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457999

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 transitional arrangements her Department has made for learners currently on the Youth Contract which is set to come to an end in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Recruitment of new participants to the Youth Contract programme for 16 and 17 year olds closed on 31 March 2015, with the programme ending on 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In exceptional circumstances, where young people have not achieved this outcome before the programme closes, Youth Contract providers will direct them to other re-engagement provision or to their home local authority for appropriate support.</p><p> </p><p>Overall responsibility for supporting and encouraging young people, including the most vulnerable, rests with local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/03/2016 17:13:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458000

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 support her Department offers to third-sector training providers and local authorities in reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to track, support and encourage young people to participate in education and training, with a particular focus on those who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). The Department for Education supports local authorities in meeting this duty by: providing a secure portal for them to exchange data about young people’s activities; collating and publishing data about young people’s activities; sharing good practice; and publishing a NEET Scorecard to help local authorities manage their performance.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities decide how they will work with and support education and training providers, the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), and other agencies in meeting these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities receive funding from central government to enable them to meet their statutory obligations including this duty, but it is up to them to determine exactly how much they spend on these activities, and whether and how much funding should be provided to VCS organisations to help with this. Reflecting its continued commitment to supporting young people NEET, the government has allocated £30 million for the Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund Social Impact Bond (SIB) schemes, and the recent Spending Review settlement saw over £100 million for further SIBs, tackling issues such as youth unemployment, homelessness and mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30029 question first answered 15/03/2016 16:24:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458001

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 funding will be available for third-sector training providers to support young people who are not in education, employment or training once the Youth Contract comes to an end.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to track, support and encourage young people to participate in education and training, with a particular focus on those who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). The Department for Education supports local authorities in meeting this duty by: providing a secure portal for them to exchange data about young people’s activities; collating and publishing data about young people’s activities; sharing good practice; and publishing a NEET Scorecard to help local authorities manage their performance.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities decide how they will work with and support education and training providers, the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), and other agencies in meeting these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities receive funding from central government to enable them to meet their statutory obligations including this duty, but it is up to them to determine exactly how much they spend on these activities, and whether and how much funding should be provided to VCS organisations to help with this. Reflecting its continued commitment to supporting young people NEET, the government has allocated £30 million for the Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund Social Impact Bond (SIB) schemes, and the recent Spending Review settlement saw over £100 million for further SIBs, tackling issues such as youth unemployment, homelessness and mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30028 question first answered 15/03/2016 16:24:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458002

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on the location of young people classified as not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills jointly publish a statistical first release (SFR) titled “NEET statistics quarterly brief” which has estimates of young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures are broken down by individual age for 16, 17 and 18 year olds and by the following age groups: 16-17, 16-18, 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 year olds. The 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 figures are also published by region. Figures are published each quarter based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes its definitive annual estimates of 16-18 year olds NEET every June in the SFR “Participation in education, training and employment”. These figures are more accurate than the LFS estimates because they are based on a combination of administrative data and survey data from the LFS, but are only compiled annually and are not disaggregated below national level.</p><p> </p><p>These two SFRs can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet</a></p><p> </p><p>The department also publishes management information showing the number and proportion of 16-18 year olds NEET in each local authority in England based on data collected by local authorities through their Client Caseload Information Systems (CCIS). These are published annually, showing estimates of average NEET over the November to January period each year. The coverage and methodology differs from the official national estimates for England published in the department’s SFRs, so the figures are not directly comparable. On aggregate, the local authority figures tend to be lower than those in the SFRs because they only include young people whose activity is known to their local authority and do not count young people who are taking a gap year or are in custody as NEET, and the accuracy and completeness depends on the quality of each local authority’s data collection system.</p><p>NEET figures by local authority can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30031 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:13:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458003

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on the number of young people classified as not in education, employment or training (a) in total and (b) by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills jointly publish a statistical first release (SFR) titled “NEET statistics quarterly brief” which has estimates of young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures are broken down by individual age for 16, 17 and 18 year olds and by the following age groups: 16-17, 16-18, 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 year olds. The 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 figures are also published by region. Figures are published each quarter based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes its definitive annual estimates of 16-18 year olds NEET every June in the SFR “Participation in education, training and employment”. These figures are more accurate than the LFS estimates because they are based on a combination of administrative data and survey data from the LFS, but are only compiled annually and are not disaggregated below national level.</p><p> </p><p>These two SFRs can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet</a></p><p> </p><p>The department also publishes management information showing the number and proportion of 16-18 year olds NEET in each local authority in England based on data collected by local authorities through their Client Caseload Information Systems (CCIS). These are published annually, showing estimates of average NEET over the November to January period each year. The coverage and methodology differs from the official national estimates for England published in the department’s SFRs, so the figures are not directly comparable. On aggregate, the local authority figures tend to be lower than those in the SFRs because they only include young people whose activity is known to their local authority and do not count young people who are taking a gap year or are in custody as NEET, and the accuracy and completeness depends on the quality of each local authority’s data collection system.</p><p>NEET figures by local authority can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30030 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:13:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458068

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's social worker vacancies remained unfilled in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	29995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of children’s social work vacancies in English local authorities is collected annually.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data, from 30 September 2015, was published by the Department for Education on 25 February 2016 and can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>More data is also found on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:23:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

458069

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to identify children who are eligible for free school meals under Pupil Premium funding who are unaware of their eligibility for that funding.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	29996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The provision of a free, nutritious meal and the additional funding that free school meal (FSM) pupils attract through the pupil premium means there is a very strong incentive for parents to register for FSM; and the vast majority do so.</p><p>We know that schools and local authorities have worked hard to encourage all families to register for FSM and the Department has highlighted and disseminated best practice for other schools to use, including a model a registration form. This is available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-and-pupil-premium-registration-form" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-school-meals-and-pupil-premium-registration-form</a></p><p>The Department is continuing to explore ways of increasing registration rates further.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/03/2016 17:28:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

458070

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are home schooled; and how many were so schooled in (a) 2005 and (b) 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	29895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Data for the numbers of children educated at home in England are not collected by the Department for Education. Some local authorities maintain voluntary registers of children educated at home but as they have no statutory basis, they cannot be regarded as an authoritative source of data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 16/03/2016 17:54:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

458071

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of looked-after children who apply to attend university.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	29948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government wants all children to reach their full potential. Looked-after children have priority in admission arrangements so they have the chance to go to schools that best meet their needs. In 2014 we increased the pupil premium rate for looked-after children from £900 to £1900, and the role of Virtual School Heads (VSHs) became statutory.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have a duty under the Children Act 1989 to promote the educational achievement of children they look after wherever they are placed and VSHs are responsible for ensuring that duty is discharged. Statutory guidance makes clear that local authorities should have the same high aspirations for the children they look after as any good parent. That includes choosing schools for them that are judged by Ofsted as good or outstanding and supporting them to make maximum progress.</p><p> </p><p>In addition:</p><ul><li>looked-after children and care leavers are eligible for the 16-19 Bursary, worth £1200 each year, to continue in full-time education;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>care leavers pursuing a recognised course of higher education receive a £2000 Higher Education Bursary; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>we have made it easier for care leavers to return to education up to the age of 25 by requiring local authorities to support them with a personal adviser and a pathway plan while they are on their agreed course.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is currently working with other government departments, including the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to explore what more can be done to support looked-after children and young people to progress in education and training and make a successful transition to adulthood.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/03/2016 17:25:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

458072

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to encourage provision of public sector work experience placements for 14 to 19 year-olds in education.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	29885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>We encourage all employers, including those in the public sector, to provide quality work experience opportunities, and government guidance is available.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the government works in partnership with Movement to Work to offer placements in the Civil Service and we encourage all public sector bodies to offer traineeships, which include a quality work placement, and are available for 16-24 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>In January, the Prime Minister gave a speech focusing on life chances during which he expressed his wish to set out a plan for using work experience more creatively. We are well aware that work experience can be a transformative opportunity, and we look forward to receiving the Lord Sainsbury-led Independent Panel Report on Technical and Professional Education which we expect will make recommendations in this area.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/03/2016 16:26:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker