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Sixth-form Colleges: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicholas Soames (Conservative, Centre-right): First, may I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the excellent work that she is doing in this area? Is she aware that the absolutely first-class sixth-form college in Haywards Heath is now closed, in an area where there is a desperate need for a sixth-form college to cater for the ambitions and the further education of many young people coming out of our local schools? Will she do her very best to work with us, Mid Sussex District Council, West Sussex County Council and the local universities to put together a really original idea to reopen Haywards Heath sixth-form college?
Sixth-form Colleges: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my right hon. Friend for his question. Indeed, I was at school on that campus. [Hon. Members: "Ah!"] It was a grammar school then. The Department for Education is working very closely with others on the matter, and I have to say that not only my right hon. Friend’s input but that of the district council has been brilliant. I would dearly love to see an innovative and a really groundbreaking project on the site.
Sixth-form Colleges: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): Well, Mr Speaker, I know quite a lot about sixth-form colleges and FE colleges, although I am due a visit to the hon. Gentleman’s, and a great deal less about football, so I will not be drawn into making a comment The hon. Gentleman makes a good point: having sixth-form colleges, further education colleges, independent training providers and higher education institutes all working together is how we can raise standards to the levels that we all want to see.
Sixth-form Colleges: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): We are looking at the resilience of the FE sector across the board to ensure that it is as efficient and effective as possible. Learners are at the heart of all that, as we want to ensure that young people have all the opportunities possible. Sixth-form colleges do a brilliant job, and I am looking forward to visiting Godalming College on Friday.
Sixth-form Colleges: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is a doughty campaigner in this area; we have had many debates across the Chamber on the issue. There is a post-18 review under way, and we are looking at the resilience of the FE sector. What matters is that we ensure that every learner, whichever route they choose to take—further education or training through an apprenticeship—has the best possible training and education.
Sixth-form Colleges: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): Once again I will not be drawn on football, I am afraid As I pointed out to the hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin), there is a post-18 review going on, and we are looking at the resilience of the FE sector, which includes sixth-form colleges. Opposition Members are banging their knees, but I am very aware of the funding pressures. I praise all those teaching in the sector, as they are doing an excellent job. There is more money available, including the additional £600 per person per annum for maths and the bursary funds that I mentioned. I have heard the hon. Lady’s point, and I am aware of the excellent job that sixth forms do with quite constrained finances.
Children in Need — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Of course, this is not a new issue; we are simply shining a light on it. We recently published extensive data showing the poor educational outcomes for children in need. A call for evidence has been launched to develop our understanding. My Department is also working with three What Works centres to build our national evidence base on improving those outcomes.
Children in Need — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): We are determined to close the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers. The early years are crucial to getting that right. The gap continues to narrow, having gone from 19 to 17 percentage points. In our ambitious £800 million plan, "Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential", we committed £100 million of investment to help close the gap further. Councils decide how they use children’s centres in the overall provision, and I have seen great work being done in Wigan, Hackney and Staffordshire. It is not simply about bricks and mortar.
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): We fully fund maths and English provision for adults and will do the same for digital from 2020. A record number of 19-year-olds now hold a level 2 qualification in English and maths. We perform to above the OECD average for literacy, at 14 out of 34, but we perform below the OECD average for numeracy, at 20 out of 30, and we have to change that.
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The new primary maths curriculum that came into effect in 2014 focuses on ensuring that children are fluent in basic arithmetic, including their times tables. The objective is for every child to leave primary school ready for the demands of secondary school. These reforms are already starting to yield results. Anecdotal evidence shows that fewer children are without these basic skills going into secondary school. My job, with responsibilities for post-16 education, is to make sure that those who missed out on that type of reformed education get an opportunity to catch up.
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady raises her eyes to the heavens, but this does make a difference. I have seen some extraordinary examples of adult education providers working with local primary schools to make sure that people who need English language skills get the support they need.
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove (Conservative, Centre-right): Daily Mile initiatives are good for our young people’s physical and mental wellbeing, attainment, and readiness to learn in the classroom. Will the Minister therefore undertake to look at how these initiatives can be more widely rolled out in schools and also supported across Government?
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The School Standards Minister will have heard my hon. Friend’s question. This is not just about classroom learning—there is no doubt about that. There are all sorts of initiatives that make a difference not only to how much children learn but their readiness to learn.
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan (Conservative, Centre-right): This Wednesday is National Numeracy Day. Speaking as a mathematician—not a historian—I welcome the fantastic work that the Government are doing to increase critical basic maths participation for longer in our schools, especially for girls. Does the Minister agree that, as our all-party group on maths and numeracy report on early years highlighted last year, we need to invest more in basic skills in maths-focused learning and teacher training for early years education, so that through the development of number sense, all children can flourish in maths once they get to school?
Basic Skills — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): I fear that when I take the national numeracy test on Wednesday, as I intend to do, my stress levels will be rising; I gave up maths at 15 after I took O-level. We should be shocked that one in two adults have the numeracy skills of an 11-year-old or younger—the figure is one in six for English—and that 11 million adults lack basic digital skills. We live in a rarefied atmosphere in this place, and some of us find it quite extraordinary to appreciate those facts. The test on Wednesday is a must for every Member of this House. I hope that they will join me in taking it, tweeting the picture, and making sure that everybody understands the need to be numerate.
Church of England Free School: South Birmingham — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Gentleman will know, it is planned that Christ Church Church of England Secondary Academy will open in September 2021. Feasibility studies have been completed on the proposed site on School Road in Yardley Wood and will be shared with local residents at ward meetings in advance of the formal planning application in the late autumn.
Church of England Free School: South Birmingham — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The decision to locate and build the new school in Yardley Wood rather than on the Baverstock site is supported by Birmingham City Council, as that location will help address the need for new secondary school places not only in the Selly Oak area but in the neighbouring Hall Green area. The feasibility study shows that the site can accommodate a school and make greater use of the playing fields, and will significantly improve sporting facilities for both pupils and the local community.
Safeguarding for 16 and 17-year-olds — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): It was wonderful to see "Three Girls" triumph at the BAFTAs yesterday, and that was also a demonstration of what happens when agencies fail. Schools and colleges must have regard to the Department’s statutory safeguarding guidance, "Keeping children safe in education". Ofsted has published a document setting out the approach inspectors should take to inspecting safeguarding. Inspectors will always report on whether arrangements for safeguarding children and learners are effective.
Safeguarding for 16 and 17-year-olds — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Placing any child or young person more than 20 miles away from their area requires the agreement of the director of children’s services. Children should always be placed where appropriate and the director of children’s services must make that decision.
Further Education Providers: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): We protected the 16-to-19 funding base rate for all types of further education providers in the 2015 spending review. I should point out that the additional investment for the new T-levels to increase hours of learning from 600 to 900 per session will result in £550 million by the time of their roll-out. We are also spending £20 million to help teachers with T-levels, and there is a host of other funding going into FE, not least the restructuring fund—£726 million was made available by the Treasury. There is also the local growth fund for capital and the strategic college improvement fund.
Further Education Providers: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman was shaking his head, but perhaps he just had a fly buzzing around his ears We are looking at resilience. I was at Leicester College last week—it was a fabulous visit to a fabulous college—and, interestingly, it said that employers and universities are now coming to it. The opportunities for FE colleges to generate income through apprenticeships and the apprenticeship levy have never been better.
Further Education Providers: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Kevin John Foster (Conservative, Centre-right): The Minister will be aware that work has now started on the new £17 million high-tech and skills centre at South Devon College in Paignton. Does she agree that this funding makes the college the ideal place to be one of the first to deliver T-levels?
Further Education Providers: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): I do not want to jump a stage in the announcements, but I have to say that South Devon College is clearly doing a wonderful job putting in that new facility and, I have no doubt, working very closely with local employers.
Further Education Providers: Funding — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am very aware that Hull College has had record amounts of funding put in, and we are working very closely with it to make sure that we get a sustainable solution for learners in the hon. Lady’s area. Good colleges, and I see this as I go around the country, are about having good financial management and good leadership, both of which are crucial. I know that the FE commissioner and my team in the Department for Education will continue to work closely with the hon. Lady to make sure that we get the right solution for Hull.
PSHE Lessons: Problem Gambling — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): At the beginning of the year, we invited views through a call for evidence on the status and content of personal, social and health and economic education, and we spoke to a range of expert groups. We are considering the evidence we have gathered, and we will make an announcement on the subject later in the year.
PSHE Lessons: Problem Gambling — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
William Peter Wragg (Conservative, Centre-right): Does my right hon. Friend agree that the provision of integrated user-friendly programmes is crucial to delivering good PSHE in primary schools, and will he recognise the work of organisations such as 1decision and Headway, which I have the pleasure of hosting in Parliament today?
PSHE Lessons: Problem Gambling — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I very much hope that those organisations will respond to the call for evidence; we are keen to hear from organisations with expertise in this area. We are consulting on the content of relationships education, and we will respond to the consultation shortly.
Kinship Carers — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government recognise the important role that family and friends play in caring for children who are unable to live with their parents. We have set clear duties on local authorities to support children living with family or friend carers, regardless of their legal status.
Kinship Carers — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): On Friday night, I held a crime forum in Corsham, and outreach to carers and parents by schools was regularly discussed. Corsham high school already employs a person to do this outreach, and a lot of charities also work in this space. Are there any plans by the Government to review support and to share best practice, which can encourage social mobility?
Disabled Students’ Allowance: Self-contribution Charge — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment he has made of the effect of the self-contribution charge of £200 under the disabled students’ allowance on trends in the level of students applying for that allowance.
Samuel Phillip Gyimah (Conservative, Centre-right): Official data shows that there were 4,600 fewer English full-time undergraduate students receiving equipment from disabled students’ allowances. This is expected, because we knew the numbers would fall once students had to pay £200 towards the cost of computer equipment. Evaluation of the impact of this change is currently under way.
Disabled Students’ Allowance: Self-contribution Charge — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Questions: What assessment he has made of the effect of the self-contribution charge of £200 under the disabled students’ allowance on trends in the level of students applying for that allowance.
Samuel Phillip Gyimah (Conservative, Centre-right): I think the hon. Lady misunderstands the situation. The fact that the number of students who are accessing the £200 has gone down does not mean that they are lacking in equipment. The truth is that computer ownership is now common among all students, with students spending on average around £250 on computers. As DSAs are not intended to cover all student costs, we think it is reasonable to ask students to contribute towards the cost of computer equipment.
Social Mobility Action Plan — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Social mobility is at the heart of our programmes and my own priorities. We have announced a number of steps, including delivery plans for a further six opportunity areas, and a pilot scheme to help parents improve their children’s early language and literacy skills at home.
Social Mobility Action Plan — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We absolutely come together in recognising the fundamental importance of the early years. I am afraid it is all too depressing a fact that, from what happens from age zero to five, so much is predictable of what will happen in later life. Addressing that involves a number of different strands, one of which is what happens in the home, and that is perhaps what has had least attention hitherto. The work of children’s centres is also important, and there are over 2,000 children’s centres across the country. It also matters what happens in childcare and early years settings, and we now have many more young disadvantaged children—71% of eligible two-year-olds—benefiting from the 15 hours at age two.
Social Mobility Action Plan — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): That is an incredibly important question. Northern Ireland has a particularly strong record on educational outcomes when we look at the international tables. The right hon. Gentleman asks specifically what schools need to do to bid into the capital fund for selective schools. They would have to submit a fair access and partnership plan and, at a minimum, commit to prioritising pupil premium pupils in their admissions criteria. They would also have to re-examine their admission or testing arrangements and undertake outreach to support access for disadvantaged pupils.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): By 2019-20, we will be spending an extra £1 billion annually on higher funding rates to deliver 30 hours of free childcare. The rates are based on our review of childcare costs, which was described as both thorough and wide-ranging by the National Audit Office. We have commissioned new research to understand providers’ current costs.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): We are spending record amounts on childcare—£6 billion in total. If we look at parents who got their 30 hours of childcare for three and four-year-olds, we see that 377,000 codes have been issued for the summer term. The system is working.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Mr Speaker, you will not be surprised that I disagree with those words. A lone parent has to earn just over £6,500 and a couple just over £13,000 to be eligible for the 30-hours three and four-year-old offer. The Secretary of State spoke about the two-year-old 15 hour disadvantage offer and that same 15 hours for three and four-year-olds as well. The evidence is clear that the money is being targeted at those who are in most need.
Childcare Settings: Financial Viability — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): This year, we will be enhancing our annual survey of childcare and early years providers with more detailed research on provider finances and childcare costs. This will provide us with robust, up-to-date evidence on childcare costs. I remind the hon. Lady that funding to local authorities for three and four-year-olds, delivered through the early years national funding formula, has increased from £4.56 to £4.94. As of April 2017, our funding rate to deliver the entitlement for two-year-olds increased by 7% in every local authority.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Last week I announced the drive for more good school places at selective schools, free schools and faith schools, alongside others, to meet local demand and to strengthen partnership between independent schools and the state sector. This will build on our investment in creating over 800,000 new schools places since 2010. Great education is all about great teachers, and this month I announced plans for a clearer system of accountability, freeing up teachers to focus on what really matters in the classroom. If children arrive at school struggling with language they are at a disadvantage and that hampers social mobility, as we were just discussing. I have announced two new schemes to help to close the word gap, including a pilot to provide practical tools to parents and funding for local authorities to share good practice.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Technology
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We have to look at this and consider value for money. My hon. Friend the Minister is absolutely right to say "not at any price". The UK, including Scotland, remains an extremely attractive destination for these research projects.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The Department provides a range of support to schools, including a national deal to help schools to save money on such things as energy, where there is a 10% saving, or photocopiers and other computer equipment, where there are savings of up to 40%. We are also providing buying hub advice in pilots in the north-west and the south-west and a new framework from this September to help to drive down the costs of agency supply staff.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-05-14
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Actually, Progress 8 carries widespread support in the sector. It is a far better method of assessing schools than the previous method—five or more GCSEs of A* to C—because it measures progress and takes into account the starting point of pupils when they start secondary school. We think it is a good measure. We are looking at some of the details of the outliers when we calculate Progress 8, and we will have more to say on that in due course.