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1489041

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the success rate of applications to the Turing Scheme by disadvantaged pupils and students from each (1) sector of the education system, and (2) region.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL1729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/08/2022 answer text <p>The success rate of schools applying to participate in the Turing Scheme over the two years the scheme has operated are:</p><ul><li>2021/22 academic year: 131 schools applied, 114 were successful, 87% success rate, which equated to 5,139 individual student placements.</li><li>2022/23 academic year: 157 schools applied, 70 were successful, 45% success rate, which equated to 4,721 individual student placements.</li></ul><p>The Turing Scheme is demand-led and competitive. There has been significant interest in the Turing Scheme this year, with many more applications than last year. All successful applications received funding, but may not have received their full requested budget due to high demand.</p><p>Successful applications are required to score at least 50 marks out of 100, and at least 50% in each of four qualitative criteria which are:</p><ul><li>Global Britain</li><li>Levelling up</li><li>Positive impact and value for money</li><li>Project planning</li></ul><p> </p><p>All applications were independently assessed by sector experts, who ensured all successful projects met the quality standards required. 70 applications failed on the levelling up criterion. Others had less well-developed projects. This could be due to some of those applicants having less experience in designing projects of this type and securing funding for them. 67% of applicants for the 2022/23 academic year were new applicants, and 71% of applicants that failed were new applicants.</p><p>The Turing Scheme has a strong focus on supporting levelling up by providing opportunities for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. In the 2021/22 academic year, 48% of 41,000 approved placements for all sectors, which includes schools, further education/vocational education and training, (FE/VET) and higher education (HE), were for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. 52% of 38,000 approved placements for all sectors in the 2022/23 academic year are for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Turing Scheme uses a range of measures based on sector standards across the UK to define what we mean by participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. These are listed in full on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/about/widening-access/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/about/widening-access/</a>.</p><p>The tables below show the percentage of placements allocated for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds, by sector, for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Placements by sector for the 2021/22 academic year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FE/VET</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. of participants</p></td><td><p>28,997</p></td><td><p>6,888</p></td><td><p>5,139</p></td><td><p>41,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>13,817</p></td><td><p>3,843</p></td><td><p>2,053</p></td><td><p>19,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>47.6%</p></td><td><p>55.8%</p></td><td><p>39.9%</p></td><td><p>48.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Placements by sector for the 2022/23 academic year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FE/VET</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. of participants</p></td><td><p>23,986</p></td><td><p>9,605</p></td><td><p>4,721</p></td><td><p>38,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>12,356</p></td><td><p>5,554</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>19,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A full regional breakdown of schools, FE/VET, and HE is provided on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/funding-opportunities/funding-results-2022-23/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/funding-opportunities/funding-results-2022-23/</a>. Data is subject to change until grant agreements are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1728 HL1730 question first answered 16/08/2022 15:12:53 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1418474

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 27 January (HL Deb col 434), which countries outside the EU accounted for the 60 per cent of applications for the Turing Scheme in 2020–21.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL5787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>Data on Erasmus+ is produced by the European Union. Mobility breakdowns across countries and activities can be found in EU annual reports and factsheets here: <a href="https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets" target="_blank">https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/resources-and-tools/statistics-and-factsheets</a> and <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/assets/eac/factsheets/factsheet-uk-2020_en.html" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/assets/eac/factsheets/factsheet-uk-2020_en.html</a>. According to this data, in academic year 2019/20, 16,596 students from UK higher education institutions participated in Erasmus+.</p><p>Under the Turing Scheme, providers successfully applied for funding to cover over 41,000 individual placements overseas across the academic year 2020/2021. This included over 28,000 in higher education, over 6,000 in further education and vocational education and training and over 5,000 in schools. Further information on eligibility is available in the programme guide here: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/news/the-programme-guide-is-now-available/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/news/the-programme-guide-is-now-available/</a>.</p><p>As the 41,000 placements in academic year 2020/21 relates to planned activity, and the type and duration of mobilities will vary under the Turing and Erasmus+ Schemes, an immediate direct comparison of the figures cannot be made. A fuller evaluation is being planned to accurately compare figures from both programmes.</p><p>Current eligible durations for activity are as follows:</p><ul><li>Higher education: 4 weeks to 12 months.</li><li>Further education and vocational education and training: 2 weeks to 12 months. Minimum durations can be 5 days for those with educational needs and/or disabilities and 1-10 days for participants attending skills competitions abroad.</li><li>Schools: short term placements can last between 3 days to 2 months and long-term placements can last between 2 months and 6 months.</li></ul><p>To address the ongoing impact of COVID-19, universities, colleges and schools can adjust plans for activities taking place this academic year if needed. The Turing Scheme is offering flexibility to change the duration, destination and timing of placements. Turing Scheme projects, however, cannot be extended past 31 August 2022 in accordance with government spending requirements.</p><p>Due to the fact that many providers are changing plans for activities because of COVID-19, this will have an impact on the actual placements that take place. More data on durations will be published once the 2021/22 academic year concludes.</p><p>From successful applications for the first year of the Turing Scheme, over 150 destinations across the globe were included in plans for placements overseas. Over 60% of activity was planned to take place in countries outside of the EU. A detailed breakdown of each destination, including those outside the EU, can be found on the funding results page on the Turing Scheme website here: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/project-community/funding-results/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/project-community/funding-results/</a>.</p><p>All destinations successfully applied for in higher education can be found here: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Proposed-Destinations-of-Funded-Higher-Education-Turing-Scheme-Participants-in-2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Proposed-Destinations-of-Funded-Higher-Education-Turing-Scheme-Participants-in-2021.pdf</a>.</p><p>All destinations successfully applied for in vocational education and training and further education can be found here: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Proposed-Destinations-of-Funded-Further-Education-and-Vocational-Education-and-Training-Turing-Scheme-Participants-in-2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Proposed-Destinations-of-Funded-Further-Education-and-Vocational-Education-and-Training-Turing-Scheme-Participants-in-2021.pdf</a>.</p><p>All destinations successfully applied for in Schools can be found here: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Proposed-Destinations-of-Funded-Turing-Scheme-Schools-Participants-in-2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Proposed-Destinations-of-Funded-Turing-Scheme-Schools-Participants-in-2021.pdf</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL5786 HL5788 question first answered 09/02/2022 16:34:45 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1489040

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the success rate of schools applying to participate in the Turing Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL1728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/08/2022 answer text <p>The success rate of schools applying to participate in the Turing Scheme over the two years the scheme has operated are:</p><ul><li>2021/22 academic year: 131 schools applied, 114 were successful, 87% success rate, which equated to 5,139 individual student placements.</li><li>2022/23 academic year: 157 schools applied, 70 were successful, 45% success rate, which equated to 4,721 individual student placements.</li></ul><p>The Turing Scheme is demand-led and competitive. There has been significant interest in the Turing Scheme this year, with many more applications than last year. All successful applications received funding, but may not have received their full requested budget due to high demand.</p><p>Successful applications are required to score at least 50 marks out of 100, and at least 50% in each of four qualitative criteria which are:</p><ul><li>Global Britain</li><li>Levelling up</li><li>Positive impact and value for money</li><li>Project planning</li></ul><p> </p><p>All applications were independently assessed by sector experts, who ensured all successful projects met the quality standards required. 70 applications failed on the levelling up criterion. Others had less well-developed projects. This could be due to some of those applicants having less experience in designing projects of this type and securing funding for them. 67% of applicants for the 2022/23 academic year were new applicants, and 71% of applicants that failed were new applicants.</p><p>The Turing Scheme has a strong focus on supporting levelling up by providing opportunities for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. In the 2021/22 academic year, 48% of 41,000 approved placements for all sectors, which includes schools, further education/vocational education and training, (FE/VET) and higher education (HE), were for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. 52% of 38,000 approved placements for all sectors in the 2022/23 academic year are for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Turing Scheme uses a range of measures based on sector standards across the UK to define what we mean by participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. These are listed in full on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/about/widening-access/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/about/widening-access/</a>.</p><p>The tables below show the percentage of placements allocated for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds, by sector, for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Placements by sector for the 2021/22 academic year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FE/VET</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. of participants</p></td><td><p>28,997</p></td><td><p>6,888</p></td><td><p>5,139</p></td><td><p>41,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>13,817</p></td><td><p>3,843</p></td><td><p>2,053</p></td><td><p>19,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>47.6%</p></td><td><p>55.8%</p></td><td><p>39.9%</p></td><td><p>48.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Placements by sector for the 2022/23 academic year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FE/VET</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. of participants</p></td><td><p>23,986</p></td><td><p>9,605</p></td><td><p>4,721</p></td><td><p>38,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>12,356</p></td><td><p>5,554</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>19,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A full regional breakdown of schools, FE/VET, and HE is provided on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/funding-opportunities/funding-results-2022-23/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/funding-opportunities/funding-results-2022-23/</a>. Data is subject to change until grant agreements are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1729 HL1730 question first answered 16/08/2022 15:12:53 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1489042

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Turing Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the regional breakdown of successful applications to the Turing Scheme from (1) schools, (2) further education, and (3) universities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL1730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/08/2022 answer text <p>The success rate of schools applying to participate in the Turing Scheme over the two years the scheme has operated are:</p><ul><li>2021/22 academic year: 131 schools applied, 114 were successful, 87% success rate, which equated to 5,139 individual student placements.</li><li>2022/23 academic year: 157 schools applied, 70 were successful, 45% success rate, which equated to 4,721 individual student placements.</li></ul><p>The Turing Scheme is demand-led and competitive. There has been significant interest in the Turing Scheme this year, with many more applications than last year. All successful applications received funding, but may not have received their full requested budget due to high demand.</p><p>Successful applications are required to score at least 50 marks out of 100, and at least 50% in each of four qualitative criteria which are:</p><ul><li>Global Britain</li><li>Levelling up</li><li>Positive impact and value for money</li><li>Project planning</li></ul><p> </p><p>All applications were independently assessed by sector experts, who ensured all successful projects met the quality standards required. 70 applications failed on the levelling up criterion. Others had less well-developed projects. This could be due to some of those applicants having less experience in designing projects of this type and securing funding for them. 67% of applicants for the 2022/23 academic year were new applicants, and 71% of applicants that failed were new applicants.</p><p>The Turing Scheme has a strong focus on supporting levelling up by providing opportunities for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. In the 2021/22 academic year, 48% of 41,000 approved placements for all sectors, which includes schools, further education/vocational education and training, (FE/VET) and higher education (HE), were for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. 52% of 38,000 approved placements for all sectors in the 2022/23 academic year are for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Turing Scheme uses a range of measures based on sector standards across the UK to define what we mean by participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. These are listed in full on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/about/widening-access/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/about/widening-access/</a>.</p><p>The tables below show the percentage of placements allocated for participants from disadvantaged backgrounds, by sector, for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Placements by sector for the 2021/22 academic year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FE/VET</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. of participants</p></td><td><p>28,997</p></td><td><p>6,888</p></td><td><p>5,139</p></td><td><p>41,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>13,817</p></td><td><p>3,843</p></td><td><p>2,053</p></td><td><p>19,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>47.6%</p></td><td><p>55.8%</p></td><td><p>39.9%</p></td><td><p>48.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Placements by sector for the 2022/23 academic year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FE/VET</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. of participants</p></td><td><p>23,986</p></td><td><p>9,605</p></td><td><p>4,721</p></td><td><p>38,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>12,356</p></td><td><p>5,554</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>19,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A full regional breakdown of schools, FE/VET, and HE is provided on the Turing Scheme website: <a href="https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/funding-opportunities/funding-results-2022-23/" target="_blank">https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk/funding-opportunities/funding-results-2022-23/</a>. Data is subject to change until grant agreements are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL1728 HL1729 question first answered 16/08/2022 15:12:53 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

637271

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of figures showing that 85 per cent of modern foreign language assistants in British schools are non-UK EU nationals, what steps they are taking to continue to attract them and to safeguard their residency status following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL3196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that would not be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return. The Government is considering the options for our future immigration system very carefully. As part of that it is important that we understand the effect on the different sectors of the economy and the labour market, including on modern foreign language teachers and assistants, from any changes that we make.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 29/11/2016 17:42:24 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

972723

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the annual budgets for (1) maths hubs, (2) careers hubs, and (3) modern foreign languages hubs; and for how many years each type of hub will be funded.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL10306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the budget for 35 maths hubs across England between 2016-17 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths hubs</p></td><td><p>£14 million</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td><td><p>£23 million</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td><td><p>£6 million</p></td><td><p>£9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Teaching for Mastery programme in 2016 approximately 2,900 schools have taken part in the programme with a further 2,700 starting in the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The department announced on 3 August that there will be £4.8 million funding for the modern foreign languages (MFL) hubs programme, over the next four years. We expect that this will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL hubs</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MFL hubs programme will pilot an approach to raising the standard of teaching in modern foreign languages by taking forward the recommendations made in the Teaching Schools Council Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, which was led by head teacher and linguist Ian Bauckham.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of the pilot, in 2023, at least 400 schools will have received direct support from the MFL hubs.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy committed £5 million of funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to set up 20 new careers hubs across the country to test the model piloted in the North East to improve progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks, in addition to continuing to support the work of the original pilot hub in the North East. This will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Careers hubs</p></td><td><p>£2.6 million</p></td><td><p>£2.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, 10 of the new careers hubs will also receive a share of £1.25 million to spend on careers activities spread across both years.</p><p> </p><p>The hubs will start their work from September 2018 and are funded to run for two academic years until July 2020. The 20 new hubs and the expanded North East Hub will cover 700 schools and colleges in total.</p><p> </p><p>[1] For further information regarding the work of this review please see the following webpage: <a href="https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/" target="_blank">https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10305 question first answered 26/09/2018 13:35:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

972722

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools are part of (1) maths hubs, (2) careers hubs, and (3) modern foreign languages hubs.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL10305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the budget for 35 maths hubs across England between 2016-17 and 2021-22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths hubs</p></td><td><p>£14 million</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td><td><p>£23 million</p></td><td><p>£30 million</p></td><td><p>£6 million</p></td><td><p>£9 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Teaching for Mastery programme in 2016 approximately 2,900 schools have taken part in the programme with a further 2,700 starting in the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The department announced on 3 August that there will be £4.8 million funding for the modern foreign languages (MFL) hubs programme, over the next four years. We expect that this will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL hubs</p></td><td><p>£700,000</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£1.2 million</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MFL hubs programme will pilot an approach to raising the standard of teaching in modern foreign languages by taking forward the recommendations made in the Teaching Schools Council Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, which was led by head teacher and linguist Ian Bauckham.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of the pilot, in 2023, at least 400 schools will have received direct support from the MFL hubs.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s careers strategy committed £5 million of funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to set up 20 new careers hubs across the country to test the model piloted in the North East to improve progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks, in addition to continuing to support the work of the original pilot hub in the North East. This will be broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Careers hubs</p></td><td><p>£2.6 million</p></td><td><p>£2.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, 10 of the new careers hubs will also receive a share of £1.25 million to spend on careers activities spread across both years.</p><p> </p><p>The hubs will start their work from September 2018 and are funded to run for two academic years until July 2020. The 20 new hubs and the expanded North East Hub will cover 700 schools and colleges in total.</p><p> </p><p>[1] For further information regarding the work of this review please see the following webpage: <a href="https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/" target="_blank">https://www.tscouncil.org.uk/modern-foreign-languages-report/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL10306 question first answered 26/09/2018 13:35:31 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1382464

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Candidate Support Grant
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish details of the Private Candidate Support Grant for approved examination centres, including when the online claims service will go live.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL4419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The online claims service for the Private Candidate Support Grant was launched on 29 November 2021. The claims form and accompanying guidance can be found here: <a href="https://form.education.gov.uk/service/exam-funding" target="_blank">https://form.education.gov.uk/service/exam-funding</a>.</p><p>Centres can make retrospective claims of £200 per entry to meet the costs associated with the additional demands of assessment for private candidates this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL4420 question first answered 07/12/2021 11:38:28 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1382465

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Private Candidate Support Grant
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether claims for the Private Candidate Support Grant may be made retrospectively.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL4420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The online claims service for the Private Candidate Support Grant was launched on 29 November 2021. The claims form and accompanying guidance can be found here: <a href="https://form.education.gov.uk/service/exam-funding" target="_blank">https://form.education.gov.uk/service/exam-funding</a>.</p><p>Centres can make retrospective claims of £200 per entry to meet the costs associated with the additional demands of assessment for private candidates this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL4419 question first answered 07/12/2021 11:38:28 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1345629

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Mandarin Language: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they contribute per annum to support the Mandarin Excellence Programme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL1881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>The annual funding of the existing Mandarin Excellence Programme committed by the department since the launch in 2016 is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding<br> (£ million)</p></td><td><p>0.93</p></td><td><p>1.47</p></td><td><p>2.63</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>2.97</p></td><td><p>9.35</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The programme is led by the Institute of Education, University College London. It initially started with 14 schools and has now grown to 75 schools with over 6,300 pupils, and the increased funding over the period reflects this. The next phase of the programme and funding is due to be announced shortly and will start from September this year.</p><p> </p><p>The funding of the Modern Foreign Language (MFL) Pedagogy Pilot Hubs by contract period, committed by the department, is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contract period</p></td><td><p>Dec 2018<br> - Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>Dec 2020<br> - Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>Dec 2021<br> - Dec 2022</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding<br> (£ million)</p></td><td><p>2.17</p></td><td><p>1.45</p></td><td><p>1.17</p></td><td><p>4.79</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MFL Pedagogy Pilot is managed by the National Centre for Excellence for Languages Pedagogy (NCELP) and was launched in December 2018. In addition to the support provided to the 45 schools in the pilot programme, NCELP has also so far developed Key Stage 3 schemes of work, lesson plans and accompanying resources for French, German and Spanish, which are available free of charge through its resource portal for all teachers.</p><p> </p><p>In the 4th year of the programme, NCELP will deliver free professional development courses on MFL curriculum design and pedagogy to over 1,350 teachers nationally and develop fully resourced schemes of work for Key Stage 4 that will align with the new GCSE in French, German and Spanish.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL1882 question first answered 26/07/2021 12:06:26 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins