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224691

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps have been taken to ensure the maintenance of quality at publicly-funded English higher education institutions after the lift of the student number controls in the 2015-16 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	226102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government signalled to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), in their 2015 grant letter, that students should expect the highest quality learning opportunities. The Council have developed mechanisms to assure the quality of the academic student experience.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 11:54:03 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

224807

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the likely change in numbers of full-time undergraduate students at publicly-funded higher education institutions in the 2015-16 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	226206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>We have removed controls on the number of students who can attend higher education courses at publicly-funded higher education institutions and further education colleges in 2015/16. This will allow anyone with the ambition and ability to go on to higher education. The number of new entrants will depend on the decisions of applicants and institutions.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 226205 question first answered 13/03/2015 12:24:02 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

223194

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of people who enter higher education at the age of 18 do so with BTEC qualifications as the entry criteria.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	225257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold information on the entry criteria for higher education courses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 14:20:32 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 47049 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

179400

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to widen access to higher education.
tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
uin	907614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p><strong>The most recent UCAS statistics show another record year for university entry for disadvantaged students. 18.2% of 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds obtained a university place via UCAS in 2014. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>By 2018/19, Universities expect to spend £735m on bursaries, outreach and supporting retention and student success through their agreements with the Director of Fair Access. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Our reforms have been fair, progressive and given our universities sustainable funding for the future.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Twickenham answering member printed Vince Cable question first answered 12/02/2015 14:50:27 answering member 207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable
tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

177071

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimates of university application numbers his Department used when making the decision to remove student number controls.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	222895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not estimate the number of applications to English universities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 222896 question first answered 06/03/2015 11:59:28 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

177072

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate his Department has made of numbers of applications to English universities in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20; and what effect the decision to remove student number controls in December 2013 has had on those estimates.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	222896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not estimate the number of applications to English universities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 222895 question first answered 06/03/2015 11:59:28 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

173794

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of successful applications to UK universities were made by British people from BME communities in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	220852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The latest available figures are shown in the table. The figures for 2014 entry will be published by UCAS on January 21<sup>st</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Accepted applicants from the UK to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK, by ethnic group</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Year of entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Numbers</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>424,634</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td><td><p>431,235</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td><td><p>407,391</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td><td><p>434,690</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>331,491</p></td><td><p>78.1</p></td><td><p>333,198</p></td><td><p>77.3</p></td><td><p>308,545</p></td><td><p>75.7</p></td><td><p>328,625</p></td><td><p>75.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>27,162</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>29,688</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>30,794</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>32,485</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>40,737</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>43,211</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>42,561</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>45,665</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>14,185</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>15,494</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>14,821</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>16,255</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,419</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>4,709</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>5,901</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>6,195</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>6,640</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>4,935</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>4,769</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>5,460</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: UCAS</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/01/2015 15:13:23 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

173150

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reduction in the student opportunity allocation on the ability of financially-disadvantaged students to access higher education.
tabling member constituency	Castle Point
tabling member printed	Rebecca Harris
uin	220479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>In the annual grant letters to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Government has made it clear that widening participation is a priority. Overall investment in widening participation through the Student Opportunity Fund and other sources increased from £977m in 2012-13 to £1,129m in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information from UCAS for the 2014 application cycle shows that the entry rate for the most disadvantaged has risen by 10% proportionately to 18.2%, the highest ever, making disadvantaged young people in England a third more likely to enter university in 2014 than five years ago.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/01/2015 11:49:10 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3948 label Biography information for Rebecca Harris

172472

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) UK and (ii) other EU students started undergraduate higher education courses in England in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of students starting higher education courses in academic year 2013/14 are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The data can be secured at the following link. <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish data on Higher Education entrants and enrolments for 2014/15 in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 220142 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:12:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172475

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many additional students entered higher education in 2014-15 as a result of the increase in the cap on student numbers announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of students starting higher education courses in academic year 2013/14 are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The data can be secured at the following link. <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish data on Higher Education entrants and enrolments for 2014/15 in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 220139 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:12:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham