Results 121–140 of 5814 for speaker:Anne Milton

Written Answers — Department for Education: Department for Education: Living Wage (14 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: As the National Living Wage is a statutory obligation, the department’s contracts require that all employees of our suppliers who are entitled to it are paid at the relevant rate. It is the responsibility of individual organisations to ensure that they pay the National Living Wage.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges (14 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Holding answer received on 13 June 2019 In 2017-18, income from the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) contributed £75 million to the department’s skills budget. While the income raised is not additional funding for skills, the ISC is helping to maintain the department’s existing skills budget and existing level of investment in skills in England. As such, it is not possible to...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Home Education (13 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Holding answer received on 12 June 2019 ​The purpose of the proposed register is to enable local authorities to track the main daytime weekday educational settings for children in scope, and to take action if it appears that a suitable education is not being received in usual school hours. This purpose would not be served by bringing into coverage the register activities carried...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices (13 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Ofsted is a non-ministerial department, which reports directly to Parliament. It inspects services providing education and skills for learners of all ages and inspects and regulates services that care for children and young people. Its role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and care services in England for children and students do so to a high standard. Ofsted...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Literacy (13 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The department has not conducted an assessment of adult literacy levels within the past 5 years. We participate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Survey of Adult Skills to assess our performance in literacy, which was last conducted in England and 24 other countries in 2011-12. Findings from the survey can be found at: http://www.oecd.org/skills/. The...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Adult Education (13 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The tables below show the number of providers that we allocated funds to in each of the funding years. Note that in 2014/15 and 2015/16, the Adult Skills budget was part of the Apprenticeship budget and allocated as such. The Adult Education Budget was created in 2016/17, separate from apprenticeships. For the years 2014/15 and 2015/16 therefore, the number of providers includes those with...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges (13 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The Department for Education has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Home Education (12 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The Department for Education has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupils: Attendance (12 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The Department for Education has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices: Taxation (11 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The most recent statistics on the total number of businesses with apprenticeship starts for the 2016/17 academic year are published on GOV.UK. This can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750709/apprenticeship_st arts_tables.xlsx. Due to the methodology behind these experimental statistics, we do not provide regional...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Vocational Guidance (11 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: All schools and colleges must provide careers information, advice and guidance for all 12 to 18 year olds. The Careers Strategy published in December 2017 identified the Gatsby Benchmarks as the gold standard for careers in England. The benchmarks help schools to develop a programme of high quality careers advice and all schools are expected to meet the 8 benchmarks by the end of 2020. To...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Disclosure of Information (11 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for North Durham and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Secondary Education: Assessments (10 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: We know students who leave school with a good grasp of English and maths increase their chances of securing a job or going on to further education. Since August 2014, students who left key stage 4 without a GCSE grade 4/C or above (or equivalent) in English and/or maths were required to continue studying these subjects as part of their 16-19 study programme. From August 2019, students...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Students: Disadvantaged (10 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The department already provides additional funding for 16 to 19 providers so that they can attract, retain and support disadvantaged students. Over £500 million has been allocated through the 16 to 19 funding formula for this disadvantage funding in the current academic year. We will keep 16 to 19 funding rates and arrangements, including support for disadvantaged students, under...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Educational Institutions: South Yorkshire (10 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, visited Bentley Youth Hub in Doncaster in July 2018. In my role as Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, I visited the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster in June 2018.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Adult Education: Finance (10 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Government funding for adult skills provision is prioritised where its impact is greatest, focussing on young adults, those with low skills and unemployed people who are actively seeking work. The principal purpose of the adult education budget is to help adults aged 19 and over get the skills and learning they need to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. There are many...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Students: Loans (10 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Data published by the Student Loans Company for the full 2017/18 academic year shows that 70% of recipients of Advanced Learner Loans were female. In total, 23% were aged 19 to 23, 28% were aged 24 to 30, 29% were aged 31 to 40, 15% were aged 41 to 50 and 5% were aged 50 or over. This data is available at the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices: Free School Meals ( 6 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested. We publish data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool of the apprenticeships data library. This can be found at:...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices: Taxation ( 6 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: Disaggregated information on the apprenticeship levy that is collected in each constituency, local authority or region of the UK by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not available. Many larger levy-paying employers are headquartered in one region but they employ staff across the country. Therefore, levy data is reported to HMRC by PAYE scheme rather than by organisation, which...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Apprentices ( 6 Jun 2019)

Anne Milton: The attached table shows apprenticeship starts in each English local authority broken down by gender and sector subject area for the 2017/18 academic year (August 2017 to July 2018). For additional information on apprenticeships starts by geography or learner characteristics, please see the further education data library: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-...


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