§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the annual cost of the Quality Assurance Agency Subject Review for Universities. [109207]
§ Mr. WicksThe Higher Education Funding Council for England has a statutory duty to make provision for assessing the quality of education provided in institutions for whose activities it provides financial support. It currently contracts with the Quality Assurance Agency to carry out subject reviews on its behalf. In 1998–99 QAA carried out 233 subject reviews in England at a cost of £4.2 million. For 1999–2000 QAA is contracted to carry out 375 subject reviews in England at a cost of £5.6 million.
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§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what is the total number of person hours that the Quality Assurance Agency Subject Review assessors spent away from their own universities and colleges on work for the review in the last 12 months for which figures are available; [109204]
(2) what was the total number of person hours spent by Quality Assurance Agency Subject Review assessors on work for the Review in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [109205]
§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the(a) names, (b) departments and (c) educational establishments of the assessors employed by the Quality Assurance Agency for its subject review for universities. [109206]
§ Mr. WicksThe information is not available in the form requested.
At the end of each cycle of reviews a subject overview report is published which includes the names of all assessors involved in that cycle. Copies of overview reports have been placed in the House of Commons Library.