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1713024

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many level 7 apprenticeship starts there have been in small and medium sized businesses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	23193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The most recent statistics on apprenticeship starts by business size relate to the 2020/21 academic year and are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics</a>.</p><p>The following table shows the number of apprenticeship starts at Level 6 and above by business size in the last five academic years for which data is available. Apprenticeships at Level 6 and 7 are not split out within published data so the figures are a combined total.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong><strong>018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong><strong>019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong><strong>020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>S</strong><strong>mall (0-49 employees)</strong></p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,880</p></td><td><p>3,870</p></td><td><p>5,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>M</strong><strong>edium (50-249 employees)</strong></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for 2021/22 will be published in July 2024.</p><p>Apprenticeship starts are defined as the count of apprenticeship programmes that begin in an academic year, showing the take-up of programmes. An apprentice is counted for each apprenticeship they start at a provider.</p><p>More details on the methodology can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-methodology#content-section-4-content-1" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics-methodology#content-section-4-content-1</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 26/04/2024 12:07:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1712638

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Allergies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether teachers and administrators are clear about the support their schools should provide to children with allergies, and what monitoring and evaluation processes they have in place to ensure this support is provided.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>In 2014, the government introduced a new duty on schools to support pupils with all medical conditions, including allergies, and published the ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’ statutory guidance for schools and others.</p><p> </p><p>Schools also have duties under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to their practices, procedures, and policies to ensure that they are not putting those with certain long-term health problems at a substantial disadvantage.</p><p>The department recently reminded all schools of their legal duty under Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 to plan for supporting pupils with medical conditions, including allergies. This reminder also included a link to the statutory guidance governing bodies must have regard to when carrying out their duty under Section 100.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s role is to make sure that schools provide a high standard of education through its inspection and reporting process. As part of that process, inspectors gather a wide range of evidence to make their judgements, including the evaluation of the experience of particular individuals and groups. This includes the experiences of pupils with medical needs.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the inspection, inspectors will assess the effectiveness of safeguarding at the school. This includes the extent to which pupils with specific needs and vulnerabilities are kept safe. The safeguarding culture is also explored through speaking to leaders and staff about their work, including the messages that pupils receive through the curriculum.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/05/2024 12:29:35 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1702568

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which organisations (1) receiving funding through the Department for Education, or (2) holding contracts related to the work of the Department, between 1 January and 22 April have been notified of either (a) a reduction in, or (b) the cancellation of, their funding, broken down by category; which of those organisations will have funding withdrawn (i) in the current financial year, or (ii) over the next two financial years; and what is the total amount that will be withdrawn for such organisations over those periods.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 12:33:26 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1702578

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Economic Situation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of international students to the UK economy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL3980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to the UK’s higher education (HE) sector.</p><p>International tuition fee income at HE providers can be found on the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/income" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/income</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/05/2024 16:23:34 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1702343

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of current students at English universities pay international tuition fees; how this compares with the same figure from 2010; and what steps they are taking to ensure that English universities have a long-term, stable and sustainable funding model.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The total number of non-EU students at higher education (HE) providers in England in academic years 2021/22 and 2010/11 is published and can be found here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please note, the data for these years is not comparable as home fee status for EU domiciled students has changed over this period. In 2010/11, all EU students had ‘home status’ meaning they paid the same tuition fees as UK domiciled students. In 2021/22, only existing EU domiciled students had home fee status while those starting their course in 2021/22 did not; they were charged international tuition fees as other non-EU students. In 2021/22, there were 24,365 new EU first year enrolments at HE providers in England.</p><p> </p><p>As autonomous organisations, HE providers have a high degree of financial independence and it is for them to make appropriate and necessary decisions around income, funding, spending and borrowing which ensure their continued financial viability and sustainability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 12:33:13 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1702351

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Visas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent data by Enroly published on 27 March which showed that issuance of certificates of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies has significantly reduced, with overall deposits down by more than a third on the same point in 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL3962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top 10, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.</p><p> </p><p>However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system. The department continues to work closely with the Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.</p><p> </p><p>HE providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government. As such, they are responsible for their own admissions decisions. The government takes a close interest in ensuring that the HE admissions system is fair and works closely with HE providers and sector bodies to make sure the system works well for students.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/05/2024 12:28:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

1701976

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the estimated 33 per cent fall in overseas students on the financial viability of UK universities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of its education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top ten, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.</p><p> </p><p>However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>Our universities are autonomous institutions responsible for managing their own budgets. The department works closely with the Office for Students, the independent regulator of the HE sector in England, to understand the evolving landscape including on risks relating to international students.</p><p> </p><p>It also continues to work closely with the Home Office, the Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 12:32:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1702000

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current value of the resource accounting and budgeting charge for student finance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
uin	HL3915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 financial year, the Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge was £5.5 billion, or 27% of the £20.0 billion of loans issued that financial year. The RAB charge for 2023/24 will be published in the department’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Of student loans issued in the 2023/24 financial year, the government is expected to subsidise:</p><ul><li>28% of full-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>23% of part-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>48% of Plan 2 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>27% of full-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>19% of part-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>37% of Plan 5 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>0% of Master’s Loans.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These forecasts are subject to change. The final RAB forecasts for 2023/24 will be available as part of the annual student finance statistical publication, released in June 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The RAB charge, the government subsidy anticipated on student loans issued in any particular financial year, is calculated as the present value of student loan outlay less expected future repayments, in accordance with relevant International Financial Reporting Standards and guidance from HMT’s Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).</p><p> </p><p>The FReM requires future repayments of student loans to be discounted at the higher of the intrinsic rate and HMT’s discount rate, based on analysis of real yields on UK index linked Gilts and are specifically appropriate to central government.</p><p> </p><p>The FReM is kept under constant review. It is updated to reflect developments in relevant standards and best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL3916 question first answered 01/05/2024 11:10:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

1702001

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish an update to the calculation of the resource accounting and budgeting charge for student finance; and whether they propose to make any changes to the basis for calculation used at the time it was last updated.
tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
uin	HL3916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>In the 2022/23 financial year, the Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge was £5.5 billion, or 27% of the £20.0 billion of loans issued that financial year. The RAB charge for 2023/24 will be published in the department’s 2023/24 Annual Report and Accounts this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Of student loans issued in the 2023/24 financial year, the government is expected to subsidise:</p><ul><li>28% of full-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>23% of part-time Plan 2 Loans.</li><li>48% of Plan 2 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>27% of full-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>19% of part-time Plan 5 Loans.</li><li>37% of Plan 5 Advanced Learner Loans.</li><li>0% of Master’s Loans.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These forecasts are subject to change. The final RAB forecasts for 2023/24 will be available as part of the annual student finance statistical publication, released in June 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The RAB charge, the government subsidy anticipated on student loans issued in any particular financial year, is calculated as the present value of student loan outlay less expected future repayments, in accordance with relevant International Financial Reporting Standards and guidance from HMT’s Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).</p><p> </p><p>The FReM requires future repayments of student loans to be discounted at the higher of the intrinsic rate and HMT’s discount rate, based on analysis of real yields on UK index linked Gilts and are specifically appropriate to central government.</p><p> </p><p>The FReM is kept under constant review. It is updated to reflect developments in relevant standards and best practice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL3915 question first answered 01/05/2024 11:10:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

1701600

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase investment in skills training to meet the needs of more 150,000 additional students seeking higher education by 2030 in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL3831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>It is important that the department has a sustainable higher education (HE) funding system that responds to the needs of the economy and that is fair to students and to taxpayers. The government keeps the HE funding system under continuous review to ensure that this remains the case, and to provide many different opportunities for learners to acquire vital skills.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to creating a world-leading skills system, backed with an additional investment of £3.8 billion over the course of this Parliament to strengthen HE and further education (FE). This includes increasing opportunities for people to develop higher technical skills through T Levels, Apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps, or Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs). From 2025, the Lifelong Learning Entitlement will transform access to FE and HE, offering all adults the equivalent of four years’ worth of student loans to use flexibly on quality education training over their lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Strategic Priorities Grant (SPG), the department is investing hundreds of millions of pounds in additional funding over the three-year period to the 2024/25 financial year to support high-quality teaching and facilities, the majority of which goes to supporting the provision of courses in high-cost subjects including in science and engineering, subjects that support the NHS, and degree apprenticeships. This includes the largest increase in government funding for the HE sector to support students and teaching in over a decade. The recurrent SPG budget is £1,456 million for the 2024/25 financial year. This includes an £18 million increase in support for strategically important high-cost subjects.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also providing £40 million over two years through the SPG to support degree apprenticeship providers to expand and help more people access this provision. The department has seen year-on-year growth in degree level apprenticeships (Level 6 and 7) with almost 230,000 starts since their introduction in the 2014/15 academic year. The government has increased investment in the apprenticeships system in England to over £2.7 billion this financial year, to support employers of all sizes access high-quality apprenticeships at all levels.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s Higher Technical Education reforms are growing skills at Level 4 and 5. The department has introduced new HTQs, which will increase the prestige and uptake of level 4 and 5 qualifications. To date, 172 qualifications have been approved as HTQs across seven occupational routes and are being taught at FE Colleges, Institutes of Technology, Universities, and Independent Training Providers. The department has provided up to £115 million in funding to providers to help grow provision across the country, on top of up to £300 million to create a network of 21 Institutes of Technology.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 12:23:21 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington