Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of ensuring that all secondary school pupils have an opportunity to undertake work experience on (a) disadvantaged children and (b) inclusivity.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Every pupil should have first hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. Experiences of the workplace should be tailored to the individual needs of the pupils involved and can demonstrate the capabilities of these pupils while providing them with first hand knowledge of the working environment.
Research evidence analysed for The Careers & Enterprise Company suggests that work experience, supported internships or employment, employee preparation programmes, self determination training and family involvement are effective in enabling pupils and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make a successful move from school to further or higher education, training, employment, or self-employment.
Research has also shown that disadvantaged pupils, who have fewer connections and social networks, disproportionately benefit from high quality interactions with employers. The Department knows that pupils who have had four or more encounters with employers, are 86% less likely to become not in education, employment or training (NEET), and they are likely to go on to earn 18% more.
The Careers & Enterprise Company works with employers to open experiences of the workplace with the benefit of improving the career outcomes for pupils. Employers who take an active role in the careers process of pupils, can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development.
Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the Government’s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high quality careers guidance based on international evidence. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of the workplace, has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 52% in 2021/22. Recent analysis also shows that 93% of students in reporting schools and colleges had at least one employer encounter last academic year, up from 82% in 2018/19. This shows that pupils are gaining more opportunities for work and the skills they need to succeed.
The Department’s grant funding arrangement with The Careers & Enterprise Company represents good value for money to the public purse, at around £30 million this year. This funding is provided to support schools and colleges in delivering high quality careers programmes, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and including support for schools and colleges to facilitate experiences for the workplace for pupils.
The current delivery model, working towards the eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from The Careers & Enterprise Company, encourages schools and colleges to take a strategic approach to employer engagement, ensuring careers provision is embedded and sustainable in the long term.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of providing work experience for all secondary school pupils.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Every pupil should have first hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. Experiences of the workplace should be tailored to the individual needs of the pupils involved and can demonstrate the capabilities of these pupils while providing them with first hand knowledge of the working environment.
Research evidence analysed for The Careers & Enterprise Company suggests that work experience, supported internships or employment, employee preparation programmes, self determination training and family involvement are effective in enabling pupils and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make a successful move from school to further or higher education, training, employment, or self-employment.
Research has also shown that disadvantaged pupils, who have fewer connections and social networks, disproportionately benefit from high quality interactions with employers. The Department knows that pupils who have had four or more encounters with employers, are 86% less likely to become not in education, employment or training (NEET), and they are likely to go on to earn 18% more.
The Careers & Enterprise Company works with employers to open experiences of the workplace with the benefit of improving the career outcomes for pupils. Employers who take an active role in the careers process of pupils, can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development.
Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the Government’s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high quality careers guidance based on international evidence. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of the workplace, has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 52% in 2021/22. Recent analysis also shows that 93% of students in reporting schools and colleges had at least one employer encounter last academic year, up from 82% in 2018/19. This shows that pupils are gaining more opportunities for work and the skills they need to succeed.
The Department’s grant funding arrangement with The Careers & Enterprise Company represents good value for money to the public purse, at around £30 million this year. This funding is provided to support schools and colleges in delivering high quality careers programmes, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and including support for schools and colleges to facilitate experiences for the workplace for pupils.
The current delivery model, working towards the eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from The Careers & Enterprise Company, encourages schools and colleges to take a strategic approach to employer engagement, ensuring careers provision is embedded and sustainable in the long term.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged 18 and under have undertaken work experience in each year since 2013.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Every pupil should have first hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. Experiences of the workplace should be tailored to the individual needs of the pupils involved and can demonstrate the capabilities of these pupils while providing them with first hand knowledge of the working environment.
Research evidence analysed for The Careers & Enterprise Company suggests that work experience, supported internships or employment, employee preparation programmes, self determination training and family involvement are effective in enabling pupils and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) to make a successful move from school to further or higher education, training, employment, or self-employment.
Research has also shown that disadvantaged pupils, who have fewer connections and social networks, disproportionately benefit from high quality interactions with employers. The Department knows that pupils who have had four or more encounters with employers, are 86% less likely to become not in education, employment or training (NEET), and they are likely to go on to earn 18% more.
The Careers & Enterprise Company works with employers to open experiences of the workplace with the benefit of improving the career outcomes for pupils. Employers who take an active role in the careers process of pupils, can realise a whole host of benefits, from identifying a diverse range of skills and abilities they need within their own business, to improving their employee engagement and development.
Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the Government’s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high quality careers guidance based on international evidence. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6, experiences of the workplace, has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 52% in 2021/22. Recent analysis also shows that 93% of students in reporting schools and colleges had at least one employer encounter last academic year, up from 82% in 2018/19. This shows that pupils are gaining more opportunities for work and the skills they need to succeed.
The Department’s grant funding arrangement with The Careers & Enterprise Company represents good value for money to the public purse, at around £30 million this year. This funding is provided to support schools and colleges in delivering high quality careers programmes, in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and including support for schools and colleges to facilitate experiences for the workplace for pupils.
The current delivery model, working towards the eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from The Careers & Enterprise Company, encourages schools and colleges to take a strategic approach to employer engagement, ensuring careers provision is embedded and sustainable in the long term.
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many open family cases there are in each Designated Family Judge area for public and private family law; and what proportion of those cases in each area involve litigants in person.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2023 broken down to include cases without a representative | ||||
DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA | Public Law Open Caseload | Private Law Open Caseload | ||
Unrepresented1 | Total Cases | Unrepresented1 | Total Cases | |
Birmingham | 57 | 280 | 1211 | 1696 |
Blackburn/Lancaster | 80 | 373 | 751 | 1063 |
Bournemouth and Dorset | 17 | 91 | 202 | 335 |
Brighton | 36 | 270 | 946 | 1353 |
Bristol (A, NS and G) | 55 | 330 | 822 | 1190 |
Business Centres | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Carlisle | 14 | 114 | 131 | 220 |
Central London | 187 | 666 | 2691 | 3485 |
Cleveland and South Durham | 82 | 371 | 289 | 461 |
Coventry | 27 | 131 | 513 | 778 |
Derby | 36 | 223 | 461 | 711 |
Devon | 92 | 347 | 615 | 994 |
East London | 189 | 676 | 2313 | 3412 |
Essex and Suffolk | 68 | 374 | 2051 | 2939 |
Guildford | 31 | 149 | 559 | 854 |
Humberside | 74 | 297 | 372 | 570 |
Leicester | 23 | 186 | 451 | 679 |
Lincoln | 18 | 127 | 292 | 474 |
Liverpool | 200 | 799 | 959 | 1532 |
Luton | 28 | 172 | 520 | 704 |
Manchester | 234 | 882 | 1658 | 2483 |
Medway and Canterbury | 127 | 421 | 1291 | 1759 |
Milton Keynes | 53 | 272 | 604 | 923 |
North Wales | 39 | 144 | 183 | 310 |
North Yorkshire | 14 | 83 | 201 | 356 |
Northampton | 24 | 152 | 410 | 558 |
Northumbria and North Durham | 95 | 503 | 551 | 934 |
Norwich | 26 | 187 | 527 | 793 |
Nottingham | 47 | 246 | 705 | 1039 |
Peterborough and Cambridge | 26 | 145 | 423 | 650 |
Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW) | 82 | 291 | 974 | 1362 |
Reading | 37 | 212 | 566 | 921 |
South East Wales | 73 | 284 | 645 | 1084 |
South Yorkshire | 70 | 391 | 418 | 705 |
Stoke on Trent | 68 | 320 | 653 | 965 |
Swansea | 39 | 155 | 351 | 713 |
Swindon | 15 | 93 | 291 | 435 |
Taunton | 21 | 113 | 251 | 412 |
Truro | 12 | 97 | 191 | 326 |
Watford | 13 | 90 | 566 | 847 |
West London | 96 | 524 | 1813 | 2556 |
West Yorkshire | 164 | 706 | 1079 | 1639 |
Wolverhampton | 99 | 471 | 947 | 1417 |
Worcester | 17 | 111 | 318 | 525 |
Grand Total | 2805 | 12873 | 31767 | 47165 |
Unrepresented1 data is a subset of Publish Management Information. This is Management Information; the data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time and may differ from previously published data.
1. Unrepresented' refers to parties where no representative is recorded. Therefore, they should be considered as parties without a recorded representative, rather than 'litigants in person'.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on bringing forward statutory instruments relating to the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is pleased the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act received Royal Assent on 24th May 2023. The Act requires secondary legislation which is subject to the affirmative process. Those regulations will be laid in due course.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward secondary legislation under the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is pleased the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act received Royal Assent on 24th May 2023. The Act requires secondary legislation which is subject to the affirmative process. Those regulations will be laid in due course.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure that parcels being sent from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are not subject to customs regulations.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
The Windsor Framework safeguards parcel movements and maintains business as usual for Northern Ireland consumers, removing any need for international customs processes. That means parcels can be sent to friends and family in Northern Ireland, as smoothly as today. People in Northern Ireland ordering from businesses in the rest of the UK will continue to order and receive goods as they do now; and parcels sent between businesses will be able to use the same internal market scheme as applies for freight movements.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to ensure that early legal advice is given to parties in more civil matters.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
We are taking several steps to ensure that early legal advice is given to more parties in civil matters. These include:
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation protecting pregnant women from dismissal; and if she will take legislative steps to increase penalties on employers who dismiss staff while pregnant or on maternity leave.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government was pleased to support the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act, which received Royal Assent on 24 May.
The ensuing regulations will provide additional redundancy protection from the point a woman tells her employer she is pregnant, through to 18 months after the child is born.
The Government continues to work with the Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board to address these issues, and to improve the available guidance so women understand their rights and employers understand their responsibilities
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementing the key findings from the 2016 Farmer Review on cutting the cycle of re-offending.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The report of Lord Farmer’s review, The Importance of Strengthening Prisoners Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime, commissioned in 2016, was published on 10 August 2017. It made 19 recommendations designed both to improve and to standardise the provision of family services across the prison estate in England and Wales.
All of the recommendations have been actioned and all but one linked to new training already embedded as part of our core business.
The changes we have implemented include the introduction of a secure social video calling service in all prisons; a Families Performance Metric for prisons; and additional HMPPS funding to strengthen prisons’ communication with prisoners’ families