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769673

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date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with service providers and sectoral organisations on the implications of T-levels for the continued provision of Level 2 apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	107477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>On 11 October, we published a T level Action Plan. This makes it clear that T levels will be offered at Level 3, will have the prestige of A levels and will form part of a clear and high quality technical option which supports progression to employment and higher levels of study. In line with Lord Sainsbury’s recommendations, T levels and apprenticeships will together form this new technical education offer, and will act as two different routes to skilled employment.</p><p> </p><p>We have been speaking to all types of providers on the implementation of T levels, including the impact on level 2 provision – to gain their views on how we can best support them to successfully deliver the reforms. Later in 2017 we will hold a public consultation to allow anyone to submit their views.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2017 16:04:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

769674

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many organisations and businesses are signed up to deliver T-level work placements from 2020.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	107478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking action now to make sure high quality work placements are available when the first T levels go live in September 2020. From April next year, £74million in additional funding will be available to help providers to start building effective relationships with employers to deliver placements from September 2018. We will also be asking employers what additional support they will need to deliver work placements through the public consultation on T levels being launched later this year. Earlier this month we launched a work placement pilot scheme to test different models and approaches to delivering T level placements. We have worked with over 150 employers and providers to design these pilots and we will be working with a range of employers, providers and approximately 2500 students to deliver placements through this pilot this academic year.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2017 16:07:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

769675

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education for implementation of the T-levels.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	107479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Since its establishment in April 2017, the Institute for Apprenticeships has been responsible for ensuring high quality apprenticeships in England. We expect that its responsibility for T level implementation under the Technical &amp; Further Education Act will be commenced in a phased approach. Resourcing decisions are being considered as part of the Department’s overall implementation programme, and we will ensure that the Institute has sufficient staff to fulfil its new responsibilities as it takes them on.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/10/2017 16:09:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

768039

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many learners were enrolled on ESOL courses between the ages of (a) 19 to 25, (b) 26 to 30, (c) 31 to 45, (d) 45 to 54 and (e) over 55 in the years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	106972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides participation on English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses by age band in the 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 academic years. All figures use full, final year data except for 2016/17 figures which are provisional.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the 2009/10 academic year are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Age Band</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>19 to 25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26 to 30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 to 45</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46 to 54</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Over 55</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>26,040</p></td><td><p>28,950</p></td><td><p>66,280</p></td><td><p>17,320</p></td><td><p>7,660</p></td><td><p>146,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>21,350</p></td><td><p>24,330</p></td><td><p>60,140</p></td><td><p>16,670</p></td><td><p>8,580</p></td><td><p>131,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>18,460</p></td><td><p>20,860</p></td><td><p>51,620</p></td><td><p>12,930</p></td><td><p>6,720</p></td><td><p>110,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (P)</p></td><td><p>18,690</p></td><td><p>21,050</p></td><td><p>54,570</p></td><td><p>13,660</p></td><td><p>6,460</p></td><td><p>114,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(P) notes that the data are provisional</p><p>All totals are rounded to the nearest hundred</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/10/2017 16:43:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

768045

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will set out further details about the review of university funding announced by the Prime Minister at the Conservative Party Conference.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	106969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>Sustainable university funding and student finance are a priority in delivering this government’s objectives on higher education. The government will set out further steps on higher education student financing in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/10/2017 16:00:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

768046

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the apprentice panel has met the board of the Institute for Apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	106970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships is an independent body with responsibility for the development and approval of apprenticeship standards. I have therefore asked the Institute to write to the hon. Member for Blackpool South directly. A copy of that response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/10/2017 11:27:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

768047

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current levels of per pupil funding for students aged 16 to 19.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	106971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We have protected the base rate of funding at £4,000 per student for all types of providers until 2020 to ensure that happens. Extra funding is provided where needed, for example, for students on large academic programmes and for providers to attract, support and retain disadvantaged 16 to 19-year olds. In addition, my Rt hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the Spring Budget a significant investment in technical education for 16-19 year olds, rising to an additional £500 million a year.</p><p>The first £74 million of this investment will be allocated to help institutions build their capacity for the improved work placements that will form part of new T level programmes, from April 2018 to July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Funding and resourcing beyond 2020 will be considered and agreed as part of the Government’s next spending review.</p><p> </p><p>The post-16 system is performing well and a record proportion of 16 to 18-year olds are now participating in education or apprenticeships. The results in the first of the reformed A levels were released in August this year, with students continuing to achieve effectively against the high standards of the qualification and demonstrating their readiness for the demands of higher education. Overall, A level results this year were stable compared to last year.</p><p> </p><p>A record number of 18-year olds applied to Higher Education this year and the entry rate for English 18-year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds is at a record high.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/10/2017 10:50:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759671

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of students taking up places at lower tariff universities and colleges in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	10299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) published data on the number of applicants placed by 1 September 2017. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p>Data for the 2017 cycle is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by tariff group are in table T.2 of the <em>Tariff group (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by age for English domiciled students are in table C.4 of the <em>Age</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed EU applicants (excluding the UK) are in table B.17 of the <em>Country (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs</a>.</p><p>We have provided guidance to the Director for Fair Access in 2016 and asked him to encourage institutions to make more effort in the area of recruiting more mature learners and this is reflected in guidance to institutions on access agreements. We are removing barriers to the growth of accelerated courses, which particularly appeal to mature students.</p><p> </p><p>EU students make an important contribution to our universities and we want that to continue. To help provide certainty for EU students as we exit the EU, the Government has confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course. While it is disappointing to see the fall in EU numbers in the UCAS data, we welcome the rise in the number of 18 year olds from non-EU countries applying to study in the UK. This highlights that the UK is highly competitive in the global mobile student market, second only to the US in the number of international students we attract.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 10300 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:51:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759672

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of (a) mature students and (b) non-UK EU students taking up places at universities and colleges in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	10300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) published data on the number of applicants placed by 1 September 2017. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p>Data for the 2017 cycle is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by tariff group are in table T.2 of the <em>Tariff group (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by age for English domiciled students are in table C.4 of the <em>Age</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed EU applicants (excluding the UK) are in table B.17 of the <em>Country (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs</a>.</p><p>We have provided guidance to the Director for Fair Access in 2016 and asked him to encourage institutions to make more effort in the area of recruiting more mature learners and this is reflected in guidance to institutions on access agreements. We are removing barriers to the growth of accelerated courses, which particularly appeal to mature students.</p><p> </p><p>EU students make an important contribution to our universities and we want that to continue. To help provide certainty for EU students as we exit the EU, the Government has confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course. While it is disappointing to see the fall in EU numbers in the UCAS data, we welcome the rise in the number of 18 year olds from non-EU countries applying to study in the UK. This highlights that the UK is highly competitive in the global mobile student market, second only to the US in the number of international students we attract.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 10299 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:51:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759673

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Student Loans Company: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff there were at the Student Loans Company in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	10296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The full time equivalent staff employed by the Student Loans Company for the years requested above are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010 - 1,801</p><p>2011 - 1,857</p><p>2012 - 1,920</p><p>2013 - 2,140</p><p>2014 - 2,367</p><p>2015 - 2,554</p><p>2016 - 2,649</p><p>2017 - 2,787</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/10/2017 10:57:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden