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49894

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what dates the Industrial Strategy Council has held meetings since it was set up; and, for each meeting, (1) who attended, and (2) what was the agenda.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL6873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The first meeting of the Industrial Strategy Council was on 14 May 2013. The agenda consisted of:</p><p>1. Role of the Council</p><p>2. September Conference</p><p>3. Supply chains</p><p>4. Witty Review</p><p> </p><p>The meeting was attended by:</p><p>Tera Allas, Keith Anderson, Gordon Ballard, Marcus Bryson, Vince Cable, Victor Chavez, John Cridland, Martin Donnelly, Warren East, Peter Hansford, Lord Hutton, Harry Keenan, Sir Richard Lambert, Janice Munday, Mark Turner, Robin Webb, Frances O'Grady, Michael Snyder, Keith Wiggins.</p><p> </p><p>The second meeting of the Industrial Strategy Council took place on 27<sup>th</sup> November 2013. The agenda consisted of:</p><p>1. Policy update</p><p>2. Progress update and next steps</p><p>3. Update on small businesses</p><p>4. Supply chains</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The meeting was attended by:</p><p>Keith Anderson, Gordon Ballard, Judith Batchelar, Marcus Bryson, Vince Cable, Neil</p><p> </p><p>Carson, John Cridland, Martin Donnelly, Warren East, Peter Hansford, Lord Hutton, Harry Keenan, Bernadette Kelly, Sir Richard Lambert, Janice Munday, Richard Parry-Jones.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The third meeting of the Industrial Strategy Council will take place on 19th May 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747322

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate remuneration of vice-chancellors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is for them to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, the Government, in the 2017/18 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) grant letter stated:</p><p> </p><p>“The Government is clear that efficiency includes demonstrating restraint in senior pay and remains concerned about the substantial upwards drift in salaries of some top management. We would like to see senior leaders in the sector exercise more pay restraint.”</p><p> </p><p>Jo Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, has continued to call on the sector to show restraint in Vice Chancellors' pay and for the sector to demonstrate more leadership especially at a time when students are concerned about value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747324

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate fee level to set in respect of undergraduate courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Fees for English domiciled undergraduate students studying at Higher Education Institutions that are funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are subject to maximum fees, which are set in legislation. HEFCE funded institutions that have an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge a higher fee than those that do not. In addition, HEFCE funded institutions that have demonstrated high quality teaching by achieving a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rating can charge up to a higher fee than those that do not.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/07/2017 11:49:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

747326

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, in the past 12 months, they, or their agencies, have advised any university, or universities, that proposed fee levels were unacceptably high; and if so, what that advice was.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The government does not assess the fees of individual institutions. It sets maximum fees for eligible students in legislation. Only those institutions with an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge fees up to a highest cap.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/07/2017 10:38:21 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792891

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Madeleine Atkins
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which any conflict of interest arises in respect of Professor Madeleine Atkins’ role as Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, given her position as a former Vice-Chancellor.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Since her appointment as Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in January 2014, there have been no conflicts of interest between Professor Madeleine Atkins’ current role and her former position as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Coventry.</p><p> </p><p>All public appointees are required to declare any conflicts of interest which arise. HEFCE maintains a register of such declarations, a copy of</p><p>Professor Madeleine Atkins’ registered interests are attached. This can be found at the following address:</p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/about/members/Professor,Madeleine,Atkins/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/about/members/Professor,Madeleine,Atkins/</a>.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:13:56 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792892

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University of Bath: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take following the report on governance surrounding senior pay at Bath University by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, published on 20 November, which found that Bath university has “a significant distance to travel” to open its remuneration committee’s work to legitimate scrutiny through enhancing its use of various measures of transparency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Under existing legislation, it is the Privy Council that has a role in approving the governing documents, and amendments to them, of publicly funded higher education providers.</p><p> </p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers are expected to comply with the Committee of University Chairs’ Code, “The Higher Education Code of Governance” as part of their conditions for Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding (copy attachment).</p><p> </p><p>As such, it is for HEFCE as the regulator to take any action necessary in response to the report. We understand that HEFCE intends to follow-up its recommendations in this report. The university has agreed to provide HEFCE with a report on progress with the recommendations in December. There is also a planned periodic HEFCE Assurance Review of the University of Bath due to take place early next year.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting on behalf of the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), on its new Regulatory Framework, due to come into force for the academic year 2019/20. Under those proposals, the OfS will be responsible for ensuring providers’ governing arrangements are appropriate, which includes requirements for providers in the approved categories to operate openly, honestly, accountably and with integrity, and publish a statement on the steps they have taken to ensure value for money for students and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our proposals are designed to ensure sufficient transparency around senior staff pay, by requiring providers to publish the number of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, which for staff paid more than £150,000, should include a justification for these salaries.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL3419 question first answered 05/12/2017 17:36:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL3416, HL3419 - Attachment - 241117.pdf title The Higher Education Code of Governance
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792893

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of increases in Vice-Chancellors’ salaries since the announcement by the Minister of State for Universities and Science on 7 September that they would “unveil a series of new measures designed to curb spiralling vice-chancellors’ pay”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation has been clear that he wants to see an end to the upwards trend in senior staff pay. Since his announcement on 7 September, the government has published details of its proposed measures.</p><p>We are currently consulting on behalf of the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), on its new Regulatory Framework, due to come into force for the academic year 2019/20. Under those proposals, the OfS will be responsible for ensuring providers’ governing arrangements are appropriate, which includes requirements for providers to publish the number of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, which for staff paid more than £150,000, should include a justification for these salaries.</p><p>We also called on the sector to work through the Committee of University Chairs (CUC) to develop and introduce its own fair remuneration code, and are pleased that the CUC is taking forward the development of this code.</p><p>These measures, once implemented, will deliver greater transparency and accountability, as well as improved value for money for taxpayers and for students.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:22:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792894

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings the Minister of State for Universities and Science has held with (1) the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and (2) the Office for Students to discuss issues relating to (a) Vice-Chancellors’ pay, and (b) the governance of universities in England; and what was the outcome of those meetings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation meets monthly with colleagues from Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Since the Minister’s speech to the higher education sector in July, the topic of vice-chancellors’ pay and governance is regularly discussed in the context of general discussions and when the minister updates HEFCE on progress with policy development on this topic.</p><p> </p><p>The minister meets fortnightly with colleagues from the Office for Students (OfS). These meetings have included discussion of the consultation on the OfS’s proposed new regulatory framework. This framework will set out how the OfS will regulate providers in future, namely in a risk-based and proportionate way, aimed at bringing stability for the sector, and delivering value-for-money for students and taxpayers. It also describes the proposed conditions which providers must meet in order to register with the OfS, which include conditions around accountability and transparency around senior staff pay.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:26:33 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792895

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University of Bath: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the report on governance surrounding senior pay at Bath University by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), published on 20 November, whether HEFCE intends to play a role in ensuring that Bath University implements the reforms recommended in that report; and if so, what.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Under existing legislation, it is the Privy Council that has a role in approving the governing documents, and amendments to them, of publicly funded higher education providers.</p><p> </p><p>Publicly funded higher education providers are expected to comply with the Committee of University Chairs’ Code, “The Higher Education Code of Governance” as part of their conditions for Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding (copy attachment).</p><p> </p><p>As such, it is for HEFCE as the regulator to take any action necessary in response to the report. We understand that HEFCE intends to follow-up its recommendations in this report. The university has agreed to provide HEFCE with a report on progress with the recommendations in December. There is also a planned periodic HEFCE Assurance Review of the University of Bath due to take place early next year.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting on behalf of the new regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), on its new Regulatory Framework, due to come into force for the academic year 2019/20. Under those proposals, the OfS will be responsible for ensuring providers’ governing arrangements are appropriate, which includes requirements for providers in the approved categories to operate openly, honestly, accountably and with integrity, and publish a statement on the steps they have taken to ensure value for money for students and taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our proposals are designed to ensure sufficient transparency around senior staff pay, by requiring providers to publish the number of staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, which for staff paid more than £150,000, should include a justification for these salaries.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL3416 question first answered 05/12/2017 17:36:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL3416, HL3419 - Attachment - 241117.pdf title The Higher Education Code of Governance
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

792896

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Madeleine Atkins
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Professor Madeleine Atkins is restricted from taking remunerated employment from, or entering into contracts with, English universities following the expiry of her term as Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England; and if not, whether they intend to seek an undertaking from her that she will not enter into such employment or contracts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL3420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>In her employment with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and as a public appointee, Professor Madeleine Atkins is bound by the HEFCE board code of practice for board members, the Nolan Principles and confidentiality required as a HEFCE employee.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing contractual arrangements are a matter between the employee and the HEFCE as the employer.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/12/2017 17:21:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis