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1285421

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Skilled Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Mind the Skills Gap, published on 2 December 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>'Mind the Skills Gap', published on 2 December 2020 by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), provides a helpful snapshot of some skills and training issues that employers face as a result of COVID-19.</p><p>The timing of this report is useful in aiding our understanding of business and employee behaviours and perspectives on skills and training, especially with regard to how they may have altered in the last 12 months as a result of COVID-19.</p><p>The report shows that the proportion of employers providing training and professional development for their staff has remained broadly stable since we gathered similar information in the Employer Skills Survey 2019, though a greater number reported identifying skills gaps, potentially as a result of COVID-19 altering business requirements and practices.</p><p>It is unclear whether this difference is solely due to the impacts of COVID-19 or is a result of the more focused scope of the CIMA survey. It covers 1023 small and medium-sized businesses (10-249 staff employed), whereas the Employer Skills Survey engages with 70,000 employers of all sizes across England.</p><p>The next wave of the Employer Skills Survey is this year, which will provide an updated and more detailed understanding of skills needs and investment and training behaviour. In addition, the Skills for Jobs white paper sets out reforms to post-16 technical education and training to support people to develop the skills needed to get good jobs and improve national productivity.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 23/02/2021 13:26:59 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1519404

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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 students were enrolled on a T level in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 academic years.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	59608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>1,241 students enrolled on a T Level in 2020. The department published the number of students that began a T Level in 2021, which was approximately 5,450. Further information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department will publish an updated figure for 2021 enrolments, along with initial figures for 2022 enrolments in the 2022 Action Plan, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 18/10/2022 15:34:37 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1505531

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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 learners (a) started and (b) completed T Levels in the cohort ending in August 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	48308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>1,241 students enrolled on the first wave of T Levels in September 2020. 1,029 students achieved a T Level result this summer and received their overall grade on 18th August.</p><p>This figure is subject to change, as a small number of students will complete their remaining industry placement hours and receive their overall grade this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Morley and Outwood answering member printed Andrea Jenkyns question first answered 21/09/2022 09:51:57 answering member 4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1453623

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Textbooks: Languages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has given directions to his Department to assess or improve capacity for translating educational materials into (a) Ukrainian and (b) Russian.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	145854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>10,000 lessons can now be auto-translated into Ukrainian, Russian, and other languages through remote education resource Oak National Academy, serving millions of children through the COVID-19 pandemic. This will help schools who support many pupils for whom English is a second language.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/03/2022 16:08:47 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1331961

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of his Department’s budget has been spent on providing post-16 skills training in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	13857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2021 answer text <p>14% of the department’s total resource budget has been spent on post-16 education and skills training in each of the financial years 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19. This includes spending on core 16-19 funding, the Adult Education Budget, apprenticeships and other measures to support post-16 education and skills. It excludes spending on higher education and funding for post-16 pupils in schools.</p><p>In relation to capital funding, the department is increasing its investment in post-16 education and skills over the next few years. In 2020-21, the department provided £200 million to all further education (FE) colleges to allow them to tackle their remedial condition improvement projects. The FE Capital Transformation Programme will follow up this initial investment over the coming 5 years, investing an additional £1.3 billion in upgrading the FE college estate.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 18/06/2021 16:14:52 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1235105

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many student bursaries were awarded to 16- to 19-year olds between 23 March and 1 September 2020; and what comparative assessment his Department has made of that figure and the number of those bursaries awarded during the same period in each of the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	90936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>16 to 19 Bursary funding is designed to help students overcome the individual financial barriers to participation that they face, and institutions must ensure the funds go to those who genuinely need them. It has 2 elements, the discretionary bursary, and the bursary for defined vulnerable groups.</p><p>Education providers draw down the funding for the bursary for defined vulnerable groups when they have identified an eligible student. Information on this element of the bursary fund is below (latest full year data is not yet available).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of students </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>23,205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>22,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>21,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>21,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>21,120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The discretionary bursary funding element is allocated to individual education institutions for them to administer to students. Because this is devolved to individual providers, the Department for Education does not hold information about the number of discretionary bursaries awarded or the total overall number of bursaries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 25/09/2020 12:59:23 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1271288

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government's (a) planned and (b) actual expenditure on 16 to 19 education provision was in each of the last five years in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	130107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>16 to 19 funding is not allocated to specific geographic locations. The department allocates the funding through a national funding formula to individual institutions, who are able to use their funds as appropriate to support students in line with the funding rules we set each year.</p><p>We publish our allocations by institution and these can be found at the link below. This covers the last 5 academic years: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p>It should be noted that this data relates to institutions and is therefore not a measure of allocations to residents within Coventry or the West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 21/12/2020 13:52:54 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1567491

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Rebuilding Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for starting work on schools that have been selected for the School Rebuilding Programme; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	125230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>161 of the 400 projects selected for the School Rebuilding Programme are in delivery. Buildings at the most advanced projects will be completed early this year. The schools announced in December 2022 will enter delivery at a rate of approximately 50 per year, over a five-year period from 2023.</p><p>The Department is currently undertaking due diligence on these schools. The Department will be writing to all Responsible Bodies with an update on timescales this month.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/01/2023 16:56:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1314715

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Education: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent schools have (1) withdrawn, or (2) announced their intention to withdraw, from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, since the September 2019 announcement of an increase in required employer contributions.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>163 independent schools withdrew from the England and Wales Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between September 2019 and 30 April 2021. 59 independent schools withdrew from the TPS prior to September 2019, following confirmation of the increased employer contribution rate in April 2019.</p><p>A further 23 independent schools have provided notice of leaving the TPS which has not yet taken effect.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 25/05/2021 15:47:08 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1563757

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Physics: Teachers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Initial teacher training: trainee number census 2022 to 2023; and in particular, the finding that the recruitment target for physics has been missed by more than 80 per cent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Chapman of Darlington
	uin	HL4437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2023 answer text <p>23,224 postgraduate trainees have been recruited for 2022/23, which is a 20% decrease from 30,093 in 2021/22. This is 71% of the Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (PGITT) target, down from 97% in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>Teacher recruitment has been challenging for several years, driven by increasing demand for teachers in particular phases and subjects, and a competitive graduate labour market.</p><p> </p><p>As expected, the unprecedented increase in new entrants to ITT because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21 has declined over the past 2 years. The graduate and general labour markets became more competitive and pay has risen in competing sectors, especially in priority Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects.</p><p> </p><p>Some STEM subjects face more recruitment challenges than others and this is reflected in their performance against the PGITT targets. For example, physics achieved 17% of the PGITT target in 2022/23. Mathematics and biology achieved 85% and 111% respectively in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The department launched a pilot initial teacher training course in spring 2022 called ‘Engineers Teach Physics’. Following the first year pilot for ‘Engineers Teach Physics’, it has been expanded to a second year with a national rollout. The department is continuing to work closely with sector experts, representative bodies and academic institutions to ensure that the course reflects best practice and includes the most up-to-date industry knowledge. This expansion will ensure that this programme will be available to more trainees across the country, further ameliorating the shortfall in physics teachers.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also announced funding for physics for those training in 2023/24. A £27,000 tax-free bursary or £29,000 tax-free scholarship in chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics reflects the priority the department places on training teachers to teach STEM subjects.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the department is offering a Levelling Up Premium worth up to £3,000 tax-free for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computing teachers in the first five years of their careers who work in disadvantaged schools, including in Education Investment Areas. This will support the recruitment and retention of specialist teachers in these subjects and in the schools and areas that need them most. The department is also extending eligibility of the physics bursary to all non-UK trainees.</p><p> </p><p>The manifesto commitment to raise the starting salary for teachers to £30,000 remains as important as ever.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/01/2023 16:33:33 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington