Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's budget allocation was for reducing the number of young people who were classed as not in employment, education or training in each year since 2011-12.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We want to ensure that everyone has access to high-quality education and training, which is why we are spending around £7billion on education and training for 16 to 19-year-olds this year. All of this funding helps to reduce the number of young people who are classified as not in education, employment or training (NEET) by ensuring there are attractive options available.
The Department’s NEET reduction strategy is working and numbers are the lowest since consistent records began - the proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds who are NEET has reduced from 9.8% in 2011 to 6.5% in 2015[1]. Funding allocations within this budget which especially help support young people at risk of being NEET reflect these year on year successes, including:
o academic years 2013/14 - £594million; 2014/15 - £573million; 2015/16 - £569million; 2016/17 - £544million;
o financial years 2011-12 - £365million; 2012-13 - £240million; 2013-14 – £212million; 2014-15 - £239million; 2015-16 – £239million;[3]
o we estimate expenditure in academic years 2013/14 - £20million; 2014/15 - £35million; 2015/16 - £45million
financial years 2012-13 - £6.9million; 2013-14 - £11.3million; 2014-15 - £23million; 2015-16[6].
[1] Participation in education, training and employment: 2015: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2015
2 Equivalent information for earlier years is unavailable because the disadvantage block funding system changed in 2013
[3] Financial year 2015-16 figures are extracts from the management accounts, final figures will be available once the statutory accounts are published
[4] Traineeships were introduced in 2013. Providers target Traineeship programmes at particular groups, most commonly young people who are NEET and/or on benefits: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-young-people-to-develop-the-skills-for-apprenticeships-and-sustainable-employment-framework-for-delivery
[5] These are approximations based on 16-18-year-old enrolments as funding for Traineeships is included in general provider allocations
[6] The process of collecting 2015-16 delivery data for financial claims has not been completed so a reliable figure for 2015-16 is not available at this time
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employers in the (a) public and (b) private sector offered apprenticeships in (i) Sandwell, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in (A) 2010, (B) 2011, (C) 2012 and (D) 2013.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Numbers of public or private sector employers offering apprenticeships is not counted by the Department. We do publish information on workplaces offering apprenticeships, which counts the number of individual workplaces at site level. However one employer may have multiple sites. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570133/apprenticeships-workplaces-by-region.xlsx
Latest data on apprenticeship starts by constituency and region can be found in the supplementary tables accompanying the Statistical First Release SFA/SFR36, published on 17 November 2016: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570129/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-data-tables-November16.xls
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on the number of young people in each local authority area classified as (a) not in employment, education or training and (b) unable to be located or unknown.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Local authorities collect information to identify young people who are not participating in education and training, or who are at risk of not doing so, to allow them to target their resources on those who need them most. The information collected is submitted to the Department for Education monthly, including the numbers and proportions of young people in each local authority area that are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or whose activity is unknown. The Department publishes data for each local authority including:
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many learners have started more than one apprenticeship at the same level since April 2009.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Data is not held centrally in a way that is able to provide the requested information. However, findings from our research on prior qualifications show that 4% of intermediate apprentices and 5% of advanced apprentices declared they had completed an apprenticeship at the same level.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) public and (b) private sector employers offered apprenticeships in West Bromwich West constituency in each year from 2010 to 2015.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Data is not collected centrally at the parliamentary constituency level.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) 25 and over are employed and training in apprenticeships in West Bromwich West constituency.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The table shows apprenticeship participation in 2015/16 (provisional) by age group for the West Bromwich West constituency:
Age | 2015/16 (provisional) |
Under 19 | 490 |
19-24 | 670 |
25+ | 990 |
Total | 2,100 |
Notes:
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals are rounded to the nearest 100.
A learner is participating in an academic year if their learning aim is active at any point during the relevant period.