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48484

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many properties that were purchased or built with Sure Start Local Programme funding are now owned by NHS Properties.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	196548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Data on the ownership of assets funded by the Sure Start Local Programme is held by local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 196565 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

48491

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many properties purchased or built with Sure Start Local Programme funding have been transferred into the ownership of local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	196565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Data on the ownership of assets funded by the Sure Start Local Programme is held by local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 196548 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450352

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to include LGBT issues in sex and relationship education in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	25673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>All schools should offer high quality, age-appropriate sex and relationship education (SRE), and build a curriculum that meets the needs of all their students. We expect schools to ensure that young people feel that SRE education is relevant to them.</p><p>SRE is compulsory in all maintained secondary schools and many primary schools also teach SRE, in an age-appropriate manner. We expect academies and free schools to deliver relationship education as part of their provision of a broad and balanced curriculum. Any school teaching SRE must have regard to the Secretary of State’s SRE guidance.</p><p>We welcome the supplementary SRE guidance, <em>SRE for the 21st Century</em>, produced by Brook, the PSHE Association and the Sex Education Forum, which includes guidance on ensuring that SRE is inclusive. All children and young people, regardless of background or identity, are entitled to quality SRE that helps them build confidence and stay healthy.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/02/2016 09:56:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

457740

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic 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 27 October 2015 to Question 13645, whether she plans to include young people in her Department's direct consultation with stakeholders on PSHE and SRE.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	29836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department regularly speaks to a wide range of interested parties and will continue to do so regarding personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education and sex and relationship education (SRE), including those who represent the views of young people.</p><p>The Secretary of State wrote to the ESC in February 2016 stating that the Department will continue to keep the status of PSHE in the curriculum under review. We will continue to work with headteachers, PSHE practitioners and other experts to identify further action the Government can take to ensure that all pupils receive high quality, appropriate PSHE and SRE.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/03/2016 17:31:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

487011

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of her Department's reform of AS and A-level qualifications on the number of hours of study students are undertaking in post-16 education.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	32493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of guided learning hours for AS and A levels have not changed as a result of our reforms. However, with the move to linear qualifications, there will no longer be the routine and automatic external assessment of students at the end of year 12 which places unnecessary burdens on students’ and teachers’ time.</p><p>Study programmes are funded per student rather than per qualification. Funding rates are based on an average of 600 hours per year of planned activities per student.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/04/2016 15:36:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

539735

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher 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 13 July 2016 to Question 42021, if she will make it her policy to consult on the detail of the proposed changes to the Degree Awarding Powers before the Higher Education and Research Bill becomes law.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	42984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education and Research Bill provides for powers to vary or revoke Degree Awarding Powers. We plan to set out the proposed changes to the exact Degree Awarding Powers requirements and processes in new DfE criteria and guidance. The department intends to consult on the detail before publishing this guidance. Subject to the passage of the bill, we intend to consult before summer 2017.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/08/2016 13:47:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

573637

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Degrees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many institutions in England (a) held and (b) were granted taught degree awarding powers in each year since 2006.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	44294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Based on the information available to us, there were 103 institutions in England that held taught degree awarding powers in 2006. The number of such awards in each year since then is as follows:</p><p>2007 – 7</p><p>2008 - 2</p><p>2009 - 6</p><p>2010 - 0</p><p>2011 - 0</p><p>2012 - 3</p><p>2013 - 1</p><p>2014 - 2</p><p>2015 - 3</p><p>2016 - 3 (as of 5 September 2016)</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/09/2016 13:44:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

573421

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students from other EU member states who plan to start their studies in the UK in autumn 2017 will be considered eligible for student loans.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	44136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK has a long-established higher education system that supports, and therefore attracts, the brightest minds, at all stages of their careers. Existing rules on EU and other EEA students remain in force and reassurances have been given for those starting their courses in 2016/17. Future arrangements for EU students wishing to study in the UK will need to be considered as part of wider discussions about the UK's relationship with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/09/2016 16:06:01 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

595573

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of a reduction in international student numbers on university finances.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	47306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Council for Funding in England (HEFCE) reports that the HE sector was in sound financial health in 2014/15. In the same academic year, overseas fee income accounted for nearly 13% of total sector income on average. The report can be found on HEFCE’s website at: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/HEFCE,2014/Content/Pubs/2016/201604/HEFCE2016_04.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/HEFCE,2014/Content/Pubs/2016/201604/HEFCE2016_04.pdf</a></p><p>International students make an important economic and cultural contribution to the UK. The UK has, and will continue to have, a world class education system that attracts students from across the world.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/10/2016 13:37:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

595583

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Medicine: Higher Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for medicine courses were (a) received and (b) accepted at higher education institutions in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	47445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on applications and acceptances to full-time undergraduate courses. The table below shows the number of main scheme applications (applications submitted by 30 June each year) and the number of acceptances for ‘pre-clinical medicine’ for applicants domiciled in England.</p><p><strong>Table: applications and acceptances to pre-clinical medicine<sup>1</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of acceptances</p></td><td><p>5,525</p></td><td><p>5,705</p></td><td><p>5,510</p></td><td><p>5,630</p></td><td><p>5,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of main scheme applications</p></td><td><p>55,280</p></td><td><p>53,740</p></td><td><p>54,710</p></td><td><p>55,065</p></td><td><p>48,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Pre-clinical medicine is based on Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code A1</p><p>The figures were extracted from the UCAS 2015 end of cycle data resources (tables DR3_017_01 and DR3_017_03) available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resource-5" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-data-resource-5</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/10/2016 16:06:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield