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1122406

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Birkenhead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the apprenticeship levy has been allocated to placements in Birkenhead constituency; how many of those placements in have been funded in Birkenhead constituency; and how many businesses in have received funding from the apprenticeship levy to provide placements in Birkenhead constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	246451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Employers in England who pay the levy can access funds for apprenticeship training via registering for an apprenticeship service account. Many levy-paying employers operate in more than one location, and they are free to spend the funds in their accounts on apprenticeship training across England. The Education and Skills Funding Agency cannot therefore disaggregate levy drawdown to individual regions or locations.</p><p>In 2019-20 funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will be over £2.5 billion, double what was spent in 2010-11.</p><p>There were 850 apprenticeship starts in Birkenhead in 2017/18, and there have been 10,980 starts in the constituency since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/04/2019 15:29:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1122407

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Birkenhead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeframe is for Further Education providers in Birkenhead constituency to begin offering T-levels; and when he plans for the roll-out of those qualifications in Birkenhead constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	246452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>In the 'T Level Action Plan 2018' we confirmed that T levels will be introduced in phases, starting from September 2020, and gave details of when we currently expect each T level to be available from. Providers have been selected to deliver T levels in 2020 and the selection process to identify providers to deliver T levels in 2021 closed in February. We will confirm the results in June. We expect to confirm which providers will be able to deliver T levels from 2022 this autumn. Our aim is for all remaining T levels to be introduced by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 29/04/2019 15:33:24 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110955

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of (a) the contribution to the public purse of, (b) the funding allocated to and (c) the funding unspent from the apprenticeship levy in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	243350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy is collected by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from all UK employers with a pay bill above £3 million. Monthly receipts data for the apprenticeship levy is published by HMRC in its tax and National Insurance contributions receipts publication which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a>.</p><p>Between April 2018 and February 2019, £2.5 billion was raised from the levy.</p><p>Employers’ levy funds are distinct from the Department for Education’s ring-fenced apprenticeship budget, which is set to fund apprenticeships in England only. The budget has been set in advance by Her Majesty’s Treasury for the current spending review period (to 2019-20). The budget was £2.2 billion for the 2018-19 financial year and it will rise to over £2.5 billion in 2019-20 – double what was spent in 2010. It is used to fund new apprenticeship starts in levy and non-levy paying employers and to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices that are already in training. A detailed breakdown of spending for 2018-19 will be published in the Education and Skills Funding Agency Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>In the 12 months from February 2018 to January 2019, the most recent month for which data are available, £2.36 billion in levy funds were received into employers’ apprenticeship service accounts. These funds are available for employers to use for 24 months before they begin to expire on a rolling, month-by-month basis. In the same time period, a total of £523 million of payments were made from apprenticeship service accounts to cover training costs for learning. This figure does not include other costs, such as incentives and additional payments for disadvantaged apprentices.</p><p>We don’t anticipate that all levy-payers will use all the funds in their accounts. Income from the levy is also used to fund apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/04/2019 15:45:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110584

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Construction: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Construction Industry Training Board is taking to increase take-up rates of short courses among school leavers.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	242712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board provides support for young people to access apprenticeships, and is involved in developing the Construction technical route, with the Design Surveying and Planning T level to be offered from September 2020. We believe that these substantive vocational qualifications rather than short courses are the best route to provide young people with the experience and skills needed to secure a career in the construction industry.</p><p>Apprentices are employed and earn a wage so do not require financial assistance. Data on the take-up of apprenticeships is included in the March 2019 apprenticeships and levy statistics available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789653/Apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-Mar2019_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789653/Apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-Mar2019_.pdf</a>.</p><p>​The CITB is currently investing over £20 million in piloting the Construction Skills Fund, a short course that is aimed at supporting non-traditional routes into construction (such as ex-offenders or the long-term unemployed), who we believe are most likely to benefit from this approach, which may then lead on to more substantive qualifications such as an apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 242713 242714 question first answered 17/04/2019 13:41:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110586

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Construction: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the take-up rates among school leavers of short courses promoted by the Construction Industry Training Board.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	242713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board provides support for young people to access apprenticeships, and is involved in developing the Construction technical route, with the Design Surveying and Planning T level to be offered from September 2020. We believe that these substantive vocational qualifications rather than short courses are the best route to provide young people with the experience and skills needed to secure a career in the construction industry.</p><p>Apprentices are employed and earn a wage so do not require financial assistance. Data on the take-up of apprenticeships is included in the March 2019 apprenticeships and levy statistics available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789653/Apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-Mar2019_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789653/Apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-Mar2019_.pdf</a>.</p><p>​The CITB is currently investing over £20 million in piloting the Construction Skills Fund, a short course that is aimed at supporting non-traditional routes into construction (such as ex-offenders or the long-term unemployed), who we believe are most likely to benefit from this approach, which may then lead on to more substantive qualifications such as an apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 242712 242714 question first answered 17/04/2019 13:41:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1110588

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Construction: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial assistance is available to school leavers from low-income households undertaking short courses that are promoted by the Construction Industry Training Board.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	242714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board provides support for young people to access apprenticeships, and is involved in developing the Construction technical route, with the Design Surveying and Planning T level to be offered from September 2020. We believe that these substantive vocational qualifications rather than short courses are the best route to provide young people with the experience and skills needed to secure a career in the construction industry.</p><p>Apprentices are employed and earn a wage so do not require financial assistance. Data on the take-up of apprenticeships is included in the March 2019 apprenticeships and levy statistics available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789653/Apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-Mar2019_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789653/Apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-Mar2019_.pdf</a>.</p><p>​The CITB is currently investing over £20 million in piloting the Construction Skills Fund, a short course that is aimed at supporting non-traditional routes into construction (such as ex-offenders or the long-term unemployed), who we believe are most likely to benefit from this approach, which may then lead on to more substantive qualifications such as an apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 242712 242713 question first answered 17/04/2019 13:41:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1105142

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Birkenhead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Birkenhead have expanded their intake without undertaking a public consultation in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	237009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The Department does not collect information relating to the published admissions numbers of individual schools.</p><p>All school admission authorities must set a published admissions number (PAN). This is the number of pupils the school will admit at their normal point of entry, for example, to the reception year of a primary school.</p><p>Admission authorities are not required to consult before increasing their PAN. They must, however, notify the local authority of any intention to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2019 15:46:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 111136 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1077330

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he is providing to schools that require additional resources to remove asbestos from their premises.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	225409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Department has allocated £6 billion to those responsible for school buildings and for essential maintenance and improvements, including removing or encapsulating asbestos when it is the safest course of action to do so. In addition, through the Priority School Building Programme, the Department is rebuilding or refurbishing buildings in the worst condition in over 500 schools across the country. Asbestos was a factor in selecting buildings for the programme.</p><p> </p><p>Advice from the Health and Safety Executive is clear that if asbestos is unlikely to be damaged or disturbed, then it is best managed in situ. Although, the Department is also clear that when asbestos does pose a risk to safety and cannot be effectively managed in situ, then it should be removed. Schools and those responsible for school buildings receive building condition funding through different routes depending on their size and type and this should be used to address asbestos issues if materials cannot be safely managed in situ.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published ‘Asbestos Management in Schools’ guidance in February 2017 to help local authorities, governing bodies and academy trusts to meet their legal duties and manage asbestos effectively. The Department also launched the Asbestos Management Assurance Process in March 2018 to help develop a more comprehensive understanding of asbestos management in the school estate.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/03/2019 16:12:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1055924

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a voucher scheme to (a) cover in full or (b) subsidise the costs of school uniforms for children from households whose annual income is less than £16,000.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	217482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>It is for the governing body of a school to decide whether there should be a school uniform policy and if so, what that should be.</p><p>In England, some local authorities (LAs) already provide discretionary grants to help with buying school uniforms. LAs that offer these grants set their own criteria for eligibility. Further, schools can also choose to use the pupil premium funding that they are allocated to help support their disadvantaged pupils to offer subsidies or grants for school uniform; this would be a decision for the school to make.</p><p>The cost of uniform should not act as a barrier to obtaining a good school place. All children should be able to attend a school of their parents’ choice wherever possible. No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to, or attend, a school of their choice.</p><p>The Department’s best-practice guidance advises schools that, in setting their school uniform policy, they should give the highest priority to cost considerations and achieving value for money for parents. The guidance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/02/2019 16:51:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050205

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship places, broken down by the NVQ level of each place, have been supported by funds from the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	213238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>​The table below provides the number of levy supported apprenticeship starts by detailed apprenticeship level:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Apprenticeship starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apprenticeship level</p></td><td><p>2017/18 <br>(Final full year)</p></td><td><p>2018/19 <br>(August to October, Provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>71,430</p></td><td><p>20,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>81,820</p></td><td><p>25,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11,450</p></td><td><p>4,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12,620</p></td><td><p>4,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5,450</p></td><td><p>3,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3,270</p></td><td><p>2,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>186,000</p></td><td><p>61,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten, or the nearest 100 for totals.</p><p>2) The data source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p>3) Levy-supported starts are those supported by levy-paying organisations using at least £1 of their own levy funds.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that a level 2 apprenticeship is equivalent to NVQ level 2, a level 3 apprenticeship is equivalent to NVQ level 3 and so on. More information about equivalent qualification levels is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/list-of-qualification-levels</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the 2017/18 academic year, and for the first quarter of the 2018/19 academic year (reported to date) were published alongside the ‘Further education and skills: November 2018’ and ‘Apprenticeship and traineeships release: January 2019’ statistics publications, available respectively at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-november-2018</a>.</p><p>​<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-january-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships-january-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/02/2019 15:00:51 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead