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1109963

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that apprenticeships of all levels including levels (a) 6 and (b) 7 will continue to be eligible for apprenticeship levy funding.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	241485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>We are pleased that employers are choosing to move to new, higher-quality apprenticeship standards. Employers are designing higher-level apprenticeships that take longer, require more off-the-job training and as a result cost more, and that presents longer-term financial challenges.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to make funding available for apprenticeships at all levels, including levels 6 and 7. We will keep our funding policy under review in order to ensure that apprenticeships continue to be affordable and offer value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019-20, funding available for investment in apprenticeships will have increased to over £2.5 billion, double what was spent in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/04/2019 16:28:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1090919

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of degree apprenticeships available in Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	233566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>There are now 78 industry-designed apprenticeship standards available at level 6 and level 7, of which 60 are degree apprenticeships.</p><p>There were 10,880 starts on level 6+ apprenticeships, including degree apprenticeships, in 2017/18, a six-fold increase on the previous academic year.</p><p>We are supporting the development and take up of level 6+ and degree apprenticeships across England through the Degree Apprenticeship Development Fund (DADF). The fund has supported 103 education providers, 56 further education colleges and 47 higher education institutions, to boost capacity and internal infrastructure within higher education, including Nottingham Trent University.</p><p>The fund has supported a range of awareness raising activities aimed at higher, level 6+ and degree apprenticeship, including supporting 30 co-branded Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and National Apprenticeship service (NAS) careers fairs, offering access to 240,000 year 12 students.</p><p>DADF funding has also supported the NAS and UCAS to develop a higher and degree apprenticeships ‘vacancy finder’ consolidating many of these opportunities into one place. Approximately 2,000 vacancies, with 2019 starts, were published in November 2018.</p><p>We have also recently launched our ‘Opportunities through Apprenticeships’ campaign, working with partners in Portsmouth, Nottingham, South Tyneside and Torbay to increase participation in apprenticeships particularly at higher levels.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:40:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1086703

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to consult with organisations from the higher education, further education and school sectors on the forthcoming recommendations of the post-18 education and funding review.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	230900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The independent panel has undertaken an extensive programme of engagement with stakeholders and experts as part of the post-18 education and funding review – including a call for evidence that received over 400 responses. The government will continue to engage with stakeholders, including organisations from the higher education, further education and school sectors, to ensure it delivers a post-18 education system that is joined up and supported by a funding system that works for students and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/03/2019 15:41:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1086706

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government’s commitment not to impose a cap on the number of students that can access post-18 education applies to all forms of post-18 education.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	230901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>We have no intention to re-introduce a cap on the number of students accessing post-18 education. We want our education system to provide opportunities for everybody to improve their position in life. That is why we abolished the pre-existing cap on higher education student numbers and reduced barriers to entry. Record numbers of disadvantaged students are now going to university.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/03/2019 15:51:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1079388

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Mansfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of secondary school school places that will be required in Mansfield in each year to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	227164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed £7 billion of funding for school places between 2015 and 2021, on top of investment in the free schools programme. The school system is on track to create 1 million places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations.</p><p>The Department collects pupil forecasts, existing school capacities, and plans to deliver additional school places from each local authority via the annual school capacity survey. Information from local authorities, together with information on centrally funded projects to add places, such as new free schools, is used to produce estimates of the future need for school places.</p><p>The latest available estimates show that the 20 secondary planning areas within Nottinghamshire may require an additional 997 secondary school places by 2023/24 in order to meet forecast demand, of which Mansfield Secondary planning area may require 82 additional secondary school places.</p><p>The latest published data held relates to the position in the 2016/17 academic year and includes secondary forecasts to 2023/24. Data for the 2017/2018 academic year are due to be published on 28 March 2019.</p><p>Basic need allocations are based upon data supplied by local authorities themselves so there should be no shortfall between the number of places local authorities report they need to create, and the number the Department is funding.</p><p>Table 1: <br>Forecast secondary places needed in Nottinghamshire by planning area (modelled estimates)[1], [2]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Secondary Planning Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nottinghamshire Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>418</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>628</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>676</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>897</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arnold Secondary</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe North Secondary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe South Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlton Secondary</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Leake Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gedling Secondary</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harworth/Bircotes Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hucknall Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkby/Sutton Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainworth Secondary</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retford Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe East Secondary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe Secondary</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selston Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwell Secondary</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warsop Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Bridgford Secondary</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worksop Secondary</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number; therefore do not add up to the sum total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The data provide a snapshot in time at 1 May 2017. Currently, most forecasts continue to increase into the future whereas plans to create places is generally reported more strongly in the immediate future, since only places for which there are firm plans are included. The places needed will therefore naturally grow with time.</p><p>[2] Further information can be found in the place planning tables at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/03/2019 17:56:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1078549

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been created in (a) Mansfield and (b) Nottinghamshire since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	226751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>There have been 4,590 apprenticeship starts in the Mansfield parliamentary constituency between May 2015 and October 2018. There have been 27,740 apprenticeship starts in the Nottinghamshire local authority between May 2015 and October 2018.</p><p>The number of apprenticeship starts by parliamentary constituency and local authority for the 2014/15 to 2017/18 academic years (final year figures) and quarter 1 of 2018/19 (provisional figures) are available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772388/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-geography-tool_201415-Q1201819_Jan2019_v1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/772388/Apprenticeship-starts-ach-geography-tool_201415-Q1201819_Jan2019_v1.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 08/03/2019 13:01:43 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1077569

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help teachers share lesson plans and professional development resources throughout their profession.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	226210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Through the Curriculum Fund, the Government is investing £7.7 million over five years to support the development and sharing of high quality complete curriculum programmes. In January, the Department awarded grants to 11 lead schools to share and pilot high quality complete curriculum programmes in over 60 other primary and secondary schools in science, history and geography. The purpose of the pilot is to better understand how curriculum programmes can be effectively implemented in other schools to reduce teacher workload and support better quality teaching. More information on the pilot can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-fund-programme-pilot" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-fund-programme-pilot</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/03/2019 11:21:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1055221

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated for special needs provision in schools in Nottinghamshire in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	217149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable mainstream schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools’ block of the Dedicated Schools Grant. While authorities will identify a notional special educational needs (SEN) budget for each school within the school’s overall budget, that notional budget is not ring-fenced, and schools are expected to manage their overall budget to best meet the needs of all their pupils, including pupils with SEN.</p><p>When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and all funding for special schools comes from the local authority’s high needs budget. In December 2018, we announced an additional £250 million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next, bringing Nottinghamshire’s total high needs funding to £64.0 million in 2018-19.</p><p>The schools and high needs allocations for Nottinghamshire since 2013-14 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High needs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£435.3 million</p></td><td><p>£53.4 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£436.2 million</p></td><td><p>£56.2 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£441.6 million</p></td><td><p>£56.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£447.8 million</p></td><td><p>£57.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£459.4 million</p></td><td><p>£59.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£469.1 million</p></td><td><p>£64.0 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/02/2019 14:51:56 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1046035

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Productivity and Skilled Workers: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's progress in tackling the skills and productivity gap in the Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	211345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>We are working closing with the West Midlands Combined Authority on the implementation of the Skills Deal, which is designed to help tackle the skills and productivity gap in the region. This includes supporting them to maximise the opportunities of the Apprenticeship Levy; and to drive adult learning and retraining in digital skills via a pilot that will inform the National Retraining Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>From the 2019/20 academic year, the adult education budget will be devolved to the West Midlands Combined Authority. Once devolved, the combined authority will decide how best to use this funding, to meet the needs of their residents and the local economy. The department has worked very closely with officials in the combined authority to support their preparations, and a strong relationship has been established. A Memorandum of Understanding between the department and the combined authority establishes a collaborative way of working at all levels to maximise the potential of adult education devolution.</p><p> </p><p>We are also establishing Skills Advisory Panels, which bring together local employers and skills providers to pool knowledge on skills and labour market needs, and to work together to understand and address key local challenges. Both the West Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority and Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership were in the first phase of local areas, working with the department to develop the policy. The West Midlands Combined Authority has already held its inaugural meeting of its Skills Advisory Panel in November 2018. The department is working with all panels across England, including in the Midlands, to establish their Skills Advisory Panels by October 2019, in line with the guidance[1] the department published in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting, alongside other government departments, the Midlands Engine’s Vision for Growth, which includes tackling the mismatch between business skills needs and the skill levels of residents in the region.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Department for Education (DfE) (December 2018) Skills Advisory Panels: Guidance on the Role and Governance, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762629/Skills_Advisory_Panels-Guidance_on_the_Role_and_Governance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762629/Skills_Advisory_Panels-Guidance_on_the_Role_and_Governance.pdf</a> and DfE (December 2018) Skills Advisory Panels Analytical Toolkit, avaialbe at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-advisory-panels-analytical-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-advisory-panels-analytical-toolkit</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/01/2019 13:23:23 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027248

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Distance Learning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of individuals aged 24 and over taking part in distance learning.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>​Within higher education, we have already made a number of changes to support part-time and mature part-time learners. This academic year, for example, part-time students are, for the first time ever, able to access full-time equivalent maintenance loans.</p><p>As stated in the government response to the consultation on part-time maintenance loans, we would like to extend these new loans to distance learning courses, but we must maintain confidence in the student finance system and ensure that adequate controls are in place to prevent the misuse of public funds. The department will extend these loans to distance learners only if robust controls are put in place to manage the risks associated with that mode of study. The department is currently considering those controls, and a final decision regarding whether it is feasible to extend maintenance loans to distance learners will be made once this scrutiny is completed.</p><p>Beyond student finance, the National Retraining Scheme is an ambitious, far-reaching programme to drive adult learning and retraining, in order to respond to changes in the economy and support people to progress in work, redirect their careers and secure the higher-paid, higher-skilled jobs of the future, focusing on those individuals that need it most.</p><p>To inform the design of the scheme, the Flexible Learning Fund is supporting 31 pilot projects across England with a total value of £11.4 million. The projects are designing and testing innovative, flexible learning that is easy to access. The pilots are aimed at adults who are working, or who are returning to work, with either low or intermediate skills. A range of delivery methods are being tested; most of the projects will make use of on-line technologies to a degree, as well as ‘blended learning’ that combines online and face-to-face learning.</p><p>​We know that technology can play a really important role in making learning more flexible and adaptive, as well as breaking down the barrier of distance. It is important that we take advantage of these developments as part of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/12/2018 15:49:05 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley