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938472

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date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education: West Midlands
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 the funding available for adult education courses within (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	162981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The adult education budget (AEB) aims to engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or other learning. It enables more tailored programmes of learning to be made available, which may or may not require a qualification, to help eligible learners engage in learning, build confidence, and/or enhance their wellbeing. It supports three legal entitlements to full funding for some learners and enables a more flexible provision for others.</p><p>In 2017/18 (academic year) the total AEB allocated to providers by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) was £1.39 billion. Of this, £171.6 million was allocated to providers based in the West Midlands, of which £10.4 million was allocated to providers based in Coventry.</p><p>From 2019/20 the government will devolve the AEB to several Mayoral Combined Authorities, including West Midlands.</p><p>The ESFA does not allocate funding on a geographic basis and providers can fund delivery anywhere in England.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/07/2018 14:05:15 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

938476

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to businesses in Coventry to support the recruitment of apprentices in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	162984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency has published allocations to training providers, colleges, local authorities and academies over the past eight years. This can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p>Information is not published or held for Coventry businesses. Funding is allocated to support the delivery of the apprenticeship programme rather than specifically for the recruitment of apprentices.</p><p>Additionally in Coventry, in this academic year, the Apprenticeships Support and Knowledge in schools programme has delivered in:</p><ul><li>16 schools/colleges,</li><li>with 43 activities,</li><li>reaching 458 students and 18 teachers.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/07/2018 12:40:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

938496

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he telephoned Dame Martina Milburn to encourage her to apply to be Chair the Social Mobility Commission; how many other people he so encouraged; and what the names are of those people.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	163112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Governance Code on Public Appointments permits ministers and departments to contact potential applicants to encourage them to apply when advertising appointments, provided this is done fairly, openly and transparently. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and officials agreed a shortlist of 11 potential candidate to make aware of the opportunity available to be Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. Four people from this shortlist were telephoned by the Secretary of State, one of whom was Martina Milburn who was called on 16 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to publicly share the names of the other individuals contacted by the Secretary of State as this is personal sensitive information that would identify those individuals without their consent.</p><p> </p><p>The process to appoint a Chair of the Social Mobility Commission was run in accordance of advice from the Cabinet Office and the Department for Education’s Public Appointments team, and fully in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/07/2018 16:01:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

938501

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants were (a) long-listed, (b) shortlisted and (c) interviewed for the position of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission; how many people and who were on the panels to decide on the (i) long-list, (ii) shortlist and (iii) list of interviewees for that position; how many stages of interview took place for that position; and who interviewed the applicants in those interviews.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	163114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The department received 21 applications for the role of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission. Four of these applicants were shortlisted and three of the shortlisted applicant were interviewed after one applicant withdrew.</p><p>The shortlisting and interviews were undertaken by Emran Mian (Director of Social Mobility and Strategy at the Department for Education), Nick Markham (lead non-executive director at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) and Ruby McGregor Smith (non-executive board member at the Department for Education). Both the shortlisting and interview process were carried out in line with guidance from the Centre of Public Appointments.</p><p>One stage of interviews took place for the position and the panel recommended Martina Milburn as an appointable candidate. The government was pleased to announce her as their preferred candidate. The process to appoint a Chair of the Social Mobility Commission was run in accordance with advice from the Cabinet Office and the Department for Education’s Public Appointments team and it was fully in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/07/2018 15:52:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

938529

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the original application process (a) opened and (b) closed for the position of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission; how many people applied for that position before the closure of the original application process; and whether that application process was extended.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	163115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The application process to recruit a Chair of the Social Mobility Commission opened on 5 February 2018 with an original closing date of 25 February 2018. The closing date was subsequently extended to 30 March 2018 to ensure that applications were received from a strong field of candidates. Six applications for the role were received before the closure of the original application process and fifteen were received after the extension to the deadline was made.</p><p>The process to appoint a Chair of the Social Mobility Commission was run in accordance of advice from the Cabinet Office and the Department for Education’s Public Appointments team, and it was fully in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/07/2018 15:51:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

938572

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education
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 put technical courses on parity with academic courses.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	163059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The government is transforming technical education to create a high quality system that meets the skills needs of businesses and is held in the same high esteem as our academic option. 15 prestigious technical routes will set a clear path to skilled employment through reformed apprenticeships and the new flagship T Level programmes. T Levels are a central part of the greatest shake-up of technical education for 70 years and builds on the recommendations made by the Independent Panel on Technical Education, chaired by Lord Sainsbury. They will provide a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels.</p><p>They are, however, just one strand of our ambitious new technical education offer. We also intend to undertake a review of qualifications at Level 3 and below so that those we fund serve a genuine and useful purpose, are of high quality and enable students to progress to meaningful outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 17/07/2018 16:32:01 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

938606

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of whether home-schooled children receive the same level of social and academic education as children attending school.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	163179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The numbers and identities of children educated at home are not collected centrally.</p><p>For that reason it is not possible to make any overall assessment of the education they receive compared with children attending school. The parents of children of compulsory school age are responsible for ensuring that they receive an efficient full-time education suitable to the child’s age, ability, aptitudes and any special educational needs. The government has made it clear that it believes that the majority of parents undertake this task successfully and with enthusiasm. When the home education being provided is not suitable, the local authority has power to intervene. The existing framework for intervention by local authorities is currently under review. The department is now considering the responses made to the recent consultation on revised guidance for local authorities on the most effective use of their powers in relation to home education, and an associated call for evidence, which closed on 2 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/07/2018 15:59:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

938618

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students started a nursing degree apprenticeship in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>There have been 64,830 apprenticeship starts in Health, Public Services and Care, reported to date, in the first three quarters of the 2017 to 2018 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018) in England:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p>We want to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the NHS.</p><p>The registered nurse (degree) apprenticeship standard was approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. To date, there have been 260 starts on the registered nurse (degree) apprenticeship in the 2017 to 2018 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018) in England.</p><p>We have also created a new programme for nursing associate (Level 5 standard approved for delivery on 20 November 2017) apprentices to broaden the routes into the profession. 5,000 starts are planned in 2018, with a further 7,500 in 2019. To date, there have been 640 starts on the nursing associate apprenticeship in the 2017 to 2018 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018) in England.</p><p>We are working closely with employers, Health Education England and ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure the NHS is fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and in a range of other occupations.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/07/2018 13:57:06 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938653

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per pupil has been allocated to schools in (a) Kirklees and (b) Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	163197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The revenue funding allocated for primary and secondary education for each financial year from 2010 to 2018 for Kirklees local authority and Yorkshire and Humber regions are shown in the table. Funding is not allocated separately for primary and secondary pupils.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Revenue amounts allocated for primary and secondary education for each financial year from 2010 to 2018 for Kirklees local authority and Yorkshire and Humber region.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Funding for Schools 2010-18 £ millions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and Humber</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>312.1</p></td><td><p>3,681.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>314.4</p></td><td><p>3,721.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>321.4</p></td><td><p>3,800.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>343.7</p></td><td><p>4,075.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>357.5</p></td><td><p>4,241.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>363.8</p></td><td><p>4,361.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>366.9</p></td><td><p>4,389.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>374.3</p></td><td><p>4,506.7</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>[1] There have been various changes to the way revenue funding has operated over this period, though essentially the above figures cover local government finance settlement for schools, the dedicated schools grant and other revenue grants.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>[2] For 2010-17, primary and secondary pupil numbers in each local authority in England can be found in the local authority tables for each year at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>[3] Data for 2017 to 2018 and onwards will be added to the webpage in due course.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/07/2018 12:50:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

938716

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of permanent exclusions from school as a proportion of the overall school population in each local authority area in each of the last five years where figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	162978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016’ includes numbers and rates of exclusions. The full release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Table 15 of the ‘Local Authority tables: SFR35/2017’ includes a breakdown of exclusion rates for each local authority in England in the 2015/16 academic year. Historic information (from the 2006/07 academic year onwards) is also available in the release’s Underlying data: SFR35/2017 section, in file ‘SFR35_2017_national_region_la_school_data.csv’. The figures can be filtered by the ‘la_name’ column.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/07/2018 16:27:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew