Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was provided for English for speakers of other languages classes in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) Bradford district and (c) Bradford West constituency in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The table shows how much was spent from the Adult Skills Budget on ESOL courses in Bradford district and Bradford West constituency and Yorkshire and the Humber since the 2011/12 academic year:
| 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 |
Bradford | £1,850,000 | £2,100,000 | £1,860,000 | £1,460,000 | £1,420,000 |
Of which, Bradford West | £980,000 | £1,020,000 | £810,000 | £600,000 | £570,000 |
Yorkshire and the Humber Total | £10,400,000 | £11,700,000 | £9,800,000 | £9,300,000 | £7,800,000 |
Note:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000, except for the Total which is rounded to the nearest £100,000
- Data is based on funding estimated from course type and learner characteristics held on the Individualised Learner Records, and may differ from actual spend
- Geography is based on the learner’s postcode
ESOL provision is funded through the Adult Skills Budget and this budget has been maintained for the core adult skills participation budgets in cash terms at £1.5bn. Colleges and training providers continue to have the freedom and flexibility to determine how they use their AEB, working with LEPs and local commissioners to determine what the appropriate distribution of funding should be to best meet local needs. It is, therefore, the responsibility of providers to plan which ESOL courses they deliver locally, within their resources
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children attending a breakfast club in primary schools in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Bradford in the last 12 months for which records are available.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The most recent results of the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey suggest that in England in 2013, around 591,200 school-aged children under eight attended before school care in a typical term-time week. However, it is not possible to identify within this total the number of children who attended provision in primary and secondary schools separately. In addition, the survey sample sizes do not allow for an estimate for Yorkshire and the Humber, or LA level estimates, nor does it collect information about secondary age children.
The findings of the Survey can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children attending a breakfast club in secondary schools in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Bradford in last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The most recent results of the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey suggest that in England in 2013, around 591,200 school-aged children under eight attended before school care in a typical term-time week. However, it is not possible to identify within this total the number of children who attended provision in primary and secondary schools separately. In addition, the survey sample sizes do not allow for an estimate for Yorkshire and the Humber, or LA level estimates, nor does it collect information about secondary age children.
The findings of the Survey can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2013
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional breakfast club places which will be created by the £10 million increase in funding announced in paragraph 1.95 of Budget 2016 in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Bradford.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Chancellor announced in the recent budget that funding from the new sugar levy would be used in part to expand breakfast clubs in up to 1,600 schools from September 2017. We are currently refining the details of how this scheme will operate and further details will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Naz Shah (Labour - Bradford West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans for the £10 million increase in funding to expand breakfast clubs in schools announced in paragraph 1.95 of Budget 2016 to be distributed; and how her Department plans to monitor the spending of that funding.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The Chancellor announced in the recent budget that funding from the new sugar levy would be used in part to expand breakfast clubs in up to 1,600 schools from September 2017. We are currently refining the details of how this scheme will operate and further details will be announced in due course.