Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) female and (b) male students have undertaken part-time (i) undergraduate and (ii) postgraduate courses in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The latest available statistics refer to the 2015/16 academic year and are published at the following link:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications
Statistics on enrolments in part-time study by gender and level of study in the latest ten years for which data are available have been provided in the attached table.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students undertaking (a) full-time and (b) part-time courses at higher education institutions in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) the UK were women in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK higher education institutions (HEIs). The latest available statistics refer to the 2015/16 academic year and are published at the following link:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications
The proportion of higher education enrolments that were female, by mode and location of study has been provided for the academic years 2006/07 to 2015/16 in the attached table.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) facilities and (b) other support her Department provides for (i) visitors and (ii) staff for (A) lactating mothers and (B) the expressing of breast milk.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department for Education’s main office in London and other Department sites in Coventry, Darlington, Manchester and Sheffield have rooms available for use by nursing mothers. The Nottingham site is a conference centre, with overnight accommodation facilities.
My department has issued guidance to managers on the support available to new and expectant mothers.
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote breastfeeding in the curriculum.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Where there is a demand from parents and pupils, schools can choose to teach about any topic of interest, including breastfeeding. For example, it can be covered in schools’ personal, social, heath and economic (PSHE) lessons. The suggested programme of study for teachers by the PSHE Association does not specifically cover breastfeeding, but it includes teaching about parenthood and the development of parental skills. Schools can expand on these topics if they wish, and include breastfeeding if there is a demand to cover it.