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1109196

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 237753, if he will publish the (a) schools awaiting rebrokering and (b) the trusts to which those schools most recently belonged.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	240009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As at 27 March 2019, our records show that 93 academies are in the process of transferring to different trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not publish the list of schools awaiting transfer as this could be obstructive to the process of managing those transfers in the best interests of pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Academies may transfer to other trusts in a range of circumstances. In some cases, the relevant Regional Schools Commissioner may be intervening due to concerns about academy performance. In other cases, an academy may be moving trust as part of an agreed voluntary arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/04/2019 12:18:14 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1109197

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 237753, how many of the schools currently awaiting rebrokering have been waiting for longer than (a) one month, (b) six months, (c) one year, (d) two years and (e) three years or more.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	240010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As at 27 March 2019, our records show that 93 academies are in the process of transferring to different trusts.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the amount of time that these academies have been awaiting transfer, following approval from the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for the academy to move trust.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: the amount of time academies have been awaiting transfer for</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Numbers of academies transferring between trusts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and six months</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between six months and one year</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one year and two years</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: 27 March 2019 Academies MI System</p><p> </p><p>Academies may transfer to other trusts in a range of circumstances. In some cases, the relevant RSC may intervene due to concerns about academy performance. A substantial majority of academy transfers are voluntary agreements between trusts. For example, we are encouraging single academy trusts to join multi academy trusts which is happening at a steady rate.</p><p> </p><p>When transferring an academy from one trust to another, there may be a number of things that can take time to resolve with the incoming trust who has agreed to take on the school, such as issues relating to land, or private finance initiative contracts; financial matters; or the process of transferring staff from one trust to another.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are concerns regarding an academy’s performance, we would seek to, wherever possible, put in place school improvement support while the transfer is underway.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/04/2019 16:59:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1109096

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Adult Education Budget will be (a) devolved to mayoral authorities, (b) be administered nationally by the Skills Funding Agency in 2019-20 and; and what estimate he has made of those same figures for subsequent years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	240068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>From 2019/20 academic year the Adult Education Budget (AEB) will be devolved to 6 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCA) (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England) and delegated to the Greater London Authority (GLA).</p><p> </p><p>49% of the AEB participation budget will be devolved to MCAs/GLA.</p><p> </p><p>51% of the AEB will be administrated by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) who will continue to be responsible for funding learners that are resident outside devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers agreed that the methodology for calculating ESFA/MCAs/GLA budgets will be based on historic provider delivery and learner residence in 2017 to 2018. Residency calculations have been used to determine the percentage share of the budget. The 2017 to 2018 calculation establishes the baseline percentage for what ESFA/MCAs/GLA AEB allocations will be for the foreseeable future.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage split between ESFA/MCAs/GLA in future years could change dependent upon whether North of Tyne and Sheffield City Region meet the readiness conditions for their devolution deals.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 14:03:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109097

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) organisations, (b) learning institutions and (c) other bodies will have direct access to nationally funded adult education funds irrespective of where the learning is delivered.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	240069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>From 2019/20 academic year the Adult Education Budget (AEB) will be devolved to 6 Mayoral Combined Authorities (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England) and delegated to the Greater London Authority, who will be responsible for commissioning and funding adult education provision for learners resident in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>From that date the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) will be responsible for funding AEB provision for learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>In addition:</p><ul><li>From 2019/20 the traineeship programme for learners aged 19 to 24 will continue to operate as a national programme, and learners on this programme will be funded by the ESFA irrespective of where learners live.</li><li>Providers which meet all the following criteria will be funded nationally by the ESFA for a 2 year transitional period (1 August 2019 to 31 July 2021): qualify for a financial residential uplift for their learning provision, receive more than two thirds of their income from the AEB, and predominantly target the most disadvantaged learners.</li></ul><ul><li>In 2019/20, for one year only, the ESFA will continue to fund learners that were in learning in 2018 to 2019 but did not complete their program by 31 July 2019, regardless of where they reside.</li></ul><p>This means that in 2019/20 the ESFA will therefore continue to have an AEB funding relationship with the majority of current AEB providers including FE colleges, independent training providers, specialist designated institutes, local authorities and higher education institutes.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 14:30:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109093

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what level of funding has been allocated from the Adult Education budget to fund trade union education modules in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	240067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Adult Education Budget (AEB) is not allocated to specific provision areas. The Education and Skills Funding Agency allocates AEB to individual providers who, under the current freedoms and flexibility policy, are able to use their funds to support any learners meeting the funding rules.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore the table below shows the value of Trade Union learning delivered through the AEB for each funding year. Please note that the AEB has been operating since 2016/17. It was previously known as the Adult Skills Budget.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Adult Education Budget (and equivalent predecessor budget) delivery of Trade Union learning</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£11.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£11.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£10.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£5.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£5.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 14:03:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1108653

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the conclusions of the National Audit Office’s report of 6 March 2019, The apprenticeships programme, HC 1987 2017-19, what plans he has to address concerns that funding for that programme may be insufficient should there be an increase in demand for apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	239284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We are pleased that employers are choosing to move to our new, higher quality apprenticeship offer to make a sustainable investment in the skills that they need to grow. Employers are designing higher level apprenticeships that take longer and require more off-the-job training and, while this is something to be welcomed, we are conscious of the challenges it presents.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019-20, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will be over £2.5 billion, this is double what was spent in 2010-11. The apprenticeship budget is set in advance by Her Majesty’s Treasury for the current spending review period. Currently, we expect to be within budget in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years. We continue to monitor the trend of increasing spending on apprenticeships and to make use of our engagement with employers in addition to all available data from the programme to inform forecasts of demand and future costs.</p><p> </p><p>The level of funding for the programme beyond 2020 will be determined by the forthcoming Spending Review announced by my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Spring Statement.</p><p><em><br> </em></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/04/2019 10:14:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 112154 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1109335

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers were living independently without support in England by (a) age and (b) local authority in every year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	240460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The department collects and publishes annual data on the activity and accommodation of former care leavers in the statistical release ‘Children Looked After in England including Adoption’, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>The level of support in each accommodation type is not recorded in this release. It is not possible to determine which of the care leavers living independently do not receive support from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/04/2019 15:08:31 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1109334

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers: Supported Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers were living in (a) semi-supported and (b) supported accommodation by (i) age and (ii) local authority area in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	240459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of care leavers in supported or semi-supported accommodation since 2009 by age for each local authority is shown in the attached table. Information for 17 and 18 year olds has only been collected since 2016 and information for 20 and 21 year olds has only been collected since 2014.</p><p>The department collects and publishes annual data on the activity and accommodation type of former care leavers, but the level of support in each accommodation type is not recorded. It is therefore not possible to split this data by semi-supported and supported accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/04/2019 15:12:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 240459_Care_leavers_in_accomodation.xls title 240459_Care_leavers_in_accomodation
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1109071

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres offer mental health support for new and expectant mothers.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	239942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>​This government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services. The NHS Long Term Plan includes a commitment for a further 24,000 women to be able to access specialist perinatal mental health care by 2023/24, building on the additional 30,000 women who will access these services each year by 2020/21 under pre-existing plans. Specialist care will also be available from preconception to 24 months after birth, which will provide an extra year of support. We do not however routinely collect information on the extent to which services are provided through children’s centres.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/04/2019 15:34:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1109047

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of food poverty on children and young people's physical, emotional and educational well-being.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	239901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The government supports the provision of nutritious food in schools, which ensures pupils are well nourished, develop healthy eating habits and can concentrate and learn. We encourage a healthy balanced diet and healthy life choices through school funding, legislation and guidance. Under the benefits-based criteria, around 1.1 million of the most disadvantaged children are eligible for and claiming free school meals – saving families around £400 per year. Benefits-based free meals were extended to disadvantaged further education students in September 2014. A further 1.5 million infants receive free nutritious meals under the universal infant free school meals scheme.</p><p>We are also investing up to £26 million to the National Schools Breakfast Programme. This money will kick-start or improve breakfast clubs in over 1,700 schools and target the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including Opportunity Areas. Healthy breakfast clubs can play an important role in ensuring children from all backgrounds have a healthy start to their day so that they enhance their learning potential.</p><p>In addition, in 2018 the government announced a programme of work to explore how to ensure disadvantaged young people can access healthy food and enriching activities over the school holidays. We awarded £2 million to 7 organisations to deliver free healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children during the 2018 summer holidays. In November 2018, we announced details of a £9 million fund for summer 2019 to set-up local coordinators of free holiday activities and food provision in summer 2019 in a number of local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/04/2019 15:31:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly