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772315

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to meet the Government's target of women making up 33 per cent of FTSE 350 boards by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	108146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of women on FTSE 350 boards has more than doubled and we now have the highest ever percentage of women on boards – over 24% in the FTSE 350. We also have only eight all-male boards remaining in the FTSE 350, and none in the FTSE 100. We are supporting the Hampton-Alexander Review to meet their target of women holding 33% of FTSE 100 senior leadership positions and 33% of FTSE 350 board positions. The Hampton-Alexander Review will report on 9 November regarding progress over the last 12 months of women on boards for FTSE 350 companies.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with businesses to highlight the benefits they gain from a more diverse board membership.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/10/2017 13:31:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1011470

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in full-time education who are are employed.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	194033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The number and proportion of young people of academic age 16 to 17 in full-time education or in full-time education and employment at the end of 2017 is provided in the table below. No information is held by the department on the employment status of young people under the age of 16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Age</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>In full time education </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>In full-time education and employment </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>1,004,800</p></td><td><p>82.1%</p></td><td><p>271,500</p></td><td><p>22.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures provided comes from the department’s official estimates of participation in education, training and employment for young people of academic age 16 to 18, which are published annually. The figures are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/11/2018 13:42:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1016304

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	British Students Abroad: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to universities on study trips to foreign countries since the arrest and imprisonment of Matthew Hedges.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	196691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>We welcome the pardon of Matthew Hedges and are pleased he has been able to return to the UK to reunite with his family.</p><p> </p><p>The department considers the security and safety of university students and staff to be of paramount importance. We encourage all UK universities to have due regard to the health and safety of their students and staff while abroad, and universities do routinely produce overseas travel safety guidance and resources for their staff and students travelling on university business.</p><p> </p><p>For country-specific travel advice we recommend that universities refer their students and staff to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice</a>, and the FCO’s foreign travel checklist: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/foreign-travel-checklist" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/foreign-travel-checklist</a>. Where the FCO advise against travel to a particular country, many universities require students and staff to be authorised by university offices to undertake work or study placements in that country.</p><p> </p><p>Where university students and staff require assistance while abroad, they are advised to make contact with FCO Consular Services, who provide emergency advice and assistance to British citizens overseas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/12/2018 16:21:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1038996

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people that have completed an adult education course in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below contains the number of achievements in further education and skills for adults (19 and over) in further education for Coventry, the West Midlands and England since 2010/11 academic year. This table also includes a further breakdown on the number of achievements in apprenticeships, which fall within further education.</p><p><strong>Adult (19+) number of achievements in further education since 2010/11</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of achievements in further education</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Number of achievements of which in apprenticeships</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>The West Midlands</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>The West Midlands</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>15,190</p></td><td><p>246,150</p></td><td><p>2,265,100</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>13,310</p></td><td><p>116,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>15,490</p></td><td><p>238,870</p></td><td><p>2,258,500</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p>20,930</p></td><td><p>180,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>17,490</p></td><td><p>264,740</p></td><td><p>2,453,900</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>23,060</p></td><td><p>192,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>16,410</p></td><td><p>246,130</p></td><td><p>2,265,000</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>24,190</p></td><td><p>190,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14,390</p></td><td><p>212,160</p></td><td><p>1,983,200</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td><td><p>23,370</p></td><td><p>189,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td><td><p>176,260</p></td><td><p>1,694,500</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td><td><p>25,010</p></td><td><p>198,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10,790</p></td><td><p>168,310</p></td><td><p>1,578,900</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>24,560</p></td><td><p>201,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>11,070</p></td><td><p>167,960</p></td><td><p>1,574,000</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>25,610</p></td><td><p>203,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1) Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years due to a change in data collection since the introduction of the Single Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data collection system.</p><p>2) Academic year runs from August to July.</p><p>3) This table contains further education data which includes Apprenticeships, Workplace Learning, Community Learning, and Education and Training provision (including the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges (Agricultural and Horticultural Colleges, and Art and Design Colleges), Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.</p><p>4) Figures are based on learners that were funded through the government.</p><p>5) England totals have been rounded to the nearest 100, other figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>6) The data source is the ILR.</p><p>7) Region and local authority are based upon the home postcode of the learner. England total includes learners in England but with home postcodes unknown or outside England.</p><p>8) This data is published in the further education data library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/01/2019 17:07:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1039586

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Leaving
	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 raise awareness of alternatives to higher education among school leavers.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Good careers education and guidance should give people access to the information that they need to make informed decisions on education, training and employment options. This includes routes into technical education and apprenticeships. The government’s careers strategy makes clear that all schools are responsible for making sure that their students can access independent careers guidance. We continue to invest in careers provision across England to make sure that all young people are aware while they are still at school of the post-16 opportunities that are available.</p><p>Schools are also legally responsible for making sure that pupils are informed about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. We introduced a new law in January 2018 which requires all maintained schools and academies to provide opportunities for a range of education and training providers to meet pupils in year 8 to year 13. This is often referred to as the ‘Baker Clause’ and followed evidence from Ofsted that vocational training and apprenticeships are rarely promoted effectively in schools.</p><p>The department has published statutory guidance on careers guidance and access for education and training providers which explains what schools must do to comply with this law. This is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 12:58:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1042297

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	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 15 January 2019 to Question 207155 on Adult Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase participation rates in adult education courses.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	209294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>For the 2018/19 academic year, we will be supporting those in work on low incomes to access the Adult Education Budget (AEB) through the introduction of a new one-year trial which allows providers to fully fund eligible learners on low wages. This will directly support social mobility by enabling those that have been motivated to move out of unemployment and are low paid/skilled, to further progress. Early results suggest that this is attracting new/additional learners and we are reviewing whether it will be extended to cover the 2019/20 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>Community Learning plays a vital role within AEB provision, it provides an accessible way of progressing to further learning, training or employment and is mainly non-formal non-accredited learning which supports access to further adult education, particularly for disadvantaged adult learners.</p><p> </p><p>It is funded in a way that enables providers to meet the needs of disadvantaged learners; for example, by running smaller classes, by responding quickly to local needs, by offering more intensive support, and by holding classes in community venues, such as community centres, schools and libraries. This encourages adult learners, who may not be suited to more formal learning at this point in their lives, to participate in community and family learning and begin their learning journey.</p><p> </p><p>We also provide full funding for learners who need English and Maths skills to undertake a range of courses in GCSEs, Functional Skills and stepping stone qualifications from entry level to level 2. From 2020, selected basic digital skills courses will also be fully funded.</p><p> </p><p>From 2019/20 academic year, approximately 50% of the AEB will be devolved to 6 Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands, West of England) and delegated to the Greater London Authority (GLA). The MCAs and GLA will be responsible for commissioning and funding AEB provision for learners resident in their areas. However, they must ensure access and funding for the statutory entitlements, including the new digital entitlement, to enable eligible learners to be fully funded. The Education and Skills Funding Agency will be responsible for funding learners resident in non-devolved areas.</p><p> </p><p>We are also introducing the National Retraining Scheme, which is an ambitious, far-reaching programme to drive adult learning and retraining. It will help people respond to changes in the economy and support them to progress in work, redirect their careers and secure the higher-paid, higher-skilled jobs of the future, focusing on those individuals that need it most.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the design of the scheme, the Flexible Learning Fund is supporting 31 pilot projects across England with a total value of £11.4 million. The projects are designing and testing innovative, flexible learning that is easy to access, and the best ways to reach working adults and incentivise them to train.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships benefit people of all ages and backgrounds such as people with children returning to part-time work and needing to re-train. 41% of starts in 2017/18 have been by those aged 25 and over.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/01/2019 17:32:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1045610

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students studying STEM-related courses in further education colleges in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	210476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The answer provided is the number of learning aims (i.e. courses, programmes, qualifications and units) students have taken in STEM-related further education (FE) sector subject areas.</p><p>Many FE students, especially 16 to 18 year olds, take a single substantive qualification, but the total number of aims will count people more than once if for example; they progress to another course during a year or are undertaking a range of qualifications in different subjects, a proportion of which could be STEM-related.</p><p>The attached table provide the number of aims delivered on STEM-related courses in education and training provision in England for each academic year since 2010/11, and covers all FE providers. In addition, there is a table on apprenticeship starts by academic year. Both tables include all age students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 24/01/2019 17:39:59 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name 210476_Number_of_Aims_on_FE_STEM_Related_Courses.xlsx title 210476_Number_of_Aims_on_FE_STEM_Related_Courses
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1046838

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the creation of a UCAS-style portal for apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>We want to make the system easier to navigate for young people considering technical and vocational routes, as we committed to in the government's manifesto. We are still considering the feasibility of a centralised portal for further education. We have conducted extensive research with over 2,000 young people, colleges and career advisers. We will make final decisions on this in the context of our reforms to apprenticeships and the introduction of T levels.</p><p>We have already introduced functionality that allows levy-paying employers to advertise their own vacancies on the apprenticeship service. The Find an Apprenticeship website is accessed by thousands of would-be apprentices, their teachers and parents. Employers that do not pay the levy can continue to advertise their vacancies by contacting the national contact centre or working with their training provider. We will continue to develop this in future, informed by our engagement with employers and their feedback on the service.</p><p>​The National Apprenticeship Service and UCAS have developed a higher and degree apprenticeships ‘vacancy finder’ to consolidate many of these opportunities into one place. In November, we published thousands of vacancies from various employers starting in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 28/01/2019 16:37:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1056712

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Antisemitism
	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 within schools to tackle antisemitism.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	218172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Any form of intolerance or bullying, including antisemitism is unacceptable. Schools must promote our shared values, which includes mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs. The department supports schools to implement this requirement through a range of resources, such as those included on the Educate Against Hate website, as well as by working with networks of experts on the ground who provide direct support to schools on this. Every state-funded school, maintained and academy, must also teach religious education to all pupils up to the age of 18.</p><p> </p><p>Schools must comply with the requirements of the Equality Act and must also have a behaviour policy which includes measures to prevent bullying. Recent research commissioned by the department details common strategies that schools have found to be effective for combating bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The department is funding a number of projects to help schools tackle bullying, including hate-related bullying. This includes funding the Anne Frank Trust to develop their ‘Free to Be’ debate programme, which encourages young people to think about the importance of tackling prejudice, discrimination and bullying. We also recently published the ‘Respectful Schools Communities’ toolkit; a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline.</p><p>The department is fully committed to educating pupils about the Holocaust and is the only topic that is compulsory in the national curriculum for history. We fund the Centre for Holocaust at University College London to train trainee and serving teachers to teach this important subject and to set up a network of Beacon schools to share good practice. We also fund the Holocaust Education Trust’s ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ programme, which enables teachers and sixth form students to visit Auschwitz.</p><p>Schools can also address intolerance and bullying as part of non-statutory personal, social, health and economic education. We are also making relationships education compulsory in all primary schools and relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools. We have completed a public consultation on draft guidance which is clear that pupils will be taught about the importance of building respectful relationships including, for example, understanding the impact of bullying and how stereotypes can be damaging.</p><p>Subject to making the regulations, schools will be required to teach these new subjects from September 2020, but they will be encouraged and supported to start teaching them from September 2019 on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2019 16:22:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 101439 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1059796

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to prepare the education sector for the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	220064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority. This has not changed.</p><p>The department has published “no deal notices” on GOV.UK[1] to provide information and advice to schools and to further education and higher education institutions. The purpose of these notices is to help them prepare in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>[1] EU Exit: No deal preparations for schools in England - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-schools-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-schools-in-england</a>.</p><p>EU Exit: No deal preparations for further education and apprenticeship providers - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-further-education-and-apprenticeship-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-further-education-and-apprenticeship-providers</a>.</p><p>EU Exit: No deal preparati​ons for higher education institutions - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-higher-education-institutions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-higher-education-institutions</a>.</p><p>Erasmus+ in the UK if there's no brexit deal - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/02/2019 11:46:00 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham