Asked by: Alex Burghart (Conservative - Brentwood and Ongar)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of white pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 who were eligible for free school meals in any of the previous six years were children in need at any point in their life.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
I am sorry, but we do not hold information in the requested format on the number and proportion of white pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 who were eligible for free school meals in any of the previous six years and were children in need at any point in their life
Asked by: Alex Burghart (Conservative - Brentwood and Ongar)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of introducing free lifelong learning education in further education colleges.
Answered by Anne Milton
The Government offers a range of support for adult learners, including through the Adult Education Budget and through Advanced Learner Loans. Details of the funding are published through the Skills Funding Letter (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599089/SFA_Letter_2017-18_final.pdf). The Government has also announced £40 million at this year’s Budget to fund pilots that will test ambitious, new approaches to removing barriers to lifelong learning.
Asked by: Alex Burghart (Conservative - Brentwood and Ongar)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue that would be generated by introducing VAT on private school fees.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Private school fees are currently exempt from VAT. This is in line with EU law, which does not enable us to apply VAT to all private school fees. Until we have left the EU, the UK will remain a member of the EU with all of the rights and obligations that membership entails.