Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated from the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund for projects on (a) mental health, (b) physical health and (c) other purposes.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
All Healthy Pupils Capital Fund (HPCF) projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund 2018-19 were assessed against the HPCF funding criteria to improve children’s and young people’s physical and mental health by enhancing access to facilities for physical activity, healthy eating, mental health and wellbeing and medical conditions. Details of successful HPCF projects have been published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome. Projects have not been categorised by those which relate to mental health or physical health.
Local authorities and larger academy trusts received a formulaic allocation from HPCF based on pupil numbers. They have the flexibility to distribute HPCF funding in line with the HPCF criteria to meet local priorities and need. Data on the use of HPCF funding by local authorities and larger academy trusts will be collected and published in due course, as part of regular capital spend data collections.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide additional financial support to universities to cover the increase in employer contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme in (a) 2019-20 and (b) future financial years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department ran a public consultation which closed on 12 February 2019 to gather evidence on the impact of increased contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) for all TPS employers, including universities. Final decisions on funding will be taken once the consultation responses have been reviewed. All funding decisions for 2020/21 onwards will be decided as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mental health nursing students have started degree apprenticeships in the 2018-19 academic year.
Answered by Anne Milton
In the 2017/18 academic year reported to date (from August 2017 to April 2018), 260 apprenticeship starts were recorded for the standard ‘Registered Nurse’. This is the level 6 degree apprenticeship approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. Mental health nursing remains an optional element within the nursing apprenticeships.
Additionally, there have been 640 apprenticeship starts reported to date (from August 2017 to April 2018) for the standard ‘Nursing Associate’ (level 5 apprenticeship standard, approved for delivery on 20 November 2017; note that we class apprenticeships at level 6 and above as ‘degree-level’). There were no starts on these standards in the 2016/17 academic year. Full final year data for the 2017/18 academic year will be available in November 2018 and data covering 2018/19 will be available in January 2019.
In England, there have been 64,830 apprenticeship starts in the Health, Public Services and Care sector subject area reported to date in the first three quarters of the 2017/18 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018). This data can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr.
We want to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the National Health Service (NHS).
We are working closely with employers, Health Education England and ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure the NHS is fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and in a range of various occupations.
Asked by: Paula Sherriff (Labour - Dewsbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135939 on Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT), if he will list the (a) nine WCAT schools for which new trusts have been identified but which have not yet transferred to them and (b) one WCAT school for which no new trust has been identified.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The department has publicly confirmed the new trusts for 20 of the 21 Wakefield City Academies Trust schools. The nine schools for which trusts have been identified, but they have not moved, is in the table below. For the remaining school, Mexborough Academy, Delta Academies Trust remains the preferred trust. The Regional Schools Commissioner is working to confirm the final trust for Mexborough Academy as soon as possible. Our priority continues to be to minimise disruption for all concerned and move all the schools into strong new trusts as quickly as possible in the interests of pupils.
Academy | New Trust |
Balby Carr Community Academy | Astrea Academy Trust |
Carr Lodge Academy | Exceed Learning Partnership |
Willow Academy | Inspiring Futures Academy Trust |
Havercroft Academy | Outwood Grange Academies Trust |
Hemsworth | Outwood Grange Academies Trust |
The Freeston Academy | Outwood Grange Academies Trust |
Wakefield City Academy | Outwood Grange Academies Trust |
West End Academy | Waterton Academy Trust |
Kinsley Academy | Waterton Academy Trust |