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1167626

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Textbooks: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provided guidance to the authors of the Pearson Edexcel textbook, The Middle East: Conflict, Crisis and Change, before publication of that book.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	8223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The content of textbooks is a matter for individual publishers. The Department is aware concerns have been raised about this textbook and that Pearson has launched an independent review and will take action if necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2019 16:24:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1142071

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Higher Education
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 encourage more working class young people to take up STEM subjects at university.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	282286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>To maintain a dynamic and growing economy, the government is committed to tackling science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills shortages. The department is encouraging more students into STEM education and training, at all stages, from primary school to higher education (HE).</p><p>To support more students to take STEM subjects at university, the government has increased investment in maths and digital subjects within schools, including a new post-16 maths premium and a new £84 million programme to improve the teaching of computing. Both of these initiatives aim to increase the number of young people taking these subjects, from all backgrounds.</p><p>This school-level investment programme is complemented by increasing efforts from the university sector to encourage more disadvantaged students to enter HE. The Office for Students (as the regulator for HE in England) has a duty to promote equality of opportunity in relation to access and participation in HE. In 2018, 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds were proportionally 52% more likely to enter full-time HE than in 2009.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/09/2019 07:09:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1142072

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many women have started courses in STEM subjects at university in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	282287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled in higher education in the UK. Statistics broken down by subject area and sex are available in Figure 14 of the Statistical Bulletin published in January 2019, which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-01-2019/sb252-higher-education-student-statistics/subjects" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-01-2019/sb252-higher-education-student-statistics/subjects</a>.</p><p>Over the academic years 2013-14 to 2017-18, the number of female entrants to science subjects in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) has increased by 10% from 218,375 to 240,285. The number of male entrants to science subjects in UK HEIs has increased by 4% from 196,960 to 204,065.</p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li><li>Science subjects are defined by HESA as subject groups A to K under the JACS3 classification: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed</a>.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</li></ul> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/09/2019 07:05:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1060048

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Engineering: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of young people taking engineering qualifications (a) before and (b) after the 2018 Year of Engineering.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	220178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>At GCSE, the majority of students study mathematics and science, and entries to computer science continue to rise quicker than for any other subject. In 2018, 32,879 pupils aged 16-18 entered A level physics and 82,070 entered A levels in mathematics (including all mathematics subjects). Computer science A level saw the biggest increase in entries for any A level subject in 2018, up 26% (to 9,506) since the previous year. 780 pupils aged 16-18 entered an applied general qualification in engineering, 1,238 entered a Tech level in engineering, 2,319 entered a Tech certificate in engineering, and 7,929 entered a level 2 vocational qualification in engineering.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early to assess the impact that the Year of Engineering has had on the take-up of engineering qualifications. However, it is positive that the Government’s broader science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes are having a positive impact on STEM progression, and the Department hopes that the efforts of the year will continue to add to this positive trend.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2019 14:12:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1060049

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage more young women to consider entering careers in STEM.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	220179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government announced substantial spending commitments in the Autumn Budget 2017 on maths, digital and technical education. The Department is funding programmes to increase the take-up and better teaching of maths, science and computing in schools. These include a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching and the advanced maths premium, to encourage more schools and colleges to teach pupils maths post 16.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to addressing low female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and, in particular, improving girls’ take-up of maths, computing and physics. Not all STEM subjects have a gender imbalance, and entries by girls to science A levels have increased by 14,822 (27%) comparing 2010 to 2018. However, physics take-up is notably low and the Department has invested in the Stimulating Physics Network, which has a programme dedicated to increasing the number of girls studying physics A level.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will be launching a Gender Balance in Computing Pilot Programme, to identify effective interventions that schools can implement to improve girls’ take-up of computer science GCSE and A level, as part of the £84 million investment to improve teaching of computing and drive up participation in computer science.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has committed to improving STEM careers advice in schools. The Government’s careers strategy asks that STEM experiences, such as with employers and apprenticeships, are built into school career programmes. The Department is also funding at least 500 Careers Leader training bursaries for schools and colleges in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and doubling the number of Careers Hubs from 20 to 40 in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting the STEM Ambassadors programme, a nationwide network of over 30,000 volunteers from a wide range of employers. STEM Ambassadors, 44% of whom are women, engage with young people to increase their interest and awareness of the range of careers that STEM qualifications offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/02/2019 17:42:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1015556

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
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 tackle the provision of essay mill services.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	196192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The use of companies that sell bespoke essays to students who submit them as their own work undermines the reputation of the sector and devalues the hard work of those succeeding on their own merit. We are currently focussing on non-legislative options to address this problem, but remain open to the future need for legislation, and will continue to investigate all options available. We should only legislate where it is absolutely necessary. The government’s preferred approach is to tackle this issue through a sector-led initiative, which is why the department has worked with Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Universities UK and the National Union of Students to publish guidance last October for all UK Universities on how best to tackle contract cheating.</p><p>Time is needed to fully evaluate the effectiveness of the new guidance and this is underway. The QAA is running a series of seminars to evaluate how the sector is using the guidance.</p><p>Officials are also working closely with the QAA on proposals for a UK Centre for Academic Integrity that would help the UK government and the higher education sector to better understand the scale of the problem and identify new ways to tackle the issue.</p><p>Through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, we have given the Office for Students the power to take action if higher education providers are found to be, in any way, complicit in cheating. This includes imposing fines or ultimately de-registration, the highest possible punishment. We expect Vice-Chancellors to play their part by adopting robust anti plagiarism and cheating policies which exclude students who use essay mills and by tackling the advertising of these services in their institutions.</p><p>We welcome the swift action YouTube took to remove videos containing adverts promoting the EduBirdie essay-writing service, in response to recent the BBC Trending investigation on academic cheating, in which it was made very clear that YouTube had a moral responsibility to take action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 196194 question first answered 05/12/2018 14:30:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1015566

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
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 tackle the increase in essay mill services.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	196194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The use of companies that sell bespoke essays to students who submit them as their own work undermines the reputation of the sector and devalues the hard work of those succeeding on their own merit. We are currently focussing on non-legislative options to address this problem, but remain open to the future need for legislation, and will continue to investigate all options available. We should only legislate where it is absolutely necessary. The government’s preferred approach is to tackle this issue through a sector-led initiative, which is why the department has worked with Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), Universities UK and the National Union of Students to publish guidance last October for all UK Universities on how best to tackle contract cheating.</p><p>Time is needed to fully evaluate the effectiveness of the new guidance and this is underway. The QAA is running a series of seminars to evaluate how the sector is using the guidance.</p><p>Officials are also working closely with the QAA on proposals for a UK Centre for Academic Integrity that would help the UK government and the higher education sector to better understand the scale of the problem and identify new ways to tackle the issue.</p><p>Through the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, we have given the Office for Students the power to take action if higher education providers are found to be, in any way, complicit in cheating. This includes imposing fines or ultimately de-registration, the highest possible punishment. We expect Vice-Chancellors to play their part by adopting robust anti plagiarism and cheating policies which exclude students who use essay mills and by tackling the advertising of these services in their institutions.</p><p>We welcome the swift action YouTube took to remove videos containing adverts promoting the EduBirdie essay-writing service, in response to recent the BBC Trending investigation on academic cheating, in which it was made very clear that YouTube had a moral responsibility to take action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 196192 question first answered 05/12/2018 14:30:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882235

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to aid the development of the Integrated Communities Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Education has a crucial role to play in promoting integration, and widening opportunities for all communities. Schools, in particular, are at the heart of our communities, bringing families from all walks of life together. We know that many schools already successfully create inclusive environments but we want to ensure this is the case for all schools and other types of education settings.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper, we announced a strengthened package of support for schools, and measures to deliver quality education across all settings, for all groups. We will support schools to increase the diversity of their pupil intakes, by developing model admission arrangements; and will strengthen expectations for all new free schools to show how they improve integration further. Our measures aimed at boosting local capacity to identify and tackle concerns in out-of-school settings; and our consultation on strengthened guidance and wider call for evidence on issues connected with elective home education, will support better quality education provision outside of schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/04/2018 14:16:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865201

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that prospective undergraduates understand the potential effect of their choice of course on their prospects post-graduation.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The department is working to make destinations and outcomes data more accessible to prospective students, to help them compare opportunities and make informed choices about where and what to study.</p><p> </p><p>On the 12 March 2018, I announced an Open Data Competition. It will use government data on higher education providers so that tech companies and coders can create websites to help prospective students decide where to apply. This competition will build on the government’s Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) dataset, which gives information on employment and salaries after graduation.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has requested that the Office for Students include LEO data on the Unistats website as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/03/2018 16:37:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

865223

registered interest
date	16/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Vocational Guidance
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 improve careers advice for pupils with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	133090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy, published in December 2017, sets out a long-term plan to build a careers system that will help young people and adults choose the career that is right for them.</p><p>The careers strategy contains a number of proposals to improve careers advice for pupils with special educational needs, including:</p><ul><li>A good practice guide for schools and colleges by The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) and the Gatsby Foundation.</li><li>Funding for the Education and Training Foundation to provide professional development for practitioners working with these young people.</li><li>Funding for training and materials for post-16 providers to help them design and tailor study programmes which offer a pathway to employment for these learners.</li><li>Training for Enterprise Advisers (senior volunteers from business who support schools with their careers programme) so they are confident helping people with special educational needs and disabilities.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Later this year we will be funding grants to establish good practice in innovative ways of working with young people with special educational needs and their parents to inspire them to look at a broader range of careers and further education options.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2018 16:40:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy