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1462133

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date	11/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Curriculum Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) educational value and (b) impact on children and schools of proceeding with SATS in the 2021-22 year in the context of disruption resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The department recognises that pupils will have missed a critical period of their learning due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Statutory assessments at the end of key stage 2 are an important part of our primary education system. Assessments provide vital information to parents about their child’s attainment and help schools identify where additional support is best targeted to individuals. The school performance measures generated from these assessments play an important role in supporting schools to improve, helping us to hold primary schools to account for the education they provide.</p><p>This year, the data from the assessments will help parents, schools, and the department to understand more clearly the impact of the pandemic on pupils and how this varies between particular groups of pupils, schools and local authorities. The decision to return to a full programme of primary assessments in the 2021/22 academic year was considered carefully and in taking this decision, we discussed our plans with a range of stakeholders, including teachers, school leaders and unions.</p><p>The department knows that the pandemic has impacted the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and will have an impact in the longer-term. The department expects leaders and teachers to consider their pupils’ mental health and wellbeing as a priority and identify those who may need additional support.</p><p>Although schools should encourage all pupils to work hard and achieve well, the department does not recommend that they devote excessive preparation time to assessment, and certainly not at the expense of pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. Schools should support a culture of wellbeing amongst staff and pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/05/2022 13:03:42 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1418841

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference the letter of 23 January 2022 from the Minister of State for Higher and Further Education to hon. Members, if he will list the 25 higher education providers noted in the correspondence where less than half of students who began a degree can expect to (a) graduate and (b) find professional employment or further study within 15 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	115888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) publishes statistics across different aspects of the student lifecycle to help inform regulatory processes.</p><p>Proceed, or projected completion and employment from entrant data, is a measure that projects rates of students progressing from entry to first degree programmes through to positive graduate destinations. This has been produced using the methodology described within the research report &quot;Projected completion and employment from entrant data (Proceed)&quot;, available here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/proceed-updated-methodology-and-results/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/proceed-updated-methodology-and-results/</a>.</p><p>The proceed measure brings together projected data on the number of full time first degree students who complete their studies (completion rates) with data about the progression of recent graduates into professional employment or further study (progression rates). The two components that combine to form the proceed measure (projected completion and graduate progression) are each based on established reporting of that data by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.</p><p>The attached table contains an extract of the 25 providers, where the proceed measure was under 50 per cent, meaning less than half of students graduate and find professional employment or further study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 07/02/2022 17:02:08 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 115888_data_on_HE_proceed_rates.xls title 115888_table
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1282038

registered interest
date	29/01/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	British Students Abroad: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support UK students wishing to study in the EU with visa fees.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	145784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2021 answer text <p>It is, and has always been, a matter for individual governments to decide on the level of visa fees that they charge and to whom the fees apply.</p><p>UK nationals who are studying in the EU in any capacity should consult their higher education (HE) provider to establish whether any support is available, noting that UK nationals who are on placements or exchanges as part of a UK course may be eligible for maintenance support if enrolled at a UK HE provider.</p><p>Cultural exchanges help to build important business, political and diplomatic bridges around the world. The Turing Scheme is the UK government’s global programme to study and work abroad, providing funding for students at UK institutions to travel abroad.</p><p>Disadvantaged participants on the Turing Scheme placements will be eligible to receive actual costs for additional travel expenses, including costs of visas, as well as passports, and health insurance.</p><p>Information on entry requirements and visas is available on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice pages. Additional information about moving to EU Member States can be found in the FCDO’s ‘Living in country guides’.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 12/02/2021 13:46:00 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1143593

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Exclusions Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the consultation on the recommendations of the Timpson Review will include (a) socio-economic and (b) ethnic trends in school exclusions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	285262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward an ambitious programme of action which will respect head teachers’ powers to use exclusion, while also equipping schools to support children at risk of exclusion, and ensuring excluded children continue to receive a good education. As part of this, the Department will make schools responsible for pupils who are permanently excluded and will launch a consultation on how to deliver this in practice.</p><p>In designing this consultation, the Department is working with leaders from across the education sector and will consider the findings of the Timpson Review on disparities in exclusion rates between different groups of children. In response to the review, the Government called on the Directors of Children’s Services, governing bodies, academy trusts, and local forums of schools to review information on children who leave schools, by exclusion or otherwise, and to establish a shared understanding of how the data on the characteristics of such children feeds local trends.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2019 16:26:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130877

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the allocation of revenues from the Immigration Skills Charge in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	262354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2017-18, income from the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) contributed £75 million to the department’s skills budget.</p><p>While the income raised is not additional funding for skills, the ISC is helping to maintain the department’s existing skills budget and existing level of investment in skills in England. As such, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how the department’s ISC allocation is spent.</p><p>The ISC ensures that we can continue to invest in developing the skills that the country needs and also addresses skills gaps in the workforce. Similarly, it helps to maintain funding levels for each of the devolved administrations.</p><p>My letter of 17 January 2019 to the chairs of the Education and Home Affairs committees about the ISC, has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and is available to view at the following link: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/</a>.</p><p>An internal review of the ISC, based on Home Office data, was undertaken in the second quarter of 2018. We continue to keep this policy under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 262355 question first answered 14/06/2019 12:49:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 122726 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield