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786776

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teaching assistants there were in (a) 2000, (b) 2005, (c) 2010 and (d) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	112263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in state funded nursery and primary schools in January 2000, 2005, 2010 and November 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Teaching Assistants</strong></p></td><td><p>53,400</p></td><td><p>97,900</p></td><td><p>126,300</p></td><td><p>174,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2017 16:53:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

786777

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school teaching assistants there were in (a) 2000, (b) 2005, (c) 2010 and (d) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	112264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in service in state funded secondary schools in January 2000, 2005, 2010 and November 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Teaching Assistants</strong></p></td><td><p>12,500</p></td><td><p>30,000</p></td><td><p>39,900</p></td><td><p>52,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2017 16:24:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

786848

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support creative learning in schools to encourage children to seek careers in such learning.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	112423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes all pupils should have access to an excellent, well-rounded education. All schools must provide a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school.</p><p>The national curriculum, provides many opportunities for pupils to develop knowledge and skills in a wide range of creative subjects, including art and design, music and design, and technology.</p><p>We have announced almost £400 million of funding in 2016-20 for a diverse portfolio of music and arts education programmes that are designed to improve access to the arts for all children, regardless of their background, and to develop talent across the country. This includes £300 million for music education hubs in 2016-20 and over £8 million in 2016-18 for cultural education programmes including Saturday Art and Design Clubs, the National Youth Dance Company and the BFI’s Film Academy programme. It also includes £58 million for the Music and Dance Scheme and £27m for the Dance and Drama Awards Scheme (both in 2016-18), which allow exceptionally talented children and young people to attend specialist music, dance and drama institutions.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2017 16:42:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

786940

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of staff employed in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	112405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service has set out five priorities for the health and wellbeing of its employees, including priorities in relation to physical and mental wellbeing. The civil service has also committed to being a leading employer on mental health support, in line with the recommendations set out in the recently published independent review, Thriving at Work.</p><p>The Department for Education (DfE), which includes the Government Equalities Office, actively promotes the physical and mental wellbeing of its staff in a number of ways. The department has a wellbeing champion at Director-General level, who attends cross-government meetings with other champions, and sponsors the department’s Wellbeing and Neurodivergence staff networks.</p><p>The departmental intranet hosts a wellbeing toolkit, with links to the NHS Change for Life website, and promotes the NHS Get Active campaign. There is also a DfE sports and recreation site.</p><p>In February, the department launched a Mental Health First Aiders network, which now numbers over 60 people trained to support staff with mental health issues. The Mental Health First Aiders signpost colleagues to available support, and help to destigmatise and encourage open conversations about mental health.</p><p>DfE staff also have access to free support and advice on a range of issues including health and wellbeing, 24 hours a day, via the employee assistance programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 16:16:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

786944

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of her Department's staff have been employed in each region in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table attached, available from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), provides a breakdown in total headcount figures of Department staff in the last five years.</p><p>Published Civil Service statistics can be found on the ONS website: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 16:52:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 112248 - Table of total headcount figures of DfE staff in the last five years.docx title Total headcount figures of DfE staff
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

786945

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Bolton North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in Bolton North East constituency have undertaken an apprenticeship in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of people who started an apprenticeship in the Parliamentary constituency Bolton North East for the last 10 academic years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Starts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (provisional)</p></td><td><p>960</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Figures for all years are final, except for the 2016/17 academic year, which is provisional.</li><li>Figures for 2011/12 onwards are already published and can be obtained: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650904/201617_Oct_Apps_Geography_Data_Pack_Final.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650904/201617_Oct_Apps_Geography_Data_Pack_Final.xlsm</a>.</li><li>Figures for 2007/08 to 2010/11 are already published and can be obtained: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586183/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xlsx</a>.</li><li>Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years as a Single Individualised Learner Record data collection system has been introduced.</li><li>Parliamentary Constituency data is based upon the home postcode of the learner.</li><li>This table includes 2014/15 Employer Ownership Pilot (EOP) volumes that have not been finalised due to problems with the final 2014/15 EOP data collection.</li></ol> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2017 08:28:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

786946

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships her Department supported in each subject area in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of people who started apprenticeships in England in the provisional 2016/17 academic year, by a breakdown of sector subject area.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Starts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care</p></td><td><p>7,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts, Media and Publishing</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Administration and Law</p></td><td><p>137,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction, Planning and the Built Environment</p></td><td><p>21,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and Training</p></td><td><p>8,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>74,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, Public Services and Care</p></td><td><p>138,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>15,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leisure, Travel and Tourism</p></td><td><p>13,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail and Commercial Enterprise</p></td><td><p>74,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>491,300</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note: </strong>Figures include all funded and unfunded learners reported on the Individualised Learner Record and are rounded to the nearest 10, with the grand total rounded to the nearest 100. This is currently published by the department, and is available in the ‘Apprenticeship starts by level, framework and sector subject area data tool’:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2017 08:18:27 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

786947

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of a modern apprenticeship was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	112278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In the latest 2016/17 provisional final year figures, the average length of stay on apprenticeship programmes was 479.8 days.</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data source: Single Individualised Learner Record (SILR).</li><li>Within the SILR, providers can record the start date, planned end date, and actual end date for each apprenticeship record.</li><li>Actual end date is only recorded for learners who have reached the end of their programme, or those who have withdrawn early.</li><li>This calculation only includes those learners who have completed their programme.</li><li>Some learners can complete their programme in a shorter time due to prior learning.</li><li>Some learners take longer than expected due to planned breaks in learning.</li><li>A small number of learners from the Employer Outcome Pilot are not included in this calculation.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2017 08:22:18 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

786956

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of A-level students who do not progress to their second year of study.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department will be publishing statistics on students, undertaking their 16-18 studies, who return to the same institution for a second year of study. These will be available in March 2018 for the academic year 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published ‘retention’[1] figures for the academic year 2015/16 (and will publish the 2016/17 figures in March 2018). These can be obtained from the Department’s ‘A level and other 16 to 18 results: 2015 to 2016 (revised)’ SFR[2].</p><p> </p><p>The ‘retention’ figures are not synonymous with students who did, or did not, progress to their second year of study. They are the closest available information the Department has published until the number of students returning for a second year is published in March 2018.</p><p> </p><ol><li>The retention measure shows the percentage of students who get to the end of the programme of study they enrolled on at a provider. Measures across A level, tech level and applied general programmes should not be compared due to differences in entry patterns.</li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2015-to-2016-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2015-to-2016-revised</a> - Open the ‘Retention measure, completion and attainment measure and tech level minimum standards: SFR05/2017’ document and then use table 20a.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2017 16:58:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

786957

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from (a) parliamentarians, (b) parents and (c) trade unions on students who are disallowed from progressing into the second year of A-level study by schools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	112344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Schools are not permitted to disallow pupils from progressing into the second year of A level study on the basis of their results. Once the pupil has been admitted to a school sixth form, they can only be removed from the roll if they meet one of the criteria set out in the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended. Where we have received correspondence on this matter from parents, we have set out this position very clearly.</p><p> </p><p>If a school sets academic entry standards for pupils to progress into the school sixth form, the regulations say that they may remove pupils from their register at this point, if they have failed to meet these standards and will cease to be of compulsory school age before the school next meets. At all other points, including between academic Year 12 and 13, it is unlawful to remove pupils as a result of their academic attainment.</p><p>Schools can exclude pupils, either permanently or for a fixed period, for disciplinary reasons, and the Department supports schools in using exclusion where this is warranted. Exclusion on any grounds other than discipline is unlawful. Where a pupil is asked to leave the school, the formal exclusions process set out in the school exclusion guidance must be followed. Schools may not exclude pupils because of their academic attainment or ability. In September the Department wrote to all secondary schools and local authorities to remind them of these rules.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Education and Skills Act 2008, all young people are required to continue in education or training until at least their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday. Local authorities have a duty to track the activity of young people in their area, and to support them to re-engage in education and training. Any young person in this situation can contact their local authority Post 16 Education service to discuss what other options are available to them locally.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 112310 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:02:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West