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1356882

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date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Educational, Health Care Plans have been sought in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 in (i) Bexley Borough, (ii) Greater London and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	51597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The initial requests for Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans relating to 2019 and 2020 are published at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/1ff67fe5-249c-4a8e-b2a1-a172c1ae0b23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/1ff67fe5-249c-4a8e-b2a1-a172c1ae0b23</a>.</p><p>The department does not yet hold information on the number of initial requests for EHC plans in 2021, but this will be published in May 2022 at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/09/2021 16:52:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1356883

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Lifelong 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 promote lifelong learning.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	51598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is investing £2.5 billion in the National Skills Fund in England.</p><p>Since 1 April 2021, the government is supporting adults who do not hold A level equivalent or higher qualifications to access over 400 funded level 3 courses, with Free Courses for Jobs. This offer is a long-term commitment, backed by £95 million from the National Skills Fund in year one.</p><p>Complementing this support for adults, Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks to give people the opportunity to build up sector specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer. The department is expanding the Skills Bootcamp programme across the country during 2021/22 financial year, with £43 million from the National Skills Fund. There will be digital Skills Bootcamps available in each English region and a wide coverage of technical Skills Bootcamps. We are also delivering Skills Bootcamps in retrofit construction skills to support the green industrial revolution.</p><p>From 2025, the department will introduce a Lifelong Loan Entitlement equivalent to 4 years of post-18 education. People will be supported to study throughout their life, with the opportunity to train, retrain and upskill as needed in response to changing skills needs and employment patterns. It will help transform post-18 study, delivering greater parity between further and higher education.</p><p>The department is continuing to invest in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), investing £1.34 billion in the 2021/22 financial year. The AEB fully funds or co-funds skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to support adults to gain the skills required for work, apprenticeships or further learning.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 30/09/2021 16:04:16 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1356963

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Bury South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students studying T Levels in Bury South constituency (a) there were in the 2020-21 academic year and (b) there are in the 2021-22 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	51898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>We are introducing T Levels in a phased implementation - 43 providers started teaching these pioneering qualifications last September to around 1,300 students. In this first wave of rollout, no providers based specifically in Bury offered T Levels.</p><p>From this September, provider numbers have grown to just over 100, which includes Bury College. In the wider area providers include Hopwood Hall, Bolton College and Oldham College. Providers are still enrolling students at this point and data on student numbers nationally will be available later in the autumn, with provider level data available next year.</p><p>Keeping provider numbers small in these initial stages of rollout has meant we can work closely with them to ensure a high-quality start. Feedback from students and providers involved in the first year of teaching has been positive.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/09/2021 14:25:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1356964

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Bury South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of T Levels on social mobility in Bury South constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	51899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The provision of high-quality technical education is key to improving social mobility, and we want as many young people as possible to benefit from T Levels. The introduction of T Levels will help raise the standard of technical education, so that it is seen as equal in esteem to our world class academic route. The industry placement element of T Levels helps to build students’ employability skills, developing their confidence in the workplace and giving young people from all backgrounds a head start in accessing skilled work. T Levels carry UCAS points in line with three A levels so will also allow progression to higher education. We have also developed a T Level Transition Programme, which is aimed at students who have potential to complete a T Level but need extra support.</p><p>The first T Level providers are situated across the country and we have ensured they are represented in opportunity areas. From this academic year, Bury College and other providers in the wider Bury area began offering T Levels, boosting access to high quality technical education for young people in the area.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/09/2021 14:31:29 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1356966

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to encourage more young people to study T Levels.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	51900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>We want as many young people as possible to benefit from T Levels. The T Level communications campaign launched in October 2019, aimed at potential students and parents of 14-16 year olds. We are working with the Careers and Enterprise Company to ensure that careers staff can articulate their benefits to students and have included T Levels in the Apprenticeships Support and Knowledge programme, which offers free support and resources to schools to upskill their staff.</p><p>We continue to support T Level providers with their recruitment, and going forward T Levels will be part of a new ‘Young People’s Futures’ campaign. This will support 14-19 year olds to understand the range of education, training and work options open to them, including T Levels. T Levels also feature in our Employer Support campaign, helping to increase awareness nationally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/09/2021 14:34:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1356967

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
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, what plans his Department has to encourage more colleges and schools to provide T Levels.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	51901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>We are introducing T Levels in a phased implementation with the number of providers increasing year on year. Just over 100 providers are now teaching T Levels and from next September this number will rise to around 200. For this initial rollout we selected high performing providers to ensure high-quality from the start. Providers are now registering their interest to deliver T Levels from 2023 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-register-to-deliver-t-levels-in-2023-to-2024-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-register-to-deliver-t-levels-in-2023-to-2024-academic-year</a>, and we have seen a positive response to this.</p><p>We continue to work closely with sector representatives, such as the Association of Colleges and Association of School and College Leaders, as well as academy trusts and local/combined authorities to raise awareness and encourage providers to register for 2023 delivery.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 28/09/2021 14:28:16 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1357031

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is working with representatives of local Violence Against Women and Girls sector organisations to implement relationship and sex education.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	51710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The department has not engaged specifically with any local representatives of sector organisations focused on violence against women and girls in relation to the implementation of the new Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) curriculum, which came into force in September 2020. The department commissioned Ofsted to undertake a review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges and they published their report in June 2021. The government accepted the findings in full. The department is developing a new support package for teachers, and we plan to engage with a range of stakeholders, including organisations with expertise in sexual abuse and violence against women and girls to inform that.</p><p>We will publish non-statutory RSHE guidance covering specific topics mentioned by the Ofsted review and in response to the Violence against Women and Girls strategy.</p><p>To support teachers further, we also plan to host a national webinar on specific topics in RSHE for teachers and other interested professionals using subject sector experts from the field and run smaller RSHE regional events to support teachers to network and share best practice.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/09/2021 14:44:38 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion