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1019850

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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-year undergraduates who do not live in accommodation sponsored by their university.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	198866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data about higher education (HE) in the UK.</p><p>Information on the term-time accommodation arrangements of entrants to full-time undergraduate study at UK HE institutions in the academic year 2016/17 has been provided in the table, and shows that 60% of entrants lived in accommodation other than provider-maintained properties. Provider-maintained property refers to residences owned by the institution returning data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Full-time undergraduate entrants by term-time accommodation type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK HE Institutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Year 2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Term-time accommodation type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Share of entrants (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Provider maintained property</p></td><td><p>213,535</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parental/guardian home</p></td><td><p>110,645</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Own residence</p></td><td><p>75,080</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private-sector halls</p></td><td><p>59,895</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other rented accommodation</p></td><td><p>50,225</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>12,645</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in attendance at the provider</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Missing</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>535,185</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100% </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Education analysis of the HESA Student Record</p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Percentages are rounded to nearest whole number.</p><p>2. All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 17:49:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91061 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1019926

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Withdrawal Agreement on the involvement of (a) UK students and (b) UK universities in ERASMUS+.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	198862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF.</p><p>Following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK universities and students participating in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 17:20:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1020014

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
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	TRIPS Agreement: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Doha Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health, whether the Government supports all WTO members to (a) utilise TRIPS flexibilities including compulsory licenses and (b) determine the grounds upon which such licences are granted.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	198725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government fully supports The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, which sets out the minimum international standards for intellectual property protection, whilst providing some flexibilities for Member States to implement IP policies suitable to their circumstances.</p><p>The Government also supports the 2001 Doha Declaration on Public Health which re-affirmed that WTO member states are free to determine the grounds for granting compulsory licences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 11:22:19 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1020103

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on affordable student accommodation of the 3 December 2018 Huffington Post article entitled Exclusive: Cost Of Accommodation At Top Universities Soars By Up To 77% During The Past Decade.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	198938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Government does not control rents for student accommodation as higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government.</p><p>The student funding system makes loans for living costs available as a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. Living costs support increased by 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the Office for Students. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p><p>​The Unistats website provides information about all university courses and includes links to individual websites with details of the costs for student accommodation at a higher education provider.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 15:41:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91044 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden