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968822

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide assistance to students paying over six per cent in interest on their tuition fees and maintenance loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL10106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The system of variable interest rates based on income is progressive, and ensures that higher earners make a fair contribution to the sustainability of the higher education system.</p><p> </p><p>Student loan interest rates vary with income. Only borrowers earning over £45,000 and those in study pay the maximum interest rate of 6.3% and many will be charged less than this. The system of variable interest rates help ensure that the highest earners make a higher total contribution than those on lower incomes.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing interest rates would benefit high earners only. That is why the government has increased the repayment threshold from tax year 2018-19 and will increase the repayment threshold again in April 2019, reducing monthly repayments for all borrowers earning above £25,000.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that it is right that students should contribute to the cost of their higher education and that this contribution should be linked to their income. This means that those who have benefited the most from their education repay their fair share.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 13/09/2018 14:38:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

940093

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the Student Loans Company pays for capital to lend to students; and how any profits it makes are used.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL9508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans on behalf of the UK government and devolved administrations with funding from Her Majesty’s Treasury. While the SLC itself pays nothing on this funding, the cost to the government of this capital is the same as that paid on its general borrowing.</p><p> </p><p>The amounts paid out and the interest charged can be found in the published document titled ‘DfE consolidated annual report and accounts 2016-17’ on pages 152 to 158, attached.</p><p> </p><p>The government does not make a profit on these loans, which is reflected through the impairment charge in note 14.3.3 on page 155 of the attachment. This shows the proportion of the loan outlay and interest that the department expects not to recover. Student loans are subsidised by the government as a deliberate investment in the skills base of the country, which delivers benefits for individual students and for society at large.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/07/2018 13:56:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL9508 - DfE_Consolidated_annual_report_and_accounts_2016-17_print (1).pdf title HL9508_acceptances_by_STEM_subject
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

926469

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which investors purchased student loans sold by the Government as part of the £1.7 billion sale of Pre-2012 (Plan 1) Income Contingent Student Loans in December 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL8724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The sale from the pre-2012 (plan 1) English student loan book, which was completed in December 2017, took place by means of a securitisation. This involved transferring the loan pool to a new independent English-domiciled company (“the Issuer”). This company is registered as ‘Income Contingent Student Loans 1 (2002-2006) Plc’. In turn the Issuer has issued to investors securities in the form of notes representing the rights to the remaining future repayments.</p><p> </p><p>The individual names of investors are commercially sensitive and are not publicly available.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/06/2018 14:58:33 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

923007

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was (1) the indicative budget allocation, and (2) the actual level of borrowing, for part-time higher education fee loans in England in (a) 2016–17, and (b) 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL8580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company publishes statistics on student loan expenditure by financial year as part of an annual national statistic ‘The Student Loans Company: Student Loans in England’. These statistics are available in the tables at:</p><p><a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx</a>.[1]</p><p>In the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18, £237.6 million and £246 million respectively were paid in part-time tuition fee loans in England.</p><p> </p><p>There is no separate budget for part-time loans in the department. The budget for student loans for all types of study is included within the Departmental Supplementary Estimates. For financial year 2016-17 see the attachment entitled “Part II: Changes Proposed”, also available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2016-17" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2016-17</a>, (page 185). For 2017-18 see attachment entitled “Part II: Revised subhead detail including additional provision”, also available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2017-18" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplementary-estimates-2017-18</a>, (page 196).</p><p> </p><p>[1] It is not possible to attach this information as it is part of a lengthy, complex and detailed data set.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Page_185_16-17 _''Part_II_Changes_Proposed''.pdf title Page_185_16-17 _''Part_II_Changes_Proposed'' 2 file name Page _196_2017_18_''Part_II_Revised_Subhead_Detail''.pdf title Page _196_2017_18_Part_II_Revised_Subhead_Detail question first answered 26/06/2018 16:32:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

906018

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Degrees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions have been made about the provision of accelerated degree courses in higher education following their public consultation completed on 11 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Luce
uin	HL7944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>As the Noble Lord, Lord Luce, notes, the government’s consultation on proposals to incentivise wider provision and uptake of accelerated degrees in higher education was published in December 2017. This consultation closed in February 2018.</p><p>The Department for Education received a range of detailed and comprehensive responses from providers, organisations and individuals across the higher education sector. We are currently considering these responses and will respond to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/05/2018 11:59:37 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

904241

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Freedom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they propose to include representatives of student victims of (1) inhibition of freedom of speech, and (2) disruption of meetings, in the preparation of new guidance to promote freedom of speech at universities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL7820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>At the free speech summit on 3 May 2018 held by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, it was agreed that the report from the Freedom of Speech in Universities inquiry by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) would be used as the foundation for a shared approach to free speech.</p><p> </p><p>The JCHR inquiry included evidence from a number of groups including those who had experienced disruption of events and student representatives with a range of experiences related to free speech.</p><p> </p><p>The new guidance will be drafted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who will work with a number of groups including the National Union of Students.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/05/2018 13:23:12 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

901443

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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 average A-level achievement of those entering Bachelor of Education degree courses.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL7769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students studying at UK higher education institutions (HEIs).</p><p> </p><p>The following table, which is attached, is taken from HESA’s publication ‘UK Performance Indicators 2016/17: Widening participation’. It shows the distribution of entry qualifications for UK domiciled young entrants to full-time first degrees in education subjects and compares this with the distribution across all subjects.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/05/2018 16:05:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL 7769 - Table WP2.doc title Table_WP2
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

901451

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	University of Huddersfield: Bahrain
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have provided financial or any other types of support to the University of Huddersfield’s new masters course in Security Science for Bahrain’s Royal Academy of Policing.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL7777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>As the Noble Lord, Lord Scriven, notes, the University of Huddersfield is an independent, autonomous body responsible for the development of the courses it offers. The university was selected by Bahrain’s Royal Academy of Policing to provide an MSc course in security science and this is a private arrangement between these parties.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm, however, that support for the MSc in security science has not been provided by the Department for Education, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/05/2018 16:06:46 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

899942

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether EU students studying in the UK will be eligible for student loans in England during the EU transition period from 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL7605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>EU students, staff and researchers make an important contribution to our universities. We want that contribution to continue and we are confident, given the quality of our higher education sector, that it will. We have agreed with the EU that current EU principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination will apply during the implementation period.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU that those who are resident in the UK before the end of the implementation period will have a right to apply for leave to remain in the UK thereafter. Those within scope of the Withdrawal Agreement and who meet the relevant eligibility requirements will have access to home fees status and student loans after the end of the implementation period.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise how important it is that students and institutions have information on eligibility for student support before applications for courses open. With regard to the academic year 2019 to 2020, we will ensure ensure that this information is available as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 22/05/2018 16:35:52 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

895198

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education and Research Act 2017
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, including progress against commitments made by ministers during its passage through Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL7458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The government has made good progress on implementing the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA).</p><p> </p><p>To date, we have laid five pieces of secondary legislation. They have established the Office for Students (OfS) and given it powers to run the new regulatory system. They will also enable OfS to run the current system in the transitional period, which started on 1 April 2018 and will end on 31 July 2019. The new system will be fully operational on 1 August 2019, which will allow for a smooth transition between regulators.</p><p> </p><p>Since the act gained royal assent, the government has carried out a wide range of consultations for the OfS. This resulted in the publication by OfS of ‘Securing student success: regulatory framework for higher education in England’. This regulatory framework, attached, is an important element of delivering the reforms promised by HERA. These consultations also met many of the non-legislative commitments made during the passage of HERA through Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table outlines non-legislative commitments made during the passage of HERA that have been met to date.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name Table of non-legislative commitments.docx title Table of non-legislative commitments 2 file name OfS 'Securing student success' report .pdf title OfS report 3 file name Teaching Excellence Framework.pdf title Teaching Excellence Framework question first answered 17/05/2018 16:59:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath