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416186

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on the eight great technologies programme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 July 2015 to the hon. Member for Streatham (Chuka Umunna) to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-01/5250/" target="_blank">5250</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:30:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416228

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the Government's £1.1 billion capital infrastructure fund for 2015-16 will be spent during 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>For the purpose of my response I have interpreted the £1.1bn capital infrastructure fund to be the long term Science Capital allocation announced at Spending Review 2013.</p><p>The long term Science Capital allocation is allocated by financial year, and Government plans are to spend the full amount of £1.1bn in financial year 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:57:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

416229

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £1.1 billion capital infrastructure fund for 2015-16 has been (a) allocated for specific projects and (b) spent on delivering specific projects to date.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>For the purpose of my response I have interpreted the £1.1bn capital infrastructure fund to be the long term Science Capital allocation announced at Spending Review 2013 at £1.1bn a year.</p><p> </p><p>a) All of the capital spend supports scientific infrastructure projects. It is allocated by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to, and managed by, BIS partner organisations, including the Research Councils, HEFCE and the UK Space Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on the 15-16 Science Capital allocations are available in the 15-16 science and research allocation publication:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332767/bis-14-750-science-research-funding-allocations-2015-2016-corrected.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332767/bis-14-750-science-research-funding-allocations-2015-2016-corrected.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>b) In the 15-16 financial year, around £415m has been spent on Science Capital to end of August 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/09/2015 09:04:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

416342

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when and by what mechanism he plans to implement the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of Tigere) v. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] UK SC 57 given on 29 July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	9030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is giving full consideration to the Supreme Court’s ruling of 29 July 2015 (on the application of Tigere) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (respondent) 2015 UKSC57.<br> <br></p><p>We intend to consult shortly.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:54:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

416371

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to publish university course employability league tables.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	8571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>My Department currently has no plans to publish employability league tables. Employability information is already published in a variety of ways and recent legislative changes will enable analysis of graduate earnings over a longer time period, thus providing a richer data set.</p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publish provider-level comparisons of employability outcomes in the Higher Education Performance Indicators (<a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/pis/emp" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/pis/emp</a>). These are intended to be considered alongside the published benchmarks, which take account of the student entry profile and subject mix at each provider.</p><p>Information on graduate employment and salaries is also included in the Key Information Set (<a href="https://unistats.direct.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://unistats.direct.gov.uk</a>) to help university applicants choose the most suitable course and higher education provider.</p><p>Finally, employment outcomes are one of the measures we are considering for inclusion in the new Teaching Excellence Framework. We will consult on this later this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:25:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

416711

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that students from lower socio-economic groups are not disincentivised from applying to university by fear of increased debt when student maintenance grants are replaced by new maintenance loan support.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>We are increasing the overall amount of cash in hand we provide students to support the cost of living to the highest ever amount. For new full-time students starting their courses on or after 1 August 2016, maintenance grants will be replaced by maintenance loans. Eligible students on low incomes will qualify for a maximum maintenance loan that is 10.3% higher than the maximum maintenance grant and loan support available in 2015/16. Higher education remains free at the point of entry, with students able to fund their studies through loans which they only repay when they are earning above £21,000.</p><p>All institutions wishing to charge fees above the basic level must agree an Access Agreement with the independent Director of Fair Access. In July, the Director of Fair Access announced that he has approved 183 Access Agreements for 2016/17. Institutions expect to spend £745.5m on widening access in 2016/17, rising to £750.8m in 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:59:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416712

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage students from the lowest socio-economic groups to apply to study medicine.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Latest data from UCAS shows that the application rate to higher education for 18 years olds from disadvantaged backgrounds is at a record level. All institutions wishing to charge fees above the basic level must agree an Access Agreement with the independent Director of Fair Access (DFA) on their measures to widen access to higher education. This Government has extended the term of office for the current Director.</p><p>In his latest guidance to Institutions on how to produce access agreements the DFA has asked all Institutions with medical schools to consider the guidance on improving access to medical courses for those from lower socio-economic groups, developed by the Medical Schools Council and published in December 2014. The guidance from the medical schools council was developed in response to the Government call for more to be done to widen participation to medicine.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:26:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416713

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of people applying to study medicine in 2014 relative to previous years; and if his Department will assess what effect (a) increases in tuition fees and (b) fear of increased debt may have on such applications.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information published by UCAS on the numbers of applications since 2009 is shown in the table. UCAS have not yet published comparable figures for 2015.</p><p>Medicine remains a very popular course that attracts many prospective students. There are no upfront fees and a progressive, income-contingent loan available for those applying for degrees.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Applications from UK domiciled applicants<sup>1</sup> to pre-clinical medicine</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Year of entry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>56,055</p></td><td><p>62,855</p></td><td><p>65,270</p></td><td><p>63,120</p></td><td><p>64,000</p></td><td><p>64,345</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UCAS. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p>1. Each applicant can submit up to four applications for pre-clinical medicine. UCAS have not released figures showing the number of applicants who have made one or more applications to pre-clinical medicine.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/09/2015 11:55:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416714

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the removal of the cap on student numbers applies to (a) medical students and (b) the 7.5 per cent cap on UK medical school places for international students.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>For many years, the Government has controlled undergraduate entrant numbers to medicine and dentistry courses at university. The Grant letter of 29 January 2015 to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) said that, at this stage, the Government is retaining intake targets for undergraduates on medicine and dentistry courses, reflecting the high cost of this training to the public purse.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 17:00:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416715

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultation his Department plans to undertake on proposals to replace student maintenance grants with new maintenance loan support.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>A formal consultation process is not normally carried out when annual changes to higher education student support are introduced.</p><p>The Government expects to lay amendments to the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 before Parliament later this year which will bring changes to student support into effect for the 2016/17 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:27:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston