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759663

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date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her most recent estimate is of the number of primary school places required in Wolverhampton.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring there are sufficient school places for pupils. The Department collects pupil forecasts and school capacities from each local authority through the annual school capacity survey (SCAP). This data is used to allocate capital funding to local authorities to help them provide sufficient school places where they are needed. The Department’s Pupil Place Planning team then work with local authorities to determine that those places are in fact being created.</p><p> </p><p>The capacity and forecast data are published on an annual basis, giving local authority and regional totals, through the SCAP tables. From the latest published data giving the position at May 2016, Wolverhampton Local Authority had 24,296 places at primary schools and 22,172 pupils on roll at primary schools. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes school place scorecards to show the challenges that local authorities are facing, together with the progress that they are making in providing sufficient good quality school places. The latest published scorecards show that an estimated 200 primary places are needed in Wolverhampton Local Authority to meet demand in 2018/19. This figure is based on demand in separate planning areas within the local authority. The scorecards, including full details of the calculation, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-school-places-scorecards-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-school-places-scorecards-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 11:22:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759664

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 200,000 new public sector apprenticeships announced by her Department on 20 January 2017 have been filled; and how many of those are based in the (a) West Midlands and (b) City of Wolverhampton.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the number of public sector apprenticeships are not available. Public sector bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeships target are required annually to publish and send to the Department for Education their progress towards the target.</p><p>The first reports (covering the period 2017/18) will be due by 30 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 09:55:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759665

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices were from below average income households in (a) England, (b) West Midlands and (c) Wolverhampton in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The department does not currently hold information which is specific to the breakdown of apprentices by their household income by region.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 10:42:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759666

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices are funded in the Wolverhampton local authority area through the apprenticeship levy; and how many apprenticeships in the Wolverhampton local authority area the Government expects will be funded by the apprenticeship levy, in financial year (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of apprenticeship starts is published as part of the further education and skills statistical first release. Apprenticeship starts broken down by geographical region and local authority are available in the further education data library:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624428/apprenticeships-geography-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsm</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Currently, data on apprenticeship starts is only available reported to the end of April 2017, before the apprenticeship levy was introduced. The statistical first release will publish apprenticeship starts supported through the levy in the October release on 12 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are jobs and the volume and mix of apprenticeships will depend on the decisions employers make. The department has made estimates of the overall numbers of apprenticeships in future years but does not have breakdowns by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of accounts registered on the apprenticeship service and the number of commitments made have been published as part of the statistical first release collection:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/10/2017 11:45:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759667

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to expand the number of primary school places in Wolverhampton.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	10197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them in doing so is one of this Government’s top priorities. Wolverhampton has received £19 million for new places between 2011 and 2017 and has been allocated a further £6 million for 2017 to 2020. In summer 2016, the City of Wolverhampton Council reported that they had firm plans in place to provide 555 primary school places by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 11:10:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

759668

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sites for new schools were purchased by the Education Skills Funding Agency in the last three years at 60 per cent above the Red Book price; how many of those purchases were investigated by the accounting officer; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	10245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The department purchases sites for future free schools where it represents value for money. We do not pay in excess of what a site is worth or purchase expensive sites if there are better value for money alternatives in the area.</p><p>Official market value is subjective and at a specific point in time, we do carry out Red Book Valuations as per Treasury Green Book guidelines but these reports are carried out as a guide to the sites value and are treated as commercially confidential documents.</p><p>The ESFA acquired 175 freehold sites between 2011 and 2016. On average, they paid 19% above Red Book Valuations for free schools with 20 sites costing 60% or more and 31 sites costing less than the Red Book Valuation. Any site that has been acquired that is 60% above the Red Book Valuation requires the ESFA Accounting Officer and HM Treasury approval.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 10246 question first answered 19/09/2017 15:36:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

759669

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sites for new schools have been purchased by the Education Skills Funding Agency in each education authority area in the last three years (a) at, (b) below and (c) above the Red Book price; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	10246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The department purchases sites for future free schools where it represents value for money. We do not pay in excess of what a site is worth or purchase expensive sites if there are better value for money alternatives in the area.</p><p>Official market value is subjective and at a specific point in time, we do carry out Red Book Valuations as per Treasury Green Book guidelines but these reports are carried out as a guide to the sites value and are treated as commercially confidential documents.</p><p>The ESFA acquired 175 freehold sites between 2011 and 2016. On average, they paid 19% above Red Book Valuations for free schools with 20 sites costing 60% or more and 31 sites costing less than the Red Book Valuation. Any site that has been acquired that is 60% above the Red Book Valuation requires the ESFA Accounting Officer and HM Treasury approval.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 10245 question first answered 19/09/2017 15:36:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

759671

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of students taking up places at lower tariff universities and colleges in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	10299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) published data on the number of applicants placed by 1 September 2017. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p>Data for the 2017 cycle is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by tariff group are in table T.2 of the <em>Tariff group (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by age for English domiciled students are in table C.4 of the <em>Age</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed EU applicants (excluding the UK) are in table B.17 of the <em>Country (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs</a>.</p><p>We have provided guidance to the Director for Fair Access in 2016 and asked him to encourage institutions to make more effort in the area of recruiting more mature learners and this is reflected in guidance to institutions on access agreements. We are removing barriers to the growth of accelerated courses, which particularly appeal to mature students.</p><p> </p><p>EU students make an important contribution to our universities and we want that to continue. To help provide certainty for EU students as we exit the EU, the Government has confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course. While it is disappointing to see the fall in EU numbers in the UCAS data, we welcome the rise in the number of 18 year olds from non-EU countries applying to study in the UK. This highlights that the UK is highly competitive in the global mobile student market, second only to the US in the number of international students we attract.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 10300 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:51:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759672

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of (a) mature students and (b) non-UK EU students taking up places at universities and colleges in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	10300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) published data on the number of applicants placed by 1 September 2017. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p>Data for the 2017 cycle is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by tariff group are in table T.2 of the <em>Tariff group (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by age for English domiciled students are in table C.4 of the <em>Age</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed EU applicants (excluding the UK) are in table B.17 of the <em>Country (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs</a>.</p><p>We have provided guidance to the Director for Fair Access in 2016 and asked him to encourage institutions to make more effort in the area of recruiting more mature learners and this is reflected in guidance to institutions on access agreements. We are removing barriers to the growth of accelerated courses, which particularly appeal to mature students.</p><p> </p><p>EU students make an important contribution to our universities and we want that to continue. To help provide certainty for EU students as we exit the EU, the Government has confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course. While it is disappointing to see the fall in EU numbers in the UCAS data, we welcome the rise in the number of 18 year olds from non-EU countries applying to study in the UK. This highlights that the UK is highly competitive in the global mobile student market, second only to the US in the number of international students we attract.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 10299 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:51:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759673

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Student Loans Company: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff there were at the Student Loans Company in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	10296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The full time equivalent staff employed by the Student Loans Company for the years requested above are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010 - 1,801</p><p>2011 - 1,857</p><p>2012 - 1,920</p><p>2013 - 2,140</p><p>2014 - 2,367</p><p>2015 - 2,554</p><p>2016 - 2,649</p><p>2017 - 2,787</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/10/2017 10:57:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden