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date	24/11/2015
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	Student Opportunity Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to retain the Student Opportunity fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL3834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is responsible for decisions on how the student opportunity fund is allocated to higher education institutions and for publishing guidance.</p><br /><p>We will be issuing a grant letter to the HEFCE in the New Year outlining the Government’s priorities for expenditure through the teaching grant, including on widening access.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 07/12/2015 15:43:54 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

429507

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to support and promote the Erasmus+ programme, which aims to boost skills and employability through education, training and sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
uin	HL3757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Erasmus+ programme enables organisations and citizens to achieve their potential through international education, training and sport opportunities.</p><br /><p>A body called the National Agency (a consortium of the British Council and Ecorys UK) deliver the Erasmus+ programme in the UK. The Government supports the National Agency’s delivery, aligns the programme with Government objectives, and represents the UK in European meetings on Erasmus+. The National Agency has a communications team that is dedicated to raising awareness of the Erasmus+ programme. The Government does not duplicate this work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 30/11/2015 12:19:46 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

428852

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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	Arts: Higher Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of cutting the funding at higher education level of arts subjects on (1) the choice available to students, and (2) the creative industries.
tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
uin	HL3575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>As with other degrees, since 2012, Higher Education Institutions with an Access Agreement approved by the Office for Fair Access have been able to charge up to £9,000 a year for an arts degree. This funding comes via student loans and universities compete on quality and their offer to students. The Government also supports specialist institutions such as art and music colleges through the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s Institution-specific Funding.</p><br /><p>We value the creative industries which is why we support them through these and other policies. We are working with industry to take forward the recommendations in <em>*CreateUK</em>, the strategy for the sector developed by industry members of the Creative Industries Council.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 30/11/2015 12:48:05 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar