Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to confirm details of future funding allocations for the primary physical education and sport premium funding.
Answered by Will Quince
Physical education remains a foundation subject which is compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum. As such, physical education is funded from the core schools’ budget.
The department is considering arrangements for the primary PE and sport premium for the 2022-23 academic year and beyond. We are aware of the importance of providing schools with sufficient notice of future funding and will confirm the position as early as possible in the new year.
The department is also working to deliver on the nearly £30 million announced in October towards improving and opening up school sport facilities in England, as well as to improve the teaching of PE at primary school. We will continue to work closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver on the aims of the school sport and activity action plan which we will be updating next year.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timeframe is for setting out a long-term funding for physical education and school sport.
Answered by Will Quince
Physical education remains a foundation subject which is compulsory at all four key stages of the national curriculum. As such, physical education is funded from the core schools’ budget.
The department is considering arrangements for the primary PE and sport premium for the 2022-23 academic year and beyond. We are aware of the importance of providing schools with sufficient notice of future funding and will confirm the position as early as possible in the new year.
The department is also working to deliver on the nearly £30 million announced in October towards improving and opening up school sport facilities in England, as well as to improve the teaching of PE at primary school. We will continue to work closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver on the aims of the school sport and activity action plan which we will be updating next year.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have commenced in (a) Suffolk and (b) Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency in each year from 2009-10 to date.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
Apprenticeship statistics by geography are published on the ‘Explore Education Statistics’ platform on a quarterly basis. The specific statistical publication ‘Apprenticeship starts since May 2010 and 2015 by region, local authority and parliamentary constituency’ is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.
The attached table contains the number of apprenticeship starts for the Suffolk local authority and the Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency from May 2010 to April 2021.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will guarantee that sufficient resources will be allocated to each Local Skills Improvement Plan trailblazer pilot.
Answered by Gillian Keegan
The department will make available £4 million in the 2021-22 financial year to support the development of Local Skills Improvement Plans as part of the Skills Accelerator programme. As we envisage 6 to 8 trailblazers, this funding will ensure that they have the support they need.
In addition, groups of colleges and providers in the trailblazer areas will have access to the £65 million Strategic Development Fund in order to support the changes needed to better align technical skills provision to the priority skills needs of the local area.