Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was provided to the Council of the Isles of Scilly for post-16 education for students in each of the last five years for which records are available; and how much was (a) unspent and (b) returned.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) allocates a boarding and accommodation allowance to the Isles of Scilly. This is a contribution of funding towards boarding, accommodation and travel costs for students who are permanent residents on the Isles of Scilly and who are eligible for 16 to 19 education. This is a special arrangement to support students with their full-time education on the mainland of England.
The funding values and unspent/returns funds are shown in the table below:
Isles of Scilly Council (UKPRN 10001710) | ||
Academic Year | Funding Allocation | Funding Unspent (a) and Returned (b) |
2024/25 | £318,250 | New Year |
2023/24 | £305,520 | Information due September 2024 |
2022/23 | £217,208 | £77,134 |
2021/22 | £222,924 | £36,109 |
2020/21 | £194,344 | £22,109 |
Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that post 16 year old pupils who live on the Isles of Scilly have equality of affordable opportunity to state sector study as their mainland counterparts.
Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government is committed to providing high quality education to all young people, regardless of their background or where they live. The department understands the unique challenges students and families from the Isles of Scilly face in accessing study programmes on the mainland due to there being no post-16 education available on the Isles.
The department will provide funding to the Council to cover their predicted number of post-16 students in 2024/25 to meet the students’ travel and accommodation needs.
The government will keep all of its student financial support programmes under review, including considering what more can be done to support post-16 students from the Isles of Scilly, as part of the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are required by geographic circumstances to board at night to receive post-16 education by local authority area.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
Information on the reason pupils board overnight at school is not held centrally by the department.
Information on the number of pupils who board is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.