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1130521

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date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of primary school funding that has been donated by parents or guardians of pupils in (a) South London and (b) the London Borough of Lambeth.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	261222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>​The information requested is not held centrally, as the Department does not collect data about donations from parents. However, schools’ financial returns show that the proportion of income from all donations and voluntary funds in London Primary schools was 0.7% in 2017-18, which is the same as the national average. In Lambeth, this figure was 0.3% in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/06/2019 11:53:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130531

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults over 25 years of age who have undertaken a non-university course in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	261228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of learners aged 25 and over participating on government-funded further education courses in each academic year are shown in the attached table. These figures include learners on government-funded further education courses that are delivered in higher education institutions.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/06/2019 13:16:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 261228_table_showing_learners_aged_25_or_over_participating_in_government_funded_further_education_courses.doc title 261228_table
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1130560

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	261257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>As the National Living Wage is a statutory obligation, the department’s contracts require that all employees of our suppliers who are entitled to it are paid at the relevant rate. It is the responsibility of individual organisations to ensure that they pay the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/06/2019 13:06:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1130011

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to schools on handling allegations of misgendering of pupils.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	260600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>​The Department has published guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act affects them and how to fulfil their duties under the Act. This includes a duty on schools not to discriminate unlawfully due to the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s LGBT Action Plan, the Department has committed to ensuring that schools have access to the guidance they need to support LGBT pupils. This includes a commitment to updating the Equality Act guidance. Also, in the LGBT Action Plan is a commitment that Government Equalities Office will work with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to publish comprehensive guidance for schools on how to support transgender pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/06/2019 11:57:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

1130023

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many variations of Published Admission Numbers submitted by local authorities have been disallowed by the school adjudicator in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	260603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>In each of the past three reporting years, the following number of variation requests in relation to Published Admissions Numbers (PAN) were submitted by local authorities, but were not approved by the Schools Adjudicator:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Variation to PANs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of variation requests made by local authorities</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variation requests not approved</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* This reporting year ends on 31 August 2019</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/06/2019 12:00:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1077723

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff at the Institute for Apprenticeships are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	226125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p>Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105461 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1077725

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department working on apprenticeship strategy, policy, and delivery are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	226126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. </ins>Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, <del class="ministerial">5<del class="ministerial"> </del></del><ins class="ministerial">8 </ins>employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents <del class="ministerial">1.6%</del> <ins class="ministerial">2.5% </ins>of <ins class="ministerial">their workforce.</ins> <del class="ministerial">the total of 317 employees. </del></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/03/2019 15:34:53 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2019 15:41:57 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 105462 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices_employed_by_the_Department_for_Education.doc title 226124_226125_226126_table_of_apprentices
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner