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GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.
Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national...
GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.
Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national...
Teachers: Job Satisfaction
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to assess the morale of teachers.
[Official Report, 17 March 2014, Vol. 577, c. 388W.]
Letter of correction from David Laws:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr...
Teachers: Job Satisfaction
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to assess the morale of teachers.
[Official Report, 17 March 2014, Vol. 577, c. 388W.]
Letter of correction from David Laws:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr...
Statement on delivering fair funding for English schools.
Statement on delivering fair funding for English schools.
Educational Attainment (Disadvantaged Pupils)
The following is an extract from the debate on Educational Attainment (Disadvantaged Pupils) in Westminster Hall on 25 February 2014.
I thank other hon. Members who spoke. There were good speeches from the hon. Members for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) and for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), and interventions...
Educational Attainment (Disadvantaged Pupils)
The following is an extract from the debate on Educational Attainment (Disadvantaged Pupils) in Westminster Hall on 25 February 2014.
I thank other hon. Members who spoke. There were good speeches from the hon. Members for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) and for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), and interventions...
Priority School Building Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools were (a) initially informed they would and (b) subsequently informed they would not receive funding for under three provision from the Priority School Building Programme by the Education Funding Agency.
[Official Report, 2 December 2013, Vol. 571, c....
Priority School Building Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools were (a) initially informed they would and (b) subsequently informed they would not receive funding for under three provision from the Priority School Building Programme by the Education Funding Agency.
[Official Report, 2 December 2013, Vol. 571, c....
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, columns 602-3W, on free school meals, what plans his Department has to facilitate the availability of pupil premium to Key Stage 1 children and the schools they attend in subsequent years.
[Official...
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, columns 602-3W, on free school meals, what plans his Department has to facilitate the availability of pupil premium to Key Stage 1 children and the schools they attend in subsequent years.
[Official...
Statement on the future of secondary school accountability.
Statement on the future of secondary school accountability.
Statement on the launch of a consultation on primary assessment and accountability, alongside a significant increase in the pupil premium for primary schools.
Statement on the launch of a consultation on primary assessment and accountability, alongside a significant increase in the pupil premium for primary schools.
Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to achieve gender balance in teaching in primary and lower schools.
[160640]
[Official Report, 20 June 2013, Vol. 564, c. 797-98W.]
Letter of correction from David Laws:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member...
Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to achieve gender balance in teaching in primary and lower schools.
[160640]
[Official Report, 20 June 2013, Vol. 564, c. 797-98W.]
Letter of correction from David Laws:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years were in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
[118912]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years were in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
[118912]
The number of people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years old who were in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) at February 2012 is shown in the following table.
| Number
of JSA claimants by age: February
2012 | |
| Age | JSA
claimants |
| Total | 1,589,640 |
| 19 | 79,850 |
| 20 | 80,250 |
| 21 | 73,070 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. The latest available data is at February 2012. 3. Figures include “credit” only cases. Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study. |
The number of people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years old who were in receipt of housing benefit (HB) and HB with income-based JSA at May 2012 is shown in the following table.
| Number
of HB claimants, including those who are in receipt of income-based
JSA: May
2012 | ||
| Age | HB
claimants | HB
claimants with income-based
JSA |
| Total | 5,031,740 | 664,090 |
| 19 | 33,240 | 10,780 |
| 20 | 46,120 | 14,610 |
| 21 | 56,740 | 15,880 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Age groups are based on the age on the count data (second Thursday in the month), of either: (a) the recipient if they are single, or (b) the elder of the recipient or partner if claiming as a couple. 3. Recipients are as at the second Thursday of the month. 4. SHBE is a monthly electronic scan of claimant level data direct from local authority computer systems. It replaces quarterly aggregate clerical returns. The data is available monthly from November 2008 and May 2012 is the most recent available. Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) |
The number of claimants of HB and Contributory-Based JSA is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years old were in full-time further education in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years old were in full-time further education in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason her Department has not been able to provide a response to the right hon. Member for Yeovil's letter dated 11 May 2012, on proposals for police reforms.
[116457]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason her Department has not been able to provide a response to the right hon. Member for Yeovil's letter dated 11 May 2012, on proposals for police reforms.
[116457]
A response was sent to the right hon. Gentleman on 17 July 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the estimated level was of Higher Education Funding Council for England funding for part-time higher education students up to undergraduate level aged (a) 18 to 29 years and (b) 30 years and over in the latest period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the estimated level was of Higher Education Funding Council for England funding for part-time higher education students up to undergraduate level aged (a) 18 to 29 years and (b) 30 years and over in the latest period for...
The 2010/11 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding breakdown for part-time undergraduate students is as follows:
| HEFCE
funding for part-time undergraduate students by age
2010/11 | ||||
| Aged
under
301 | Aged
30 and
over1 | |||
| Amount
paid (£
million) | Percentage
of
total | Amount
paid (£
million) | Percentage
of
total | |
| HEFCE
Funding | 287 | 52 | 313 | 48 |
| 1
Age refers to age at the start of the academic
year. Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) |
The breakdown of HEFCE funding was estimated based on the age distribution of HEFCE fundable part-time undergraduate students in higher education
in the academic year 2010/11 applied to the total recurrent funding attributable to part-time students. The estimates exclude capital allocations and a small amount of recurrent expenditure that is not directly attributable to part-time student numbers, for example the Clinical Consultants' Pay supplement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the estimated level and proportion was of funding for full-time higher education students up to undergraduate level for students (a) 18 to 29 years and (b) 30 years and over; and what proportion of such sums was made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the estimated level and proportion was of funding for full-time higher education students up to undergraduate level for students (a) 18 to 29 years and (b) 30 years and over; and what proportion of such sums was made...
The 2010/11 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding breakdown for full-time undergraduate students is as follows:
| HEFCE
funding for full-time undergraduate students by age
2010/11 | ||||
| Aged
under
301 | Aged
30 and
over1 | |||
| Amount
paid (£
million) | Percentage
of
total | Amount
paid (£
million) | Percentage
of
total | |
| HEFCE
Funding | 3,465 | 95 | 166 | 5 |
| 1
Age refers to age at the start of the academic
year. Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) |
The breakdown of HEFCE funding was estimated based on the age distribution of HEFCE fundable full-time undergraduate students in higher education in the academic year 2010/11 applied to the total recurrent funding attributable to full-time students. The estimates exclude capital allocations and a small amount of recurrent expenditure that is not directly attributable to full-time student numbers, for example the Clinical Consultants' Pay supplement.
The amount of support paid by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the academic year 2010/11 split by age is shown in the following table:
| Amount
paid to students in student support by support type and age
2010/11 | |||||
| Aged
under
301 | Aged
30 and
over1 | ||||
| Student
support
type | Amount
paid (£ million) | Percentage
of
total | Amount
paid (£
million) | Percentage
of
total | Total
paid (£ million) |
| Maintenance
loans2 | 2,846.7 | 92 | 256.4 | 8 | 3,103.1 |
| Maintenance
grant2 | 1,113.4 | 88 | 147.0 | 12 | 1,260.4 |
| Tuition
fee
loans3 | 2,403.3 | 94 | 149.5 | 6 | 2,552.8 |
| 1
Age refers to age at the start of the academic
year. 2 Maintenance loans and grants are paid to English domiciled students attending full-time courses in the UK. 3 Tuition fee loans are paid to higher education institutions on behalf of English domiciled students attending full-time courses in the UK and EU domiciled students studying full-time courses in England. Source: Student Loans Company (SLC) |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the adult further education budget was spent on (a) 19 to 21, (b) 22 to 24 and (c) over 24-year-olds in respect of (i) full-time and (ii) part-time courses.
[112599]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the adult further education budget was spent on (a) 19 to 21, (b) 22 to 24 and (c) over 24-year-olds in respect of (i) full-time and (ii) part-time courses.
[112599]
Actual spend on adult (19+) further education and skills training is not reported at the individual level. However, it is possible to provide an estimate of funding at this level calculated from the Individualised Learner Record.
Table 1 shows the proportion of estimated 19+ funding for further education and skills (excluding community learning) by age band and mode of attendance in the 2010/11 academic year, the latest full year for which final data are available.
| Table
1: Further education and skills (excluding community
learning) | |||
| Percentage
of estimated spend by age band and mode of attendance,
2010/11 | |||
| Age | Full-time | Part-time | Total |
| 19
to
21 | 24 | 6 | 29 |
| 22
to
24 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 25+ | 16 | 42 | 58 |
| 19+
total | 47 | 53 | 100 |
| Notes: 1. Funding calculations are based on data that include adults (aged 19+) participating in education and training, apprenticeship and workplace learning provision. Community learning provision has been excluded. 2. Education and training provision (previously learner responsive and university for industry provision) covers further education learning delivered mainly in a classroom, workshop or through distance or e-learning. 3. Figures for estimated spend come from the ILR. They should not be treated as actual spend as spending is not reported at this level (age and part-time/full time). These figures can only be used to give an indicative view on the proportion of public funding for each age group and by part-time/full-time). 4. For 'education and training' full-time learners are defined as those learners studying a programme of a minimum of 450 guided learning hours in an academic year. It is not possible to identify the mode of attendance for apprenticeships and workplace learning. For the purposes of this analysis all apprenticeships have been categorised as full-time and all workplace learning as part-time. Source: Individualised Learner Record (ILR). |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons his Department has not made it its policy to inform hon. Members of redundancies at Ministry of Defence establishments within their constituencies; and if he will make a statement.
[112230]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons his Department has not made it its policy to inform hon. Members of redundancies at Ministry of Defence establishments within their constituencies; and if he will make a statement.
[112230]
The selection of an individual for redundancy does not imply that the post they occupy on the notification date is no longer required. In many instances posts will be refilled as redundees leave. This is because individuals are selected using specific selection criteria; their posts are not selected.
Service personnel move between posts and locations regularly, and the location at which they will be serving on their exit date may be different from that at which they were notified. Even where units are disestablished, sites may be reused for other purposes (such as the relocation of Army units from Germany) under Defence Transformation. For these reasons, neither the geographical distribution of notices nor the units within which individuals were serving when notified for redundancy provide a valid basis for assumptions about the location of future military posts, or the impact on local economies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people aged 18 to 21 years old claimed housing benefit in the latest period for which figures are available;
[110485]
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people aged 18 to 21 years old claimed housing benefit in the latest period for which figures are available;
[110485]
The requested information on the number of housing benefit claimants by age is provided in the following table:
| Housing
benefit recipients by age: February
2012 | |
| Age | Number
of
recipients |
| Total | 5,004,500 |
| 18-21 | 156,890 |
| Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) |
Information on the numbers of housing benefit claimants also claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance is not currently available, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Notes:
1. Age groups are based on the age on the count date (second Thursday in the month), of either:
(a) the recipient if they are single, or
(b) the eider of the recipient or partner if claiming as a couple
2. Recipients are as at the second Thursday of the month.
3. SHBE is a monthly electronic scan of claimant level data direct from local authority computer systems. It replaces quarterly aggregate clerical returns. The data is available monthly from November 2008 and February 2012 is the most recent available.
4. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
(2) how many people aged 18 to 21 years old claiming housing benefit also claimed (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment support allowance on incapacity benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
[110486]
Mr Laws:
(2) how many people aged 18 to 21 years old claiming housing benefit also claimed (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment support allowance on incapacity benefit in the latest period for which figures are available.
[110486]
Mr Laws:
The requested information on the number of housing benefit claimants by age is provided in the following table:
| Housing
benefit recipients by age: February
2012 | |
| Age | Number
of
recipients |
| Total | 5,004,500 |
| 18-21 | 156,890 |
| Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) |
Information on the numbers of housing benefit claimants also claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance is not currently available, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Notes:
1. Age groups are based on the age on the count date (second Thursday in the month), of either:
(a) the recipient if they are single, or
(b) the eider of the recipient or partner if claiming as a couple
2. Recipients are as at the second Thursday of the month.
3. SHBE is a monthly electronic scan of claimant level data direct from local authority computer systems. It replaces quarterly aggregate clerical returns. The data is available monthly from November 2008 and February 2012 is the most recent available.
4. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to the public purse was of housing benefit paid to (a) all claimants, (b) claimants aged 18 to 21, (c) claimants aged 18 to 21 who also claim jobseeker's allowance and (d) claimants aged 18 to 21...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to the public purse was of housing benefit paid to (a) all claimants, (b) claimants aged 18 to 21, (c) claimants aged 18 to 21 who also claim jobseeker's allowance and (d) claimants aged 18 to 21...
The information is in the following table for 2010-11, the latest period for which these figures are available.
| Estimated
housing benefit expenditure 2010-11 (£
millions) | |
| (a)
All HB
claimants | 21,429 |
| (b)
HB claimants aged 18 to
21 | 844 |
| (c)
HB claimants aged 18 to 21 also receiving jobseeker's
allowance | 230 |
| (d)
HB claimants aged 18 to 21 also receiving employment and support
allowance or incapacity
benefit | 84 |
| Notes: 1. The breakdown of HB expenditure into groups (b), (c) and (d) is estimated based on a combination of statistical data and local authority subsidy returns, as outturn expenditure data are not available at this level. 2. These estimates are consistent with the latest published expenditure outturn available at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/budget_2012_2205.xls |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of full-time undergraduate students take out maintenance loans in England; and what the (a) minimum value, (b) maximum value and (c) average value was of such loans in the latest period for which figures are available.
[110516]
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of full-time undergraduate students take out maintenance loans in England; and what the (a) minimum value, (b) maximum value and (c) average value was of such loans in the latest period for which figures are available.
[110516]
On average, students domiciled in England took out an income-contingent maintenance loan of £3,630 in the 2010/11 academic year compared to £3,600 in 2009/10. This is an average based on eligible students who were paid a maintenance loan. Some 855,300 (or 82%) of students who were eligible for a maintenance loan did so in the academic year 2009/10, the latest year for which estimates are available.
Maintenance loans only form part of the total maintenance support available—students can also apply for means tested, non-repayable maintenance grants. For students who began courses in the 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 academic years, 28% of the maximum amount of maintenance loan available is dependent on a means test—the remaining 72% is not.