Hannah Bardell: DfE: All Documents

Speech in General Committees - Wed 25 Jan 2017
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017

"On the point about listed public authorities, is she aware that in Scotland we have reduced the threshold for reporting from those with more than 150 employees to those with more than 20 employees? Does she foresee her Government working with the Scottish Government on the success of that, and …..."
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Written Question

Apprentices: Digital Technology

Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)

Question to the Department for Education:

Answered by Robert Halfon

The apprenticeship levy will raise £2.8 billion a year across the UK by 2020

Through the levy, we will be investing £2.5 billion a year in England on apprenticeships by 2020

The table below provides the latest provisional figures for apprenticeships budgets (excluding non-participation budgets, Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) and Employer Ownership Pilot (EOP).

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Department for Education, £m	2,010	2,231	2,450

Funds will be available to levy payers through the digital apprenticeship service depending on their levy payment and their workforce who are resident in England.

Funding for the devolved administrations has also been announced: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-agrees-apprenticeship-levy-funding-deal-with-devolved-administrations

Written Question

Apprentices

Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Hannah Bardell (Scottish National Party - Livingston)

Question to the Department for Education:

Answered by Robert Halfon

The apprenticeship levy will raise £2.8 billion a year across the UK by 2020

Through the levy, we will be investing £2.5 billion a year in England on apprenticeships by 2020

The table below provides the latest provisional figures for apprenticeships budgets (excluding non-participation budgets, Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) and Employer Ownership Pilot (EOP).

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Department for Education: £m	2,010	2,231	2,450

Funds will be available to levy payers through the digital apprenticeship service depending on their levy payment and their workforce who are resident in England.

Funding for the devolved administrations has also been announced: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-agrees-apprenticeship-levy-funding-deal-with-devolved-administrations

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Transgender Equality

"The hon. Lady is making a powerful and heartfelt speech. Does she agree that a challenge facing the LGBT community is having people from all parts of our community, particularly the transgender community, represented in the media and getting proper coverage? The Press Gallery is sadly quite empty today, but …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Transgender Equality

"I am hugely grateful for the opportunity to take part in this debate. I am also grateful to all the right hon. and hon. Members who brought this issue to the House and to all those who have spoken. As the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) identified, this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Transgender Equality

"I could not agree with my hon. Friend more, and she is a doughty champion for equalities. The issue of intersections in our society—how they meet, how they interact with each other and how we support them—is hugely important.

As a relative newcomer to the LGBTI community, I have to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Transgender Equality

"I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She has helped me move my speech along and come to my closing remarks, because I was going to make that point. I hope that the Minister will alight on it.

I want to speak briefly about a recent encounter that I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2016
Transgender Equality

"Briefly on gender recognition, will the Minister engage with those countries that are at the forefront of progressive policies, take evidence from them directly and work with them to see how we can implement their models?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Secretary of State may be aware of the closure of the only UK lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender charity, Broken Rainbow, in August. Sadly, this very much mirrored what happened to Kids Company, with the closure being reported by Patrick Strudwick of BuzzFeed. Will she work with me, him …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Jun 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Scotland, which voted to remain in the European Union, has secured around £120 million from Horizon 2020, the biggest EU research and innovation programme. Participation in EU research and innovation programmes has enhanced our scientific and business reputation, so what are the Minister and his Department going to do to …..."
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