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1039052

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 170708 and the Written Statement of 24 July 2018 on Local Growth, HLWS898, if he will publish the proposed timeline for the consultation on the Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	207170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We intend to publish the public consultation on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund shortly. Over the past year the Government has conducted a series of engagement events across the UK, which have provided a crucial opportunity for interested parties to provide their views on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2019 16:04:32 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038907

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals from the UK's screen industries and others for reform of the apprenticeship levy to increase the numbers of skilled new entrants needed to meet demand.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grade of Yarmouth
	uin	HL12744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>​Apprenticeships offer businesses in the screen industries an opportunity to make a long-term, sustainable investment in training and promote diversity in the workforce.</p><p>We have already responded to feedback from businesses by introducing flexibilities in our funding rules. This includes increasing the time for employers to spend their levy funds from 18 to 24 months and raising the transfer cap from 10% to 25% this year. Levy-paying employers will be able to transfer funds to as many smaller employers or charities as they wish, in order to support the development of skills in their supply chain or respond to skills shortages in their sector. In the Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer also announced up to £240 million of additional funds to halve apprenticeship training costs for smaller employers. We continue to keep all aspects of apprenticeship funding policy under review.</p><p>​We recognise that co-ordinating and delivering apprenticeship training can be a challenge for smaller employers in the screen industries. We are working closely with Screen Skills in response to their report in order to explore how employers can take advantage of flexible delivery of off-the-job training including, potentially, through Apprenticeship Training Agencies. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has a £2 million funding package under the creative industries sector deal, which includes support for employers to help them accelerate the development of up to 20 new apprenticeship standards. DCMS will work with the Institute for Apprenticeships to identify skills gaps and understand how the apprenticeship programme can support the priorities identified in the Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 21/01/2019 15:17:50 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4228 label Biography information for Lord Grade of Yarmouth

1038996

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	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 people that have completed an adult education course in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below contains the number of achievements in further education and skills for adults (19 and over) in further education for Coventry, the West Midlands and England since 2010/11 academic year. This table also includes a further breakdown on the number of achievements in apprenticeships, which fall within further education.</p><p><strong>Adult (19+) number of achievements in further education since 2010/11</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of achievements in further education</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of achievements of which in apprenticeships</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>The West Midlands</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>The West Midlands</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>15,190</p></td><td><p>246,150</p></td><td><p>2,265,100</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>13,310</p></td><td><p>116,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>15,490</p></td><td><p>238,870</p></td><td><p>2,258,500</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p>20,930</p></td><td><p>180,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>17,490</p></td><td><p>264,740</p></td><td><p>2,453,900</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>23,060</p></td><td><p>192,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16,410</p></td><td><p>246,130</p></td><td><p>2,265,000</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>24,190</p></td><td><p>190,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14,390</p></td><td><p>212,160</p></td><td><p>1,983,200</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td><td><p>23,370</p></td><td><p>189,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td><td><p>176,260</p></td><td><p>1,694,500</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td><td><p>25,010</p></td><td><p>198,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10,790</p></td><td><p>168,310</p></td><td><p>1,578,900</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>24,560</p></td><td><p>201,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>11,070</p></td><td><p>167,960</p></td><td><p>1,574,000</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>25,610</p></td><td><p>203,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1) Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years due to a change in data collection since the introduction of the Single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data collection system.</p><p>2) Academic year runs from August to July.</p><p>3) This table contains further education data which includes Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning, and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges, and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</p><p>4) Figures are based on learners that were funded through the government.</p><p>5) England totals have been rounded to the nearest 100, other figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>6) The data source is the ILR.</p><p>7) Region and local authority are based upon the home postcode of the learner. England total includes learners in England but with home postcodes unknown or outside England.</p><p>8) This data is published in the further education data library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/01/2019 17:07:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1039002

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	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 total cost to the public purse of teacher training bursaries awarded in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount of teacher training bursary funding paid from academic year 2010/11 to 2016/17 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training Bursary funding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£149,453,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£51,096,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£138,512,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£136,418,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£144,897,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£172,997,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£199,747,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Training bursary spend has varied according to the bursaries offered and the number of trainee teachers recruited. These figures do not include any reconciliation activity completed at the end of each academic year. The lower spend in academic year 2011/12 was due to bursaries being offered in fewer subjects.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for academic year 2017/18 spending will be available following completion of our assurance procedures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2019 17:19:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1039013

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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, with reference to his oral contribution of 17 December 2018, Official Report Column 509, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 30 November 2018 presentation by the Institute for Apprenticeships at Exeter College citing the projected £500 million overspend on the apprenticeship levy budget.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	207232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) is a non-departmental public body, independent of government. The IfA are considering whether it would be appropriate to publish the presentation given at Exeter College on 30 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/01/2019 18:00:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1039014

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 202058 on apprentices: finance, by what means his Department controls expenditure in a demand-led apprenticeship programme; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent an overspend in each of the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	207233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The departmental budget for spending on apprenticeships in England from 2015-16 to 2019-20 was set initially in the 2015 Spending Review, based on forecast demand and considering factors such as historical start levels.</p><p>Funding bands set the maximum that government will contribute towards the training and assessment costs of an individual apprenticeship and are set to achieve high-quality delivery while securing value for money. The Institute for Apprenticeships makes regular recommendations on the pricing of standards, and in 2018 we introduced additional funding bands to ensure that all standards are funded at the appropriate level.</p><p>We also set the amount of funding available for supporting non-levy payers, which is delivered through contracts with training providers: currently government pays 90% of training and assessment costs and 100% for the smallest employers who take on 16 to 18 year olds. We have awarded funding totalling more than £500 million to providers across the country between January 2018 and March 2019. This  includes more than £70 million growth funding.</p><p>We constantly monitor levels of spend and forecast demand and consider the overall budget position, including as part of the wider departmental position.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/01/2019 16:46:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1039015

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support schools in educating students about the dangers of knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>In April 2018 the Government published the Serious Violence Strategy. It set out action being taken to address serious violence, and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. The strategy set out 61 commitments from Government, including new legislation in the Offensive Weapons Bill to strengthen police capability, and working with young people to encourage them to take up positive activities rather than get involved in crime.</p><p>Alongside the legislative measures in the Bill the Government is taking forward a number of other actions, including a national knife crime media campaign, “#knifefree”, to raise awareness of the consequences of knife crime and discourage young people from carrying knives. As part of this, the Home Office have created a “#knifefree” resource for teachers.</p><p>The Department is also making Relationships Education compulsory in primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education compulsory in secondary schools. These subjects will help young people understand safe, respectful and positive relationships and appropriate ways of resolving conflict, including that resorting to violence is never right. The Department is currently considering the responses to the recent consultation on the draft regulations and guidance for the new subjects, and expect to publish the response and lay regulations in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2019 16:26:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1039037

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Midwives: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid in (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance loans with respect to students undertaking undergraduate midwifery courses (a) in total and (b) on average per student midwife in each academic year since 2016-17; and what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of such loans that will be repaid by people who received them.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	207301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the loans paid to students on higher education courses is published annually by the Student Loans Company in the statistics publication Student Support for Higher Education in England.</p><p><a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of these statistics by subject of study is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of student loans not expected to be repaid is published annually by the department in the statistics publication Student Loan Forecasts, England.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of these statistics by subject of study is not available.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2019 17:58:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1039050

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with educational psychologists on the effect of reception baseline assessments on infant mental health.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	207169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) are working with the department to develop and deliver the reception baseline assessment (RBA). NFER have been developing assessments for over 70 years, and all aspects of the RBA design are informed by an evidence base of early years research. As we move forward with the development and piloting of the assessment, the department will continue to work very closely with the sector to ensure we get the experience right for pupils.</p><p>The department is confident that the assessment will not be stressful or upsetting for children. It will be teacher-mediated and carried out one-to-one with the child using age-appropriate resources that they can handle and manipulate, lasting around 20 minutes. It will be similar to the on-entry assessments that schools already carry out in the reception year.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/01/2019 17:11:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1039061

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Exclusions Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Timpson school exclusions review is planned to report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	207308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>In March 2018, the Government launched an externally-led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review is exploring how head teachers use exclusion, and why pupils with particular characteristics are more likely to be excluded from school. It is also considering the differences in exclusion rates across primary and secondary schools in England.</p><p>The review has gathered substantial evidence, including over 900 submissions to the call for evidence. Edward Timpson has also chaired a series of roundtables and the review has met with over 100 organisations and individuals, including schools, local authorities, parents and children.</p><p>The review will report in early 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2019 16:59:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh