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1418377

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Turing Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason Capita have been appointed to deliver the remainder of the Turing Scheme programme for the academic year 2021-22 starting in April 2022 rather than delivering that programme from the start of the academic year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	114892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The first year of the Turing Scheme is currently being delivered by the British Council and Ecorys under contractual arrangements that expire on 31 March 2022. A competitive procurement exercise was necessary to appoint a delivery partner for the remainder of the first year and for the second year of the programme. Capita has been appointed as the supplier to administer the completion of the first year of the Turing Scheme from April 2022 and the second year of the scheme until December 2023.</p><p>Bids for the Turing Scheme contract were evaluated on the answers to questions relating to quality and social value, compliance with a range of financial and corporate information tests, and cost. Bids were reviewed by a panel with knowledge relevant to the services required. Scores were moderated and weighted in line with the published evaluation model. The outcome of the panel review was taken to the Turing Scheme Procurement Board, and they approved the recommended outcome. Capita received the highest overall score and provided the best plan to continue opportunities for students to study and work abroad.</p><p>The costs for delivery of the contract have been agreed between Capita and the department. The use of continuous improvement is for the purpose of looking at how services can be improved without undermining Capita’s performance of the contract. It is common practice to consider how service improvements can improve service delivery efficiencies and where there are cost benefits of doing so, value for money will always be evaluated.</p><p>The department is currently working closely with the British Council, Ecorys and Capita to transfer all existing Turing Scheme projects granted funding and minimise any potential impact to the delivery of the first year of the programme. Until 1 April 2022, the British Council and Ecorys will continue to administer the scheme and will provide ongoing support for activities.</p><p>Beneficiaries will be contacted directly about next steps regarding ongoing support of their activities and should continue to communicate through the sector-specific helpdesk service if guidance or assistance is required.</p><p>We are confident that Capita have the capacity and skills to deliver the Turing Scheme. They have more than 35 years’ experience of supporting more than 180 local authorities and 21,000 schools, as well as being one of the largest IT providers to the UK education system. They will combine their capabilities in digital grants management, education, and complex programme management to deliver opportunities for students to study and work abroad.</p><p>In addition to preparations to transfer delivery of the first year of the Turing Scheme, the department is in continuous contact with Capita to plan for and receive updates on preparations for a successful launch of bids for the second year. I also personally met with Capita on Thursday 27 January, and they have assured me they are well prepared to administer the programme.</p><p>For the evaluation of the first year of the Turing Scheme, the department appointed IFF Research as its evaluation partner on 18 November 2021. Information regarding the appointment is available on the contracts finder service on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e4fc6e5f-13d3-4d01-a815-27a18ebe6a88" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e4fc6e5f-13d3-4d01-a815-27a18ebe6a88</a>.</p><p>In response to the buyer’s research board, the evaluation process and the data which will be required to support it has been approved by the research board and by the data protection team. The individual members of the research board are subject to data protection legislation and as such individual names cannot be released.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 114893 114894 114895 114896 114897 question first answered 07/02/2022 15:42:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415784

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of the use of non-disclosure agreements in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not use non-disclosure agreements with its employees.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 31/01/2022 16:41:15 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415785

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-disclosure agreements have been issued by his Department since February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department has entered into no non-disclosure agreements since February 2020. The department does not use non-disclosure agreements with its employees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 31/01/2022 16:40:08 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415786

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of rising numbers of meningitis-B cases amongst the student population.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>It has been a priority of this government to keep students in Higher Education as safe as possible during the COVID-19 outbreak and we have worked closely with the Department of Health and Social Care during this time. This continues as students return to the full programme of face-to-face teaching and learning that they received before the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The government is aware of the risks of communicable diseases in settings such as Higher Education, where large numbers of people mix closely in confined environments. The United Kingdom Health Security Agency has published a toolkit for Higher Education providers on vaccine preventable infectious diseases: <a href="https://khub.net/documents/135939561/174090192/MMR+MenACWY+and+coronovirus+vaccine+comms+toolkit+for+universities.pdf/6ec4e100-242b-4f5c-f1ea-bf88cace1ecb" target="_blank">https://khub.net/documents/135939561/174090192/MMR+MenACWY+and+coronovirus+vaccine+comms+toolkit+for+universities.pdf/6ec4e100-242b-4f5c-f1ea-bf88cace1ecb</a>.</p><p>This toolkit includes advice and links to free resources for providers to use with their students in order to protect their health and wellbeing, and it encourages students to be vaccinated against a range of infectious diseases, including meningitis, measles, mumps and COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110514 question first answered 31/01/2022 16:06:38 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415788

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Meningitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the rising number of meningitis-B cases amongst the student population.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>It has been a priority of this government to keep students in Higher Education as safe as possible during the COVID-19 outbreak and we have worked closely with the Department of Health and Social Care during this time. This continues as students return to the full programme of face-to-face teaching and learning that they received before the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The government is aware of the risks of communicable diseases in settings such as Higher Education, where large numbers of people mix closely in confined environments. The United Kingdom Health Security Agency has published a toolkit for Higher Education providers on vaccine preventable infectious diseases: <a href="https://khub.net/documents/135939561/174090192/MMR+MenACWY+and+coronovirus+vaccine+comms+toolkit+for+universities.pdf/6ec4e100-242b-4f5c-f1ea-bf88cace1ecb" target="_blank">https://khub.net/documents/135939561/174090192/MMR+MenACWY+and+coronovirus+vaccine+comms+toolkit+for+universities.pdf/6ec4e100-242b-4f5c-f1ea-bf88cace1ecb</a>.</p><p>This toolkit includes advice and links to free resources for providers to use with their students in order to protect their health and wellbeing, and it encourages students to be vaccinated against a range of infectious diseases, including meningitis, measles, mumps and COVID-19.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110513 question first answered 31/01/2022 16:06:38 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415789

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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 meetings he has had with the Office for Students ahead of the publication of their consultation on the new student outcomes approach.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department meets regularly with the Office for Students (OfS) and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education.</p><p>The OfS published consultations on improving the quality of higher education (HE) in England on 20 January. These set out the numerical thresholds which will underpin minimum acceptable student outcomes and how high quality provision will be recognised through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).</p><p>Our HE sector is world class but there are too many pockets of poor quality that let students down, particularly those from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.</p><p>In line with the government’s manifesto commitment and building upon our announcement last year to refocus universities’ access and participation plans on real social mobility, we are taking serious steps, with the OfS, to drive up the quality of HE across the sector and to tackle the unacceptable pockets of poor quality provision which do not offer value for money for the taxpayer or our students.</p><p>Universities and colleges not meeting these minimum expectations will face investigation and consideration of whether they are in breach of their registration conditions, which could lead to sanctions, including fines and reduced access to student finance. These minimum levels are just one factor the OfS will consider. As is currently the case, and as described in the consultation document, the OfS will continue to consider a provider’s wider context, including its student characteristics, before making any final decisions on compliance with registration conditions.</p><p>This government believes that every student, regardless of background, deserves quality and transparency from their university or provider about their course. These measures are about tackling low quality, and, through the TEF, rewarding high quality, and ensuring transparency which, overall, will maintain confidence in the HE sector.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110516 question first answered 31/01/2022 16:22:02 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415790

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
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 meetings he has had with the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education ahead of the publication of the Office for Students' consultation on the new student outcomes approach.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The department meets regularly with the Office for Students (OfS) and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education.</p><p>The OfS published consultations on improving the quality of higher education (HE) in England on 20 January. These set out the numerical thresholds which will underpin minimum acceptable student outcomes and how high quality provision will be recognised through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).</p><p>Our HE sector is world class but there are too many pockets of poor quality that let students down, particularly those from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.</p><p>In line with the government’s manifesto commitment and building upon our announcement last year to refocus universities’ access and participation plans on real social mobility, we are taking serious steps, with the OfS, to drive up the quality of HE across the sector and to tackle the unacceptable pockets of poor quality provision which do not offer value for money for the taxpayer or our students.</p><p>Universities and colleges not meeting these minimum expectations will face investigation and consideration of whether they are in breach of their registration conditions, which could lead to sanctions, including fines and reduced access to student finance. These minimum levels are just one factor the OfS will consider. As is currently the case, and as described in the consultation document, the OfS will continue to consider a provider’s wider context, including its student characteristics, before making any final decisions on compliance with registration conditions.</p><p>This government believes that every student, regardless of background, deserves quality and transparency from their university or provider about their course. These measures are about tackling low quality, and, through the TEF, rewarding high quality, and ensuring transparency which, overall, will maintain confidence in the HE sector.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110515 question first answered 31/01/2022 16:22:02 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415791

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Social Class
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of socio-economic background on the drop-out rate of first-year undergraduate students.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) publishes statistics across different aspects of the student lifecycle to help inform regulatory processes. The OfS Access and Participation dashboard shows how students from disadvantaged backgrounds perform across the following indicators:</p><ul><li>Continuation: the percentage of first year students who continue their studies after 12 months (full-time students) or 24 months (part-time students).</li><li>Attainment: the percentage of students who graduated with first or upper second-class degrees.</li><li>Progression: the percentage of students progressing to highly skilled employment or higher-level study.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Measures of disadvantage include Index of Multiple Deprivation and Participation of Local Areas, which are based on the neighbourhood that students lived in before starting their course. More information about these terms, as well as a user guide for the dashboard can be found here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/dashboard-user-guide/key-terms/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/dashboard-user-guide/key-terms/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110518 110519 question first answered 31/01/2022 15:59:01 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415792

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Social Class
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of socio-economic background on the graduation rate of undergraduate students.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) publishes statistics across different aspects of the student lifecycle to help inform regulatory processes. The OfS Access and Participation dashboard shows how students from disadvantaged backgrounds perform across the following indicators:</p><ul><li>Continuation: the percentage of first year students who continue their studies after 12 months (full-time students) or 24 months (part-time students).</li><li>Attainment: the percentage of students who graduated with first or upper second-class degrees.</li><li>Progression: the percentage of students progressing to highly skilled employment or higher-level study.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Measures of disadvantage include Index of Multiple Deprivation and Participation of Local Areas, which are based on the neighbourhood that students lived in before starting their course. More information about these terms, as well as a user guide for the dashboard can be found here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/dashboard-user-guide/key-terms/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/dashboard-user-guide/key-terms/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110517 110519 question first answered 31/01/2022 15:59:01 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1415793

registered interest
date	24/01/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Social Class
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of socio-economic background on the employment rate of recent undergraduate graduates.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	110519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>The Office for Students (OfS) publishes statistics across different aspects of the student lifecycle to help inform regulatory processes. The OfS Access and Participation dashboard shows how students from disadvantaged backgrounds perform across the following indicators:</p><ul><li>Continuation: the percentage of first year students who continue their studies after 12 months (full-time students) or 24 months (part-time students).</li><li>Attainment: the percentage of students who graduated with first or upper second-class degrees.</li><li>Progression: the percentage of students progressing to highly skilled employment or higher-level study.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Measures of disadvantage include Index of Multiple Deprivation and Participation of Local Areas, which are based on the neighbourhood that students lived in before starting their course. More information about these terms, as well as a user guide for the dashboard can be found here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/dashboard-user-guide/key-terms/" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/access-and-participation-data-dashboard/dashboard-user-guide/key-terms/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 110517 110518 question first answered 31/01/2022 15:59:01 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western