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48188

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 promote the reputation and status of youth work.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for youth policy, including youth work, transferred to Cabinet Office on 3 July 2013. Cabinet Office co-ordinates cross-government work on youth policy and is also responsible for policy on international youth issues, youth voice and democracy, and the role of local authorities as well as working with the youth sector.</p><p>The Department for Education continues its commitment to all young people through its responsibilities for education and children's services in England; and works closely with the rest of government on key issues such as reducing risky behaviour and increasing participation in education, employment and training.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66027

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of an increase in the numbers of young people at school age on funding for provision for 16-18 year olds in each year of the next Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Funding for provision for 16- to 19-year-olds in the next Parliament will be subject to the next spending round.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 14:44:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

66034

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
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 level of funding for each pupil aged 16 to 18 years old in each academic year until 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>We confirm final funding rates for 16-19 year olds in the spring before the start of each academic year. We confirmed rates for academic year 2014/15 in March 2014. We will confirm rates for 2015/16 in March 2015. Budgets beyond 2015/16 will not be agreed until after the Government's next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/07/2014 16:43:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76738

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people (a) applied and (b) were approved under the 16 to 19 bursary scheme for higher education in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The 16 to 19 bursary scheme provides extra financial help for students who need support in order to stay in further education.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/07/2014 16:37:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76737

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people who (a) had recently left local authority care, (b) were in receit of income support or universal credit in their name, (c) were disabled and in receipt of both employment and support allowance and either disability living allowance or personal independence payment in their name qualified for the 16 to 19 bursary scheme in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The 16-19 Bursary fund is separated into discretionary and vulnerable bursaries. Schools and colleges received allocations of discretionary bursary funding and make awards to individual students whom they have assessed against their own criteria. As a result it is not possible to provide numbers that have received the bursary in 2011/12 and 2012/13. It is now retained centrally (this 2013/14 academic year) and institutions claim funds for any students who are eligible.</p><p>A full year's data for 2013/14 will be available from January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 204855 question first answered 15/07/2014 17:08:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 10185 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76739

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged between 16 and 19 have received the maximum bursary available under the 16 to 19 bursary scheme in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The 16-19 Bursary fund is separated into discretionary and vulnerable bursaries. Schools and colleges received allocations of discretionary bursary funding and make awards to individual students whom they have assessed against their own criteria. As a result it is not possible to provide numbers that have received the bursary in 2011/12 and 2012/13. It is now retained centrally (this 2013/14 academic year) and institutions claim funds for any students who are eligible.</p><p>A full year's data for 2013/14 will be available from January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 204853 question first answered 15/07/2014 17:08:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78424

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been paid to each provider of the Youth Contract for 16 to 17 year olds since September 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	206180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the amounts that have been paid since September 2012 by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to the contractors delivering the EFA-managed element of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds.</p><p> </p><p>This information relates only to the EFA-managed element of the Youth Contract for 16- and 17-year-olds. Funding for the Core Cities element of the programme, which is being delivered in Liverpool, Newcastle and Gateshead, and Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, is devolved to the relevant local authorities.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prime Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total amount paid since September 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skills Training UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>£2,060,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prospects Services</p></td><td><p>£3,957,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prevista Ltd</p></td><td><p>£298,344 (to 31 July 2013)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Consultancy Home Counties Ltd</p></td><td><p>£2,079,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prospect Training Services (Gloucester) Ltd</p></td><td><p>£883,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pertemps People Development Group Ltd</p></td><td><p>£1,499,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Groundwork UK</p></td><td><p>£2,875,167</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:35:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78421

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what target she has set for the number of 16 to 17 year olds to (a) enrol on the Youth Contract programme, (b) be re-engaged into a positive outcome following the Youth Contract programme and (c) be retained in that positive outcome for five out of six months over the course of the Youth Contract programme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	206128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>For the Education Funding Agency (EFA)-managed strand of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds, payments are made on a ‘payment by results’ basis, which has three outcome-related payments.</p><p> </p><p>In announcing the programme, the Government committed £126 million over three years to provide capacity to support up to 55,000 young people who are aged 16 or 17, not in education, employment or training (NEET) and who have no GCSEs at grades A*-C. As a result of efficiency savings made during the procurement for delivery of the programme, in January 2013 the eligibility for the programme was extended to provide capacity for up to an additional 15,500 young people aged 16 or 17 who are NEET and: who have up to one GCSE A*-C or; who are care leavers/young people in care or; who are young offenders released from custody or serving community sentences.</p><p> </p><p>Delivery data for the programme for the period September 2012 to the end of March 2014 was published on 26 June 2014 and published online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows contractors delivered 18,570 enrolments, 9,949 re-engagements and 3,445 sustained engagements. The contracted profile for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 shows: 21,500 participant enrolments; 23,000 participant re-engagements into positive outcomes of education, training or employment with training; and 23,500 participants to sustain in a positive outcome of education, training or employment with training for five out of six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:41:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78419

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average duration is of all completed traineeships to date.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	206126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>In the June Statistical First Release we published data showing that there were 7,400 traineeships starts between August 2013 and April 2014 – the first nine months of the programme. We do not yet have reliable data to break this down further.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on traineeships data is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324016/traineeship-data-note-june14.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324016/traineeship-data-note-june14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 16:31:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91416

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to extend the statutory entitlement for free transport for young people in education and training beyond the current age threshold of 16.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	209015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16 to 19 year olds rests with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions which best match local needs and circumstances. Local authorities are expected to make reasonable decisions based on the needs of their population, the local transport infrastructure, and the resources they have available.</p><p>The Government has no plans at present to extend the home to school statutory entitlement beyond the age of 16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:11:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali