Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteriaFound: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteria
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteria - visual summaryFound: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteria
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteriaFound: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteria
Nov. 28 2023
Source Page: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteria - visual summaryFound: Social Security Experience Panels - Adult Disability Payment: mobility component eligibility criteria
Report Oct. 26 2023
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: Seventh Report - Appointment of the Chair of the Social Mobility Commission: Alun Francis OBE HC 1806
Correspondence Oct. 25 2023
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: Correspondence with the Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression relating to asbestos Correspondence
Mar. 05 2010
Source Page: Social mobility: narrowing social class educational aqttainment gaps: supporting materials to a speech by the Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, to the Institute for Public Policy Research. 112 p.Found: Social mobility: narrowing social class educational aqttainment gaps: supporting materials to a speech
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of unpaid internships on (a) social mobility and (b) equality of opportunity.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office is only responsible for the Civil Service Summer Internship Programmes and the Autism Exchange Internship Programme. It does not oversee any unpaid internships. Both programmes pay the National Living Wage. Internships provide a fantastic opportunity for individuals at the beginning of their career to gain valuable experience in their field regardless of background. Last year, we offered over 500 internships to undergraduates through our Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme and 21.5% of these were to students from Lower Socio-Economic backgrounds.
Asked by: Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to encourage collaboration between colleges and universities to (a) widen participation in tertiary education and (b) promote social mobility.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department is investing in Institutes of Technology (IoT). IoTs are prestigious, high-quality education providers that are created through innovative collaborations that bring together the best of existing further education (FE) colleges and higher education (HE) providers with local employers. To date the IoT Network comprises 77 colleges, 35 HE providers and 99 employers. By offering a range of specialised courses, from Higher Technical Qualifications to apprenticeships, IoTs empower students to develop the practical skills and knowledge required to excel in key sectors such as engineering, healthcare digital technology and manufacturing.
FE and HE Providers across the country already collaborate at local levels to deliver education and training, ensuring learner and employer needs are met. Some of these partnerships are formal, longstanding arrangements for colleges to deliver degrees but less formal arrangements with specific courses in FE occurring to ensure progression for those who wish to go into HE.
In Plymouth, City College is working with Plymouth Marjon University and the University of Plymouth to offer foundation degrees, higher national certificates and higher national diplomas, as well as traditional degrees.
Collaborative working forms a significant part of the department’s HE access and participation reforms, which were launched in 2021. As part of these the department has tasked the Office for Students to strongly encourage universities to work with schools and colleges to drive up standards and encourage aspiration and attainment. The department wants to see universities stepping up to support students through the paths that benefit them the most, including through apprenticeships, higher technical qualifications, and vocational education as well as degrees.
The department is aware that diversifying modes of study can be an important method of broadening access and participation. HE providers have been strongly encouraged to set themselves ambitious, measurable targets to significantly increase the proportion of students on higher and degree apprenticeships, Level 4 and Level 5 courses and part time study. The department is also providing £40 million over the next two years to support degree apprenticeship providers to expand and help more people access this provision.
Uni Connect, which the department is funding at £30 million for the 2023/24 academic year, brings together partnerships of universities, colleges and other local organisations to offer activities, advice and information on the benefits and realities of going to university or college.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Social Mobility Commission staff have left that organisation in each year since 2015.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
We centrally hold some of the information requested.
In as far as data is centrally held, I refer the hon. Member to the Civil Service statistics, for the Cabinet Office, at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics
The Declaration on Government Reform (2021) stated: "There is however more we must do to attract a broader range of people to the privilege of public service... It should be natural for people with careers and skills built in business to serve in government for a period, and for those in public service to spend time in organisations which are not dependent on public money... We will develop new entry routes from industry, academia, the third sector and the wider public sector, with flexibility to suit those who want to build a career in government and those who want a shorter tour of duty."