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1327192

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that the Fair Access Protocol under the School Admissions Code includes all children escaping domestic abuse, not only those in refuges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government consulted on changes to the School Admissions Code (the Code) to improve the in year admission process for all children, including those fleeing domestic abuse, and to improve Fair Access Protocols, which act as a safety net for the most vulnerable children. The new Code and associated regulations were laid before Parliament on 13 May and, subject to Parliamentary procedure, they will come into force 1 September. On the same day, the Government published the response to the consultation which is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-school-admissions-code--4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-school-admissions-code--4</a>.</p><p>The new Code ensures that unplaced children who are living in a refuge or other relevant accommodation will be eligible to be considered by a Fair Access Protocol, which exists to ensure that unplaced and vulnerable children are allocated a school place as quickly as possible. Relevant accommodation, for the purposes of the Code, means a safe place to stay for victims and their children fleeing domestic abuse. This can include, but is not limited to, refuges, specialist safe accommodation, sanctuary schemes and second stage accommodation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL470 question first answered 07/06/2021 14:02:08 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1327193

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the outcome of the review of the School Admissions Code.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2020 the Government consulted on changes to the School Admissions Code (the Code) to improve the in year admission process for all children, including those fleeing domestic abuse, and to improve Fair Access Protocols, which act as a safety net for the most vulnerable children. The new Code and associated regulations were laid before Parliament on 13 May and, subject to Parliamentary procedure, they will come into force 1 September. On the same day, the Government published the response to the consultation which is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-school-admissions-code--4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-school-admissions-code--4</a>.</p><p>The new Code ensures that unplaced children who are living in a refuge or other relevant accommodation will be eligible to be considered by a Fair Access Protocol, which exists to ensure that unplaced and vulnerable children are allocated a school place as quickly as possible. Relevant accommodation, for the purposes of the Code, means a safe place to stay for victims and their children fleeing domestic abuse. This can include, but is not limited to, refuges, specialist safe accommodation, sanctuary schemes and second stage accommodation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL469 question first answered 07/06/2021 14:02:08 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

1327210

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Citizenship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many teachers specialising in citizenship education completed their training in (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, (5) 2020, and (6) 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The number of teachers in state funded secondary schools in England, who are recorded as teaching one or more lessons of citizenship per week, are shown in the table below. The latest information gives the situation in November 2019. Information for November 2020 will be published in June 2021. Information for 2021 will be collected via the School Workforce Census later this year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at November 2019</strong></p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Headcount of teachers teaching citizenship</strong></p></td><td><p>4,826</p></td><td><p>4,451</p></td><td><p>4,241</p></td><td><p>4,257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>As a % of all teachers in state funded secondary schools</strong></p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The majority of teachers of citizenship also teach other subjects.</p><p>The number of trainees who successfully completed training in citizenship education from the 2015/16 to the 2018/19 academic year inclusive is summarised in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Postgraduate trainees awarded qualified teacher status</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data on numbers of postgraduate trainees awarded qualified teacher status, for the academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 is not yet available. Due to a change in the recording of subjects in the Initial Teacher Training data, we will not be able to specifically identify Citizenship trainees for the academic year 2019/2020 onwards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL500 question first answered 10/06/2021 16:56:20 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1327211

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Citizenship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many teachers self-identified as citizenship education teachers in (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, (5) 2020, and (6) 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The number of teachers in state funded secondary schools in England, who are recorded as teaching one or more lessons of citizenship per week, are shown in the table below. The latest information gives the situation in November 2019. Information for November 2020 will be published in June 2021. Information for 2021 will be collected via the School Workforce Census later this year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at November 2019</strong></p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Headcount of teachers teaching citizenship</strong></p></td><td><p>4,826</p></td><td><p>4,451</p></td><td><p>4,241</p></td><td><p>4,257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>As a % of all teachers in state funded secondary schools</strong></p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The majority of teachers of citizenship also teach other subjects.</p><p>The number of trainees who successfully completed training in citizenship education from the 2015/16 to the 2018/19 academic year inclusive is summarised in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Postgraduate trainees awarded qualified teacher status</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data on numbers of postgraduate trainees awarded qualified teacher status, for the academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 is not yet available. Due to a change in the recording of subjects in the Initial Teacher Training data, we will not be able to specifically identify Citizenship trainees for the academic year 2019/2020 onwards.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL499 question first answered 10/06/2021 16:56:20 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1327238

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support schools which seek to create (1) equal, (2) racially diverse, and (3) inclusive, environments for their pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Woolley of Woodford
uin	HL547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>All schools must offer a balanced and broadly based curriculum, which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society, and prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.</p><p>In November 2018, the department published Respectful School Communities, a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders</a>. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind. It will help schools to identify the various elements that make up a whole school approach, consider gaps in their current practice, and get further support.</p><p>Citizenship education also plays an essential role in developing knowledge and understanding about the world today through teaching politics, democracy, power, the law, human rights, justice and the economy, as well as the changing nature of communities, identities, diversity in the UK and the UK’s relations with the wider world.</p><p>From September 2020, relationships education became compulsory for all primary school pupils, relationships and sex education compulsory for all secondary school pupils, and health education compulsory for pupils in all state-funded schools: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education</a>. These subjects are designed to give pupils the knowledge they need to lead happy, safe and healthy lives and to foster respect for other people and for difference.</p><p>The teaching workforce has become steadily more racially and ethnically diverse over the last decade, which is the period for which we have comparable data, although we know there is further to go to attract and retain diverse teachers who are representative of the communities they serve: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>. Our recruitment campaigns are targeted at audiences of students/recent graduates and potential career changers of all ethnicities and characteristics.</p><p>Finally, it is important all children and young people are treated fairly and there is no place for discrimination in our education system. The Equality Act 2010 ensures that schools cannot unlawfully discriminate against pupils or staff because of their sex, race, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief. The department has published guidance on the Equality Act 2010 for schools, which includes advice on how they can meet their duties under the act: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315587/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/315587/Equality_Act_Advice_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 07/06/2021 16:05:10 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4722 label Biography information for Lord Woolley of Woodford

1327259

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprentices were in training in (1) 2015–16, and (2) 2020–21.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones
uin	HL502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In the first two quarters of the 2020/21 academic year, reported to date, there were a total of 575,900 apprentices participating.</p><p>In the first two quarters of the 2015/16 academic year, there were 708,900 participating apprentices reported at the equivalent point that year. Finalised full year figures show there were 899,400 participating on an apprenticeship in the 2015/16 academic year.</p><p>In the first two quarters of the 2020/21 academic year, reported to date, there has been 269,200 female and 306,700 male apprentices participating.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL503 question first answered 07/06/2021 13:48:10 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

1327260

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many current apprentices are (1) female, and (2) male.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones
uin	HL503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In the first two quarters of the 2020/21 academic year, reported to date, there were a total of 575,900 apprentices participating.</p><p>In the first two quarters of the 2015/16 academic year, there were 708,900 participating apprentices reported at the equivalent point that year. Finalised full year figures show there were 899,400 participating on an apprenticeship in the 2015/16 academic year.</p><p>In the first two quarters of the 2020/21 academic year, reported to date, there has been 269,200 female and 306,700 male apprentices participating.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL502 question first answered 07/06/2021 13:48:10 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

1327261

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of female apprentices in the manufacturing sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones
uin	HL504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In the 2019/20 academic year, women accounted for 49% of all apprenticeship starts.</p><p>The representation of women in science, technology, engineering, construction, digital and maths (STEM) is increasing, in the 2019/20 academic year, women accounted for 11.4% of STEM apprenticeship starts, up from 10.1% in 2018/19 and 8.8% in 2017/18.</p><p>We are working with some of the country’s most influential employers in the manufacturing sector through the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network, including Siemens, Bombardier and Rolls-Royce, who are actively increasing female representation in STEM roles. The Network is also seeking to share examples of employer best practice in bringing women onto STEM apprenticeships and successfully retaining them. The Network will report during National Apprenticeship Week 2022 on how to better reach out to target underrepresented groups and improve retention.</p><p>Our Apprenticeship Support &amp; Knowledge programme is raising awareness of apprenticeships in schools, encouraging female students to consider apprenticeships in traditionally male dominated fields. This free service provides schools and teachers with resources and interventions to help better educate young people about apprenticeships. We have seen involvement from large employers such as Toyota who delivered interactive live broadcasts to promote careers in STEM to students, increasing their awareness of the available opportunities in the manufacturing industry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 07/06/2021 12:15:29 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

1327262

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what annual financial allowances they provide to apprentices in the manufacturing sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones
uin	HL505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>In the 2021-22 financial year funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England is almost £2.5 billion, double what was spent in the 2010-11 financial year. Employers of all sizes can access funding for apprenticeship training and assessment. There is no ring-fenced annual apprenticeship budget for any individual sector, such as the manufacturing sector.</p><p>Employers in all sectors are able to choose which apprenticeships they offer, and when, in order to meet their skills needs. There are over 140 high-quality employer-designed apprenticeship standards in the engineering and manufacturing sector available for employers to use, including the level 3 print technician standard and the level 5 food and drink engineer standard. In the 2019/20 academic year, there were 52,000 apprenticeship starts in the engineering and manufacturing technologies sector.</p><p>To help employers in all sectors to offer new apprenticeships, employers can claim a £3,000 incentive payment for each apprentice they take on as a new employee until 30 September, as part of the government’s Plan for Jobs. This is paid in addition to the funding available to employers for training and assessing apprentices, and the extra payments we already make to support employers and providers meet the needs of the youngest apprentices and those with an Education, Health and Care Plan. Individual employers can choose how to spend the incentive payment to support their apprentices, including meeting any of the costs associated with supporting a new apprentice in the workplace, such as uniforms or travel costs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 07/06/2021 12:57:10 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

1327263

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the effectiveness of careers advice in secondary schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones
uin	HL506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>We are continually reviewing the effectiveness of careers policy. We are aware that information on education or training options provided by schools at key transition points too often fails to correct, or even reinforces, the impression that technical education, including apprenticeships, is somehow second-best to academic study.</p><p>Through the ‘Baker Clause’, introduced in January 2018, all maintained schools and academies must publish a policy statement setting out opportunities for providers of technical education courses and apprenticeships to visit schools to talk to all year 8 to year 13 pupils, and to make sure that the policy is followed.</p><p>A January 2019 report by the Institute for Public Policy Research found that, whilst one in three schools say the situation improved in the year since the Baker Clause was introduced, only 40% of schools were complying with the Baker Clause.</p><p>In the Skills for Jobs White Paper, the department announced plans to go further to improve compliance with the Baker Clause through the introduction of a 3-point-plan. This is an important step towards real choice for every pupil. We will create clear minimum legal requirements, specifying who is to be given access to which pupils and when. We will take tougher formal action to enforce compliance. The government’s investment in careers will be conditional on Baker Clause compliance.</p><p>Through the work of the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC), we are increasing young people’s exposure to the world of work and supporting schools and colleges to achieve the Gatsby Benchmarks for Good Career Guidance. As set out in the Skills for Jobs White Paper, we will continue the national roll-out of Careers Hubs, digital support, Careers Leader training and the Enterprise Adviser Network to all secondary schools in England. This will continue to accelerate the progress of all schools and colleges towards achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks so that all young people are equipped to make informed career and learning decisions.</p><p>We have also committed in the Skills for Jobs White Paper to take steps to improve both local and national alignment between the CEC and the National Careers Service to create a clear, all-age careers system. Professor Sir John Holman has been appointed as Independent Strategic Adviser on Careers Guidance and will advise on closer alignment of the National Careers Service and the CEC, based around 4 important principles:</p><ul><li>Completing the national roll-out of careers infrastructure</li><li>Developing an enhanced National Careers Service website</li><li>Better collaboration at an area-level</li><li>Complementary personal guidance for young people</li></ul><p>The department is working closely with Professor Sir John Holman, the National Careers Service and CEC to agree what further action that can be taken across all 4 principles to make sure that young people and adults have access to a joined-up careers offer across their lifetime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 07/06/2021 12:56:45 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones