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459286

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date	10/03/2016
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	Education: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what change there has been to the number of deaf people achieving further and higher education qualifications in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	30611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes information on students enrolled at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of Higher Education qualifications achieved by deaf or hearing-impaired students at HEIs in England in the past five years is presented in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Qualifications Achieved by Deaf or Hearing-Impaired Students by Academic Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>English Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualifications Achieved</p></td><td><p>1,445</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>1,295</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: BIS Analysis of HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Deafness and hearing-impairment based on self-declaration by the student</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) collects and publishes information on learners achieving Further Education and Skills qualifications. The number of FE and Skills qualifications achieved by deaf or hearing-impaired learners at Further Education Colleges in England in the past five years is presented in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Qualifications Achieved by Deaf or Hearing-Impaired Students by Academic Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>English Further Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualifications Achieved</p></td><td><p>20,690</p></td><td><p>20,720</p></td><td><p>23,850</p></td><td><p>23,990</p></td><td><p>21,530</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: Skills Funding Agency Individualised Learner Record</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 10</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Deafness and hearing-impairment based on self-declaration by the learner</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:17:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 51587 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

459416

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are issued to providers of NHS services on marketing of NHS services alongside private services.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	30609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>A code of practice for the promotion of National Health Service-funded services was published in March 2008 and no further guidance has been produced since then. With regard to use of the NHS Trademark (logo) the NHS Identity guidelines:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>set out how the NHS Trademark can and cannot be used.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/03/2016 16:24:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

459417

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Lipreading: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of lipreading and managing hearing loss classes available; and if he will ask Public Health England to investigate the availability of such classes.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	30610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills supports lipreading, British Sign Language (BSL) and managing hearing loss provision in England through the Adult Education Budget (AEB). Colleges and training providers have the freedom and flexibility to determine how they use their AEB, working with Local Enterprise Partnerships and local commissioners to determine the appropriate distribution of funding to best meet the needs of their local learners and businesses, this includes both lip reading and BSL qualifications where there is a local need for these.</p><p> </p><p>It is not Public Health England’s role to investigate the availability of lip reading and managing hearing loss classes. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is leading a review of the market for BSL and communication support for people who are deaf, deafblind or have a hearing loss. DWP is currently analysing the feedback received from a consultation on <em>Communications for people who are deaf or have hearing loss: market review</em> which ran from 4 January to 4 March.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/03/2016 16:23:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

456566

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Wheelchairs: West Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will encourage NHS England and NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group to provide a response to the letter of 24 September 2015 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on wheelchair provision in West Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	29143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Letters to and from<del class="ministerial"> the National Health Service</del> <ins class="ministerial">NHS England </ins>to hon. Members are a matter for NHS England. The Department would expect NHS England<ins class="ministerial">, and indeed clinical commissioning groups,</ins> to respond promptly and courteously to all letters from hon. Members.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/03/2016 14:46:35 question first ministerially corrected 11/03/2016 09:51:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 49268 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper