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417477

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the Education Funding Agency did not consult all relevant partners when purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Consultation with any partners or tenants is a matter for the vendor of the building rather than the Education Funding Agency as purchasers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417478

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what date the Education Funding Agency became involved in purchasing Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham; what price they paid for the building; and who received the purchase monies.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency first visited the property and began negotiations on 8 July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The purchase price was £1,500,000 (exclusive of VAT).</p><p>The vendor, Birmingham Metropolitan College, received the purchase monies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:05:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417479

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Department is responsible for ensuring that the project regarding the change of ownership and function of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham, complies with financial rules under the European Regional Development Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) was not party to the original funding agreement with the European Regional Development Fund and therefore ensuring relevant consultation and compliance is a matter for the vendor rather than the purchaser.</p><p><br> EFA legal team confirmed that the title contained no caution or charge in respect of the European Regional Development Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:07:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417480

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions took place, and with which organisations, about the proposal to lift the restrictive covenants regarding community access in respect of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The property was purchased subject to restrictions on title relating to community access. No restrictive covenants regarding community access have been removed or amended and therefore no consultation was necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417481

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguarding arrangements are in place for the free school that will operate in part of Spitfire House in Castle Vale, Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>All schools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn. Ofsted has completed a pre-registration inspection at this school and advised that this school is likely to meet all the independent school standards when it opens, including those relating to the welfare, health and safety of its pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Trust is preparing a management plan so that the school will be able to operate independently from the other occupants in the premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The September 2015 pupil intake will be located on the second floor which is not co-habited by others.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/09/2015 15:06:20 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

417041

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to reply by Lord Nash on 10 December 2014 (HL Deb, col 1830), what progress has been made in establishing the Careers and Enterprise Company and making it operational.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, which was set up to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people, was incorporated in February 2015. Since then it has been working with employers, schools and colleges, careers, enterprise and employer engagement providers and others to devise its strategy for transforming the way in which schools and colleges, in partnership with employers, help to prepare young people for adult life.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2015 the company announced the appointment of Claudia Harris as its Chief Executive Officer and a company board comprising Christine Hodgson, Chair of Capgemini UK (chair); Lord Young of Graffham, former Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister; Steve Holliday, Chief Executive Officer of National Grid; Brian Lightman, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders; and Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice-Patron of Teach First and Vice-President of Business in the Community.</p><p> </p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company has made good progress with its set up and its delivery plans. The company will commence its services in the coming months, including publishing research on ‘what works’ in school-work engagement; launching its £5 million investment fund; and development of a digital ‘Enterprise Passport’ to help young people broaden and showcase their experience. The company has been engaging Local Enterprise Partnerships recently and the enterprise advisers in the network will support schools to improve their careers and enterprise offer, in particular by brokering links with employers and local careers and enterprise providers.</p><p> </p><p>To date the company has received £10.95 million from government for its activities leading to delivery of the objectives set out by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State in December. As an independent company, it is for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to publish its accounts in accordance with The Companies Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State is accountable to Parliament in the usual way for progress on improving careers advice and guidance for young people, including the contribution that the company makes to this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1962 HL1963 HL1964 HL1965 HL1966 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:31:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

417042

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who is on the board of the Careers and Enterprise Company.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, which was set up to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people, was incorporated in February 2015. Since then it has been working with employers, schools and colleges, careers, enterprise and employer engagement providers and others to devise its strategy for transforming the way in which schools and colleges, in partnership with employers, help to prepare young people for adult life.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2015 the company announced the appointment of Claudia Harris as its Chief Executive Officer and a company board comprising Christine Hodgson, Chair of Capgemini UK (chair); Lord Young of Graffham, former Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister; Steve Holliday, Chief Executive Officer of National Grid; Brian Lightman, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders; and Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice-Patron of Teach First and Vice-President of Business in the Community.</p><p> </p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company has made good progress with its set up and its delivery plans. The company will commence its services in the coming months, including publishing research on ‘what works’ in school-work engagement; launching its £5 million investment fund; and development of a digital ‘Enterprise Passport’ to help young people broaden and showcase their experience. The company has been engaging Local Enterprise Partnerships recently and the enterprise advisers in the network will support schools to improve their careers and enterprise offer, in particular by brokering links with employers and local careers and enterprise providers.</p><p> </p><p>To date the company has received £10.95 million from government for its activities leading to delivery of the objectives set out by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State in December. As an independent company, it is for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to publish its accounts in accordance with The Companies Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State is accountable to Parliament in the usual way for progress on improving careers advice and guidance for young people, including the contribution that the company makes to this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1961 HL1963 HL1964 HL1965 HL1966 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:31:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

417043

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the proposed £20 million funding has been spent on the Careers and Enterprise Company to date; and when its first accounts will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, which was set up to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people, was incorporated in February 2015. Since then it has been working with employers, schools and colleges, careers, enterprise and employer engagement providers and others to devise its strategy for transforming the way in which schools and colleges, in partnership with employers, help to prepare young people for adult life.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2015 the company announced the appointment of Claudia Harris as its Chief Executive Officer and a company board comprising Christine Hodgson, Chair of Capgemini UK (chair); Lord Young of Graffham, former Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister; Steve Holliday, Chief Executive Officer of National Grid; Brian Lightman, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders; and Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice-Patron of Teach First and Vice-President of Business in the Community.</p><p> </p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company has made good progress with its set up and its delivery plans. The company will commence its services in the coming months, including publishing research on ‘what works’ in school-work engagement; launching its £5 million investment fund; and development of a digital ‘Enterprise Passport’ to help young people broaden and showcase their experience. The company has been engaging Local Enterprise Partnerships recently and the enterprise advisers in the network will support schools to improve their careers and enterprise offer, in particular by brokering links with employers and local careers and enterprise providers.</p><p> </p><p>To date the company has received £10.95 million from government for its activities leading to delivery of the objectives set out by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State in December. As an independent company, it is for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to publish its accounts in accordance with The Companies Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State is accountable to Parliament in the usual way for progress on improving careers advice and guidance for young people, including the contribution that the company makes to this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1961 HL1962 HL1964 HL1965 HL1966 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:31:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

417044

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect that the Careers and Enterprise Company has had (1) on the level of employer input into careers education in schools and colleges, and (2) on the quality of careers education in schools and colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, which was set up to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people, was incorporated in February 2015. Since then it has been working with employers, schools and colleges, careers, enterprise and employer engagement providers and others to devise its strategy for transforming the way in which schools and colleges, in partnership with employers, help to prepare young people for adult life.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2015 the company announced the appointment of Claudia Harris as its Chief Executive Officer and a company board comprising Christine Hodgson, Chair of Capgemini UK (chair); Lord Young of Graffham, former Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister; Steve Holliday, Chief Executive Officer of National Grid; Brian Lightman, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders; and Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice-Patron of Teach First and Vice-President of Business in the Community.</p><p> </p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company has made good progress with its set up and its delivery plans. The company will commence its services in the coming months, including publishing research on ‘what works’ in school-work engagement; launching its £5 million investment fund; and development of a digital ‘Enterprise Passport’ to help young people broaden and showcase their experience. The company has been engaging Local Enterprise Partnerships recently and the enterprise advisers in the network will support schools to improve their careers and enterprise offer, in particular by brokering links with employers and local careers and enterprise providers.</p><p> </p><p>To date the company has received £10.95 million from government for its activities leading to delivery of the objectives set out by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State in December. As an independent company, it is for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to publish its accounts in accordance with The Companies Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State is accountable to Parliament in the usual way for progress on improving careers advice and guidance for young people, including the contribution that the company makes to this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1961 HL1962 HL1963 HL1965 HL1966 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:31:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

417045

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Local Enterprise Partnerships have been involved with the Careers and Enterprise Company to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL1965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, which was set up to take a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people, was incorporated in February 2015. Since then it has been working with employers, schools and colleges, careers, enterprise and employer engagement providers and others to devise its strategy for transforming the way in which schools and colleges, in partnership with employers, help to prepare young people for adult life.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2015 the company announced the appointment of Claudia Harris as its Chief Executive Officer and a company board comprising Christine Hodgson, Chair of Capgemini UK (chair); Lord Young of Graffham, former Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister; Steve Holliday, Chief Executive Officer of National Grid; Brian Lightman, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders; and Dame Julia Cleverdon, Vice-Patron of Teach First and Vice-President of Business in the Community.</p><p> </p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company has made good progress with its set up and its delivery plans. The company will commence its services in the coming months, including publishing research on ‘what works’ in school-work engagement; launching its £5 million investment fund; and development of a digital ‘Enterprise Passport’ to help young people broaden and showcase their experience. The company has been engaging Local Enterprise Partnerships recently and the enterprise advisers in the network will support schools to improve their careers and enterprise offer, in particular by brokering links with employers and local careers and enterprise providers.</p><p> </p><p>To date the company has received £10.95 million from government for its activities leading to delivery of the objectives set out by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State in December. As an independent company, it is for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to publish its accounts in accordance with The Companies Act 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State is accountable to Parliament in the usual way for progress on improving careers advice and guidance for young people, including the contribution that the company makes to this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1961 HL1962 HL1963 HL1964 HL1966 question first answered 16/09/2015 14:32:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch