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1175190

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date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Mobility
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Sutton Trust Elites in the UK: Pulling Away?, published on 22 January; and what action, if any, they plan to take in response.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>We welcome this report from the Sutton Trust on the vital question of how we ensure everyone can make the most of their potential. Talent is evenly spread across the country, but opportunity is not, which is why we are committed to making sure that every child, in every part of the country, has a fair chance.</p><p> </p><p>Employment rates have increased in every region and nation of the UK and higher skilled roles make up over 80% of the employment growth since 2010. We are investing an additional £14 billion over 3 years so that every child gets a world-class education and last year there was a record rate of 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university. At the same time, the government is working to make sure that more learners from disadvantaged areas undertake apprenticeships that offer higher returns.</p><p> </p><p>At school, against a background of rising standards, disadvantaged pupils are narrowing the attainment gap at age 11 and age 16. Our reforms, and the focus provided by the £2.4 billion pupil premium, have supported this improvement. Most disadvantaged pupils attend a Good school or better.</p><p> </p><p>The law is clear that anyone in work is entitled to receive the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage and the government is committed to enforcing this right across the country as well as levelling up investment in towns through our £3.6 billion Towns Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/02/2020 14:18:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1175253

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what budget provision they have made for the Erasmus Plus international student exchange programme beyond 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Political Declaration states the UK is open to participation in certain EU programmes, such as the next Erasmus+ programme (2021-27), if it is in our interest to do so. The proposed regulations for the next 2021-27 Erasmus+ programme are still being discussed in the EU and have yet to be finalised. Our future participation will be subject to negotiations on the UK-EU relationship. Decisions on future budget provisions are a matter for the Comprehensive Spending Review.</p><p>The UK Government wants to ensure that UK and European students can continue to benefit from each other’s world-leading education systems. We are considering a wide range of options with regards to the future of international exchange and collaboration in education and training, including potential domestic alternatives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 05/02/2020 14:58:42 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1175255

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that information and advice services for families, kinship carers and special guardians of children at risk or involved in the care system in England can continue uninterrupted, following the reported delay in the procurement of this service.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The department is in the process of tendering for an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system.</p><p>Our intention remains to award this contract in March 2020 in order for the service to commence on 1 April 2020. As per our most recent indicative timeline, we hope to evaluate tender bids on 3 February 2020, hold clarification meetings between 14 February 2020 to 20 February 2020, and announce the preferred bidder soon after.</p><p>Any further unexpected delays will be communicated to all interested bidders. The department will work with any winning bidder, and the existing provider to ensure the service is not interrupted.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL670 question first answered 05/02/2020 14:29:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

1175259

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what new deadlines the Department for Education has set to (1) evaluate tender bids, (2) hold clarification meetings, and (3) announce the preferred bidder of the tender process for the contract for "an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system".
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The department is in the process of tendering for an information and advice service for families including kinship carers of children at risk or involved in the care system.</p><p>Our intention remains to award this contract in March 2020 in order for the service to commence on 1 April 2020. As per our most recent indicative timeline, we hope to evaluate tender bids on 3 February 2020, hold clarification meetings between 14 February 2020 to 20 February 2020, and announce the preferred bidder soon after.</p><p>Any further unexpected delays will be communicated to all interested bidders. The department will work with any winning bidder, and the existing provider to ensure the service is not interrupted.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL669 question first answered 05/02/2020 14:29:54 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

1175262

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation in this Parliament relating to education; and when they expect any such legislation to be introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Queen’s Speech, this government is committed to ensuring that all young people have access to an excellent education, unlocking their full potential and preparing them for the world of work.</p><p>We have already laid legislation this Parliament requiring local authorities to provide every secondary school with at least £5,000 per pupil next year, and every primary school with at least £3,750 per pupil. This will support the lowest funded schools across the country so that all schools are able to provide an excellent education for their pupils.</p><p>We have also laid legislation to introduce, from August 2020, the new entitlement to fully funded digital qualifications for adults with no or low digital skills.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/02/2020 15:43:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1175263

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Peterborough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with Peterborough Council prior to that authority's decision to plan to open the first fully religiously selective Government-funded faith school since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>It has always been possible to establish new schools that can prioritise up to 100% of admissions on the basis of faith criteria and a number of these have opened since 2010. It is for a schools admissions authority to decide whether they will use faith-based admissions criteria or not.</p><p>Regarding Peterborough City Council’s decision to approve the proposals for a new Catholic voluntary aided school on 6 January 2020, we gave approval in principle in June 2019 to provide funding to the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (RCDEA) for a new Catholic primary school. The department publishes guidance on how to take these decisions in the opening and closing maintained schools guidance. Local authorities are best placed to decide whether a proposed school meets the needs of its local community.</p><p>Guidance is attached and available from: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-organisation-maintained-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-organisation-maintained-schools</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/02/2020 13:29:20 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL730_Opening_and_closing_maintained_schools1012.pdf title HL730_guidance
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1175157

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote (1) racial, and (2) religious, integration in schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Education plays a vital role in promoting integration and preparing our children and young people for life in a modern and diverse Britain.</p><p>All schools must promote community cohesion and are required to actively promote our shared values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. Promotion of these values is part of Ofsted’s inspection framework and the department has published guidance to schools on promoting these important values as part of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Schools are also required to comply with the relevant provisions of the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>In 2016, the department also launched the Educate Against Hate website, through which we continue to provide free resources for teachers and school leaders to support their promotion of these values. This includes the department’s Respectful School Communities toolkit; a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline, helping to combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind.</p><p>The department also funds a number of specific initiatives to support schools in addressing these issues. This includes the provision of over £2.8 million of funding between September 2016 and March 2020 to four anti-bullying organisations, to support schools to tackle bullying – including projects focused on targeted bullying of particular groups, such as those who are victims of hate-related bullying, and projects which encourage children and young people to think about the importance of tackling prejudice and discrimination.</p><p>As part of our commitments in the Government’s Integrated Communities Action Plan, the department is also funding an expanded national school linking programme, which seeks to encourage meaningful social mixing between different types of schools and foster understanding of those with different backgrounds, faiths and beliefs. In the last year, the Linking Network has worked with over 540 schools, leading to over 22,500 pupils taking part in activities supporting integration.</p><p>As part of this same package, the department has also strengthened expectations for all new free schools on the promotion of community cohesion and integration, to make sure they are doing all that they can to ensure children and young people are able to participate fully in life in modern Britain.</p><p>The department is also introducing health education for pupils receiving state-funded primary and secondary education, alongside relationships education in all primary schools, and relationships and sex education (RSE) in all secondary schools. Mental wellbeing is a core component of the new health education curriculum, as well as being embedded in (RSE). Schools will be required to teach about a range of issues which will be relevant to wellbeing, including bullying, respectful relationships and online relationships.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/02/2020 16:43:11 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1175160

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of The Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills 2018/19, published on 21 January.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector’s Annual Report paints a strong picture of success across early years, schools and further education in England, with 96% of early years, 86% of schools and 81% of further education and skills judged to be ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by the inspectorate. The report also shows positive developments in social care with 48% of local authorities now judged ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, compared with 36% after their first inspections under the previous framework.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s findings are a testament to the dedication and professionalism of so many individuals working hard to improve the lives of young people and adults.</p><p> </p><p>The government wants to build on this and go further. Hence, we are investing an additional £14.4 billion in schools over the next three years; an extra £1 billion for adult and children’s social care every year of this Parliament; an additional £3 billion over the course of this Parliament to support the creation of a National Skills Fund; and a further £4.4 billion to fund pension contributions into the Teacher Pension Scheme, one of the best pension schemes available. We are including a further £1.8 billion for funding on capital investment into further education colleges. We are also increasing 16 to 19 funding in 2020-21 by £400 million, the biggest injection of new money in a single year since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/02/2020 18:02:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1175161

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which Parliamentary constituencies have no further or higher education establishments within their boundaries.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Further education and higher education are devolved matters. The department does not have ready access to the location of all further education colleges within the UK and so cannot provide an answer in the form requested in the time available. The answer below therefore focuses on England.</p><p>In England, of the 533 parliamentary constituencies, there are 52 with no further education colleges or higher education institutions registered within their boundaries.</p><p>The attached tables contain the full list of these constituencies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/02/2020 17:44:49 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL612_Constituencies_with_no_FE_or_HE_provision_in_England.xls title HL612_Table
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1175166

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) year-on-year fall in the number of apprenticeships started by young people, and (2) the effectiveness of the Apprenticeship Levy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Brady
uin	HL610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Our reforms to apprenticeships have fundamentally changed what apprenticeships are and the long-term opportunities they provide for people of all ages and backgrounds.</p><p>The tables below show apprenticeships starts, by age, from 2015/16 to 2018/19, including the percentage change from 2015/16 to 2018/19 and the breakdown of frameworks and standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age range</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><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage change 2015/16 – 2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Under 19</strong></p></td><td><p>131,400</p></td><td><p>122,800</p></td><td><p>106,600</p></td><td><p>97,700</p></td><td><p>-26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>19 to 24</strong></p></td><td><p>153,900</p></td><td><p>142,200</p></td><td><p>113,700</p></td><td><p>116,000</p></td><td><p>-25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25+</strong></p></td><td><p>224,100</p></td><td><p>229,900</p></td><td><p>155,500</p></td><td><p>179,700</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>509,400</p></td><td><p>494,900</p></td><td><p>375,800</p></td><td><p>393,400</p></td><td><p>-23%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of apprenticeship</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><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Frameworks</strong></p></td><td><p>505,100</p></td><td><p>470,300</p></td><td><p>212,100</p></td><td><p>145,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Standards</strong></p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>24,600</p></td><td><p>163,700</p></td><td><p>248,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of people starting apprenticeships has fallen across all age groups. A key reason for this is that we are moving away from old apprenticeship frameworks which employers said were not equipping apprentices to do the job; training was often poor or non-existent. As more standards have become available each year, the number of apprentices of all ages starting on standards has increased.</p><p>Employers are now in the driving seat, designing apprenticeship standards to give apprentices the skills that industry really needs. Over 63% of starts in 2018/19 were on standards, compared to 44% in 2017/18, and all starts will be on high quality standards from August 2020.</p><p> </p><p>To promote apprenticeships to younger people, we launched the third phase of our apprenticeships marketing campaign<strong>, </strong>Fire it Up, in January. The campaign shines a spotlight on how apprenticeships can provide opportunities for ambitious young people and support businesses to diversify their workforce. Our annual National Apprenticeship Week will take place in February and celebrate the impact of apprenticeships on individuals, employers and the economy.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, we engaged with over 16,500 students in years 10 to 13, and 2,000 schools and colleges used the Apprenticeship Activity Pack for students. Throughout the year, our Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge (ASK) programme ensures that schools and colleges across England have free support to develop apprenticeship awareness activities.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship levy underpins our reforms to increase the quality of training and to support employers of all sizes to make a sustainable investment in the skills they need to grow.</p><p>We have already made changes to the levy in response to our engagement with employers. In April 2019, we raised the cap on transfers to 25%. We have already seen employers making use of transfers to support apprenticeship starts in their supply chains or to meet local skills needs.</p><p> </p><p>In January, we extended the use of transfers to cover the full cost of training for 16 to 18-year-olds, eligible 19 to 24-year-olds and for receiving employers with fewer than 50 employees, creating opportunities for organisations who may have previously felt that employing an apprentice was beyond their reach. We are committed to continuing to look at how we can improve the working of the levy to ensure it delivers the skilled workforce that employers need.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/02/2020 17:53:17 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4339 label Biography information for Baroness Brady