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	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on collaboration between the Home Office and her Department to ensure that refugees are able to access the employment support and social security benefits that they are entitled to.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	237692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is working in partnership with the Home Office to improve processes for refugees claiming benefits. In order to achieve this aim we have set up the Post Grant Appointment Scheme (PGAS).</p><p> </p><p>The scheme involves contacting persons at the point when they are granted refugee status to see if they wish to apply for benefits and require assistance to do so. If they say they do, an appointment at a local DWP office is arranged for them.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2019 10:22:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

747324

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate fee level to set in respect of undergraduate courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Fees for English domiciled undergraduate students studying at Higher Education Institutions that are funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are subject to maximum fees, which are set in legislation. HEFCE funded institutions that have an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge a higher fee than those that do not. In addition, HEFCE funded institutions that have demonstrated high quality teaching by achieving a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rating can charge up to a higher fee than those that do not.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/07/2017 11:49:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747322

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate remuneration of vice-chancellors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is for them to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, the Government, in the 2017/18 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) grant letter stated:</p><p> </p><p>“The Government is clear that efficiency includes demonstrating restraint in senior pay and remains concerned about the substantial upwards drift in salaries of some top management. We would like to see senior leaders in the sector exercise more pay restraint.”</p><p> </p><p>Jo Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, has continued to call on the sector to show restraint in Vice Chancellors' pay and for the sector to demonstrate more leadership especially at a time when students are concerned about value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

749228

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the public cost of student loans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.</p><p> </p><p>The student funding system is fair and sustainable. The cost of the system is not an unintended loss, nor a waste of public money. It is the policy subsidy required to make higher education widely available, achieving the Government’s objectives of increasing the skills in the economy and ensuring access to university for all with the potential to benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Andreas Schleicher of the OECD said in September 2016 that “the UK has been able to meet rising demand for tertiary education with more resources…by finding effective ways to share the costs and benefits”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2017 14:39:04 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

749229

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the long-term cost of providing student loans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s reforms to the undergraduate student finance system have ensured that it is financially sustainable for the taxpayer in the long-term, while enabling those with the talent to benefit from a higher education to be able to afford to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge estimates the value of loans that will not be repaid during their 30-year term, expressed as a percentage of the loan outlay made in the relevant year. For full time tuition fee and maintenance loans and part time fee loans issued in 2016/17, we estimate the RAB charge to be around 30%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2017 14:39:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

733197

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the US in relation to its proposal to cut funding of the Fulbright Program by 47 per cent.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Fulbright programme provides important opportunities for education exchanges between the UK and the US. We have received no communication from the US government to inform us of any proposal to cut funding of the Fulbright Programme.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/07/2017 16:25:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

747415

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when, and in what terms, they advised the Welsh Government about the public sector financial implications and accounting treatment of the Circuit of Wales project's proposed guarantee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We discuss matters of economic and financial importance to Wales with the Welsh Government on a regular basis. However, we are clear that any support for this project is for the Welsh Government to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/07/2017 11:37:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

748881

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the rules relating to the lending and investment powers of the government of Wales; and whether HM Treasury intervened in relation to the Circuit of Wales Project at Ebbw Vale.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government agreed a new fiscal framework for the Welsh Government in December 2016 including increasing the Welsh Government’s overall capital borrowing limit to £1bn, which came into effect in March this year.</p><p> </p><p>We discuss matters of economic and financial importance to Wales with the Welsh Government on a regular basis. However, we are clear that any support for this project is for the Welsh Government to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/07/2017 11:38:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

747326

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, in the past 12 months, they, or their agencies, have advised any university, or universities, that proposed fee levels were unacceptably high; and if so, what that advice was.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The government does not assess the fees of individual institutions. It sets maximum fees for eligible students in legislation. Only those institutions with an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge fees up to a highest cap.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

746622

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government which higher education providers failed to attain at least a Bronze award in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>All higher education providers in the UK must meet rigorous national quality requirements for higher education. The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) measures excellence in addition to these requirements and is voluntary; therefore all participating providers received at least a Bronze award.</p><p> </p><p>As TEF is voluntary, if a provider has no TEF award this does not necessarily signify a lack of quality, as it may have decided not to take part.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/07/2017 12:56:28 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling