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To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many first year undergraduate places in universities the Government plan to fund in academic year 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 2010

Reference

507 c841W; 322275

House

House of Commons

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of funded, full-time university places that will be available for students seeking to commence studies in (a) autumn 2009 and (b) autumn 2010 in each region.

Asked by

Roger Gale (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 September 2009

Reference

496 c2186W; 283098

House

House of Commons

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether a financial penalty will be imposed on higher education institutions for over-recruitment against the admission figures prescribed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England for 2009-10; and whether universities which made offers to their applicants prior to...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 May 2009

Reference

492 c312W; 272162

House

House of Commons

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many publicly-funded places for first-time undergraduates there were in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and how many there are expected to be in 2009-10.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 April 2009

Reference

491 c22W; 268642

House

House of Commons

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he plans to take to increase funding for research at new universities.

Asked by

Sally Keeble (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 2009

Reference

487 c459W; 251922

House

House of Commons

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he has taken to establish a mechanism for annual review of the new funding regime for equivalent or lower qualifications.

Asked by

Lord Boswell of Aynho (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 January 2009

For answer on

22 January 2009

Answered on

26 January 2009

The Secretary of State established when he finalised this policy in January 2008 that the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) should conduct an annual review on its impact. I wrote to HEFCE earlier this month setting out the terms of reference for the review. A copy of this letter has been placed in the House of Commons Library. HEFCE has started work on the review and plan to report later in the year.Letter from David Lammy to Tim Melville-Ross (HEFCE), dated 7 January 2009:"Redistributing funding for equivalent and lower level qualifications""1. In January 2008 the Secretary of State, John Denham, wrote to you about the Government's policy on the redistribution of institutional funding for students doing equivalent and lower level qualifications (ELQs). Your redistribution of ELQ funding began at the start of the 2008/09 academic year, and is then set to scale up over time. In his letter John said that the impact of the ""policy should be reviewed annually by the Council, and the Council should be prepared to act on the findings of these reviews to improve the implementation of the policy.""2. We have always been aware that the scope of this first annual review, scheduled for December 2008, would inevitably be limited. We are only in the first year of the new arrangements, only a minority of the overall redeployment of funds have taken place and limited data regarding 2008-09 entry will be available at this point in time. One role of this initial investigation is therefore to provide a baseline for future reviews, but this should not rule out appropriate changes, if they are justified by the evidence.""3. I am, however, also conscious that the economic climate has changed since John announced the Government's new policy on ELQ funding in September 2007. In an economic downturn it is more important than ever that individuals and businesses have access to high quality, affordable educational provision to improve competitiveness and to enable workers to enter growth areas in the labour market.""4. As you review the implementation of ELQs, I would like the Council to consider whether there is evidence that any modification to the approach decided on earlier this year will help universities respond more effectively to the challenges of the economic downturn. The review should not, however, lead to a significant net increase in the overall number of ELQ students studying exempt or protected subjects because we will continue to give priority for public funding to those who have not yet obtained a first higher education qualification.""5. As part of the review, I would like the Council to investigate whether there is any evidence available of changes in the flow of students as a result of ELQ policy. If there is concrete evidence of a large fall in demand at national level for a subject of national strategic importance, I would like the Council to advise us on:""a. the scope to increase demand for that subject from those without an equivalent or higher level qualification""b. whether there is adequate provision of Foundation Degrees—as the hallmark vocational qualification—in that subject""c. the scope for labour market demand for graduates in that discipline to translate into increased employer funding to support students in that discipline; and only then""d. whether there is a case for exempting entrants to the subject who have an ELQ from the general ELQ funding rule or protecting it in other ways.""6. In any such cases, the Council should also advise on the scope for removing exempted or protected subjects from the list. We will then work with you to agree any changes to the subjects that are exempted or protected.""7. It is, of course, for the Council to decide on the best way of conducting this review but I would like it to take an evidence-based approach. I imagine the review will exclude Strategically Important and Vulnerable Subjects because the health of these disciplines rightly falls under the remit of your new Strategically Important Subjects advisory group, chaired by Peter Saraga. And, given your additional support for SIVS, it would be difficult (if not impossible) to establish a baseline for the review that would be comparable with other subjects. You will, no doubt, work with Peter's group as and when it is necessary.""8. I am very grateful to the HEFCE Board and its officers for their work on the implementation of the policy and I look forward to continuing to work closely with the Council on this and other issues."

Date

26 January 2009

Reference

487 c265-6W; 250711

House

House of Commons

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many university places were co-funded with employers in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; and how many he expects to be so funded in 2009-10.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 November 2008

Reference

483 c1709W; 238885

House

House of Commons

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-3WS, on Education (Student Support) Regulations, when the Higher Education Council for England advised his Department of the likely number of additional student numbers that would...

Asked by

Rob Wilson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 November 2008

Reference

483 c1705W; 233707

House

House of Commons

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