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1718437

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Qualifications that overlap with T Levels, updated on 29 March 2023, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding for new starts for (a) BTEC and (b) other level 3 qualifications overlapping with T levels from 1 August 2024 on students in further education.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	26618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>This government is committed to ensuring that students in post-16 education have access to a high quality suite of qualifications that are easy to choose from and that provide the best chances for progression into higher study, or into a skilled job. The department firmly believes that A levels and T Levels are the best route at Level 3 to achieving those outcomes, supported by a range of Alternative Academic Qualifications and Technical Occupational Qualifications that are necessary, high quality and have a clear purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The scale and complexity of the qualifications landscape means it is hard for students to make good choices about what they study. The qualifications currently funded do not consistently offer good progression outcomes and the department’s reforms are designed to fix this problem. The department’s new technical qualifications are based on the Institute for Apprenticeships And Technical Education’s employer led occupational standards, which means that young people can be confident they are studying the skills, knowledge and behaviours that employers need.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was undertaken to consider the post-16 reforms at Level 3 as a whole. It can be read here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1091841/Revised_Review_of_post-16_qualifications_at_level_3_in_England_impact_assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1091841/Revised_Review_of_post-16_qualifications_at_level_3_in_England_impact_assessment.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>An additional impact assessment, which is the most recent assessment produced, was conducted on the Wave 1 and 2 overlap list, which can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6421be532fa8480013ec0c23/EIA_updated_final_wave_1_2_T_Level_overlap_inc_Health_and_Science.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6421be532fa8480013ec0c23/EIA_updated_final_wave_1_2_T_Level_overlap_inc_Health_and_Science.pdf</a>. These waves correlate to the qualifications defunded as of August 1 2024.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 23/05/2024 13:28:15 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1536933

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: 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 report published on 24 October by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Latest trends in further education and sixth form spending in England, what steps she is taking to ensure Further Education Colleges have sufficient funding to meet increased demand in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	73036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 (SR21) settlement will provide an extra £1.6 billion for 16-19 education in 2024/25 compared with the 2021/22 financial year in real terms, at the time of the announcement in October 2021. This includes funding to cover the rising demographic of students, additional hours for all 16 to 19-year-olds, aid the recovery of lost learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for increased take-up of T Levels.</p><p>The well-established system of lagged funding for 16-19 education, including further education colleges, sixth forms and school, provides institutions with clear allocations each year based on student data, allowing them to make plans with confidence. Subject to affordability, where institutions see a particularly large increase in student numbers in a year, they typically qualify for exceptional in-year growth funding to help them with the extra costs of these students.</p><p>The department has announced how the additional funding from the SR21 will be used for this academic year, 2022/23, including increasing the 16-19 national funding rate from £4,188 to £4,542, the High Value Courses Premium for the most economically valuable subjects from £400 to £600, and looked-after children and care leaver rates from £480 to £504. This follows the extra £691 million allocated in the previous two years and the specific funding made available to help recovery from the pandemic, including the 16-19 Tuition Fund which will make available £400 million over the four academic years from 2020/21 to 2023/24.</p><p>In addition, we are investing £3.8 billion more in further education and skills over the course of the Parliament as a whole, to ensure people can access high-quality training and education that leads to good jobs, addresses skills gaps, boosts productivity, and supports levelling up. This will support the sector to reform and deliver the technical, skilled education our economy needs.</p><p>The department is aware of the pressures rising inflation is causing providers of post-16 education. The government has announced the Government Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to support non-domestic customers, including further education colleges, sixth forms and schools. The department will continue to monitor the situation to determine our next steps.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 73037 question first answered 04/11/2022 16:59:06 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1458457

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: 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 Written Ministerial Statement of 19 April 2022 on the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund, HCWS769, for each college listed as being in receipt of funds which (a) Parliamentary constituency and (b) lower tier local authority that college or facility is located in; and for what reason that information was not supplied as part of the statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	155694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The written ministerial statement of <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-04-19/hcws769" target="_blank">19 April 2022</a> announced the outcomes of the bidding round for the Further Education Capital Transformation Programme and listed the 62 further education colleges that were successful.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached sets out the lower tier local authority and the parliamentary constituency that each of the projects for the 62 successful colleges are located in.</p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of announcing the outcomes in a written ministerial statement, it was considered sufficient to list the 62 colleges along with the region they are located in.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/04/2022 12:20:06 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart attachment 1 file name 155694_ FECTF_Successful_Bids_ Table.xls title 155694_table
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1189646

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in (1) improving further education, (2) meeting future skills needs, and (3) supporting economic and social recovery, since the publication of their Industrial Strategy: Building a Britain fit for the future White Paper in June 2018.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Winchester
uin	HL3164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>We have supported further education (FE) colleges through the Restructuring Facility, investing £405 million and enabling significant restructurings to take place across a range of FE colleges to help achieve long-term sustainability and delivery of high quality, sustainable provision.</p><p> </p><p>We have also invested in FE teaching (to date, spending £24 million to help providers prepare for the introduction of T levels) and announced an additional £20 million in FE workforce development to help increase teacher recruitment and retention. We have also committed to invest £1.5 billion in England over the next Parliament to upgrade the college estate.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Industrial Strategy, we have committed an investment of £406 million in education and skills. Since its launch, we have invested over £1 billion in total to support learners throughout their education. We have also announced extra investment of £400 million in 16-19 education in 2020-21, which is an increase of 7% in overall 16-19 funding and the biggest injection of new money in a single year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are also delivering a long-term programme to reform the post-16 skills system to address national and local productivity challenges, ensuring that businesses and individuals have the skills they need to meet the needs of the new economy. These reforms include involving employers in the design of new apprenticeship standards to ensure they are more responsive to their needs. We are also introducing T levels from 2020, with longer teaching hours and substantive industry placements to provide a high quality technical alternative to academic learning. Additionally, the Adult Education Budget will fully fund or co-fund skills provision for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3 (including traineeships) to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. In addition, we are developing a new £3 billion National Skills Fund to upskill workers and prepare for the economy of the future.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will support the 2017 Industrial Strategy, which focuses on strengthening productivity by encouraging innovation, developing high quality jobs, supporting UK businesses and fostering growth throughout the UK to create an economy that works for everyone.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 05/05/2020 16:10:17 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4256 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Winchester

1150472

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
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 allocate funding to further education providers in England as a result of the increase in pension contributions under the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and the Local Government Pension Scheme from 1 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>On 10 April, the department set out its plans to fund further education providers in England to compensate them for the increase in employer pension contributions under the Teachers’ Pension Scheme from September 2019 to July 2020. The details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-scheme-employer-contribution-grant-further-education-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-scheme-employer-contribution-grant-further-education-providers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This grant is being made in 2 payments: one in September 2019 and one in April 2020.  Following the Spending Round announcement on 31 August, we have been able to confirm that we will continue to provide this funding for the rest of financial year 2020-21. The details of the allocation for 2020-21 and the amounts for the remainder of that financial year are still to be determined, based on the most recent data from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and these will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The department has no plans to provide additional funding specifically for contributions for the Local Government Pensions Scheme.  However, the government has announced £400 million additional funding for 16-19 education in 2020-21, which is a 7% increase in funding for education providers for this age group, in addition to the funding for teachers’ pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett Formula determines changes to the block grant funding allocated to the devolved administrations by the UK government. Under the Barnett Formula, the Welsh government receives a population-based proportion of changes in planned UK government spending on comparable services in England. The Barnett Formula therefore determines changes to each devolved administration’s funding with reference to changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit funding for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The additional funding for the department in the August 2019 Spending Round will, therefore, be reflected in the normal way in the block grant for the Welsh government. The funding for further education pensions in 2020-21 will come partly from an addition to the department’s allocation and partly from re-prioritisation of resources within the baseline allocation for the department.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 1771 1772 question first answered 23/10/2019 13:00:26 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 954 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1150474

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether additional funding to further education institutions in England to compensate for the increase in pension contribution under the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and the Local Government Pension Scheme from 1 April 2020 will lead to a Barnett consequential for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>On 10 April, the department set out its plans to fund further education providers in England to compensate them for the increase in employer pension contributions under the Teachers’ Pension Scheme from September 2019 to July 2020. The details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-scheme-employer-contribution-grant-further-education-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-scheme-employer-contribution-grant-further-education-providers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This grant is being made in 2 payments: one in September 2019 and one in April 2020.  Following the Spending Round announcement on 31 August, we have been able to confirm that we will continue to provide this funding for the rest of financial year 2020-21. The details of the allocation for 2020-21 and the amounts for the remainder of that financial year are still to be determined, based on the most recent data from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and these will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The department has no plans to provide additional funding specifically for contributions for the Local Government Pensions Scheme.  However, the government has announced £400 million additional funding for 16-19 education in 2020-21, which is a 7% increase in funding for education providers for this age group, in addition to the funding for teachers’ pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett Formula determines changes to the block grant funding allocated to the devolved administrations by the UK government. Under the Barnett Formula, the Welsh government receives a population-based proportion of changes in planned UK government spending on comparable services in England. The Barnett Formula therefore determines changes to each devolved administration’s funding with reference to changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit funding for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The additional funding for the department in the August 2019 Spending Round will, therefore, be reflected in the normal way in the block grant for the Welsh government. The funding for further education pensions in 2020-21 will come partly from an addition to the department’s allocation and partly from re-prioritisation of resources within the baseline allocation for the department.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 1770 1772 question first answered 23/10/2019 13:00:27 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 1053 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1150475

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding will be allocated to the Welsh Government to compensate for the additional pension contributions in the further education sector that will be in effect from 1 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	1772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>On 10 April, the department set out its plans to fund further education providers in England to compensate them for the increase in employer pension contributions under the Teachers’ Pension Scheme from September 2019 to July 2020. The details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-scheme-employer-contribution-grant-further-education-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-pension-scheme-employer-contribution-grant-further-education-providers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This grant is being made in 2 payments: one in September 2019 and one in April 2020.  Following the Spending Round announcement on 31 August, we have been able to confirm that we will continue to provide this funding for the rest of financial year 2020-21. The details of the allocation for 2020-21 and the amounts for the remainder of that financial year are still to be determined, based on the most recent data from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, and these will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The department has no plans to provide additional funding specifically for contributions for the Local Government Pensions Scheme.  However, the government has announced £400 million additional funding for 16-19 education in 2020-21, which is a 7% increase in funding for education providers for this age group, in addition to the funding for teachers’ pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett Formula determines changes to the block grant funding allocated to the devolved administrations by the UK government. Under the Barnett Formula, the Welsh government receives a population-based proportion of changes in planned UK government spending on comparable services in England. The Barnett Formula therefore determines changes to each devolved administration’s funding with reference to changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit funding for the department.</p><p> </p><p>The additional funding for the department in the August 2019 Spending Round will, therefore, be reflected in the normal way in the block grant for the Welsh government. The funding for further education pensions in 2020-21 will come partly from an addition to the department’s allocation and partly from re-prioritisation of resources within the baseline allocation for the department.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 1770 1771 question first answered 23/10/2019 13:00:27 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan previous answer version 1054 answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1007891

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer of 14 November 2018, Official Report, column 310, to the hon. Member for Makerfield, what the evidential basis is for the statements that (a) the Government has invested nearly £7 billion this year in further education and (b) funding to support adult participation in further education will be higher than at any time in England’s history by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	191938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The government plans to invest nearly £7 billion during the 2018/19 academic year, to ensure there is a place in education or training for every 16 to 19 year old who wants one. This is made up of £5.7 billion as set out in the 2018/19 published 16 to 19 allocations (available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/16-to-19-allocation-data-2018-to-2019-academic-year</a>.) along with our estimates of: additional high needs funding from the Dedicated Schools Grant that will be invested by local authorities in young people with complex special educational needs or disabilities (whose support costs more than schools and colleges can meet from their annual budget); and investment in apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds.</p><p>By 2020, funding in adult skills participation will have increased through maintaining the Adult Education Budget at £1.5 billion per annum, by investing nearly £2.5 billion in apprenticeships per year, double what was spent in 2010, and by extending the reach of Advanced Learner loans so that funding has been available to meet demand. In addition, the total amount of investment in skills through the European Social Fund (ESF) is between £250 and £300 million per annum. Plans are being made to determine what provision should be delivered as a replacement for ESF.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/11/2018 10:18:39 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

992832

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will make it his policy to increase the 16-19 funding by five per cent a year for the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	182122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>16 to 19 funding for all institutions including those in the North West, Merseyside and the Wirral is shown in the published allocations for each year, and allocations for the last 6 years from the period 2013 to 2014 onwards is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for previous years are also available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107132325/https:/www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/executiveagencies/efa/funding/fundinga/b00204972/16-19-allocations" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107132325/https://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/executiveagencies/efa/funding/fundinga/b00204972/16-19-allocations</a>. However, they cannot be directly compared on a like for like basis with later years as the funding system changed in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>All 16 to 19 providers, including those in the North West, have a vital role to play in making sure young people have the skills they need. Our commitment to the 16 to 19 sector across England has contributed to the current record high proportion of 16 and 17 year olds who are participating in education or apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the efficiency and resilience of the further education sector and assessing how far existing funding and regulatory structures meet the costs of delivering quality further education. We will continue to look carefully at funding for the sector in preparation for the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 182121 182123 question first answered 25/10/2018 15:48:41 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

828181

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government's proposed review of tertiary education funding is planned to include funding for 16 to 19-year olds.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	124141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 January 2018 to Question 123890 (123890 - <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=123890" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=123890</a>).</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/01/2018 14:50:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan