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1717120

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of courses per higher education provider that accept T-levels for entry standards.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	25718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>T Levels set students up to progress onto a number of routes including employment, further education or higher education (HE). The government was delighted to see that last year, 97% of T Level students who applied for undergraduate study through UCAS received at least one offer. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/79-uk-18-year-old-applicants-receiving-results-gain-place-first-choice-university" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/79-uk-18-year-old-applicants-receiving-results-gain-place-first-choice-university</a>. Students secured places on a range of courses such as Midwifery, Computer Science and Architecture at a range of institutions.</p><p>The department has published a list of over 160 HE providers that have confirmed that they accept T Levels on at least one course. The list can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-providers-with-t-levels-in-entry-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-providers-with-t-levels-in-entry-requirements</a>. This list is not exhaustive or an official register of all HE providers that accept T Levels and is updated as providers confirm that they accept T Levels. Given that HE providers are autonomous institutions that regularly review the entry requirements, the department recommends that students look at the UCAS website and the websites of higher education providers for more information on entry requirements for specific courses.</p><p>The department works closely with the HE sector to ensure providers understand the content and quality of T Levels. The department has published a range of resources to support HE providers at the following site: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-resources-for-universities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-resources-for-universities</a>. The department has also published a range of resources for T Level providers who wish to support their students who are considering progressing into HE, which can be found here:<a href="https://support.tlevels.gov.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/15892783337362-T-Levels-and-Higher-Education-Progression" target="_blank">https://support.tlevels.gov.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/15892783337362-T-Levels-and-Higher-Education-Progression</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/05/2024 11:50:03 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1717121

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, Education, how many and what proportion of students are studying for a level 3 qualification; and whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of students that will begin (a) a foundation T Level and (b) any T Level course for each academic year between 2024 and 2030.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	25719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>In 2022, there were 599,000 students aged 16 in education in England. 440,000 students, or 73%, were studying qualifications at Level 3. More information can be found in the ‘Participation in education, training and employment age 16 to 18’ publication on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not publish estimates for the number of students that will begin a T Level or T Level Foundation year (TLFY) in each academic year. Over 30,000 students have started a T Level since 2020, and over 16,000 students have started on the TLFY over the first four years. The recently published T Level Action Plan sets out the steps the department is taking to continue to increase uptake over the coming years.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/05/2024 10:09:32 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1716938

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the teacher recruitment and retention schemes that have received notice that funding will be (a) reduced and (b) ended since 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	25589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>England currently has the highest number of teachers on record. At the last count there were over 468,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England, which is an increase of 27,000 (6%) since the School Workforce Census began in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>To make sure the department’s teacher recruitment and retention efforts are focussed on where they are needed most and providing best value for taxpayers’ money, the department has made some changes to funding allocations. Since January 2024, notice of changes to funding has been sent to the following teacher recruitment and retention partners:</p><p> </p><ul><li>All providers of Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses and initial teacher training (ITT) providers. The department are continuing to offer funded SKE in subjects with the greatest sufficiency challenges, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, computing, and languages and are continuing to offer a £175 per week tax-free bursary for eligible candidates to support them on their SKE training course.</li><li>Providers of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) informing them of changes to scholarship eligibility. The department is offering full scholarship funding in all NPQ subjects to teachers and leaders working in schools, and other settings, in the most challenging circumstances and serving more deprived communities. In addition, four NPQ subjects will continue to receive scholarship funding for all teachers and leaders employed at state-funded organisations. These include the NPQ in Headship, the early headship coaching offer, the NPQ in leading primary mathematics and the NPQ for special educational needs coordinators.</li><li>Providers and teacher training applicants informing them of changes to the eligibility criteria for the UK's international relocation payments. These payments will be available to international teachers who teach physics and languages in England.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Since January 2024, notice of non-renewal of funding has been sent to:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Now Teach informing them that the department will not be renewing their contract when it ends. The career changers programme has, and continues to, support career changers to enter teaching. The department remains committed to continuing to recruit and support career changers into ITT and are now carrying out a review to understand how to best meet the needs of a wider range of career changers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The department has put in place a range of measures, including bursaries that are worth £28,000 tax-free and scholarships that are £30,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing. The ITT financial incentives package for the 2024/25 recruitment cycle is worth up to £196 million, which is a £15 million increase on the last cycle.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/05/2024 12:59:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1716939

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the school related schemes that have received notice that funding will be (a) reduced and (b) ended since 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	25590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to providing a world class education system for all children and has invested significantly in education to achieve that.</p><p>Including the additional funding for teachers’ pay and pensions, funding for both mainstream schools and high needs is £2.9 billion higher in 2024/25 than in 2023/24. The overall core school budget will total £60.7 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. This means school funding is set to have risen by £11 billion by 2024/25 compared to 2021/22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/05/2024 10:32:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1701789

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the shortage of ADHD medication on students during the upcoming exam season; and whether her Department has had discussions with (a) examination boards and (b) schools on mitigation measures.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	22405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The department is aware of the current difficulties some students are facing in obtaining medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The department has not held discussions with examination boards specific to this.</p><p>There are established arrangements in place that schools and colleges will be familiar with, which should be used to arrange any reasonable adjustments or access arrangements for students with disabilities.</p><p>The Equality Act 2010 requires examination boards to make reasonable adjustments where a disabled person would be at a substantial disadvantage in undertaking an assessment. Reasonable adjustments are changes made to exams or assessments, or to the way they are conducted, to mitigate the risk that a disabled person would be at a substantial disadvantage in undertaking an assessment. They are needed because some disabilities can make it harder for students to show what they know, understand and can do in an assessment, than it would be had the student not been disabled. The exam or assessment must still test the same knowledge, skills and understanding for that qualification.</p><p>If a student’s need has changed or they need a reasonable adjustment that has not been applied for, the school or college should contact the relevant awarding organisation as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/04/2024 12:33:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1701167

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Child Arrangements Orders and Special Guardianship Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's data release Pupil absence in schools in England, published on 21 March 2024, how many children were subject to a (a) special guardianship and (b) child arrangements order by (i), age (ii) ethnicity and (iii) local authority in 2022/23.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	21851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on pupils who have ceased to be looked after and are subject to a Special Guardianship Order (SGO) or Child Arrangements Order (CAO) by age, ethnicity and local authority in England in the 2022/23 academic year is attached. The information is taken from the school census, where children are reported as having previously left care due to adoption, a SGO or a CAO only if their parents or carers have declared this information to the school. Therefore, the data is reliant on self-declaration from parents and is partial rather than a full count.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/04/2024 12:49:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 21851 Table Attachment.xlsx title 21851 Table Attachment
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1699167

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners: Finance and Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual budget is for regional schools commissioners, per commissioner per region in each financial year since 2014-15; and how many staff were employed by each commissioner on average in each financial year since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	20781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The department has identified the costs as the workforce costs and the General Administration Expenditure for the Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) and their teams up to 2022, and for Regional Directors and their teams from 2022 onwards. RSCs were replaced in 2022 by Regional Directors with an expanded remit.</p><p> </p><p>The department's policy of retaining financial records for seven years limits access to data before the 2016/17 financial year.</p><p>In 2019 the department underwent re-organisation to align its delivery work in relation to academies, free schools and school improvement, bringing together functions that were previously delivered in different parts of the department. This data for 2019/2022 is therefore not directly comparable to previous years, as the functions delivered by the RSC teams expanded.</p><p>The RSC Staff programme budget, represented in the table below, was held centrally until the 2020/2021 financial year and then was split and allocated to the individual regions from 2021/2022. This was a change in where the budget sat rather than a change in staffing levels.</p><p><strong>Workforce actual spend data for Regional Schools Commissioner teams 2016/2022 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Workforce Actual Spend (Millions of GBP)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2016/17 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2017-18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2018/19 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2019/20 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2020/21 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2021/22 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East of England and North East London</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.60</p></td><td><p>£1.62</p></td><td><p>£1.15</p></td><td><p>£1.07</p></td><td><p>£1.20</p></td><td><p>£1.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East Midlands and Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.90</p></td><td><p>£1.48</p></td><td><p>£1.39</p></td><td><p>£1.10</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td><td><p>£2.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC Lancashire and West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.85</p></td><td><p>£1.91</p></td><td><p>£1.45</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td><td><p>£1.39</p></td><td><p>£2.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North &amp; Opportunity North East </strong></p></td><td><p>£1.57</p></td><td><p>£1.29</p></td><td><p>£1.16</p></td><td><p>£0.74</p></td><td><p>£0.93</p></td><td><p>£3.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North West London and South Central England</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.89</p></td><td><p>£1.62</p></td><td><p>£1.27</p></td><td><p>£1.33</p></td><td><p>£1.51</p></td><td><p>£3.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC South East and South London</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.18</p></td><td><p>£1.66</p></td><td><p>£1.43</p></td><td><p>£1.11</p></td><td><p>£1.63</p></td><td><p>£3.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSD South West</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.20</p></td><td><p>£1.98</p></td><td><p>£1.39</p></td><td><p>£1.59</p></td><td><p>£1.81</p></td><td><p>£3.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.90</p></td><td><p>£1.91</p></td><td><p>£1.15</p></td><td><p>£1.20</p></td><td><p>£1.67</p></td><td><p>£3.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC Staff Programme Costs*</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.08</p></td><td><p>£9.95</p></td><td><p>£14.68</p></td><td><p>£15.90</p></td><td><p>£16.31</p></td><td><p>£0.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent staffing data for Regional Schools Commissioner teams 2016/2022 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Staff per Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY20/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY21/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East of England and North East London</strong></p></td><td><p>44.01</p></td><td><p>41.46</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>41.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC East Midlands and Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>46.99</p></td><td><p>59.93</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>51.4</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>49.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC Lancashire and West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>54.16</p></td><td><p>68.71</p></td><td><p>48.6</p></td><td><p>64.2</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>54.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North &amp; Opportunity North East</strong></p></td><td><p>40.48</p></td><td><p>41.28</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td><td><p>41.9</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>37.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC North West London and South Central England</strong></p></td><td><p>49.35</p></td><td><p>52.43</p></td><td><p>48.4</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC South East and South London</strong></p></td><td><p>54.19</p></td><td><p>58.52</p></td><td><p>42.4</p></td><td><p>61.7</p></td><td><p>54.8</p></td><td><p>52.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC South West</strong></p></td><td><p>54.66</p></td><td><p>55.59</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>67.2</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RSC West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>58.62</p></td><td><p>52.57</p></td><td><p>46.7</p></td><td><p>57.9</p></td><td><p>58.6</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In July 2022, the creation of Regions Group within the department led to the replacement of the RSC role with Regional Directors, with a broader remit for the delivery of special educational needs and disabilities support and children’s social care improvement and interventions in their regions alongside their role in relation to academies and free schools. The regional structures were also re-organised to align with geographical boundaries of English regions. This data is therefore not directly comparable to the previous years.</p><p><strong>Workforce actual spend data for Regional Director teams 2022/2024</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Workforce Actual Spend Data for Regional Director Teams 2022 – 2024 (Millions of GBP)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Workforce Actual</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Workforce Actual (at end of Feb 2024)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY 2022/23 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY 2023/24 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.70</p></td><td><p>£3.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.60</p></td><td><p>£3.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - London</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.06</p></td><td><p>£3.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North East</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.47</p></td><td><p>£2.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.44</p></td><td><p>£4.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South East</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.04</p></td><td><p>£3.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South West</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.34</p></td><td><p>£4.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.26</p></td><td><p>£3.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>£4.00</p></td><td><p>£3.89</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent staffing data for Regional Director teams 2022/2024</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Staff per Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY22/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY23/24 (Actual FTE at end of Feb 24)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td><td><p>54.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>53.0</p></td><td><p>65.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - London</strong></p></td><td><p>55.6</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North East</strong></p></td><td><p>38.3</p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - North West</strong></p></td><td><p>76.2</p></td><td><p>80.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South East</strong></p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>61.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - South West</strong></p></td><td><p>66.3</p></td><td><p>78.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>69.7</p></td><td><p>70.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regional Directorate - Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td><td><p>71.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/04/2024 16:09:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1699203

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language and Mathematics: Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact of the 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding on (a) student experience of learning at and (b) staffing levels in (i) further education colleges and (ii) independent training providers.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	20782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of literacy and numeracy skills, both in work and everyday life. Securing good levels of literacy and numeracy has a positive impact on participation in society, improves earnings and employment opportunities and opens doors to further learning.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the mathematics and English condition of funding are intended to have a positive effect on 16-19 students, giving them the English and mathematics skills they need to progress in life and work. The changes also bring England in line with other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where 16-19 students receive significantly more hours of English and mathematics teaching. For the 2024/2025 academic year, the department expects providers to comply as far as reasonably possible with the changes, so they have time to plan and prepare before the department measures compliance from the 2025/2026 academic year. Only then will the department begin the phased removal of the tolerance. More information about mathematics and English condition funding can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As the department works with the sector on implementation, the department remains committed to considering the impacts on students in further education colleges and independent training providers. This includes the workforce implications, and maximising the benefits for them.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 20783 question first answered 15/04/2024 12:38:50 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1699204

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language and Mathematics: Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the phased removal of the tolerance of students who do not meet the 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding from 5% to 0%, starting in academic year 2026-27, on (a) further education colleges and (b) independent training providers.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	20783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>This government recognises the importance of literacy and numeracy skills, both in work and everyday life. Securing good levels of literacy and numeracy has a positive impact on participation in society, improves earnings and employment opportunities and opens doors to further learning.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the mathematics and English condition of funding are intended to have a positive effect on 16-19 students, giving them the English and mathematics skills they need to progress in life and work. The changes also bring England in line with other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), where 16-19 students receive significantly more hours of English and mathematics teaching. For the 2024/2025 academic year, the department expects providers to comply as far as reasonably possible with the changes, so they have time to plan and prepare before the department measures compliance from the 2025/2026 academic year. Only then will the department begin the phased removal of the tolerance. More information about mathematics and English condition funding can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-funding-maths-and-english-condition-of-funding</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As the department works with the sector on implementation, the department remains committed to considering the impacts on students in further education colleges and independent training providers. This includes the workforce implications, and maximising the benefits for them.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 20782 question first answered 15/04/2024 12:38:50 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

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registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools recorded zero young carers in their most recent school census return.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	20436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The most recent published census data on young carers is from January 2023, and can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2022-23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2022-23</a>.</p><p>You can find the number of young carers in each school in column JF of the school level underlying data file – see ‘School level underlying data - 2022/23 (csv, 22 Mb)’ under the heading ‘Additional supporting files’. 17,093 of the total 21,642 state-funded schools recorded no young carers. Statistics from the January 2024 school census will be published in June.</p><p>As this is a new data collection, the department expects the quality of the data returns to improve over time as the collection becomes established. All schools, except nursery schools, must send this information as part of the Spring school census. However, the recording and handling of the information is at the school’s discretion. In 2023, 79% of schools recorded no young carers.</p><p>Young carers make an enormous contribution in caring for their loved ones. The department wants to ensure that they are supported in their education and can take advantage of opportunities beyond their caring responsibilities.</p><p>The department added young carers to the annual school census in 2023, raising the visibility of young carers in the school system and, in time, providing the department with hard evidence on both the numbers of young carers and their educational outcomes.</p><p>The department will be incorporating young carers in the school-level annual school census for independent schools from early 2024 to ensure parity with the school census, which further builds on the department’s data on young carers across the school system.</p><p>The government has published information on how and where young carers can get help and support, encouraging them to speak to someone they trust at their school or college, like a teacher or school nurse, about their caring responsibilities and how this might affect them. As set out in ‘Keeping children safe in education’, the department require Designated Safeguarding Leads to undergo training to provide them with the knowledge and skills to carry out their role, which includes having a good understanding of, and alertness to, the needs of young carers. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 20437 question first answered 19/04/2024 11:46:35 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson