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390151

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2015 to Question 2127, how many Growth Vouchers were not redeemed by the deadline of 30 June; and what the total value was of those unredeemed vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>13,199 vouchers have not been redeemed, which have a total maximum value of £26,398,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 15:16:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390152

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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, if he will publish an updated assessment of the RAB charge taking into account announcements in the Summer Budget 2015; and what estimate he has made since that Budget on the level of RAB charge in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The RAB charge is an estimate and will always fluctuate. Switching grants to loans increases the aggregated RAB charge. We are consulting on freezing the repayment threshold, which may mean that overall the RAB charge would reduce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department publishes an updated estimate of the RAB charge each year, close to the time of the publication of BIS accounts. The most recent estimate of the 15/16 RAB charge was published on 14 July 2015. The estimate, together with an updated simplified version of the model for calculating the RAB charge can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/stepmodel" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/stepmodel</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An updated assessment of the RAB charge will be published next summer alongside BIS accounts for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 15:20:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390153

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) examined on the potential effects of announcements in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of students (i) applying to and (ii) taking up places at universities.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The growth in student numbers since 2012, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, suggests that students are not deterred from entering Higher Education when asked to bear more of the cost of their study.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:26:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390154

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast his Department or its agencies has made of the number of (a) applications to and (b) numbers taking up places at universities in each of the next five years; and whether those forecasts have been changed as a result of announcements in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not forecast the number of applications to universities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of planning Government expenditure and financial transactions, and prior to the summer budget, the Department agreed with the Office for Budget Responsibility the full-time Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)-fundable undergraduate entrant scenario shown in the table below. This scenario takes into account the projected decline in the young population. The actual number of new entrants will depend on the decisions of applicants and institutions. The Government does not expect the student finance announcements made at the Budget to affect the general trend we have seen of rising student numbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table</strong>: HEFCE-fundable full-time undergraduate entrant forecasts</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entrants</p></td><td><p>370,000</p></td><td><p>380,000</p></td><td><p>386,000</p></td><td><p>389,000</p></td><td><p>390,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:25:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390155

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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) formal and (b) informal support is being provided by the Government to the local enterprise partnership network.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided funding of £78k to the Local Enterprise Partnership Network to cover some of their operational costs in 2015-16. Together with a contribution of £5k from each of the 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships, this funding helps to facilitate best-practice sharing and communications between Local Enterprise Partnerships. There is a strong relationship and regular dialogue between the Local Enterprise Partnership Network and Government.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 15:15:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390156

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
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 and what proportion of staff of his Department were based in each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	7522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The number and proportion of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff based in each region of the UK (as shown on the BIS staff database) as at 31 March 2015 was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2065</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to a change in the database used to capture staff information it is not possible to provide data for previous years within the timescale.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 16:46:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

390157

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Innovation and Science
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) provision he has made and (b) guidance he plans to issue on the development of Science and Innovation Audits in areas which are part of more than one local enterprise partnership.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 July 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-09/6482/" target="_blank">6482</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:00:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390161

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Overseas Students
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 net economic contribution of non-EU university students to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	7467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s International Education Strategy, published in July 2013, the value of international higher education students to the UK was valued at £9.7bn, of which £7.0bn was associated with students from non-EU countries. The international education strategy can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:24:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

390162

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Overseas Students
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 likely changes in the number of non-EU national students studying at UK universities over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	7468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Projections provided by English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) of their anticipated non-EU student numbers up to 2016-17 were published in <em>‘Financial health of the higher education sector’ </em>in October 2014 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2014/201426/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2014/201426/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Institutions’ projections showed that the number of non-EU students studying at English institutions (for all years of study) was expected to rise between 4.8 and 5.8 per cent per year between 2013-14 and 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:22:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

390163

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Overseas Students
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 proportion of UK university funding contributed by non-EU nationals.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	7469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on the finances of UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Latest statistics refer to the 2013/14 academic year and show that income from non-EU student fees totalled £3.9 billion and accounted for 12.7% of overall income of publicly-funded HEIs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hesa.ac.uk/pr213" target="_blank">https://hesa.ac.uk/pr213</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:21:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney