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1355556

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	19. To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of how many students have been rejected for student finance in the 2021-22 applications due to not meeting the three year ordinary residency criteria; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure there are alternative forms of financial support or discretionary appeals for prospective students who fail to meet the three year ordinary residency criteria for student finance.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	49131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) classes applicants who do not meet the residency criteria as ineligible and their application does not proceed any further. This activity is not automatically captured within the SLC systems, and it is not possible therefore, to provide an estimate of the numbers of students rejected for this reason.</p><p>Government funding is available only for applicants who have been here lawfully for a defined period, in order to target the limited funding available at those who have a recent, substantial connection to the United Kingdom.</p><p>It is open to students to seek an independent assessment of a decision made by Student Finance England if they consider that the regulations have not been applied correctly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 20/09/2021 12:39:13 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1438469

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many higher education providers have offered validation services, and (2) how many institutions have been validated, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL6670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) holds data on validation arrangements although this is dependent on the reliability of data submitted to the Higher Education Statistics Agency and Individual Learner Record to remain data collections. Previous inaccuracies in the data and other changes in the sector such as mergers between providers and providers leaving the higher education sector means that it is not possible to provide meaningful information over a 5- year period.</p><p>In 2020/21 the OfS reports that:</p><ul><li>92 OfS-registered providers have been identified as the awarding body for other providers’ students, i.e. appeared to be offering validation services in 2020/21.</li><li>310 OfS-registered providers identify another entity as the awarding body for some or all of their students i.e. appear to be utilising validation services in 2020/21.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It should be noted that providers may start and exit validation arrangements as they see fit and are free to negotiate these contracts between themselves. As a result, the OfS cannot accurately determine precisely how many higher education providers have offered validation services, only how many have current validation arrangements in 2020/21.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/03/2022 17:15:39 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1418482

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion, of international students have chosen to stay in the UK after their studies in each of the last 10 years; and what was the breakdown of students by nationality for each year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL5795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The department publishes data about international graduates from English higher education (HE) providers and colleges who remain in the UK for employment or study one, three, five and ten years after graduating from a first degree in its annual Graduate Outcomes (LEO)[1] publication. Latest available data for international first degree graduates refer to outcomes in the 2018-19 financial year and are published in Table 45 here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo/2018-19" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo/2018-19</a>.</p><p>Table 1 in the attached spreadsheet summarises the outcomes of international first degree graduates from English HE providers and colleges one year after graduation for the past five tax years. Data is only published for financial year 2014-15 onwards.</p><p>The department also publishes employment outcomes and earnings for international postgraduates from English HE institutions in the LEO: Postgraduate outcomes[2] publication. Table 2 in the attached spreadsheet summarises the outcomes of international level 7 (taught and research) and level 8 postgraduates of English HE institutions, one year after graduation for the past five tax years. Data is only published for financial year 2014-15 onwards.</p><p>In the attachment, minor methodological adjustments were made to the published LEO percentage outcome calculations so that graduates in sustained employment, further study or both in the UK are given as a proportion of all graduates (published LEO calculations exclude those identified by the Department for Work and Pensions records as overseas from the denominator).</p><p>The publications also include breakdowns of graduates by country but focus on the 20 countries with the highest number of graduates in the 2016/17 academic year. These are available in Table 53 and Table 25 of the respective publications.</p><p>Another important data source that measures the outcomes of graduates from the UK HE system is the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s Graduate Outcomes survey. This includes supplementary information about graduate outcomes, such as details of their employment destinations. Further information about the survey is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/graduates</a>.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo/2018-19" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo/2018-19</a>.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-postgraduate-outcomes" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-postgraduate-outcomes</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 14/02/2022 12:43:05 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL5795_international_students_remaining_in_UK_post_study.xls title HL5795_table
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1388352

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how, and (2) when, they plan to respond to the report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Child protection in religious organisations and settings: Investigation Report, published in September; and in particular the recommendations that they should (a) “change the definition of full-time education and bring any setting that is a pupil’s primary place of education within the scope of a registered educational setting”, and (b) “provide Ofsted with sufficient powers to examine the quality of child protection when it undertakes inspections of suspected unregistered institutions".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Blackstone
	uin	HL4990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2021 answer text <p>The department is considering the recommendations made by the report on 'Child Protection in Religious Organisations' from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. The government is already committed to legislating on both matters. We expect to provide the Inquiry with our response within the standard 6 month timeframe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 24/12/2021 10:42:42 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3561 label Biography information for Baroness Blackstone

1438471

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what was the average cost of validation per student, and (2) what assessment they have made of any increase in this cost, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	uin	HL6671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Validation agreements are confidential commercial contractual arrangements between two parties and so neither the Department for Education, nor the Office for Students, holds this information.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 21/03/2022 13:49:53 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1402069

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Interpreters: Afghanistan
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) whether they intend to establish university scholarships for former interpreters, and the families of these interpreters, from Afghanistan who are resident in the UK, and if so, (2) how many they plan to establish, and (3) when they will be established.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL5312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The government welcomes our responsibility to those who have worked for the British forces in conflict zones. Many have served with distinction and at great personal risk, working in dangerous and challenging situations. We would not have been able to carry out our work there without them.</p><p>We are doing what is right to honour their service by providing generous support that properly reflects their work and the risks involved, especially to interpreters and translators who worked alongside us in frontline roles; through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance</a> .</p><p>In addition to the ARAP, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will welcome up to an additional 20,000 vulnerable Afghans to the UK, including women, children, LGBT and religious minorities, details of which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme</a>.</p><p>A significant cross-government effort is under way, dubbed ‘Operation Warm Welcome’, to ensure Afghans arriving in the UK receive the vital support they need to rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education, and integrate into their local communities.</p><p>As part of Operation Warm Welcome, we announced there would be further funding for up to 300 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships for Afghans at UK universities. The department will update with further details of this programme in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/01/2022 13:29:57 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1485229

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government hat assessment they have made of whether initial teacher training (ITT) applications this year, particularly for (1) physics, (2) computing, and (3) modern languages, are sufficient for secondary school recruitment requirements; whether they estimate an increase in the shortage of qualified teachers; and if so, what steps they are taking to address the shortage.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>Departmental targets, as estimated by the Teacher Workforce Model (TWM), are for 20,945 secondary teacher trainees to start their initial teacher training (ITT) in autumn 2022 (including high performance ITT (HPITT) trainees)[1]. Currently, there have been 10,106 acceptances to postgraduate secondary courses in England, (excluding HPITT acceptances)[2].</p><p>The computing TWM trainee target is 1,145 (including HPITT) and currently there have been 264 acceptances (excluding HPITT).</p><p>The modern foreign languages TWM trainee target is 2,140 (including HPITT) and currently there have been 618 acceptances (excluding HPITT).</p><p>The physics TWM trainee target is 2,610 (including HPITT) and currently there have been 361 acceptances (excluding HPITT).</p><p>The department has put in place a range of measures for trainees in 2021 and 2022, including bursaries worth up to £24,000 and scholarships worth up to £26,000, to encourage talented trainees to apply to train in key subjects such as chemistry, computing, mathematics, and physics. The department is offering a £15,000 bursary in design and technology, geography, and languages, including ancient languages, and a £10,000 bursary for biology trainees.</p><p>The department is exploring new ways to recruit trainee teachers in subjects where there is a shortage. For example, we will introduce a new scholarship to attract the most talented language graduates to the profession. We are also piloting a new ITT course designed to support more engineers to teach physics. The course is being delivered by six providers, each of whom have been supported with grant funding from the department.</p><p>To make teaching here even more attractive to the best teachers from around the world, the department will introduce a new relocation premium to help with visas and other expenses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Postgraduate initial teacher training targets: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>[2] Acceptances- up to 20th June 2022 excluding HPITT (sum of recruited and pending conditions), <a href="https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk/publications/monthly-statistics/2022-06" target="_blank">Initial teacher training application statistics for courses starting in the 2022 to 2023 academic year - Apply for teacher training - GOV.UK (apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/07/2022 13:52:42 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1452356

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Teachers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) bursaries, and (2) prestigious scholarships, worth £26,000 tax free to teachers in (a) Chemistry, (b) Computing, (c) Maths, and (d) Physics, have been awarded in (i) 2019–20, (ii) 2020–21, and (iii) in 2021–22 so far.
	tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
	uin	HL7043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The attached tables show the number of trainees awarded either bursaries or scholarships for postgraduate secondary chemistry, computing, mathematics, or physics courses from the 2019/20 academic year to the 2021/22 academic year. The tables also show the bursary and scholarship rates available for each year.</p><p>Figures for the 2019/20 academic year have been taken from data reconciled against accredited initial teacher training provider’s expenditure as part of our annual assurance exercise. Figures for the 2020/21 academic year have been taken from internal funding models and are currently being reconciled as part of the assurance exercise for that year. Figures for the 2021/22 academic year are the latest available and are subject to change as the academic year continues.</p><p>Bursaries and scholarships are paid to trainees in monthly instalments provided they remain active on the course. Not every trainee awarded a bursary would receive the full amount available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 31/03/2022 16:37:58 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL7043_bursaries_and_scholarships_table.pdf title HL7043_table
	tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1416186

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) primary, and (2) secondary, academy schools there are at present.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones
	uin	HL5630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>As of 1 January 2022, there are 6,474 primary academies and free schools, and 2,768 secondary academies, free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools. Primary academies include middle-deemed primary schools, whilst secondary academies include all-through schools, middle-deemed secondary schools and 16 to 19 academies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 28/01/2022 14:40:14 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

1367787

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) primary, and (2) secondary, school students have been permanently excluded from school for each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the below table.</p><p>Number of permanent exclusions in state-funded primary and state-funded secondary in England between 2015/16 and 2019/20:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded primary</p></td><td><p>1,147</p></td><td><p>1,253</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State-funded secondary</p></td><td><p>5,446</p></td><td><p>6,384</p></td><td><p>6,612</p></td><td><p>6,753</p></td><td><p>4,269</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census.</p><p>This data is also available in the national statistics publication, 'Permanent exclusions and suspensions in England', which is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england</a>. The permanent exclusions section contains a chart and table giving the number of permanent exclusions in state-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools for the academic years 2015/16 to 2019/20.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 19/11/2021 13:03:49 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey