Asked by: Christian Wakeford (Labour - Bury South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what fiscal steps she is taking to support (a) training programmes, (b) apprenticeships and (c) other efforts to promote (i) job creation and (ii) skills development in Bury South constituency.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The government is committed to creating a world leading skills system which is employer-focused, high quality and fit for the future. The government’s reforms are strengthening higher education (HE) and further education (FE) to help more people get good jobs and upskill and retrain throughout their lives, as well as to improve national productivity and economic growth. The government’s reforms are backed with an additional investment of £3.8 billion over the course of this Parliament to strengthen HE and FE.
This additional funding will help providers such as those in Bury to deliver high quality education and training.
Bury College serves the Bury South constituency and received £25.3 million to deliver learning and skills training programmes in 2022/23 for 16 to18 year olds and apprentices for local employers. Bury College has also received capital investment of over £12 million since 2019.
Bury College offers a wide range of post-16 education and training from pre-entry level qualifications, A levels, T Levels, vocational courses at Levels 1 to 3, and apprenticeships in health and public services, business administration, engineering, retail and commercial enterprise, and education and training. It also has a University Centre and works in partnership with several local universities to deliver a range of HE courses at Higher National Diploma, Foundation Degree and Degree level to the local community. Bury College also receives funding for adult education programmes via Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Bury College is a partner of the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology, led by The University of Salford, and has received £1.353 million of funding for refurbishments and specialist equipment in Heath Innovation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Enterprise and Sports provision. Bury College will account for 25% of all learners at the Institute of Technology. This equates to approximately 200 learners in 2023/24.
The area is also served by Holy Cross College, a Catholic sixth form college, which received £12.89 million to deliver learning programmes for 16 to18 year olds in 2022/23. It delivers a largely academic Level 3 programme and a small Level 2 cohort. Holy Cross College has a University Centre delivering HE both through a direct contract with Office for Students and in partnership with Liverpool Hope University.
The department is increasing investment in the apprenticeships system in England to £2.7 billion by 2024/25 to support employers of all sizes and in all areas of the country, including Bury South, to grow their businesses with the skilled apprentices they need. Since 2010, there have been 11,380 apprenticeship starts in Bury South.
The department has introduced the Free Courses for Jobs scheme which enables eligible adults to gain a qualification for free. Residents in Bury can access provision in a range of sector subject areas delivered through colleges and training providers in the area.
In addition, the department has also introduced Skills Bootcamps, which are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast track to an interview with an employer. In each of the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years, the department has allocated £7.5 million to Greater Manchester Combined Authority to deliver Skills Bootcamps in the Greater Manchester area, including in Bury South via grant funding.
T Levels will equip more young people with the skills, knowledge and experience to access skilled employment or further study. From September 2023, 18 T Levels will be available and will be delivered through nearly 300 providers across all regions of the country. Bury college is delivering T Levels in business administration, legal, financial, and accounting, education and childcare, and health and engineering in 2023/24. The college intends to introduce further T Levels in catering and hospitality, construction and the built environment, creative and digital, and hair and beauty in 2024/25.
Written Evidence Jan. 30 2024
Inquiry: Financial EducationFound: FE0048 - Financial Education Youth Financial Capability Group Written Evidence
Dec. 12 2023
Source Page: ESFA college and local authority accountability agreementsFound: colleges √ √ all sixth -form colleges √ √ designated institutions √ √ local
Apr. 13 2010
Source Page: Table showing maintained mainstream schools entering no pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 in 2009 in either biology, chemistry or physics GCSE in 1997 and 2009. 54 p.Found: Form CentreNNNHodge Hill Girls' SchoolNNNLordswood Girls' SchoolNNNKings Heath SchoolNNNSheldon Heath
Written Evidence Jan. 17 2024
Inquiry: Integrated EducationFound: IED0010 - Integrated Education Bechlawn School Hillsborough Written Evidence
Jun. 07 2011
Source Page: Table showing how many and what proportion of GCE A-level students were entered for GCE A-level in (a) accounting, (b) art and design, (c) business studies, (d) dance, (e) design and technology, (f) drama/theatre studies, (g) electronics, (h) film studies, (i) home economics, (j) information and communication technology, (k) law, (l) media studies, (m) music technology and (n) sports studies in (i) modern schools and (ii) other further education sector colleges (A) nationally and (B) in each local education authority area in the year 2010. 15 p.Found: media studies, (m) music technology and (n) sports studies in (i) modern schools and (ii) other further education
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: Boys’ attainment and engagement in educationFound: BAE0009 - Boys’ attainment and engagement in education University of Leeds Written Evidence
Nov. 29 2011
Source Page: Tables showing a breakdown of pupil numbers, funding received and funding projected for each academy that had converted to an academy by September 2011. 19 p.Found: Form (ANOT03)0.08926907.0Nottingham Academy (ANOT01)69048.6176698.0145746.61Nottingham Girls' Academy
May. 21 2024
Source Page: The Dukeries Academy: 21 May 2024Found: These conditions must be met at the time of their admission (including for children in the sixth form
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) maintained nurseries, (b) other early years education settings, (c) childminders, (d) other childcare providers, (e) primary schools, (f) secondary schools, (g) sixth-form colleges, (h) further education colleges and (j) universities outside the Chichester constituency she has visited since 25 October 2022; and if she will publish the (i) name, (ii) location, (iii) postcode and (iv) parliamentary constituency of each such establishment.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The Secretary of State and Ministers regularly travel across the country visiting educational institutions, including nurseries, schools, colleges and universities. The Department receives many requests for visits and visits settings across a broad geography, within the constraints of Departmental business and the Parliamentary timetable.