Seema Malhotra

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Basic Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve rates of adult (a) literacy and (b) numeracy.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students who started a T-level course in the 2021-22 academic year (a) completed the qualification, (b) transferred to a different qualification and (c) left education or trainin

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds were transferred from levy-payers to non-levy payers in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 academic year.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship placements there were in SMEs in the (a) 2017-2018, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22 and (f) 2022-23 academic year.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Unit for Future Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings the Unit for Future Skills has held with external stakeholders in the last 12 months.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Adult Education and Further Education: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Birmingham Council issuing a Section 114 notice on the provision of (a) adult and (b) further education.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on adult education (a) participation and (b) outcomes by income since 2021.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on adult education (a) participation and (b) outcomes by ethnic group since 2021.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Employment Schemes: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has an assessment of the equity of opportunity of (a) the Prime Minister’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and (b) other upskilling initiatives for people on zero hours contracts.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Lifetime Skills Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in (a) full- and (b) part-time employment have used the Lifetime Skills Guarantee in each year since it was introduced.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the apprenticeship achievement rate was in the 2022-23 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were (a) received and (b) accepted for the Higher Education Short Courses trial in the (a) 2021-2022 and (b) 2022-23 academic years; and how many and what proportion of people with accepte

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Mature Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many individuals (a) applied and (b) were granted an Adult Learner Loan in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost to the public purse of delivering adult education in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

BTEC Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students completed T-Level qualifications in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year and (i) had special educational needs and (ii) came from a BAME background.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

BTEC Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students completed BTEC qualifications in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year and (i) had special educational needs and (ii) came from a BAME background.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost to the public purse of the T-Level transition course in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) undertook a T-level transition course and (b) started a T-level course after completing transition course in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels: Further Education and Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who studied T-levels in the 2021-22 academic year went on to undertake a (a) higher technical and (b) higher education qualification.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was for delivering T-levels in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2020-21 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employers offered work placements for T-level students in the 2022-23 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided through the Employer Support Fund to companies offering T-Level work placements in the period between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of companies paid T-Level students who were undertaking a 45-day work placement with them in the 2022-23 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Local Skills Improvement Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of withdrawing funding for Local Enterprise Partnerships from 2024 on Local Skills Improvement Plans.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Local Skills Improvement Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Local Skills Improvement Plans are based on the geography of Local Enterprise Partnerships.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of students (a) starting and (b) completing their T-level courses between 2021 and 2023.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many T-level courses were available for students to start in the 2023-24 academic year.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students started T-Level courses in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 academic year.

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much from the public purse was spent in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year by the Education and Skills Funding Agency on apprenticeship grant payments to (i) employers and (ii) training providers

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money was (a) raised and (b) unspent by recruitment agencies eligible to pay the apprenticeship levy in the (i) 2021-2022 and (ii) 2022-2023 academic year.