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1132008

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date	13/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current value is of PFI contracts for academy schools that are managed by local authorities; and how much Government funding is allocated to local authorities to undertake that work.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	264325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>After a school undergoes conversion to an academy, it is no longer managed by local authorities. In the majority of cases, local authorities typically charge a fee to the schools and academies within a private finance initiative (PFI) contract in respect of local authority management of the PFI contract. The Department does not hold details on these fees. For further information, please contact the relevant local authority.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2019 11:39:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1131096

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	Classics: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage more people from disadvantaged backgrounds to study the Classics.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Since September 2014, the reformed national curriculum makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a modern or classical language in Key Stage 2. The Department introduced the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) performance measure in 2010 where entry into an ancient language GCSE (Latin, Ancient Greek and Biblical Hebrew) counts towards the languages element of the EBacc. Entry into ancient history GCSE counts towards the humanities element.</p><p>The Department continues to take action to improve teacher supply in classics subjects. Recruitment to classics initial teacher training (ITT) courses is unlimited and trainee teachers of classics will receive a bursary of £26,000 in 2018-19 if they have a 1st, 2:1, 2:2, PhD or Masters.</p><p>The £4.8 million Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Pilot commenced in December 2018. It is managed by the newly appointed Centre for Excellence and is run through nine school-led hubs to improve uptake and attainment in languages at Key Stages 3 and 4. The Department has also launched a pilot project in languages undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils to drive participation in the subject, specifically targeting areas of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2019 13:05:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1131103

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	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage the establishment of Combined Cadet Force units in state schools in (a) Havering and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP) was launched in 2012. It is delivered jointly between the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Education. Following a highly successful first phase of the CEP, which delivered 100 new cadet units in schools in England, the Government committed to a continuation of the programme to grow the total number of cadet units in schools to 500 by March 2020 and extended it across the UK, targeting state funded secondary schools.</p><p>The programme is nearing its successful completion and is on track to reach the 500 target. School Cadet Expansion Officers are employed in each region to promote the benefits of cadets and assist the schools in their application and preparations to establishing their cadet unit, once approved.</p><p>In Havering, Drapers Academy successfully established a school cadet unit in September 2013, but there have not been any other successful applications to set up new units in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2019 12:26:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1131105

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	Combined Cadet Force: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage the establishment of combined Cadet force units in state schools in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	262281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The second phase of the Cadet Expansion Programme was open to all the devolved administrations. To date, six schools in Northern Ireland have established a cadet unit or are in the process of doing so.</p><p>In Northern Ireland, increased engagement in the programme has been a result of active encouragement, support from regional staff, and an understanding in schools of the benefits of the cadet experience for pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2019 12:24:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1077723

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff at the Institute for Apprenticeships are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	226125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p>Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105461 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077725

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department working on apprenticeship strategy, policy, and delivery are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	226126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. </ins>Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, <del class="ministerial">5<del class="ministerial"> </del></del><ins class="ministerial">8 </ins>employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents <del class="ministerial">1.6%</del> <ins class="ministerial">2.5% </ins>of <ins class="ministerial">their workforce.</ins> <del class="ministerial">the total of 317 employees. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105462 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

751136

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	Midwives: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which higher education providers have declined to participate in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a voluntary process. Providers opt to participate, rather than opting out. The Higher Education Funding Council, who are responsible for delivering the TEF, have published a list of providers who have opted in on their website: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/07/2017 13:51:46 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling