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946758

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Stockton South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on trends in the number of people being home-schooled in Stockton South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	167402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. A consultation on home education, and call for evidence on the issues of registration, monitoring and support for home educating families, closed on 2 July 2018 and responses are now being considered.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/09/2018 08:01:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

946767

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of government funding for the 30-hours free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	167228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017.</p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as ‘thorough and wide ranging’ by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures.</p><p>More than 340,000 children have benefitted from our 30 hours offer over its first year, and the vast majority of providers have increased the number of free hours available to parents.</p><p>We continue to monitor both the implementation of 30 hours and delivery costs. We have recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed data of the costs of delivering childcare for under five year olds using a representative sample of early years providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 14:27:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

946768

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the Salford local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	167229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The government set out in the 2015 Spending Review that we expect 390,000 children to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare. This figure is derived from national survey data taken in January and is an average across the year. Estimates at a regional and local authority level are not available due to the relatively small population that we are estimating within sub national geographies.</p><p>We publish termly experimental statistics showing the number of children in a place. The most recent publication showed that 1,535 codes were issued in Salford and 1,550 children were in a 30 hours places in the summer term. The full publication – including a local authority level breakdown - is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018</a>.</p><p>As we move in to the second year of delivery, we will continue to publish Management Information on the number of codes issued for 30 hours. This will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>. The most recent publication on 9 August shows that 996 codes have already been issued in Salford for the start of the next academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 10:25:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

946787

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 July 2018 on on Relationships and Sex Education, HCWS 892 , what additional funding he plans to allocate to schools to support training and investment required to deliver (a) Relationships Education, (b) Relationships and Sex Education and (c) Health Education.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	167367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to enabling schools to deliver high quality relationships education at primary level, relationships and sex education at secondary level, and health education in all schools. In order to determine our approach and the funding needed, the Department is currently seeking views through a consultation to determine the right school support package. This will consider curriculum design, training programmes and teaching materials to complement the content set out in the draft guidance. The consultation is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to work with schools, unions, other education providers (such as multi-academy trusts and dioceses) and expert organisations such as subject associations to ensure schools get the support they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/09/2018 09:04:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

946789

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, what progress his Department has made on meeting the target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	167335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>There have been 1.4 million apprenticeship starts since May 2015. In May, we published an update on the progress of apprenticeships reforms, including progress against the 3 million target:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>The government is moving away from old apprenticeship frameworks, which employers said were often not suitably equipping apprentices for the job, towards new, higher quality apprenticeship standards, designed by employers themselves. The number of people starting on new apprenticeship standards is growing fast. Starts on higher apprenticeships standards continue to grow and we have seen a 12.7 per cent increase compared to this time last year. In addition, over 40 per cent of individuals completing an apprenticeship are now starting on standards, compared to 2.5 per cent this time last year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/09/2018 08:00:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

946816

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to support small providers of apprenticeship training.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Since May 2017, all providers who want to deliver apprenticeship training must be on the register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP). The introduction of the RoATP, which currently has over 2,600 providers listed, has made it easier for new providers, including small providers, to enter the apprenticeship training market. Ahead of the opening of the RoATP, the Education and Skills Funding Agency raised awareness of the requirement to register and the application process. This included providing webinars, direct engagement and information through representative bodies. Providers who are not on the RoATP, including small providers, are able to operate as a sub-contractor to a main provider who is on the RoATP, up to a limit of £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 167224 question first answered 04/09/2018 09:41:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

946817

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, what steps his Department has taken to encourage new entrants into the apprenticeship training market.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Since May 2017, all providers who want to deliver apprenticeship training must be on the register of apprenticeship training providers (RoATP). The introduction of the RoATP, which currently has over 2,600 providers listed, has made it easier for new providers, including small providers, to enter the apprenticeship training market. Ahead of the opening of the RoATP, the Education and Skills Funding Agency raised awareness of the requirement to register and the application process. This included providing webinars, direct engagement and information through representative bodies. Providers who are not on the RoATP, including small providers, are able to operate as a sub-contractor to a main provider who is on the RoATP, up to a limit of £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 167223 question first answered 04/09/2018 09:41:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

946818

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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 and what proportion of contracts awarded through the apprenticeship levy were valued at less than £500,000.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	167225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency do not award contracts through the apprenticeship levy; providers are admitted to the register of apprenticeship training providers and employers select them to deliver the training that they need.</p><p>In regards to non-levy contracts awarded under the recent non-levy apprenticeship procurement, 351 contracts, approximately 49 per cent of contracts granted were for values under £500,000.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/09/2018 09:43:44 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

946821

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants were employed in primary schools in each parliamentary constituency in Cumbria in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	167234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The table in Annex A, attached, provides information for the full-time equivalent (FTE) number and head count number of teaching assistants and teachers in service in state-funded nursery and primary schools in each parliamentary constituency within Cumbria from November 2011 to November 2017. These figures are publicly available in the underlying data files in each of the publications: ‘School Workforce in England’. This is available at the following web link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p>Comparable figures for parliamentary constituency and phase are only available for teaching assistant numbers and teacher numbers from November 2010 when the annual ‘School Workforce Census’ was introduced. The previous source was the ‘Form616g’ survey which was available at local authority level only.</p><p>Figures for FTE teaching assistants in Cumbria local authority show a rise from 900 in 2011 to 1,300 in 2017. It should be noted, however, that these figures could be partly driven by an increase in the percentage of schools that have responded in each year. Totals for England are adjusted to provide an estimate in each year for non-responding schools. The trend is similar for England, showing a consistent rise from 136,900 in 2011 to 176,200 thousand in 2017.</p><p>Information on teaching assistants and teachers in service in state-funded nursery and primary schools in parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria and England is derived from the annual School Workforce Census. This is publicly available in the publications ‘School Workforce Census’.</p><p>Trends in the number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants and teachers in Cumbria local authority and England are shown in the table in Annex B, which is also attached.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 167234_167235_Annex_A_Teachers_and_teaching_assistants_in_state_funded_schools_in_Cumbria.xls title 167234_167235_Annex_A_Teachers_and_teaching_assist 2 file name 167234_167235_Annex_B_Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_teachers_in_Cumbria_and_in_England.doc title 167234_167235_Annex_B_Number_of_teaching_assistant grouped question UIN 167235 question first answered 04/09/2018 08:28:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

946822

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers were employed in primary schools in each parliamentary constituency in Cumbria in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	167235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The table in Annex A, attached, provides information for the full-time equivalent (FTE) number and head count number of teaching assistants and teachers in service in state-funded nursery and primary schools in each parliamentary constituency within Cumbria from November 2011 to November 2017. These figures are publicly available in the underlying data files in each of the publications: ‘School Workforce in England’. This is available at the following web link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p>Comparable figures for parliamentary constituency and phase are only available for teaching assistant numbers and teacher numbers from November 2010 when the annual ‘School Workforce Census’ was introduced. The previous source was the ‘Form616g’ survey which was available at local authority level only.</p><p>Figures for FTE teaching assistants in Cumbria local authority show a rise from 900 in 2011 to 1,300 in 2017. It should be noted, however, that these figures could be partly driven by an increase in the percentage of schools that have responded in each year. Totals for England are adjusted to provide an estimate in each year for non-responding schools. The trend is similar for England, showing a consistent rise from 136,900 in 2011 to 176,200 thousand in 2017.</p><p>Information on teaching assistants and teachers in service in state-funded nursery and primary schools in parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria and England is derived from the annual School Workforce Census. This is publicly available in the publications ‘School Workforce Census’.</p><p>Trends in the number of full-time equivalent teaching assistants and teachers in Cumbria local authority and England are shown in the table in Annex B, which is also attached.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 167234_167235_Annex_A_Teachers_and_teaching_assistants_in_state_funded_schools_in_Cumbria.xls title 167234_167235_Annex_A_Teachers_and_teaching_assist 2 file name 167234_167235_Annex_B_Number_of_teaching_assistants_and_teachers_in_Cumbria_and_in_England.doc title 167234_167235_Annex_B_Number_of_teaching_assistant grouped question UIN 167234 question first answered 04/09/2018 08:28:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron