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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to set out how they measure whether the apprentice programme boosts economic productivity.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We have recently introduced a range of reforms to further support the productivity contribution of apprenticeships. It is too early to assess the full impact of our reforms.</p><p>Our Apprenticeships Reform Programme Benefits Realisation Strategy, attached, sets out a broad range of success measures for the programme, including economic measures. Measures include earnings upon completion, results from employer and learner surveys, and the further education (FE) Skills Index – a measure of the productivity impact of the programme over time.</p><p>The Skills Index enables us to compare the value of skills investments across the FE sector, including apprenticeships. It looks at the number of learners achieving, the employment rate for those learners as well as expected additional earnings.</p><p>The total value-added for apprenticeships in the academic year 2016/17 has increased by 3% on 2015/16, due to an increase in the volume of apprenticeship achievers at Level 3 and above.</p><p>We publish annual progress updates against our strategy. Our last update, published in May 2018, is attached and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>We will be publishing our 2019 update shortly which will include an update to our Skills Index.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15254_Apprenticeship_Reform_Programme__Benefits_Realisation_Strategy.pdf title HL15254_Apprenticeship_Reform_Strategy 2 file name HL15254_Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf title HL15254_Report_on_Reform_Program question first answered 25/04/2019 16:43:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1121606

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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sugar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support, funding, and guidance they intend to provide to schools to (1) limit the availability of sugar products in schools, and (2) become sugar-free.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL15257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>This government wants pupils to be healthy and well nourished. We encourage a healthy balanced diet and healthy life choices through school funding, legislation and guidance. The attached School Food Standards provide the legislative framework to ensure schools provide children with healthy food and drink options.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 August 2016, the government published its plan for action (attached) to significantly reduce childhood obesity by supporting healthier choices.</p><p> </p><p>One of the commitments in the plan was to update the School Food Standards. The School Food Standards regulate the food and drink provided at both lunchtime and at other times of the school day, including, for example, breakfast clubs, tuck shops, mid-morning break, vending machines and after school clubs. The standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods. They ensure that pupils always have healthy options for their school lunch.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Public Health England to update the regulations. This will focus on reducing sugar consumption and will be supported by detailed guidance to caterers and schools. More detail will follow shortly.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15257_School_Food_Standards.pdf title hl15257_School_Food_Standards 2 file name HL15257_Childhood_obesity_plan.pdf title HL15257_Childhood_Obesity_A_Plan_for_Action question first answered 29/04/2019 16:16:50 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern