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1061263

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Departments employ apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>All departments directly employ apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/02/2019 17:31:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061264

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices are employed in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2019, the Department for Education employed 209 apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 22/02/2019 10:09:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1024699

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by how much the apprenticeship budget is set to be overspent in the academic year (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	202058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>By 2019/20, the funding available for apprenticeships in England will have risen to over £2.5 billion, which is more than double what it was in 2010, including the additional £115 million confirmed in this year’s budget.</p><p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand-led. Therefore, employers can choose which apprenticeships they offer, the level of the apprenticeships and when they offer the apprenticeships. Furthermore, levy payers have two years to spend the funds available to them. For the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years, the fully audited accounts are due to be published following the end of the respective financial year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 18/12/2018 18:25:29 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1023899

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Healthy Schools Rating Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education,with reference to the Government document entitled Childhood obesity: a plan for action, published in August 2016, when the Government plans to implement the healthy schools rating scheme set out in that plan.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer my right hon. Friend, the member for Harlow, to the answer I gave on 18 December 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-12-11/201162/" target="_blank">201162</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/12/2018 14:51:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1054028

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that (a) academies and (b) local authority maintained schools comply with section 2 of the Further Education and Technical Act 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	908969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Inviting providers of technical education into schools is vital to give all pupils a full picture of their options. We are writing to local authorities to make sure that schools comply.</p><p>We have written to the largest multi academy trusts currently not meeting the duty, reminding them what is required, and will take further action if we have evidence schools are still not complying.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/02/2019 17:29:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1063765

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Private Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of independent schools in England do not meet his Department's independent school standards.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	222700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to say how many independent schools are not meeting the standards at any one time. Meeting the standards is a condition of continued registration as an independent school, but the principal means of ascertaining compliance is through the inspection system.</p><p>Independent schools are normally inspected every 3 years and more often if they have been found not to be meeting the standards, until they improve. Therefore, at any one time, a particular school may be awaiting inspection and may or may not be meeting the standards or be under regulatory action and in the process of achieving compliance once again.</p><p>A statement on the regulation of independent schools is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulating-independent-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulating-independent-schools</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/02/2019 17:54:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1038494

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sanctions are available to (a) Ofsted, (b) Regional Schools Commissioners and (c) his Department to ensure that schools comply with section 2 of the Further Education and Technical Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	206808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Section 2 of the Technical and Further Education Act (2017), often referred to as the ‘Baker Clause’, requires all maintained schools and academies to make sure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to meet pupils in year 8 to year 13 for the purpose of informing them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships.</p><p>We introduced the ‘Baker Clause’ in January 2018 and published statutory guidance on careers guidance and on 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><p>In the event of suspected non-compliance with the duty and statutory guidance, our approach is for the parties involved to try to resolve the matter locally. This might include Regional Schools Commissioners or local authorities discussing and addressing any barriers to compliance with multi-academy trusts, individual academies or maintained schools.</p><p>If the department finds fault with a school’s policies following a complaint, then remedial action could be taken. This could include an official or a minister from the department writing to the school and, ultimately, the possibility of the Secretary of State using intervention powers.</p><p>Regarding Ofsted, this is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the right hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/01/2019 11:30:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1061265

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many apprentices are employed in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently has 48 employees who are undertaking an apprenticeship qualification as shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Business Administration</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance Tax Professional</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policy</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Resources</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Management</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Procurement</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Software Development Technician</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital and Technology</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Analyst</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Relations</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2019 07:44:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1039013

	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	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution of 17 December 2018, Official Report Column 509, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 30 November 2018 presentation by the Institute for Apprenticeships at Exeter College citing the projected £500 million overspend on the apprenticeship levy budget.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	207232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) is a non-departmental public body, independent of government. The IfA are considering whether it would be appropriate to publish the presentation given at Exeter College on 30 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/01/2019 18:00:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1050033

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support biomedical research into the diagnosis and treatment of ME.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	213339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including myalgic encephalomyelitis; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/02/2019 17:24:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon