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1054021

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase the quality of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
uin	908970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>New industry-designed standards are driving up quality, such as the project management apprenticeship developed by employers. We have increased off-the-job training and introduced rigorous end-point assessments so apprentices are occupationally competent. We’ve also strengthened the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers giving employers confidence apprentices will receive high-quality training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 908973 question first answered 04/02/2019 17:13:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

1054022

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent comparative assessment he has made of education funding in England and in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	908971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The most recent OECD data shows that the UK spent at least as much per pupil on state school education as any other G7 nation, apart from the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 908976 question first answered 04/02/2019 16:57:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1054023

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to strengthen the teaching profession.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	908972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>On 28 January 2019 we launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy.</p><p>Designed collaboratively with the education sector, the centrepiece of the strategy is the Early Career Framework, which will underpin a fully-funded, two-year package of structured support for all teachers in the first two years of their career.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/02/2019 16:58:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1054024

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase the quality of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	908973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>New industry-designed standards are driving up quality, such as the project management apprenticeship developed by employers. We have increased off-the-job training and introduced rigorous end-point assessments so apprentices are occupationally competent. We’ve also strengthened the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers giving employers confidence apprentices will receive high-quality training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 908970 question first answered 04/02/2019 17:13:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

1054025

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Teaching Methods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of teaching early literacy through phonics.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	908974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>There is a significant body of evidence that demonstrates that systematic phonics is a highly effective method for teaching early reading. According to the Education Endowment Foundation, phonics approaches have been consistently found to be effective in supporting younger readers to master the basics of reading, with an average impact of an additional 4 months’ progress. Research suggests that phonics is particularly beneficial for younger pupils (4 to 7 year-olds) as they begin to read. Teaching phonics is more effective on average than other approaches to early reading (such as whole language or alphabetic approaches).</p><p>The Department is investing £26 million in a national network of English hubs to support local schools in developing their teaching practice, with a focus on systematic phonics. We are also funding 6 Phonics Partnerships and a series of Phonics Roadshows, to spread good practice and improve phonics teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/02/2019 17:00:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1054026

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to raise educational standards in schools.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	908975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have reformed the national curriculum, GCSEs and A levels to set world-class standards across all subjects.</p><p>We have also committed to 75% of pupils in state-funded mainstream schools studying the EBacc combination of core academic subjects by September 2022 and 90% by September 2025.</p><p>The attainment gap between those from disadvantaged backgrounds and other pupils has fallen by 13% in primary schools and 9.5% at Key Stage 4 since 2011.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/02/2019 17:01:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1054027

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent comparative assessment he has made of education funding in England and in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	908976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The most recent OECD data shows that the UK spent at least as much per pupil on state school education as any other G7 nation, apart from the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 908971 question first answered 04/02/2019 16:57:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1054028

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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	What steps he is taking to ensure that (a) academies and (b) local authority maintained schools comply with section 2 of the Further Education and Technical Act 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	908969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Inviting providers of technical education into schools is vital to give all pupils a full picture of their options. We are writing to local authorities to make sure that schools comply.</p><p>We have written to the largest multi academy trusts currently not meeting the duty, reminding them what is required, and will take further action if we have evidence schools are still not complying.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/02/2019 17:29:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1052260

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Flags
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions and dates the flag of the EU has been flown above 10 Downing Street since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	215221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>None</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 04/02/2019 16:09:49 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1050497

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of an international graduate and alumni strategy to support international students’ employment opportunities in their home country to boost UK soft power, research, trade and engagement with alumni by universities, business and government.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	214020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government fully recognises the important economic and cultural contribution that EU and international students make to the UK’s higher education sector. We want that contribution to continue and we are confident – given the world class quality of our higher education sector – that it will.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains a highly attractive destination for non-EU students, with their numbers remaining at record highs – over 170,000 non-EU entrants to UK higher education institutions for the seventh year running. The UK is a world-leading destination for study, with four universities in the world’s top 10 and 16 in the top 100 – second only to the USA. We actively promote study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and to over 100 countries through the British Council.</p><p> </p><p>The government announced on 21 January that the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade will produce an international education strategy in early 2019. The strategy will set out the government’s ambition for international education, and plans to support the sector in driving growth in education exports. This will include making sure we optimise our position in the market for international students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/02/2019 16:26:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma