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1178909

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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 steps he plans to take to promote apprenticeships to young people in (a) Harlow and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	18383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to improve the quality of apprenticeships and to encourage employers across England to create more high-quality apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010, there have been 4,392,000 apprenticeship starts in England. Of these, 7,200 apprenticeships starts have been in the Harlow parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2020, all starts will be on the new apprenticeship standards which are replacing existing frameworks. These are designed and driven by industry to create apprenticeships that are high-quality providing employers in Harlow, and across England, with the skills they need. Over 510 standards have already been approved for delivery to apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to encourage take up of our apprenticeship programme. The third phase of the Fire it Up campaign launched in January 2020 with a planned media investment for this phase of £2.9 million. It is targeting certain groups to widen participation in apprenticeships. Our 13<sup>th</sup> annual National Apprenticeship Week took place in February 2020. Nearly 900 events were held across the country, aiming to change perceptions of apprenticeships.</p><p>In January 2018, we introduced a legal requirement for schools to give training providers the chance to talk to pupils about technical qualifications and apprenticeships, so that young people hear about the alternatives to academic routes.</p><p> </p><p>We also offer a free service to schools through the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools and Colleges (ASK) programme to ensure that teachers have the knowledge and support to enable them to promote apprenticeships to their students. In the last academic year, ASK reached over 300,000 students throughout England. In Harlow, ASK has worked with 8 schools and colleges and has engaged with 840 students in the last three academic years.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2019-20 financial year, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England is over £2.5 billion – double what was spent in 2010. This is supporting employers of all sizes, across England, to provide high-quality apprenticeship opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. We are moving smaller employers onto our award-winning apprenticeship service to give them a greater choice of training providers. They can also benefit from transferred funds from levy payers. Levy transfers can help to support new starts in supply chains and address local skills needs.</p><p> </p><p>Essex County Council and the South East Local Enterprise Partnership are members of the East of England Apprenticeship Ambassador Network. They are working with local employers to take advantage of transfers to support more small- and medium-sized employers in the area to offer apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 16:53:52 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1178957

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what impact assessments the Government has conducted on cessation of funding for post-16 qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	18869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The government is taking forward a review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below. The first stage consultation on this review was published in March 2019, alongside a general impact assessment and an equalities impact assessment. Details of this review can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3-and-below-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3-and-below-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For the majority of our proposals, these were initial assessments as the first stage consultation set out high level principles for reform rather than firm proposals for change on which full detailed impact assessments could be based. The second stage consultation, which will follow later in 2020, will contain specific proposals for change. The government will publish a corresponding detailed impact assessment, including equalities impacts, alongside this consultation.</p><p> </p><p>For one area where we are making early progress on the review, we set out a full impact assessment alongside the March consultation. This is where we are removing funding approval for qualifications where we have a reformed version approved for performance tables running in parallel. Funding for these “pre-existing” qualifications will be removed in August 2020. The impact assessment can be found at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/post-16-qualifications-review-team/post-16-level-3-and-below-qualifications-review/supporting_documents/Post%2016%20level%203%20and%20below%20qualifications%20review%20%20Impact%20Assessments.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/post-16-qualifications-review-team/post-16-level-3-and-below-qualifications-review/supporting_documents/Post%2016%20level%203%20and%20below%20qualifications%20review%20%20Impact%20Assessments.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Funding will be removed from these qualifications in August 2020. The impact assessments published in March last year addressed this.</p><p> </p><p>The first stage consultation also set out our intention to remove funding approval for qualifications with low and no publicly funded enrolments. On 13 February 2020 the Department for Education announced the process to identify which of these qualifications will have funding approval removed from August 2021. This included publication of an initial list of qualifications with low and no publicly funded enrolments in scope of the process. This process requires awarding organisations to notify the Department if they believe funding approval should be retained, subject to specific criteria including whether the removal of public funding approval for the qualification will have a significant adverse impact upon a particular group of students, a provider, or occupational or geographic area. The department intends to publish the final list in July 2020 of qualifications that will have approval for public funding withdrawn from August 2021. An impact assessment will be published at this point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 17:02:05 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1178999

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 Feb 2020 to Question 10455, whether his Department holds data on the cost to sixth form colleges of VAT in the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	18893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The department does not collate or produce a figure for the total VAT paid by sixth form colleges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 16:53:37 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1179024

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure and National College for High Speed Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place copies of the board minutes of the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure and the National College for High Speed Rail in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	18415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>As the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure is an independent organisation outside the control of the department and its agencies, publication of minutes is decided by its own board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/02/2020 17:18:11 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179025

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the most recent Ofsted Report into the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	18416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure’s latest Ofsted report was published on 24 February 2020. The Further Education Commissioner and the Education and Skills Funding Agency have viewed the report and made recommendations for the college to follow. These supplementary documents were also published on 24 February 2020 and are available to access here: <a href="https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/31/144789" target="_blank">https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/31/144789</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/02/2020 17:21:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179026

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National College for High Speed Rail: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library the annual accounts for the National College for High Speed Two, now named the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	18417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR), now known as the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (NCATI) is an independent financial organisation outside the control of the department and its agencies and is responsible for the publication of its annual reports and financial statements. The department expects that the college will publish its 2018/19 accounts once signed off by its board. However, the college’s previous annual accounts are already published and available on the college’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/02/2020 17:29:13 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179027

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons minutes of the board meetings of the National College for advanced Transport and Infrastructure have not been published since 12 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	18418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>As the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure is an independent organisation outside the control of the department and its agencies, publication of minutes is decided by its own board in accordance with its governance documents, available on its website.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/02/2020 17:26:44 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179028

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Minister authorised the payment of £4.55 million grant to the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure referred to in that organisation's Board Minutes dated 12 December 2018; in what amounts and on what dates that grant was paid; and whether further applications for funding of that organisation have been received by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	18419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018, in recognition of the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure’s (NCATI) future potential to deliver high level technical education in the advanced transport industry and understanding the college’s intent to rebrand itself to attract a wider market share, the former Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, the right hon. Anne Milton, approved revenue grant provision to the value of £4.55 million to the National College for High Speed Rail (now known as the NCATI). Payments of this funding were to be allocated as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£1.75 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£0.8 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The forecasted number of learners during the October 2019 intake was lower than expected. As a result, the college was awarded an emergency payment of £600,000, paid in January 2020 to keep it operational, in place of the £800,000 due to be awarded from 1 April 2020. This emergency payment triggered an Education and Skills Funding Agency Financial Notice to Improve and a Further Education Commissioner’s visit, resulting in a recommendation for a Structure and Prospects Appraisal (SPA). An application for further funding (up to a maximum of £1.6 million) has been agreed. This will be paid to the college in monthly installments, on evidence of need, and is to be used for educational purposes only to keep the college operational during the SPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 26/02/2020 17:16:51 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179223

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Shropshire
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 promote apprenticeships in (a) The Wrekin constituency and (b) Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	18555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to improve the quality of apprenticeships and to encourage employers across England to create more high-quality apprenticeship opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds. This year, 2019-20, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England is over £2.5 billion; double what was spent in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010 there have been 4,392,000 apprenticeship starts in England. Of these 35,260 apprenticeships starts have been in Shropshire unitary authority, with 18,090 in The Wrekin parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>From August 2020 all starts will be on the new apprenticeship standards which are replacing frameworks. These are designed and driven by industry to create apprenticeships that are high-quality, providing employers in Shropshire and across England, with the skills they need. Over 510 standards have already been approved for delivery to apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to encourage take up of our apprenticeship programme. The third phase of the Fire it Up campaign launched in January, targeting groups to widen participation in apprenticeships. Our 13<sup>th</sup> annual National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) took place in February. Nearly 900 events were held across the country, aiming to change perceptions of apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that young people hear about all the education and employment options available to them, in January 2018 we introduced a legal requirement for schools to give training providers the chance to talk to pupils about technical qualifications and apprenticeships. We offer a free service to schools through the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge (ASK) project to ensure that teachers have the knowledge and support to enable them to promote apprenticeships to their students. In the last academic year, ASK reached over 300,000 students.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Local Authorities, to develop a sub-regional Apprenticeship Ambassador Network for the Shropshire area. This will also include a Young Ambassador Network. We are working closely with CapGemini and West Midlands NHS Partnership Trust to develop their apprenticeship programmes and recruitment in the local area. We are also supporting an apprenticeship and skills event in March where employers and colleges from the Shropshire/Telford/Hereford areas will be promoting apprenticeships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 17:03:19 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1179537

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Transport
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 potential merits of allocating funding for the transport costs of children aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 in (i) special education, (ii) further education and (iii) educational day release for apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	18836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for transport to education and training for 16 to 19-year-olds rests with local authorities, enabling them to make decisions and arrangements which best match local needs and circumstances.</p><p>Following the introduction of Raising the Participation Age legislation in 2013, the government investigated the feasibility of mandating local authorities to provide subsidised or free transport for young people post-16. Following this assessment, the department found that this approach would be both prohibitively expensive and would offer poor value for money.</p><p>The current arrangements, whereby support is provided by local authorities, transport providers, schools and colleges, alongside the 16-19 Bursary Fund, are the most cost effective solutions, and they enable local government and other organisations to tailor support in the most appropriate way according to local circumstances and needs.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/03/2020 16:47:25 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord