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1174876

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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: North East
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 plans the Government has to allocate funding to scientific research in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	10384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to making the UK a global science superpower that attracts brilliant people and businesses from across the world.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already committed over £42m Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund funding to organisations registered in the North East</p><p> </p><p>We have announced plans for an ambitious place strategy for UK R&amp;D to ensure funding builds on strengths in the regions, and nations of the UK including the North East. We will work closely with UK Research and Innovation to develop a strategy that ensures the whole country contributes to and benefits from the national 2.4% R&amp;D target.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/02/2020 13:46:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1174279

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Fire Regulations
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 28 January 2020 to Question 5444, on Universities: Fire Regulations, whether his Department holds data on the number of university residential, teaching and research accommodation buildings over 18 metres in height that have (a) ACM cladding and (b) other forms of combustible cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	9697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The safety of students and staff across the education estate remains ministers' highest priority. Since the Grenfell fire, the department has worked closely with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on fire safety. In line with that cross-government approach, we identified university-owned residential buildings over 18 metres with potentially dangerous ACM cladding. In the light of updated building safety guidance for owners of residential buildings published on 20 January by MHCLG, the department will gather any additional information required on residential buildings across the education estate, and will continue to work with building owners to ensure that any subsequent remediation work, if any, is undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9698 question first answered 07/02/2020 10:09:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1174280

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Fire Regulations
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 28 January 2020 to Question 5444, on Universities: Fire Regulations, whether his Department holds data on the number of university residential, teaching and research accommodation buildings below 18 metres in height that have (a) ACM cladding and (b) other forms of combustible cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	9698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The safety of students and staff across the education estate remains ministers' highest priority. Since the Grenfell fire, the department has worked closely with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on fire safety. In line with that cross-government approach, we identified university-owned residential buildings over 18 metres with potentially dangerous ACM cladding. In the light of updated building safety guidance for owners of residential buildings published on 20 January by MHCLG, the department will gather any additional information required on residential buildings across the education estate, and will continue to work with building owners to ensure that any subsequent remediation work, if any, is undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9697 question first answered 07/02/2020 10:09:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1174365

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education and Skills Funding Agency: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff working at the Education and Skills Funding Agency are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	9704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2019, the proportion of Education and Skills Funding Agency staff employed as apprentices was 6%.</p><p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9705 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:45:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1174366

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff working at the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	9705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2019, the proportion of Education and Skills Funding Agency staff employed as apprentices was 6%.</p><p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9704 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:45:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1173913

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	9046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2019, the proportion of Department for Education staff employed as apprentices was 5%.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/02/2020 15:16:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1173969

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Exchanges
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 17 January 2020 to Question 2671 on access to educational and cultural exchange programmes, what steps his Department has taken to maintain international exchange and collaboration in education and training in the event that the UK does not participate in the Erasmus+ programme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	9126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK government wants to ensure that UK and European students can continue to benefit from each other’s world-leading education systems. We highly value international exchange and cooperation in education and training. Even after we leave the EU on the 31 January, the Withdrawal Agreement ensures that students, young people, and learners will be able to participate fully in the remainder of the current Erasmus+ programme and organisations should continue to bid for programme funding until the end of 2020.</p><p>As noted in the political declaration, the UK is open to participate in certain EU programmes, such as the next Erasmus+ programme (2021-2027), if it is in our interest to do so. The proposed regulations for the next programme are still being discussed in the EU and have yet to be finalised. Future participation in EU programmes will be a subject of our negotiations on the future of UK-EU relationship.</p><p>The UK government is preparing for every eventuality and is considering a wide range of options with regards to the future of international exchange and collaboration in education and training, including potential domestic alternatives. Officials from the Department of Education are liaising with their colleagues in the devolved administrations on a potential domestic alternative should it be needed.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9128 question first answered 03/02/2020 12:50:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1173970

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic and (b) social effects of Erasmus+ membership for UK students.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	9127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>As stated in the Political Declaration, the UK is open to participation in certain EU programmes, such as the next Erasmus+ programme (2021-27), if it is in our interest to do so.</p><p>The proposed regulations for the next 2021-27 Erasmus+ programme are still being discussed in the EU and have yet to be finalised. Future participation in EU programmes will be a subject of our negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship. Any economic and social effects on Erasmus+ membership for UK students given the UK’s exit from the EU will be considered as part of wider discussions about the UK’s relationship with the EU.</p><p>The Government supports initiatives for our young people to gain international experience, both through study and work placements abroad, to increase their language skills and cultural awareness, and improve their life chances and employability. We want to ensure that UK and European students can continue to benefit from each other’s world-leading education systems. We are considering a wide range of options with regards to the future of international exchange and collaboration in education and training, including potential domestic alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/02/2020 15:01:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1173971

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Exchanges
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 17 January 2020 to Question 2671 on access to educational and cultural exchange programmes, what plans his Department has for the future of international exchange and collaboration in education and training after the UK leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	9128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK government wants to ensure that UK and European students can continue to benefit from each other’s world-leading education systems. We highly value international exchange and cooperation in education and training. Even after we leave the EU on the 31 January, the Withdrawal Agreement ensures that students, young people, and learners will be able to participate fully in the remainder of the current Erasmus+ programme and organisations should continue to bid for programme funding until the end of 2020.</p><p>As noted in the political declaration, the UK is open to participate in certain EU programmes, such as the next Erasmus+ programme (2021-2027), if it is in our interest to do so. The proposed regulations for the next programme are still being discussed in the EU and have yet to be finalised. Future participation in EU programmes will be a subject of our negotiations on the future of UK-EU relationship.</p><p>The UK government is preparing for every eventuality and is considering a wide range of options with regards to the future of international exchange and collaboration in education and training, including potential domestic alternatives. Officials from the Department of Education are liaising with their colleagues in the devolved administrations on a potential domestic alternative should it be needed.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 9126 question first answered 03/02/2020 12:50:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1173972

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
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 17 January 2020 to Question 2672 on access to educational and cultural exchange programmes for Welsh students, what (a) representations and (b) data his Department has received from Wales’ Education Minister on the effect of the Erasmus programme on Welsh students who have taken part in that programme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	9129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The government highly values international exchange and cooperation in education and training and recognises the benefits that such cooperation brings. As we prepare to leave the EU, the department has engaged widely with stakeholder groups across the UK, which we will continue to do. We have received representations from many sector bodies such as Universities UK, the Association of Colleges, the Russell Group, MillionPlus and the National Union of Students.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister, has made clear, the government wants to work to continue to build academic cooperation between the UK and the EU. As we enter negotiations on our future relationship with the EU, we want to ensure that UK students and European students can continue to benefit from each other’s world-leading education systems.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in my answer to 2672 on 17<sup>th</sup> January 2020, the Secretary of State for Education and I regularly discuss matters relating to education and EU exit with the Welsh Government including on Erasmus+.</p><p> </p><p>My officials also hold regular meetings on the topic of Erasmus+ with officials from the Welsh Government to ensure close cooperation on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/02/2020 14:51:14 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake