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914793

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Almost 90% young people in England, and the East Midlands, are now in education, employment or training, but there is more to do.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of young people not in education, employment or training in the East Midlands has fallen from 12.4% in Q4 of 2010 to 11.1% in Q4 in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In the East Midlands, the government is providing support to improve skills through Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). For example, over £30 million of Local Growth Funding has been provided through the Derby and Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire LEP, to create a new Nottingham College campus and to extend the Vision West Nottinghamshire College in Mansfield. These projects should create places for 2,000 additional learners.</p><p> </p><p>Through the work of The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network, we are linking young people in schools and colleges with employers so that they are more aware of the possibilities available to them. All schools in England will be offered an Enterprise Adviser (a senior business volunteer) by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Across the East Midlands we are also funding various careers and enterprise activities. In the Derby ‘Opportunity Area’, The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company will make sure that those between 11 and 18 years old benefit from four encounters with the world of work. Some of the organisations that are being funded in Derby include the Engineering Development Trust, Future First and Young Enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/06/2018 13:55:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 62307 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

914795

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Vocational Qualifications: East Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils achieved a NVQ3+ or equivalent in (a) Mansfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) East Midlands in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Statistics for Mansfield constituency are not available but the number and percentage of students achieving level 3 qualifications at a local authority and regional level in 2016/17 is published online[1]<sup>,</sup>[2]. The figures for students[3] obtaining at least 2 substantial level 3 qualifications[4]<sup>,</sup>[5] by the end of their 16-18 study[6] are provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Geography</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of level 3 students</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieving at least 2 substantial level 3 qualifications (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nottinghamshire local authority</strong></p></td><td><p>4,748</p></td><td><p>78.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands region</strong></p></td><td><p>30,765</p></td><td><p>79.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England (state-funded sector)<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>389,784</p></td><td><p>83.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] For students at the end of their 16-18 study, who achieved a level 3 qualification during their study: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised</a> (Open the ‘local authority tables’ and then tab ‘9a all’. For achievement in all level 3 qualifications use columns D, E and F.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19-in-2017</a>.</p><p>[3] Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the 2016/17 academic year, i.e. 31 August 2016.</p><p>[4] Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one academic qualification equal in size to at least half (0.5) an A level or an extended project (size 0.3), or applied general or Tech level qualification during their 16-18 study.</p><p>[5] Substantial level 3 qualifications are defined as qualifications that are at least the size of an A level (180 guided learning hours per year), such as a BTEC subsidiary diploma level 3. If a qualification is equal in size to two A levels it is counted as two substantial level 3 qualifications.</p><p>[6] Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, city technology colleges, state-funded special schools and FE sector colleges. Excludes pupil referral units, alternative provision, hospital schools, non-maintained special schools, other government department funded colleges, independent schools, independent special schools and independent schools approved to take pupils with special educational needs.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/06/2018 16:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

914838

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in Nottinghamshire in the 2017-18 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	149075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Nationally, core funding for schools and high needs has risen from almost £41 billion in 2017/18 to £42.4 billion this year, and will rise again to £43.5 billion in 2019/20.</p><p>Allocations to all local authorities for the 2017-18 financial year can be viewed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Schools in Nottinghamshire were allocated £459 million in the 2017/18 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 2018/19, local authorities’ funding for schools is determined by the national funding formula. Schools in Nottinghamshire were allocated £469 million in the 2017/19 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2018 16:24:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

911144

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the sustainability of funding levels for early years provision.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	147971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20 we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017. Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as “thorough and wide ranging” by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures. Our average hourly funding rate to authorities for three and four-year-olds, which increased from £4.56 to nearly £5 an hour, compares very favourably with published independent research, which showed that the average hourly delivery cost to be £3.72.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor delivery costs and have recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed childcare cost data of under five-year-olds using a representative sample of early years providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/06/2018 15:42:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

900391

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the quality of pastoral support provided within the education system for 16 and 17 year olds identified as vulnerable.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	142511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Schools and colleges are under a legislative duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. As part of this duty, they must have regard to statutory safeguarding guidance, 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' and 'Working Together to Safeguard Children'. Available respectively at <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> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-children--2</a>. The guidance sets out the steps that they must take and the systems that must be in place to provide support for children at each stage of their education. In the context of both guidance documents ‘children’ includes 16 and 17 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted inspectors report on whether or not arrangements for safeguarding and supporting children and learners are effective. Ofsted has published guidance to inspectors setting out the approach they should take to inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inspecting-safeguarding-in-early-years-education-and-skills-from-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inspecting-safeguarding-in-early-years-education-and-skills-from-september-2015</a>. This makes clear that safeguarding is not just about protecting children and learners from deliberate harm and neglect and relates to broader aspects of care and education. Pupils’ and students’ personal development, behaviour and welfare is also a key area of focus in all inspections of education providers conducted under Ofsted’s Common inspection framework.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear in 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' and 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' about the importance of early help assessments. Early help means providing support as soon as a problem emerges at any point in a child’s life. These assessments should be undertaken by school and college staff for children, especially vulnerable children, aged 16 and 17 as appropriate to their local circumstances. Effective early help can prevent problems escalating. In some cases, however, the school or college may consider that the child is a child in need, as defined under the Children Act 1989, and make a referral to children’s social care.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently conducting a range of work to assess and improve the support children in need receive, including those experiencing mental ill-health, domestic abuse, exploitation or substance misuse. The children in need review and call for evidence, which was launched on 16 March, is looking at the educational outcomes for all children in need, including 16 and 17 year olds, and what support they need to improve those outcomes. The Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme is also funding projects to assess how early help and contextual safeguarding can help protect adolescents and prepare them for adult life.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 16/05/2018 15:08:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

887880

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to consult small and medium-sized businesses on the future of (a) technical and (b) vocational education.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	136875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that employers should be at the heart of reforms to technical education. Employers and their representatives have been consulted in the development of plans for delivering technical education reforms and designing the outline content for new T level programmes. The Government is working in partnership with employers and industry experts, including small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), to design T levels in a way that meets the needs of business.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also talking to employers about how they can best be supported in delivering work placements as part of T levels. For example, a research project has been commissioned which will interview employers about their capacity and demand to offer T level work placements. Over 1000 employers, many of them SMEs, have been engaged through the work placement pilots, and are now offering work placements to students in the 2017/18 academic year. A public consultation on T level implementation has recently been completed, and the response will be published in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/04/2018 11:23:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

858521

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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 much funding his Department has allocated to apprenticeships in each year since 2015; and how much such funding his Department allocated by region.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	131776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has made available £2.01 billion of funding for apprenticeships in the 2017-18 financial year. We do not allocate funding on a regional basis.</p><p>The table below sets out the total funding we have made available to apprenticeships for the financial years 2015-16 to 2017-18:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total funding £ (billion)</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.54</p></td><td><p>£1.81</p></td><td><p>£2.01</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/03/2018 17:05:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley