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985653

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date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for the Government's ambition to increase the number of BAME students going to university by 20 per cent by 2020 of implementing the recommendations in the University and College Union report entitled Investigating higher education institutions and their views on the Race Equality Charter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	178283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>I welcome the report from the University and College Union. Widening access to Higher Education is a priority for this government. We want everyone with the capability to succeed in Higher Education to have the opportunity to benefit from a university education, regardless of background, ethnicity, or where they grew up.</p><p>In 2017, 18 year olds from ethnic minority backgrounds were more likely to enter full-time undergraduate higher education than ever before.</p><p>However, we still have more to do. That is why we asked the Office for Students to continue to ensure ethnic minority groups are supported to access, succeed in, and progress from higher education.</p><p>A new transparency condition will also require HE providers to publish application, offer, acceptance, non-continuation and attainment rates by socio-economic background, gender and ethnicity, which will provide greater transparency and help to shine a light on those providers who need to do more.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/10/2018 11:01:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

985683

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
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 encourage young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	178383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are a prestigious option, accessible to all people from all backgrounds. We are encouraging take up from under-represented groups so that even more people can benefit from the increased wage and employment prospects that apprenticeships offer.</p><p> </p><p>The latest phase of our marketing campaign, Get In Go Far, ran until the end of September 2018 and coincided with August's exam results period when young people look at the options available to them after school or college. This aimed to help increase the number of vacancies created by employers and encourage young people to choose an apprenticeship as a high quality career route, signposting them to new vacancies on offer.</p><p> </p><p>Our funding policy recognises where additional support is necessary, through extra funding where the costs of supporting an apprentice are higher, making sure these costs are met by the government, not by the employer. For example, we provide £1,000 to both employers and training providers when they take on 16 to 18 year olds and 19 to 24 year olds who were in care or who have an Education, Health and Care Plan. Earlier this year, we introduced a new bursary for care leavers starting apprenticeships. This £1,000 bursary is available to all care leavers aged 16 to 24 and is paid directly to the apprentice.</p><p> </p><p>To further social mobility and to make sure that a higher quality outcome for individuals is achieved, we want our reforms to mean more apprentices from disadvantaged areas are undertaking apprenticeships at a higher level, or in sectors that offer increasing value to the learner. Over the next two years, the National Apprenticeship Service is focusing on raising the value of apprenticeships undertaken in disadvantaged areas. This includes a broad-based employer engagement campaign across the 20 per cent most deprived local authority areas (65 areas in total) and working with local partners.</p><p> </p><p>We are also increasing the take up of degree apprenticeships through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund. In 2017-18, as part of the bidding process, we specifically encouraged bids that improve access to Degree Apprenticeships for disadvantaged and under-represented groups and bids that expand provision in science, technology, engineering and maths occupations (STEM) and gender diversity in STEM.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/10/2018 15:53:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

985688

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to protect prospective adoptive parents from being barred because of conscientious objection to gender reassignment and gender recognition for under-18s; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	178212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The procedures for the recruitment and assessment of adopters are outlined in the Adoption Statutory Guidance, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-statutory-guidance-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-statutory-guidance-2013</a>.</p><p>Adoption agencies must not refuse to accept a registration of interest from prospective adopters on the grounds of, for example, that individual’s ethnicity, age, health, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or because they do not share the same ethnicity, culture or religious beliefs as the children waiting for an adoptive family.</p><p>There are clear processes for prospective adopters to follow, if they wish to contest an adoption agency’s decision, including through the agency’s local complaints process or via the Independent Review Mechanism, depending on the stage of the process they had reached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/10/2018 16:51:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

985692

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in schools in (a) the North East of England and (b) England are young carers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	178294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally on the number of pupils who are young carers.</p><p> </p><p>However, according to the 2011 Census, there are almost 166,000 young carers aged 5 to 17 in England, although estimates from other studies using different methodologies or question wording to identify carers are much higher.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2017 the Department for Education (DfE) published the omnibus survey report ‘The lives of young carers in England’ available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-lives-of-young-carers-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-lives-of-young-carers-in-england</a>. This was a significant piece of research carried out by the department in partnership with Loughborough University looking to improve understanding of the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to supporting young carers - to improve their health and wellbeing, and to protect them from excessive or inappropriate caring responsibilities that can impact on their education. That is why earlier this year, we launched the cross-government 'Carers Action Plan': <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713781/carers-action-plan-2018-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713781/carers-action-plan-2018-2020.pdf</a>. This is a two-year programme of tailored work to support unpaid carers of all ages, including specifically to support young carers. This includes plans to improve: identification of young carers; educational opportunities and outcomes; access to support and services; and transition for young adult carers. In delivering on these commitments, together with the Department for Health and Social Care, the DfE is currently inviting bids to undertake a review of best practice in identifying young carers.</p><p> </p><p>This action builds on significant changes to the law through the Children and Families Act 2014, to improve how young carers and their families are identified and supported.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/10/2018 16:50:58 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

985695

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the public purse maintained nursery schools have been allocated in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	178316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for setting the local funding for providers, including maintained nursery schools. The department publishes data from local authority planned early years budget in the Early Years Funding Benchmarking Tool. The tool provides a breakdown of spend by early years provider types, including budget information for maintained nursery schools. The data is as reported by the local authorities and is available at:</p><p> </p><p>2017-18:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2016-17:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20171012013325/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20171012013325/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2015-16:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161210043156/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20161210043156/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2014-15:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150603151716/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150603151716/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2013-14:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140801043110/https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140801043110/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-benchmarking-tool</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Funding Benchmarking tool for 2018-19 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the costs that Maintained Nursery Schools (MNSs) experience over and above other providers, we are providing supplementary funding – additional to funding received under the Early Years National Funding Formula (EYNFF) – of around £60 million a year to enable local authorities to protect MNSs pre-EYNFF funding levels at least until 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, some MNSs are commissioned by local authorities and others to provide specific services such as continuing professional development for other early years providers. The department does not hold information about this income for nursery schools.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/10/2018 14:50:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

985741

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many private meetings the Minister has had with for-profit organisations on children's social care since the beginning of his appointment.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	178323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The department meets regularly with a wide range of organisations, including charities, local authorities and for-profit organisations, regarding children's social care. The department has met with the following for-profit organisations regarding how they can support improved outcomes for children:</p><ul><li>techUK</li><li>Amazon</li><li>Spectra</li><li>Public</li><li>National Fostering Agency</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/10/2018 14:53:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

985761

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to undertake a cost benefit analysis of not identifying and supporting children and young people’s speech, language and communication needs and the interventions required for children and young people with those needs.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	178217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government fully recognises that children and young people with speech, communication and language needs must get the support they require. The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice requires that local authorities, educational institutions and relevant others must appropriately identify those needs and put in place support to meet them.</p><p>While the department has no current plans to undertake this specific analysis in developing policy to support such children and young people, the government takes account of available research and advice - for example, the ‘Bercow, Ten Years On’ report published in March this year, to which we will be responding shortly. I will also meet the All Party Parliamentary Group on Speech and Language Difficulties later this month.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/10/2018 16:53:28 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

985764

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to include communication and language as a focus of the next round of Pupil Premium Awards.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	178219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Pupil Premium Awards recognise excellent practice by schools in raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils through use of pupil premium funding.</p><p>Head teachers have discretion over how they spend the pupil premium as they are best placed to identify interventions that meet the needs of their pupils – which can include speech, language and communication barriers.</p><p>We will be responding to this and the other recommendations of the 'Bercow: 10 Years On' report, shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/10/2018 16:47:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

985776

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 10 October 2018 on Government Asset Sale, HCWS979, if he will publish the range of estimates his Department has made of the proceeds of the sale and place a copy of those estimates in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	178324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to Section 4 of the Sale of Student Loans Act 2008, the government will report to Parliament on the sale arrangements and extent to which they gave good value within three months of the date of the transfer arrangements. A copy of that report will be placed in the House libraries.</p><p> </p><p>The government will proceed with the sale announced on 10 October 2018 only if market conditions remain favourable and if the final value for money assessment is positive.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2018 15:20:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

985778

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 October 2018 on Government Asset Sale, HCWS979, what the value is of the student loan book that he plans to sell during the course of the 2017 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	178325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The government only sells assets where it is value for money to do so and where there is no policy reason to continue to own them. The government’s objective when issuing loans to students is to allow them to pursue their education regardless of their personal financial situation. Once this objective has been met, retaining the loans on the government’s balance sheet serves no further policy purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The face value of the tranche of the pre-2012 English student loan book sold in December 2017 was £3.5 billion. The sale raised £1.7 billion in aggregate proceeds – exceeding the HM Treasury Green Book valuation of the loans.</p><p> </p><p>The face value of the student loans in scope for the sale announced by Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-10-10/HCWS979/" target="_blank">HCWS979</a>) on 10 October 2018 is £3.9 billion. The government will proceed with this sale or any future sale from the pre-2012 loan book - only if market conditions remain favourable and if the final value for money assessment is positive.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2018 16:10:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner