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1023046

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Interserve on the viability of existing apprenticeship training following their refinancing talks.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Officials continue to monitor the delivery of apprenticeship provision provided by Interserve to ensure that it meets our quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2018 12:14:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91959 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023050

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has had with the Institute for Apprenticeships on the viability of existing apprenticeship training at Interserve following their refinancing talks.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships has not been involved in any discussions with regard to apprenticeship training at Interserve. This is a matter for the ESFA, and officials continue to monitor the delivery of apprenticeship provision provided by Interserve to ensure it meets quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/12/2018 12:12:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91958 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023054

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans his Department has to protect apprentices in the event of the collapse of Interserve.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>In the event of a provider failure, the Education and Skills Funding Agency has a well-established approach to managing learner transfers, including establishing a dedicated taskforce of staff from within the agency who are experienced in managing this type of situation. The team will ensure learners and apprentices secure alternative high-quality provision in order to continue their apprenticeship or learning with minimum disruption and provide support to affected employers and apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/12/2018 15:45:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 91954 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023055

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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 UCAS points a T Level is planned to be worth.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>T levels are designed primarily to prepare students for skilled employment. T levels will also be open to all students that have the prerequisite knowledge and skills to go to university to do relevant technical degrees. To reflect their size and complexity, T levels will receive UCAS tariff points in line with the points awarded for three A levels. We are working with UCAS to agree the specific points for each T level grade and plan to confirm the allocation of points to grades in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 17:04:22 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1023057

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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 discussions he has had with university groups on whether they will accept T Levels as part of their admissions policies.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	200560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials in my department are currently having discussions with UCAS, are visiting Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and meeting with representative groups to build awareness and recognition of T levels so that they are able to make informed decisions about the inclusion of T levels within their admission policies.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/12/2018 17:12:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020705

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have started the Registered Nursing Apprenticeship programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>There have been 88,320 apprenticeship starts in health, public services and care in the 2017 to 2018 academic year in England. The data for this can be accessed at the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p>We want to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the National Health Service (NHS).</p><p>In the 2017/18 academic year, there have been 300 apprenticeship starts recorded for the standard ‘Registered Nurse’ (the degree apprenticeship approved for delivery on 9 May 2017) and 1,420 apprenticeship starts recorded for the standard ‘Nursing Associate’ (level 5 apprenticeship standard approved for delivery on 20 November 2017). There were no starts on these standards in the 2016/17 academic year.</p><p>We are working closely with employers, Health Education England and ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the NHS is fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and in a range of other occupations. 2,000 nursing associates started training on Health Education England’s pilot project in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/12/2018 15:36:39 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020446

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the UK's continued participation of FE college students in the Erasmus+ Programme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials and I are in regular contact with the Department for Exiting the European Union on issues relating to UK participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU. Officials also engage regularly with sector stakeholders.</p><p>The government has made clear that it values international exchanges and collaboration as part of its vision for a Global Britain and I am therefore pleased that, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. This will, of course, include the further education sector which is a key part of the current Erasmus+ programme.</p><p>As such, following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK organisations and individuals taking part in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p><p>The UK is open to exploring participation in the successor scheme to the current Erasmus+ Programme and we welcome the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+, which were published on 30 May. We are considering these carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>We have also made clear that the government is open to maintaining cooperation in the areas of education and culture, as noted in the Political Declaration on the Future UK-EU relationship.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 199308 199309 question first answered 11/12/2018 13:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91045 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020447

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister for Skills has had with the further education sector on the UK's continued participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials and I are in regular contact with the Department for Exiting the European Union on issues relating to UK participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU. Officials also engage regularly with sector stakeholders.</p><p>The government has made clear that it values international exchanges and collaboration as part of its vision for a Global Britain and I am therefore pleased that, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. This will, of course, include the further education sector which is a key part of the current Erasmus+ programme.</p><p>As such, following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK organisations and individuals taking part in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p><p>The UK is open to exploring participation in the successor scheme to the current Erasmus+ Programme and we welcome the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+, which were published on 30 May. We are considering these carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>We have also made clear that the government is open to maintaining cooperation in the areas of education and culture, as noted in the Political Declaration on the Future UK-EU relationship.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 199307 199309 question first answered 11/12/2018 13:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91047 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020473

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
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 effect of the UK leaving the EU on the continued participation of further education college students in the ERASMUS programme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials and I are in regular contact with the Department for Exiting the European Union on issues relating to UK participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU. Officials also engage regularly with sector stakeholders.</p><p>The government has made clear that it values international exchanges and collaboration as part of its vision for a Global Britain and I am therefore pleased that, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. This will, of course, include the further education sector which is a key part of the current Erasmus+ programme.</p><p>As such, following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK organisations and individuals taking part in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p><p>The UK is open to exploring participation in the successor scheme to the current Erasmus+ Programme and we welcome the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+, which were published on 30 May. We are considering these carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>We have also made clear that the government is open to maintaining cooperation in the areas of education and culture, as noted in the Political Declaration on the Future UK-EU relationship.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 199307 199308 question first answered 11/12/2018 13:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91049 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020103

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on affordable student accommodation of the 3 December 2018 Huffington Post article entitled Exclusive: Cost Of Accommodation At Top Universities Soars By Up To 77% During The Past Decade.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	198938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Government does not control rents for student accommodation as higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government.</p><p>The student funding system makes loans for living costs available as a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. Living costs support increased by 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the Office for Students. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p><p>​The Unistats website provides information about all university courses and includes links to individual websites with details of the costs for student accommodation at a higher education provider.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 15:41:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91044 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden