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416711

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Students: Loans
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 he plans to take to ensure that students from lower socio-economic groups are not disincentivised from applying to university by fear of increased debt when student maintenance grants are replaced by new maintenance loan support.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>We are increasing the overall amount of cash in hand we provide students to support the cost of living to the highest ever amount. For new full-time students starting their courses on or after 1 August 2016, maintenance grants will be replaced by maintenance loans. Eligible students on low incomes will qualify for a maximum maintenance loan that is 10.3% higher than the maximum maintenance grant and loan support available in 2015/16. Higher education remains free at the point of entry, with students able to fund their studies through loans which they only repay when they are earning above £21,000.</p><p>All institutions wishing to charge fees above the basic level must agree an Access Agreement with the independent Director of Fair Access. In July, the Director of Fair Access announced that he has approved 183 Access Agreements for 2016/17. Institutions expect to spend £745.5m on widening access in 2016/17, rising to £750.8m in 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 16:59:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416712

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Medicine: Education
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 encourage students from the lowest socio-economic groups to apply to study medicine.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Latest data from UCAS shows that the application rate to higher education for 18 years olds from disadvantaged backgrounds is at a record level. All institutions wishing to charge fees above the basic level must agree an Access Agreement with the independent Director of Fair Access (DFA) on their measures to widen access to higher education. This Government has extended the term of office for the current Director.</p><p>In his latest guidance to Institutions on how to produce access agreements the DFA has asked all Institutions with medical schools to consider the guidance on improving access to medical courses for those from lower socio-economic groups, developed by the Medical Schools Council and published in December 2014. The guidance from the medical schools council was developed in response to the Government call for more to be done to widen participation to medicine.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:26:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416713

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Medicine: Education
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 his Department has made of the change in the number of people applying to study medicine in 2014 relative to previous years; and if his Department will assess what effect (a) increases in tuition fees and (b) fear of increased debt may have on such applications.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information published by UCAS on the numbers of applications since 2009 is shown in the table. UCAS have not yet published comparable figures for 2015.</p><p>Medicine remains a very popular course that attracts many prospective students. There are no upfront fees and a progressive, income-contingent loan available for those applying for degrees.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Applications from UK domiciled applicants<sup>1</sup> to pre-clinical medicine</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Year of entry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><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>Applications</p></td><td><p>56,055</p></td><td><p>62,855</p></td><td><p>65,270</p></td><td><p>63,120</p></td><td><p>64,000</p></td><td><p>64,345</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: UCAS. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p>1. Each applicant can submit up to four applications for pre-clinical medicine. UCAS have not released figures showing the number of applicants who have made one or more applications to pre-clinical medicine.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/09/2015 11:55:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416714

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the removal of the cap on student numbers applies to (a) medical students and (b) the 7.5 per cent cap on UK medical school places for international students.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>For many years, the Government has controlled undergraduate entrant numbers to medicine and dentistry courses at university. The Grant letter of 29 January 2015 to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) said that, at this stage, the Government is retaining intake targets for undergraduates on medicine and dentistry courses, reflecting the high cost of this training to the public purse.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 17:00:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416715

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultation his Department plans to undertake on proposals to replace student maintenance grants with new maintenance loan support.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>A formal consultation process is not normally carried out when annual changes to higher education student support are introduced.</p><p>The Government expects to lay amendments to the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 before Parliament later this year which will bring changes to student support into effect for the 2016/17 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:27:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416716

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what impact assessment he has conducted on the proposal to replace student maintenance grants with new maintenance loan support.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	8629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects to lay amendments to the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 later this year and publish an Equality Analysis when the Regulations are laid. The Equality Analysis will include an assessment of potential impacts of the changes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2015 13:26:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416717

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Living Wage
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 has taken since the Summer Budget 2015 to assess and quantify the potential financial effect of the introduction of the National Living Wage on (a) publicly-funded social care and (b) other sectors.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	9071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government carried out an analysis of the impact of the National Living Wage, using a similar approach to that published by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which considered the implications at the business, sector and aggregate economy level.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish a full impact assessment for the introduction of the National Living Wage alongside the implementing regulations. These regulations will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 9072 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:33:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

416718

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Living Wage
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 took before the Summer Budget 2015 to assess and quantify the potential financial effect of the introduction of the National Living Wage on (a) publicly-funded social care and (b) other sectors.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	9072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government carried out an analysis of the impact of the National Living Wage, using a similar approach to that published by the Office for Budget Responsibility, which considered the implications at the business, sector and aggregate economy level.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish a full impact assessment for the introduction of the National Living Wage alongside the implementing regulations. These regulations will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 9071 question first answered 14/09/2015 16:33:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston