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77008

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, whether his Department will provide supplemental funding to higher education institutions to support students likely to require extra reasonable adjustments as a result of changes to disabled students allowance.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	205046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is consulting stakeholders about the proposed changes. These consultations will help inform the Equality Analysis, which will include an estimate of the savings that might be expected from the proposals, once agreed.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 205028 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:08:18 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

77010

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	New Businesses: Westmorland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses (a) have been registered in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency since 2010 and (b) were registered between 2005 and 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	205053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS. Data goes as far back as 2008.</p><p>Between the start of 2010 and May 2014 there were an estimated 2,610 start-ups in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency. Between the start of 2008 and the end of 2009 there were an estimated 1,265 start-ups in this constituency.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:10:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

77012

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, how much money his Department will save as a result of the proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	205028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is consulting stakeholders about the proposed changes. These consultations will help inform the Equality Analysis, which will include an estimate of the savings that might be expected from the proposals, once agreed.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 205046 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:08:18 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

77013

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, for what reason the fact that many disabled students receive more than one type of support makes it not possible to make an accurate estimate of the number of students who would qualify for disabled students' allowance under the proposed changes to that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	205040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is a range of support available under the four Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) (specialist equipment, non-medical help, travel, general). It is expected that students will in future receive a different balance of support between HEI reasonable adjustments and funding via DSAs. For example, some may receive all of their non-medical help support via their HEI rather than via DSAs, but still receive some DSA-funded support towards specialist equipment or travel costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on all of the different types of support provided to individual students under DSAs are not readily available under current record keeping arrangements. The Equality Analysis will contain an estimate of the number of students who would not be eligible for any support under DSAs following any changes. I will have due regard to this Analysis before regulations are laid before the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts grouped question UIN 205042 question first answered 15/07/2014 12:18:25 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

77014

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 128W, on disabled students' allowances, for what reason his Department did not make an estimate of the number of students who will no longer be eligible for disabled students' allowance before deciding to implement the proposed changes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	205042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There is a range of support available under the four Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) (specialist equipment, non-medical help, travel, general). It is expected that students will in future receive a different balance of support between HEI reasonable adjustments and funding via DSAs. For example, some may receive all of their non-medical help support via their HEI rather than via DSAs, but still receive some DSA-funded support towards specialist equipment or travel costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on all of the different types of support provided to individual students under DSAs are not readily available under current record keeping arrangements. The Equality Analysis will contain an estimate of the number of students who would not be eligible for any support under DSAs following any changes. I will have due regard to this Analysis before regulations are laid before the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts grouped question UIN 205040 question first answered 15/07/2014 12:18:25 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

76660

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Apprentices: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were created in (a) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (b) South Lakeland, (c) Cumbria and (d) the North West (i) since 2010 and (ii) between 2005 and 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by geography is published by academic year in a Supplementary Table, entitled <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank"><em>Breakdown by geography, equality &amp; diversity and sector subject area: starts 2002/03 to 2012/13</em></a><em>, </em>to a Statistical First Release (SFR):<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/07/2014 13:42:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

65285

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many current students in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Cumbria and (d) South Lakeland have been awarded disabled students allowance.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	203608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A further breakdown for England, Cumbria and South Lakeland has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. These figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Scottish domiciled students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published by the Student Award Agency for Scotland. A comparable figure for the UK is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowance<sup>(1,2) </sup>from England, South Lakeland<sup>(3)</sup> and Cumbria<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013<sup>(4)</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>54,900</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td><td><p>62,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lakeland<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</p><p> </p><p>2. DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year.</p><p> </p><p>3. Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</p><p> </p><p>4. The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 07/07/2014 13:27:26 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron