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1056047

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Computers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 213927, if he will make further financial assistance available to students already in receipt of the maximum amount of maintenance loan who are required to pay £200 in order to receive specialist computer hardware allocated to them under the Disabled Student Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	217449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>A basic computer is now a mainstream cost of study for all students, disabled or not.</p><p> </p><p>​We believe it is therefore reasonable for students to fund this £200 from their Maintenance Loan. Students from the lowest-income households who started their courses this year have access to the largest ever amounts of cash-in-hand support for their living costs.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/02/2019 16:57:23 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1130151

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Post-18 Education and Funding Review, whether he plans to increase the teaching grant that follows disadvantaged students.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Access and successful participation remain a priority for this government and is enshrined in the Higher Education and Research Act (2017). Everyone with the ability to succeed in higher education should have the opportunity, regardless of their background or where they grew up.</p><p>The government will consider the panel’s recommendations carefully and will conclude the review at the Spending Review. The government has not yet taken decisions with regards to the recommendations put forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 260574 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:12:04 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1130152

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Post-18 Education and Funding Review, what criteria his Department will use to determine whether a student is disadvantaged; and what level of support will be made available to those students.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	260574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Access and successful participation remain a priority for this government and is enshrined in the Higher Education and Research Act (2017). Everyone with the ability to succeed in higher education should have the opportunity, regardless of their background or where they grew up.</p><p>The government will consider the panel’s recommendations carefully and will conclude the review at the Spending Review. The government has not yet taken decisions with regards to the recommendations put forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 260573 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:12:04 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1082218

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Medicine: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of medical education per student in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228572 228573 228574 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082219

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Engineering: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of engineering education per student in higher education institutions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228573 228574 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082220

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Media: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of social media studies education per student in higher education in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228572 228574 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082222

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Dentistry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of dental education per student in higher education in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228572 228573 228575 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1082224

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Veterinary Medicine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost was of veterinary education per student in higher education in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	228575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>All undergraduate and postgraduate (taught and research) students receive upfront government funding to help cover the costs of their tuition fees and living expenses. The current amount of support they can receive for academic year 2018/19 and earlier years can be found on the Student Finance England website at: <a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/policy/</a>.</p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers also receive direct funding, in the form of a teaching grant, to help support the provision of those subjects where costs typically exceed the amount received through tuition fees. Subjects are assigned to price bands with higher-cost subjects, including medicine and most science, engineering and technology related subject receiving the highest rates of top-up funding. The funding rates for academic year 2018/19 can be found on the Office for Students website at: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/1448/ofs2018_21.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information on how funding has been allocated in earlier years by the former Higher Education Funding Council for England can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180319114434/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/annallocns/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 228571 228572 228573 228574 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:06:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1059056

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many higher education institutions have not published a student protection plan.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	219461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>All universities and other higher education providers that are registered with the Office for Students (OfS) have a student protection plan as a condition of registration, and they are expected to publish their plans.</p><p>That requirement applies to all those already registered and those seeking to register in the future. The OfS is currently checking the extent to which providers have published their plans to ensure all are publicly available.</p><p>The OfS currently has 301 higher education providers on its register. The registration process, as introduced for the first time in the Higher Education and Research Act, 2017, is ongoing and will be completed by August 2019.</p><p>Upon completion, the OfS will be able define the number of students covered by a student protection plan.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 219463 219464 question first answered 14/02/2019 11:05:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1059059

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of students not currently covered by a student protection plan.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	219463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>All universities and other higher education providers that are registered with the Office for Students (OfS) have a student protection plan as a condition of registration, and they are expected to publish their plans.</p><p>That requirement applies to all those already registered and those seeking to register in the future. The OfS is currently checking the extent to which providers have published their plans to ensure all are publicly available.</p><p>The OfS currently has 301 higher education providers on its register. The registration process, as introduced for the first time in the Higher Education and Research Act, 2017, is ongoing and will be completed by August 2019.</p><p>Upon completion, the OfS will be able define the number of students covered by a student protection plan.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 219461 219464 question first answered 14/02/2019 11:05:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner