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1128523

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Philip Augur report on funding and post-18 education is planned for publication.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	257746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The independent panel, chaired by Philip Augar, has published its independent advice to the government. The government will consider the panel’s recommendations carefully and will conclude the review at the spending review. The government has not yet taken decisions with regards to the recommendations put forward. The full report can be accessed via GOV.UK, and as a command paper here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805127/Review_of_post_18_education_and_funding.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805127/Review_of_post_18_education_and_funding.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/06/2019 15:09:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1128531

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether non-UK EU students starting courses in September 2019 will be eligible for student loans.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	257734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>As announced in July 2018, EU nationals who start a course in England in the 2019/20 academic year or before will continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status and student finance support from Student Finance England for the duration of their course, provided they meet the residency requirement. On 28 May 2019, at the EU Competitiveness Council, it was also announced that EU nationals who will start a course in England in the 2020/21 academic year will also continue to be eligible for ‘home fee’ status with student finance support for the duration of their course.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/06/2019 12:22:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1128578

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
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	Smoke and Chimney Gases
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 his plan is for the removal of the Under investigation marker from Flue Gas Heat Recovery products in the Government's Standard Assessment Procedure product characteristic database.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	257639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The decision on the ‘Under investigation’ marker in the product characteristics database is currently being considered. Interested parties will be informed of the outcome as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/06/2019 07:57:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1128579

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce the teaching excellence framework by subject level for the 2019-20 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	257651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Dame Shirley Pearce is currently conducting an independent review of the operation of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF), as required by section 26 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. She has spent several months collecting evidence through a “call for views” and an extensive series of listening sessions and we expect her to report in the summer. Alongside the review, the Office for Students (OfS) has been carrying out the second year of a pilot of subject-level TEF. This will conclude shortly and the OfS will publish its findings. We will await Dame Shirley’s recommendations, and take account of the evidence from the subject-level TEF pilot, before making a decision on the next phase of the TEF.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 257652 question first answered 05/06/2019 12:49:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1128580

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeframe is for the publication of the report on the independent review of the teaching excellence framework.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	257652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Dame Shirley Pearce is currently conducting an independent review of the operation of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF), as required by section 26 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. She has spent several months collecting evidence through a “call for views” and an extensive series of listening sessions and we expect her to report in the summer. Alongside the review, the Office for Students (OfS) has been carrying out the second year of a pilot of subject-level TEF. This will conclude shortly and the OfS will publish its findings. We will await Dame Shirley’s recommendations, and take account of the evidence from the subject-level TEF pilot, before making a decision on the next phase of the TEF.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 257651 question first answered 05/06/2019 12:49:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1128336

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	Ofgem
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to lay before the House the Strategy and Policy Statement relating to the functions of Ofgem following the consultation on the draft statement of August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	257383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government will not be issuing a response to a consultation on the strategic priorities of a previous Government.</p><p>A Strategic Policy Statement is a discretional policy tool, introduced under the Energy Act 2013, for use by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Government has absolute confidence in Ofgem, as the independent GB energy market regulator, to carry out its statutory objectives and functions, to protect existing and future energy consumers, and to deliver a raft of policies focused on decarbonisation, ensuring security of supply and lowering costs for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 257384 257385 question first answered 04/06/2019 07:57:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1128339

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	Ofgem
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on the draft Strategy and Policy Statement relating to the functions of Ofgem, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	257384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government will not be issuing a response to a consultation on the strategic priorities of a previous Government.</p><p>A Strategic Policy Statement is a discretional policy tool, introduced under the Energy Act 2013, for use by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Government has absolute confidence in Ofgem, as the independent GB energy market regulator, to carry out its statutory objectives and functions, to protect existing and future energy consumers, and to deliver a raft of policies focused on decarbonisation, ensuring security of supply and lowering costs for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 257383 257385 question first answered 04/06/2019 07:57:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1128340

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	Ofgem
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 guidance on the functions of Ofgem relating to climate and environment priorities he plans to include in the Strategy and Policy Statement relating to the functions of Ofgem, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	257385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government will not be issuing a response to a consultation on the strategic priorities of a previous Government.</p><p>A Strategic Policy Statement is a discretional policy tool, introduced under the Energy Act 2013, for use by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Government has absolute confidence in Ofgem, as the independent GB energy market regulator, to carry out its statutory objectives and functions, to protect existing and future energy consumers, and to deliver a raft of policies focused on decarbonisation, ensuring security of supply and lowering costs for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 257383 257384 question first answered 04/06/2019 07:57:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1128366

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what grants are available to people living in Africa to help towards the cost of tuition fees at UK universities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	257434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Scholarships are a key part of the UK’s soft power, creating lasting positive relations with future leaders, influencers and decision-makers around the world. Many scholars funded by the UK go on to take up senior leadership positions in their home countries, and the strong bond they have formed with the UK enhances our direct and indirect influence abroad.</p><p> </p><p>This enhances our diplomatic work, our efforts in promoting increased trade and investment and supports our national security through increased goodwill and cooperation.</p><p> </p><p>The Chevening Scholarship, sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), funds between 300-400 scholars a year from across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 400-500 including North Africa. The FCO have awarded scholarships to over 8000 scholars across SSA since the programme began.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2018 my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced an additional £2.7 million to fund up to an extra 100 scholarships across SSA, and in May 2019 my right hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary, announced a new pan-Sub-Saharan Africa Chevening Media Freedom Fellowship programme for 60 leading journalists to train in the UK over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, sponsored by the Department for International Development, funds approximately 313 scholars a year from across SSA to undertake Master’s, PhD and split-site study at UK universities.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/06/2019 12:44:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1127891

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Energy: Consumers
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 steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of Ofgem's priority services register.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	256956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Ofgem requires energy companies to promote and maintain a Priority Services Register (PSR), to provide non-financial help to certain groups of vulnerable consumers. Ofgem is responsible for ensuring compliance with these requirements.</p><p>In 2016, Ofgem introduced new requirements that companies take all reasonable steps to identify customers who may benefit from PSR services and introduced a broad “Vulnerability Principle” in 2017, which clarifies that suppliers need to make an extra effort to identify and respond to the needs of consumers in vulnerable situations, which can help identify those who could benefit from PSR services.</p><p>The number of consumers on PSRs has risen from 1.7 million electricity and 1.4 million gas consumers in 2010, to nearly 6 million electricity and 4.8 million gas consumers in 2017. Ofgem publish information on energy company performance, available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2018/11/vulnerability_report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2018/11/vulnerability_report_2018.pdf</a></p><p>Ofgem is also working to promote PSR data sharing between energy and water companies in England and Wales (with the customer’s consent) following a successful pilot in Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/06/2019 07:56:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane