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1064753

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
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 ensure that universities do not charge tuition fees to students undertaking industry placements in the UK or abroad as part of their studies.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	224353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>Maximum tuition fees for students undertaking an Erasmus work placement year are 15% of the maximum applicable full-time fees and fee loans for Approved (Fee Cap) providers in 2019/20. Maximum tuition fees for students undertaking a work placement year of a sandwich course in the UK or a work placement year abroad that is not an Erasmus Year are 20% of the maximum applicable full-time fees and fee loans for Approved (Fee Cap) providers in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/03/2019 12:31:39 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

1064764

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	European University Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason he has withdrawn the European University Institute (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	224487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s EU membership is inextricably linked to its current membership of the European University Institute Convention (EUIC). As a result of EU Exit, the UK will no longer be an EU member state and so, in a ‘no deal’ scenario, the UK’s membership of the EUIC will automatically cease on 29 March 2019. In a 'deal' scenario, the UK’s membership of this convention will continue for the duration of the implementation period.</p><p>The Political Declaration sets out that we will establish general principles, terms and conditions for UK participation in EU programmes in areas of shared interest, and wider dialogues to allow us to share best practice and act together in our mutual interest. On this basis, we will explore with the European University Institute (EUI) options for future participation in its activities and we will work to ensure that UK students at the EUI will be able to complete their studies.</p><p>The EUI (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, submitted on 7 February, were withdrawn because of a minor terminology error in the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum (the exact name of the instrument). They were resubmitted in corrected form on 19 February.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 224488 question first answered 26/02/2019 11:01:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1064770

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	European University Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to seek UK membership of the European University Institute Convention after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	224488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s EU membership is inextricably linked to its current membership of the European University Institute Convention (EUIC). As a result of EU Exit, the UK will no longer be an EU member state and so, in a ‘no deal’ scenario, the UK’s membership of the EUIC will automatically cease on 29 March 2019. In a 'deal' scenario, the UK’s membership of this convention will continue for the duration of the implementation period.</p><p>The Political Declaration sets out that we will establish general principles, terms and conditions for UK participation in EU programmes in areas of shared interest, and wider dialogues to allow us to share best practice and act together in our mutual interest. On this basis, we will explore with the European University Institute (EUI) options for future participation in its activities and we will work to ensure that UK students at the EUI will be able to complete their studies.</p><p>The EUI (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, submitted on 7 February, were withdrawn because of a minor terminology error in the accompanying Explanatory Memorandum (the exact name of the instrument). They were resubmitted in corrected form on 19 February.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 224487 question first answered 26/02/2019 11:01:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

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

1063782

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 6 November 2018 to Question 184973 on Disabled Students' Allowances, whether the research project on the impact of disabled students' allowances on eligible students has been completed; and when he plans to publish that research.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	222717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The research project has been completed and its report was published on 17 January 2019. The report is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-disabled-students-allowances-dsas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-disabled-students-allowances-dsas</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In an article on 17 January, I called on universities to do more to show disabled students that going to university can be an option for them, and to put disabled students front and centre in their planning to accommodate their needs. A link to the article can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jan/17/universities-can-do-more-to-support-their-disabled-students" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jan/17/universities-can-do-more-to-support-their-disabled-students</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 21/02/2019 17:18:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1062098

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Research and Development Expenditure Credit
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of R&D tax credits in encouraging private sector spend on R&D (a) overall and (b) by economic sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>A study by HMRC in 2015 showed that for every £1 of tax forgone up to £2.35 of R&amp;D is stimulated, this suggests that the current R&amp;D tax reliefs schemes are effective at encouraging additional investment in R&amp;D. R&amp;D tax reliefs are available to any company in any sector undertaking R&amp;D projects seeking an advance in science or technology.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/02/2019 16:52:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1062102

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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 proportion of university students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	221984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on the employment and earnings outcomes of graduates one, 3, 5 and 10 years after graduation from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and earnings outcomes for the higher education sector as a whole were published in March 2018 as part of ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes by institution and subject were published in June 2018 as part of ‘Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Subject by Provider, 2015 to 2016’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the occupations of higher education leavers at 6 months and three-and-a-half-years after graduation. The occupations data are collected in HESA’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education surveys. Graduates categorised as being in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) groups one to three[1] are considered to be in ‘Professional Employment’. Information by subject is published at the links below.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers six months after graduation (see Figure 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers three and a half years after graduation (see Table 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] SOC groups one to three are ‘Managers, directors and senior officials’, ‘Professional occupations’ and ‘Associate professional and technical occupations’ respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221985 221986 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:19:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1062103

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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 proportion of students have not secured graduate employment five years after graduating by higher education institution.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	221985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes statistics on the employment and earnings outcomes of graduates one, 3, 5 and 10 years after graduation from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and earnings outcomes for the higher education sector as a whole were published in March 2018 as part of ‘Graduate outcomes (LEO): 2015 to 2016’:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes by institution and subject were published in June 2018 as part of ‘Graduate Outcomes (LEO): Subject by Provider, 2015 to 2016’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-leo-subject-by-provider-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the occupations of higher education leavers at 6 months and three-and-a-half-years after graduation. The occupations data are collected in HESA’s Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education surveys. Graduates categorised as being in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) groups one to three[1] are considered to be in ‘Professional Employment’. Information by subject is published at the links below.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers six months after graduation (see Figure 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/28-06-2018/sfr250-higher-education-leaver-statistics-subjects</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Occupation of leavers three and a half years after graduation (see Table 9):</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/long-destinations-2012-13/employment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] SOC groups one to three are ‘Managers, directors and senior officials’, ‘Professional occupations’ and ‘Associate professional and technical occupations’ respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221984 221986 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:19:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis