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170381

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to ensure that all its policies are consistent with the UK's commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	218664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is committed to giving due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child during the policy-making process. It undertakes child rights impact assessments for key policy and legislative changes; the most recent one was in respect of the Children and Families Act 2014. The Department also ensures that children’s rights issues are considered as part of the Home Affairs Committee clearance process.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:38:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

100693

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Families
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 14 October 2013 to Question 210316, if she will publish the minutes of her meetings with her Cabinet colleagues on the proposed contents of the Family Test announced by the Prime Minister on 18 August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	211723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous Administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 28/10/2014 15:01:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

100352

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Rights
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 14 October 2014 to Question 210316, if she will publish the outcome of considerations of the potential effect of government policy proposals and government proposals for legislation on the rights of children carried out by the Children's Commissioner under the provisions of the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	211622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The approach the Department for Education has adopted is to make the assessment of children’s rights an integral part of policy and legislative development rather than a one-off exercise. The results of this approach are reflected in the equality impact assessment published for the Education Act 2011.[1]</p><p>Our consideration of children’s rights during the legislative process also takes account of advice from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.</p><p>The Office of the Children’s Commissioner is an independent non-Departmental public body and is responsible for publishing the reports it produces.[2]</p><p>The ECHR and UNCRC note on the Children and Families Act 2014.[3]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211621 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:53:40 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

100353

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Rights
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 14 October 2014 to Question 210316, if she will publish the child rights impact assessments made in respect of the legislative proposals leading to the Education Act 2011 and the Children and Families Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	211621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The approach the Department for Education has adopted is to make the assessment of children’s rights an integral part of policy and legislative development rather than a one-off exercise. The results of this approach are reflected in the equality impact assessment published for the Education Act 2011.[1]</p><p>Our consideration of children’s rights during the legislative process also takes account of advice from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.</p><p>The Office of the Children’s Commissioner is an independent non-Departmental public body and is responsible for publishing the reports it produces.[2]</p><p>The ECHR and UNCRC note on the Children and Families Act 2014.[3]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802140618/https://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/the%20education%20act%202011%20equalities%20impact%20assessment.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill" target="_blank">www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140430083435/http:/www.education.gov.uk/dfe/b00221161/children-families-bill</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211622 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:53:40 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

93154

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Impact Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to implement a young person impact assessment for future policy proposals and funding changes.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	210316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2010 the Government gave a commitment to Parliament that it would give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when developing new policies and programmes. The Department for Education has undertaken child rights impact assessments in respect of the legislative proposals leading to the Education Act 2011 and the Children and Families Act 2014. We will continue to put this commitment into practice.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Children and Families Act 2014, the Department also introduced a new power for the Office of the Children’s Commissioner to consider the potential effect of government policy proposals and government proposals for legislation on the rights of children.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the new Family Test, announced by the Prime Minister on 18 August 2014, will also mean that every new domestic policy will be examined in terms of its impact on families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 17/10/2014 13:41:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78419

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average duration is of all completed traineeships to date.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	206126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>In the June Statistical First Release we published data showing that there were 7,400 traineeships starts between August 2013 and April 2014 – the first nine months of the programme. We do not yet have reliable data to break this down further.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on traineeships data is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324016/traineeship-data-note-june14.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324016/traineeship-data-note-june14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 16:31:24 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78421

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what target she has set for the number of 16 to 17 year olds to (a) enrol on the Youth Contract programme, (b) be re-engaged into a positive outcome following the Youth Contract programme and (c) be retained in that positive outcome for five out of six months over the course of the Youth Contract programme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	206128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>For the Education Funding Agency (EFA)-managed strand of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds, payments are made on a ‘payment by results’ basis, which has three outcome-related payments.</p><p> </p><p>In announcing the programme, the Government committed £126 million over three years to provide capacity to support up to 55,000 young people who are aged 16 or 17, not in education, employment or training (NEET) and who have no GCSEs at grades A*-C. As a result of efficiency savings made during the procurement for delivery of the programme, in January 2013 the eligibility for the programme was extended to provide capacity for up to an additional 15,500 young people aged 16 or 17 who are NEET and: who have up to one GCSE A*-C or; who are care leavers/young people in care or; who are young offenders released from custody or serving community sentences.</p><p> </p><p>Delivery data for the programme for the period September 2012 to the end of March 2014 was published on 26 June 2014 and published online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/youth-contract-delivery-data</a></p><p> </p><p>This shows contractors delivered 18,570 enrolments, 9,949 re-engagements and 3,445 sustained engagements. The contracted profile for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016 shows: 21,500 participant enrolments; 23,000 participant re-engagements into positive outcomes of education, training or employment with training; and 23,500 participants to sustain in a positive outcome of education, training or employment with training for five out of six months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:41:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

78424

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been paid to each provider of the Youth Contract for 16 to 17 year olds since September 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	206180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the amounts that have been paid since September 2012 by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to the contractors delivering the EFA-managed element of the Youth Contract programme for 16- and 17-year-olds.</p><p> </p><p>This information relates only to the EFA-managed element of the Youth Contract for 16- and 17-year-olds. Funding for the Core Cities element of the programme, which is being delivered in Liverpool, Newcastle and Gateshead, and Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, is devolved to the relevant local authorities.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prime Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total amount paid since September 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skills Training UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>£2,060,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prospects Services</p></td><td><p>£3,957,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prevista Ltd</p></td><td><p>£298,344 (to 31 July 2013)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Consultancy Home Counties Ltd</p></td><td><p>£2,079,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prospect Training Services (Gloucester) Ltd</p></td><td><p>£883,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pertemps People Development Group Ltd</p></td><td><p>£1,499,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Groundwork UK</p></td><td><p>£2,875,167</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:35:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76737

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people who (a) had recently left local authority care, (b) were in receit of income support or universal credit in their name, (c) were disabled and in receipt of both employment and support allowance and either disability living allowance or personal independence payment in their name qualified for the 16 to 19 bursary scheme in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The 16-19 Bursary fund is separated into discretionary and vulnerable bursaries. Schools and colleges received allocations of discretionary bursary funding and make awards to individual students whom they have assessed against their own criteria. As a result it is not possible to provide numbers that have received the bursary in 2011/12 and 2012/13. It is now retained centrally (this 2013/14 academic year) and institutions claim funds for any students who are eligible.</p><p>A full year's data for 2013/14 will be available from January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 204855 question first answered 15/07/2014 17:08:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 10185 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

76739

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged between 16 and 19 have received the maximum bursary available under the 16 to 19 bursary scheme in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	204855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The 16-19 Bursary fund is separated into discretionary and vulnerable bursaries. Schools and colleges received allocations of discretionary bursary funding and make awards to individual students whom they have assessed against their own criteria. As a result it is not possible to provide numbers that have received the bursary in 2011/12 and 2012/13. It is now retained centrally (this 2013/14 academic year) and institutions claim funds for any students who are eligible.</p><p>A full year's data for 2013/14 will be available from January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 204853 question first answered 15/07/2014 17:08:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali