Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been created in Wolverhampton North East constituency under the apprenticeship levy in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of support available to autistic children sitting exams for Ofqual regulated qualifications in (i) secondary schools and (ii) sixth form colleges and (b) whether autistic children are disadvantaged by the exams set for Ofqual regulated qualifications; and what discussions his Department has had with (A) Ofqual and (B) examination boards on designing exams that are better suited to the needs of autistic children.
Answered by Nick Gibb
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils received free school meals in Wolverhampton North East constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The number of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals (FSM) in England is published in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release. This information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018.
Information for earlier years (from 2010 onwards) can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education,how many apprenticeships have been created in each month since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in Wolverhampton North East constituency.
Answered by Anne Milton
The attached table provides figures for apprenticeship starts for each month since May 2017, when significant structural changes to the apprenticeship funding system were implemented following the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and apprenticeship service.
The profile of apprenticeship starts changed significantly both in the run-up to the introduction of the levy and subsequently. Care should be taken when comparing individual months between academic years as they are unlikely to provide a meaningful year-on-year trend. Numbers of reported starts are likely to change as the reforms to apprenticeship funding continue to bed in and employers engage with the new system.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled in further education colleges in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England in each year since 2010 and how many of those students were aged (i) 16-18, (ii) 18-21 and (iii) over 21.
Answered by Anne Milton
The number of learners participating at further education (FE) providers is published in the FE data library, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library. The attached table provides the number of FE providers in the West Midlands region where learners have been participating in some form of FE provision from the 2010/11 academic year onwards. The attachment also includes the number of learners studying at general FE colleges in England and the West Midlands from the 2010/11 academic year onwards, broken down into age groups.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education providers are operating in the West Midlands; and how such providers there were in each year since 2010.
Answered by Anne Milton
The number of learners participating at further education (FE) providers is published in the FE data library, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library. The attached table provides the number of FE providers in the West Midlands region where learners have been participating in some form of FE provision from the 2010/11 academic year onwards. The attachment also includes the number of learners studying at general FE colleges in England and the West Midlands from the 2010/11 academic year onwards, broken down into age groups.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education colleges in the West Midlands region have closed due to insolvency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Anne Milton
No further education college in the West Midlands region has closed due to insolvency since 2010 to 9 April 2019.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its response to the school exclusions review call for evidence; and what steps his Department plans to take in response to that call for evidence.
Answered by Nick Gibb
In March 2018, the Government launched an externally led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review is exploring how head teachers use exclusion, and why pupils with particular characteristics are more likely to be excluded from school.
The review has gathered substantial evidence, including over 900 submissions to the call for evidence. Edward Timpson has also chaired a series of roundtables and the review has met with over 100 organisations and individuals, including schools, local authorities, parents and children.
The review, along with the Government response, will be published in due course.