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1042971

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to require assessors of Disabled Students' Allowance to hold an Assessment Practising Certificate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL12921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Study needs assessors of Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) determine the specific support a student requires. They are currently not required to hold an Assessment Practising Certificate.</p><p> </p><p>We recently announced the decision to allow students with Specific Learning Difficulties, such as dyslexia, who are applying for DSA to use evidence of their diagnosis from before 16 years of age. Currently, for the purposes of DSA, the person carrying out this diagnostic assessment must hold an Assessment Practising Certificate, but we are considering whether to allow alternative accreditation routes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 28/01/2019 11:39:14 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1056429

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee will recognise assessments carried out by Associate Members of the British Dyslexia Association for children under 16 for the purposes of the Disabled Students' Allowance without the need for a second assessment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL13490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the department, not the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee, that decides which diagnostic assessments should be recognised as suitable evidence to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The department is currently considering which accreditation requirements should be met for diagnostic assessments carried out on young people below the age of 16.</p><p>Information regarding the qualifications or professional memberships of those undertaking dyslexia assessments for young people below the age of 16 is not held centrally, nor is it held by the Student Loans Company.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL13491 question first answered 19/02/2019 16:42:17 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

1056430

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how common it is for those holding a British Dyslexia Association Assessment Practising Certificate to be involved with dyslexia assessments for those under the age of 16.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL13491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>It is the department, not the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee, that decides which diagnostic assessments should be recognised as suitable evidence to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The department is currently considering which accreditation requirements should be met for diagnostic assessments carried out on young people below the age of 16.</p><p>Information regarding the qualifications or professional memberships of those undertaking dyslexia assessments for young people below the age of 16 is not held centrally, nor is it held by the Student Loans Company.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL13490 question first answered 19/02/2019 16:42:17 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

164232

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when assessing the Disabled Student's Allowance, previously diagnosed lifetime conditions will be considered sufficient criteria for qualification without a requirement for further assessment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Student Finance England will continue to consider medical evidence submitted by the student when assessing whether they are eligible for DSA.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2014 11:50:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

167917

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of Disabled Students' Allowance is provided for (1) computers and assistive technology, and (2) training to use that technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure is not available at the level requested.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure by allowance type was presented in<em> ‘Disabled Students’ Allowance: Equality Analysis’, </em>which was published in October 2014.” The publication can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:24:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

167918

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the Disabled Students' Allowance is provided as one-to-one support for students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure is not available at the level requested.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure by allowance type was presented in<em> ‘Disabled Students’ Allowance: Equality Analysis’, </em>which was published in October 2014.” The publication can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:20:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

168496

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to remove the automatic eligibility for any disabled student to the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>There is no automatic eligibility for Disabled Students Allowances. Students must satisfy certain personal and course eligibility conditions and must also provide evidence that they have a disability in order to be eligible for Disabled Students Allowances. That will continue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:28:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

450460

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which body or bodies establishes the final criteria for qualified teacher status; what are those criteria; and where they are made available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL5822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>The National College for Teaching and Leadership publishes the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) criteria. These set out entry, training, management and quality assurance criteria with which all accredited providers of ITT must comply with.</p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Standards were published in 2011 and apply to all teachers regardless of their career stage. They define the minimum level of practice expected of teachers. For the purpose of the award of qualified teacher status (QTS), they constitute the ‘specified standards’ within the meaning given to the phrase in Schedule 2 of The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations. As such, they are used by accredited providers of ITT to assess trainee progress and attainment during, and the end of, a training programme.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT criteria and Teachers’ Standards have been attached to this answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/02/2016 17:05:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

450461

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Education (School Teacher Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, and in particular Schedule 2, remain in force; and if not, when they were amended, and by what Act or statutory instrument.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL5823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>The Education (School Teacher Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, including Schedule 2, remain in force.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/02/2016 17:04:37 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

450605

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the timetable for the publication of the recommendations of the Department for Education's independent expert group, led by Stephen Munday CBE, on improving the quality of initial teacher training courses in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL5906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>Ministers of the Department for Education are awaiting the report from Stephen Munday’s independent expert group on the content of initial teacher training, which is expected this spring. The Government will consider the group’s recommendations carefully and determine how they should be taken forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5907 question first answered 18/02/2016 13:47:19 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington