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479497

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	Zika Virus: Research
	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 help support research into the Zika virus.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	James Heappey
	uin	31598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>In February we allocated £1 million from the Government’s Global Challenges Research Fund to help urgently tackle the Zika virus; the Medical Research Council (MRC) received over 100 applications for support through its Rapid Response Initiative. To meet this demand, in March we committed up to an additional £2 million, with a further £1 million from the Wellcome Trust, bringing the total that was available up to a maximum of £4 million of funding.</p><p>Today, the MRC has announced that it has allocated c. £3.2 million of this funding to tackle the emerging and unknown threats of this virus. Our commitment to protect the science budget in real terms to the end of the Parliament means we can react quickly to help tackle these life-threatening global challenges.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 11:26:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4528 label Biography information for James Heappey

417188

	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	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what public funding has been allocated to support the Astrea programme; what applications for funds for that programme his Department has received and under which Government programmes; and what plans he has for future funding of that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has provided grant support of £32M to support three programmes; ASTRAEA 1 and 2 and 3A since 2006.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the ASTRAEA consortium applied for additional support for a £55M collaborative programme via the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), requesting a £26M grant. The application was not approved.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the ASTRAEA consortium and the wider Unmanned Air Vehicle community on how best to support the development of this market and will consider requests for funding support that deliver value for money for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/09/2015 15:55:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

522011

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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	University of Sunderland: Overseas Students
	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 benefits of international students at the University of Sunderland to the economy of Sunderland in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	38878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>In the Government’s International Education Strategy, published in July 2013, the value of international higher education students to the UK was valued at £9.7bn. Information for Sunderland-specifically is not available.</p><p>The international education strategy can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/06/2016 10:33:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

418105

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	University of Central Lancashire
	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 students studying at the University of Central Lancashire received hardship grants in the 2015-16 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	9764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Since 2014-15 funding to support students in hardship has been incorporated into the Student Opportunities allocation. Information on the Student Opportunities allocations in the 2015-16 academic year is not yet available. Monitoring returns from institutions on the use of the Student Opportunities Fund for the 2014-15 academic year will be submitted to the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) in the first quarter of 2016 and will tell us how what proportion of the Fund was delivered as hardship payments to students. Information for 2015-16 will not be available until the first quarter of 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/09/2015 13:45:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

456010

	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	Universities: Taxation
	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 implications for UK universities of the proposal for a £1,000 a year levy on all businesses employing skilled non-EU staff.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	29015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on the rate and scope of the Immigration Skills Charge. In advance of finalising the regulations that will introduce the charge from April 2017, we will take account of evidence about the likely impact on different types of organisation, including universities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/03/2016 11:53:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 49028 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

458404

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	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	Universities: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research has been undertaken by (a) the Government, (b) HEFCE, (c) the HE Academy and (d) other government-funded agencies on the relationship between levels of casualised, non-permanent university teaching staff and teaching quality.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	30382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>On teaching, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) produced a literature review ‘Shifting academic careers: implications for enhancing professionalism in teaching and supporting learning’ published in 2014. We have also asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to look into the contractual status of academic staff to investigate how this could be measured and potentially feed into Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessments for future years.</p><p> </p><p>On research, ‘The Impact of Doctoral Careers’ (2014) was funded by RCUK, HEFCE and HEFCW.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 30384 question first answered 16/03/2016 11:48:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 50812 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

458406

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	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	Universities: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department or its funded agencies has carried out on the effect on academic careers of non-permanent teaching and research posts in UK universities.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	30384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>On teaching, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) produced a literature review ‘Shifting academic careers: implications for enhancing professionalism in teaching and supporting learning’ published in 2014. We have also asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to look into the contractual status of academic staff to investigate how this could be measured and potentially feed into Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessments for future years.</p><p> </p><p>On research, ‘The Impact of Doctoral Careers’ (2014) was funded by RCUK, HEFCE and HEFCW.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 30382 question first answered 16/03/2016 11:48:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 50813 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

518141

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	Universities: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with higher education institutions about the potential effect of changes in the level of university teaching staff on casual employment contracts on the quality of teaching.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	36885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have had no such direct discussions with higher education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2016 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Grant letter we asked HEFCE to look into the two issues of (a) the contractual status of academic staff and (b) teaching intensity/weighted contact hours across different subjects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 10:00:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

518142

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	Universities: Staff
	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 staff were employed on (a) fixed-term and (b) atypical contracts at UK universities in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	36886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on academic staff employed at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of staff employed on fixed-term and atypical contracts in each of the last five years are presented in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Staff on Fixed-Term and Atypical Contracts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Fixed-term Contracts</p></td><td><p>Atypical Contracts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>70,035</p></td><td><p>75,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>69,415</p></td><td><p>75,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>65,990</p></td><td><p>74,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>65,710</p></td><td><p>82,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>60,320</p></td><td><p>78,340</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: HESA Staff Record Note: Figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 09:49:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

513187

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2016
	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	Universities: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Universities UK on reviewing the Zellick guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	34205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government asked Universities UK to establish a taskforce to explore what more can be done by the higher education sector to prevent, and respond effectively, to incidents of violence and sexual harassment against women, hate crimes and other forms of harassment. The taskforce is expected to report its findings in the autumn.</p><p>To date Universities UK have received 59 written representations from universities, plus additional evidence from a wide range of agencies and organisations.</p><p>Universities UK has published an update of the recent taskforce meeting, which addressed the Zellick guidelines. The Government looks forward to receiving the taskforce’s final report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 34183 34204 question first answered 22/04/2016 15:42:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland