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1168289

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to promote (a) diversity of thought and (b) freedom of expression on university campuses.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	87
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>This government will ensure that our universities are places where free speech can thrive, and will strengthen academic freedoms.</p><p>The freedom to express views openly, challenge ideas and engage in robust debate is crucial to the student experience and to democracy. Individuals should never be in a position where they can be stopped from, or are made to feel inhibited in, expressing an opinion perfectly lawfully. Similarly, universities should be places where students are exposed to a range of views, including those which may be controversial, and are encouraged to debate and challenge them.</p><p>Free speech is protected in universities by law and is embedded in the Office for Students’ Regulatory Framework. Under the Education (No 2) Act 1986, universities have a specific duty to take reasonably practicable steps to secure freedom of speech within the law for staff, students and visiting speakers. The government worked with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, who published new guidance in February 2019 on freedom of speech in higher education to support higher education providers and students’ unions in delivering their duties.</p><p>The government will be looking closely at how well higher education providers are meeting these obligations and will consider whether further action is needed, working with a range of partners.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2020 16:24:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1172097

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to take steps in response to proposals by Sheffield university to pay some students to monitor and report on statements made by other students which might be regarded as micro-aggressions; what progress he has made on bringing forward proposals to safeguard free speech in colleges and universities; and if he will draw the lessons of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four to the attention of college and university staff during this 70th anniversary year of the author’s death.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	uin	5319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>This government will ensure that our universities are places where free speech can thrive and work to strengthen academic freedoms. The freedom to express views openly, challenge ideas and engage in robust debate is crucial to the student experience and to democracy. Lawful freedom of speech and the right to discuss all kinds of issues is an integral part of our higher education system.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Education (No 2) Act (1986), higher education providers have a specific duty to take reasonably practicable steps to secure freedom of speech within the law for staff, students and visiting speakers. Higher education providers also have clear responsibilities under the Equality Act (2010).</p><p> </p><p>Higher education providers should discharge their responsibilities fully and have robust policies and procedures in place to comply with the law and to investigate and address incidents reported to them. Universities, as autonomous bodies regulated by the Office for Students, should ensure that they are balancing their legal duties carefully and proportionately.</p><p> </p><p>The government worked with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who published clear guidance in February 2019 on freedom of speech in higher education to support higher education providers and students’ unions in delivering their duties.</p><p> </p><p>The government will be looking closely at how well higher education providers are meeting their obligations and will consider whether further action is needed, working with a range of partners.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/01/2020 17:37:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1143351

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average annual waiting times were for each A&E department in (a) Wirral, b) Merseyside and c) the North West in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	284812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:39:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1148901

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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	Ageing: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding is being invested by UKRI in understanding the biological mechanisms of ageing.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Through the Ageing Society Grand Challenge (ASGC), the Government has set an ambitious mission to “ensure that people can enjoy at least five extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035”.</p><p>UKRI is a key part in addressing this Challenge. We have announced £98m of funding for healthcare innovation to support healthy aging, through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, and £69.5 million through UKRI’s Strategic Priorities Fund to unlock new treatments that allow people to lead healthier and longer lives.</p><p>In 2018/19, UKRI spent £81.9m on a huge breadth of healthy ageing research. Within this, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) are the main funders of research into the biological mechanism of ageing. In 2017/18:</p><ul><li>MRC spent £39.1m on research directly related to ageing, as part of this, £14.9m was specifically for research directly relating to the biological mechanisms of ageing.</li><li>BBSRC spent £16.8m on research that covers the biological mechanisms for ageing.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 31/10/2019 08:17:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

1142061

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £10 million air ambulance capital fund has been awarded to air ambulance charities after the bidding process.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglian Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£790,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,397,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London's Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,393,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,818,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£267,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£226,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAGPAS Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,340,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£1,266,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 282350 282351 question first answered 04/09/2019 16:16:59 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1142062

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which air ambulance charities were successful in their bid for air ambulance capital funding; and how much funding each such charity was awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglian Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£790,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,397,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London's Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,393,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,818,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£267,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£226,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAGPAS Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,340,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£1,266,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 282349 282351 question first answered 04/09/2019 16:17:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1142063

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Air Ambulance Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications from air ambulance charities his Department received for the air ambulance capital fund.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	282351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget, £10 million capital funding was allocated for air ambulance services in England. A call for bids for charities to apply for funding was launched by the Department and 14 applications were received. Nine applications were successful, and these air ambulance charities will receive a share of £10 million funding as per the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Charity</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Anglian Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£790,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,397,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London's Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,393,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust</p></td><td><p>£1,818,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£267,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon Air Ambulance Trust</p></td><td><p>£226,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAGPAS Air Ambulance</p></td><td><p>£1,340,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands Air Ambulance Charity</p></td><td><p>£1,266,022</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 282349 282350 question first answered 04/09/2019 16:17:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1146259

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Archaeology: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have graduated with archaeology-based degrees in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	290562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on enrolments and qualifications obtained at UK Higher Education Institutions. Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2017/18. Statistics on qualifications obtained by subject areas are available in Table 19 of their Open Data pages:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-19" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-19</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of first-degree qualifiers from archaeology-based subjects has been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forensic &amp; Archaeological Sciences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Archaeology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Combined Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>2,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,755</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>2,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,890</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>2,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>2,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,645</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>2,480</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Qualifiers in archaeology-based subjects have been defined using the principal categories V4 and F4 of the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS), which are ‘Forensic and Archaeological Sciences’ and ‘Archaeology’. More information on JACS codes can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</li></ol> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/10/2019 11:49:46 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1146265

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Archaeology: High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the number of qualified archaeologists required for the construction of High Speed Two.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	290565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education meets his counterparts and officials from other government departments regularly to discuss the Department for Education agenda.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/10/2019 13:59:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1137844

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	Artificial Intelligence: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to support industry-led initiatives to close the artificial intelligence skills gap.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	275134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s vision to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation, which includes developing the skills that will contribute to building the best environment for AI development and deployment. We have created the Office for AI (a joint unit between the departments: Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and Digital Culture Media and Sport) to oversee that vision.</p><p>The AI Sector Deal brings together commitments from Government, Industry and Academia in a near £0.95bn package of support to promote the adoption and use of AI.</p><p>To date, some of the key Government investment in AI skills and talent has included:</p><ul><li>£100m for 16 New Centres for Doctoral Training at universities across the country, delivering 1,000 new PhDs over the next 5 years;</li><li>£50m of funding agreed at Autumn Budget for new prestigious AI fellowships to attract and retain the top AI talent; and</li><li>£13.5m government funding to build new conversion courses to expand pathways into AI and Data specialisms as well as scholarships to improve diversity</li></ul><p>Further, through the Government’s Office for AI, we are working with Industry and Academia to develop a new industry-funded AI Masters programme, in collaboration with the British Computer Society and the Institute of Coding. Partnerships between industry stakeholders and universities are being established that will produce the postgraduates industry partners need.</p><p>The Office for AI is in regular discussion with industry and continues to welcome other initiatives aimed at increasing artificial intelligence skills in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/07/2019 15:43:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly