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date	12/10/2015
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	Universities: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution of UK university satellite campuses in London to the economy.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The economic impact of universities on local areas was estimated in a report by Universities UK published in 2014 entitled “The economic impact of higher education institutions in England”. Information is not disaggregated for specific providers or campuses, although several universities have undertaken individual studies of their impact on their local area.</p><p>The report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2014/TheEconomicImpactOfHEIsInEngland.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2014/TheEconomicImpactOfHEIsInEngland.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/10/2015 10:25:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

420589

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Universities: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to regulate or limit the ability of UK universities to establish satellite campuses in London.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>A Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) inquiry into satellite campuses was published in December 2014. In light of this report, tighter controls were introduced for Higher Education Tier 4 sponsors, setting out requirements for sponsorship across multiple sites, and clamping down on inappropriate promotion of work rights. This came into effect from April 2015. The Department continues to work with QAA and the higher education sector to ensure standards are maintained.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/10/2015 15:13:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

420590

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Universities: Greater London
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 he has made of the number of UK universities operating satellite campuses in London.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>A thematic enquiry into the quality and standards of higher education at the London campuses of universities located in other parts of the UK was published by The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) in 2014. The report identified 13 UK universities with operational London campuses.</p><p>The report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/London-campuses-of-UK-universities.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/London-campuses-of-UK-universities.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/10/2015 10:42:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady