Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on Progress 8 scores by constituency.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The department did not produce the percentage of pupils achieving five or more grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics GCSEs, at parliamentary constituency level prior to the 2014/15 academic year or from 2016/17 onwards. It is available for the 2014/15 and 2015/6 academic years.
The department publishes the percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate at grades A* to C, or 9 to 4, at parliamentary constituency level. The English Baccalaureate consists of GCSEs in five subjects: English, mathematics, science, a modern foreign language, and geography or history. The information available is attached for Feltham and Heston constituency.
The department publishes Progress 8 scores at school level. School level attainment data for each academic year can be accessed here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data.
School level attainment data was not published for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years 2019/20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/.
Progress 8 data for schools in Feltham and Heston is attached. The department publishes data on Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23.
The most recent Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency for the 2022/23 academic year data can be found in the following table: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children have achieved five Grade C or higher GCSEs in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 2009.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The department did not produce the percentage of pupils achieving five or more grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics GCSEs, at parliamentary constituency level prior to the 2014/15 academic year or from 2016/17 onwards. It is available for the 2014/15 and 2015/6 academic years.
The department publishes the percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate at grades A* to C, or 9 to 4, at parliamentary constituency level. The English Baccalaureate consists of GCSEs in five subjects: English, mathematics, science, a modern foreign language, and geography or history. The information available is attached for Feltham and Heston constituency.
The department publishes Progress 8 scores at school level. School level attainment data for each academic year can be accessed here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data.
School level attainment data was not published for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years 2019/20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/.
Progress 8 data for schools in Feltham and Heston is attached. The department publishes data on Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23.
The most recent Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency for the 2022/23 academic year data can be found in the following table: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Feltham and Heston constituency have not reached a Progress 8 score of -0.5 in each year since 2016.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The department did not produce the percentage of pupils achieving five or more grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics GCSEs, at parliamentary constituency level prior to the 2014/15 academic year or from 2016/17 onwards. It is available for the 2014/15 and 2015/6 academic years.
The department publishes the percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate at grades A* to C, or 9 to 4, at parliamentary constituency level. The English Baccalaureate consists of GCSEs in five subjects: English, mathematics, science, a modern foreign language, and geography or history. The information available is attached for Feltham and Heston constituency.
The department publishes Progress 8 scores at school level. School level attainment data for each academic year can be accessed here: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data.
School level attainment data was not published for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years 2019/20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/.
Progress 8 data for schools in Feltham and Heston is attached. The department publishes data on Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23.
The most recent Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency for the 2022/23 academic year data can be found in the following table: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) schemes and (b) grants their Department administers that are open for (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) other groups in Feltham and Heston constituency to apply for as of 10 January 2024.
Answered by Damian Hinds
In the 2023/24 financial year, the department will provide over £87 billion of capital and revenue funding in England. The largest portion of funding is for core education provision for schools for 5- to 16-year-olds. In the same financial year schools in Feltham and Heston will attract over £111.6 million, through the schools National Funding Formula.
The department does not administer grants at a constituency level. Some funding is distributed via grants that are made available at local authority level. More information on Hounslow’s grants for schools, children and families is available here: https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20008/schools_children_and_families.
More information on future general grant schemes can be found here: https://www.find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which areas have not developed a Local Skills Improvement Plan as of 11 January 2024.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department is pleased that all 38 Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs), covering every area of the country, were published in August 2023. The coming decade will see substantial economic change and, as the economy changes, so will the skills needs of employers. Crucially, this will play out in different ways across the country. That is why the department introduced LSIPs nationwide, to support local innovation and growth so that every part of the country is able to succeed in its own unique way.
Each LSIP is published on the relevant ERB’s website, a full list of which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designated-employer-representative-bodies/notice-of-designated-employer-representative-bodies.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release, Cash boost to create new flexible approach to apprenticeships, published on 3 August 2021, what proportion of the fund to support flexi-job apprenticeship agencies has been spent.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department is supporting sectors with short-term project-based work through flexi-Job apprenticeship agencies (FJAAs), which allow apprentices to work with different host employers, and on a range of projects, to gain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their chosen field.
In July 2021, the government created a £7 million fund to support employers set up and expand FJAAs. £4.5 million of grant allocations have been awarded, and 97% (£4.3 million) of the grant allocations have been spent.
There are now 44 FJAAs supporting the delivery of apprenticeships in sectors such as creative, construction, agriculture and digital, across every region in England. The current register of FJAAs can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships/flexi-job-apprenticeship-agencies.
The number of apprenticeship starts through FJAAs can be found in the apprenticeships and traineeships statistical release here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships, with the latest data to be published on 25 January 2024. The department intends to publish data on achievements by FJAAs in due course.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) starts and (b) completions of flexi-job apprenticeships there have been through the flexi-job apprenticeship agencies register since February 2022.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department is supporting sectors with short-term project-based work through flexi-Job apprenticeship agencies (FJAAs), which allow apprentices to work with different host employers, and on a range of projects, to gain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their chosen field.
In July 2021, the government created a £7 million fund to support employers set up and expand FJAAs. £4.5 million of grant allocations have been awarded, and 97% (£4.3 million) of the grant allocations have been spent.
There are now 44 FJAAs supporting the delivery of apprenticeships in sectors such as creative, construction, agriculture and digital, across every region in England. The current register of FJAAs can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships/flexi-job-apprenticeship-agencies.
The number of apprenticeship starts through FJAAs can be found in the apprenticeships and traineeships statistical release here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships, with the latest data to be published on 25 January 2024. The department intends to publish data on achievements by FJAAs in due course.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the Multiply programme in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The government is committed to supporting people to climb the ladder of opportunity towards better jobs, better wellbeing and better options for the future.
To enable this, the department recognises the importance of numeracy skills, both in work and everyday life. Securing good levels of numeracy increases individual productivity, improves earnings and employment opportunities, supports economic growth, and breaks cycles of intergenerational economic and social disadvantage. That is why, in 2022 the department launched Multiply, the government’s programme for improving adult numeracy, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which is the government’s flagship fund for supporting people and places across the UK. Up to £270 million is available in England, and up to £160 million in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to deliver innovative initiatives to tackle poor adult numeracy. The department is responsible for delivery of the Multiply programme in England.
The below is a table of Multiply Programme spending by financial year (England only).
2021/22 | 2022/23 |
£0.32 million | £51.88 million |
The spend figures for the 2023/24 financial year will be available in June 2024.
Delivery is now well underway. Multiply provision is available in all 81 local areas in England that were allocated funding, with over 52,000 course starts by July 2023.
A core component of the Multiply programme is to improve the evidence base on “what works” in tackling low adult numeracy, and the department will run a full evaluation of the programme, including a series of randomised control trials.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2023 to Question 232 on T-levels: Hounslow and the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 814 on T-levels: Feltham and Heston, whether her Department holds data on student T-Level starts at the (a) local authority and (b) constituency level.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department does hold the data to derive student T Level starts at the local authority and parliamentary constituency level but does not currently publish data at this level. Breakdowns of T Level attainment by local authority will be published as part of the ‘Compare School and College Performance’ data in 2025.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been provided to Institutes of Technology in (a) wave one and (b) wave two in each year since 2019.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department is delivering 21 Institutes of Technology (IoTs), which exceeds the manifesto commitment of 20, of which 19 are already open.
The department is providing up to £300 million of capital funding to the IoT programme to ensure that learners have access to high quality premises and industry standard equipment. The following capital funding has been provided since the programme commenced:
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
2019/2020 | £21,836,758 |
|
2020/2021 | £60,772,151 |
|
2021/2022 | £38,932,896 | £706,258 |
2022/2023 | £38,655,887 | £5,822,800 |
For Wave 1, this funded 47 new facilities, which comprised of 19 new builds and 28 refurbishments. 52 IoT partners received funding for specialist equipment. Wave 2 is comprised of 30 new facility projects, including 7 new builds and 23 refurbishments. 37 partners will receive funding for specialist equipment.
IoTs are funded for participating learners in the same way as further education colleges and higher education institutions.
The number of full-time equivalent staff working at IoTs is a matter for the individual IoTs and their constituent partners. The department does not hold the information requested on how many IoTs have specially built facilities.