The value of the department\u2019s contract with M&C Saatchi for the 2018-19 financial year is £2.55 million. It was awarded following a competitive tender through a Crown Commercial Service communications framework.<\/p>
The contract covers the development of a new integrated communications campaign to change perceptions of apprenticeships and to encourage more people to see the positive value that apprenticeships can have on their business or their career.<\/p>
It includes agency fees, the cost of producing the new advertising campaign and promotional content, the development of a new digital service and third-party costs, such as research.<\/p>
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The 2016 report has now been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This can also be found on GOV.UK at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-management-and-governance-reviews-wakefield-city-academies-trust<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2018 to Question 168016, when he plans to place a copy of the report of the multi-academy trust review of Wakefield City Academies Trust carried out by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in the Libraries of both Houses.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Angela Rayner"}
], "uin" : "192119"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1007891", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1007891/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The government plans to invest nearly £7 billion during the 2018/19 academic year, to ensure there is a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year old who wants one. This is made up of £5.7 billion as set out in the 2018/19 published 16 to 19 allocations (available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year<\/a>.) along with our estimates of: additional high needs funding from the Dedicated Schools Grant that will be invested by local authorities in young people with complex special educational needs or disabilities (whose support costs more than schools and colleges can meet from their annual budget); and investment in apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds.<\/p> By 2020, funding in adult skills participation will have increased through maintaining the Adult Education Budget at £1.5 billion per annum, by investing nearly £2.5 billion in apprenticeships per year, double what was spent in 2010, and by extending the reach of Advanced Learner loans so that funding has been available to meet demand. In addition, the total amount of investment in skills through the European Social Fund (ESF) is between £250 and £300 million per annum. Plans are being made to determine what provision should be delivered as a replacement for ESF.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer of 14 November 2018, Official Report, column 310, to the hon. Member for Makerfield, what the evidential basis is for the statements that (a) the Government has invested nearly £7 billion this year in further education and (b) funding to support adult participation in further education will be higher than at any time in England\u2019s history by 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4356", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angela Rayner"}
}
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], "uin" : "191938"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1007065", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1007065/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As per section 124 of the \u2018Articles of Association\u2019 published by the Bright Tribe Academy Trust, trustees are asked to make minutes available as soon as reasonably practicable for those wishing to inspect them.<\/p> It is however right that under section 125, trustees can mark some matters as confidential. This could be, for example, to avoid naming a specific child or teacher.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish an unredacted copy of the BrightTribe Academy minutes from 21 September 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4356", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angela Rayner"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Angela Rayner"}
], "uin" : "191431"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1006136", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1006136/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are currently 38 colleges that are subject to a notice to improve for financial health.<\/p> The published response to the insolvency consultation stated that, using data and assumptions available at that time, over the first ten years of the insolvency policy (commences April 2019), an additional 63 colleges could meet the current triggers for a notice.<\/p> The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has published an Early Intervention and Prevention strategy, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-funding-early-intervention-and-prevention/early-intervention-strategy<\/a>. This strategy outlines how the ESFA works with colleges where data shows that they could be at risk of failure.<\/p> In addition, the ESFA is improving and increasing the financial information that it requests from colleges, which will be analysed by integrated expert teams, and is developing a strengthened approach to intervention and prevention approaches in advance of financial crisis.<\/p> The department is also updating improved guidance for college governors, due later this month, to highlight governors\u2019 fiduciary duties. They are in the process of appointing National Leaders of Governance to deliver sector-led support (alongside the National Leaders of Further Education). The Further Education Commissioner\u2019s team has also expanded coverage of \u2018diagnostic visits\u2019 to colleges, which also highlight potential issues in advance of crisis, and offer recommendations for support and improvement.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many colleges are currently subject to a notice to improve financial health; and how many are projected to be subject to such a notice in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4356", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angela Rayner"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Angela Rayner"}
], "uin" : "190900"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1006174", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1006174/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) produces analysis of long range trends in school spending. This average class funding figure is based on the underlying data from the IFS\u2019s 2017 report, converted into 2018-19 prices using the GDP deflator, which gives a per-pupil funding figure for primary schools of £4,891.41 in 2018-19. The full report is available here: https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/8937<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> This has been multiplied by 27 to generate the average class figure. The average class size for a primary school is 27.1, according to the January 2018 school census available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719226/Schools_Pupils_and_their_Characteristics_2018_Main_Text.pdf<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Changes in predicted trends in inflation and the IFS\u2019 methodology mean that this analysis may produce slightly different figures over time. The funding that individual schools receive through their local funding formulae and the pupil premium will vary depending on the characteristics of the pupils in each class.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"}
}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his appearance on the Andrew Marr Show on 11 November 2018, what the evidential basis was for his statement that the funding for the average class of 27 children in primary school is £132,000.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4356", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angela Rayner"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Angela Rayner"}
], "uin" : "190901"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002594", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002594/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " An advance to an academy trust is an early payment on its General Annual Grant, which is allocated to the trust for that year. It is not additional funding for the trust. With each advance, there will be a mutually agreed schedule of monthly reductions to offset the advance.<\/p> <\/p> The department continues to work with the sector to build capacity and expertise in financial management and support effective school resource management with specialist advisers, three year financial forecasting and developing buying hubs and national deals for all schools. Where an academy trust requires additional support, the Education and Skills Funding Agency will work with the trust to build its capacity and help it reach a stronger position.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Academies: Finance"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department\u2019s policy is on the period in which a multi-academy trust must repay advances made by the Education and Skills Funding Agency; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002595", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1002595/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department makes a range of information publicly available for schools and other interested parties. Information on the finances of the multi-academy trust (MAT) they intend to join is available through the schools financial benchmarking tool, found here:<\/p>