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1024811

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	UK Research and Innovation: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the funding per head of population was by (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) its predecessor bodies in (i) each region of England and (ii) the nations of the UK in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	202141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) was created on 1 April 2018 and so did not exist as a legal entity in previous financial years. Figures have been provided for its predecessor bodies for the most recent financial years available. The table shows expenditure by the nine councils that now make up UKRI, per head of population in each region and nation of the UK. The expenditure figures include research council and Innovate UK grants, and HEFCE/Research England’s Research Capital Investment Fund, Quality-related research (QR) funding and Higher Education Innovation Funding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ per person</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012/2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013/2014</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014/2015</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015/2016</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016/2017</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">East of England</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">108</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">109</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">112</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">112</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">127</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">136</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">144</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">126</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">116</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Midlands</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">59</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">75</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">67</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">North East</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">98</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">80</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">75</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">62</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">North West</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">59</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">55</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">57</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">63</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">51</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">South West</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">63</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">65</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">85</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Yorkshire and the Humber</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">62</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">67</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">79</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>England</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">79</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">81</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">88</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">81</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">77</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Scotland</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">67</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">63</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">74</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">65</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">62</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Wales</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ per person</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/2017</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East of England</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">108</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">109</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">112</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">112</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">156</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">166</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">174</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">140</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">62</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">56</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">56</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">80</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">75</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">62</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">58</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">59</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">55</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">119</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">118</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">139</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">65</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">85</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">68</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">68</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Yorkshire and the Humber</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">62</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">67</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">79</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">68</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>England</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">92</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">100</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">90</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Scotland</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">67</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">74</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">65</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">62</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Wales</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">27</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">25</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">25</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/12/2018 14:18:51 question first ministerially corrected 10/01/2019 10:03:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 92448 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1086662

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	European Research Council: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal principal investigators in receipt of European Research Council funding who are based outside the UK will qualify for the Government's Horizon 2020 underwrite if they move their research base to the UK (a) before or (b) after the date of EU exit.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	230645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>In the event of a no deal, the Government underwrite will cover the payment of awards to UK beneficiaries for all successful bids to Horizon 2020, including the European Research Council, for the lifetime of projects.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Further guidance on how the underwrite will work in practice will be published in due course.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This includes Horizon 2020 grants that have been transferred to the UK before the date of EU exit. We will seek to publish further guidance in due course on how the underwrite will apply to Horizon 2020 grantees based outside of the UK that are planning to move their research base to the UK.</ins></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/03/2019 17:29:33 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2019 10:13:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 107856 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1019850

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-year undergraduates who do not live in accommodation sponsored by their university.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	198866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data about higher education (HE) in the UK.</p><p>Information on the term-time accommodation arrangements of entrants to full-time undergraduate study at UK HE institutions in the academic year 2016/17 has been provided in the table, and shows that 60% of entrants lived in accommodation other than provider-maintained properties. Provider-maintained property refers to residences owned by the institution returning data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Full-time undergraduate entrants by term-time accommodation type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK HE Institutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Year 2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Term-time accommodation type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Share of entrants (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Provider maintained property</p></td><td><p>213,535</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parental/guardian home</p></td><td><p>110,645</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Own residence</p></td><td><p>75,080</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private-sector halls</p></td><td><p>59,895</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other rented accommodation</p></td><td><p>50,225</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>12,645</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in attendance at the provider</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Missing</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>535,185</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100% </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Education analysis of the HESA Student Record</p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Percentages are rounded to nearest whole number.</p><p>2. All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of five.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 17:49:20 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91061 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1020103

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on affordable student accommodation of the 3 December 2018 Huffington Post article entitled Exclusive: Cost Of Accommodation At Top Universities Soars By Up To 77% During The Past Decade.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	198938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Government does not control rents for student accommodation as higher education providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government.</p><p>The student funding system makes loans for living costs available as a contribution towards a student’s living costs while attending university. Living costs support increased by 2.8% for 2017/18 and 3.2% for the current, 2018/19, academic year. We have announced a further 2.8% increase for loans for living costs for the 2019/20 academic year – to a record amount.</p><p>All universities who wish to charge fees above the basic level are required to have an access and participation plan approved by the Office for Students. Through these plans, universities can fund bursaries for disadvantaged students, such as care leavers.</p><p>​The Unistats website provides information about all university courses and includes links to individual websites with details of the costs for student accommodation at a higher education provider.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 15:41:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91044 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020407

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to his Written Statement of 4 December 2018 on Government Asset Sale Update, HCWS1137, what the carrying value was that his Department had placed on the loans sold for £1.9 billion.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	199417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The final carrying value of the loans sold in December 2018 is subject to reconciliation and auditing and will be provided in the Department for Education’s 2018-19 annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 13:14:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91054 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1020409

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to his written ministerial statement HCWS1137 Government Asset Sale Update, published 4th December 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the total loss in future receipts in repayments from the student loans that were sold for £1.9 billion.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	199418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>​​Through the sale, the government has exchanged a stream of uncertain future cash flows spread over thirty years for a certain lump sum now. When assessing whether or not to sell the loans, the government therefore has to determine today’s value of those future cash flows to be able to compare it against the price being offered by the market. To make this assessment, the government forecasts the repayments and then takes into account: the time value of money, the effect of inflation, the riskiness of the asset, and the opportunity cost of having money tied up in that asset that could otherwise be used for purposes or policies with greater social or economic returns. This follows the guidance set out in Her Majesty’s Treasury’s (HM Treasury) Green Book:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/191488/Green_book_supplementary_guidance_asset_valuation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/191488/Green_book_supplementary_guidance_asset_valuation.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>​In accordance with this assessment, the government has concluded that the sale achieved value for money in accordance with HM Treasury’s Green Book guidance.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/12/2018 13:18:43 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91059 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1020437

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of uptake of disabled students' allowance of the introduction of the requirement for students to contribute £200 towards the costs of specialist equipment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	199283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) data show the uptake of the disabled students’ equipment allowance by full time undergraduate students domiciled in England fell from 28,000 in 2014/15 to 23,400 in 2015/16, the year the £200 contribution was introduced, and to 21,600 in 2016/17. Provisional figures for 2017/18 show an increase of 17% in uptake compared to the provisional figures in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The SLC National Statistics data are available at <a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 17:51:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91062 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1020446

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on the UK's continued participation of FE college students in the Erasmus+ Programme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials and I are in regular contact with the Department for Exiting the European Union on issues relating to UK participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU. Officials also engage regularly with sector stakeholders.</p><p>The government has made clear that it values international exchanges and collaboration as part of its vision for a Global Britain and I am therefore pleased that, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. This will, of course, include the further education sector which is a key part of the current Erasmus+ programme.</p><p>As such, following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK organisations and individuals taking part in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p><p>The UK is open to exploring participation in the successor scheme to the current Erasmus+ Programme and we welcome the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+, which were published on 30 May. We are considering these carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>We have also made clear that the government is open to maintaining cooperation in the areas of education and culture, as noted in the Political Declaration on the Future UK-EU relationship.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 199308 199309 question first answered 11/12/2018 13:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91045 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1020447

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions (a) he and (b) the Minister for Skills has had with the further education sector on the UK's continued participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials and I are in regular contact with the Department for Exiting the European Union on issues relating to UK participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU. Officials also engage regularly with sector stakeholders.</p><p>The government has made clear that it values international exchanges and collaboration as part of its vision for a Global Britain and I am therefore pleased that, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. This will, of course, include the further education sector which is a key part of the current Erasmus+ programme.</p><p>As such, following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK organisations and individuals taking part in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p><p>The UK is open to exploring participation in the successor scheme to the current Erasmus+ Programme and we welcome the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+, which were published on 30 May. We are considering these carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>We have also made clear that the government is open to maintaining cooperation in the areas of education and culture, as noted in the Political Declaration on the Future UK-EU relationship.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 199307 199309 question first answered 11/12/2018 13:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91047 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

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registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the continued participation of further education college students in the ERASMUS programme.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	199309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Officials and I are in regular contact with the Department for Exiting the European Union on issues relating to UK participation in the Erasmus+ programme after the UK leaves the EU. Officials also engage regularly with sector stakeholders.</p><p>The government has made clear that it values international exchanges and collaboration as part of its vision for a Global Britain and I am therefore pleased that, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK entities' right to participate in EU programmes during the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including Erasmus+, will be unaffected by the UK's withdrawal from the EU for the lifetime of projects financed by the current MFF. This will, of course, include the further education sector which is a key part of the current Erasmus+ programme.</p><p>As such, following ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK organisations and individuals taking part in the current Erasmus+ programme will be able to continue to bid for funding, participate in and lead consortia, until programme closure in 2020.</p><p>The UK is open to exploring participation in the successor scheme to the current Erasmus+ Programme and we welcome the proposals for the 2021-2027 successor scheme to Erasmus+, which were published on 30 May. We are considering these carefully and will continue to participate in discussions on them while we remain in the EU.</p><p>We have also made clear that the government is open to maintaining cooperation in the areas of education and culture, as noted in the Political Declaration on the Future UK-EU relationship.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 199307 199308 question first answered 11/12/2018 13:11:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91049 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden