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1041433

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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 Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff at the (a) Education and Skills Funding Agency, (b) Equality and Human Rights Commission, (c) Standards and Testing Agency, (d) Student Loans Company and (e) Teaching Regulation Agency (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>​​Staff in the department and its executive agencies, including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Standards and Testing Agency and Teaching Regulation Agency, are all paid at least the Real Living Wage regardless of location.</p><p>All staff based inside Greater London are paid at least the London Living Wage. There are 101 staff based outside Greater London that are paid below the London Living Wage but all of these staff are paid the Real Living Wage.</p><p>The Student Loans Company is one of the department’s non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and we do not hold data on their staff and their rates of pay.</p><p>​The Equality and Human Rights Commission is no longer an NDPB of the department. They are sponsored by the Government Equalities Office who are housed within the Department for International Development.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 208399 question first answered 17/01/2019 18:09:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041434

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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 Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff at the (a) Education and Skills Funding Agency, (b) Equality and Human Rights Commission, (c) Standards and Testing Agency, (d) Student Loans Company and (e) Teaching Regulation Agency (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	208399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>​​Staff in the department and its executive agencies, including the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Standards and Testing Agency and Teaching Regulation Agency, are all paid at least the Real Living Wage regardless of location.</p><p>All staff based inside Greater London are paid at least the London Living Wage. There are 101 staff based outside Greater London that are paid below the London Living Wage but all of these staff are paid the Real Living Wage.</p><p>The Student Loans Company is one of the department’s non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and we do not hold data on their staff and their rates of pay.</p><p>​The Equality and Human Rights Commission is no longer an NDPB of the department. They are sponsored by the Government Equalities Office who are housed within the Department for International Development.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 208398 question first answered 17/01/2019 18:09:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

997388

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Commissioner for England: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract in the Office of the Children's Commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	185147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Children’s Commissioner’s Office consists of 29 employed members of staff. 28 members of staff are directly employed members of staff, including the Children’s Commissioner. This is equivalent to 27.2 full time posts. One member of staff is currently seconded from a government department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 06/11/2018 14:14:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

864365

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	132849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Cleaning services in buildings managed by the department are outsourced under a facilities management contract. Suppliers are responsible for setting rates of pay for their staff.</p><p> </p><p>The supplier has informed the department that it currently pays the London Living Wage to staff cleaning the department’s buildings in London and the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage to staff cleaning the department’s buildings that are not in London.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/03/2018 14:52:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

846223

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of overtime have been worked by staff in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Please find below the number of hours overtime completed by staff in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Overtime hours paid in monthly payroll</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb –17</p></td><td><p>2331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar –17</p></td><td><p>2687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr – 17</p></td><td><p>2486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May –17</p></td><td><p>1970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June–17</p></td><td><p>2163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July– 17</p></td><td><p>2172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug –17</p></td><td><p>2175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep –17</p></td><td><p>1323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct –17</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov –17</p></td><td><p>2357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec –17</p></td><td><p>2334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan –18</p></td><td><p>1767</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/02/2018 17:03:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

843848

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 122931 on Carillion, of the 1,200 apprentices affected, how many of those apprentices (a) have been found alternative employers and (b) are in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	128282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is proactively working with their established network of college partners to support all affected apprentices and other learners to complete their programmes. Additionally, they are utilising their existing employer contacts in the sector, in order to find and secure alternative employers for the apprentices to complete their frameworks or standards.</p><p>CITB has emailed 40,000 external contacts, the vast majority of whom are employers, encouraging them to take on Carillion apprentices and to highlight the incentives CITB have put in place to secure employment for affected learners.</p><p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency contacted all affected apprentices on 15 January 2018 to notify them of the situation and next steps. CITB confirmed that they contacted all learners on the 17 January 2018, via telephone, email and text message, to begin the transfer process, with a focus on minimising disruption to the learner and their learner journey.</p><p>CITB has established a dedicated helpline for apprentices seeking support and has also delivered a series of workshops for learners, which have taken place in the localities of the 11 Carillion Training Centres. These workshops provided advice on next steps and offer 1 to 1 support, as required. The timings and locations of these events were communicated to learners through telephone calls, email and a comprehensive social media campaign.</p><p>CITB has engaged directly with over 1,200 learners to date, has already secured new employment, with wages, for over 700 of the apprentices and is working progressively to find alternative employers for all those affected. At present, it has been agreed that all former Carillion apprentices will continue to be paid beyond 31 January, whilst alternative employers are being sought.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/02/2018 17:03:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823455

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support apprentices affected by the collapse of Carillion plc.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	122931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the announcement on 15 January 2018, regarding the collapse of Carillion, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have made contingency plans and identified The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) as the best placed alternative provider. CITB are on the ESFA’s register of approved apprenticeship training providers and have delivered the frameworks/standards that current Carillion apprentices are studying. We understand that the CITB centres are situated within reasonable travelling distance for the apprentices and they have the capacity to take on the transferring apprentices and study programme learners.</p><p> </p><p>The ESFA contacted all affected apprentices on 15 January to notify them of the situation and the ‘Study Programme Learners’ will also be notified by letter on the 17 January. Affected learners have been provided with the details of a dedicated mailbox, <a href="mailto:Carillion.Construction@education.gov.uk" target="_blank">Carillion.Construction@education.gov.uk</a><strong>,</strong> where they can raise any issues or concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The CITB are already working with their established network of college partners to support all the apprentices and other learners to complete their programmes. They are also utilising their existing employer contacts in the sector and the grant incentives they have available to find alternative employers for the apprentices to complete their frameworks or standards. Additionally, CITB are making contact with Carillion supply chain companies and have reported that numerous employers have responded with offers of support.</p><p> </p><p>CITB have scheduled a series of workshops for learners, which will take place in the regions of the 11 Carillion Training Centres, providing advice on the next steps. The timings and locations of these events will be communicated by telephone and on their website. Carillion will also encourage their learners to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Carillion have sent out communication to their learners, alerting them to the situation and reassuring them that support is in place.</p><p> </p><p>The ESFA are meeting with CITB daily to monitor progress and resolve any issues.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/01/2018 13:43:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West