Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the underspend against his Department's adult education budget in the academic year 2016-17.
Answered by Anne Milton
The underspend against the mainstream participation element of the Adult Education Budget for the 2016 to 2017 academic year was £63 million. This was less than 5 per cent of the total contracted value.
A portion of the underspend was reallocated within the further education sector, providing the opportunity for providers to expand provision through growth bids, funding over delivery in providers who exceeded their delivery aims, and support other provision.
This excludes growth deals and other funding support because these programmes are managed on a financial year basis.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has assessed the feasibility of maintaining services provided by Carillion plc to schools by offering directly to employ former Carillion staff at schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Our priority is to ensure schools can continue to operate as usual. Government is supporting the official receiver, so that services to schools and other public services can continue to be delivered. Decisions about the future of individual services will be addressed in due course and schools and other customers will be kept informed.
Local authorities and academy trusts are responsible for their contracts. The Department has, however, worked with local authorities and academy trusts to make sure they have robust contingency plans in place and that these have been actioned. In some cases, the Department understands that planning has included the option of bringing services in-house. Information available to the department indicates that the number of local authority and academy trust schools, covered by catering, facilities management or other service contracts is relatively low.
The Department is continuing to monitor the situation and will work with schools to help minimise any disruption for pupils.
Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of schools which have contracts with Carillion plc; and what the value of those contracts is.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Our priority is to ensure schools can continue to operate as usual. Government is supporting the official receiver, so that services to schools and other public services can continue to be delivered. Decisions about the future of individual services will be addressed in due course and schools and other customers will be kept informed.
Local authorities and academy trusts are responsible for their contracts. The Department has, however, worked with local authorities and academy trusts to make sure they have robust contingency plans in place and that these have been actioned. In some cases, the Department understands that planning has included the option of bringing services in-house. Information available to the department indicates that the number of local authority and academy trust schools, covered by catering, facilities management or other service contracts is relatively low.
The Department is continuing to monitor the situation and will work with schools to help minimise any disruption for pupils.