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1141461

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Investors in People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many organisations are Investors in People accredited.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	280949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Investors in People is responsible for awarding the Investors in People standard. Since 1 February 2017 this has been a Community Interest Company, which is not part of the government.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 03/09/2019 07:57:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1141487

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Play: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department allocated (a) to pathfinder local authorities to refurbish or build play areas as part of the national play strategy and (b) for other elements of the national play strategy in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	281137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The allocations to local authorities to support the development of community play facilities as part of the 2008 national play strategy can be found in the Children’s Services Local Authority Circular LAC Ref: 3112080004, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090810183123/http:/www.dcsf.gov.uk/play/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090810183123/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/play/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/08/2019 13:03:04 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch previous answer version 131232 answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1141528

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeships were created in the tourism sector in (1) 2014–15, (2) 2016–17, and (3) 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL17396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of apprenticeship starts in the travel and tourism sector subject area for each full academic year since 2014/15.<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/HL17396%20QC%20240719.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank"><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong></a><strong>,<a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/HL17396%20QC%20240719.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank"><strong>[2]</strong></a></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel and tourism apprenticeship starts</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>780</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. The data source is the individualised learner record (ILR). Apprenticeship starts include all funded and unfunded learners reported on the ILR.</p><p>3. Numbers are a count of the number of starts at any point during the period. Learners starting more than one apprenticeship will appear more than once.</p><p>4. Numbers are counted for the full, final academic year (August – July).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/HL17396%20QC%20240719.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Figures for 2017/18 are available here (which also includes provisional figures for the first three quarters of 2018/19): <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/814997/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-framework-standard-tool_201718_Q3-201819_July2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/814997/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-framework-standard-tool_201718_Q3-201819_July2019.xlsx</a>.</p><p><a href="https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/cd/c/WorkplaceDocuments/Written%20PQ%20Team/Written%20PQ%20-%202017-19%20drafts/HL17396%20QC%20240719.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> Figures for 2014/15 to 2016/17 are available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694622/201415_201617_sector-subject-area-T2_age_level_demography.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/694622/201415_201617_sector-subject-area-T2_age_level_demography.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 29/07/2019 16:00:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1141562

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the apprenticeship levy to (1) ensure companies spend more on training, and (2) broaden the levy to include a greater number of companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The former Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond), my right hon. Friend for Runnymede and Weybridge, announced in his budget speech in October 2018, that we have been seeking views from a range of employers on the operation of the levy after 2020.</p><p>Over the past few months, we have used a number of channels, including a survey and regional roundtables across England, to work with a range of different employers, providers and representative organisations. We will continue to listen to the views of employers and providers, and use this evidence to support our planning for the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p>To further support employers to make a long-term, sustainable investment in training, we have increased the amount that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers from 10% to 25%. Almost 480 high-quality apprenticeship standards are now approved for delivery at a range of levels and sectors, giving employers more choice than ever over the training that meets their skills needs.</p><p>There are no current plans to broaden the apprenticeship levy to include more companies but we continue to keep this policy under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 29/07/2019 15:56:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1141572

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 22 July (HLWS1746), what proportion of the additional cost of the School Teachers' Review Body's recommendation for a 2.75 per cent uplift in all pay ranges and allowances will be met by the Government.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>In January the department published the schools cost technical note, alongside our written evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body. In that we demonstrated that, nationally, a 2% pay increase for teachers is affordable in 2019-20.</p><p>The recommended award of 2.75% is therefore 0.75% over that assessment. In recognition of the difference between this award, and the 2% we have assessed schools can afford, we are providing an additional £105 million of funding for schools this year. This is on top of the £321 million the department is already providing this year through the Teachers’ Pay Grant to cover the ongoing cost of the 2018 pay award.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 01/08/2019 13:19:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1141573

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration is given to the effect on the intake of comprehensive secondary schools in the proximity of grammar schools which have successfully applied for satellite expansion under the Selective School Expansion Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL17442 HL17443 HL17444 HL17445 question first answered 01/08/2019 13:18:52 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1141574

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the full bids of successful applications to the Selective School Expansion Fund; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL17441 HL17443 HL17444 HL17445 question first answered 01/08/2019 13:18:52 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1141575

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Eleven Plus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent selective schools and their local authorities increasing the proportion of pupils passing the 11-plus test by lowering the pass mark in order to increase the numbers of pupils meeting the admission criteria for selective state schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL17441 HL17442 HL17444 HL17445 question first answered 01/08/2019 13:18:52 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1141576

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Eleven Plus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that pupils born in the summer are not disadvantaged in the 11-plus tests for entry to selective state schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL17441 HL17442 HL17443 HL17445 question first answered 01/08/2019 13:18:52 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1141577

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the progress rates of pupils in non-selective secondary schools in Buckinghamshire, Kent and Lincolnshire compared to pupils in selective schools in those areas; and what assessment they have made of that data.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL17445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The department can confirm that none of the 16 successful applications to the Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF), announced 3 December 2018, applied for a satellite expansion. As we have done for the bids that were successful in round one, we will publish the Fair Access and Partnership Plans for schools that were successful in round two. The department does not intend to publish full SSEF bids as they contain commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for grammar schools are responsible for setting their selection tests, including determining the pass threshold. The department wants more pupils to be able to attend Good and Outstanding schools, and 98% of grammar schools are Good or Outstanding schools. Where the pass mark is determined by the admission authority to be a disproportionate barrier for entry for disadvantaged pupils in comparison to their non-disadvantaged peers, it could be considered appropriate to set a lower test pass mark for children eligible for pupil premium funding. Equally, grammar school admission authorities may raise their pass mark if they consider this appropriate. The admission authority would have to consider the impact of the changes on the allocation of places and their stated pupil admissions number.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission arrangements to be fair. A selection test is part of a school’s admission arrangements. The majority of schools who select on academic ability or aptitude age weight the results of their selection test. Where a selective school who admits on academic ability or aptitude does not age weight test results and a parent considers this unfair, they may raise an objection to the schools adjudicator, who has previously issued determinations on this particular issue.</p><p> </p><p>The progress 8 scores for all individual secondary schools, including non-selective schools, are available online at the department’s Find and Compare schools website. The department also publishes data on pupil progress 8 scores in non-selective schools in all highly selective areas in “Key stage 4 and multi-academy trust performance 2018 (revised)”[1]: Selective and non-selective school performance data (of which one component is Progress 8 scores) is analysed by the department as part of ongoing consideration of school performance across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/806276/2018_Revised_National_tables.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL17441 HL17442 HL17443 HL17444 question first answered 01/08/2019 13:18:52 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie