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1522866

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date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofqual: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full time equivalent employees and (b) employees by headcount there are at Ofqual (i) in total and (ii) in each separate directorate of that department, as of 17 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	64058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides details on the number of employees at Ofqual as at 17 October 2022:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Directorate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal, Strategy, Risk and Markets, Communications, Private Office</p></td><td><p>52.6</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Qualifications</p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regulatory and Corporate Services</p></td><td><p>81.5</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standards, Research and Analysis</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational and Technical Qualifications</p></td><td><p>107.7</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ofqual Total</p></td><td><p>327.2</p></td><td><p>338</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 20/10/2022 16:52:51 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1522868

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full time equivalent employees and (b) employees by headcount there are in his Department (i) in total and (ii) in each separate directorate of his Department, as of 17 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	64060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The data on staff numbers working for the Department for Education and its executive agencies, over the last few years, can be found here: <a href="https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/9a5ace56-cf8e-432a-b87b-50d4ba841641/workforce-management-information-department-for-education" target="_blank">https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/9a5ace56-cf8e-432a-b87b-50d4ba841641/workforce-management-information-department-for-education</a>.</p><p>More detailed information on our workforce and structures can be found here: <a href="https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/5a1f3831-86d6-4979-9164-99e982361ca4/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries" target="_blank">https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/5a1f3831-86d6-4979-9164-99e982361ca4/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries</a>.</p><p>The data is taken directly from the Department’s HR system and snapshots are provided monthly for the first link and quarterly for the second. Our resources are routinely reviewed to ensure the Department has the right workforce to respond to changing priorities and different operating models for managing staff. Over the period for which the data has been provided, the responsibilities of the Department has changed considerably.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 64062 question first answered 20/10/2022 16:49:10 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1522869

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) revenue annually managed expenditure, (b) capital annually managed expenditure, (c) revenue departmental expenditure limit and (d) capital departmental expenditure limit is for each directorate within his Department in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	64061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s revenue and capital annually managed expenditure limits and the revenue and capital departmental expenditure limits are published within the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022/23.</p><p>The details of these budgets are given by estimate line, which broadly represent the Department’s main areas of spend.</p><p>The full Main Estimate for 2022/23 can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2022-to-23" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/main-supply-estimates-2022-to-23</a>.</p><p>The Department can be located between pages 63 to 80. Specifically:</p><ul><li>Page 69 - revenue annually managed expenditure</li><li>Page 69 - capital annually managed expenditure</li><li>Page 68 - revenue departmental expenditure limit</li><li>Page 68 - capital departmental expenditure limit.</li></ul><p>In addition, the department also publishes further details of its spend within the Main Estimate Memorandum. Details of which can be accessed here: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22269/documents/164868/default" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22269/documents/164868/default</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 20/10/2022 16:49:04 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1523173

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 22 December 2021 to Question 92909 on Department for Education: Staff, if he will list (a) the directorates within his Department and (b) the (i) staffing in FTE terms, (ii) total headcount and (iii) objectives and responsibilities of each of those directorates, as of 1 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	64062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The data on staff numbers working for the Department for Education and its executive agencies, over the last few years, can be found here: <a href="https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/9a5ace56-cf8e-432a-b87b-50d4ba841641/workforce-management-information-department-for-education" target="_blank">https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/9a5ace56-cf8e-432a-b87b-50d4ba841641/workforce-management-information-department-for-education</a>.</p><p>More detailed information on our workforce and structures can be found here: <a href="https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/5a1f3831-86d6-4979-9164-99e982361ca4/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries" target="_blank">https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/5a1f3831-86d6-4979-9164-99e982361ca4/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries</a>.</p><p>The data is taken directly from the Department’s HR system and snapshots are provided monthly for the first link and quarterly for the second. Our resources are routinely reviewed to ensure the Department has the right workforce to respond to changing priorities and different operating models for managing staff. Over the period for which the data has been provided, the responsibilities of the Department has changed considerably.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 64060 question first answered 20/10/2022 16:49:10 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1522532

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: West Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on improvements to school buildings in West Lancashire constituency in the period between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	63177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has allocated over £13 billion in condition funding since 2015 for improving the condition of school buildings, including £1.8 billion in the 2021/22 financial year.</p><p>Schools and those responsible for school buildings receive condition funding through different routes depending upon their size and type. Local authorities, large academy trusts and large voluntary aided bodies receive school condition allocations (SCA) to invest in their schools. In addition, devolved formula capital (DFC) is allocated for individual schools and other eligible institutions to spend on capital projects that meet their own priorities.</p><p>As investment of these allocations is determined at a local level, and many responsible bodies, such as large academy trusts, cut across local boundaries, it is not possible to break total spend down to constituency level. However, allocations of SCA and DFC for the 2021/22 financial year can be accessed here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210701004626/https:/www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2021-to-2022-financial-year" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210701004626/https:/www.gov.uk/guidance/school-capital-funding#funding-allocations-for-the-2021-to-2022-financial-year</a>.</p><p>Schools not part of bodies eligible for SCA are instead eligible to bid to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF). Annual bidding rounds for CIF are launched in the autumn and the outcomes are announced in the following spring. CIF funding is released in phased payments as work progresses. For CIF, the Department does not track monthly expenditure by constituency. The Department publishes final CIF funding amounts on individual projects only once all projects in an annual round have completed, for commercial reasons.</p><p>In addition to allocations, the School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) will rebuild or refurbish buildings at 500 schools over the next decade. 161 schools have been confirmed to date and details, including contract values once available ,are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-2022-to-2023-approved-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-2022-to-2023-approved-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 19/10/2022 16:46:33 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1522565

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full time equivalent employees and (b) employees by headcount there are at each of the executive non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible as of 14 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	63189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The table below provides details on the number of employees for each of the Department’s executive non-departmental public bodies as at 14 October 2022.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td><p>Number of employees (Full Time Equivalent)</p></td><td><p>Number of employees (Headcount)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction Industry Training Board</p></td><td><p>613</p></td><td><p>627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering Construction Industry Training Board</p></td><td><p>81.3</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education</p></td><td><p>289.06</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LocatED</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oak National Academy</p></td><td><p>34.18</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Students</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Children’s Commissioner</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Work England</p></td><td><p>240.8</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Student Loans Company</p></td><td><p>3,103</p></td><td><p>3,241</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 19/10/2022 16:05:22 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1521898

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Oak National Academy: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the definition of independent in the Articles of Association for Oak National Academy, what is meant by independent in the reference to the independent non-executive director in section nine of the Framework Agreement for the Oak National Academy; and whether an independent person in this context would be someone who is not an (a) officer, (b) employee or (c) member of the Department for Education.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	62801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Articles of Association of Oak National Academy, ‘Independent Director’ means “a Director of the Company who is not an officer, employee or member of the Department for Education.”</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/10/2022 10:31:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1521956

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance on the Condition Improvement Fund updated on 13 October 2022, and the availability of loans for academies & sixth form colleges, what the total current value of loans taken out by (a) academies and (b) sixth form colleges was under the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	62802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Over £4 billion of funding in total has been awarded to Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) projects over the eight annual rounds since the programme launched CIF 2015/16.</p><p>As a proportion of that overall funding, over the eight CIF rounds, academies have taken out (or committed to take out) loans totalling £77,226,874. Sixth form colleges have taken out (or committed to take out) CIF loans totalling £1,421,165.</p><p>The largest single loan taken out by an academy since the CIF programme began was £1,800,000 (a CIF 2015/16 project) and by a sixth form college was £750,000 (also a CIF 2015-16 project).</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 62803 question first answered 21/10/2022 10:41:11 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1521957

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance on the Condition Improvement Fund, updated on 13 October 2022, and the availability of loans for academies and sixth form colleges, what the largest single loan was that any (a) academy (b) sixth form college has taken out under the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	62803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>Over £4 billion of funding in total has been awarded to Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) projects over the eight annual rounds since the programme launched CIF 2015/16.</p><p>As a proportion of that overall funding, over the eight CIF rounds, academies have taken out (or committed to take out) loans totalling £77,226,874. Sixth form colleges have taken out (or committed to take out) CIF loans totalling £1,421,165.</p><p>The largest single loan taken out by an academy since the CIF programme began was £1,800,000 (a CIF 2015/16 project) and by a sixth form college was £750,000 (also a CIF 2015-16 project).</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 62802 question first answered 21/10/2022 10:41:11 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1521958

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Condition Improvement Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance on the Condition Improvement Fund, updated on 13 October 2022, and the availability of loans for academies and sixth form colleges, how schools and colleges will be required to demonstrate commitment to a proposed condition improvement scheme other than through seeking to take a loan from the CIF as set out on page 39 of the Information for Applicants.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	62804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>There is no obligation on schools to take out a Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) loan or provide a contribution towards a CIF project from financial reserves.</p><p>CIF loans are an option available for all or part of the funding for any CIF project. Applicants can choose the size of any loan and a timescale of up to 10 years over which they may repay.</p><p>Applicants may receive between one and six points in the CIF project assessment if they provide a contribution from their existing funds, third party funding or take out a CIF loan.</p><p>Providing a financial contribution or taking out a CIF loan does not expedite the CIF application. The funding sources score contributes to the overall score of the bid. It is the overall score that decides whether a bid is successful, not the level of any contribution provided. The main consideration for applicants should be on achieving a high overall score by evidencing high condition need, strong cost certainty and detailed project delivery planning. The final consideration should be about whether a contribution is affordable and whether a small number of additional points can be achieved from making one.</p><p>Encouraging schools and trusts to take out a repayable CIF loan or make a contribution from reserves, helps ensure they are engaged in delivering value for money projects and maximises the amount of work the fund can support each year.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis grouped question UIN 62805 question first answered 21/10/2022 10:26:54 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson