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749228

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on the public cost of student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.</p><p> </p><p>The student funding system is fair and sustainable. The cost of the system is not an unintended loss, nor a waste of public money. It is the policy subsidy required to make higher education widely available, achieving the Government’s objectives of increasing the skills in the economy and ensuring access to university for all with the potential to benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Andreas Schleicher of the OECD said in September 2016 that “the UK has been able to meet rising demand for tertiary education with more resources…by finding effective ways to share the costs and benefits”.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2017 14:39:04 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

749229

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Advisory Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the long-term cost of providing student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s reforms to the undergraduate student finance system have ensured that it is financially sustainable for the taxpayer in the long-term, while enabling those with the talent to benefit from a higher education to be able to afford to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge estimates the value of loans that will not be repaid during their 30-year term, expressed as a percentage of the loan outlay made in the relevant year. For full time tuition fee and maintenance loans and part time fee loans issued in 2016/17, we estimate the RAB charge to be around 30%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2017 14:39:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

748881

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the rules relating to the lending and investment powers of the government of Wales; and whether HM Treasury intervened in relation to the Circuit of Wales Project at Ebbw Vale.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government agreed a new fiscal framework for the Welsh Government in December 2016 including increasing the Welsh Government’s overall capital borrowing limit to £1bn, which came into effect in March this year.</p><p> </p><p>We discuss matters of economic and financial importance to Wales with the Welsh Government on a regular basis. However, we are clear that any support for this project is for the Welsh Government to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/07/2017 11:38:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

747322

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate remuneration of vice-chancellors.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is for them to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, the Government, in the 2017/18 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) grant letter stated:</p><p> </p><p>“The Government is clear that efficiency includes demonstrating restraint in senior pay and remains concerned about the substantial upwards drift in salaries of some top management. We would like to see senior leaders in the sector exercise more pay restraint.”</p><p> </p><p>Jo Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, has continued to call on the sector to show restraint in Vice Chancellors' pay and for the sector to demonstrate more leadership especially at a time when students are concerned about value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747324

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate fee level to set in respect of undergraduate courses.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Fees for English domiciled undergraduate students studying at Higher Education Institutions that are funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are subject to maximum fees, which are set in legislation. HEFCE funded institutions that have an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge a higher fee than those that do not. In addition, HEFCE funded institutions that have demonstrated high quality teaching by achieving a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rating can charge up to a higher fee than those that do not.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/07/2017 11:49:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747326

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, in the past 12 months, they, or their agencies, have advised any university, or universities, that proposed fee levels were unacceptably high; and if so, what that advice was.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The government does not assess the fees of individual institutions. It sets maximum fees for eligible students in legislation. Only those institutions with an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge fees up to a highest cap.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747415

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when, and in what terms, they advised the Welsh Government about the public sector financial implications and accounting treatment of the Circuit of Wales project's proposed guarantee.
tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
uin	HL379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>We discuss matters of economic and financial importance to Wales with the Welsh Government on a regular basis. However, we are clear that any support for this project is for the Welsh Government to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/07/2017 11:37:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

746622

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government which higher education providers failed to attain at least a Bronze award in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>All higher education providers in the UK must meet rigorous national quality requirements for higher education. The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) measures excellence in addition to these requirements and is voluntary; therefore all participating providers received at least a Bronze award.</p><p> </p><p>As TEF is voluntary, if a provider has no TEF award this does not necessarily signify a lack of quality, as it may have decided not to take part.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/07/2017 12:56:28 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

733197

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Fulbright Scholarships: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the US in relation to its proposal to cut funding of the Fulbright Program by 47 per cent.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Fulbright programme provides important opportunities for education exchanges between the UK and the US. We have received no communication from the US government to inform us of any proposal to cut funding of the Fulbright Programme.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 10/07/2017 16:25:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

724464

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many university places were awarded to people with refugee status in the UK in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Fink
uin	HL6855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of people with refugee status who were awarded a university place via the UCAS system or who are enrolled at UK universities is not held by the department.</p><p>Student support is available to those recognised as refugees (and their spouses, civil partners and children named on the initial application for asylum), provided they have been ordinarily resident in the British Islands since being recognised by the Government as a refugee and are ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course. They are exempt from the three year residence requirement.</p><p>Asylum seekers who are recognised as refugees after the start of their course may qualify for support for the remainder of their studies as follows:</p><ul><li>living cost support in any subsequent years of the course (and in the quarters following the award in the year of the award); and</li><li>fee assistance in any subsequent years of the course (and in the year of the award if the award is made within three months of the first day of the academic year of the course).</li></ul><p>Management information from the SLC showing the number of refugee applicants awarded loans in England in each of the last six years can be found in the table below:</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>English Domiciled applicants with a refugee status awarded student loans </em></strong></p><p><em>Academic years 2010/11 to 2015/16 (data effective as at the end of each academic year)</em></p><p><em> </em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Academic Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of refugees awarded loans</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010/11</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,500</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,700</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,800</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014/15</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,900</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015/16</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,700</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: SLC, Management Information</em></p><p><em>Note: Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC has received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/04/2017 14:32:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4219 label Biography information for Lord Fink