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57570

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 definition of severity for those with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties will be used to justify continued support under the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL43
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Extensive discussions are underway with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA) Guidance for 2015/16, due this autumn. The guidance will set out the conditions under which DSA will apply. Students will continue to undergo individual study needs assessments, but their needs will be met by DSA and Higher Education Institutions through their duties under the Equality Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL42 question first answered 18/06/2014 13:04:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

57571

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 how personal histories of recognised special educational needs will be taken into account when making assessments of eligibility for the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL44
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no proposed changes to the current process of assessment. All applicants for the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) will undertake a study needs assessment and independent study needs assessors will provide recommendations, giving due regard to personal histories of recognised special educational needs, where these have been provided. The support and strategies recommended by assessment centres will be provided by a combination of reasonable adjustments by Higher Education Institutions and DSAs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL45 question first answered 18/06/2014 11:41:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

57572

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 process they will put in place in order to gather information regarding the assessment of eligibility for the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL45
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no proposed changes to the current process of assessment. All applicants for the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) will undertake a study needs assessment and independent study needs assessors will provide recommendations, giving due regard to personal histories of recognised special educational needs, where these have been provided. The support and strategies recommended by assessment centres will be provided by a combination of reasonable adjustments by Higher Education Institutions and DSAs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL44 question first answered 18/06/2014 11:41:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

57573

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 cost is normally allowed for computers and software in one individual allocation of the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL46
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Computers and software are drawn from the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) specialist equipment allowance where a student has been assessed to receive these items. Other items that can be drawn from this allowance include certain items of specialist ergonomic equipment. For the 2013/14 academic year, the maximum amount available to a student from this allowance for the whole course is £5,212 for full time and part time students. There is one single DSA allowance of £10,362 for postgraduate students, from which computers and software can be drawn.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2014 11:49:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

60533

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeship starts there were in public sector employers in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively in total and for each apprenticeship framework; for each year, how many were in (1) central government, and (2) local government, in total; and for each year and type of public sector employer, how many of those apprentices were aged (a) 16–18, (b) 19–24, or (c) over 25, when starting their apprenticeship.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not separately measure the number of apprenticeship starts in the public and private sector.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Sector Subject Area is published in a supplementary table to a quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 27<sup>th</sup> March 2014 and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/06/2014 16:51:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

60565

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reported increase in complaints from university students about the educational services provided by universities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As independent and autonomous institutions, higher education institutions are responsible for handling student complaints and appeals. Information on the numbers of complaints handled by each institution is not currently collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We do anticipate that as a result of our higher education reforms students will have higher expectations of their universities and they are right to do so. Evidence from a recent survey of 99 institutions (and 36 students' union representatives) shows that universities are prioritising improvements in the student learning experience, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-student-learning-experience" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-student-learning-experience</a></p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA), which provides a service to higher education students who are not satisfied with an institution's final decision on their complaint, recently published its 2013 Annual Report. This includes data on unresolved student complaints in England and Wales and shows a slight fall in the number of these complaints. The OIA considered 1972 unresolved students complaints in 2013 in comparison with 2012 in the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/06/2014 16:48:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

61501

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their commitment to making better apprenticeship data available will involve publishing the retention rate of apprentices as employees by company and by occupational sector.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to publish Retention Rate data for Apprenticeships by company name or occupational sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeship Evaluation: Learners research report provides high level information on Apprenticeship completers who remain in employment. I attach a copy of the report. A copy of the report is also available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, information on learning outcomes is published on the Further education (FE) choices website to help better inform learner choices, and is available at:</p><p><a href="http://fechoices.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://fechoices.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/06/2014 15:14:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

61515

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Student Loans Company and HM Revenue and Customs joint accounting system is able to continue deducting repayments on loans via the PAYE system even when repayment has been completed; and why in such circumstances it is necessary for the individual customer to alert them to the situation and to reclaim overpayment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is possible for borrowers with Income Contingent Repayment (ICR) loans nearing the end of their repayment term to over-repay their loans because there is a time lag between the deductions from borrowers pay (by employers), HMRC's annual process for student loan repayment accounting and the student loans Company (SLC) subsequently receiving payment information from HMRC. As a consequence it is possible for people to over repay before the SLC becomes aware that their repayments should stop.</p><p> </p><p>Because of this, SLC notifies borrowers in the final 23 months of repayment that they may opt out of the PAYE system and complete their loan repayments by Direct Debit (DD). This would ensure they do not over repay their loan. If borrowers choose not take up DD repayment it is likely that they will over repay. Borrowers are advised to monitor their own repayments. If they can demonstrate to SLC that they have paid enough by providing evidence, such as payslips, SLC can then ask HMRC to issue a &quot;stop&quot; notice to employers and refund any over repayments at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SLC provides guidance and tools to help borrowers calculate their loan balance and when they are likely to repay their loan in full. The SLC refunds all over repayments to borrowers' bank accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/06/2014 15:16:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

63117

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is the latest estimate of employer spending on training in England, and (2) how much employers spent on (a) trainee wages in general, and (b) apprenticeships in particular, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Estimates of employer spend on training and Apprenticeship wages are in the public domain and can be accessed via the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Employer Skills Survey 2013, UK Commision for Employment and Skills (UKCES ) Jan 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2012, BIS Oct 2013 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2014 15:59:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

64632

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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	Higher Education: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many ethnic minority students, broken down by ethnicity, attended universities in (1) 1990, (2) 2000, (3) 2010, and (4) the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) has been collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) since the academic year 1993/94. More details about the statistics available are published at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Statistics on enrolments by students from ethnic minority backgrounds are available in the charged for volume:<em> ‘Students in Higher Education Institutions </em>‘which can be requested at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/publications-and-products?task=show_pub_detail&amp;pubid=1" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/publications-and-products?task=show_pub_detail&amp;pubid=1</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A summary of the statistics in the volume has been provided in the table. Figures for the Academic Year 1990/91 are not available from HESA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>UK domiciled enrolments (1) by ethnicity </strong></p><p> </p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p> </p><p>Academic Years 2000/01, 2010/11 and 2012/13</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000/01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>1,334,665</p></td><td><p>1,646,875</p></td><td><p>1,507,845</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black or Black British - Caribbean</strong></p></td><td><p>18,505</p></td><td><p>31,135</p></td><td><p>28,165</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black or Black British - African</strong></p></td><td><p>32,115</p></td><td><p>82,020</p></td><td><p>83,365</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Black background</strong></p></td><td><p>9,755</p></td><td><p>6,680</p></td><td><p>5,885</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian or Asian British - Indian</strong></p></td><td><p>51,270</p></td><td><p>67,410</p></td><td><p>63,235</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian or Asian British - Pakistani</strong></p></td><td><p>26,290</p></td><td><p>43,915</p></td><td><p>44,840</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi</strong></p></td><td><p>7,580</p></td><td><p>15,355</p></td><td><p>15,865</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chinese</strong></p></td><td><p>13,490</p></td><td><p>17,740</p></td><td><p>16,380</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Asian background</strong></p></td><td><p>17,995</p></td><td><p>30,595</p></td><td><p>31,075</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other (including mixed)</strong></p></td><td><p>26,370</p></td><td><p>76,225</p></td><td><p>79,575</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total of ethnic minorities</strong></p></td><td><p>203,365</p></td><td><p>371,075</p></td><td><p>368,390</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total of known ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p>1,538,035</p></td><td><p>2,017,950</p></td><td><p>1,876,235</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>193,540</p></td><td><p>55,120</p></td><td><p>38,780</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,731,570</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,073,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,915,015</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Figures are based on The HESA Standard Registration Population.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><sup>(1)</sup> Enrolment counts include students in all years of study.</p><p><sup>(2)</sup> HESA's categorisation of ethnicity changed in Academic year 2001/02 and again in Academic year 2003/04. As a result, 2000/01 figures may not be categorised on exactly the same basis as figures for later years.</p><p><sup>(3)</sup> Numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/07/2014 15:23:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown