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433903

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to assist poorer students with the repayment of their student loans.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Student loan repayments are income contingent and deductions are taken at 9% of income over the applicable repayment threshold.</p><p>The repayment threshold affords protection to lower earning borrowers. Borrowers make no repayment if their income remains or falls below the threshold.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:19:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

433720

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2015 to Question 17311, what financial support his Department is providing for the Government's Productivity Plan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	18528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>All Government Departments have a role in helping to raise productivity and foster a dynamic economy. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) holds many of the key productivity levers, including skills, innovation, competition and regulation. The bulk of BIS spending therefore supports the Productivity Plan. The table displays total BIS Departmental Expenditure Limits up to 2019/20, as set out in the Spending Review. Specifically with regard to research, the Government has committed to protect the science resource and capital budget in real terms during this Parliament.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></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>Total DEL (£bn)</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479749/52229_Blue_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479749/52229_Blue_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf</a></p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 14:48:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

433724

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Business-University Research Collaborations Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government's response will be published to the Dowling Review of Business-University Research Collaborations.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	18473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>We are grateful for the insights and recommendations provided in Dame Ann Dowling’s Review of Business-University Research Collaborations. We recognise and support the conclusion it has reached and Innovate UK is already working to simplify its product offering. Alongside the recent Higher Education Green Paper and Sir Paul Nurse’sreport, it will now be taken forward in our review of the funding landscape to make it, as recommended by Dame Ann, more strategic, coherent and effective.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:13:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

433730

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether access for disabled students will be included in measures to determine whether higher education institutions deliver effective outcomes for widening access and social mobility.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	18540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Higher Education Institutions have clear responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support their students, including those with disabilities. <br></p><p>The Independent Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has agreed 183 Access Agreements for 2016/17 with plans for Universities to spend more than £745 million on measures to improve access and student success for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, up from £404m in 2009/10. HEIs choose their own access agreement measures and targets, in line with their own particular mission and challenges and these can include targets on disability where appropriate.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 14:43:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

433732

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of student loan borrowers with post-2012 student loan arrangements in (a) Salford and Eccles constituency, (b) the City of Salford and (c) Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	18575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. Information on English loan borrowers is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Loans in England: FY 2014-15</em>’.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx</a></p><br /><p>The numbers of borrowers at the end of the 2014-15 financial year with post-2012 student loan arrangements who had been domiciled in (a) Salford and Eccles constituency, (b) the City of Salford and (c) Greater Manchester when they applied for financial support is set out in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Borrowers with post-2012 Loan Arrangements by Domicile (1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Geographical Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Borrowers (2, 3)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford and Eccles</p></td><td><p>3,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Salford</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>53,970</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(1) Borrowers with loans outstanding as of 31/03/2015</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(2) Excludes Further Education students</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(3) Figures rounded to the nearest multiple of 10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 14:45:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

433134

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Neurology: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the science budget in the period from 2010 to 2014 was spent on neurological research.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	18131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the form requested, however the UK Health Research Analysis 2014 (published by UK Clinical Research Collaboration, 2015) shows that in 2014 combined UK government expenditure on neurological research, including spend from the Research Councils and Devolved Administrations, was £131 million. This accounted for around 11 per cent of the total £1.2 billion government spend reported across all areas of health research in the period. The report is available at <a href="http://www.hrcsonline.net/pages/uk-health-research-analysis-2014" target="_blank">www.hrcsonline.net/pages/uk-health-research-analysis-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:16:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

433237

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Parkinson's Disease: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans for the Dementia Research Institute to conduct research into Parkinson's dementia.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	18130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced up to £150 million for the UK’s first Dementia Research Institute on 24 November. The institute will cover the full spectrum of discovery science into age-related neurodegenerative diseases that progress to dementia, including Parkinson’s Disease.</p><p>Development of the Dementia Research Institute will be led by the Medical Research Council (MRC). In 2016 the MRC will open a competitive process to identify a host for the institute and lead the search for its director.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:14:54 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

432604

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Government Departments: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on ensuring that all government departments have access to a chief scientific advisor.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	17872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Chief Scientific Advisers work across departments in partnership with policy makers to ensure the very best in scientific evidence is used in the policy process. Where posts are unfilled, the Government Office for Science works with departments to ensure they have access to relevant expertise and evidence.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:18:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

432607

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people from (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (b) the North West are currently in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	18005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The most recent data covers the 2013-14 academic year. The latest figures for the numbers of higher education students who were living in the Burnley constituency, Lancashire, and the North West prior to study are presented in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Higher Education Enrolments by Region<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Academic Year 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>Postgraduate</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>2,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>28,050</p></td><td><p>5,760</p></td><td><p>33,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>162,080</p></td><td><p>34,040</p></td><td><p>196,125</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Note: Figures rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1</sup>Parliamentary constituency is derived from student's postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:12:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

432610

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK remains competitive with other countries in attracting overseas students to higher and further education; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	17938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomes international students and there is no cap on the number that can study here. The Government promotes study in the UK through the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign and through the British Council, which promotes UK education in over 100 countries, connecting millions of people with the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Government has a number of major education agreements with overseas partners. Key programmes include the UK-China Partners in Education Programme, the UK-India Education Research Initiative and engagement in Brazil’s ‘Science without Borders’ scholarship scheme.</p><p>Government also supports student exchange, such as through the Erasmus Scheme, which enables international students to take short placements in the UK and British students to gain valuable overseas experience.</p><p>As part of our recent Spending Review the Government has also reaffirmed the importance international students to the success of UK universities and the economy. To ensure universities can continue to compete with the US, Australia and Canada for top international students, dependants of postgraduates on courses lasting more than a year will be welcome to come and work. Current English language requirements will be maintained.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:12:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell