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1183161

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of job vacancies which remain unfilled because of skill shortages among potential applicants; and what steps they are taking to introduce training courses and apprenticeships to fill that gap.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Employer Skills Survey 2017 identified 1,007,000 vacancies, of which 226,000 were skill-shortage vacancies (SSVs) – representing 22% of all vacancies. This percentage has remained broadly stable over several waves of the survey – 23% in 2015. Employers were most likely to report SSVs for Skilled Trades (42% of all Skilled Trades vacancies were SSVs), Machine Operatives (31% of all these vacancies were SSVs) and Professionals (30% of all these vacancies were SSVs). These proportions are also in line with 2015 percentages. We are awaiting results of the 2019 survey.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place a range of measures to tackle skills gaps. We are making apprenticeships longer, better, with more off-the-job training and proper assessment at the end, with new standards across all levels being designed and driven by the industry so they can equip people with the skills they need. We will be investing up to £500 million a year in T levels, a high quality technical alternative to A levels, which will be more rigorous than current vocational courses and involve employers in their development to ensure the qualifications have real labour market value.</p><p>We also investing up to £290 million of capital funding to establish 20 new Institutes of Technology, which will be the pinnacle of technical training offering higher technical education and training in key sectors such as digital, construction, advanced manufacturing and engineering.</p><p> </p><p>We have also invested £100 million into establishing a National Retaining Scheme, which will help prepare adults for future changes to the economy, including those brought about by automation, and help them retrain into better jobs. On top of this we are investing an extra £3 billion, over the course of this Parliament, for a new National Skills Fund to help people learn new skills and prepare for the economy of the future. The fund will help ensure that businesses can find and hire the workers they need and help people fulfil their potential.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 24/03/2020 17:17:31 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1175161

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which Parliamentary constituencies have no further or higher education establishments within their boundaries.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Further education and higher education are devolved matters. The department does not have ready access to the location of all further education colleges within the UK and so cannot provide an answer in the form requested in the time available. The answer below therefore focuses on England.</p><p>In England, of the 533 parliamentary constituencies, there are 52 with no further education colleges or higher education institutions registered within their boundaries.</p><p>The attached tables contain the full list of these constituencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/02/2020 17:44:49 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL612_Constituencies_with_no_FE_or_HE_provision_in_England.xls title HL612_Table
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1175124

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many young people aged between 16 and 19 years old were not in education, employment or training in each quarter of 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The number and proportion of 16 to 18 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England for each quarter of 2018<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/Written%20PQs/WPQT%20-%202019-20%20Drafts/HL552%20PRD%20PM%20300120.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a> can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>January to March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>117,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>April to June 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>117,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>July to September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>148,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>October to December 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>Number of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>124,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old NEETs</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: ‘NEET statistics annual brief: 2018’, from the ‘Labour Force Survey’, available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-annual-brief-2018</a>. Numbers rounded to the nearest 1000.</p><p>It should be noted, that due to seasonal variation in NEET rates, comparisons should not be made between in-year quarters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) was the lowest on record in the first 3 quarters of 2018.</p><p> </p><p>As shown in the table below, there has been a downward trend in 16 to 18 year old NEETs since 2010:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old NEETs in 2010</p></td><td><p>Percentage of 16 to 18 year old NEETs in 2018</p></td><td><p>Change (in percentage points)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January to March</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to June</p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July to September</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td><td><p>-5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October to December</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>-1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to identify and support young people who are NEET.</p><p> </p><p>Under Raising the Participation Age, all young people in England are now required to continue in education or training until their 18th birthday. Most continue until the end of the academic year in which they turn 18.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the government invested around £7 billion during the last academic year to ensure there was a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year old.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding further education, the Adult Education Budget funds the first full level 2 and 3 qualifications for 19 to 23 year olds, training up to level 2 for unemployed people and English and maths for all adults who have not achieved level 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/Written%20PQs/WPQT%20-%202019-20%20Drafts/HL552%20PRD%20PM%20300120.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> The figures are based on young people aged 16 to 18 as at 31 August 2018, the start of the academic year, and will therefore include young people who turn 19 throughout the course of the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 03/02/2020 17:56:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1139050

registered interest
date	15/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in England and Wales are currently under special measures; and how long each of those schools have been subject to such measures.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL17135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>For schools in England, this is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the noble Lord Browne of Belmont directly and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>For schools in Wales, education is a devolved matter. It is for the National Assembly to decide on policy for schools in Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/07/2019 11:08:19 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1050775

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
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 nationals of other EU member states who no longer reside or work in the UK make their student loan repayments.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL13201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>​The terms and conditions of repayment of student loans are set out by the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (as amended). These regulations make provision for repayment for borrowers resident both in the UK and overseas, including the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education continues to work closely with the Student Loans Company (SLC) to ensure a robust overseas repayment strategy. The SLC has arrangements in place to collect repayments from borrowers who move away from the UK and establishes a repayment schedule based on the borrower’s income and provides information on the methods of repayment available.</p><p> </p><p>If borrowers based overseas fail to remain in contact with the SLC, the SLC will set up a fixed repayment schedule and place those borrowers in arrears. Borrowers with post-2012 loans who have not remained in contact with the SLC are charged the maximum interest rate of RPI+3% until they get back in touch. Further action, including legal action, can then be taken to secure recovery.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2019 17:08:19 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1050776

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many nationals of other EU member states with student loans outstanding are currently uncontactable; and what estimate they have made of the amount of outstanding loans owed by such people.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL13202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK government administrations. The information is not held in the requested format, however the SLC publishes data on the number of EU nationals who have been placed in arrears, as they have not provided details of their income. Around 9,600 EU borrowers had not provided details of their income and had been placed in arrears as at 31 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering loan repayments are published annually by the SLC for each UK government administration as part of the ‘Debt and repayment statistics for England 2017-18’. More detailed information on the repayment statuses of home and EU domiciled borrowers, who are liable for repayment, can be found in tables 3A and 3B of the statistics publication (attached).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2019 17:04:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL13202_Debt_and_repayment_statistics_for_England_2017-18.xlsx title hl13202_Debt_and_repayment_statistics
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

869569

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Out-of-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) unlawful, and (2) unregistered, schools they are aware exist in each county in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on unlawful and unregistered schools, broken down by each county in England, are not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s unregistered schools team investigates and inspects suspected illegal schools. An inspector issues a warning notice at the end of the inspection if she or he believes the setting is operating illegally as a school. In its first statistical data release published on 15 March, Ofsted stated that between 1 January 2016 and 31 January 2018, it had identified 359 possible settings that may be unregistered schools. Ofsted undertook 192 inspection and issued 50 warning notices, and 38 of those settings have since closed or ceased operating illegally. The remaining cases remained under active investigation.</p><p> </p><p>Further inspections have taken place since 15 March. Inspection data for the period January 2016 – February 2018 shows that 208 inspections have now taken place, 51 warning notices have been issued, 44 settings have closed or ceased operating illegally and the remaining cases remain under active investigation.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 09/04/2018 14:06:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

806731

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many teachers from overseas have been awarded qualified teacher status in the UK in each of the last three years, broken down by country.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education produces statistics for England only. The responsibility for education statistics in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales lies with each devolved administration.</p><p>The attached tables provide the number of qualified teachers from overseas who have been awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) in England in each of the last three years available (financial year 2014/15 to financial year 2016/17). These tables are taken from published statistics in the initial teacher training (ITT) census, available at the department’s ITT Statistics webpage.</p><p>Table 8, attached, shows the number of QTS awards made in England to qualified teachers from the European Economic Area (EEA) under EU Directive 2005/36/EC.</p><p>Table 8a, attached, shows the number of QTS awards made in England to qualified teachers from overseas (excluding the EEA).</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4191 Table 8a.xlsx title Table 8a 2 file name Table 8 HL4191.xlsx title Table 8 question first answered 04/01/2018 15:58:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

806734

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how often they meet their counterparts in (1) Northern Ireland, and (2) Wales, to discuss the examination arrangements for (a) GCSEs, and (b) A Levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL4194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education organises quarterly meetings with officials from the Welsh and Northern Irish governments. These meetings are joined by the qualifications, examinations and assessments regulators for each country: Ofqual (regulator for England), the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (regulator for Northern Ireland) and Qualifications Wales (regulator for Wales). The purpose of these meetings is to discuss and update counterparts on policy and regulatory arrangements for qualifications, including GCSEs and A levels, in each of the three countries. Ofqual also meets the regulators in Wales and Northern Ireland frequently to discuss issues relating to the regulation of GCSEs and A levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 02/01/2018 16:57:43 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

782000

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of people with (1) learning difficulties, and (2) other disabilities, taking part in apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is implementing reforms to English apprenticeships to raise their quality and ensure they are accessible to all, including people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>We already have a comprehensive set of financial provisions to assist employers and training providers in meeting the needs of disabled apprentices. Where an apprentice has an Education Health and Care Plan, £2,000 in total is available for the training provider and the employer, who receive £1,000 each. Apprentices and their employers can also apply for Access to Work funding to support the apprentice’s employment. Furthermore, training providers can claim up to £150 a month, and more in exceptional circumstances, to help with the costs of making adjustments to support apprentices with SEND. This is in addition to the £1,000 stated above.</p><p>We are implementing the Maynard Taskforce recommendations to improve access to apprenticeships for those with SEND. Recently, the rules for English and maths requirements were updated to provide more flexibility for apprentices with SEND and who hold an Education Health and Care plan or equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>For the first time, British Sign Language (BSL) is now also an alternative to English Functional Skills for those who use BSL as their first language.</p><p> </p><p>These changes will allow more people to benefit from the opportunities available through apprenticeships and work.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government is supporting employers with apprentices who have SEND by developing new communications and guidance products. This includes our Employer Toolkit which can be found at: <a href="http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/11/2017 17:30:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont