David Johnston
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Robert Halfon
Not content with being in the anti-apprenticeship party, given her plans to weaken the apprenticeship levy and halve the number of apprenticeships, the hon. Lady is also taking on the mantle of T-level denier. We have 18 T-levels; we have, as I mentioned, a 90.5% pass rate; we have 10,000 students doing our T-level programme in the 2022 cohort; and we expect the data that we will release early next year to show that many thousands more students are doing the T-level programme.
After-school Childcare: Long-term Educational Outcomes
The following is an extract from Education questions on 11 December 2023.
David Johnston
In October, the Government announced the allocation of £289 million of start-up funding to local authorities for wraparound care, which we know supports parents to work, as well as having the potential to improve attainment, engagement and attendance.
[Official Report, 11 December 2023, Vol. 742, c. 597.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston):
An error has been identified in the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn). The correct answer should have been:
David Johnston
In October, the Government announced the allocation of £289 million of start-up and expansion funding to local authorities for wraparound care, which we know supports parents to work, as well as having the potential to improve attainment, engagement and attendance.
Pupils with SEN and Disabilities
The following is an extract from Education questions on 11 December 2023.
David Johnston
We are investing £2.6 billion to transform the special educational needs and alternative provision system. That has included a 36% increase in funding to Birmingham, where the timeliness of EHCPs has been getting better each year between 2020 and 2022.
[Official Report, 11 December 2023, Vol. 742, c. 600.]
Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston):
An error has been identified in the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mrs Hamilton). The correct answer should have been:
David Johnston
We are investing £2.6 billion in capital funding to transform the special educational needs and alternative provision system, and there is a 36% increase in revenue funding to Birmingham, where the timeliness of EHCPs has been getting better each year between 2020 and 2022.
Higher Education Institutions: International Students
The following are extracts from Education questions on 11 December 2023.
Robert Halfon
As I said to the hon. Lady, we have something like 689,000 international students and our target is 600,000 a year.
[Official Report, 11 December 2023, Vol. 742, c. 605.]
Letter of correction from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon):
An error has been identified in my answer to the hon. Member for Llanelli (Dame Nia Griffith). The correct answer should have been: