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Post-16 skills. Minutes of evidence 21 February 2007. (Printed in HC 333).

Type

House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Education and Skills Committee

Date

21 February 2007

Reference

HC 333-i 2006-07

House

House of Commons

Basic Skills Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 475W, on the Basic Skills Agency, if she will list the local authorities which are not members of a Quality Mark partnership.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 2005

Reference

36023; 440 c1689W;440 c1689W

House

House of Commons

Basic Skills Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 16 November 2005, Official Report, column 1280W, on the Basic Skills Agency, what steps she is taking to promote the Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark in schools.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 December 2005

Reference

33206; 440 c767W;440 c767W

House

House of Commons

Basic Skills Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools that were assessed for the Basic Skills Agency's Quality Mark failed to gain one.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 2005

Reference

440 c475W;440 c475W; 32911

House

House of Commons

Basic Skills Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many local education authorities are working with the Basic Skills Agency as part of a primary Quality Mark partnership.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 2005

Reference

32910; 440 c475W;440 c475W

House

House of Commons

Basic Skills Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 16 November 2005, Official Report, column 1280W, on the Basic Skills Agency, how many and what proportion of 11-year-olds achieved level 4 or above in (a) reading, (b) writing and (c) mathematics at (i) schools...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 2005

Reference

33205; 440 c476W;440 c476W

House

House of Commons

Basic Skills Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the performance of the Basic Skills Agency; what funding it has received since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 November 2005

Reference

439 c1615-6W;439 c1617-8W; 28302

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will update the data prepared for each English constituency by the Basic Skills Agency in 2000; and what the updated information is for each constituency in the North East Region.

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 July 2004

For answer on

21 July 2004

Answered on

21 July 2004

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will update the data prepared for each English constituency by the Basic Skills Agency in 2000; and what the updated information is for each constituency in the North East Region. [185169] Mr. Ivan Lewis: In May 2004 the DfES commissioned work to produce local level estimates of literacy and numeracy in England based on the results of the Skills for Life survey (published in October 2003). The survey mapped skill levels to the National Standards for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. These estimates will update those provided by the Basic Skills Agency and will be available via the DfES's website in autumn 2004. At the current time, based on the Skills for Life survey findings, we can provide estimates of literacy and numeracy levels for the North East and its constituent Learning and Skills Council areas: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Entry level 1 and 2 Entry level 3 (%) Level 1 (%) Level 2+ (%) Sample size (%) Literacy England 5 11 40 44 7,874 North East 8 14 41 37 877 Northumberland 8 21 38 33 182 Tyne and Wear 7 15 42 36 310 County Durham 5 10 39 46 191 Tees Valley 10 15 43 33 294 Numeracy England 21 26 28 25 8,040 North East 28 27 25 21 894 Northumberland 41 23 22 15 182 Tyne and Wear 24 26 24 26 317 County Durham 23 24 28 25 192 Tees Valley 31 30 24 15 303 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 please note the small sample size

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

424 c270W; 185169

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding the Department provided to the Basic Skills agency in each of the last five years. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 May 2004

For answer on

22 June 2004

Answered on

22 June 2004

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding the Department provided to the Basic Skills Agency in each of the last five years. [177378] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The total funding provided to the Basic Skills Agency by the Department for each of the years from 1999-2000 to 2003-04, along with the funding currently agreed for 2004-05, is given in the following table: Basic Skills Agency spend, 1999-2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Core grant Projects Total 1999-2000 7,374,500.00 00.00 7,374,500.00 2000-01 16,699,289.00 6,888.88 16,706,177.88 2001-02 21,267,884.00 21,298,878.68 42,566,762.68 2002-03 5,119,740.00 41,525,208.12 46,644,948.12 2003-04 5,412,000.00 40,330,969.77 45,742,969.77 2004-05 5,467,000.00 1,281,394.00 6,748,394.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A summary of the headline projects that have been funded for each of the years from 1999-2000 is given in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Headline projects 1999-2000 Literacy and Numeracy strategies, and Basic Skills related work 2000-01 Family Literacy and Numeracy Programmes; NVOPP (the National Voluntary Organisations Partnership Programme); Intensive Teacher Training 2001-02 Financial Literacy; NVOPP; Community Based ESOL; Teacher Training; Family Programmes; Workplace Programmes; Offenders Learning and Skills Unit `Link-Up' project, training prison education staff 2002-03 Financial Literacy; Basic Skills Brokerage Scheme Phase II, the roll-out of the Brokerage Scheme; basic skills development with Sector Skills Councils; NVOPP. Other projects, won by tender, include Link Up (training volunteer adult learner supporters), and developing diagnostic assessment tools for literacy, numeracy and ESOL 2003-04 Financial Literacy; Skills for Families; Step in to Learning (customised training and development programme for staff in Sure Start, Children's Centres and early years settings); Link Up; and a database of support links between employers and providers 2004-05 QUIP (the Quality Improvement Programme) is included in the Core Grant. Projects include Financial Literacy and Step in to Learning _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

22 June 2004

Reference

177378; 422 c1383W;422 c1383-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 25th January, 378 c1185-6W, on government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) her Department and...

Asked by

Oliver Letwin (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 April 2002

For answer on

24 April 2002

Answered on

24 April 2002

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for South-West Bedfordshire of 25 January 2002, Official Report, columns 1185-86W, on Government funding of the voluntary sector, if she will list the grant schemes and other mechanisms by which (a) her Department and (b) the Basic Skills Agency distributes funding to voluntary sector organisations. [51408] Mr. Ivan Lewis: [holding answer 19 April 2002]: The information requested is as follows. This includes relevant grant schemes and policy and research programmes which involve the distribution of funds to the voluntary sector. (a) Funding programmes under which payments were made to voluntary organisations by the Department for Education and Skills, financial year 2000-01. Active Engagement Policy Anne Frank Education Pack Baseline Survey of Parents Demand for Childcare--Extra Analysis British Social Attitudes Survey (BSAS): 1999-2002 Career Service Initial Training Child Safety Week Community Champions Fund Community Links Connexions Development of Citizenship Education Resources Disability: attitudes and experiences. Drug Education Forum--Core and other funding Early Years and Childcare Small Grants programme Education and Prevention Team--Core funding Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS) European Social Fund Excellence and Access Project (Personal Finance in Schools) Family Support Policy Fourth and Fifth Annual Surveys of Parents of Three and Four-year-olds Grant under Section 64 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 Improving the take-up of free school meals (FSM) Improving the Training Market Independent/State School Partnerships Grant Scheme Learning Partnerships Millennium Volunteers Music for Youth National Adult Learning Survey (NALS) 2001 National Children's Bureau--Core funding National Health Education Group--Core funding National Mentoring Network National Reading Campaign National Voluntary Youth Organisations Grant Scheme Neighbourhood Support Fund On Track Outward secondments (financial value of) Personal Adviser Training Partners for Study Support Playing for Success Quality Standards Project Repeat of "Parents' Demand for Childcare" survey School Governor Training and Development School Sport Coordinators School Business Links Special Educational Needs Small Programmes Fund Sex Education Forum--core and other funding Social Inclusion Pupil Support Grant (SIPS) Study of Movement from Playgroups to Reception Classes Summer Activities For 16-Year-Olds Pilot Sure Start Volunteer Reading Help Youth Cohort Study (YCS)--Interview and postal survey of 17 and 19-year-olds. (b) Funding programmes under which payments were made to voluntary organisations by the Basic Skills Agency, financial year 2000-01. Financial literacy and basic skills Community Based Education for Speakers of Other Languages (CBESOL) Family Programmes National Voluntary Organisations Partnership Programme.

Date

24 April 2002

Reference

51408; 384 c304-5W;384 c304-6W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison education departments have obtained a Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark. - 48.

Asked by

Helen Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 November 2001

Reference

13958; 374 c778W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will make a statement on (a) his quinquennial assessment of the Basic Skills Unit, (b) his plans for its continued public funding and (c) its relationship with work to improve adult literacy standards being conducted within his own...

Asked by

Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 April 2000

Reference

119146; 348 c358-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he proposes to undertake a review of the Basic Skills Agency. - Includes ref to copy of letter to Sir Clause Moser, Chairman of the Basic Skills Agency.

Asked by

Andrew Miller (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 October 1999

Reference

96392; 336 c909-10W

House

House of Commons

Blackstone, Baroness

When they propose to undertake a review of the Basic Skills Agency. [HL 4419]. - Includes fact that copy of letter to Sir Claus Moser, Chairman of the Basic Skills Agency setting out further details of the review will be placed in Library.

Asked by

Lord Eatwell (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 October 1999

Reference

HL 4419; 606 c29WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Education and Employment

If she will increase government support and encouragement for the Basic Skills Agency's work to improve school students abilities to understand and use mathematics.

Asked by

Tim Rathbone (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 March 1996

Reference

22597; 274 c483W;274 c483-4W

House

House of Commons

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