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	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the protocol governing the timeliness and appropriateness of ministerial responses to communications from parliamentarians.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL17586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence and written questions. The right of parliamentarians to take up issues directly with the Government is an important part of the democratic process and underlines the accountability of Ministers to Parliament. Each government department has their own protocol on the timelines for correspondence responses to be sent out, and parliamentarians should contact departments if they feel that responses they receive are not timely or effective. My private office is in regular contact with the private offices of my front bench team to ensure that the Lords front bench's correspondence to parliamentarians is answered promptly and effectively.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 26/09/2019 12:37:10 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1667032

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated percentage of students taking the T Level qualification in the academic year 2022/23 who did not complete the qualification.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL10805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2023 11:31:22 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1667037

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Qualifications: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by Baroness Barran, published on 19 October (HLWS1062), that 32 Advanced Qualifications with high levels of student enrolment are to be defunded from August 2025, how many of these qualifications (1) already have T Level equivalents operating across the whole of England, and (2) will have a relevant T Level Foundation year in place by 2025.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL10810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2023 11:31:17 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1667033

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	T-levels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what advice is given to students who did not complete their T Level qualification in the academic year 2022/23 in order to support them into alternative academic qualifications or apprenticeships.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL10806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2023 11:31:12 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1667035

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated number of qualifications that will have to be approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Qualification for commencement of teaching in the academic year 2025/26, as a result of the defunding of alternative routes to advance qualification; and what is the current waiting time for the approval of such qualifications.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL10808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2023 11:31:06 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1667036

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government of the 9,800 students who have enrolled on the T Level foundation year since its inception, what percentage (1) progressed onto A Levels, (2) progressed onto T levels, (3) embarked onto an apprenticeship, (4) progressed onto BTECs and/or other Applied General Qualifications, or (5) have no known progression data.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL10809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2023 11:30:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1667034

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what advanced routes to qualification will still exist from autumn 2025 for students who do not progress to the T Level Foundation Year, T levels or A-levels, relating to specific qualifications at Advanced Level 3 that they envisage will still be funded from that time.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL10807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/10/2023 11:27:49 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1651491

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many senior civil servants working at the Department for Education have a teaching qualification.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL9204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The information is not readily available or held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 24/07/2023 14:16:31 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1605356

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many students aged 16 to 19 are currently studying for Early Years qualifications.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL6614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>During the 2021/22 academic year, the latest year of available data, there were 28,100 students aged 16 to 19 studying Early Years qualifications. This included 27,400 learners studying Early Years qualifications at English further education (FE) providers, and 700 full-person-equivalent entrants to Early Years subject areas at higher education (HE) level at English HE providers.</p><p>For FE, Early Years qualifications were defined as those on the ‘Early Years qualifications achieved in the United Kingdom’ published list, which is attached. For HE, Early Years subjects were defined as HECOS codes ‘100463 early years education’ and ‘100510 early years teaching’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/04/2023 15:14:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL6614_table_early_years_qualifications.xls title Early Years Qualifications Table
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1605032

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence the Department for Education has to support the estimate made in their impact assessment Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England, published in July 2022, that "4 per cent of 16 to 19 year olds currently studying at level 3 may not be able to progress directly to level 3 study following the reforms".
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL6564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The department’s estimate of the proportion of students who may not be able to move straight to level 3 at age 16 was published in the impact assessment that accompanied the second stage consultation on qualifications reform. This can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/post-16-qualifications-review-team/review-of-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment%20%20Review%20of%20post16%20qualifications%20at%20level%203_.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/post-16-qualifications-review-team/review-of-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3/supporting_documents/Impact%20Assessment%20%20Review%20of%20post16%20qualifications%20at%20level%203_.pdf</a>.</p><p>The department’s estimate that 4% of the level 3 cohort may not be able to move directly to level 3 in future following the reforms to post-16 qualifications was based on 16-19 year old enrolments in 2019/20. There were 2.88 million in total, of which around 115,200 enrolments, or 4%, were assessed as potentially impacted. This was based on a prior attainment threshold of five passing GCSEs of grade 4 or above, or a full level 2 and an estimate of the number of qualifications that would remain in future. It is important to note that many students who do not move directly to level 3 do achieve that level after further intervention.</p><p>Where students are unable to move directly to level 3, they will be able to choose from a range of high quality options. This includes the T level transition programme, from which 49% of students progressed to level 3 from the first cohort. In future, it will also include reformed level 2 technical and academic progression qualifications that are designed to support progression to apprenticeships, further academic and technical study and employment. Reformed technical qualifications will be based on employer led occupational standards and will provide young people with the skills that employers need.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 30/03/2023 10:21:48 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett