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1126803

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been repaid to the Student Loans Company in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	254787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Statistics covering student loans, debt and repayment are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC). The statistics are published separately for each government administration. Information on repayments by financial year can be found in table 1 of each of the publications:</p><p><a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The next release in the student loans, debt and repayment series is confirmed for 13 June 2019, which will include repayment statistics for the financial year 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 21/05/2019 16:30:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1125421

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage students to study STEM subjects at university.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	251988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The department is encouraging more students into Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and training at all stages from primary school to higher education. We are improving careers advice in schools so that young people are aware of the high quality options available for both technical and academic routes into STEM. They also have access to information about the variety of careers that STEM pathways have to offer. STEM activities, including employer talks and work visits, are built into school career programmes and the Careers &amp; Enterprise Company funds opportunities for young people to meet a wide range of STEM employers.</p><p>As part of the UK’s Industrial Strategy, the government has committed substantial spending on mathematics, digital and technical education to increase the take-up and better teaching of STEM subjects in schools. For example, the department is funding an £84 million programme to improve computing teaching and participation, and the Advanced Maths Premium, which aims to support schools and colleges in tackling some of the financial barriers to increase participation in post-16 maths. We also fund the Stimulating Physics Network and Isaac Physics to improve the take up of physics post-16, especially among girls.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 16/05/2019 15:18:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1110715

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students had their university degree award rescinded due to cheating or plagiarism in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	242789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on degrees rescinded because of academic offenses is not held centrally. In 2016, the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) found there were approximately 17,000 instances of academic offences per year in the UK.</p><p>The use of companies that sell bespoke essays to students who pass the work off as their own undermines the reputation of the education system in this country, and devalues the hard work of those succeeding on their own merit.</p><p>The government expects that educational institutions do everything in their power to prevent students being tempted by these companies. The most recent guidance from the QAA highlights the importance of severe sanctions of suspension or expulsion if ‘extremely serious academic misconduct’ has been discovered.</p><p>On 20 March, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education challenged PayPal to stop processing payments for ‘essay mills’ as part of an accelerated drive to preserve and champion the quality of the UK’s world-leading higher education system. PayPal is now working with businesses associated with essay-writing services to ensure its platform is not used to facilitate deceptive and fraudulent practices in education.</p><p>Google and YouTube have also responded by removing hundreds of advertisements for essay writing services and promotional content from their sites.</p><p>In addition, the department published an Education Technology strategy on 3 April which challenges tech companies to identify how anti-cheating software can tackle the growth of essay mills and stay one step ahead of the cheats. This strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/realising-the-potential-of-technology-in-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/realising-the-potential-of-technology-in-education</a>.</p><p>We are determined to beat the cheats who threaten the integrity of our higher education system.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/04/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 114376 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1105465

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Scholarships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many university scholarships for the full value of tuition fees were awarded in the last two years in each constituent part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	237657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/04/2019 15:41:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1105466

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is his Department taking to increase student accommodation on campus for universities located in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	237658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government; government plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation. Each institution will be best placed to identify the needs of their particular student body.</p><p>The Unistats website provides information about all university courses and includes links to individual websites with details of the student accommodation available at a higher education provider.</p><p>I recently called on rogue private landlords to stop exploiting students and face justice when they are failing tenants – especially when they leave students living in squalid conditions. New milestone regulations came into force on 20 March, which give students and renters across the country greater protections and rights if there are serious defects in accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/04/2019 14:44:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1064305

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the higher education sector on reducing tuition fees.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	223784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Review of Post-18 Education and Funding is considering how we ensure funding arrangements across post-18 education and training are transparent and do not act as barriers to choice or provision, and how best to promote value for money for students and taxpayers.</p><p>As part of the review, an independent panel, chaired by Philip Augar, has undertaken an extensive programme of engagement with stakeholders and experts, including the higher education sector, students and recent graduates.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/02/2019 14:01:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1063943

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Degrees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of universities on the proposed introduction of two year degree courses.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	223115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets with representatives of universities regularly to discuss the Department for Education agenda. I have discussed 2 year degree courses, in the context of discussions about accelerated degree courses, with representatives of several universities -including most recently Middlesex University and St Mary’s University Twickenham, both of whom are publicly funded providers of accelerated degrees.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/02/2019 16:28:15 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1063944

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to help university graduates secure graduate job roles.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	223116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Employment outcomes for graduates are strong and, due to demand from employers, healthy increases have been seen in recent years. In 2016/17, over 90% of UK and other EU domiciled leavers were in work or further study 6 months after graduating and, of those employed, 79% were employed in highly-skilled and professional occupations. This compares to 89% and 73%, respectively in 2012/13.</p><p>The government’s Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase the earning power of people throughout the UK with investment in skills, industries and infrastructure. £120 million was provided to fund collaboration between businesses and universities to stimulate local innovation through the Strength in Places Fund.</p><p>The Graduate Talent Pool is a government initiative which is designed to help new and recent graduates gain real work experience. This allows employers to advertise paid internships to new and recent graduates, free of charge.</p><p>The higher education regulator, the Office for Students’ (OfS), primary aim is to ensure that higher education delivers positive outcomes for students and it has a regulatory focus to ensure that students are able to progress into employment or further study. The OfS supports graduate employment outcomes in a number of ways, including a Challenge Competition to boost local employment outcomes and the Institute of Coding which aims to boost UK digital skills and graduate outcomes.</p><p>The government has been improving the information available to students to help them make informed choices when making decisions on higher education providers and subject choice. For example, Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Frameworks, Longitudinal Education Outcomes data and the Higher Education Open Data Competition we are running, which all provide information to prospective students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/02/2019 15:47:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1041463

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money was paid back from student loan repayments in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	208282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Statistics covering student loans, debt and repayment are published annually by the Student Loans Company. Separate statistics are published for each administration. Information on repayments by financial year can be found in table 1 of each of the publications available below:</p><p><a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2019 18:25:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

795680

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office what the total number of Northern Irish workers currently employed by the public sector across the rest of the UK is.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	116034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:36:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ116034.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson