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date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund a UK-wide replacement for the Erasmus+ scheme if the UK cannot associate with the next programme in 2021–27.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL78
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The government places great value upon international exchange and collaboration in education and training. This will continue to be the case after we leave the EU and establish new relationships with academic institutions across Europe and the rest of the world.</p><p>If it is in the UK’s interests, we will seek to participate in specific EU programmes as a third country. While the regulations for future EU programmes are still in the process of being developed, the draft Political Declaration envisages the possibility of UK participation in EU programmes like Erasmus+ and the negotiation of general terms of participation. Officials are preparing for all eventualities and are considering a wide range of options with regard to the future of international exchange. These include potential domestic alternatives to the Erasmus+ programme for the 2020/21 academic year and beyond, should we need them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL79 question first answered 24/10/2019 15:19:12 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1139546

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what role they intend for the Office for Students to have in the provision of support to universities that have experienced difficulties in implementing policies to protect students from sexual harassment, bullying and threats of violence.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL17193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There is no place in our society, including within higher education, for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism.</p><p> </p><p>Higher education providers have clear responsibilities, including under the Equality Act (2010). They should have robust policies and procedures in place to comply with the law and to protect against violence, bullying, discrimination and harassment.</p><p> </p><p>The government has tasked the Office for Students (OfS) to tackle these important issues at a sector level and to make campuses places of tolerance for all students. The OfS was set up to champion students and it is right that they work closely with higher education providers on these issues.</p><p>The OfS and its predecessor body allocated £4.7 million for a safeguarding scheme to address harassment and hate crime in higher education, including 63 projects with a specific focus on sexual violence and misconduct.</p><p>The OfS has commissioned an external evaluation of this scheme and, in June this year, published its ’Catalyst for change’ report, attached, which includes recommendations for providers on how they can address the issue of hate crime, sexual violence and online harassment alongside a range of resources on their website. The OfS has held several conferences on harassment issues to support providers and share good practice. It will hold a series of roundtables in 2019-20 to examine key issues relating to student welfare and safeguarding, including reporting, monitoring and evaluation of approaches.</p><p>Ministers and officials in the department regularly meet the OfS, stakeholders and representative bodies about a range of student experience issues, including student safeguarding. This includes specific quarterly meetings with the OfS to discuss how to tackle harassment and hate crime within the sector.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the OfS to prioritise the tackling of all forms of harassment and hate crime in higher education.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL17194 question first answered 24/07/2019 11:52:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL17193_HL17194_Catalyst_for_change_report.pdf title HL17193_HL17194_Catalyst_for_change_report
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1139547

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when ministers last met representatives of the Office for Students to discuss the protection of students from sexual harassment, bullying and threats of violence at universities.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL17194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There is no place in our society, including within higher education, for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism.</p><p> </p><p>Higher education providers have clear responsibilities, including under the Equality Act (2010). They should have robust policies and procedures in place to comply with the law and to protect against violence, bullying, discrimination and harassment.</p><p> </p><p>The government has tasked the Office for Students (OfS) to tackle these important issues at a sector level and to make campuses places of tolerance for all students. The OfS was set up to champion students and it is right that they work closely with higher education providers on these issues.</p><p>The OfS and its predecessor body allocated £4.7 million for a safeguarding scheme to address harassment and hate crime in higher education, including 63 projects with a specific focus on sexual violence and misconduct.</p><p>The OfS has commissioned an external evaluation of this scheme and, in June this year, published its ’Catalyst for change’ report, attached, which includes recommendations for providers on how they can address the issue of hate crime, sexual violence and online harassment alongside a range of resources on their website. The OfS has held several conferences on harassment issues to support providers and share good practice. It will hold a series of roundtables in 2019-20 to examine key issues relating to student welfare and safeguarding, including reporting, monitoring and evaluation of approaches.</p><p>Ministers and officials in the department regularly meet the OfS, stakeholders and representative bodies about a range of student experience issues, including student safeguarding. This includes specific quarterly meetings with the OfS to discuss how to tackle harassment and hate crime within the sector.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the OfS to prioritise the tackling of all forms of harassment and hate crime in higher education.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL17193 question first answered 24/07/2019 11:52:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL17193_HL17194_Catalyst_for_change_report.pdf title HL17193_HL17194_Catalyst_for_change_report
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1133451

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children of working parents who qualify for free school meals.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL16486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Free school meals are aimed at families who are out of work, and those in work with low earnings. For further information on the qualifying criteria, I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 18 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-06-04/HL15975/" target="_blank">HL15975</a>, as attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 01/07/2019 11:39:29 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL16486_Reference_PQ_HL15975.pdf title HL16486_Reference_PQ_HL15975
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1132616

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount that will be contributed to the UK economy by students from overseas between 2019–20 and 2024–25.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL16394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Almost 460,000 international students chose to study at a UK higher education institution (HEI) in 2017/18. We have made no estimate of the number of overseas students that will attend UK HEIs between 2019-20 and 2024-25, or their contribution to the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>In the International Education Strategy, published in March 2019, the government set out its ambition to both increase the value of education exports to £35 billion per year and to increase the total number of international students hosted by UK universities to 600,000 by 2030, an increase of over 30%.</p><p> </p><p>We fully recognise the important contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education sector, both economically and culturally. They bring greater diversity to university and college campuses, an international dimension to the experience of all students, stimulate demand for courses, and add to the UK’s impressive research capacity. They are also an important source of income for our education sector. International students at UK HEIs contributed an estimated £11.9 billion to the UK economy in 2016 through tuition fees and living expenditure.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL16395 question first answered 26/06/2019 13:13:12 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1132617

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many overseas students they estimate will attend UK universities between 2019–20 and 2024–25.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL16395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Almost 460,000 international students chose to study at a UK higher education institution (HEI) in 2017/18. We have made no estimate of the number of overseas students that will attend UK HEIs between 2019-20 and 2024-25, or their contribution to the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>In the International Education Strategy, published in March 2019, the government set out its ambition to both increase the value of education exports to £35 billion per year and to increase the total number of international students hosted by UK universities to 600,000 by 2030, an increase of over 30%.</p><p> </p><p>We fully recognise the important contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education sector, both economically and culturally. They bring greater diversity to university and college campuses, an international dimension to the experience of all students, stimulate demand for courses, and add to the UK’s impressive research capacity. They are also an important source of income for our education sector. International students at UK HEIs contributed an estimated £11.9 billion to the UK economy in 2016 through tuition fees and living expenditure.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL16394 question first answered 26/06/2019 13:13:12 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton