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808882

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities Superannuation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to analysis from the University and Colleges Union on changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme, what assessment he has made of any potential reductions in the pensions of university staff.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	119991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous institutions and they are responsible for their own pension provision. Government has no role in relation to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) beyond regulation as is applied to all workplace pension schemes by The Pensions Regulator.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Secretary of State nor the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation has discussed the USS with Universities UK (UUK) or the University and College Union (UCU). Officials have sought updates from UUK on the latest developments regarding the USS. These were informal discussions and there were no outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The department has made no assessment of the impact of the proposed changes to the USS, and believes it would be inappropriate to comment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/12/2017 16:54:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

790032

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Children in 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 13 November 2017 to Question 112004, how many of the 14 requests for direct admission to an academy relating to a looked-after child were granted.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	113347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Sefton Central to the answer I gave on 20 November 2017 to 112985: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=112985" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=112985</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/11/2017 17:21:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

777795

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what targets she has for exports in education in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>A target to increase the value of education exports to £30bn by 2020 was set by the previous government. The target is rightly ambitious and the Department for Education remains committed to working with the rest of government and the sector to driving progress towards achieving it.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to support growth in UK education exports, including through the work of the team dedicated to education exports in the Department for International Trade (DIT). They have recently announced the establishment of a DIT Education Sector Advisory Board, chaired by my hon. Friend for Wyre Forest (Bill Esterson), which will support the aspirations of the sector internationally.</p><p> </p><p>The Government actively promotes study in the UK through the GREAT Campaign and through the British Council, which promotes the UK in over 100 countries. The UK attracts high numbers of overseas students, second only to the USA in terms of our market share, and there continues to be no limit to the number who can come here to study.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/11/2017 14:43:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

777083

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of educational exports from the UK was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the estimated total value of UK education-related exports and transnational education activity for the last five years with available data. Estimates for 2015 and 2016 are currently unavailable.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK revenue from education related exports and repatriated income from transnational education activities, 2010 to 2014, current prices.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£15.8 bn</p></td><td><p>£16.8 bn</p></td><td><p>£17.3 bn</p></td><td><p>£17.9 bn</p></td><td><p>£18.7 bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Education Research Report, July 2017, UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity 2010-2014</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/11/2017 12:03:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

777084

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students from (a) India, (b) Nigeria, (c) Germany, (d) France, (e) Ireland, (f) Greece, (g) Saudi Arabia and (h) Poland have studied in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions. The number of student enrolments from the requested countries in the latest three academic years for which data are available has been provided in the table below. Statistics for the academic year 2016/17 will come available from HESA in January 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Higher Education Enrolments by Country of Domicile </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK Higher Education Institutions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Years 2013/14 to 2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Year </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>India</strong></p></td><td><p>19,750</p></td><td><p>18,320</p></td><td><p>16,745</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nigeria</strong></p></td><td><p>18,020</p></td><td><p>17,920</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Germany </strong></p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>13,675</p></td><td><p>13,425</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>France</strong></p></td><td><p>11,500</p></td><td><p>11,955</p></td><td><p>12,525</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ireland </strong></p></td><td><p>11,490</p></td><td><p>10,905</p></td><td><p>10,245</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greece </strong></p></td><td><p>10,670</p></td><td><p>10,130</p></td><td><p>9,790</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Saudi Arabia</strong></p></td><td><p>9,060</p></td><td><p>8,595</p></td><td><p>8,570</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Poland</strong></p></td><td><p>5,200</p></td><td><p>5,245</p></td><td><p>5,655</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: HESA student record</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Numbers rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</li><li>Numbers include all modes, levels and across all years of study.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/11/2017 09:59:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758124

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	9003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department publishes information on its services on GOV.UK. This content meets legal accessibility requirements and can be read by assistive technology.</p><p> </p><p>Documents published by the department can be requested in an alternative format in line with the Equalities Act 2010, this includes British Sign Language.</p><p> </p><p>The Department can also engage with correspondence from individuals using British Sign Language if that is the preferred format.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to ensuring young people who use British Sign Language gain the skills they need. In January 2017, we announced that for the first time, British Sign Language will be accepted as an alternative qualification to functional skills in English for apprentices where BSL is their first language.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/09/2017 09:09:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

749378

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to introduce legislative proposals on grammar schools.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer provided on 27 June to Question number 128.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2017 14:47:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

749379

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on the educational outcomes of children of an entrance exam to some state schools at the age of 10 or 11.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	3328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>We have not assessed the effects of the entrance exam itself on the educational outcomes of children.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2017 14:48:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson