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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Mar 2019
Education

"These are important new rules and I am glad that my Front Bench is giving them our wholehearted support. On the Labour Benches, we are very proud of our role in repealing section 28, not just in law but in spirit. We are very proud of the role we played …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Feb 2019
Relationships and Sex Education

"My hon. Friend is making a brilliant speech. Does she accept that that is a particular problem in academy schools, because the accountability points upwards to the office of the Secretary of State? At least with a local education authority school, one can go to one’s local elected representatives to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Feb 2019
Relationships and Sex Education

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir David. I think that more of my constituents than anyone else’s have signed the petition, but my speech will be based on the particular experience of Parkfield Community School in my constituency over the past three weeks. The …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 25 Feb 2019
Relationships and Sex Education

"I am listening to the Minister very carefully. What will be the mechanism for resolving disputes where parents disagree with the judgment a school has come to?..."
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Written Question
Video Games: Graduates
Thursday 14th February 2019

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have graduated with a degree related to computer games design and programming in each year since 2010.

Answered by Chris Skidmore

The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments and qualifications obtained at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017/18.

The table below shows the numbers of first degree qualifiers in computer games subjects for each year since 2012/13. Information on the number of qualifiers in these subjects has been available since the introduction of the third version of Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) in 2012/13, hence figures cannot be provided for any year prior to that.

Full-person-equivalent[1] First Degree qualifiers in computer games subjects

UK HEIs

Academic Year

Number of qualifiers in computer games subjects[2]

2012/13

595

2013/14

625

2014/15

690

2015/16

900

2016/17

1,290

2017/18

1,265

[1] Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.

[2] Qualifiers in Games (principal category I6 of JACS), which includes Games, Computer games programming, Computer game design and Computer games graphics. This code is only available since the introduction of the third version of JACS in 2012/13. More information on JACS codes can be found at the following link: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Feb 2018
Post-18 Education

"The madness of the current system is that it costs students and taxpayers a fortune. Student debt is spiralling up to £55 billion, nearly half of which will be written off and picked up by general taxpayers. I urge the Secretary of State to look forensically at how we knit …..."
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Written Question
Department for Education: Legatum Institute
Thursday 7th December 2017

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the Legatum Institute in the last 12 months.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

No Department for Education ministers have had meetings with representatives of the Legatum Institute in the last 12 months.

Written Question
Apprentices: West Midlands
Wednesday 8th November 2017

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been offered at Level 5 and above to people aged under 25 in each local authority area of the West Midlands in the last 12 months.

Answered by Anne Milton

We do not collect data on the number of apprenticeships offered but we collect data on apprenticeship starts.

The table below provides figures of the number of apprenticeship starts at Level 5 and above to people aged under 25 in each local authority area of the West Midlands for the 2016/2017 provisional full academic year.

West Midlands Local Education Authorities (LEAs)

Starts

Birmingham

70

Coventry

30

Dudley

20

Herefordshire

10

Sandwell

20

Shropshire

20

Solihull

20

Staffordshire

40

Stoke-on-Trent

20

Telford and Wrekin

30

Walsall

20

Warwickshire

40

Wolverhampton

20

Worcestershire

40

Total

370

Figures are rounded to the nearest ten. The sum of the LEA breakdowns may not match the overall total as this is calculated from unrounded data.

For further information on apprenticeship starts by local council breakdowns, is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650904/201617_Oct_Apps_Geography_Data_Pack_Final.xlsm.

Written Question
Apprentices: West Midlands
Thursday 26th October 2017

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2017 to Question 106647, how many apprenticeships have been offered at Level 5 and above to people aged over 24 in the West Midlands in the last 12 months.

Answered by Anne Milton

Data on the number of apprenticeships offered is not held, but the number of apprenticeship starts is collected. Data for the provisional, full academic year 2016/17, shows there were 2,580 apprenticeship starts, at Level 5 and above for those aged 25 and above in the West Midlands region.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Written Question
Apprentices: West Midlands
Tuesday 17th October 2017

Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been offered at Level 2 and above to those aged over 24 in the West Midlands in the last 12 months.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

All apprenticeships are at level 2 and above.

Data for the provisional, full academic year, 2016/17, shows there were 28,410 apprenticeship starts for those aged 25 and above in the West Midlands region.

Data for the latest final, full academic year, 2015/16, shows there were 27,220 apprenticeship starts for those aged 25 and above in the West Midlands region.

All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.