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456132

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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 he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the number of students applying to study at higher education institutions in (a) Glasgow, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	29023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/03/2016 09:46:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

417171

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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 his Department is taking to encourage students from low-income backgrounds to access higher education; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>More young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are applying to higher education than ever before. 18 year olds from the most disadvantaged areas were 72% more likely to apply to higher education in 2015 than in 2006.</p><p>Since 2012, institutions have been required to take more responsibility for widening participation. Institutions wishing to charge fees above the basic rate must have Access Agreements agreed by independent Director of Fair Access. The amounts institutions expect to spend on widening access through these agreements are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amount</p><p>£m</p></td><td><p>718.8</p></td><td><p>745.4</p></td><td><p>741.6</p></td><td><p>746.2</p></td><td><p>750.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocates funding to institutions to help with the additional costs of recruiting and supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds through the Student Opportunity Allocation. In 2015/16, HEFCE is allocating £364.2m to institutions through the Allocation. In recent grant letters, Ministers have asked HEFCE to prioritise widening participation in their decisions about allocating funding from their block grant.</p><p>Through the Student Opportunity Allocation, the Government has provided £22 million seed-corn funding for the establishment of national networks of collaborative outreach, across 2014-15 and 2015-16. The networks bring together universities to provide a single point of contact for schools and colleges to find out about outreach opportunities for their students and to access information about higher education. There are 35 local and three national networks involving 200 universities and further education colleges. They are reaching 4,300 secondary schools and colleges. From 2016 onwards, funding will be provided by universities themselves.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 9135 question first answered 14/09/2015 13:23:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

417177

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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, if his Department will make an assessment of the likely effect of the abolition of student maintenance grants on widening participation in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects to lay amendments to the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 later this year and publish an Equality Analysis when the Regulations are laid. The Equality Analysis will include an assessment of the potential impacts of the changes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/09/2015 15:57:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

417192

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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 funding his Department has allocated to encourage students from low-income backgrounds to access higher education in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>More young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are applying to higher education than ever before. 18 year olds from the most disadvantaged areas were 72% more likely to apply to higher education in 2015 than in 2006.</p><p>Since 2012, institutions have been required to take more responsibility for widening participation. Institutions wishing to charge fees above the basic rate must have Access Agreements agreed by independent Director of Fair Access. The amounts institutions expect to spend on widening access through these agreements are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amount</p><p>£m</p></td><td><p>718.8</p></td><td><p>745.4</p></td><td><p>741.6</p></td><td><p>746.2</p></td><td><p>750.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocates funding to institutions to help with the additional costs of recruiting and supporting students from disadvantaged backgrounds through the Student Opportunity Allocation. In 2015/16, HEFCE is allocating £364.2m to institutions through the Allocation. In recent grant letters, Ministers have asked HEFCE to prioritise widening participation in their decisions about allocating funding from their block grant.</p><p>Through the Student Opportunity Allocation, the Government has provided £22 million seed-corn funding for the establishment of national networks of collaborative outreach, across 2014-15 and 2015-16. The networks bring together universities to provide a single point of contact for schools and colleges to find out about outreach opportunities for their students and to access information about higher education. There are 35 local and three national networks involving 200 universities and further education colleges. They are reaching 4,300 secondary schools and colleges. From 2016 onwards, funding will be provided by universities themselves.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 9131 question first answered 14/09/2015 13:23:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

390164

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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, if he will make representations to UCAS on releasing anonymised individual data on applications and admissions to universities for the purpose of research on access to higher education.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	7408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>We encourage organisations holding relevant data, including the Higher Education Statistics Agency, UCAS, HEFCE and the Student Loans Company, to make it publicly available so it can be analysed and re-presented in a variety of formats to help students make informed choices about higher education.</p><p>I have asked the Chief Executive of UCAS, Mary Curnock Cook, to look into this and reply to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 24/07/2015 08:44:17 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

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

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

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