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	registered interest
	date	20/06/2016
	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	East Coast Railway Line
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 9 May (HL7498), whether the recent inquiry and report by the Quality Assurance Agency on West London Vocational Training has led them to reconsider or amend current measures relating to alternative providers; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has revoked West London Vocational Training College’s designation for student support funding for Higher Education (HE) courses in England with effect from 3 June. Affected students will be supported so they can continue their studies with as limited disruption as possible. The cross-agency action in this case demonstrates the Government’s continuing strong focus on improving quality and value for money across the Alternative Provider (AP) sector.</p><p> </p><p>Since the 2012-13 academic year the Government has progressively strengthened systems to oversee the specific course designation of APs to secure improved quality and standards, including the introduction of a more rigorous, risk-based approach to quality assurance and annual provider re-designation.</p><p> </p><p>Further reforms announced in the May 2016 HE White Paper will create a level playing field for all HE providers, supporting greater diversity, innovation and choice for students, whilst preserving quality and value for money.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 01/07/2016 10:39:00 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

525114

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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	Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 9 May (HL7499) about the Student Loan Company, what are the EU-domiciled borrower figures categorised by individual country of domicile.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 20/06/2016 13:08:50 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

510292

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government where details of the new checks on alternative providers teaching students receiving financial support through the Student Loans Company can found; in what ways those checks address the issues raised by the National Audit Office in its report <i>Investigation into financial support for students at alternative higher education providers</i>; how often, and using what procedures, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills checks that student attendance data are correct, and that students are genuinely eligible; and what rules have been introduced to ensure that students have the capacity to complete their course.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL7498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Requirements on Alternative Providers designated for student support are set out in “Specific Course Designation for Alternative Providers of Higher Education - Guidance for Providers: Criteria and Conditions and Annual Re-Designation” on gov.uk. Revised guidance detailing requirements for the 2016/17 academic year will be published in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Measures introduced to address the issues raised by the National Audit Office were set out in a Written Ministerial Statement (29th January 2015) available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/January%202015/29%20January/1.BIS-Higher-Ed.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/January%202015/29%20January/1.BIS-Higher-Ed.pdf</a>. The measures that are listed as ‘subject to consultation’ have now been implemented in full.</p><p> </p><p>Further measures were introduced for the 2015/16 academic year. Student number controls can now be used to limit recruitment at providers with unsatisfactory student completion rates or those deemed to be providing a poorer service than expected. Providers are required to give government better information about their provision to students, for example performance information including their drop-out and success rates. All providers are required to submit data on their students’ background and achievements to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The Government has also formalised the right to access alternative providers’ premises and records.</p><p> </p><p>The Student Loans Company has introduced further checks requiring proof of residence to check student eligibility for support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills also validates different information sources against each other to check coverage, for unusual results and to monitor any discrepancies between reporting bodies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 09/05/2016 15:04:59 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name 1.BIS-Higher-Ed.pdf title Written Ministerial Statement
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

510293

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals in receipt of loans from the Student Loan Company (SLC) are (1) currently out of contact, in that the SLC lacks up-to-date contact information for them, (2) in contact, but behind on repayments that are due, and (3) subject to the SLC being unable to calculate what the payment should be, expressed (a) in absolute figures, and (b) as a percentage of (i) all borrowers across the whole loan book, (ii) all UK domiciled borrowers, and (iii) for other non-UK EU borrowers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL7499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK Government Administrations. Statistics covering the repayments of these loans are published annually by SLC separately for each UK Government Administration as part of the <em>Student loans, debt and repayment</em> Statistical First Releases (SFRs)::</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Information on the repayment statuses of home and EU domiciled borrowers, who have been liable to repay, by cohort, can be found in tables 3A and 3B of the SFRs.</p><p> </p><p>At the beginning of the financial year 2015-16, there were 2.97 million borrowers of loans through the English student finance system, who have been liable to repay, and had at least one full tax year processed. Of these, 33,400 (1%) still had their repayment status to be confirmed, 13,500 (%3C1%) had defaulted on their repayments, and 9,200 (%3C1%) had not supplied their income and so been placed in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 2.97 million borrowers, 39,100 were domiciled in the EU prior to study. Of these, 3,300 (8%) still had their repayment status to be confirmed, 1,400 (3%) had defaulted on their repayments, and 5,000 (13%) had not supplied their income and so been placed in arrears.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 09/05/2016 15:04:51 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

452187

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	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	Overseas Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many EU-domiciled students received Student Loan Company support in each of the last three years, broken down by individual country of domicile.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL6134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of EU domiciled students receiving student support for Higher Education courses 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>The attached table shows the number of EU-domiciled tuition fee loan borrowers studying full-time by EU country of nationality. Data on the specific country of domicile of EU-domiciled loan borrowers is not readily available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Number (1) of EU-domiciled (2) students paid Tuition Fee Loan for Academic Years 2012/13 to</strong><strong> 2014/15, split by nationality (3) (4)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(as of 31/08 at the end of each academic year)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>3,440</p></td><td><p>3,290</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>N/A (3)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>5,790</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td><td><p>5,610</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,880</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,630</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>4,060</p></td><td><p>4,290</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Resident - UK National</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Resident - Nationality Non-EU</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Resident - Nationality Unknown</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 33,410 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 35,010 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 37,150 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Notes:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>(1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. Values smaller than 15 are denoted with an asterisk *</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2) Applicants are 'EU domiciled' if they were ordinarily resident in the EU, EU overseas territories, elsewhere in the EEA or Switzerland for the three years immediately before the first day of the first academic year of their course.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(3) Nationality is based on information collected during the application process for student support. If nationality was not available, country of birth was used, if available</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(4) Figures are different from the figures published in 'Student Support for Higher Education in England' as borrowers may have had a change in status since publication</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(5) Croatia joined the European Union in 2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 02/03/2016 16:38:24 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich