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1724811

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unit for Future Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education in the financial year 2022–23.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.</p><p>As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:</p><ul><li>Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.</li><li>Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.</li><li>Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.</li></ul><p>The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:</p><ul><li>Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035</a>.</li><li>Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk</a>. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.</li><li>Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.</p><p>The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.</p><p>The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL550 HL551 question first answered 13/08/2024 12:42:24 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1724812

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unit for Future Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government in which activities the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education engages other than, and in addition to, producing and updating their online dashboards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.</p><p>As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:</p><ul><li>Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.</li><li>Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.</li><li>Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.</li></ul><p>The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:</p><ul><li>Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035</a>.</li><li>Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk</a>. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.</li><li>Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.</p><p>The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.</p><p>The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL549 HL551 question first answered 13/08/2024 12:42:24 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1724813

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unit for Future Skills
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to date to ensure that the work of the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education directly influences the content of skills training in publicly funded education and training provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2024 answer text <p>The Unit for Future Skills (UFS) has now become part of the shadow body for Skills England. The purpose of the UFS was to provide key insights and data on current and future skills needs, as well as assessments on how current provision is meeting labour demand.</p><p>As well as producing and updating its online dashboards, the UFS has focused on a broad range of other activity. For example, the UFS provided robust data and insight on local skills use and provision, allowing current and future skills mismatches to be identified at an individual and local level. The UFS has:</p><ul><li>Ensured that Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) are based on solid evidence of local skills mismatches and future needs and are aligned with the government’s economic priorities.</li><li>Published a Local Skills Dashboard, showing statistics on local employment and skills including at local authority level, LSIP area and mayoral combined authority (MCA). This reached over 14,000 users since its launch in August 2022, averaging 400 to 600 users per month.</li><li>Trialled the use of AI techniques to extract insights from across the 38 LSIP reports, with 75% of the reports referencing the UFS and the department's data.</li></ul><p>The UFS worked across government and with wider organisations to improve the foundation of data and the evidence base for decision-makers. Key achievements included:</p><ul><li>Publishing detailed job projections up to 2035 for the UK, nations, and sub-nationally, including areas for LSIPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships and MCAs. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labour-market-and-skills-projections-2020-to-2035</a>.</li><li>Partnering with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on their development of online job adverts by profession and local area. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourdemandvolumesbyprofessionandlocalauthorityuk</a>. The department will continue to co-fund this work for the next two years.</li><li>Supporting key sectors to consider future skills needs, including publishing a dashboard on Science and Technology skills supply in May 2024 and developing the evidence base underpinning the Green Jobs Delivery Group’s workforce action plan.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UFS has also delivered Phase 1 of the UK Standard Skills Classification, which is a common skills framework that will allow a better understanding of skills supply and career pathways.</p><p>The total cost recorded on the finance system for the 2022/23 financial year was £1.86 million.</p><p>The main cost within the UFS was its staff. In the 2022/23 financial year, there were about 20 staff members, the majority being analysts. The team also commissioned external work by researchers and data experts to support the aims of the unit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL549 HL550 question first answered 13/08/2024 12:42:24 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1723959

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Gender Dysphoria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the consultation on the draft guidance for schools and colleges on gender-questioning children, published in December 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of the Gender Questioning guidance for schools.</p><p>It is vitally important that teachers have clear guidance, which is why the department is looking carefully at the consultation responses before setting out next steps to take the Gender Questioning guidance forward. The department will also consider this in light of the evidence published in the Cass Review. This will include consideration of the appropriate guidance to give on the use of pronouns in school settings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL434 question first answered 12/08/2024 15:45:09 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1723960

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued on whether teachers should be required to use preferred gender pronouns for pupils whose legal sex remains the same as their biological sex.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Children’s wellbeing must be at the heart of the Gender Questioning guidance for schools.</p><p>It is vitally important that teachers have clear guidance, which is why the department is looking carefully at the consultation responses before setting out next steps to take the Gender Questioning guidance forward. The department will also consider this in light of the evidence published in the Cass Review. This will include consideration of the appropriate guidance to give on the use of pronouns in school settings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL433 question first answered 12/08/2024 15:45:09 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1724014

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the level of staff turnover for (1) teaching, and (2) non-teaching, staff in (a) 2021–22, and (b)2022–23, for (i) state-funded primary schools, (ii) state-funded secondary schools, including academies, (iii) sixth-form colleges, and (iv) further education colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Information on the numbers and rates of qualified teachers entering and leaving state-funded schools in England is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>In state-funded schools in England, between November 2022 and November 2023, the latest two years of data available, the rate of qualified teachers entering service was 9.1% in nursery and primary schools and 10.0% in secondary schools. This is published as 2023/24 entrants here alongside figures for the previous year, and is attached in the table titled ‘HL472_Qualified entrants to teaching_2022-23 and 2023-24’. The data is also available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/518037fe-b4d2-4fd6-baa3-08dcafcfd634" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/518037fe-b4d2-4fd6-baa3-08dcafcfd634</a>.</p><p>The equivalent rate of qualified teachers leaving state-funded schools between November 2022 and November 2023, the latest two years of data available, was 9.5% in nursery and primary schools and 9.5% in secondary schools. This is published as 2022/23 leavers here alongside figures for the previous year, and is attached in the table titled ‘HL472_Qualified leavers from teaching_2021-22 and 2022-23'. The data is also available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27af8b92-fa97-4081-baa4-08dcafcfd634" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/27af8b92-fa97-4081-baa4-08dcafcfd634</a>.</p><p>Turnover figures for non-teaching staff in schools are not centrally calculated and would incur disproportionate cost to compile.</p><p>Staff turnover figures for both teaching and non-teaching staff in sixth-form colleges and further education colleges are not centrally collected.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern attachment 1 file name HL472_Qualified leavers from teaching_2021-22 and 2022-23.xlsx title Qualified leavers from teaching 2021/22, 2022/23 2 file name HL472_Qualified entrants to teaching_2022-23 and 2023-24.xlsx title Qualified entrants to teaching 2022/23, 2023/24 question first answered 12/08/2024 15:49:07 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1723899

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 25 July (HLWS20), who will undertake the review of reforms of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below; and how they intend to seek the views of those currently involved in the delivery of such qualifications as part of the review.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>In July, my Right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a short review of post-16 qualification reforms at level 3 and below. This review will begin immediately. It will examine the current planned reforms and look at how the department can ensure all young people have access to high-quality technical and vocational qualifications at level 3.</p><p> </p><p>This rapid review will be conducted by the department and will engage with a wide range of stakeholders and providers who currently deliver qualifications at level 3 and below to inform the review. More details on this will be communicated to the sector shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern question first answered 05/08/2024 15:16:28 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1723690

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that kitchen facilities in primary schools are sufficient for new breakfast clubs to provide healthy and nourishing breakfasts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Boycott
uin	HL334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is set-up for the day and ready to learn by providing a supportive start to the day. The government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school.</p><p> </p><p>The department has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future. Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work closely with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, guidance and resources are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL335 HL336 HL337 HL338 HL339 question first answered 08/08/2024 11:56:31 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4704 label Biography information for Baroness Boycott

1723691

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to update the school food standards to ensure that breakfasts served in free breakfast clubs are nutritionally beneficial.
tabling member printed	Baroness Boycott
uin	HL335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is set-up for the day and ready to learn by providing a supportive start to the day. The government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school.</p><p> </p><p>The department has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future. Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work closely with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, guidance and resources are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL334 HL336 HL337 HL338 HL339 question first answered 08/08/2024 11:56:31 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4704 label Biography information for Baroness Boycott

1723692

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the monitoring and enforcement of school food standards to ensure that free breakfasts are nutritionally beneficial.
tabling member printed	Baroness Boycott
uin	HL336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and giving every child the best start in life. Breakfast clubs will remove barriers to opportunity by ensuring every child, no matter their circumstances, is set-up for the day and ready to learn by providing a supportive start to the day. The government is committed to making quick progress to deliver on its commitment to offer breakfast clubs in every primary school.</p><p> </p><p>The department has taken decisive action by announcing in the King’s Speech that, under the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, every primary school in England will offer a breakfast club. Legislating for breakfast club provision will give schools the certainty they need to plan for the future. Before the legislation comes into force, the department will work closely with the sector to make sure the right support, including funding, guidance and resources are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Smith of Malvern grouped question UIN HL334 HL335 HL337 HL338 HL339 question first answered 08/08/2024 11:56:31 answering member 269 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Malvern
tabling member	4704 label Biography information for Baroness Boycott