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The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The table below outlines the funding from 2007 onwards.<\/del><\/p>

<\/p>

YEAR<\/del><\/p><\/td>

AMOUNT PAID<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007 / 08<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£3.52m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008 / 09<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.35m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009 / 10<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.48m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010 / 11<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.66m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011 / 12<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.85m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012 / 13<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.69m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013 / 14<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.5m<\/del><\/p>

£1m<\/del><\/p>

£0.25m<\/del><\/p>

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<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014 / 15<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.5m.<\/del><\/p>

£1m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.265m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/del><\/td> <\/del><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget.<\/del><\/p>

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Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.<\/del><\/p>

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<\/p>

The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The Government has provided funding to Kids Company since at least 2007 at a level of approximately £4 million per year.<\/ins><\/p>

<\/ins><\/p>

No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget. <\/ins><\/p>

<\/ins><\/p>

In 2014/15 the Government provided a grant of £4.5 million to Kids Company. In 2015/16 the Government provided a grant of £4.265 million.<\/ins><\/p>

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<\/ins><\/p>

Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.<\/ins><\/p>

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The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The table below outlines the funding from 2007 onwards.<\/del><\/p>

<\/p>

YEAR<\/del><\/p><\/td>

AMOUNT PAID<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007 / 08<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£3.52m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008 / 09<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.35m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009 / 10<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.48m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010 / 11<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.66m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011 / 12<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.85m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012 / 13<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.69m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013 / 14<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.5m<\/del><\/p>

£1m<\/del><\/p>

£0.25m<\/del><\/p>

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2014 / 15<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.5m.<\/del><\/p>

£1m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/del><\/p><\/td>

£4.265m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/del><\/td> <\/del><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget.<\/del><\/p>

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Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.<\/del><\/p>

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<\/ins><\/p>

The Government has given funding to Kids Company for a number of years across different administrations. The Government has provided funding to Kids Company since at least 2007 at a level of approximately £4 million per year.<\/ins><\/p>

<\/ins><\/p>

No decision has been taken regarding the 2016 budget. <\/ins><\/p>

<\/ins><\/p>

In 2014/15 the Government provided a grant of £4.5 million to Kids Company. In 2015/16 the Government provided a grant of £4.265 million.<\/ins><\/p>

<\/ins><\/p>

<\/p>

Kids Company has asked for, and has had, a number of discussions about its long term funding.<\/ins><\/p>

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<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

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The construction of a new station at Horden is being promoted by Durham County Council and funded from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deal. To date, no approval has been sought from the Secretary of State for its opening. The Department would expect the sponsors to work with the future Northern franchisee to develop a deliverable plan.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Invitation to Tender for the northern rail franchise, published in February 2015, confirmed that we would be asking bidders to replace the Pacer trains and introduce 120 new-build vehicles by January 2020. This is part of our transformation of rail travel in the north and a step in the creation of a northern powerhouse for the UK economy.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Government established Transport for the North (TfN) in October 2014 to formalise cooperation on transport issues in the North. The aim is for TfN to speak with one voice to Government on the transport priorities for the whole of the North. The Department is working closely with TfN and Rail North to develop and prioritise the rail options so that the first tranche is ready for consideration as part of the Government\u2019s Rail Investment Strategy for the next rail investment period (CP6, 2019 \u2013 2024).<\/p>

<\/p>

There is currently a two-hourly Northern service on the Middlesbrough-Sunderland-Newcastle route, with a couple of extra services. By December 2017, this will become an hourly service.<\/del><\/p>

Northern Rail provides an hourly service in each direction between Newcastle and Middlesbrough throughout the day with some additional trains at peak times with some through trains serving Hexham and Nunthorpe. Northern improved the Sunday service frequency between Newcastle and Middlesbrough in May 2015 so trains now run every hour in each direction through the week.<\/p>

<\/p><\/ins>The ITT for the future franchise requires bidders to provide a materially similar number of train services along the Durham Coast line each day of the week.<\/ins><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

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The requested information has been supplied below:<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Number of pupils entering higher education having achieved at least one vocational GCSE qualification<\/p>

<\/p>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Pupils in HE with at least one vocational GCSE by the end of key stage 4<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

28,409<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

21,655<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Source: National Pupil Database, HESA dataset<\/p>

<\/p>

These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.<\/p>

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The requested information has been provided in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

Results of GCSEs in Applied[1] (vocational) subjects of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4<\/p>

<\/p>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Total Entries<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

147,264<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

114,582<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

138,101<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

113,180<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

95,116<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

23,459<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

12,109<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14[2][3]<\/p><\/td>

7,881<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

[1] For the years 2008/09 to 2010/11 this includes entries in both single and double award applied GCSEs. All other years include entries for double award applied GCSEs only.<\/p>

[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014<\/a>. The first entry policy was introduced in 2013/14; this policy could have affected the total number of entries in 2013/14.<\/p>

[3] Double Award vocational GCSEs are equivalent to 1 GCSE.<\/p>

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Data relating to the number of awards for BTEC qualifications by level has only been collected since the 2005/06 academic year. Therefore, figures for 2005/06 to 2013/14 inclusive are provided in the table below.<\/p>

<\/p>

BTEC qualification[1]<\/a> numbers of pupils at the end of Key stage 4[2]<\/a> in all schools<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Number of Awards<\/p>

<\/p>

Year[3]<\/a>,[4]<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Level 1<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Level 2<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td>

9,835<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td>

37,798<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td>

102,329<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td>

166,242<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td>

259,921<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

-<\/p><\/td>

283,206<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12[5]<\/a><\/p><\/td>

13,661<\/p><\/td>

463,525<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

15,949<\/p><\/td>

503,542<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14[6]<\/a><\/p><\/td>

3,465<\/p><\/td>

294,729<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Source: Key Stage 4 attainment data<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

These changes are the result of reforms to performance tables which have removed the perverse incentives for schools to teach qualifications that were easy to achieve and/or had an inflated value in performance measures. This served only to devalue vocational education. Now, the qualifications which can count in performance tables are those that are of demonstrably high quality and promote progression.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

[1]<\/a> Until 2010/11, comprises BTEC First Diploma and BTEC First Certificate. From 2011/12, it comprises BTEC Award, BTEC Certificate and BTEC Diploma.<\/p>

[2]<\/a> Those in all schools who were at the end of key stage 4 in the relevant academic year.<\/p>

[3]<\/a> Includes achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.<\/p>

[4]<\/a> Figures for 2006/07 and 2007/08 are provisional, all other years are revised.<\/p>

[5]<\/a> From 2011/12 onwards, BTEC and OCR qualifications awarded as part of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) are included in their respective BTEC and OCR qualification categories.<\/p>

[6]<\/a> Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where Professor Alison Wolf\u2019s recommendations and the first entry policy have been implemented. Only those BTEC qualifications mentioned in the document at the following link are included: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/411159/Archived-KS4_performance_tables_-_inclusion_of_14-16_qualifications_in_2014.pdf<\/a>. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years may not be directly comparable to previous years.<\/p>

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