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1181673

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the capacity of further education colleges to meet future demand for training in (a) electric vehicle maintenance and (b) the building of zero energy bill homes.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	901018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We have been supporting colleges up and down the country to ensure they have the capacity to deliver provision for the future. We are working with the Construction sector to plan and deliver the skills needed to decarbonise the industry and create more energy efficient builds.</p><p>I was delighted to read that Central Bedfordshire College in my honourable friend’s constituency has opened a £3.5 million Technology and Skills Centre to deliver the high-end technology and construction skills that businesses in his area need to thrive.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 17:31:55 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1181674

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress his Department is making on improving school facilities.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	901019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We have allocated over £7.4 billion since 2015 to maintain and improve the school estate. On top of this, the Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing buildings in the worst condition at over 500 schools.</p><p>We are looking carefully at capital funding for education in preparation for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2020 17:34:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1181675

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the use of technology by schools.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	901020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Education's EdTech Strategy, 'Realising the potential of technology in education', aims to support educational providers to embed and use technology effectively to support teacher workload reductions, cost savings and improved student outcomes. This includes supporting schools and colleges to spread best practice in effective technology use through our Demonstrator Programme, which is due to launch in the Spring.</p><p>The Demonstrator Programme will help tech enabled schools and colleges to provide peer-to-peer support to other schools to help them use technology in the most effective way.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2020 17:35:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1181676

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Augar review of post-18 education and funding.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	901022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Augar report recommended 53 changes to address some of the challenges and tensions in our higher education and further education systems. It is imperative that we get any such decisions rights. I can reassure my right hon. Friend that this government will conclude the review alongside the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 02/03/2020 17:38:03 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1181677

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce the cost to parents of school uniforms.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	901025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to the school of their choice. The Government is pleased to support the Private Member’s Bill to ‘make provision for guidance to schools about the cost aspects of school uniform policies’, which was recently introduced to Parliament on 5 February 2020. This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to ensuring that school uniform costs are reasonable.</p><p>It is for the governing body of a school (or in the case of academies, the academy trust) to decide whether there should be a school uniform, what it will be and how it should be sourced. To support them to do this the department issues non-statutory best practice guidance which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p><p>Our guidance clearly states that uniform items should be easily available for parents to purchase and schools should keep compulsory branded items to a minimum. It also states that schools should avoid single-supplier contracts, but where schools do choose to enter into such contracts, they should be subject to a regular competitive tendering process. This makes clear that we expect schools to ensure uniform costs are reasonable.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2020 17:40:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1181678

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent estimate he has made of the number of looked after children being placed in out-of-area placements as a result of the unavailability of a place in their home local authority.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	901026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The most recent figures show that 20% of all looked-after children were placed more than 20 miles from home, which is a concern.</p><p>Moving a child away from their home area is not a decision to be taken lightly and we have strengthened legislative safeguards in relation to children placed out of their local area. The needs of the child are paramount when deciding the right care placement. Local authorities have a statutory duty to ensure that there is sufficient provision for their looked after children.</p><p>We want to reduce out of area placements, but they will always be part of the care landscape. Sometimes circumstances make it the right decision for a child to be placed elsewhere, for example when they are at risk from sexual exploitation, trafficking or gang violence.</p><p>We’re helping to improve commissioning of placements, including providing funding through our £200 million children’s social care Innovation Programme. We are also providing seed funding to fostering partnerships to increase sufficiency of foster parents.</p><p>We have committed to undertaking a review of the care system. We have been clear that this review will be bold and broad, taking a fundamental look across children’s social care, with the aim of better supporting, protecting and improving the outcomes of vulnerable children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 02/03/2020 17:47:32 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1181679

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure a balance between academic and vocational training in the development of further education courses.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	901029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>This Department takes very seriously the need to deliver further education courses that serve the needs of learners and employers alike.</p><p> </p><p>New employer-designed T Levels will launch in September, combining classroom learning with a meaningful industry placement. The Department is also taking steps to improve other qualifications available to students post-16, ensuring that they will have access to high quality provision that is truly valued by employers.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 17:44:15 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1181197

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pay increases for each level of staff employed in Highways England in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	21998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Highways England was established on 1 April 2015. The Department for Transport has not carried out an assessment of the adequacy of pay increases for each level of staff in Highways England over the period since its establishment.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for setting pay levels within Highways England sits with the Company, overseen by its Remuneration Committee. Annual pay increases within Highways England are based on a number of factors, including affordability and guidance from the Department for Transport and the Cabinet Office.</p><p>I would like to assure you that the Secretary of State is placing significant focus on pay in the Department’s arm’s length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 05/03/2020 16:38:04 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1181198

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's news story entitled, Off-payroll review launched, published on 7 January 2020, what the timeframe is for the publication of the findings of that review.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	21999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government launched a review of reform to the off-payroll working rules on 7 January 2020 to determine if there were further steps that could be taken to ensure the smooth and successful implementation of the reform, which will come into force in April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The review of the off-payroll working reform has now concluded and the outcome of the review was published on 27 February 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2020 09:30:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1181199

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sharing Economy: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) sole traders and (b) people working in the gig economy are not adversely affected by changes to IR35 legislation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	22000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The IR35 rules were introduced in 2000. They only apply to individuals who are working like employees under the current employment status tests, and do not apply to the self-employed or sole traders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will introduce a legal requirement for clients to implement a status disagreement process to allow individuals to challenge their status determination directly and in real time. This right is an additional statutory layer of protection for off-payroll workers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2020 09:43:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire