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1063618

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which schools in Ashfield constituency meet all eight Gatsby benchmarks for careers education.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	222605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation developed Compass, a free online tool that helps schools to evaluate and monitor improvements in their careers provision against the Gatsby benchmarks, which is now used by over 3,000 schools and colleges.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company collects this information, which is published annually at a national level. The 2018 ‘State of the Nation’ report provides an updated assessment of progress, based on the Compass results of 3,092 schools and colleges. It shows that benchmark engagement and performance have both improved:</p><ul><li>There are now five times more schools and colleges assessing themselves against the benchmarks since 2017, and ten times more than in 2014.</li><li>The average school or college is now fully achieving 2.13 benchmarks, up from 1.87 in 2017 and 1.34 in 2014.</li><li>21 schools and colleges (0.7%) are now meeting all eight of the benchmarks.</li></ul><p>The report is available to view at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/stateofthenation" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/stateofthenation</a>.</p><p>A good way to highlight the importance of the Gatsby Benchmarks is for individual MPs to contact the schools in their constituency.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:54:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1063619

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage schools in (a) Ashfield and (b) Nottinghamshire to become part of a Careers Hub.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	222606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy committed to testing “Careers Hubs” in 20 areas. Careers Hubs comprise of up to 40 local schools and colleges working together with universities, training providers, employers and careers professionals to improve careers education.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2018 the Secretary of State announced the government would test Careers Hubs in a further 20 areas. This will bring the total amount of government investment in Careers Hubs to £7.5 million. Applications are being accepted for the second wave of Careers Hubs until 22 February 2019. The standard model is for Local Enterprise Partnerships and Combined Authorities to coordinate bids in partnership with named schools and colleges. However, in any places where the Local Enterprise Partnership or Combined Authority does not wish to bid, we will welcome bids from other groups of 20-40 schools and colleges who wish to come together.</p><p> </p><p>To support all interested groups in applying for the second wave of Careers Hubs, The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company produced a ‘Careers Hub Prospectus’. This can be found on The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company website at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/bid-become-hub" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/bid-become-hub</a>. Regional Leads from The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company have also been in touch with potential bidders to offer guidance on how to interpret the prospectus.</p><p> </p><p>Successful applications for the second wave of Hubs will be notified by mid-April and will be operational from September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 18:00:04 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1063620

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost is for an adult to re-sit a GCSE in (a) maths and (b) English language; and whether (i) funding for re-sitting is available to providers or (ii) the cost of re-sitting has to be paid by learners.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	222607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>We provide full funding up to and including Level 2 English and maths for adults aged 19 and above, including those who are employed, who do not have a GCSE grade 4, grade C, or higher. This is a legal entitlement as set out in the Apprenticeships, Skills and Children’s Learning Act 2009. Funding for these qualifications is provided through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), paragraphs 171 to 177 of the AEB funding rules for 2018 to 2019 gives further information on eligibility and entitlements, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>If a learner wants to ‘retake’ their GCSE English and maths qualification because they did not achieve a grade 4 or higher (C or higher), then we will not fund the learner to re-sit the exam only. We will, however, fully fund the learner if they complete the learning programme again before retaking the exam.</p><p> </p><p>Learners wishing to ‘retake’ their English and maths qualification only, will need to approach their provider who can check with the relevant awarding organisation that private candidates are accepted and what fee will be charged.</p><p> </p><p>Providers, in receipt of an AEB allocation, will receive £811 if they deliver English and maths GCSEs to adults aged 19 and above. Further information can be found via the AEB: Funding rates and formula 2018 to 2019, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rates-and-formula-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rates-and-formula-2018-to-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:56:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1063622

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers have run courses for adults to resit GCSE maths and English language in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	222609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The attached table contains the number of providers where adult (19+) learners are participating in GCSE English or maths courses in the Ashfield constituency and Nottinghamshire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:57:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 222609_Providers_with_adult_learners_in_GCSE_English_or_Maths.xls title 222609_Providers_with_adult_learners_in_GCSE_
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1063669

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged 16-19 were not in employment, education or training in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency, (b) Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority and (c) the North West of England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	222656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Figures for the number of people aged 16-19 not in employment, education or training (NEET) are not available at unitary authority or constituency level.</p><p>The Department for Education’s definitive estimates for young people aged 16-18 NEET in England are published in the National Statistics release ‘Participation in education, training and employment’. This can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet</a>. These estimates cannot be disaggregated to lower level geographies.</p><p>The Department for Education also publishes estimates for England and the English regions based on quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) data. However, due to sample size limitations in the LFS data, it is not possible to produce reliable estimates at unitary authority or constituency level.</p><p>Local authority level NEET estimates for England are published annually as transparency data from the department’s National Client Caseload Information System (NCCIS). For young people aged 16-17, local authorities are required to monitor the extent to which they are meeting their duty to participate in education or training through the NCCIS and figures for 2016/17 and 2017/18 are provided in the table attached. Prior to 2016/17, young people aged 18 were also tracked by local authorities and figures for 2013/14 to 2015/16 are also provided in the table attached.</p><p>It should also be noted that there is a break in the time series as figures prior to 2016/17 had an adjustment applied to the NEET figures to include those whose activity was not known who were likely to be NEET. Post 2016/17 this adjustment was no longer applied and the NEET figures include all people whose activity was not known (in order to incentivise local authorities to better track their young people); as a result, these figures should be interpreted with caution.</p><p>Estimates for academic year 2017/18 are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-and-participation-local-authority-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-and-participation-local-authority-figures</a>.</p><p>Data prior to 2018 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a>.</p><p>Also available are national statistics showing the destinations of pupils after key stage 4 (i.e. year 11, usually aged 16) and key stage 5 (after A levels or other level 3 qualifications, usually aged 18). See <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-ks4-and-ks5-pupils-2017</a>.</p><p>This release shows the proportion of students staying in education or going into employment or an apprenticeship for at least 2 terms. It also shows the percentage of students who do not sustain their activity and can be used as an approximation for numbers NEET. Time series data by local authority and parliamentary constituency covering destination years 2010/11 to 2016/17 is available as part of the additional and underlying data from the statistics page.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/02/2019 15:38:57 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 222656_NCCIS_Estimates_of_NEET_for_Cheshire_and_North_West.pdf title 222656_NCCIS_Estimates_of_NEET_for_Cheshire
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1063715

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	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 businesses in taking on apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	222813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Apprenticeships offer businesses of all sizes an opportunity to make a sustainable investment in the training they need to grow and prosper.</p><p>For businesses with fewer than 50 employees who take on apprentices aged 16-18 (or up to the age of 24 for care leavers), the government meets the full cost of training. All organisations who do not pay the apprenticeship levy benefit from very generous funding from government, which will rise to 95% of the cost of training and assessment in 2019.</p><p>The new apprenticeships marketing campaign, Fire it Up, aims to increase the number of apprenticeship vacancies offered by employers, and incorporates a website featuring case studies from small businesses and information on the funding support available. It will continue to support employers to create new vacancies and publicise these on the ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ website.</p><p>Small businesses are also able to benefit from transfers of apprenticeship levy funds, which enable levy-paying employers to use up to 10% of their annual levy funds (up to 25% from April 2019) to support apprenticeship starts in their supply chain or to meet local skills shortages.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/02/2019 13:36:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063765

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of independent schools in England do not meet his Department's independent school standards.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	222700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to say how many independent schools are not meeting the standards at any one time. Meeting the standards is a condition of continued registration as an independent school, but the principal means of ascertaining compliance is through the inspection system.</p><p>Independent schools are normally inspected every 3 years and more often if they have been found not to be meeting the standards, until they improve. Therefore, at any one time, a particular school may be awaiting inspection and may or may not be meeting the standards or be under regulatory action and in the process of achieving compliance once again.</p><p>A statement on the regulation of independent schools is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulating-independent-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulating-independent-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:54:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1063783

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to schools and colleges through the large programme uplift in each year since its introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	222718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The total funding allocated for the large programme uplift since its introduction in the 16 to 19 funding formula in 2016/17 has been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Large Programme Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£8.14 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£7.75 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£7.24 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:56:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1063796

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels: Work Experience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the supply of T-level industry placements in the science sector.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	222731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>It is important that employers from all industries are supported to deliver industry placements. We believe employers will benefit from offering industry placements, but recognise that this is a big change given the scale needed. We have already worked with a number of employers, including those from the science sector, to identify the main barriers and challenges to delivering industry placements. We also learnt more about these and the type of support that employers need from the industry placements pilot evaluation. As a result, we have invested £5 million into the National Apprenticeship Service to raise awareness and promote industry placements through their employer networks. This will include creating a streamlined ‘matchmaking’ service putting employers in touch with providers in their area.</p><p>We are also considering what additional support employers require on a route by route basis to effectively plan and implement industry placements. Equally, we recognise that different placement models might be needed to accommodate different industries, students and locations. We have been carrying out extensive stakeholder engagement across different challenging industries, including employers from the science sector, to ensure industry placement policy generates placements that are meaningful, reflective of current industry practice and meet the needs of employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/02/2019 12:21:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1063797

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: T-levels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students will be able to progress from a science T-level to a laboratory technician apprenticeship incorporating a level 4 qualification.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	222732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>With additional teaching hours and a meaningful industry placement, we are confident that T levels will give students the knowledge and skills needed to get a skilled job, either immediately or after higher technical education (for example an appropriate level 4 apprenticeship where it is offered by an employer). The outline content for the Science T level has been developed by a panel of employers and other experts (including GlaxoSmithKline and the Royal Society of Chemistry), who have defined the skills needed to give students the best chance of progressing to a relevant job or higher level study, including a laboratory technician apprenticeship.</p><p>T levels in Science, Healthcare Science and Health will roll out from September 2021. We recently launched the expression of interest process for providers wishing to deliver T levels in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/02/2019 12:20:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe