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832664

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Office for Students: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the appointment process for the board of the Office for Students.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	903595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The appointments to the Board were made through a fair and open competition, reflecting the Governance Code on Public appointments and the relevant legislation. The Board members have the broad range of skills and experience needed to lead the Office for Students to deliver better outcomes for students.</p><p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/01/2018 16:35:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

832978

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to encourage universities in the Russell Group to recognise vocational qualifications as part of their admissions process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	125294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Higher education institutions (HEIs) are independent, autonomous bodies and as such, they are responsible for their own admissions decisions. HEIs are best placed to decide on the information that will help to identify the candidates with the talent and potential to succeed at that institution or on a particular course, including vocational qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 3.5% of UK 18-year-old students were accepted into full-time undergraduate higher education with BTEC qualifications only, including to the most selective institutions – a 1.1% points increase since 2012. In developing new T-levels, technical study programmes that will be akin to A-levels, we have been clear that they must support progression to higher education options, including technical degrees.</p><p> </p><p>This government is committed to widening participation to higher education for students from disadvantaged and under-represented groups.</p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the Higher Education and Research Act, from January 2018, the Office for Students (OfS), with a new Director for Fair Access and Participation appointed by the Secretary of State, will take on responsibility for widening participation in higher education. The OfS will have a statutory duty to promote equality of opportunity across the whole lifecycle for disadvantaged students, not just access. As a result, widening access and participation will be at the core of the OfS’ functions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our reforms will introduce a Transparency Duty requiring higher education providers to publish application, offer, acceptance, dropout and attainment rates of students broken down by ethnicity, gender and socio-economic background. This will highlight those higher education institutions that need to go further and faster to widen participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/02/2018 16:18:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

833185

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions the Government has had with UK universities on the negotiations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	903681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>We regularly engage with a wide range of higher education (HE) stakeholders – including universities and representative bodies such as Universities UK – at both ministerial and official levels to ensure we fully understand the sector’s priorities for EU exit. This engagement includes the High Level Stakeholder Working Group on EU Exit, Universities, Research and Innovation, which I chair as Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. This group brings together voices from across the HE and research sector, and is also attended by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union. We value this close engagement and we want to maintain a dialogue with the sector as discussions on the UK’s future relationship with the EU progress.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 903685 question first answered 01/02/2018 16:20:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

833186

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions the Government has had with UK universities on the negotiations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	903685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>We regularly engage with a wide range of higher education (HE) stakeholders – including universities and representative bodies such as Universities UK – at both ministerial and official levels to ensure we fully understand the sector’s priorities for EU exit. This engagement includes the High Level Stakeholder Working Group on EU Exit, Universities, Research and Innovation, which I chair as Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. This group brings together voices from across the HE and research sector, and is also attended by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union. We value this close engagement and we want to maintain a dialogue with the sector as discussions on the UK’s future relationship with the EU progress.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 903681 question first answered 01/02/2018 16:20:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

830470

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 currently participate in tertiary education.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	125036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The department’s official estimates of participation in education, training and employment for young people academic age 16-18 are published annually. Latest figures were published in June 2017 and relate to a snapshot of young people at the end of the previous calendar year (end 2016). End 2017 figures will be published end June 2018. These official participation estimates are published on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/participation-in-education-training-and-employment-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 17:16:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

830473

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2018 to Question 123890, for what reasons that answer stated that the Government classes tertiary education as being post-18 education when the Answer of 19 October 2017 to Question 108669 stated tertiary education as being post-16 education.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	125039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The internationally recognised understanding of the term tertiary education, in line with the International Standard Classification of Education, corresponds to English qualification levels 4 and above, which are typically taken by those aged 18 and over.</p><p> </p><p>If I may clarify, it was the hon. Member's original question (123890) which referred to tertiary education as being post-16 education. The answer to Question 108669 confirmed the government’s commitment to all post-16 education.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 17:19:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

830524

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question HL3865 on Students: Finance, what the timetable is for quality checks on the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2014-15 to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	125057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The report will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 17:06:08 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

829920

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people leaving educational institutions after completing A-Level studies in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) East Hampshire constituency and (c) England enrolled in university courses in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	124667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the proportion of students that were at the end of 16‑18 study (taking A level or other level 3 qualifications) in Barnsley East, East Hampshire and all of England and progressed to study at a UK Higher Education Institution for at least two terms in a given academic year. Information on destinations in academic years 2010-11 to 2015-16 is given. This is the most recent data available.</p><p>Information on pupil destinations is published annually on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/01/2018 15:41:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 124667 - Students with sustained destinations at UK Higher Education Institutions.docx title Students with sustained destinations at UK HEIs
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

828892

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	British Students Abroad: Loans
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 potential merits of permitting UK students who have been offered a place at a university in an (a) non-UK EU or (b) non-EU country to apply for a student loan.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	124507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Under EU law, UK students have the same access to higher education (HE) as students from the host member states. This means UK students are subject to the same fees, where they are charged, and generally the same loan or support arrangements as nationals of that member state.</p><p> </p><p>Given that financial resources for HE are limited, it is not possible to offer funding for HE study abroad. Funding is focused on eligible students studying within the UK. English domiciled students studying a course at a UK university can receive funding for placements or study abroad where that study comprises less than half of their course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 31/01/2018 15:07:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

827965

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Office for Students: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she gave to appointing a representative of the National Union of Students to the board of the Office of Students; and for what reasons she decided against doing so.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Schedule 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 sets out the criteria for the composition of the Office for Students board. The criteria was extensively debated by Parliament during the Bill – I refer the hon. Member to the debate at Report Stage: <a href="http://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-11-21/debates/3C2C0C73-35CF-4108-B68D-44820B49059B/HigherEducationAndResearchBill" target="_blank">http://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-11-21/debates/3C2C0C73-35CF-4108-B68D-44820B49059B/HigherEducationAndResearchBill</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/01/2018 17:10:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy