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1008472

registered interest
date	16/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Visual Impairment
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 ensure that the (a) technical guidance and (b) assessment process for disabled students' allowance is meeting the needs of students with vision impairment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	192091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Disabled Students’ Allowances’ (DSAs) guidance is updated annually and available for all students applying for DSAs. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1646/1819-guidance-dsa-new-students-from-ay-201617.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/1646/1819-guidance-dsa-new-students-from-ay-201617.pdf</a>.</p><p>A student eligible for DSAs will undertake a DSAs Study Needs Assessment at one of approximately 200 accredited UK assessment centres. A needs assessor will then identify what type of support is essential to enable the student to undertake their chosen course. Potential support for students with vision impairment includes sighted guides, specialist note takers and specialist equipment. DSAs assessment centres are required to comply with the service standards set out in the DSAs Quality Assurance Group’s Quality Assurance Framework, available at:</p><p><a href="https://dsa-qag.org.uk/application/files/3415/3874/0719/Assessment_Centre_QAF_18_19_v7.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://dsa-qag.org.uk/application/files/3415/3874/0719/Assessment_Centre_QAF_18_19_v7.0.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/11/2018 16:16:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1006981

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas 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 23 July 2018 to Question 165451, Overseas Students: Immigration, what criteria his Department uses to assess whether an individual’s residence in the UK and Islands has been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	191270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Generally, to meet the eligibility requirements for student support, a student should be resident in England, have ‘settled’ status or a recognised connection with the UK and have been a resident of the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the three years prior to the start of the course.</p><p>Residence in the UK and Islands must not have been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, a requirement that has been in place since the 1960s.</p><p>Student Finance England determines whether an individual has met the residency requirements by considering applications for student support and accompanying evidence. Applications are considered on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/11/2018 15:07:28 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

943853

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Immigration
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 adequacy of student finance provision for students who began their university course as an international student but were subsequently granted indefinite leave to remain while still studying.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	165451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Students who obtain permanent residence within the first three months of the start of the academic year can apply for student finance for the current academic year and future years, subject to meeting the normal eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Generally, to meet the eligibility requirements for student support, a student should be resident in England, have ‘settled’ status or a recognised connection with the UK and have been a resident of the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the three years prior at the start of the course. Residence in the UK and Islands must not have been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 165452 question first answered 23/07/2018 15:21:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

943854

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to enable international students who are granted indefinite leave to remain while undertaking a degree to access student loans.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	165452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Students who obtain permanent residence within the first three months of the start of the academic year can apply for student finance for the current academic year and future years, subject to meeting the normal eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Generally, to meet the eligibility requirements for student support, a student should be resident in England, have ‘settled’ status or a recognised connection with the UK and have been a resident of the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the three years prior at the start of the course. Residence in the UK and Islands must not have been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 165451 question first answered 23/07/2018 15:21:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

909398

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 26 April 2018 to Question 137102 on Disabled Students' Allowances, excluding the cost of a standard computer, what other equipment his Department includes as a mainstream cost to participate in Higher Education; and what items are covered by a maintenance loan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	146720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) is available solely where a student is obliged to incur additional costs while studying as a result of their disability. In the case of computer equipment, it was clear from evidence that this had become a mainstream cost for all students and that disabled students should therefore contribute towards the cost of computer equipment recommended through DSA. On receipt of a DSA Needs Assessment Report, the Student Loans Company will make a decision where necessary as to whether a particular piece of equipment that has been recommended is a mainstream cost or not.</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance loans are available to help fund the costs of study that all students incur. However, the department does not issue guidance to students on how they should spend these funds.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/06/2018 16:00:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

890051

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 a means-test for the £200 self-contribution under the disabled students' allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	137102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Means-tested living costs support for full-time undergraduate students from low income backgrounds increased by 10.3% in 2016/17 compared with the previous grants and loans package. There was a further increase of 2.8% for the current academic year, 2017/18, and a 3.2% increase for the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>All higher education (HE) students now require access to a computer so this is considered a mainstream cost to participate in HE. Eligible HE students are able to access Maintenance Loans, which are paid as a contribution towards a student’s living costs, and we believe it is reasonable for any student to fund the purchase of a standard computer for email and word processing purposes from their maintenance support. The cost of a standard computer has been calculated at around £200.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled students recommended that a higher-powered computer to run assistive software as part of a Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSAs) needs assessment are funded for computer costs in excess of £200. Students are not expected to fund any recommended assistive software or the training to use it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DSAs are not means tested and we do not propose to introduce means testing for any particular element of that support.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/04/2018 16:11:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869456

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Medicine: Research
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 of 29 January 2018 to Question 124433, on Medicine: Research, how much money the Government has invested in (a) medical research and development and (b) medical research and development carried out by private companies since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	133970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government invests money in the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK, both of which are non-departmental public bodies. The MRC funds (a) medical research and development, while both MRC and Innovate fund (b) medical research and development carried out by private companies.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(a)</strong> <strong>MRC funding of medical research and development</strong></p><p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) supports research through a range of grants and personal awards to scientists in universities, medical schools and other research institutes and welcomes investigator-initiated research proposals in all areas of research relevant to human health. Awards are made on the basis of the scientific quality of the proposals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>MRC gross expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£775.11m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£736.82m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£769.79m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£877.32m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£801.38m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£927.79m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£754.98m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Gross Expenditure includes all research expenditure plus underpinning costs which relate to support for facilities, infrastructure and policy.</li><li>2015/16 gross expenditure includes £169m for the Clinical Research Infrastructure Awards (<a href="https://www.mrc.ac.uk/research/initiatives/clinical-research-capabilities-and-technologies-initiative/" target="_blank">https://www.mrc.ac.uk/research/initiatives/clinical-research-capabilities-and-technologies-initiative/</a>)</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>(b)</strong> <strong>MRC and Innovate UK funding for medical research and development carried out by private companies</strong></p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK has funded medical research and development across a number of thematic areas, and funding also comprises a share of the that awarded through its Open Programme and other responsive funding programmes. Innovate UK also indirectly supports investment in medical R&amp;D through the core funding it provides the Cell &amp; Gene Therapy Catapult and the Medicines Discovery Catapult</p><p> </p><p>The MRC provides funding for research and development to private companies on an exceptional basis through the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement &amp; Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) CRACK IT scheme using the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) process from Innovate UK. The scheme drives the development of better and more predictive tools and technologies for drug and chemical development that will impact positively on the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research. The scheme funds universities and SMEs to work together to develop these tools so they are fit for purpose for broad uptake.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>MRC expenditure to private companies (spend)</p></td><td><p>Innovate UK (commitment)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0m</p></td><td><p>£25.12m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£0.02m</p></td><td><p>£29.43m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£0.09m</p></td><td><p>£80.05m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£0.32m</p></td><td><p>£66.64m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£0m</p></td><td><p>£41.72m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£0m</p></td><td><p>£24.42m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£0.59m</p></td><td><p>£63.20m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that spend and commitment figures are not directly comparable as funding may be committed in one year but spent in another.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Department of Health and Social Care funds research into all aspects of human health through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) at the level of £1bn per year including on programmes on research which encourage collaboration with industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/04/2018 16:06:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

782844

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up by defendants of their right to be tried in a language they understand.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	111195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry has several statutory obligations to provide interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings for defendants.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry is committed to ensuring the justice system is supported by a range of high quality language services that meet the needs of all those that require them. My officials monitor demand for these services and work with our suppliers to ensure the requests of these services are met. The latest official statistics published in September 2017, shows 98% of language service assessments are fulfilled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 10/11/2017 14:49:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

759408

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of detaining foreign prisoners in British prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>MoJ does not analyse cost by prisoner nationality at an individual prisoner level, as costs recorded on the central accounting systems do not allow identification of costs attributable to holding individual offenders.</p><p>However, HMPPS information is published on an annual basis on average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales.</p><p>This information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2017 13:52:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

759409

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is of the detention of people (a) awaiting trial for terrorist offences and (b) convicted of terrorist offences.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the annual cost of prisoners who are held in remand awaiting trial or by type of offence. Additionally, the information recorded on the HMPPS central accounting system does not allow the identification of costs attributable to holding individual offenders.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMPPS, routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year. The information can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each relevant financial year here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial year 2016-17 can be accessed on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website from the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/11/2017 17:16:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe