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1653084

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date	14/07/2023
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, with reference to the oral contribution by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 526, which budget lines within the Department for Education's existing budget are being reprioritised to deliver the additional funding to increase teachers' pay by 6.5%.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	194246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendations for 2023/24 teacher pay awards in full. This means that teachers and head teachers in maintained schools will receive an increase of at least 6.5%, the highest STRB award in three decades. The Department will be providing an additional £525 million of funding in the 2023/24 financial year, and £900 million in 2024/25, and as the unions have agreed, this means that the award is properly funded.</p><p>Although the Department will have to make difficult decisions, the Secretary of State has been clear all frontline services will be protected. Funding for early years, SEND, school conditions and core school and college budgets are fully protected. To help fund the pay award, the Secretary of State has also secured exceptional permission from the Treasury to keep money where there have been or will be underspends, which in normal years would have to be returned to Treasury.</p><p>The additional funding announced alongside the teachers’ pay award fully covers the cost of the pay award above 3.5%, nationally. The Department’s affordability calculation says that a 4% pay award should be affordable for the average school, and the Department is more than covering that calculation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194241 question first answered 26/07/2023 15:03:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1653085

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Work Experience: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged 18 and under have undertaken work experience in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	194182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Every pupil should have first hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. Experiences of the workplace should be tailored to the individual needs of the pupils involved and can demonstrate the capabilities of these pupils while providing them with first hand knowledge of the working environment.</p><p>Research evidence analysed for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company suggests that work experience, supported internships or employment, employee preparation programmes, self determination training and family involvement are effective in enabling pupils and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make a successful move from school to further or higher education, training, employment, or self-employment.</p><p>Research has also shown that disadvantaged pupils, who have fewer connections and social networks, disproportionately benefit from high quality interactions with employers. The Department knows that pupils who have had four or more encounters with employers, are 86% less likely to become not in education, employment or training (NEET), and they are likely to go on to earn 18% more.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company works with employers to open experiences of the workplace with the benefit of improving the career outcomes for pupils. Employers who take an active role in the careers process of pupils, can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development.</p><p>Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the Government’s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high quality careers guidance based on international evidence. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of the workplace, has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 52% in 2021/22. Recent analysis also shows that 93% of students in reporting schools and colleges had at least one employer encounter last academic year, up from 82% in 2018/19. This shows that pupils are gaining more opportunities for work and the skills they need to succeed.</p><p>The Department’s grant funding arrangement with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company represents good value for money to the public purse, at around £30 million this year. This funding is provided to support schools and colleges in delivering high quality careers programmes, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and including support for schools and colleges to facilitate experiences for the workplace for pupils.</p><p>The current delivery model, working towards the eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, encourages schools and colleges to take a strategic approach to employer engagement, ensuring careers provision is embedded and sustainable in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194183 194184 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:56:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1653086

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Work Experience: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of providing work experience for all secondary school pupils.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	194183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Every pupil should have first hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. Experiences of the workplace should be tailored to the individual needs of the pupils involved and can demonstrate the capabilities of these pupils while providing them with first hand knowledge of the working environment.</p><p>Research evidence analysed for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company suggests that work experience, supported internships or employment, employee preparation programmes, self determination training and family involvement are effective in enabling pupils and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make a successful move from school to further or higher education, training, employment, or self-employment.</p><p>Research has also shown that disadvantaged pupils, who have fewer connections and social networks, disproportionately benefit from high quality interactions with employers. The Department knows that pupils who have had four or more encounters with employers, are 86% less likely to become not in education, employment or training (NEET), and they are likely to go on to earn 18% more.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company works with employers to open experiences of the workplace with the benefit of improving the career outcomes for pupils. Employers who take an active role in the careers process of pupils, can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development.</p><p>Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the Government’s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high quality careers guidance based on international evidence. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of the workplace, has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 52% in 2021/22. Recent analysis also shows that 93% of students in reporting schools and colleges had at least one employer encounter last academic year, up from 82% in 2018/19. This shows that pupils are gaining more opportunities for work and the skills they need to succeed.</p><p>The Department’s grant funding arrangement with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company represents good value for money to the public purse, at around £30 million this year. This funding is provided to support schools and colleges in delivering high quality careers programmes, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and including support for schools and colleges to facilitate experiences for the workplace for pupils.</p><p>The current delivery model, working towards the eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, encourages schools and colleges to take a strategic approach to employer engagement, ensuring careers provision is embedded and sustainable in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194182 194184 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:56:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1653087

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Work Experience: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of ensuring that all secondary school pupils have an opportunity to undertake work experience on (a) disadvantaged children and (b) inclusivity.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	194184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Every pupil should have first hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. Experiences of the workplace should be tailored to the individual needs of the pupils involved and can demonstrate the capabilities of these pupils while providing them with first hand knowledge of the working environment.</p><p>Research evidence analysed for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company suggests that work experience, supported internships or employment, employee preparation programmes, self determination training and family involvement are effective in enabling pupils and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make a successful move from school to further or higher education, training, employment, or self-employment.</p><p>Research has also shown that disadvantaged pupils, who have fewer connections and social networks, disproportionately benefit from high quality interactions with employers. The Department knows that pupils who have had four or more encounters with employers, are 86% less likely to become not in education, employment or training (NEET), and they are likely to go on to earn 18% more.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company works with employers to open experiences of the workplace with the benefit of improving the career outcomes for pupils. Employers who take an active role in the careers process of pupils, can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development.</p><p>Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the Government’s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high quality careers guidance based on international evidence. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of the workplace, has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 52% in 2021/22. Recent analysis also shows that 93% of students in reporting schools and colleges had at least one employer encounter last academic year, up from 82% in 2018/19. This shows that pupils are gaining more opportunities for work and the skills they need to succeed.</p><p>The Department’s grant funding arrangement with The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company represents good value for money to the public purse, at around £30 million this year. This funding is provided to support schools and colleges in delivering high quality careers programmes, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and including support for schools and colleges to facilitate experiences for the workplace for pupils.</p><p>The current delivery model, working towards the eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company, encourages schools and colleges to take a strategic approach to employer engagement, ensuring careers provision is embedded and sustainable in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 194182 194183 question first answered 20/07/2023 16:56:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1653152

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Queen's University Belfast: Industrial Relations
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 the implications for her policies of the suspension of Queen's University Belfast from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	194256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>Education is a devolved matter. The Northern Ireland Executive is responsible for higher education policy in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The department is aware that the marking and assessment boycott is affecting students across all four nations of the UK.</p><p>Unlike some other education sectors, where the UK government has taken part in negotiations with trade unions in England, universities are autonomous. They are, therefore, responsible for the pay and pension provision of their staff.</p><p>While the government plays no formal role in such disputes, we are deeply concerned about the potential impact of the marking and assessment boycott on students, particularly those who are coming up to graduation and looking to enter the jobs market or progress to further study.</p><p>It is hugely disappointing that students, many of whom have already faced significant disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic and strike action, are now facing further uncertainty. It is imperative that higher education institutions continue to do everything within their powers to protect the interests of their students.</p><p>On 6 July 2023, I spoke with the Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss how the University agreed a pay settlement with its staff.</p><p>I have also met with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), Universities UK and the Russell Group to better understand the impact that this boycott will have on students and the mitigating actions their members are taking to protect students’ interests.</p><p>On 14 July 2023, the UCEA and the University and College Union held talks about resuming negotiations which would bring an end to the boycott. I was pleased to hear that these initial discussions were positive. We hope all parties can reach an agreement that delivers good value for students, staff and universities, so further industrial action can be avoided.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 194302 question first answered 19/07/2023 16:55:10 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1652722

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare and Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department accounted for additional (a) heating and (b) travel costs experienced in rural areas in calculating the minimum funding floor for the early years supplementary grant for September 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	194084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The government recognises the current pressures faced by early years providers. That is why we are providing additional funding, through the early years supplementary grant (EYSG) from September 2023, for local authorities to increase the amount of funding paid to childcare providers for delivering the existing childcare entitlement offers.</p><p>With the additional funding provided through the EYSG, the minimum funding floor for the 3 and 4-year-old hourly funding rate will increase from £4.87 to an effective £5.20 per hour, in line with the expected increase in the effective combined national average rate (which will increase from £5.29 to £5.62 per hour).</p><p>The EYSG will be subject to conditions of grant which we expect to publish in September. The department’s intention is that local authorities must pass on the EYSG in full to early years providers.</p><p>In order to recognise cost variations between local authority areas, the department has used the existing funding formulae for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds to determine the EYSG rates for individual local authorities. This means there will be variation around the average increases stated below.</p><p>The existing funding system for 3 and 4-year-olds requires local authorities to set a local funding formula, which includes additional funding supplements. In their local formula, local authorities must have a deprivation supplement for 3 and 4-year-olds and are permitted to use other discretionary funding supplements, one of which is to recognise additional costs associated with rurality or sparsity, to enable local authorities to support providers serving rural areas less likely to benefit from economies of scale.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 18/07/2023 14:37:12 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1652728

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the median level of student debt held by people in Leicester East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	193964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The median debt of full-time undergraduate borrowers funded by Student Finance England whose postcode is within the Leicester East constituency and who entered repayment within the last five years is £41,493.29. The median debt includes tuition fee and maintenance loans.</p><p>The borrowers’ postcode refers to the current contact or home address supplied by the borrower to the Student Loans Company.</p><p>As student loan repayments are income contingent, the amount of loan debt repaid varies with earnings. At a national level amongst borrowers starting study in the 2022/23 academic year, individuals in the lowest forecast earnings decile (who earn less than 90% of other loan borrowers over their lifetime) are estimated to repay 7% of loan outlay borrowed. Those in the top 30% of lifetime earners are expected to repay their loans in full in under 30 years. More information is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/student-loan-forecasts-for-england/2022-23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/student-loan-forecasts-for-england/2022-23</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 21/07/2023 11:55:13 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1652733

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to support (a) De Montfort University and (b) the University of Leicester to increase the availability of degree apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	194087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>Degree apprenticeships provide people with high-quality training and are important in supporting productivity, social mobility and widening participation in higher education (HE) and employment.</p><p>The department has seen year-on-year growth of degree-level apprenticeships (Levels 6 and 7), with over 188,000 starts since their introduction in the 2014/15 academic year, and wants to further accelerate the growth of degree apprenticeships.</p><p>The department invested £8 million in the 2022/23 financial year through the Strategic Priorities Grant to enable HE institutions to grow degree level apprenticeship provision and form new employer partnerships. Both De Montfort University and the University of Leicester were successful in receiving funding.</p><p>The University of Leicester also recently launched the Space Systems Engineer degree level apprenticeship, which will offer new, exciting opportunities for people wanting to start or progress in the space industry.</p><p>To support providers to further expand their existing apprenticeship offers, the department is now providing an additional £40 million over the next two years through the Strategic Priorities Grant, and encourages both universities to apply for this funding when the competitive bidding process is launched later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 20/07/2023 12:21:48 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1652754

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that staff in her Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before those allegations are proven.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	193899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department's policies follow the Civil Service Human Resources' wider model discipline policy. This makes clear that disciplinary matters are strictly confidential. This sits alongside a separate Whistleblowing/Raising a Concern Policy in line with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/07/2023 13:17:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1652793

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education and Schools: Electronic Cigarettes
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 help schools and colleges address vaping by their pupils.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	193924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) statutory guidance states that, in both primary and secondary school, pupils should be taught the facts regarding legal and illegal harmful substances and associated risks, including smoking, alcohol use, and drug taking.</p><p>To support schools to deliver this content effectively, the Department published a suite of teacher training modules, including content on drugs, alcohol and tobacco, which makes specific reference to e-cigarettes.</p><p>In addition, content on drugs, alcohol and tobacco is taught in compulsory health education. This supplements drug education which is part of the national curriculum for science in Key Stages 2 and 3.</p><p>Schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy that sets out what is expected of all pupils, including what items are banned from school premises. This should be communicated to all pupils, parents and school staff.</p><p>Schools have the autonomy to decide which items should be banned from their premises, and these can include vapes. Items banned by the school can be searched for as outlined in the Department’s Searching, screening and confiscation guidance, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation</a>.</p><p>The Department believes that this will help head teachers to manage vaping on school premises and to inform pupils on the risks, with a view to reducing the numbers of pupils who are currently vaping, or who might be tempted to try it in the future.</p><p>The Department trusts head teachers to develop tailored behaviour policies which reflect their school’s individual contexts and needs and to decide the best methods to enforce these policies.</p><p>Officials in the Department have engaged with officials in the Department for Health and Social Care to discuss the use of e-cigarettes as part of health education which includes content on drugs, alcohol and tobacco.</p><p>The Department has brought forward the review of the RSHE statutory guidance, which commenced in March 2023 and on 1 June 2023, the Prime Minister announced an intervention taking steps to prevent pupils acquiring e-cigarettes illegally. As part of this, the Department is planning to include the risks of using e-cigarettes in the RSHE curriculum, following the RSHE review.</p><p>The Department expects to publish an amended draft of the statutory guidance for consultation in the autumn, with a view to a final version being published in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 193925 193926 193927 193929 question first answered 20/07/2023 12:33:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell