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517150

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department received on exempting the armed forces from providing recruits under the age of 18 with the minimum standards required under the Education and Skills Act 2008; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	36264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Act 2008 requires young people to participate in education or training until they are 18. Young people can participate through full-time education, work combined with part-time education or training, or by undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship.</p><p> </p><p>The 16 and 17 year olds joining the armed forces are under a contract of employment but they are not exempt from their duty to participate. Most of these young people meet their duty to participate by undertaking an apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed with the Ministry of Defence that serving in the armed forces is a valid and valuable career route which provides relevant training for young people.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are embedded across initial training in the armed forces, with over 95% of all young recruits (no matter what their age or prior qualifications) enrolling in an apprenticeship each year.</p><p> </p><p>All apprenticeships require a minimum of 280 Guided Learning Hours (GLHs) within a 12 month period. The same GLH requirement applies to the small number of young people in the armed forces who are not on an apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 36266 question first answered 09/05/2016 16:02:51 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

517152

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department requires the armed forces to provide entrants aged under 18 with 280 guided learning hours per year towards accredited qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	36266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Act 2008 requires young people to participate in education or training until they are 18. Young people can participate through full-time education, work combined with part-time education or training, or by undertaking an apprenticeship or traineeship.</p><p> </p><p>The 16 and 17 year olds joining the armed forces are under a contract of employment but they are not exempt from their duty to participate. Most of these young people meet their duty to participate by undertaking an apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed with the Ministry of Defence that serving in the armed forces is a valid and valuable career route which provides relevant training for young people.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are embedded across initial training in the armed forces, with over 95% of all young recruits (no matter what their age or prior qualifications) enrolling in an apprenticeship each year.</p><p> </p><p>All apprenticeships require a minimum of 280 Guided Learning Hours (GLHs) within a 12 month period. The same GLH requirement applies to the small number of young people in the armed forces who are not on an apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 36264 question first answered 09/05/2016 16:02:51 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

458901

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of identified violations of the Schools Admissions Code since 2011 related to schools not properly prioritising the children of armed forces service personnel.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	30390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Schools Adjudicator has not received any objections relating to the provisions in the Schools Admissions Code about the admission of children of UK service personnel.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2016 15:41:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

455296

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of service personnel are currently receiving education in (a) local authority schools, (b) academies and (c) free schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	28429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not publish data on numbers of service children currently receiving education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 28430 question first answered 04/03/2016 12:45:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

455297

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of service personnel are currently in mainstream education in England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	28430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not publish data on numbers of service children currently receiving education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 28429 question first answered 04/03/2016 12:45:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

223249

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what feedback her Department has received from schools on the effectiveness of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	225098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not received any feedback on the effectiveness or otherwise of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014. We often highlight free resources for teachers but believe that schools are best placed to decide what materials they wish to use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:15:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223254

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools that opened the Autumn 2014 termly email from her Department which included a link to the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	225105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>As of 25 February 2015, 7,904 termly emails to schools had been opened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:14:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100360

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
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 20 October 2014 to Question 210122, what costs (a) have been and (b) will be incurred by her Department for the (i) design and (ii) editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	211549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not incurred any costs for the design or editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 28/10/2014 17:24:30 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

92856

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority controlled (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the UK will receive new resources for informing and educating schoolchildren and teachers about the work of the armed forces; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	210169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest termly email to schools, including to local authority controlled schools, sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014 and a link to the online version of the resource.[1] The resource aims to help teachers introduce students to the work of the Armed Forces in Britain and abroad, exploring their role, history, current operations and what it is like to work as part of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. It includes background information, views and different perspectives from many longstanding members of the Armed Forces and includes lesson ideas, areas for discussion and links to other publications and information. We often highlight free resources but believe that schools are best placed to decide which materials they wish to use.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:26:19 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

92857

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how new resources for informing and educating schoolchildren and teachers about the work of the armed forces are distributed to schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	210167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest termly email to schools sent in September included information about the new British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014 and a link to the online version of the resource.[1] The Department for Education has not published a hard copy of the resource and has not sent it to any schools. The resource aims to help teachers introduce students to the work of the Armed Forces in Britain and abroad, exploring their role, history, current operations and what it is like to work as part of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. It includes background information, views and different perspectives from many longstanding members of the Armed Forces and includes lesson ideas, areas for discussion and links to other publications and information. We often highlight free resources but believe that schools are best placed to decide which materials they wish to use.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.armedforceslearningresources.co.uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 15:28:55 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham