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star this property date less than 2019-10-14more like thismore than 2019-10-14
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Department for Education more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the role of the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-10-24more like thismore than 2019-10-24
star this property answer text <p>The role of the National Implementation Adviser for Care Leavers was created to support local authorities to implement new provisions introduced through the Children and Social Work Act 2017. Mark Riddell was appointed in this role in 2017. The focus of the role is to ensure local authorities provide services to care leavers in a way that reflects the corporate parenting principles set out in the Act; to help them consult on and develop a stronger ‘local offer’ for care leavers; and to implement an extended offer of a Personal Adviser to support all care leavers to the age of 25. Since 2017, Mark Riddell has visited over 60 local authorities and undertaken over 20 follow-up visits. The report of his activity from October 2017 to October 2018 was published last November and the Department for Education expects to publish a second annual report highlighting how local authorities are improving their services in due course.</p><p> </p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
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less than 2019-10-24T15:56:01.2Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-24T15:56:01.2Z
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton more like this
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1184988
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star this property date less than 2020-03-13more like thismore than 2020-03-13
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Families more like this
unstar this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords remove filter
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Budget statement on 11 March, (1) how, and (2) by which Department, the £2.5 million for research and developing best practice around the integration of services for families will be administered; and to what criteria those applying for such funds will be subject. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL2577 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2020-03-31more like thismore than 2020-03-31
star this property answer text <p>The Department for Education will administer the £2.5 million for research and developing best practice around the integration of services for families. More information will be made available in due course</p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
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less than 2020-03-31T12:57:01.023Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-31T12:57:01.023Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
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1191419
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star this property date less than 2020-04-28more like thismore than 2020-04-28
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Supported Housing: Coronavirus more like this
unstar this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the welfare of young people in unregulated accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL3599 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-05-13more like thismore than 2020-05-13
star this property answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that vulnerable children and young people remain protected. Local authorities, social workers and those providing support and care for our most vulnerable children and young people deserve our immense gratitude.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have the key day-to-day responsibility for delivery of children’s social care. They are continuing to prioritise their responsibilities towards vulnerable children and young people, including those in independent and semi-independent provision. While we will continue to work with local authorities and providers of this provision to ensure that placements remain as stable as possible during this time, we continue to consult on new measures to improve the quality of this provision and ban the placement of under 16s, given that this provision does not deliver care and therefore cannot be appropriate for a child of this age.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working with those delivering services on the frontline to ensure that the support needed for vulnerable children and young people continues. The government has provided £3.2 billion of additional funding to support local authorities to address pressures they are facing in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including for delivering children’s social care.</p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
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less than 2020-05-13T16:24:02.247Zmore like thismore than 2020-05-13T16:24:02.247Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
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1196937
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star this property date less than 2020-05-18more like thismore than 2020-05-18
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Department for Education more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Children's Commissioner for England: Public Appointments more like this
unstar this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords remove filter
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the appointment process for the Children's Commissioner for England; and when they expect to begin this process for the next Commissioner. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL4647 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-06-01more like thismore than 2020-06-01
star this property answer text <p>The Children Act 2004 states that the Children’s Commissioner is to be appointed by the Secretary of State for Education. The Children’s Commissioner post is a Significant Public Appointment and therefore follows the process and requirements set out in the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p>Officials in the Department for Education have already started planning for the recruitment of the next Children’s Commissioner. We will be monitoring closely the current situation with the COVID-19 outbreak to see when would be most appropriate to launch the campaign.</p><p>The current Children’s Commissioner’s term in office will conclude at the end of February 2021. The Children’s Commissioner maximum term in office is six years as set out in primary legislation – the Children Act 2004, as amended by the Children and Families Act. An extension to the term of the Children’s Commissioner is not permitted under the current legislation.</p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL4648 more like this
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less than 2020-06-01T12:41:23.493Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-01T12:41:23.493Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
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1196938
star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2020-05-18more like thismore than 2020-05-18
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Children's Commissioner for England: Public Appointments more like this
unstar this property house id 2 more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government when the term of office for the current Children's Commissioner for England is due to end; and whether they anticipate an extension to that term. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-06-01more like thismore than 2020-06-01
star this property answer text <p>The Children Act 2004 states that the Children’s Commissioner is to be appointed by the Secretary of State for Education. The Children’s Commissioner post is a Significant Public Appointment and therefore follows the process and requirements set out in the Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p>Officials in the Department for Education have already started planning for the recruitment of the next Children’s Commissioner. We will be monitoring closely the current situation with the COVID-19 outbreak to see when would be most appropriate to launch the campaign.</p><p>The current Children’s Commissioner’s term in office will conclude at the end of February 2021. The Children’s Commissioner maximum term in office is six years as set out in primary legislation – the Children Act 2004, as amended by the Children and Families Act. An extension to the term of the Children’s Commissioner is not permitted under the current legislation.</p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL4647 more like this
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less than 2020-06-01T12:41:23.537Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-01T12:41:23.537Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
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star this property date less than 2020-11-12more like thismore than 2020-11-12
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Children in Care more like this
unstar this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total population was ever in local authority care as children. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL10276 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-11-25more like thismore than 2020-11-25
star this property answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the department.</p><p>Information of the current number of children in care, as a proportion of the child population, is published in table A1 of the statistical release ‘National tables: children Looked after in England including adoption 2018 to 19’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>Figures for the reporting year ending 31 March 2020 will be published later this year.</p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
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less than 2020-11-25T17:46:11.983Zmore like thismore than 2020-11-25T17:46:11.983Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
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1378695
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star this property date less than 2021-11-15more like thismore than 2021-11-15
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Family Hubs: Finance more like this
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25277
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided in total for family hubs since 2020; and how much of this has been allocated, broken down by fund. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL3993 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-12-01more like thismore than 2021-12-01
star this property answer text <p>At Budget, the government announced £82 million to create a network of family hubs. This is part of a wider £300 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies and children in half of council areas across England.</p><p>Further information on funding profiles and how funding will be allocated will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p> more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2021-12-01T17:54:27.387Zmore like thismore than 2021-12-01T17:54:27.387Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
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1378696
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star this property date less than 2021-11-15more like thismore than 2021-11-15
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Family Hubs: Finance more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how much new funding for family hubs they have set aside in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review for each financial year to 2024–25; and how local authorities can apply for these funds. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL3994 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-11-22more like thismore than 2021-11-22
star this property answer text <p>At Budget, the government announced £82 million to create a network of family hubs. This is part of a wider £300 million package to transform services for parents, carers, babies and children in half of council areas across England. The department will set out more detail in due course on how this new funding will be allocated.</p><p>The department has previously announced £39.5 million of funding to support the implementation of family hubs. Some of this has been direct support to local authorities:</p><ul><li>A £12 million transformation fund to open family hubs in at least 12 new areas in England. This fund launched on 2 November 2021. Eligible local authorities have been invited to submit bids to the department by 17 December 2021</li><li>Grants to accelerate the opening of family hubs across all regions of the country (through the Children’s Social Care Covid-19 Regional Recovery and Building Back Better Fund). 9 local authorities have been chosen to work regionally to share good practice (total £1 million). 25 local authorities have been allocated funding to accelerate the opening of family hubs in their local areas (total £2.2 million)</li></ul><p>The remainder of funding is for programmes to support the development of family hubs policy, evidence and data and digital implementation, covering mixed teams of local authorities, officials, and contracted partners. This includes:</p><ul><li>A new national centre for family hubs to provide expert advice and guidance and an evaluation innovation fund to build the evidence base (£2.5 million over three years from the 2020/21 academic year to the 2022/23 academic year, announced at Budget 2020)</li><li>Data and digital products that will support the practical implementation of family hubs, through the family hubs-growing up well project (£11.8 million from the Shared Outcomes Fund, announced at Autumn Budget 2020; £10 million from a second Shared Outcomes Fund award announced in October 2021 totalling £20 million, of which the other £10 million was put to the Transformation Fund above (the £12 million total for the Transformation Fund includes a further £2 million of capital funding from the Department for Education’s budget))</li></ul>
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2021-11-22T12:54:23.29Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-22T12:54:23.29Z
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star this property date less than 2021-11-16more like thismore than 2021-11-16
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Pre-school Education: Finance more like this
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25277
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government to which named funds the £500 million of families and early years funding will be directed. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL4080 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-11-25more like thismore than 2021-11-25
star this property answer text <p>Supporting families and children across the country to get the best start in life is a crucial part of the government’s ambition to level up. The £500 million announced at the Autumn 2021 Budget includes:</p><ul><li>£300 million to transform ‘Start for Life’ services and create a network of family hubs in half of the council areas across England. This package of support will provide funding for the creation of a network of family hubs (£82 million), infant and perinatal mental health support (£100 million), breastfeeding support (£50 million), and parenting programmes (£50 million) in 75 areas. It will also provide the 75 local authorities with funding to co-design their Start for Life offer with parents and carers and publish it in an accessible format (£10 million). Trials of innovative workforce models for health visitors will also be funded in a smaller number of council areas to test approaches to improve the support available to new parents.</li><li>a £200 million uplift to the existing Supporting Families Programme to enable local authorities and their partners to provide help earlier and secure better outcomes for up to an additional 300,000 families across all aspects of their lives.</li></ul>
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2021-11-25T13:13:45.43Zmore like thismore than 2021-11-25T13:13:45.43Z
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star this property date less than 2022-05-17more like thismore than 2022-05-17
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education remove filter
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Higher Education: Care Leavers more like this
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star this property question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to increase the number of care leavers at high tariff higher education institutions. more like this
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Lord Farmer more like this
unstar this property uin HL298 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-05-31more like thismore than 2022-05-31
star this property answer text <p>We have published guidance for higher education (HE) providers, setting out areas where care leavers are likely to need additional support, including examples of the types of additional support that have been put in place, drawing on best practice from across the sector. We have also introduced the Care Leaver Covenant, which enables organisations, including HE providers, to make offers of support to care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>The National Network for the Education of Care Leavers has developed the Quality Mark: a developmental accreditation process for universities and colleges to demonstrate their support for the inclusion and success of care experienced students. The Quality Mark has a focus on getting the right information to students on academic and pastoral support available to them, along with tailored mentoring and financial advice.</p><p> </p><p>As autonomous bodies independent from government, HE providers are responsible for their own admissions decisions. However, the department encourages HE providers to put the interests of students at the heart of their decision-making, including providing the appropriate support for care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>All HE providers in the approved (fee cap) category of the Office for Students’ (OfS) register are required to have an access and participation plan (APP) agreed by the Director for Fair Access and Participation at the OfS. In order to be approved, APPs must represent a credible, ambitious strategy to reduce gaps in access, participation and attainment for disadvantaged and under-represented groups.</p><p> </p><p>As care leavers are underrepresented within HE, APPs will often address specific interventions by the provider for improving equality of opportunity for care-experienced individuals. This may take the form of targeted outreach, additional pastoral, accommodation or financial support while studying, or support through mentorship or buddy schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Care leavers attending HE courses are treated as independent students when their entitlement to living costs is assessed. This means that in nearly all cases they will qualify for the maximum loan for living costs. Care leavers undertaking HE also qualify for a £2,000 HE bursary from their local authority. Additional bursaries are offered by some HE providers for care leavers in higher education.</p><p> </p><p>The enclosed attachment contains the department’s analysis of the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record showing the number of care leavers who entered courses at English HE providers in each academic year from 2018/19 to 2020/21. Coverage refers to entrants domiciled in England prior to study and care leavers are defined as codes 01 and 04 in the HESA care leaver collection documentation. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c20051/a/careleaver" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/c20051/a/careleaver</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The summary table below shows the number of care leavers who entered courses at high tariff[1] English HE providers in each year, along with total care leavers entering courses at all HE providers. A full breakdown by institution can be found in the attachment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Care leavers entrants</strong> <strong>at high tariff providers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Care leavers entrants</strong> <strong>at all providers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>3,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>3,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>4,290</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We will take account of the recommendations from the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, which is due to report shortly, when assessing what further support can be provided to increase the number of care leavers who attend university.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The tariff grouping used here is the same as that which the Office for Students defined in Annex A (pg 20) of their technicaly guidance, available here: <a href="https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/6591e671-624a-4ebf-a5fb-1be904a5eb9f/technical-gudiance-to-accompany-provider-modelling-finalforweb.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/6591e671-624a-4ebf-a5fb-1be904a5eb9f/technical-gudiance-to-accompany-provider-modelling-finalforweb.pdf</a>.</p><p>They are based on the average UCAS tariff score of their young (aged under 21) UK-domiciled undergraduate entrants in the 2012-13 to 2014-15 academic years. Providers in the top third of the ranking by average tariff score form the ‘High tariff’ group.</p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2022-05-31T15:28:14.287Zmore like thismore than 2022-05-31T15:28:14.287Z
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star this property file name HL298_care_leavers_entering_HE_providers .xlsx more like this
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