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775991

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to increase the diversity of the undergraduate body of students at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are entering at record rates to the most selective universities. There are also record entry rates across all ethnic groups.</p><p>The guidance to the Director of Fair Access (DfA), published in February 2016, asked for the most selective institutions, to make faster progress on widening access, and to ensure their outreach is more focused. This report can be found in the attached document.</p><p>The DfA has agreed access agreements for 2018/19 with plans for universities to spend more than £860 million on measures to continue to support improving access and student success for students from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds, up significantly from £404 million in 2009. We are introducing sweeping reforms through legislation. The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, and acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold them to account for their performance on access and retention. In addition, we expect all universities, particularly the most selective, to help raise attainment and support school improvement, including through school sponsorship and by establishing new state schools.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/11/2017 18:00:41 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

773544

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Health Economics: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have completed their studies in the UK over the last 20 years at (1) undergraduate, (2) taught masters courses, and (3) doctorate level in the following disciplines: (a) health economics, and (b) medical data analytics or related disciplines.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL2259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) collects data on students enrolled and qualifying from courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including information on subject of study.</p><p> </p><p>Data on numbers of students qualifying from undergraduate, taught masters and doctorate level courses in these subjects is provided in the tables attached for each year from 2007/08 to 2015/16. Prior to 2007/08, the low-level subject classification was provided by HEIs on a voluntary basis and as such, counts of students studying each of these subjects are not provided because they would not give a consistent picture of the total number of students over time. Data for 2016/17 will become available in January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) is the classification of subjects used by HESA. The closest classification to “molecular biology, biochemistry and related disciplines” is “molecular biology, biophysics &amp; biochemistry”, which has a JACS code of C7.</p><p> </p><p>Medicinal chemistry has a JACS code of F150. The closest available classification to “biostatistics and medical statistics” or to “medical data analytics” is “medical statistics”, which has a JACS code of G311. These are detailed level codes and some universities may occasionally allocate students to more general codes. These codes are chosen by HEIs to best describe the course studied in its totality.</p><p> </p><p>An appropriate classification is not available for “regulatory science” or “health economics” and hence figures for these subjects have not been provided. Further information on the most appropriate subject classification for a particular subject can be obtained by contacting HESA.</p><p> </p><p>More information on JACS codes can be found at: <a href="http://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed" target="_blank">http://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL2195 HL2196 question first answered 01/11/2017 17:37:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL2195 2196 and 2259 attachment - 31.10.17.pdf title Course data
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

772994

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have completed their studies in the UK over the last 20 years at (1) undergraduate, (2) taught masters, and (3) doctorate level, in (a) molecular biology,  biochemistry and related disciplines, and (b) medicinal chemistry and other areas of drug development.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL2195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) collects data on students enrolled and qualifying from courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including information on subject of study.</p><p> </p><p>Data on numbers of students qualifying from undergraduate, taught masters and doctorate level courses in these subjects is provided in the tables attached for each year from 2007/08 to 2015/16. Prior to 2007/08, the low-level subject classification was provided by HEIs on a voluntary basis and as such, counts of students studying each of these subjects are not provided because they would not give a consistent picture of the total number of students over time. Data for 2016/17 will become available in January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) is the classification of subjects used by HESA. The closest classification to “molecular biology, biochemistry and related disciplines” is “molecular biology, biophysics &amp; biochemistry”, which has a JACS code of C7.</p><p> </p><p>Medicinal chemistry has a JACS code of F150. The closest available classification to “biostatistics and medical statistics” or to “medical data analytics” is “medical statistics”, which has a JACS code of G311. These are detailed level codes and some universities may occasionally allocate students to more general codes. These codes are chosen by HEIs to best describe the course studied in its totality.</p><p> </p><p>An appropriate classification is not available for “regulatory science” or “health economics” and hence figures for these subjects have not been provided. Further information on the most appropriate subject classification for a particular subject can be obtained by contacting HESA.</p><p> </p><p>More information on JACS codes can be found at: <a href="http://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed" target="_blank">http://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL2196 HL2259 question first answered 01/11/2017 17:37:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL2195 2196 and 2259 attachment - 31.10.17.pdf title Course data
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

772995

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have completed their studies in the UK over the last 20 years at (1) undergraduate, (2) taught masters, and (3) doctorate level, in (a) biostatistics and medical statistics, and (b) regulatory science.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL2196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) collects data on students enrolled and qualifying from courses at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including information on subject of study.</p><p> </p><p>Data on numbers of students qualifying from undergraduate, taught masters and doctorate level courses in these subjects is provided in the tables attached for each year from 2007/08 to 2015/16. Prior to 2007/08, the low-level subject classification was provided by HEIs on a voluntary basis and as such, counts of students studying each of these subjects are not provided because they would not give a consistent picture of the total number of students over time. Data for 2016/17 will become available in January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) is the classification of subjects used by HESA. The closest classification to “molecular biology, biochemistry and related disciplines” is “molecular biology, biophysics &amp; biochemistry”, which has a JACS code of C7.</p><p> </p><p>Medicinal chemistry has a JACS code of F150. The closest available classification to “biostatistics and medical statistics” or to “medical data analytics” is “medical statistics”, which has a JACS code of G311. These are detailed level codes and some universities may occasionally allocate students to more general codes. These codes are chosen by HEIs to best describe the course studied in its totality.</p><p> </p><p>An appropriate classification is not available for “regulatory science” or “health economics” and hence figures for these subjects have not been provided. Further information on the most appropriate subject classification for a particular subject can be obtained by contacting HESA.</p><p> </p><p>More information on JACS codes can be found at: <a href="http://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed" target="_blank">http://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-detailed</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL2195 HL2259 question first answered 01/11/2017 17:37:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL2195 2196 and 2259 attachment - 31.10.17.pdf title Course data
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg

772996

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of maintenance support awarded to nursing students who study on a full-time basis via distance learning.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL2197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not currently make maintenance loans available for distance learning undergraduate study.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 01/11/2017 17:34:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

772997

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the terms of reference and membership of the major review of university funding and student financing, announced by the Prime Minister on 4 October, will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL2198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>Sustainable university funding and student finance are a priority in delivering this government’s objectives on higher education. The government will set out further steps on higher education student financing in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 01/11/2017 17:34:49 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

772408

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students entered university nursing courses in each academic year since 2010, including those who started in the current academic year 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL2101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2015/16 and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on entrants to nursing courses since 2009/10 are provided in the below table. Statistics for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years will be published in January 2018 and 2019 respectively.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Entrants to Nursing Courses at UK HEIs - Department for Education (DfE) Analysis of the HESA student record</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Entrants </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>97,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>88,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>86,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>75,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>78,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>81,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>83,610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DfE Analysis of the HESA student record</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures include entrants on all levels and all modes of study.</li><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person equivalents (FPE). Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li><li>Includes FPE students with course aims in the Joint Academic Coding system (JACS3) category of (B7) Nursing which is part of the subject area ‘Subjects allied to medicine’. More information is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal" target="_blank"><em>https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal</em></a><em>.</em></li><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 5.</li></ol> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/10/2017 16:14:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

771197

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost to dyslexic students who received their diagnosis before they were 18 of the assessment required to allow them to be eligible for Disabled Students' Allowance.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL1998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>All students applying for Disabled Students’ Allowances must provide medical evidence to confirm their eligibility.</p><p>Students with dyslexia must have an assessment or review assessment undertaken after their 16<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p><p>We do not hold information on costs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/10/2017 16:27:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

771198

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have undertaken or commissioned any study on the impact on those students applying for higher education of requiring dyslexic students to pay for a second assessment and to make a £200 contribution to the cost of computing equipment necessary to carry supportive software.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL1999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken any research on diagnostic assessments for dyslexia for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) purposes. DSAs continue to provide funding to dyslexic higher education students for assessed IT equipment costs in excess of £200, as well as for software and other support. DSAs funding is not provided to enable students to confirm their eligibility for support.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the numbers of students requiring a first or review assessment to confirm their eligibility for DSAs.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/10/2017 17:44:16 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

771287

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the staff guidelines issued by the Great Yarmouth Charter Academy that reportedly state that pupils should vomit in a bucket in their classrooms if they feel unwell.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL2088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>When Insipration Trust took on this failing school, it looked to develop a new behaviour policy at Great Yarmouth Charter School. The final version was published on the school website on 12 September. The content of an academy's pupil behaviour policy is a matter for the individual Trust. However, the Regional Schools Commissioner has sought reassurances that all sickness cases are dealt with sympathetically and appropriately and not as stated.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL2089 question first answered 30/10/2017 17:59:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie