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1141993

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Postgraduate Education
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 effectiveness of the balance between (a) theoretical and (b) practice-based content in postgraduate courses in play therapy.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	282403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous institutions and responsible for the content of their courses, including quality and standards. The Department for Education does not assess individual courses or make judgements about the content of courses.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Office for Students (OfS) is responsible for protecting the interests of all students and the quality of all regulated provision, working with the designated quality body, the Quality Assurance Agency. The OfS expects higher education providers to ensure they enable students to progress to employment, including by working with employers on the content of courses. This is particularly relevant where there are professional bodies with an interest in the abilities and standard of graduates and post-graduates. The OfS also manages the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The government has a role in ensuring a framework exists to understand and provide for skills needs at a national and local level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 282404 question first answered 03/09/2019 06:57:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1141994

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Postgraduate Education
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 availability of postgraduate training in practice-based play therapy in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	282404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous institutions and responsible for the content of their courses, including quality and standards. The Department for Education does not assess individual courses or make judgements about the content of courses.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Office for Students (OfS) is responsible for protecting the interests of all students and the quality of all regulated provision, working with the designated quality body, the Quality Assurance Agency. The OfS expects higher education providers to ensure they enable students to progress to employment, including by working with employers on the content of courses. This is particularly relevant where there are professional bodies with an interest in the abilities and standard of graduates and post-graduates. The OfS also manages the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework.</p><p> </p><p>The government has a role in ensuring a framework exists to understand and provide for skills needs at a national and local level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 282403 question first answered 03/09/2019 06:57:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1142071

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more working class young people to take up STEM subjects at university.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	282286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>To maintain a dynamic and growing economy, the government is committed to tackling science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills shortages. The department is encouraging more students into STEM education and training, at all stages, from primary school to higher education (HE).</p><p>To support more students to take STEM subjects at university, the government has increased investment in maths and digital subjects within schools, including a new post-16 maths premium and a new £84 million programme to improve the teaching of computing. Both of these initiatives aim to increase the number of young people taking these subjects, from all backgrounds.</p><p>This school-level investment programme is complemented by increasing efforts from the university sector to encourage more disadvantaged students to enter HE. The Office for Students (as the regulator for HE in England) has a duty to promote equality of opportunity in relation to access and participation in HE. In 2018, 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds were proportionally 52% more likely to enter full-time HE than in 2009.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/09/2019 07:09:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1142072

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many women have started courses in STEM subjects at university in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	282287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled in higher education in the UK. Statistics broken down by subject area and sex are available in Figure 14 of the Statistical Bulletin published in January 2019, which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-01-2019/sb252-higher-education-student-statistics/subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-01-2019/sb252-higher-education-student-statistics/subjects</a>.</p><p>Over the academic years 2013-14 to 2017-18, the number of female entrants to science subjects in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) has increased by 10% from 218,375 to 240,285. The number of male entrants to science subjects in UK HEIs has increased by 4% from 196,960 to 204,065.</p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li><li>Science subjects are defined by HESA as subject groups A to K under the JACS3 classification: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed</a>.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</li></ul> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/09/2019 07:05:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1142190

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to monitor Qatar's role in the funding of university programmes in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	282243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Students, as the regulator for higher education (HE) in England, is responsible for assessing and monitoring the financial sustainability of registered HE providers. UK universities are autonomous institutions and are therefore responsible for making business planning decisions and ensuring their institutions’ financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/09/2019 07:12:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1141347

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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 Research Partnership Investment Fund: Scotland
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 proportion of the latest round of funding from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund will be allocated to projects in Scotland; and how much private investment will be leveraged for those projects.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	281064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2019 answer text <p>The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund is a competitive research capital programme to support strategic research and development collaborations between universities, businesses and charities. It is managed by Research England, working with counterparts from devolved funding bodies, and only supports large scale infrastructure projects which are built on demonstrable research excellence, value for money, and can generate at least double in private co-investment.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 over £900m of science and research capital has been committed from the Fund to 54 projects which have secured an initial commitment of over £2bn in private investment. No projects were awarded to universities in Scotland from the latest round. In the first 5 rounds, £58.98m was committed to 5 projects in Scotland which collectively secured over £121m of private co-investment. This represents 6.5% of total funding allocated and 5.5% of the initial private co-investment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 281065 question first answered 21/08/2019 15:31:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1141348

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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 Research Partnership Investment Fund: Scotland
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 proportion of funding from all rounds of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund has been allocated to projects in Scotland; and how much private investment has been committed to those projects.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	281065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2019 answer text <p>The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund is a competitive research capital programme to support strategic research and development collaborations between universities, businesses and charities. It is managed by Research England, working with counterparts from devolved funding bodies, and only supports large scale infrastructure projects which are built on demonstrable research excellence, value for money, and can generate at least double in private co-investment.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 over £900m of science and research capital has been committed from the Fund to 54 projects which have secured an initial commitment of over £2bn in private investment. No projects were awarded to universities in Scotland from the latest round. In the first 5 rounds, £58.98m was committed to 5 projects in Scotland which collectively secured over £121m of private co-investment. This represents 6.5% of total funding allocated and 5.5% of the initial private co-investment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 281064 question first answered 21/08/2019 15:31:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1141421

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with universities on the effect of higher education funding on the sustainability of STEM courses in (a) Portsmouth and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	281103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2019 answer text <p>Part of the teaching grant funding that the government provides to eligible higher education providers, via the Office for Students, is allocated to support the provision of high-cost subjects, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.</p><p>As part of the government’s consideration of the independent panel’s report to the review of Post-18 Education and Funding, Department for Education officials are holding discussions with a number of stakeholders, including universities. These conversations are likely to include higher education funding and the provision of high-priority courses, such as STEM.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/08/2019 12:22:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 131337 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1141422

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
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 effect on funding for STEM subjects at higher education institutions of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	281104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2019 answer text <p>Part of the teaching grant funding that the government provides to eligible higher education providers, via the Office for Students, is allocated to support the provision of high-cost subjects, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects.</p><p>The department’s officials engage regularly with higher education institutions in relation to higher education funding and the provision of high-priority courses such as STEM, as well as on EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/08/2019 12:29:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 131339 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1141423

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the gender pay gap in higher education (a) at Portsmouth University and (b) in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	281105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2017, employers with more than 250 staff are required by law to annually report gender pay gap information. All of the gender pay gap data published by organisations, including the University of Portsmouth, is available on the government’s reporting website: <a href="https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is crucial that employers use their gender pay gap data to identify the barriers to women’s recruitment and progression and take action to break down those barriers. The government has published advice for employers on how to diagnose their gaps and develop an action plan, alongside evidence-based guidance on practical actions they can take to close the gap.</p><p> </p><p>The higher education (HE) sector has been proactive in taking action to address the gender pay gap and the government is supportive of this work. We have seen considerable progress in the number of women in leadership positions in HE, for example, the increase in female vice-chancellors. This is largely down to the dedicated efforts by the sector to improve the progression of women, through programmes such as the Aurora development programme and the world-renowned Athena Swan Charter. I also look forward to the findings of the Independent Review of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, led by Professor Julia Buckingham, which we expect to see published in September.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/08/2019 12:44:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 131226 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan