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date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider changing adult learning funding to fund British Sign Language courses for families of children who are born deaf.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>This Department funds British Sign Language (BSL) qualifications in England through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). In the current economic climate, our funding must be focussed where it can have the most impact, so we support young adults aged 19 and over to gain the skills and qualifications they need to get work or to progress in their chosen career.</p><p> </p><p>Learners who need lip reading skills to access work or stay in work are eligible to receive public funding through the Skills Funding Agency, and we are introducing changes that will make BSL qualifications acceptable, for the purposes of apprenticeship completion requirements, as an alternative to Functional Skills English for apprentices whose first language is BSL.</p><p> </p><p>Colleges and training providers are independent and autonomous bodies and are responsible for their course provision. They are required to respond to the needs of learners, employers and communities to ensure that provision meets the need of local people, and we would expect every college or training organisation that receives public investment to consider offering lip-reading and sign language provision if there is a demand for it locally. Our more flexible adult education budget funding rules for 2016/17 enable broader types of learning activities that re-engage people in learning, build confidence, and enhance well-being.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 13/09/2016 15:52:06 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

573971

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	UK Commission for Employment and Skills
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 15 June 2016 to Question 40241, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the reconstituting of her Department on the continuation of (a) the Employer Skills Survey, (b) the Employer Perspectives Survey, (c) Labour Market Information and (d) other research products previously produced by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	44309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>My written statement of 21 July [HCWS121] confirmed that management of the Employer Skills Survey, the Employer Perspectives Survey and the LMI (Labour Market Information) for All Portal would be transferred to the Department for Education.</p><p>The contract for maintaining the LMI for All portal has been re-let to the Institute for Employment Research, the Employer Perspectives Survey is being prepared for publication and we will shortly begin commissioning of the Employer Skills Survey.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 12/09/2016 15:16:55 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

542172

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places for 16 to 19 year olds there are in (a) schools and (b) further education colleges in (i) the Tees Valley and (ii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency; and how many such places are planned for each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	43989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>i. The following table summarises the total number of places allocated to all post-16 institutions based in Tees Valley for the academic year 2016 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Allocated 16 to 19 places for Tees Valley Area based institutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Student Numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy</p></td><td><p>2,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Schools</p></td><td><p>311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial and Charitable Provider</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General FE and Tertiary</p></td><td><p>10,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>4,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,615</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>EFA Funded students – figures are yet to be published (October 2016) and may be subject to very minor change.</em></p><p> </p><p>ii. The following table summarises the total number of places allocated to all post-16 institutions based in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency for the academic year 2016 to 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Allocated 16 to 19 places for institutions based in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Student numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>1,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,969</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>EFA Funded students – figures are yet to be published (October 2016) and may be subject to very minor change. </em></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold planned numbers for future years.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2016 16:25:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop