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1174934

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date	30/01/2020
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, how many people have travelled to (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland under the Erasmus+ programme in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The European Commission (EC) publishes statistics on Erasmus+. The latest available data is from 2018, published in January 2020. The EC records the number of incoming mobilities to the UK under the Erasmus+ programme, but this is not broken down by sub-national levels.</p><p>The table below summarises the number of incoming higher education students, trainees and staff to the UK on the Erasmus+ programme from 2014/15 to 2017/18. The EC publishes more data on Erasmus+ in their statistical annexes, which is available from: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en</a>.</p><p><strong>Incoming HE students, trainees and staff to the UK on the Erasmus+ program</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Students &amp; Trainees</p></td><td><p>30,235</p></td><td><p>31,362</p></td><td><p>31,727</p></td><td><p>31,877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>3,436</p></td><td><p>4,406</p></td><td><p>4,786</p></td><td><p>4,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UK factsheet: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/factsheets_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/factsheets_en</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/02/2020 10:04:15 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1172332

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that universities use universally accessible (a) student surveys and (b) data collection processes to monitor university compliance with equality charters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	6062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Higher education providers (HEPs) are independent and autonomous institutions. While we recognise the work of Advance HE and the value that both the Race Equality and Athena Swan charters bring to the sector the government does not compel HEPs to participate in equality charters.</p><p> </p><p>However, progress on addressing both gender and racial equality in HE has been unacceptably slow, particularly for minority ethnic staff securing senior university leadership positions. It is essential that HEPs urgently address those institutional and cultural barriers standing in the way of women and minority ethnic staff and students so that everyone who has the potential to thrive at university, does so.</p><p> </p><p>The government has brought forward sweeping reforms of higher education to tackle equality of opportunity through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA). This includes a mandatory condition of registration which, for the first time, requires all higher education providers registered with the Office for Students (OfS) to publish data including the number of applications for admissions, offers made and acceptance rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background. The OfS has issued guidance to higher education providers on how to comply with the transparency condition.</p><p>The OfS has also made available online an interactive dashboard of data, which will help to evaluate access and participation at specific universities and colleges. The dashboard can be used to compare different student groups (for example, disabled students or students by their ethnic background) and their peers, and reveal gaps in access, continuation, success and progression. More information is available at the link:</p><p><a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/guide-to-the-access-and-participation-data-resources" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/guide-to-the-access-and-participation-data-resources</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 29/01/2020 17:23:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1171973

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing non-repayable maintenance grant funding in (a) further and (b) higher education.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	5382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>​The independent panel’s report on the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding was published in May 2019. The government is considering the recommendations made in the report, including those relating to maintenance support for higher education and further education students. The government will conclude the review alongside the next spending review.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/01/2020 15:39:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1139807

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	UK Seabed Resources: Pacific Ocean
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer on 5 February 2019 to Question 213318 on UK Seabed Resources: Pacific Ocean, if he will publish the domestic licenses granted by the Government for the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	278458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is still consulting interested parties on whether to make the domestic deep-sea mining exploration licences, granted by the Government in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, publicly available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 13:56:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1139810

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Deep Sea Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to end UK Government sponsorship of deep sea mining exploration licences; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	278460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government sponsored two 15 year deep sea mining exploration licences. The licence holder has contracts of exploration with the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) which obliges them to undertake a plan of work. We have not received any further applications for exploration licences and do not expect to be granting any further exploration licences at this time.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to vary the Government’s policy towards deep-sea mining at this time. The UK Government will continue to deploy its expertise and influence at an international level to ensure sufficient scientific evidence about the potential impact on deep-sea ecosystems and enforceable environmental standards is established.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/07/2019 13:59:19 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1134828

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department are working primarily on (a) fossil fuels, (b) renewables, (c) energy efficiency and (d) nuclear energy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	269698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department currently employs the following numbers of staff working primarily in these areas:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Upstream oil and gas policy</p></td><td><p>23.3 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downstream oil resilience</p></td><td><p>18.5 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas policy, including security of gas supply and the future of the gas market</p></td><td><p>14.1 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal policy, including closure of unabated coal-fired generation by 2025, emissions limits for fossil-fuelled generation technologies, and the emissions performance standard</p></td><td><p>4.5 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liabilities from the former nationalised coal industry</p></td><td><p>8.4 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, based in Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>92.6 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable energy</p></td><td><p>107 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy efficiency</p></td><td><p>115 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear energy</p></td><td><p>205.4 FTE</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/07/2019 15:41:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas