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711754

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of total annual expenditure paid to students by Student Finance England was spent on non-repayable support paid to students from low income families in England in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Statistics covering support paid by Student Finance England (SFE) to English and EU domiciled students are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release (SFR) <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>Table 3A of the SFR shows how much means-tested support was paid to full-time English domiciled students as non-repayable maintenance grants up to the academic year 2015/16. In the academic year 2015/16, a full maintenance grant was available to students with a household residual income up to £25,000, and a partial grant to those with a household residual income up to £42,620. For comparison, table 2 of the SFR provides an overview of all support awarded to applicants up to the academic year 2015/16.</p><p>Larger maintenance loans have been available in place of maintenance grants to help with living costs for full-time students entering higher education since August 2016. Table 6.3 of the SFR shows early indicative data (two months into the academic year) on maintenance grants awarded in the academic year 2016/17. More complete information for the academic year 2016/17 will be published in November 2017.</p><p>Other non-repayable targeted support is available to eligible students with disabilities, or with adult or child dependants, however information on the payment of these to students from low income families is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2017 17:34:01 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

711755

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Period Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to schools on the provision of sanitary products for children from a low income background.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not issued any guidance on the provision of sanitary products in schools.</p><p>Schools have discretion over how they use their funding and if they wish to make these products available to disadvantaged pupils they are free to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/03/2017 13:54:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

711757

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: West Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time tuition fee loans were paid to students from (a) Batley and Spen constituency and (b) West Yorkshire in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Statistics on student support awards and payments are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’. The latest figures available refer to the 2016/17 Academic Year for student support awards and 2015/16 for actual payments, and are available at the link below.</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>Statistics in the SFR are at the national level.</p><p><strong>Students who were paid full-time tuition fee loans from the Batley and Spen Parliamentary Constituency</strong><sup>1</sup><strong>, West Yorkshire and England</strong></p><p><strong>Academic years: 2009/10 to 2015/16</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Batley and Spen</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>24,520</p></td><td><p>790,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,160</p></td><td><p>25,730</p></td><td><p>832,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>3,410</p></td><td><p>26,885</p></td><td><p>887,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3,650</p></td><td><p>27,770</p></td><td><p>925,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3,955</p></td><td><p>28,980</p></td><td><p>965,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>4,225</p></td><td><p>30,245</p></td><td><p>973,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 <sup>[3]</sup></p></td><td><p>4,525</p></td><td><p>32,030</p></td><td><p>1,006,715</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company (SLC)</p><ol><li>Based on the student’s address at the time of the application.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</li><li>Data for 2015/16 is effective 31/08/2016, this is still provisional as payments still happen following the end of the academic year.</li><li>Batley &amp; Spen Constituency and West Yorkshire have been derived from the home address (postcode region) of the student as stated on application for student finance.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68293 question first answered 24/03/2017 14:58:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

711760

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	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 classroom teachers were employed in schools in (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of full time equivalent classroom teachers in service in state funded schools in Batley and Spen constituency, West Yorkshire and England in each year from November 2010 to November 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Batley and Spen</strong></p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td><p>16,290</p></td><td><p>16,800</p></td><td><p>16,470</p></td><td><p>17,030</p></td><td><p>17,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>375,260</p></td><td><p>371,670</p></td><td><p>379,340</p></td><td><p>385,460</p></td><td><p>388,650</p></td><td><p>387,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 FTE classroom teachers.</p><p>In 2011, two schools in the Batley and Spen did not provide data on teachers, so figures are not comparable with other years. <strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2017 17:48:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

711761

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	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, how many full-time tuition fee loans were paid to students from (a) Batley and Spen constituency, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>Statistics on student support awards and payments are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Support for Higher Education in England’. The latest figures available refer to the 2016/17 Academic Year for student support awards and 2015/16 for actual payments, and are available at the link below.</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>Statistics in the SFR are at the national level.</p><p><strong>Students who were paid full-time tuition fee loans from the Batley and Spen Parliamentary Constituency</strong><sup>1</sup><strong>, West Yorkshire and England</strong></p><p><strong>Academic years: 2009/10 to 2015/16</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Batley and Spen</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>24,520</p></td><td><p>790,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>3,160</p></td><td><p>25,730</p></td><td><p>832,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>3,410</p></td><td><p>26,885</p></td><td><p>887,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3,650</p></td><td><p>27,770</p></td><td><p>925,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3,955</p></td><td><p>28,980</p></td><td><p>965,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>4,225</p></td><td><p>30,245</p></td><td><p>973,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 <sup>[3]</sup></p></td><td><p>4,525</p></td><td><p>32,030</p></td><td><p>1,006,715</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company (SLC)</p><ol><li>Based on the student’s address at the time of the application.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</li><li>Data for 2015/16 is effective 31/08/2016, this is still provisional as payments still happen following the end of the academic year.</li><li>Batley &amp; Spen Constituency and West Yorkshire have been derived from the home address (postcode region) of the student as stated on application for student finance.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 68298 question first answered 24/03/2017 14:58:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

712086

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the effect of the abolition of maintenance grants in 2016 on the (a) emotional and (b) financial wellbeing of students.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	68401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>Students starting full-time courses in the 2016/17 Academic Year on the lowest incomes have benefited from an additional 10.3% of upfront living costs support when compared to the previous academic year. A full equality analysis of changes to higher education student finance for 2016/17, including the switch from maintenance grants to loans, was published on GOV.UK in November 2015. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">Higher Education Student Finance Equality Analysis</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/03/2017 16:55:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin