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447165

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Higher Education: Student Numbers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students from England who have studied for higher education qualifications at (a) higher education institutions and (b) further education institutions in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the annual Statistical First Release (SFR) “Enrolments and Qualifications in Higher Education”, which is available at the following link: <a href="https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224" target="_blank">https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of English-domiciled students studying at Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish HEIs is presented in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>English-Domiciled Enrolments by Country of Institution</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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>Welsh HEIs</p></td><td><p>35,210</p></td><td><p>37,705</p></td><td><p>36,985</p></td><td><p>37,420</p></td><td><p>36,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish HEIs</p></td><td><p>24,010</p></td><td><p>23,805</p></td><td><p>23,480</p></td><td><p>22,535</p></td><td><p>23,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Irish HEIs</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Note: figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The step increase in the number of English enrolments at Northern Irish HEIs in 2014/15 is a result of the University of Ulster running business programmes at its London and Birmingham campuses.</p><p> </p><p>Information on students enrolled at Further Education Institutions in different UK countries is not collected by HESA and is available from the respective administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/02/2016 08:58:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447166

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: Grants
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 he has made of the cost to higher education budgets in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales of the replacement of maintenance grants with additional student loans, as a result of the Barnett formula.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>This reform in England reduces public sector net borrowing and was accounted for in the settlement for my department. Higher Education is a devolved matter and the Barnett formula was applied to the department’s Spending Review settlement in the usual way.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/02/2016 15:07:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447167

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of replacing maintenance grants on the ability of the Government to reach its target of doubling the proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education between 2009 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>An Equality Analysis of changes to the living costs support package for full-time students in 2016/17 was published on the GOV.UK website on 3<sup>rd</sup> December 2015. Ministers considered the evidence in the analysis to assess the impact on particular groups and to inform their decisions on changes to the student support system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/02/2016 15:38:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447168

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many higher education students from England were in receipt of maintenance grants for each of the last five years in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education in England</em>’.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for each of the last five academic years in: (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, and (c) Wales, can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants </strong><strong><sup>(1)</sup></strong><strong> awarded </strong><strong><sup>(2)</sup></strong><strong> to English applicants by country of provider</strong></p><p>Academic years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Academic year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Northern Ireland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Wales</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>5,400</p></td><td><p>14,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td><td><p>15,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>14,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation that the student has been registered on the course</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The step increase in the number of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants at Northern Ireland providers in 2014/15 is a result of the University of Ulster running business programmes at its London and Birmingham campuses.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/02/2016 08:55:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447170

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) statutory and (b) other guidance is available to higher education institutions on their duties under the Equality Act 2010 towards disabled students.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	23891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear legal responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support their students, including those with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has produced a range of guidance for institutions on their obligations under the Equality Act 2010, including technical guidance setting out the detail of the law.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance is also produced by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), a higher education sector body that supports equality and diversity for staff and students across the UK, including for disabled staff and students on managing “reasonable adjustments”. The ECU also published a report on the implications for institutions of the key issues contained in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/04/2016 08:17:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

447171

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Leisure and Retail Trade: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will takes steps to ban the practice in the retail and leisure sectors of sending employees home during their shift without notice.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	23893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>We encourage employers to be clear with their staff up front on how work will be structured. However, the way in which work is arranged, or how shifts are decided upon will depend on each situation and sector. A ‘one size fits all’ solution would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, Government publishes guidance. For instance, we recently considered the issue of late notice cancellation of shifts for those on zero hours contracts and have published updated guidance on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 23892 question first answered 02/02/2016 17:51:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

447172

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how long on average the Office of the Independent Adjudicator took to close a case in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	23865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator’s Annual Report (2014), which contains the latest published figures available, states that it took an average of 207 days to close a complaint from the time the student first submitted a complaint form. Provisional figures indicate that improvements have been made since then and the 2015 Annual Report is likely to show a significant reduction in this figure.</p><p> </p><p>The European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution, which came into force on 9 July 2015, now requires dispute resolution bodies such as the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) to issue complaint outcomes within 90 days of receiving the full complaint file, unless the case is highly complex. The OIA and other alternative dispute resolution bodies are required to report to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, which is monitoring compliance with the Directive.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 23866 question first answered 02/02/2016 17:55:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

447174

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
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 is taking to ensure that the Office of the Independent Adjudicator is able to send the complaint outcome to the complainant and member higher education provider within 90 days of the reviewer's determination that the file is complete.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	23866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator’s Annual Report (2014), which contains the latest published figures available, states that it took an average of 207 days to close a complaint from the time the student first submitted a complaint form. Provisional figures indicate that improvements have been made since then and the 2015 Annual Report is likely to show a significant reduction in this figure.</p><p> </p><p>The European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution, which came into force on 9 July 2015, now requires dispute resolution bodies such as the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) to issue complaint outcomes within 90 days of receiving the full complaint file, unless the case is highly complex. The OIA and other alternative dispute resolution bodies are required to report to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, which is monitoring compliance with the Directive.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 23865 question first answered 02/02/2016 17:55:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

447175

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the overall cost was of residential training for civil servants in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	23821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2016 10:07:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

447176

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the (a) potential merits and (b) cost to the public purse of extending the class 1 secondary national insurance contributions exemption for employees aged under 21 to include employees aged under 25.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	23846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to support young people into work. The existing Employer NICs relief for under 21 year olds recognises that the problem of youth unemployment is most acute for those at the youngest end of the scale. The Employer NICs relief for apprentices under 25 (to be introduced this April) focuses resources on those seeking to gain skills and experience through an apprenticeship to improve their employment prospects.</p><br /><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not routinely estimate the cost of extending tax or NICs reliefs, so an accurate assessment of the cost of extending the Employer NICs relief to all under 25s is not available. However, the Government keeps all taxes and tax reliefs under review as a matter of course. Any decision on extending these existing NICs reliefs would depend on whether this would offer value for money in helping young people find and stay in work.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/01/2016 11:38:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths