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895183

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date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Primary Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many primary schools have introduced the teaching of coding in (1) the 2016–17 academic year, and (2) the current academic year.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL7443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The new national curriculum for computing, which now includes coding from key stage 1 to key stage 4, was introduced in September 2014. The national curriculum is compulsory in all state-maintained schools, and academies and free schools can use it as a benchmark. The department does not collect information about the individual topics primary schools teach, and therefore does not hold data on how many primary schools have introduced coding.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to strengthening the teaching of computing in schools. £84 million of new funding is being introduced over the next four years to deliver a comprehensive programme of continuing professional development and other support to teachers, including primary school teachers, to improve the teaching of computing.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/05/2018 13:39:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

895198

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education and Research Act 2017
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, including progress against commitments made by ministers during its passage through Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL7458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The government has made good progress on implementing the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA).</p><p> </p><p>To date, we have laid five pieces of secondary legislation. They have established the Office for Students (OfS) and given it powers to run the new regulatory system. They will also enable OfS to run the current system in the transitional period, which started on 1 April 2018 and will end on 31 July 2019. The new system will be fully operational on 1 August 2019, which will allow for a smooth transition between regulators.</p><p> </p><p>Since the act gained royal assent, the government has carried out a wide range of consultations for the OfS. This resulted in the publication by OfS of ‘Securing student success: regulatory framework for higher education in England’. This regulatory framework, attached, is an important element of delivering the reforms promised by HERA. These consultations also met many of the non-legislative commitments made during the passage of HERA through Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table outlines non-legislative commitments made during the passage of HERA that have been met to date.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Table of non-legislative commitments.docx title Table of non-legislative commitments 2 file name OfS 'Securing student success' report .pdf title OfS report 3 file name Teaching Excellence Framework.pdf title Teaching Excellence Framework question first answered 17/05/2018 16:59:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

895200

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to use police to visit the homes of home-schooled children who have not been in contact with public services for a set amount of time.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL7460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>There are no such plans. If there are concerns about the safety or well-being of a child who is being educated at home, local authorities already have a range of powers available under the Children Act 1989 (The Act), which allow them to seek a court order to access a family home. The Act includes provision for the police to remove a child to suitable accommodation where there is reasonable cause to believe that a child would otherwise be likely to suffer significant harm. The police can also provide assistance to local authority staff in an emergency. These powers apply for any child, whether educated at home or at school, but only where a child is in need of emergency protection.</p><p> </p><p>The government published on 10 April a call for evidence about elective home education, and also began a consultation on revised guidance for local authorities and parents. This closes on 2 July.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/05/2018 10:58:07 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

895222

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Engineering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reported concerns of engineering companies (1) that the limit of £27,000 a year on individual apprenticeship funding is not enough, and (2) that there is a lack of approved apprenticeship training providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>£27,000 represents the maximum amount that the government will contribute towards an apprenticeship, either as part of co-investment or through spending from employer accounts. This upper limit has been set to support the affordable delivery of three million high quality apprenticeships by 2020. The Institute for Apprenticeships makes recommendations on the funding levels for new and existing standards within the band structure. We have no plans to introduce a higher funding band or increase the £27,000 upper limit.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently over 2,600 providers on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers, including over 1,900 main providers. This provides employers with choice, ensuring they get the skills they need to grow their business. We are currently reviewing the Register, reflecting on the first year of its operation, and intend to re-open it for applications in the autumn. We want to ensure that the Register continues to provide assurance to employers that the training providers they choose have the capacity and capability to deliver good quality apprenticeship training, supporting an increase in the quality of training for apprentices.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/05/2018 15:38:24 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

895230

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Race Disparity Audit's finding that pupils from Gypsy, Roma, or Irish Traveller backgrounds have the lowest educational attainment out of all ethnic groups in the UK, whether they intend to re-introduce funding for Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL7490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The department welcomes the work of third sector groups in developing and promoting Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month and we are supportive of schools’ involvement. Schools have an important role to play in celebrating the history and culture of all their pupils and are best placed to decide whether to participate in specific events.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ensuring that all pupils, regardless of background, can reach their full potential. Through the pupil premium we continue to provide additional annual funding of nearly £2.5 billion. This will help schools improve the progress and attainment of their disadvantaged pupils. High proportions of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils are eligible for and will benefit from this support.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to work with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on their 2018/19 pilot programme to improve the social integration of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. In March 2018, we launched a review of exclusions which will explore why certain pupil groups, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils, are over-represented in exclusions statistics. In addition, as part of the Careers Strategy, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller youth will be a target group for a pilot testing ways of providing careers guidance to vulnerable groups.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 16/05/2018 15:04:41 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

895237

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Early Years Workforce Strategy published in March 2017, if he will make it his policy to implement a programme to increase the graduate early years workforce in disadvantaged areas.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	139925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is considering the feasibility of a range of approaches to supporting graduates in the early years workforce. This work is still underway.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/05/2018 15:34:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

895287

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to allocate funding to support the Plymouth Challenge initiative from Plymouth City Council’s education board.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	140226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Plymouth Challenge, a joint initiative between the Department and Plymouth City Council, aims to ensure transformation in Plymouth schools by maximising the impact of existing funding streams, rather than allocating new funding to this project. Professor Mel Ainscow has been chosen to chair the Challenge and work with Plymouth schools towards this aim.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/05/2018 13:22:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

895366

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs and disability students are there in (a) further and (b) higher education; and what proportion of those students have an Education, Health and Care Plan.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	140131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of learners in further education that have declared themselves as being a learner with learning difficulties or disabilities (LLDD) in the 2016/17 academic year is 563,100. Of these, 35,200 had an education, health and care plan (EHCP). An additional 2,900 learners had an EHCP but did not self-declare themselves as being a learner with LLDD. The Individualised Learner Record does not hold information on statements of special educational need and disability, this is only collected for school pupils via the school census.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes data on enrolments in higher education at UK higher education institutions, including enrolments by disability. The latest data on numbers of students with disabilities, for the 2016/17 academic year, was published in January 2018 and is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Students on higher education courses do not hold EHCPs. In order to cease an EHCP a local authority must consider whether the educational or training outcomes specified in the plan have been achieved. Studying at degree level would be considered a positive outcome from an EHCP, and as such that plan would cease.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/05/2018 12:09:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

895373

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications are for his policies on the apprenticeship levy of the recommendations in the April 2018 EEF report, A levy price to pay? The apprenticeship levy one year on; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	140091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy is an important part of our reforms - it means there is long-term investment in apprenticeship training so that employers get the skills they need. Nearly 60 per cent of people starting on the new apprenticeship standards are levy supported, showing that levy payers are working well with the new system.</p><p>I recently met with EEF as part of a roundtable meeting to discuss how apprenticeships are working in the engineering and manufacturing sectors. We will continue to work closely with employers to support them to take advantage of the levy, and wider funding and quality reforms, to invest in the long-term skills needs of their business.</p><p>We have recently seen an increase in the number of people starting on higher level apprenticeships, such as engineering and law, and on our new quality apprenticeship standards. These new apprenticeships are designed by employers themselves to meet their needs, and are within a wide range of industries. Higher quality training leads to increased productivity; so it is positive news that over 250 of the new standards have already been approved.</p><p>Our reforms to the apprenticeship system are about increasing the number of quality apprenticeships in this country and creating the long-term investment in skills training that British businesses need to grow.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/05/2018 12:30:54 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

895455

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days of secondary education have been lost as a result of teacher absence due to work-related stress in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	140062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The ‘number of sickness absence days taken per teacher’ in state funded schools in England was 4.1 in academic year 2015/16, continuing a fall from 4.3 and 4.2 over the previous two years. This information is available in table 16 within the statistical first release ‘School Workforce Census in England, November 2016’ available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p>2016/17 information will be published in June.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/05/2018 16:58:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 56471 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger