, it is not possible to identify apprenticeship levy spend or expired funds for the NHS as a whole. Moreover, due to taxpayer confidentiality, we are unable to publish the amount that individual employers have contributed through the apprenticeship levy.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291361 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:51:20 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1146515

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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, how much Apprenticeship Levy funding was not used within the 24 month period by NHS organisations in each month in the financial years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, and (c) 2019-20 to date.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	291361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>As the NHS is made up of a large number of diverse employers, it is not possible to identify apprenticeship levy spend or expired funds for the NHS as a whole. Moreover, due to taxpayer confidentiality, we are unable to publish the amount that individual employers have contributed through the apprenticeship levy.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 291360 question first answered 03/10/2019 20:51:20 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1146616

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many women have started courses in STEM subjects at colleges in Dudley in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	291308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The attached table provides the number of aims delivered on STEM-related courses for females in Dudley in education and training provision, for each academic year since 2013/14 and covers all further education (FE) providers. In addition, there is a second table providing the number of female starts on STEM-related apprenticeships. Both tables include students of all ages for Dudley as well as for England.</p><p>The tables provide the number of learning aims (i.e. courses, programmes, qualifications and units) students have taken in STEM-related FE sector subject areas.</p><p>This data includes a student more than once where they take or progress to more than one aim/qualification in STEM.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 20:48:34 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 291308_Number_of_aims_on_STEM_related_courses_for_females_in_Dudley.xls title 291308_Table
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1146619

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University Technical Colleges: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to increase the take-up of apprenticeships through university technical colleges.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	291310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 September 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-09-03/286154/" target="_blank">286154</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 21:09:52 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1146689

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 address the disparity in the provision of SEND support for children between different areas and local authorities in England in the upcoming Review into Support for Children with Special Educational Needs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	291226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The department is aware of the disparity which exists in the provision of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) support between different areas of the country and has taken a number of steps to understand and address the issue.</p><p>For example, we have recently announced an additional £700 million for children with SEND in 2020-21, so every pupil can access the education that is right for them, and none are held back from reaching their potential. This represents an increase of over 11% on the funding available this year, bringing the total high needs funding budget to over £7 billion.</p><p>We are analysing responses to a call for evidence about the SEND and alternative provision financial arrangements in England. This will help us understand how the current available funding is distributed, and what improvements could be made in future.</p><p>We have also asked Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to inspect all local areas, over a 5 year period, on how effectively they are fulfilling their duties for children and young people with SEND. Where any significant local weaknesses are identified, the department’s SEND advisers work with NHS England to provide tailored support and challenge to the local authority and Clinical Commissioning Groups. They will also signpost them to funded training opportunities and resources delivered by external contractors to maximise their impact. The local areas are revisited by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission to assess their progress over an 18 month period and the department may initiate formal intervention activities in a local area where necessary.</p><p>On 6 September 2019, the government announced the launch of a cross-cutting review of SEND provision, 5 years on from the launch of Children and Families Act 2014. The review will include education, health and care, and will allow the department to revisit consistency of support across different local areas and consider what further action may be required.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 18:00:26 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 136488 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146708

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in (a) East Yorkshire constituency and (b) Yorkshire in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	291271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of apprenticeship starts in the East Yorkshire parliamentary constituency and the Yorkshire and the Humber region in each academic year since 2005/06 are given in the attached table.</p><p>More detailed breakdowns of starts in local areas, by characteristics such as age, level and sector subject area are available in the further education data library: <br> <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> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/10/2019 16:33:18 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 291271_Apprenticeship_starts_for_EastYorks_by_academic_year.xls title 291271_Table
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight