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Calendar
Tuesday 9th May 2023 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Office for Students At 10:30am: Oral evidence Susan Lapworth - Chief Executive at Office for Students The Lord Wharton of Yarm - Chair at Office for Students View calendar

Parliamentary Debates
Introduction: Lord Houchen of High Leven 1 speech (1 words) Monday 24th July 2023 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: None Ingleby Barwick in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, was introduced and took the oath, supported by Lord - Link to Speech
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill 113 speeches (23,547 words) Report stage Monday 13th June 2022 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Matt Western (LAB - Warwick and Leamington) Other than Lord Wharton of Yarm, I believe there will be widespread opposition to the Bill from all parties - Link to Speech
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Appointment to UK Delegation 1 speech (34 words) Monday 13th June 2022 - Written Statements Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Lord Wharton of Yarm has been appointed as a substitute member of the United Kingdom Delegation to - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Monday 27th November 2023 Correspondence - Office for Students' response to the Committee's report, Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Yours sincerely Lord Wharton of Yarm Chair Susan Lapworth Chief Executive
Wednesday 13th September 2023 Report - 2nd Report - Must do better: the Office for Students and the looming crisis facing higher education Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Wharton of Yarm) 112 Q 130 (Lord Wharton of Yarm) 113 QQ 132–133 and 135 (Robert Halfon MP) 114 QQ
Tuesday 6th June 2023 Written Evidence - Office for Students WOS0069 - The work of the Office for Students The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Chair – Lord Wharton of Yarm Chief Executive – Susan LapworthAdditional Supplementary Written evidence
Thursday 25th May 2023 Written Evidence - National Secular Society WOS0012 - The work of the Office for Students The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Chair – Lord Wharton of Yarm Chief Executive – Nicola Dandridge CBEThank you for the offer of a meeting
Tuesday 9th May 2023 Oral Evidence - Office for Students, and Office for Students The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee Found: Lord Wharton of Yarm: I agree with that.
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 Correspondence - Letter from the Office for Students relating to the attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings inquiry Attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings - Women and Equalities Committee Found: Chair – Lord Wharton of Yarm Chief E xecutive – Susan Lapworth Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP Committee
Thursday 8th September 2022 Correspondence - Correspondence from Susan Lapworth, Interim Chief Executive, Office for Students, re Financial sustainability of the higher education sector in England, dated 27 July 2022 Financial sustainability of the higher education sector in England - Public Accounts Committee Found: Chair Lord Wharton of Yarm Interim Chief E xecutive Susan Lapworth Dame Meg Hillier
Wednesday 30th March 2022 Correspondence - Correspondence from Nicola Dandridge, CEO of the Office for Students, following her appearance before the Committee last week Education Committee Found: Chair – Lord Wharton of Yarm Chief E xecutive – Nicola Dandridge CBE Nicholson House Lime Kiln Close
Friday 5th February 2021 Inquiry Publications - Fourth Report - Appointment of the Chair of the Office for Students Education Committee Found: Gavin Williamson CBE MP, wrote to us to say that Lord Wharton of Yarm had been chosen as the Government
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 Oral Evidence - Lord Wharton of Yarm Lord Wharton of Yarm Education Committee Found: Lord Wharton of Yarm Lord Wharton of Yarm Oral Evidence

Written Answers
Office for Students: Freedom of Expression Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Thursday 8th June 2023 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, where the post of Director of Freedom of Speech in the Office for Students was advertised; who was involved in recruitment decisions for that post; and how many people applied for that post. Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero The role of Director of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom was advertised on the Times Higher Education website. Officials at the department managed the recruitment process. The essential and desirable criteria against which applicants were assessed were included in the job advert, which can be sent to any members interested. The department received 16 applications for the role. An interview panel was chaired by Hannah Sheehan (Director of Higher Education Quality in the department) and joined by Lord Wharton of Yarm (Chair of the Office for Students) and Robert Colvile (Director of the Centre for Policy Studies), who joined as an independent panellist. The Director was appointed by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, in the same way that other board members of the Office for Students are appointed under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
Office for Students: Freedom of Expression Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Thursday 8th June 2023 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the criteria used by the Office for Students to assess the suitability of candidates for its new Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom post. Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero The role of Director of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom was advertised on the Times Higher Education website. Officials at the department managed the recruitment process. The essential and desirable criteria against which applicants were assessed were included in the job advert, which can be sent to any members interested. The department received 16 applications for the role. An interview panel was chaired by Hannah Sheehan (Director of Higher Education Quality in the department) and joined by Lord Wharton of Yarm (Chair of the Office for Students) and Robert Colvile (Director of the Centre for Policy Studies), who joined as an independent panellist. The Director was appointed by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, in the same way that other board members of the Office for Students are appointed under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.
Lord Wharton of Yarm Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington) Friday 10th June 2022 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of the address given by the Chair of the Office for Students to the Conservative Political Action Conference with the duties under paragraph 3.11 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies. Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Paragraph 3.14 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public bodies, referring to paragraphs 3.11 to 3.13 of the code, states ‘If you are an MP, member of the House of Lords, member of a devolved legislature, directly elected mayor, local councillor or police and crime commissioner, you are exempt from these requirements.’ As a member of the House of Lords, Lord Wharton is therefore exempt from the requirements of 3.11. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education was not given notice of Lord Wharton’s attendance or speech at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference and will not be making an assessment of the compatibility of the address given by Lord Wharton.
Lord Wharton of Yarm Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington) Friday 10th June 2022 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he was given notice of the Chair of the Office for Students, Lord Wharton’s, (a) attendance and (b) speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Paragraph 3.14 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public bodies, referring to paragraphs 3.11 to 3.13 of the code, states ‘If you are an MP, member of the House of Lords, member of a devolved legislature, directly elected mayor, local councillor or police and crime commissioner, you are exempt from these requirements.’ As a member of the House of Lords, Lord Wharton is therefore exempt from the requirements of 3.11. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education was not given notice of Lord Wharton’s attendance or speech at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference and will not be making an assessment of the compatibility of the address given by Lord Wharton.

Written Answers

Office for Students: Freedom of Expression
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Thursday 8th June 2023

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, where the post of Director of Freedom of Speech in the Office for Students was advertised; who was involved in recruitment decisions for that post; and how many people applied for that post.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The role of Director of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom was advertised on the Times Higher Education website.

Officials at the department managed the recruitment process. The essential and desirable criteria against which applicants were assessed were included in the job advert, which can be sent to any members interested. The department received 16 applications for the role.

An interview panel was chaired by Hannah Sheehan (Director of Higher Education Quality in the department) and joined by Lord Wharton of Yarm (Chair of the Office for Students) and Robert Colvile (Director of the Centre for Policy Studies), who joined as an independent panellist.

The Director was appointed by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, in the same way that other board members of the Office for Students are appointed under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017.

Office for Students: Freedom of Expression
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Thursday 8th June 2023

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the criteria used by the Office for Students to assess the suitability of candidates for its new Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom post.

Answered by Claire Coutinho - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The role of Director of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom was advertised on the Times Higher Education website.

Lord Wharton of Yarm
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Friday 10th June 2022

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of the address given by the Chair of the Office for Students to the Conservative Political Action Conference with the duties under paragraph 3.11 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Paragraph 3.14 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public bodies, referring to paragraphs 3.11 to 3.13 of the code, states ‘If you are an MP, member of the House of Lords, member of a devolved legislature, directly elected mayor, local councillor or police and crime commissioner, you are exempt from these requirements.’ As a member of the House of Lords, Lord Wharton is therefore exempt from the requirements of 3.11.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education was not given notice of Lord Wharton’s attendance or speech at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference and will not be making an assessment of the compatibility of the address given by Lord Wharton.

Lord Wharton of Yarm
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Friday 10th June 2022

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he was given notice of the Chair of the Office for Students, Lord Wharton’s, (a) attendance and (b) speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department Publications - Transparency
Monday 21st February 2022 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Source Page: Better regulation: annual report 2020 to 2021 Document: Better regulation: government’s annual report 2020 to 2021 (revised 21 February 2022) (PDF) Found: of regulator The term of office of the new chair of the OfS board, James Wharton, also known as Lord

Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Jun. 20 2023 Office for Students Source Page: Office for Students: annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Document: Office for Students annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 (print version) (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Wharton of Yarm, OfS chair 9 Chief executive’s statement The OfS regulates a large and
Jun. 20 2023 Office for Students Source Page: Office for Students: annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Document: Office for Students annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 (web version) (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Wharton of Yarm, OfS chair 9 Chief executive’s statement The OfS regulates a large and
Jul. 04 2022 Office for Students Source Page: Office for Students: annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 Document: Office for Students: annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 (web version) (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Wharton of Yarm, OfS Chair 9 opportunities and social lives continued to be disrupted by the
Jul. 04 2022 Office for Students Source Page: Office for Students: annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 Document: Office for Students: annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022 (print version) (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord Wharton of Yarm, OfS Chair 9 opportunities and social lives continued to be disrupted by the