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1540516

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Communication Skills
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 press release entitled Bumper £24 million to boost children’s literacy, published on 9 October 2022, whether that funding will be used to support children's speech and language skills.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Andy Carter
uin	82463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed £24 million to boost literacy in schools in the 2022/23 academic year. The majority of this funding will be distributed via the English Hubs programme.</p><p>The focus in the first two years of the programme has been on phonics teaching, with early language and reading for pleasure as secondary aims. In the third and fourth delivery year, English Hubs continue to focus on systematic synthetic phonics. A number of English Hubs have already started to deliver support in all three priority areas, including early language. In January 2023, the Hubs will begin delivering new early language training to schools, which has been designed by Hubs and external experts.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2022 11:00:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1540538

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Access
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 support lifelong learning and access to education in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	82155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The government is investing £1.6 billion through the National Skills Fund over the next three years, to help adults gain the skills that are sought by employers. The fund will make sure adults, at any age, can upskill to reach their potential and transform their lives.</p><p>As part of this investment, we have introduced the Free Courses for Jobs scheme, which enables learners without a level 3 qualification, or learners with any qualification level who are unemployed or earning below the National Living Wage, to gain a level 3 qualification for free.</p><p>Those who want to upskill in their role, are looking for a job, or are changing career, can take part in Skills Bootcamps. Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer. Skills Bootcamps are currently available across England, offering training in digital, technical (including engineering and manufacturing), construction, logistics (HGV driving), and green skills (including heat pump engineer and electric vehicle charging point installation), and have the potential to transform the skills landscape for adults and employers.</p><p>We are on track to deliver 16,000 Skills Bootcamps training places in the 2021/22 financial year. The department will continue to significantly expand Skills Bootcamps further following the announcement of up to £550 million additional funding across financial years 2022 to 2025, including up to £150 million in financial year 2022/23.</p><p>The department is continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). The AEB fully funds or co-funds skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. In the academic year 2022/23 this funding totals £1.34 billion.</p><p>Apprenticeships are accessible to people of all ages and can support people to re-train and upskill throughout their lives. We are increasing investment in apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by 2024/25.</p><p>In November 2021, the department issued guidance to the Office for Students, tasking them to refocus the access and participation regime to create a system that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds throughout their education. Higher education providers should be working meaningfully with schools to ensure that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged and supported to achieve the highest possible grades to succeed, whether that be an apprenticeship or higher technical qualification, or a course at another university.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 82156 question first answered 15/11/2022 14:15:10 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1540539

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Access
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 ensure the widest possible access to education in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	82156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.</p><p>The government is investing £1.6 billion through the National Skills Fund over the next three years, to help adults gain the skills that are sought by employers. The fund will make sure adults, at any age, can upskill to reach their potential and transform their lives.</p><p>As part of this investment, we have introduced the Free Courses for Jobs scheme, which enables learners without a level 3 qualification, or learners with any qualification level who are unemployed or earning below the National Living Wage, to gain a level 3 qualification for free.</p><p>Those who want to upskill in their role, are looking for a job, or are changing career, can take part in Skills Bootcamps. Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer. Skills Bootcamps are currently available across England, offering training in digital, technical (including engineering and manufacturing), construction, logistics (HGV driving), and green skills (including heat pump engineer and electric vehicle charging point installation), and have the potential to transform the skills landscape for adults and employers.</p><p>We are on track to deliver 16,000 Skills Bootcamps training places in the 2021/22 financial year. The department will continue to significantly expand Skills Bootcamps further following the announcement of up to £550 million additional funding across financial years 2022 to 2025, including up to £150 million in financial year 2022/23.</p><p>The department is continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). The AEB fully funds or co-funds skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. In the academic year 2022/23 this funding totals £1.34 billion.</p><p>Apprenticeships are accessible to people of all ages and can support people to re-train and upskill throughout their lives. We are increasing investment in apprenticeships to £2.7 billion by 2024/25.</p><p>In November 2021, the department issued guidance to the Office for Students, tasking them to refocus the access and participation regime to create a system that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds throughout their education. Higher education providers should be working meaningfully with schools to ensure that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged and supported to achieve the highest possible grades to succeed, whether that be an apprenticeship or higher technical qualification, or a course at another university.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 82155 question first answered 15/11/2022 14:15:10 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1540582

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Post-16 Qualifications at Level 3 and Below in England Review
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 4th November 2022 to Question 71347 on Post-16 Qualifications at Level 3 and Below in England Review, how many 16-18 year old students are enrolled on (a) the 1,510 level 3 qualifications included in his Department’s review of post-16 qualifications and (b) each of the 134 Applied General Qualifications approved for inclusion in performance tables.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	82499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Our most recent assessment, covering the full impact of the reforms to level 3 qualifications, stated that of the 2.9 million 16 to 19-year-old enrolments studying level 3 qualifications, in future an estimated 742,000 could instead be studying T Levels, A levels, or a study programme that includes an alternative high-quality qualification that we are confident will help them to progress.</p><p>Separately, Applied General Qualifications (AGQs) are a subset of qualifications which are subject to our reforms. Published participation data from the end of 2021 shows that there were 268,000 16 to 18 year old students studying AGQs.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 14/11/2022 15:48:01 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1540600

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what legal basis the personal information and exam results of up to 28 million children were made available to gambling firms; who made the decision to make this information available; and what the legal limitations are on the provision of such information.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	82174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>Examination result information was not made available to gambling firms. A third party made the decision to use their lawful access to the Learning Records Service without discussion with, or the agreement of, the Department. This was outside their conditions of use. The third party used the system to verify the age that individuals had given to gambling firms. When their actions became known, the Department immediately removed their access to the system. The Department reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office and has continued to work with them since to improve Departmental processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2022 17:24:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1540612

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Siblings
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 November 2022 to Question 75936 on Children in Care: Siblings, how many siblings and half siblings were split up under local authority care in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	82326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information centrally. Local authorities provide information on looked after children through the SSDA903 annual return. However, this does not include information on the family background of looked after children, including whether they have siblings and/or half-siblings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:32 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1540618

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Bexleyheath and Crayford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency have received free school meals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	82197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual figures on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals, based on school census data.</p><p>The most recently published figures are for January 2022. The full collection of publications can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>. The attached table provides information for Bexleyheath and Crayford from the 2017/18 to 2021/22 academic years.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2022 11:10:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 82197_FSM_Bexleyheath.pdf title 82197_table
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1540619

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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, how much the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley, (c) Greater London and (d) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	82198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The schools National Funding Formula (NFF) calculates an allocation for every school, based on their individual pupil and school characteristics. Schools’ allocations under the NFF for the 2022/23 financial year can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2022-to-2023</a>. Schools’ allocations under the NFF for the 2021/22 financial year can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2021-to-2022</a>. Schools’ allocations under the NFF for the 2020/21 financial year can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2020-to-2021</a>.</p><p>The below table shows the average funding per pupil allocated through the NFF for Bexleyheath and Crayford, Bexley, London and England over the past three years. Per pupil funding excludes growth funding and individual schools’ actual allocations are based on local authorities’ local funding formulae.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average per pupil funding through the Schools NFF</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Bexleyheath and Crayford (Constituency)</p></td><td><p>Bexley (Local Authority)</p></td><td><p>London (Region)</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£5,435</p></td><td><p>£5,543</p></td><td><p>£6,240</p></td><td><p>£5,358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£5,285</p></td><td><p>£5,211</p></td><td><p>£5,914</p></td><td><p>£5,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4,889</p></td><td><p>£4,825</p></td><td><p>£5,529</p></td><td><p>£4,828</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2022 11:40:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1540624

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that schools are able to (a) carry out repairs, (b) heat their buildings and (c) provide after-school activities during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	82191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department provides annual condition funding to schools and those responsible for school buildings to improve and maintain the school estate. The Department has committed over £13 billion since 2015, including £1.8 billion this financial year.</p><p>The Department also publishes several resources to support schools and their responsible bodies to effectively manage their estates and meet their legal duties. This includes good estate management for schools, in addition to guidance on specific issues such as managing asbestos, reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete and cladding.</p><p>Schools are being supported with their energy bills through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which will run until at least 31 March 2023. This will protect schools from high energy costs and give them greater certainty over their budgets over the winter months. The details of the scheme can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-relief-scheme-help-for-businesses-and-other-non-domestic-customers</a>. Schools are also being supported by cash increases to the core schools budget, including a £4 billion increase this financial year.</p><p>Schools are best placed to understand and meet the needs of their pupils and have flexibility to decide what range of extra-curricular activities to offer. Both Pupil Premium and Recovery Premium can be used to fund enrichment activities. In March 2022, the Department updated its guidance to make this clear to schools.</p><p>The Department also supports a range of specific initiatives to expand access to high quality, extra-curricular activities, including the Holiday Activities and Food Programme and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The Department is developing guidance to support schools to navigate the resources available to develop their extracurricular activities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2022 17:31:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1540626

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Speech and Language Therapy
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 27 September 2022 to Question 51450 on Speech and Language Therapy: Recruitment, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure adequate support for language and speech therapists in schools.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	82192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with speech and language needs, receive the support they need to achieve at school.</p><p>The department knows that children and young people with SEND frequently require access to additional support from a broad specialist workforce across education, and health and care, including speech and language therapists. As set out in the SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, we are taking steps to increase the capacity of the specialist workforce.</p><p>The consultation closed on 22 July. The department is currently using this feedback, along with continued engagement with the system, to inform the next stage of delivering improvements for children, young people and their families. We will also continue to support the system in the immediate term to deliver change and improve the experience and outcomes for children and young people with SEND, and those who need AP.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 16/11/2022 13:58:18 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick