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751281

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has taken account of the potential change to parents' working hours resulting from the commencement of provision of 30 hours free childcare from September 2017 on the number of childcare places to be made available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities continue to have a duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents in their local areas. The Department is committed to working with local authorities to ensure sufficient places, which is why we awarded a delivery contract to Childcare Works, who continue to provide ongoing support and challenge to local authorities and providers delivering 30 hours.</p><p>The Department has also supported the growth and creation of additional places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement and in 2016, ran a £100 million early years capital bid round, which will create almost 18,000 additional 30 hours places for working parents.</p><p>We know that thousands of eligible children are taking up 30 hours places in our 12 early delivery areas and that parents have extended their working hours as a result of accessing the offer.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:57:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751282

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Coventry South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much core revenue funding (a) Willenhall Community Primary School, (b) Stretton CE Primary School and (c) Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College in Coventry South constituency received for (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18; and how much funding each of those schools is planned to receive for (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	4518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding at local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>The schools block allocation for individual schools for the 2016-17 financial year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>School</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Willenhall Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>£1,821,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretton CE Primary School</p></td><td><p>£956,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College</p></td><td><p>£5,962,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Individual school allocations for 2017-18 will be published later this year. The formulae that local authorities have used to distribute funding to schools this year are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/schools-block-funding-formulae-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We recently consulted on a national funding formula for schools. We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them.</p><p>We received over 25,000 responses to the consultation. We are grateful to all those who expressed their views on school funding and the proposed formula as part of this process. We will publish the response to the consultation in due course. Until then, we are unable to confirm the funding each school will receive in future years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/07/2017 16:41:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

751283

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has available for parents who find employment after August's 30 free hours application deadline and before the application process reopening for January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Working parents, or parents expecting to start a new job in the next 14 days, who believe they are eligible for 30 hours can make an application through the childcare service. The Department published the guidance document, <em>30 hours free childcare: eligibility</em>, which sets out the eligibility requirements for 30 hours free childcare. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility</a>.</p><p>A parent can claim 30 hours the term following the child’s third birthday and the term following receipt of their eligibility code from HMRC (whichever is later). This is set out in the Department’s guidance <em>Early years entitlements: operational guidance</em> to support local authorities and childcare providers, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide</a>.</p><p>Further guidance for parents can also be found at: <a href="https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:54:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751290

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a statement in response to the report of the Social Mobility Commission, Social mobility between 1997 and 2017: time for change, published on 28 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	4493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We welcome the Commission’s report, published on 28 June, which considers efforts to improve social mobility over the last twenty years. The Commission rightly concludes that too often life chances can be determined not by effort and talents but where you come from, your parents’ situation and what school you attend. The Department will set out further details on policy to tackle this social injustice in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to the Government’s reforms, there are 1.8 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, and we are delivering three million apprenticeship places, opening up access to our higher education system and investing £500 million a year into technical education.</p><p> </p><p>Improving social mobility requires support from all parts of society: government, employers and civic organisations. Last year, we launched our £72 million Opportunity Area programme. In these 12 social mobility ‘coldspots’ we are working with a range of local partners to break the link between background and destination. We know these areas face some of the most entrenched challenges, as described by the Social Mobility Commission’s Index last year. Our approach here goes beyond what the Department and central government can do – extending to local authorities, schools, academy sponsors, local and national businesses, Local Enterprise Partnerships, FE colleges, universities, the voluntary sector, and more.</p><p> </p><p>I spoke at a Westminster Hall Debate about government policies on social mobility and the Commission’s ‘Time for Change’ report on 11 July. The debate and my speech are available in Hansard at this weblink: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-11/debates/D9AB2665-13E3-4AE4-90CD-528E30853ED0/SocialMobility" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-07-11/debates/D9AB2665-13E3-4AE4-90CD-528E30853ED0/SocialMobility</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:54:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

751297

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, what assessment she has made of the implications for the target figures for the number of apprenticeships of the proportion of businesses that plan to reconfigure existing training into apprenticeships according to the 2017 CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	4625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We encourage businesses to look at how to use apprenticeships effectively within their organisations to meet their skills needs, as part of the wider training they provide.</p><p> </p><p>No existing training scheme can be reconfigured as an apprenticeship and receive public funding unless it meets strict quality and eligibility criteria i.e. it lasts at least 12 months, provides substantial new training for the individual (including a minimum 20% off-the-job training), and meets a recognised framework or standard.</p><p> </p><p>We have reaffirmed our commitment to reach 3 million new apprenticeship starts in England by 2020 and are still on track to meet that - with 1 million starts since May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:22:17 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

751298

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether sixth form colleges will be included in the tertiary education funding review.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	4626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will provide an update in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:23:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

751309

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of re-brokering academies on pupils' attainment and on schools' Ofsted grades.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	4748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department is committed to a school system in which all children have access to a good school place. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of State, for holding all academies, including multi-academy trusts, to account and will intervene where necessary to bring about rapid improvement.</p><p> </p><p>Re-brokered academies are subject to the same accountability mechanisms as maintained schools, including publication of pupil results in school performance tables. RSCs consider the performance of all academies in their region at appropriate points in the academic year such as at key stages of their growth or following the publication of exam results or Ofsted inspection reports. As part of this, they will monitor pupil attainment and Ofsted grades and make sure that re-brokered academies are receiving sufficient and appropriate support in order to secure the required improvements.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/07/2017 16:55:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

751314

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, how many Trailblazer programme apprenticeships have been commenced.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>A number of apprenticeship standards have been developed by trailblazer groups. The number of starts on standards is published in the further education and skills statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-july-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Previous and future editions can be found here:</p><p><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> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:26:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

751315

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, how many Independent End Assessors have been trained and employed to conduct gateway to end-point assessments for the Trailblazer programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 76 apprentice assessment organisations. They are approved to deliver the end-point assessment for 124 apprenticeship standards.</p><p> </p><p>The register of apprentice assessment organisations is a list of organisations that have been assessed as being suitable to conduct independent end-point assessment of apprentices and are in receipt of public funds. Individual organisations may be listed for more than one standard. Only these organisations are eligible to conduct independent end-point assessment of apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>The register is regularly updated as more organisations successfully apply and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-the-register-of-apprentice-assessment-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-the-register-of-apprentice-assessment-organisations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment of assessors is an ongoing process, which we have been supporting through the Future Apprenticeships programme.</p><p> </p><p>The employer, in consultation with the training provider, must be satisfied that the apprentice is ready to be entered for end-point assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The apprentice assessment organisation does not have to provide specific premises to carry out the end-point assessment. The assessment could take place at the apprentice’s place of work or online in some instances.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 4762 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:31:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

751316

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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, how many Vehicle Operator Services Agency MTT apprenticeships were completed to Level (a) 2 and (b) 3 in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any information that is specific to the Vehicle Operator Services Agency or its successor, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of apprentices who have completed and achieved the vehicle-related frameworks, such as “vehicle and maintenance and repair”, including breakdowns by level and academic year, are available in the apprenticeships achievements data tool:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624424/apprenticeships-level-SSA-framework-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624424/apprenticeships-level-SSA-framework-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsm</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:23:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms