Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each academic year since 2018–19, how many foundation year students were enrolled for degrees which fell into price groups (1) A, (2) B, (3) C1.1, (4) C1.2, (5) C2, and (6) D.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The data for all three tables below cover English-domiciled foundation year students studying at approved fee cap English higher education (HE) institutions and further education (FE) colleges.
The data is currently unpublished and is based on internal department analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data. As such, figures are rounded to the nearest five in line with the following HESA guidance: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/about/regulation/data-protection/rounding-and-suppression-anonymise-statistics.
The price group data for the 2018/19 academic year is not directly comparable to price group data for the following academic years because of a change in the system for classifying subjects from the 2019/20 academic year onwards.
The number of students enrolled onto one-year foundation courses is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants studying one-year courses at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year.
Academic Year | Number of students undertaking a one-year foundation year course |
2018/19 | 35,995 |
2019/20 | 43,395 |
2020/21 | 53,590 |
2021/22 | 69,325 |
The number of foundation year students studying in each of the different price groups since the 2018/19 academic year is shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year shown by price group.
| Academic Year | |||
Price Group | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B | 9,315 | 10,585 | 9,510 | 11,260 |
C1.1 | 2,220 | 2,450 | 2,700 | 2,900 |
C1.2 | 2,475 | 2,470 | 2,860 | 3,160 |
C2 | 4,870 | 7,105 | 9,440 | 10,905 |
D | 15,065 | 20,785 | 29,070 | 41,090 |
The number of students studying a foundation year in a business and management or social sciences degree for each academic year since 2018/19 is shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants studying business and management and social science degrees at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year.
Academic Year | ||||
Subject | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Business and management studies | 8,900 | 13,600 | 23,420 | 35,585 |
Social sciences | 3,855 | 6,265 | 6,345 | 6,915 |
Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each academic year since 2018–19, how many of the foundation year students who enrolled for degrees in price group D, were enrolled for degrees in (1) business subjects, and (2) social studies.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The data for all three tables below cover English-domiciled foundation year students studying at approved fee cap English higher education (HE) institutions and further education (FE) colleges.
The data is currently unpublished and is based on internal department analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data. As such, figures are rounded to the nearest five in line with the following HESA guidance: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/about/regulation/data-protection/rounding-and-suppression-anonymise-statistics.
The price group data for the 2018/19 academic year is not directly comparable to price group data for the following academic years because of a change in the system for classifying subjects from the 2019/20 academic year onwards.
The number of students enrolled onto one-year foundation courses is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants studying one-year courses at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year.
Academic Year | Number of students undertaking a one-year foundation year course |
2018/19 | 35,995 |
2019/20 | 43,395 |
2020/21 | 53,590 |
2021/22 | 69,325 |
The number of foundation year students studying in each of the different price groups since the 2018/19 academic year is shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year shown by price group.
| Academic Year | |||
Price Group | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B | 9,315 | 10,585 | 9,510 | 11,260 |
C1.1 | 2,220 | 2,450 | 2,700 | 2,900 |
C1.2 | 2,475 | 2,470 | 2,860 | 3,160 |
C2 | 4,870 | 7,105 | 9,440 | 10,905 |
D | 15,065 | 20,785 | 29,070 | 41,090 |
The number of students studying a foundation year in a business and management or social sciences degree for each academic year since 2018/19 is shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants studying business and management and social science degrees at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year.
Academic Year | ||||
Subject | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Business and management studies | 8,900 | 13,600 | 23,420 | 35,585 |
Social sciences | 3,855 | 6,265 | 6,345 | 6,915 |
Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each academic year since 2018–19, how many students were enrolled in one-year foundation year courses in English higher education institutions.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The data for all three tables below cover English-domiciled foundation year students studying at approved fee cap English higher education (HE) institutions and further education (FE) colleges.
The data is currently unpublished and is based on internal department analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data. As such, figures are rounded to the nearest five in line with the following HESA guidance: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/about/regulation/data-protection/rounding-and-suppression-anonymise-statistics.
The price group data for the 2018/19 academic year is not directly comparable to price group data for the following academic years because of a change in the system for classifying subjects from the 2019/20 academic year onwards.
The number of students enrolled onto one-year foundation courses is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants studying one-year courses at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year.
Academic Year | Number of students undertaking a one-year foundation year course |
2018/19 | 35,995 |
2019/20 | 43,395 |
2020/21 | 53,590 |
2021/22 | 69,325 |
The number of foundation year students studying in each of the different price groups since the 2018/19 academic year is shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year shown by price group.
| Academic Year | |||
Price Group | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B | 9,315 | 10,585 | 9,510 | 11,260 |
C1.1 | 2,220 | 2,450 | 2,700 | 2,900 |
C1.2 | 2,475 | 2,470 | 2,860 | 3,160 |
C2 | 4,870 | 7,105 | 9,440 | 10,905 |
D | 15,065 | 20,785 | 29,070 | 41,090 |
The number of students studying a foundation year in a business and management or social sciences degree for each academic year since 2018/19 is shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Full-person equivalent of foundation year entrants studying business and management and social science degrees at HE institutions and FE colleges in England since the 2018/19 academic year.
Academic Year | ||||
Subject | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Business and management studies | 8,900 | 13,600 | 23,420 | 35,585 |
Social sciences | 3,855 | 6,265 | 6,345 | 6,915 |
Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what organisations or persons have a duty to enforce the equalities obligations of local authorities towards persons with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
It is the role of each local authority’s Monitoring Officer to report to the local authority where it appears to them the authority has done, or is about to do, anything which would contravene the law - including contravention of its duties under the Equality Act 2010 - or would amount to maladministration, at all times.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is charged by Parliament with the investigation of complaints from members of the public who have suffered personal injustice arising from maladministration by local authorities, including injustice arising from failure to uphold the local authority’s obligations under the Equality Act 2010, once an authority’s formal complaints process has been exhausted. Information regarding how to raise a complaint with the Ombudsman and the types of faults the Ombudsman will investigate may be found on its website at; www.lgo.org.uk.
The Ombudsman is independent in matters relating to the investigation and reporting of complaints. Decisions are published on the Ombudsman’s website as well as thematic focus reports to highlight common or systemic concerns.
Where the Ombudsman finds no maladministration or cannot investigate, a member of the public who disagrees with the decision of their local authority may seek judicial review of the local authority’s decision through the courts. I would however advise anyone considering taking legal action to seek independent legal advice before doing so.