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759673

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Student Loans Company: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff there were at the Student Loans Company in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15, (f) 2015-16 and (g) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	10296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The full time equivalent staff employed by the Student Loans Company for the years requested above are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010 - 1,801</p><p>2011 - 1,857</p><p>2012 - 1,920</p><p>2013 - 2,140</p><p>2014 - 2,367</p><p>2015 - 2,554</p><p>2016 - 2,649</p><p>2017 - 2,787</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/10/2017 10:57:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759674

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Global University Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what quality assurance measures her Department has undertaken to ensure that Global University Systems is fit to retain the university titles and degree-awarding powers of the University of Law and Arden University since their recent takeover.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	10297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Providers must meet clear criteria in order to obtain degree awarding powers or University Title, including demonstrating that they are delivering high quality higher education. As set out in published guidance[1], if there is a change in circumstances of a provider – such as a change of ownership –their eligibility is reviewed to ensure that these robust criteria are still being met. Providers need to demonstrate that they continue to be the same institution that was assessed for and granted degree awarding powers, and that they can still meet all University Title criteria.</p><p>Such reviews have taken place following the changes of ownership at the University of Law and Arden University.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Guidance for higher education providers: criteria and process for applying for taught degree awarding powers and research degree awarding powers <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/taught-and-research-degree-awarding-powers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/taught-and-research-degree-awarding-powers</a>, and Guidance for higher education providers for applying for university title and university college title, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/university-title-and-university-college-title" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/university-title-and-university-college-title</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/10/2017 10:56:02 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759675

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new providers she expects to enter the higher education market as a result of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	10298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The published Impact Assessment for the Higher Education and Research Bill (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528005/bis-16-295-he-research-bill-detailed-impact-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528005/bis-16-295-he-research-bill-detailed-impact-assessment.pdf</a>) shows the forecast impact of the reforms on the number of providers in the sector. These figures are of course estimates but we would expect around 600 providers, including both existing and new providers, to be entered in the register in the first year of the Office for Students’ operation of the register, rising to some 800 within ten years.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/10/2017 07:50:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759671

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of students taking up places at lower tariff universities and colleges in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	10299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) published data on the number of applicants placed by 1 September 2017. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p>Data for the 2017 cycle is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by tariff group are in table T.2 of the <em>Tariff group (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by age for English domiciled students are in table C.4 of the <em>Age</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed EU applicants (excluding the UK) are in table B.17 of the <em>Country (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs</a>.</p><p>We have provided guidance to the Director for Fair Access in 2016 and asked him to encourage institutions to make more effort in the area of recruiting more mature learners and this is reflected in guidance to institutions on access agreements. We are removing barriers to the growth of accelerated courses, which particularly appeal to mature students.</p><p> </p><p>EU students make an important contribution to our universities and we want that to continue. To help provide certainty for EU students as we exit the EU, the Government has confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course. While it is disappointing to see the fall in EU numbers in the UCAS data, we welcome the rise in the number of 18 year olds from non-EU countries applying to study in the UK. This highlights that the UK is highly competitive in the global mobile student market, second only to the US in the number of international students we attract.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 10300 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:51:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

759672

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of changes in the number of (a) mature students and (b) non-UK EU students taking up places at universities and colleges in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	10300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) published data on the number of applicants placed by 1 September 2017. Note that UCAS data covers applications to full-time undergraduate courses only.</p><p>Data for the 2017 cycle is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/statistical-releases-daily-clearing-analysis-2017</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by tariff group are in table T.2 of the <em>Tariff group (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123556/download?token=r4RoBQ1A</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed applicants by age for English domiciled students are in table C.4 of the <em>Age</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123436/download?token=K7VwwP9m</a>.</p><p>Figures on the number of placed EU applicants (excluding the UK) are in table B.17 of the <em>Country (All domiciles)</em> file:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/123431/download?token=nDwyyVKs</a>.</p><p>We have provided guidance to the Director for Fair Access in 2016 and asked him to encourage institutions to make more effort in the area of recruiting more mature learners and this is reflected in guidance to institutions on access agreements. We are removing barriers to the growth of accelerated courses, which particularly appeal to mature students.</p><p> </p><p>EU students make an important contribution to our universities and we want that to continue. To help provide certainty for EU students as we exit the EU, the Government has confirmed that EU students starting their courses in the academic year 18/19 or before will continue to be eligible for student loans and home fee status and will have a right to remain in the UK to complete their course. While it is disappointing to see the fall in EU numbers in the UCAS data, we welcome the rise in the number of 18 year olds from non-EU countries applying to study in the UK. This highlights that the UK is highly competitive in the global mobile student market, second only to the US in the number of international students we attract.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 10299 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:51:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden