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860626

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date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Women of 22 February 2018, Official Report, column 328, when he plans to publish his assessment of the effect of period poverty on school absence rates; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	131983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>We have produced additional analysis of our absence data to look for evidence of period poverty by reviewing variations in absence rates by age, gender and free school meal status. We plan to publish our findings shortly. Information on the department’s pre-announced ad hoc statistics publications can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#contents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#contents</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2018 17:50:18 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

860648

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Architecture: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students taking architecture subjects at degree-level were from (a) the UK, (b) non-UK EU countries and (c) non-EU countries in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	132005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students studying at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including information on subject of study and country of domicile prior to study. The latest statistics refer to the academic year 2016/17 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the numbers of full-person-equivalent entrants to first degrees in architecture subjects by domicile by academic year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p>3,850</p></td><td><p>3,970</p></td><td><p>3,455</p></td><td><p>3,525</p></td><td><p>3,685</p></td><td><p>3,660</p></td><td><p>3,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EU</strong></p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>595</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-EU</strong></p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>855</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) 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.</p><p>2) Architecture is defined as principal Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) code K1. More information on JACS codes can be found on the HESA website here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p>3) All figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/03/2018 16:47:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

860693

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment on the effect of the changes to the eligibility of free school meals under universal credit and on child poverty in the North East of England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Our new criteria for free school meals eligibility will increase the number of children eligible for this vital benefit. We have not made specific regional assessments of the effect of these changes. Due to the generous protections we will provide, all children receiving free school meals at the point the threshold is introduced, and all those who gain eligibility as Universal Credit (UC) rolls out, will continue to receive free school meals until the end of UC rollout. After this point, those children who were protected – if they are still in school – will continue to be protected until the end of their phase of education. While we estimate around 50,000 children more will benefit from our proposals once UC rollout is complete, many more children again will benefit as a result of our transitional arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2018 15:36:00 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

860695

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
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 20 February 2018 to Question 128522, how many childcare providers in (a) the North East and (b) England (i) are and (ii) are not offering 30 hours free childcare without extra cost to parents that are eligible for that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold this information. Our statutory guidance is clear that government funding is intended to deliver 15 or 30 hours a week of free, high quality, flexible childcare. It is not intended to cover the costs of meals, other consumables, additional hours or additional services. Our statutory guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-education-and-childcare--2</a>.</p><p>We have restated our position on additional charges in the operational guidance for local authorities and providers. In this we are clear that providers should publish a statement of how they deliver the free entitlement and any additional charges for optional activities outside of the entitlement. This is to ensure that parents can make informed decisions on their choice of childcare. Our operational guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/30-hours-free-childcare-la-and-early-years-provider-guide</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2018 15:33:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

860724

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
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 mature students studying in higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	132081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on students studying at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The latest statistics refer to the academic year 2016/17 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/11-01-2018/sfr247-higher-education-student-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Studying later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers. While people most commonly enter higher education before the age of 21, a fifth of those studying in HEIs in England are aged over 30, showing that many people are able to use higher education to retrain or improve their skills later on in their careers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/03/2018 16:18:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

860727

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
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 ensure that people aged over 21 are (a) encouraged and (b) supported to access higher education in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	132084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Studying later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers.</p><p>Many mature students choose to study part-time. The government introduced up-front fee loans for eligible part-time students in 2012/13 to meet the full costs of their tuition. We are further enhancing the student finance package for part-time students by introducing maintenance loans, equivalent to full-time, in 2018/19. We also intend to extend the part-time maintenance loan to eligible students studying distance learning courses in 2019/20, subject to the development of a robust control regime to manage the particular risks and challenges associated with this mode of study.</p><p>Evidence shows that accelerated courses appeal particularly to mature students who want to retrain and enter the workplace more quickly than a traditional course would permit. We legislated in the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 to allow a specific fee cap to be set for accelerated degrees, removing a key barrier to their wider availability. We recently completed a public consultation about the provision of accelerated degree courses, and will respond later this year.</p><p>In our first guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), which sets out our priorities for access and participation plans for 2019/20, we asked the OfS to encourage higher education providers to consider the recruitment and support of mature learners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 132104 question first answered 15/03/2018 16:12:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

860731

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Haringey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupil exclusions have been recorded for the London Borough of Haringey in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2015 to 2016’ includes numbers and rates of exclusions. The full release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The local authority tables include exclusion information for Haringey, London and England and the underlying data files include exclusion information at national, regional and local authority level for the 2006/07 academic year and onwards.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 132089 question first answered 15/03/2018 17:40:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

860732

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil exclusion rate is for (a) Haringey (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2015 to 2016’ includes numbers and rates of exclusions. The full release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>The local authority tables include exclusion information for Haringey, London and England and the underlying data files include exclusion information at national, regional and local authority level for the 2006/07 academic year and onwards.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 132088 question first answered 15/03/2018 17:40:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

860747

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mature Students
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 ensure that people aged over 21 are encouraged and supported to access higher education.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	132104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Studying later in life can bring enormous benefits for individuals, the economy and employers.</p><p>Many mature students choose to study part-time. The government introduced up-front fee loans for eligible part-time students in 2012/13 to meet the full costs of their tuition. We are further enhancing the student finance package for part-time students by introducing maintenance loans, equivalent to full-time, in 2018/19. We also intend to extend the part-time maintenance loan to eligible students studying distance learning courses in 2019/20, subject to the development of a robust control regime to manage the particular risks and challenges associated with this mode of study.</p><p>Evidence shows that accelerated courses appeal particularly to mature students who want to retrain and enter the workplace more quickly than a traditional course would permit. We legislated in the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 to allow a specific fee cap to be set for accelerated degrees, removing a key barrier to their wider availability. We recently completed a public consultation about the provision of accelerated degree courses, and will respond later this year.</p><p>In our first guidance to the Office for Students (OfS), which sets out our priorities for access and participation plans for 2019/20, we asked the OfS to encourage higher education providers to consider the recruitment and support of mature learners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 132084 question first answered 15/03/2018 16:12:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

860773

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Warrington have recieved free school meals in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	132130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release’, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available in the Underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release, contained in file ‘SFR28_2017_Schools_Pupils_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase (column N), school type (column O), parliamentary constituency (column V), number of pupils taking a free school meal on census day (column EB) and Free School Meal eligibility (column ED).</p><p> </p><p>Information for earlier years (from 2010 onwards) can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 15/03/2018 16:05:22 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones