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428852

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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	Arts: Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of cutting the funding at higher education level of arts subjects on (1) the choice available to students, and (2) the creative industries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL3575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>As with other degrees, since 2012, Higher Education Institutions with an Access Agreement approved by the Office for Fair Access have been able to charge up to £9,000 a year for an arts degree. This funding comes via student loans and universities compete on quality and their offer to students. The Government also supports specialist institutions such as art and music colleges through the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Institution-specific Funding.</p><br /><p>We value the creative industries which is why we support them through these and other policies. We are working with industry to take forward the recommendations in <em>*CreateUK</em>, the strategy for the sector developed by industry members of the Creative Industries Council.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 30/11/2015 12:48:05 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

1255120

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Parliament: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether any current Lords Ministers sponsor Parliamentary passes for individuals other than (1) family members, (2) civil servants, (3) carers, and (4) special advisors; and if so, what the reasons are for the sponsorship of those Parliamentary passes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL10660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>One Lords Minister sponsors a pass for a member of staff who does not fall into any of the four categories listed in the question and who provides non-government administrative support.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Code of Conduct and the Code of Conduct for House of Lords Members' Staff, there is an entry in the Register of Interests - Members of the House of Lords staff. The register can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://members.parliament.uk/members/lords/interests/register-of-interests-of-lords-members-staff" target="_blank">https://members.parliament.uk/members/lords/interests/register-of-interests-of-lords-members-staff</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 07/12/2020 16:33:40 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

1181773

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what steps she is taking to ensure that parliamentary business can continue in the event of movement restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL2035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has undertaken detailed work on COVID-19 with four strands: contain, delay, research and mitigate. Should there be a need to implement restrictions on movement then the Government, in consultation with the Usual Channels, will update the House on the next steps in relation to parliamentary business if there is a need to do so. While COVID-19 has the potential to spread extensively there is no reason to change parliamentary business at this stage. The Government is monitoring the situation closely and providing regular updates to parliament and the general public.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 05/03/2020 14:41:40 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

432061

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	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	Student Opportunity Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to retain the Student Opportunity fund.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL3834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is responsible for decisions on how the student opportunity fund is allocated to higher education institutions and for publishing guidance.</p><br /><p>We will be issuing a grant letter to the HEFCE in the New Year outlining the Government’s priorities for expenditure through the teaching grant, including on widening access.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 07/12/2015 15:43:54 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

434082

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	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	Higher Education: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what measures they will use to determine whether higher education institutions are delivering effective outcomes for widening access and social mobility.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL4201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Universities wishing to charge higher fees must agree Access Agreements with the independent Director of Fair Access, showing what more they will do to widen access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. These Access Agreements include measures and benchmarks for success, in line with the universities’ own particular mission and challenges.</p><br /><p>The Director of Fair Access monitors the performance of Universities against their targets and provides a report each year on the progress that has been made.</p><p>The Green Paper <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, CM 9141 </em>sets out additional steps the Government plans to take to increase the proportion of students from disadvantaged background entering higher education including through the new guidance that we plan to issue to the Director of Fair Access, and through the social mobility taskforce being set up by Universities UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park grouped question UIN HL4202 question first answered 17/12/2015 16:46:17 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

434083

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	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	Higher Education: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how they will assess higher education institutions to determine whether they are delivering effective outcomes for widening access and social mobility.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL4202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Universities wishing to charge higher fees must agree Access Agreements with the independent Director of Fair Access, showing what more they will do to widen access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. These Access Agreements include measures and benchmarks for success, in line with the universities’ own particular mission and challenges.</p><br /><p>The Director of Fair Access monitors the performance of Universities against their targets and provides a report each year on the progress that has been made.</p><p>The Green Paper <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, CM 9141 </em>sets out additional steps the Government plans to take to increase the proportion of students from disadvantaged background entering higher education including through the new guidance that we plan to issue to the Director of Fair Access, and through the social mobility taskforce being set up by Universities UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park grouped question UIN HL4201 question first answered 17/12/2015 16:46:17 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

435694

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes in student loan repayments to freeze the £21,000 income threshold cap on students and graduates from lower and middle incomes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL4269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p><del class="ministerial">The budget for the Tradeshow Access Programme was £11.05M in 2014/15 and the estimated spend in 2015/16 is £10.25M.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">For 2016/17 and beyond, UKTI will be reviewing how the Tradeshow Access Programme is aligned with other Export Services as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement. It is therefore not possible to confirm the budget at this stage.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">I will respond positively to a request for a meeting with the Sponsors Alliance subject to diary commitments.</del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government published an Equality Analysis of the impact of freezing the student loan repayment threshold on 25th November.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All borrowers whose earnings are above the repayment threshold will pay around £6 per week more (in nominal terms) by 2020/21. Those individuals with the lowest lifetime earnings will be affected the least, because they will either never earn above the earnings threshold, or will only do so for a more limited period of the loan’s life.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The full Equality Analysis is attached, but can also be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479559/bis-15-635-freezing-student-loan-repayment-threshold-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479559/bis-15-635-freezing-student-loan-repayment-threshold-equality-analysis.pdf</a></ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 15/12/2015 16:20:37 question first ministerially corrected 21/12/2015 13:24:16 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name HL4269 attachment -freezing-student-loan-repayment-threshold-equality-analysis.pdf title Equality Analysis previous answer version 35662 answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham answering member 115
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

457910

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	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: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a full list of the subjects for which the equivalent or lower qualifications rule will be relaxed, as announced in the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL6728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Part time students studying for a second degree in subjects allied to medicine; biological sciences; veterinary sciences, agriculture and related subjects; physical sciences; and mathematical sciences will be eligible for a tuition fee loan from the 2017/18 academic year. These are in addition to the exemption for part time technology, computer science and engineering degrees introduced in 2015/16. Subject lists below these broad headings are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency at <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/component/content/article?id=1787" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/component/content/article?id=1787</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 21/03/2016 15:53:17 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name HESA Statistics.pdf title HESA Statistics
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

457911

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	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	Postgraduate Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to raise awareness of the Postgraduate Loans Scheme in 2016–17 and 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL6729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company has produced a suite of information and guidance materials for institutions and prospective students and this is available from SLC’s website, The Student Room and Gov.UK. Additionally, BIS and the SLC are working together with a number of organisations, including Universities UK, to ensure that information and guidance is also disseminated through their own channels. Plans for 2017-18 will be drawn up later this year once the loan has been launched</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 16/03/2016 16:26:31 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

457912

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	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	Postgraduate Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much is being spent on promoting the Postgraduate Loans Scheme in 2016–17 and 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL6730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department is working alongside its delivery partner The Student Loans Company and stakeholders such as Universities UK and Prospects to ensure the correct information and guidance is readily available. The Student Loans Company produces information and guidance materials for institutions and prospective students and expenditure for the financial year 2016-17 is expected to be in the region of £57,000. Budget for 2017-18 has not yet been allocated.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 16/03/2016 16:24:55 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull