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1286386

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Satellites: Manufacturing Industries
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 provide (a) skills and (b) training to help support the UK manufacturing of small satellites; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	153391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>We recently published the White Paper, Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth. This is focused on giving people the skills they need, in a way that suits them, so they can get great jobs in sectors the economy needs and boost this country’s productivity.</p><p>A key focus of the White Paper is making the skills systems more responsive to employer skill needs both locally and nationally. Building on the success of our flagship apprenticeships programme, we are putting employers at the heart of the system so education and training meets their needs. Through employer engagement, we have transformed apprenticeships from a second-rate option to a prestigious opportunity to train with leading employers and get a well-paid job. Our new apprenticeships system includes a Space Engineering Technician apprenticeship that covers the design and manufacture of satellites and the components and subsystems they comprise, along with production, operation and maintenance of the highly specialised ground support equipment used to support development and testing of satellites before launch. It has been developed by employers including Airbus Defence &amp; Space, BAE Systems, Thales Alenia Space UK Ltd, Nammo Westcott Ltd, Reaction Engines Ltd, Oxford Space Systems, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and several others.</p><p>Alongside apprenticeships, by 2030, almost all technical courses will be based on employer-led standards, ensuring that the education and training people receive are directly linked to the skills needed for jobs.</p><p>A key part of our plans is to provide the advanced technical and higher technical skills the nation needs including, for example, in satellite production. We are doing this by expanding our flagship Institutes of Technology programme to every part of the country by the end of this Parliament to spearhead the increase in higher-level technical skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. We will also continue to roll out T Levels, which prepare students for entry into skilled employment or higher levels of technical study, including apprenticeships. We are reforming higher technical education with a new approval system based on employer-led standards and are creating clear progression routes for students towards the higher-level technical qualifications that employers need.</p><p>We are also funding the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult’s ‘Skills Value Chain’. This process assesses future skills needs in advanced manufacturing, develops courses to meet these needs, and makes those courses widely available through high-quality providers such as Institutes of Technology. It will support Small and Medium Enterprises to work with emerging technologies in the manufacturing sector, such as electrification, additive manufacturing, and metrology. We will then explore whether this Skills Value Chain approach can be used in other emerging skills areas and to support government priorities such as net zero.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 23/02/2021 16:19:53 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1286404

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
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 potential merits of making Advanced Learner Loans available for (a) part-time and (b) modular higher education courses.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	153355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of studying flexibly and the benefits it can bring to individuals, employers and the wider economy.</p><p>We have made changes to support part-time undergraduate students and mature students. Since September 2012, eligible students undertaking part-time undergraduate courses have been able to apply for up-front tuition fee loans to meet the full costs of their tuition. Students starting to attend part-time degree level courses since August 2018 have also been able to access full-time equivalent loans as a contribution towards their living costs.</p><p>Advanced Learner Loans provide fees support for designated further education courses at advanced and higher levels, including levels 4 to 6. Those courses may be studied at an intensity decided by the student and institution. Fees are determined by the course subject and guided learning hours.</p><p>However, we need to take more radical steps to support lifelong learning. This is why my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced that we will introduce a flexible Lifelong Loan Entitlement equivalent to four years of post-18 education. The loan entitlement will be for modules at higher technical and degree levels (levels 4 to 6), as well as for full years of study. It will make it easier for adults and young people to study more flexibly, allowing them to space out their studies, transfer credits between institutions, and partake in more part-time study. We will consult on the detail and scope of the Lifelong Loan Entitlement this year, setting out proposals for how and when it will be introduced.</p><p>As recently set out in the Skills for Jobs white paper, while it is our intention that the Lifelong Loan Entitlement will ultimately be the primary route of funding for advanced technical and degree levels (levels 4 to 6), including modular provision, in the 2021/22 financial year we intend to fund trials of modular high-quality technical provision. This will stimulate demand and supply and improve our understanding of what works in delivering effective modular provision ahead of the introduction of the Lifelong Loan Entitlement.</p><p>We will continue to look at what other short-term changes could be helpful to ensure that we are continuously building towards the Lifelong Loan Entitlement, ensuring that we take advantage of any available opportunities to test and learn prior to its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 22/02/2021 14:22:04 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1286419

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Oxford West and Abingdon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops have been distributed by his Department to school pupils in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency since 1 March 2020 as part of the Department's programme to help pupils, students and families access remote education during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	153357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people. This significant injection of laptops and tablets is on top of an estimated 2.9 million already owned by schools before the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The laptops and tablets are to help support schools, academy trusts and local authorities to provide access to remote education and online social care. Schools, colleges, academy trusts and local authorities are responsible for distributing the laptops and tablets and are best placed to know which children and young people need access to a device.</p><p>As of Monday 15 February 2021, over one million laptops and tablets have been delivered to schools, academy trusts, local authorities and further education providers. We are making further deliveries all the time and expect to achieve our overall commitment of delivering 1.3 million devices by the end of the spring term.</p><p>We have partnered with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help disadvantaged children get online as well as delivering 60,000 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home.</p><p>Figures on the number of devices already delivered are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/laptops-and-tablets-data" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/laptops-and-tablets-data</a>. These figures are broken down by local authority and academy trust. Figures by constituency are not available.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 153358 question first answered 22/02/2021 15:57:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1286420

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education: Oxford West and Abingdon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many broadband routers have been distributed by his Department to school pupils in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency since 1 March 2020 as part of the Department's programme to help pupils, students and families access remote education during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	153358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £400 million to support access to remote education and online social care services, including securing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people. This significant injection of laptops and tablets is on top of an estimated 2.9 million already owned by schools before the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The laptops and tablets are to help support schools, academy trusts and local authorities to provide access to remote education and online social care. Schools, colleges, academy trusts and local authorities are responsible for distributing the laptops and tablets and are best placed to know which children and young people need access to a device.</p><p>As of Monday 15 February 2021, over one million laptops and tablets have been delivered to schools, academy trusts, local authorities and further education providers. We are making further deliveries all the time and expect to achieve our overall commitment of delivering 1.3 million devices by the end of the spring term.</p><p>We have partnered with the UK’s leading mobile operators to provide free data to help disadvantaged children get online as well as delivering 60,000 4G wireless routers for pupils without connection at home.</p><p>Figures on the number of devices already delivered are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/laptops-and-tablets-data" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/laptops-and-tablets-data</a>. These figures are broken down by local authority and academy trust. Figures by constituency are not available.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 153357 question first answered 22/02/2021 15:57:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1286521

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for maintained nursery schools in Budget 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	153313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are an important part of the early years sector and provide valuable services, especially in disadvantaged areas.</p><p>As part of the recent Spending Review, the government has confirmed a continuation of around £60 million of supplementary funding for MNS in the 2021/22 financial year. This includes £23 million of supplementary funding that the government confirmed in August 2020 will be provided to local authorities for the summer term in 2021.</p><p>The department continues to consider what is required to ensure a clear, long-term picture of funding for MNS. This government remains committed to the long-term funding of MNS, and any reform to the way they are funded will be accompanied by appropriate funding protections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 23/02/2021 16:06:11 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1286549

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to allocate funding additional to existing funding arrangements, known as the minimum growth award, to colleges that are facing increased pressure on their bursary budgets as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	153171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Each year, we revisit the method used for awarding growth and the thresholds at which individual institutions become eligible for a growth award, with the key considerations being the levels of growth in the sector and affordability.</p><p>In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, we have amended the method for calculating growth awards for this year. This allows for more colleges that have seen an increase in student numbers for the 2020/21 academic year to receive extra funding to help them with the cost of supporting these additional students.</p><p>As well as providing additional programme funding, an increased student number allocation resulting from this process may also result in increased 16-19 bursary funds and further education free meals allocations to institutions. In addition, we are releasing additional bursary funding outside the main growth process where analysis of the data suggested that an increased student number could put an institution’s bursary allocation under considerable pressure.</p><p>We are contacting the institutions eligible for additional extra funding directly.</p><p>We continue to keep the Bursary Fund situation under review, including gathering evidence, with a view to considering what more we can do to support students and providers through this difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/02/2021 15:03:57 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1286578

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education colleges received additional funding as a result of significant funding difficulties in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	153193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>The department has put in place the college oversight regime which aims to improve financial resilience and quality by incentivising and supporting college leaders to recognise issues and take action before matters become serious. Where colleges may get into serious financial difficulty, the Education and Skills Funding Agency may provide additional funding if a college might otherwise be likely to run out of money or provide funds to support an agreed restructuring solution.</p><p>The department is committed to annually publishing data on colleges that have received emergency funding or funding for a restructuring solution, including insolvency. Information published in December 2020 noted that in the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, 7 colleges were provided with emergency funding or insolvency financial support. All 7 of these colleges received emergency funding in 2020. Between 1 April to 31 December 2020 a further 3 colleges received funding, the total number of colleges provided with emergency funding in 2020 is therefore 10.</p><p>The department does not release details of the specific colleges that receive emergency funding as this information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 153194 question first answered 23/02/2021 12:25:09 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1286581

registered interest
date	11/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which further education colleges received additional funding as a result of significant financial difficulties in England in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	153194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>The department has put in place the college oversight regime which aims to improve financial resilience and quality by incentivising and supporting college leaders to recognise issues and take action before matters become serious. Where colleges may get into serious financial difficulty, the Education and Skills Funding Agency may provide additional funding if a college might otherwise be likely to run out of money or provide funds to support an agreed restructuring solution.</p><p>The department is committed to annually publishing data on colleges that have received emergency funding or funding for a restructuring solution, including insolvency. Information published in December 2020 noted that in the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, 7 colleges were provided with emergency funding or insolvency financial support. All 7 of these colleges received emergency funding in 2020. Between 1 April to 31 December 2020 a further 3 colleges received funding, the total number of colleges provided with emergency funding in 2020 is therefore 10.</p><p>The department does not release details of the specific colleges that receive emergency funding as this information is commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 153193 question first answered 23/02/2021 12:25:09 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1285469

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Extended Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of vulnerable children unable to attend wraparound care during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	152602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of vulnerable children and young people. Work is being co-ordinated across the government to address the increased needs of vulnerable children and young people and their families. During the period of national lockdown which was announced on 4 January 2021, primary, secondary, alternative provision, special schools and further education providers have remained open to vulnerable children and young people.</p><p>Throughout all restrictions to date, children's social care services and early help services have continued to support vulnerable children and young people and their families. There are a range of exemptions to national restrictions which allow key services to operate for these children and young people including childcare, contact between birth parents and children in care, therapy or other forms of support, as well as essential youth services such as 1-1 youth work and support groups.</p><p>We recognise the value that the wraparound childcare sector offers to our children and young people, in terms of the enriching activities they provide and the valuable support they provide to our critical worker parents and vulnerable children. That is why we have ensured they have been able to open for all children eligible to attend school for on-site provision and encouraged all local authorities to consider how they could use local grants made available to them by the government to help bolster this part of the childcare sector in their areas, to safeguard sufficient childcare provision for children of critical workers and vulnerable children. This includes the expanded Holiday Activities and Food Programme, comprising of a £220 million fund to be delivered through grants to local authorities, to provide healthy food and enriching activities over the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays in 2021.</p><p>We are acutely aware of the impact that the COVID-19 outbreak has had on young people and the vital role our youth services play. That is why more than £60 million of the unprecedented £750 million package for the voluntary and charity sector has been directed towards organisations supporting children and young people. More recently, a Youth COVID-19 Fund has been announced: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-165-million-youth-covid-19-support-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-165-million-youth-covid-19-support-fund</a>. The fund will protect the immediate future of grassroots and national youth organisations across the country. This is on top of £200 million of government investment in early intervention and prevention support initiatives to support children and young people at risk of exploitation and involvement in serious violence, made available through the Youth Endowment Fund. This will provide a transformational investment in new and refurbished safe spaces for young people, so they can access support youth workers and positive activities out of school, including sport and culture.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 22/02/2021 12:47:18 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1285471

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Females: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that successor funding to the European Social Fund enables women to access formal education.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	152527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is the domestic successor to the EU Structural Fund programme. It will maximise the benefits of leaving the EU through quicker delivery of funding, better targeting, better alignment with domestic priorities and by cutting burdensome EU bureaucracy.</p><p>The department is working closely with other government departments including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions on the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. As set out in the heads of terms published at Spending Review 2020, a portion of the fund will be targeted to people most in need through bespoke employment and skills programmes that are tailored to local need. This will support improved employment outcomes for those in and out of work in specific cohorts of people who face labour market barriers.</p><p>The government will set out further details of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in a UK-wide investment framework published in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 23/02/2021 15:45:04 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon