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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the Multiply programme in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the Multiply programme in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
The government is committed to supporting people to climb the ladder of opportunity towards better jobs, better wellbeing and better options for the future.
To enable this, the department recognises the importance of numeracy skills, both in work and everyday life. Securing good levels of numeracy increases individual productivity, improves earnings and employment opportunities, supports economic growth, and breaks cycles of intergenerational economic and social disadvantage. That is why, in 2022 the department launched Multiply, the government’s programme for improving adult numeracy, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which is the government’s flagship fund for supporting people and places across the UK. Up to £270 million is available in England, and up to £160 million in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to deliver innovative initiatives to tackle poor adult numeracy. The department is responsible for delivery of the Multiply programme in England.
The below is a table of Multiply Programme spending by financial year (England only).
2021/22 | 2022/23 |
£0.32 million | £51.88 million |
The spend figures for the 2023/24 financial year will be available in June 2024.
Delivery is now well underway. Multiply provision is available in all 81 local areas in England that were allocated funding, with over 52,000 course starts by July 2023.
A core component of the Multiply programme is to improve the evidence base on “what works” in tackling low adult numeracy, and the department will run a full evaluation of the programme, including a series of randomised control trials.
This briefing explains where the Government is up to with its plans to have all children studying some form of maths to 18.
This briefing explains where the Government is up to with its plans to have all children studying some form of maths to 18.
Motion that this House has considered National Numeracy Day. Agreed to on question. Sitting adjourned without Question put.
Motion that this House has considered National Numeracy Day. Agreed to on question. Sitting adjourned without Question put.
I beg to move,
That this House has considered National Numeracy Day.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. I declare an interest as a graduate in physics and maths. I have had a particular interest in this subject for a long time; indeed, I have three maths...
I beg to move,
That this House has considered National Numeracy Day.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. I declare an interest as a graduate in physics and maths. I have had a particular interest in this subject for a long time; indeed, I have three maths...
It is my pleasure, Dame Maria, to contribute to this debate. Like the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), I am a physics and a wee bit of maths graduate. A long, long time ago, I qualified as a physics and maths teacher, although I sometimes say that it...
It is my pleasure, Dame Maria, to contribute to this debate. Like the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), I am a physics and a wee bit of maths graduate. A long, long time ago, I qualified as a physics and maths teacher, although I sometimes say that it...
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Maria. I thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for opening the debate. It is a pleasure to be speaking about National Numeracy Day, even if it is a day after it. Perhaps it would be...
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dame Maria. I thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for opening the debate. It is a pleasure to be speaking about National Numeracy Day, even if it is a day after it. Perhaps it would be...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Maria. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on his opening speech, celebrating National Numeracy Day, which, as everyone has pointed out, was actually yesterday. I guess someone miscalculated. My hon. Friend was worried about...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Maria. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on his opening speech, celebrating National Numeracy Day, which, as everyone has pointed out, was actually yesterday. I guess someone miscalculated. My hon. Friend was worried about...
Applied mathematics.
Applied mathematics.
Of course.
The advanced mathematics support programme also supports improved teaching of level 3 maths qualifications. Additional targeted support is offered in areas of low social mobility and low participation in level 3 maths, to increase opportunities for all students to study the subject beyond the age of 16. Since the...
Of course.
The advanced mathematics support programme also supports improved teaching of level 3 maths qualifications. Additional targeted support is offered in areas of low social mobility and low participation in level 3 maths, to increase opportunities for all students to study the subject beyond the age of 16. Since the...
Thank you, Dame Maria, for presiding over the debate, and I thank colleagues for their contributions. The hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter
Grant) posed a number of questions and highlighted a number of examples of the bad use of maths that, I suspect, would have had many of our colleagues...
Thank you, Dame Maria, for presiding over the debate, and I thank colleagues for their contributions. The hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter
Grant) posed a number of questions and highlighted a number of examples of the bad use of maths that, I suspect, would have had many of our colleagues...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether unspent funds from the Multiply Programme will be returned to HM Treasury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether unspent funds from the Multiply Programme will be returned to HM Treasury.
Local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland can access up to £430 million across the three years of the Multiply programme. Multiply is provided as a Section 31 ringfenced grant in England. The grant arrangements for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are set out in the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) prospectus.
There is flexibility for places to approach the delivery of interventions in response to their local needs so they can effectively support a critical skill area.
The department’s prospectus for Multiply set out a menu of interventions for local areas to draw from. Each local authority in England has submitted an investment plan, which outlines their annual predicted spend. Payments in Year 1, the 2022/23 financial year, have been made on that basis.
The department will monitor delivery against these investment plans, including facilitating peer support across local areas and sharing best practice. It is important that local interventions deliver value for money. Any underspends will be recovered by the department. Further information on how underspends will be managed is set out in our technical guidance available to all local areas.
HM Treasury rules stipulate that the department cannot carry underspends between financial years. This also applies to the wider programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of whether there will be an underspend in the Multiply programme budget for the 2022-23 financial year; and whether any underspend could be carried forward into the 2023-24 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of whether there will be an underspend in the Multiply programme budget for the 2022-23 financial year; and whether any underspend could be carried forward into the 2023-24 financial year.
The department has launched Multiply to boost funding for adult numeracy, helping people build their confidence in using numeracy at work or in everyday life and gain a maths qualification.
Up to £270 million is available to local authorities in England across the three years of the programme. Multiply is provided as a Section 31 ringfenced grant, given the programme’s primary objective is to improve functional adult numeracy.
The prospectus for Multiply has set out a menu of interventions for local areas to draw down from. Each local authority in England has submitted an investment plan, which outlines their annual predicted spend. Payments in Year 1, the 2022/23 financial year, have been made on that basis.
The department will monitor delivery against these investment plans, including facilitating peer support across local areas and sharing intelligence on what is successful. It is important that local interventions deliver value for money. As the Multiply prospectus sets out, any underspends will be recovered by the department. Further information on how underspends will be managed is set out in our technical guidance available to all local areas.
HM Treasury rules stipulate that the department cannot carry underspends between financial years. This also applies to the wider programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities in Wales will have control over the use of Multiply Programme funds as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund including (a) activity and (b) expenditure profile.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities in Wales will have control over the use of Multiply Programme funds as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund including (a) activity and (b) expenditure profile.
In Wales we have encouraged local authorities across the four regional strategic geographies to collaborate on the delivery of UKSPF and Multiply. This has been set out in detail in the UKSPF Prospectus and published on GOV.UK.
We have now received UKSPF investment plans from the strategic geographies of North Wales, Mid Wales, South West Wales and South East Wales, and have begun the assessment process of these.
The investment plans include the selection of interventions they wish to support, including their proposed Multiply activity, and their expenditure profile of both their core UKSPF and Multiply allocation.
Letter dated 18/07/2022 from Baroness Barran to Lord Storey regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) in England, as discussed during the Report stage (first day) of the Schools Bill. 1p.
Letter dated 18/07/2022 from Baroness Barran to Lord Storey regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) in England, as discussed during the Report stage (first day) of the Schools Bill. 1p.
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Levelling Up - Local Government, Constitution and the Union (Neil O’Brien) on 19 April 2022 made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Last week, my department announced the launch of the £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund, publishing a prospectus that sets out the Fund’s objectives,...
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Levelling Up - Local Government, Constitution and the Union (Neil O’Brien) on 19 April 2022 made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Last week, my department announced the launch of the £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund, publishing a prospectus that sets out the Fund’s objectives,...
Last week, my department announced the launch of the £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund, publishing a prospectus that sets out the Fund’s objectives, priorities and local allocations, as well as how the Fund will be delivered. This starts the process of places across the country developing local plans to...
Last week, my department announced the launch of the £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund, publishing a prospectus that sets out the Fund’s objectives, priorities and local allocations, as well as how the Fund will be delivered. This starts the process of places across the country developing local plans to...
My Honourable Friend, The Minister of State for School Standards (Mr Robin Walker) has made the following statement.
I have announced a number of new education and skills reforms which support delivery of two of the Government’s 12 levelling up missions which can be found in full on gov.uk.
The...
My Honourable Friend, The Minister of State for School Standards (Mr Robin Walker) has made the following statement.
I have announced a number of new education and skills reforms which support delivery of two of the Government’s 12 levelling up missions which can be found in full on gov.uk.
The...
I have announced a number of new education and skills reforms which support delivery of two of the Government’s 12 levelling up missions which can be found in full on gov.uk.
The missions that the Department for Education will lead are:
Education: By 2030, the number of primary school children...
I have announced a number of new education and skills reforms which support delivery of two of the Government’s 12 levelling up missions which can be found in full on gov.uk.
The missions that the Department for Education will lead are:
Education: By 2030, the number of primary school children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the £560 million for the Multiply programme announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 he plans to disburse in each region of England in 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the £560 million for the Multiply programme announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 he plans to disburse in each region of England in 2022-23.
All local areas in the UK will benefit from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) in order to deliver Multiply, a bespoke adult numeracy programme. Multiply will help people improve their basic numeracy skills through free digital training, flexible courses, and tutoring.
We estimate that up to 500,000 learners across the UK could gain a recognised qualification and/or improve their skills. The government will set out further details of the UKSPF later this year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on assessing the (a) impact and (b) value for money of the Multiply programme announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on assessing the (a) impact and (b) value for money of the Multiply programme announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.
I and HMT officials had regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Education and his officials on the Spending Review.