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860923

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Agriculture: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support the growth of the agri-tech sector.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	904347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The £160 million agri-tech strategy which was launched five years ago has proved a success.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on this strong track record through our Industrial Strategy; including a further £90 million of funding announced last month to bring together the UK’s world-class agri-food sector with expertise in robotics, AI and data science.</p><p> </p><p>This will make it easier for farmers and agricultural-supply chain businesses to embrace new technology; enhancing their competitiveness, improving productivity and creating new opportunities for growth.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/03/2018 16:18:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

861092

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Newquay Cornwall Airport: Spaceflight
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 discussions he has had with the UK Space Agency on Cornwall Newquay Airport's bid to become a spaceport.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	132241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received a recent update about Cornwall Newquay Airport’s plans to build a spaceport. We welcome the strong Cornish interest in the space sector, and the region’s recently announced Space Action Plan. Organisations like the South West Satellite Catapult Centre of Excellence and Goonhilly Earth Station will enable Cornwall to play a part in the new commercial space age.</p><p> </p><p>Our Industrial Strategy recognises the role of new markets like space launch in driving growth across the UK. The UK Space Agency is delivering a major programme to enable companies to offer small satellite launch and sub-orbital spaceflight from UK spaceports. The Space Agency has considered 26 separate proposals for grant funding, that remain confidential, and will make further announcements about this in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>However, the UK Space Agency is not considering bids to become the UK’s national spaceport. Any site can still develop their plans for a UK spaceport entirely independent of government funds, and all sites will need to apply for a government licence to operate.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/03/2018 13:51:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

861278

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with universities on student mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	132427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We will consider the responses carefully ahead of our response. The government’s green paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health, was published on 4 December 2017 and consulted on until 2 March 2018. More than 2,500 responses were given in the consultation, which also included stakeholder events for representatives from across education to share their thoughts face to face. University representatives participated in this consultation activity, including from the Heads of University Counselling Services and Universities UK (UUK).</p><p> </p><p>The department is working closely with UUK on embedding their Step Change programme within the sector. The Step Change framework offers detailed guidance to Higher Education Institutions and encourages them to adopt mental health as a strategic priority. More information on the Step Change programme can be found at <a href="http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/stepchange" target="_blank">http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/stepchange</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/03/2018 13:48:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

860648

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Architecture: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students taking architecture subjects at degree-level were from (a) the UK, (b) non-UK EU countries and (c) non-EU countries in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	132005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students studying at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including information on subject of study and country of domicile prior to study. The latest statistics refer to the academic year 2016/17 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the numbers of full-person-equivalent entrants to first degrees in architecture subjects by domicile by academic year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p>3,850</p></td><td><p>3,970</p></td><td><p>3,455</p></td><td><p>3,525</p></td><td><p>3,685</p></td><td><p>3,660</p></td><td><p>3,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EU</strong></p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>595</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-EU</strong></p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>855</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) 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.</p><p>2) Architecture is defined as principal Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code K1. More information on JACS codes can be found on the HESA website here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p>3) All figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/03/2018 16:47:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

860724

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of mature students studying in higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	132081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on students studying at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The latest statistics refer to the academic year 2016/17 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Studying later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers. While people most commonly enter higher education before the age of 21, a fifth of those studying in HEIs in England are aged over 30, showing that many people are able to use higher education to retrain or improve their skills later on in their careers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/03/2018 16:18:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

860727

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
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 to ensure that people aged over 21 are (a) encouraged and (b) supported to access higher education in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	132084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Studying later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers.</p><p>Many mature students choose to study part-time. The government introduced up-front fee loans for eligible part-time students in 2012/13 to meet the full costs of their tuition. We are further enhancing the student finance package for part-time students by introducing maintenance loans, equivalent to full-time, in 2018/19. We also intend to extend the part-time maintenance loan to eligible students studying distance learning courses in 2019/20, subject to the development of a robust control regime to manage the particular risks and challenges associated with this mode of study.</p><p>Evidence shows that accelerated courses appeal particularly to mature students who want to retrain and enter the workplace more quickly than a traditional course would permit. We legislated in the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 to allow a specific fee cap to be set for accelerated degrees, removing a key barrier to their wider availability. We recently completed a public consultation about the provision of accelerated degree courses, and will respond later this year.</p><p>In our first guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), which sets out our priorities for access and participation plans for 2019/20, we asked the OfS to encourage higher education providers to consider the recruitment and support of mature learners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 132104 question first answered 15/03/2018 16:12:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

860747

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
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 to ensure that people aged over 21 are encouraged and supported to access higher education.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	132104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Studying later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers.</p><p>Many mature students choose to study part-time. The government introduced up-front fee loans for eligible part-time students in 2012/13 to meet the full costs of their tuition. We are further enhancing the student finance package for part-time students by introducing maintenance loans, equivalent to full-time, in 2018/19. We also intend to extend the part-time maintenance loan to eligible students studying distance learning courses in 2019/20, subject to the development of a robust control regime to manage the particular risks and challenges associated with this mode of study.</p><p>Evidence shows that accelerated courses appeal particularly to mature students who want to retrain and enter the workplace more quickly than a traditional course would permit. We legislated in the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 to allow a specific fee cap to be set for accelerated degrees, removing a key barrier to their wider availability. We recently completed a public consultation about the provision of accelerated degree courses, and will respond later this year.</p><p>In our first guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), which sets out our priorities for access and participation plans for 2019/20, we asked the OfS to encourage higher education providers to consider the recruitment and support of mature learners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 132084 question first answered 15/03/2018 16:12:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

857772

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Office for Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains his policy for the Office for Students to be the validator of last resort for Higher Education Institutions.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	131673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has asked the Office for Students (OfS), in guidance, to undertake an assessment of the operation of the current validation system to identify any unnecessary barriers for providers seeking a validation partner, or any areas of current practice that are not in the interests of students. If OfS, having done that, concludes that further action is required to secure necessary improvements in the operation of the validation system, it will make use of its powers under section 50 of the Higher Education and Research Act (HERA) 2017 to enter into commissioning arrangements. It may also ask the Secretary of State to make regulations under section 51 of HERA to authorise OfS to enter into validation agreements with registered higher education providers itself.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/03/2018 16:33:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

856884

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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: Scotland
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 it is the Government's policy for Scotland to lead the UK in research and development investment.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	131396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy shows how the government plans to invest in R&amp;D to transform the UK economy. To do this we need to build on research and innovation excellence across the UK.</p><p>The Science and Innovation Audits (SIAs) are identifying and validating areas of potential globally competitive advantage across the UK to provide evidence to help underpin future investment decisions. Edinburgh &amp; South East Scotland City Region’s SIA on data driven innovation undertaken in wave 1 has helped to inform and evidence their Edinburgh Region City Deal which includes funding for innovation projects. Scottish SIAs in subsequent waves include the Offshore Renewable Energy SIA (North of England and Scotland) and the Enabling Technologies in Scotland’s Central Belt SIA (Published in September 2017); as well as the Maximising the Marine Economy of the Highlands and Islands SIA and the Precision Medicine in Scotland SIA (due to be published in the Summer) which are likely to be utilised in similar ways contributing to both strategy and funding decisions.</p><p>In addition, the new £115m Strength in Places Fund will support areas right across the UK to build on existing strengths in science and innovation, where proposals can demonstrate a strong impact on local productivity and enhanced collaboration.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/03/2018 13:34:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

857033

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Admissions
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 to improve participation of students from under-represented areas in further or higher education.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	131545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Widening participation in further and higher education is a priority for this government and we want to continue to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to benefit from it, regardless of background or where they grew up. 'Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential' published in December 2017 set out our plan for improving social mobility through education.</p><p>Whilst more disadvantaged 18 year olds are going to university than ever before we have, through our first guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), asked the OfS to encourage higher education (HE) providers to undertake outreach work with schools, and to focus particularly in those parts of the country with the greatest challenges, including in opportunity areas. These areas have been identified as those weakest in both the 2016 Social Mobility Commission’s index and the Department for Education’s data on school standards and capacity to improve.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Collaborative Outreach Programme run by the Higher Education Funding Council for England is supporting 29 consortia (including HE providers, further education (FE) colleges, schools, employers and others) to undertake outreach activities in geographical areas where the HE participation of young people is both low and much lower than expected based on GCSE-level attainment.</p><p> </p><p>FE providers already fulfil a crucial role in driving social mobility by equipping or reskilling individuals with relevant labour market skills, providing routes into further study and often acting as a second chance at a basic education.</p><p> </p><p>FE providers will play a key role in our reforms to technical education, leading to more and better opportunities for young people, whatever their background and ensuring that they are on a high quality route to employment.</p><p> </p><p>A thriving careers system, that is accessible to everyone, is at the heart of our focus on social mobility. Our recently published careers strategy will support everyone, whatever their background, to go as far as their talents will take them and have a rewarding career.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/03/2018 13:14:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer