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1090910

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date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Interserve: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices are currently receiving training from Interserve Learning and Employment; what steps he is taking to ensure they complete their apprenticeships; and what contracts his Department holds with Interserve and its subsidiaries.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest individual learner record return for February 2019 indicates that Interserve Learning &amp; Employment (Services) Ltd is working with 4,073 apprentices employed by both levy and non-levy paying employers. Interserve is currently working with 1,990 employers.</p><p>Interserve is currently providing continuity of service to all apprentices and their employers and is operating as normal with no disruption to current operations. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) currently holds contracts to the value of £9,579,144 with Interserve Learning and Employment (Services) Ltd (this was published in the funding summary in January 2019).</p><p>In addition, Interserve Learning and Employment (Services) Ltd has 5 European Social Funded contracts with the ESFA that started between April and November 2016 and that will end in March 2019. The total value of these contracts is £19,542,601.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/03/2019 16:13:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1090914

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
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 March 2019 to Question 229151, whether the £24 million of supplementary funding for maintained nurseries has been re-allocated from within his Department's existing budget.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children.</p><p>We have been providing around £60 million per year of supplementary funding to local authorities so that they can preserve MNS funding. We listened to concerns about the timing of the Spending Review and we announced that we would provide local authorities with around £24 million of further supplementary funding, to enable them to fully fund MNS for the whole of the 2019/20 academic year. Local authorities can feel reassured they can allocate September 2019 places in MNS with confidence.</p><p>All expenditure that falls in the next Spending Review period, including the additional supplementary funding, is a matter for the Spending Review. That includes any budgeting decisions related to the additional supplementary funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/03/2019 16:34:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1090961

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
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 March 2019 to Question 229154 on Department of Education: Public Expenditure, what programmes other than delivering new school places and improving the condition of the school estate are being funded from the capital departmental expenditure limit in financial years 2018-19 to 2020-21; and how much has been allocated to each of those programmes in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In addition to delivering new school places and improving the condition of schools, the department funds a range of capital projects across other sectors. In 2018-19, these projects included: £217 million to support our arms’ length bodies, including £150 million for the Office for Students to deliver priorities as agreed with the department; £75 million for investments in higher education and further education including Institutes of Technology and National Colleges.</p><p>The department will set out detailed plans for funding in future years of this Spending Review as part of its scheduled Main Estimates. The 2019-20 budgets will include capital funding to make sure that the colleges teaching the first T levels have world class equipment and facilities, as announced at the Conservative Party Conference.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:44:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1090963

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Sanitary Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation he plans to undertake on developing a national scheme to provide free sanitary products in schools and colleges in England.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education is leading the development of a scheme to provide access to free sanitary products in all secondary schools and colleges in England, and it recognises the importance of consulting with stakeholders in the public and private sector to inform planning. Further details about the development and implementation of the scheme will be announced in due course.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities announced a new expert joint taskforce of government, business and the third sector on 4 March 2019 to develop a sustainable solution to period poverty in the UK. We are actively working with colleagues on the development of the taskforce and through them developing broader stakeholder engagement plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/03/2019 16:29:48 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1090976

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral contribution of 13 March 2019, Official Report, column 349, on the Spring Statement, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the apprenticeship programme is rolling out three million new high-quality apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>In his Spring Statement my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reiterated the government’s ambition of 3 million new high-quality apprenticeships by 2020 and the importance of making sure that technical and vocational skills are at the heart of our education system but we will not sacrifice quality for quantity.</p><p>We regularly report on progress toward the target in our apprenticeships and traineeships publications, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/03/2019 15:58:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1089450

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Wellbeing of Teachers and Leaders Expert Advisory Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release of 15 March 2019 on Support on wellbeing for teachers in schools and colleges, who the members are of the advisory group on teachers' wellbeing; when that group plans to meet; and what the timescale is for reporting its recommendations to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>On 15 March 2019, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced the creation of a new expert advisory group, chaired by the Department, to advise multi-academy trusts and local authorities on the wellbeing of school and college leaders and teachers.</p><p>The expert advisory group will be made up of experts including Paul Farmer, of Mind, Peter Fonagy, from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, Nancy Hey, of the What Works Wellbeing Centre, as well as representatives of the school and college sector.</p><p>The Department will confirm further details on the membership and timescales in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/03/2019 16:01:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1089451

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teacher Workload Advisory Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department's teacher workload advisory group is next plans to meet.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s workload advisory group completed its work in 2018 and there are no plans for further meetings of the group. The advisory group’s report, Making Data Work, set out recommendations and principles to reduce the unnecessary workload associated with data and evidence collection. The report was published on 5 November 2018 alongside the government response. The Government accepted, and is acting on, all the recommendations in the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/03/2019 16:04:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1089452

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Early Language, Literacy and Communication Apps Expert Panel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings are scheduled of his Department's advisory panel on early years, language, literacy and communication apps.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The independently appointed advisory panel met for the first time on 27 February. The panel is due to meet again on 16 April when they intend to finalise the assessment criteria they will use to award quality marks; subsequent meetings have not yet been confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/03/2019 14:44:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1089453

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings are scheduled for his Department's independent panel of experts on the model music curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Meetings for the model music curriculum independent panel of experts are scheduled for 5 April and 23 May.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/03/2019 16:15:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1089488

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Appointments
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 public appointments he has authorised since he took office.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	233012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, was appointed on 8 January 2018. Below are details of the appointments that have been made since that date.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, Ofsted board members were announced here:</p><p><a href="https://diversityuk.org/new-members-announced-ofsted-board/" target="_blank">https://diversityuk.org/new-members-announced-ofsted-board/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2018, Ofqual board members were announced here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-members-announced-for-ofqual-board" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-members-announced-for-ofqual-board</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All appointments from April 2018 onwards have been published on the Cabinet Office website here: <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/announcements/" target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/announcements/</a>. Where applicable, these appointments have also been announced on the websites of the individual organisations to which they relate. The only exception to this is the appointment in May 2018 of the Chair of the Construction Industry Training Board, which was announced here: <a href="https://www.citb.co.uk/about-us/how-we-are-governed/our-board/#peter_lauener" target="_blank">https://www.citb.co.uk/about-us/how-we-are-governed/our-board/#peter_lauener</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/03/2019 16:08:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner