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1041699

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the conclusions of his Department's consultation, Review of Post-18 Education and Funding.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	208913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The Review of Post-18 Education and Funding is being informed by independent advice from an expert panel, chaired by Philip Augar.</p><p> </p><p>The panel have undertaken an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement and evidence gathering. They will report in 2019 before government concludes the overall review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/01/2019 14:32:14 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1041364

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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the public purse of replacing university maintenance grants with larger maintenance loans in every year since that change was introduced in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	208358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>An assessment was made at Summer Budget 2015 of the costs of replacing maintenance grants with loans for all full-time higher education students from the 2016/17 entry cohort. The then former Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation Jo Johnson, my hon. Friend for Orpington said in the House of Commons Debate about Student Maintenance Grants on 19 January 2016 (c1308) that:</p><p>“The switch from maintenance grants to loans will, in a steady state, save around £2.5 billion per year from the fiscal deficit. […] We acknowledge that a proportion of the loans will not be repaid. This is a conscious decision to invest in the skills base of our country, and protect those who go on to lower-paying graduate jobs. We forecast that the long-term annual economic savings will be around £800 million per year.”</p><p>An equality analysis was also published by the government in November 2015, which included analysis of the impacts of the change from maintenance grants to loans: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p>There has been no further analysis of the impact of this policy, as current student loan expenditure and repayment will be impacted by all the policy changes which have been enacted since this date.</p><p>A review of post-18 education and funding is underway. This is being informed by independent advice from an expert panel, chaired by Philip Augar. The panel have undertaken an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement and evidence gathering. They will report in 2019 before government concludes the overall review.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2019 17:54:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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

1039037

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid in (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance loans with respect to students undertaking undergraduate midwifery courses (a) in total and (b) on average per student midwife in each academic year since 2016-17; and what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of such loans that will be repaid by people who received them.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	207301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the loans paid to students on higher education courses is published annually by the Student Loans Company in the statistics publication Student Support for Higher Education in England.</p><p><a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of these statistics by subject of study is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of student loans not expected to be repaid is published annually by the department in the statistics publication Student Loan Forecasts, England.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of these statistics by subject of study is not available.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/01/2019 17:58:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1038560

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Part-time Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 19 December to Question 203781 on Disabled Students Allowances: Part-time Education, if he will publish a breakdown expenditure under that allowance in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>As at August 2018, provisional data provided by the Student Loans Company (SLC), shows that £2 million has so far been paid to English part-time students in Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) for equipment. This compares to £1.4 million paid at the same point in the academic year 2016/17.</p><p>Final data for 2016/17 provided by the SLC shows £1.6 million was paid to English domiciled part-time students in DSA for equipment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/01/2019 15:00:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1038562

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Part-time Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 203781 on Disabled Students Allowances: Part-time Education, from which budget was the additional funding for the Disabled Students Allowances in 2017-18 allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Each year, as part of the Main and Supplementary Estimates process, Parliament approves the total spend against specific objectives (within agreed budgetary limits). It is against these limits that the departmental group, as guided by HM Treasury’s spending control framework, is held accountable for its performance and the use of taxpayers’ funds.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/01/2019 16:58:15 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1037790

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page five of the Office for Students' 13 December 2018 document entitled A new approach to regulating access and participation in English higher education: Consultation outcomes, and the announcement that colleges and universities will no longer be required to spend a set amount of tuition fee income to support disadvantaged students, what metrics will be used to measure the outcomes that providers achieve and the level of ambition they set.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	206253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The government has asked the Office for Students (OfS) to secure greater and faster progress in ensuring that students from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, can access and successfully participate in higher education. The reforms to access and participation are designed to help achieve this.</p><p>Arrangements for improving access and participation have never required higher education providers to spend a minimum amount through their access and participation plans. Rather, guidelines are in place to set out the expected levels of expenditure for different types of higher education providers.</p><p>The new approach being introduced by the OfS is designed to provide a greater focus on securing improved access and successful participation outcomes. As part of their access and participation plans, higher education providers will be encouraged to be more ambitious and set strategic outcomes based targets based on the areas and groups of students where they have most to do. Investment levels and a provider’s evaluation plans will be important issues that the OfS will also want to consider when agreeing a provider’s access and participation plan.</p><p>The OfS intends to assess the progress through annual impact reports and action plans which providers will be expected to submit to the OfS.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/01/2019 14:51:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1037963

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	European Research Infrastructure Consortia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on UK (a) participation in and (b) hosting of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium of the UK leaving the EU without a deal in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	206259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the ‘Framework for the UK-EU partnership in Science, Research and Innovation’ and ‘The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union’, the UK has outlined its ambition to continue to host and support European Research Infrastructures. Furthermore, there is a shared commitment between the UK and the EU to explore UK participation in European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) as stated in the Political Declaration on our future relationship.</p><p> </p><p>Any country in the world can be a member of an ERIC. However, to be a member, the UK would have to comply with certain membership requirements laid out in EU Council Regulation (EC) No 723/2009 (amended by Council Regulation EU No 1261/2013) – hereinafter referred to as the ‘ERIC Regulation’ - the framework under which these separate legal bodies are formed. As such, details of our continued participation are subject to negotiations with the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p>Should membership not be possible, BEIS and delegated responsible authorities, are working with each individual ERIC to explore the potential alternatives for continued UK participation.</p><p> </p><p>In order to host the statutory seat of an ERIC, a country must either be an EU Member State, or an associated country under the ERIC Regulation. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal in March 2019, we will no longer be able to host the statutory seat of the European Social Survey ERIC or the Integrated Structural Biology ERIC without further agreement of the European Commission. However, we are seeking to retain participation in each ERIC through alternative agreements which could include retention of some headquarter functions in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1037979

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teaching Excellence Framework Independent Review: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the members of the advisory group on the review of the teaching excellence framework are.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	206255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Dame Shirley Pearce is undertaking an independent review of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework, as required by the Higher Education and Research Act (2017). She has appointed an expert group to advise her on the independent review and she intends to announce the membership of this group at the same time as she launches a public call for views to inform her review, which will be very shortly. On Dame Shirley’s behalf, once published, a copy of the call for views and a list of members of the advisory group, will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/01/2019 14:49:46 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1037025

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Christ Church College: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the University of Oxford on its governance following the suspension of the Dean of Christ Church cathedral and college Oxford; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	205879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>There have been no discussions. Higher education providers’ governance arrangements are matters for the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of higher education in England.</p><p>The OfS requires all registered providers to meet the public interest governance principles, which include that all providers must operate openly, honestly, accountably and with integrity and demonstrate the values appropriate to be recognised as an English higher education provider.</p><p>If providers fall short, the OfS has powers to intervene. The OfS considers a range of factors before deciding whether an intervention is required, including reputational damage to the higher education sector caused by the actions of a provider registered with the OfS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 205880 question first answered 10/01/2019 17:29:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell