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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading University of Bath: Pay more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Minister for Higher Education's advice to the Higher Education Funding Council for England that there should be restraint in senior management pay in the sector, whether they conside the salary of £451,000 paid to the Vice Chancellor of Bath University to be appropriate. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Adonis more like this
uin HL946 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-08-09more like thismore than 2017-08-09
answer text <p>Minister Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, in his speech at Reform on 20 July 2017, called on the sector to put an end to increasing vice chancellor pay and provide justification for the exceptional circumstances for large pay awards to improve value for money.</p><p> </p><p>He also announced that he will be issuing new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) to use its powers to address this problem.</p><p> </p><p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, Minister Johnson has called for action to put an end to the upward spiral in vice chancellors’ pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 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>HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/</a> (copy attached).</p><p> </p><p>It states that governing bodies and remuneration committees should always bear in mind the principles outlined and to record clearly the rationale behind their decisions, including any divergence from the guidance.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Sugg remove filter
grouped question UIN
HL947 more like this
HL948 more like this
HL949 remove filter
HL950 more like this
HL951 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.673Zmore like thismore than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.673Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg remove filter
attachment
1
file name HEFCE guidance on severance pay and the reuneration of senior staff June 2017.pdf more like this
title HEFCE severance pay & remumeration of senior staff more like this
tabling member
3743
label Biography information for Lord Adonis more like this
753259
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading University of Bath: Pay more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government whether any Minister or official has met or written to the Vice Chancellor of Bath University or the Chair of the Council of Bath University to discuss the pay of the Vice Chancellor. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Adonis more like this
uin HL947 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-08-09more like thismore than 2017-08-09
answer text <p>Minister Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, in his speech at Reform on 20 July 2017, called on the sector to put an end to increasing vice chancellor pay and provide justification for the exceptional circumstances for large pay awards to improve value for money.</p><p> </p><p>He also announced that he will be issuing new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) to use its powers to address this problem.</p><p> </p><p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, Minister Johnson has called for action to put an end to the upward spiral in vice chancellors’ pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 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>HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/</a> (copy attached).</p><p> </p><p>It states that governing bodies and remuneration committees should always bear in mind the principles outlined and to record clearly the rationale behind their decisions, including any divergence from the guidance.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Sugg remove filter
grouped question UIN
HL946 more like this
HL948 more like this
HL949 remove filter
HL950 more like this
HL951 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.737Zmore like thismore than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.737Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg remove filter
attachment
1
file name HEFCE guidance on severance pay and the reuneration of senior staff June 2017.pdf more like this
title HEFCE severance pay & remumeration of senior staff more like this
tabling member
3743
label Biography information for Lord Adonis more like this
753260
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government whether any Minister or official has met the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to express concerns about top management pay in the higher education sector; and, if so, what was the outcome of any discussion. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Adonis more like this
uin HL948 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-08-09more like thismore than 2017-08-09
answer text <p>Minister Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, in his speech at Reform on 20 July 2017, called on the sector to put an end to increasing vice chancellor pay and provide justification for the exceptional circumstances for large pay awards to improve value for money.</p><p> </p><p>He also announced that he will be issuing new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) to use its powers to address this problem.</p><p> </p><p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, Minister Johnson has called for action to put an end to the upward spiral in vice chancellors’ pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 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>HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/</a> (copy attached).</p><p> </p><p>It states that governing bodies and remuneration committees should always bear in mind the principles outlined and to record clearly the rationale behind their decisions, including any divergence from the guidance.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Sugg remove filter
grouped question UIN
HL946 more like this
HL947 more like this
HL949 remove filter
HL950 more like this
HL951 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.797Zmore like thismore than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.797Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg remove filter
attachment
1
file name HEFCE guidance on severance pay and the reuneration of senior staff June 2017.pdf more like this
title HEFCE severance pay & remumeration of senior staff more like this
tabling member
3743
label Biography information for Lord Adonis more like this
753262
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to limit increases in senior managaement pay in the higher education sector. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Adonis more like this
uin HL950 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-08-09more like thismore than 2017-08-09
answer text <p>Minister Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, in his speech at Reform on 20 July 2017, called on the sector to put an end to increasing vice chancellor pay and provide justification for the exceptional circumstances for large pay awards to improve value for money.</p><p> </p><p>He also announced that he will be issuing new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) to use its powers to address this problem.</p><p> </p><p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, Minister Johnson has called for action to put an end to the upward spiral in vice chancellors’ pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 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>HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/</a> (copy attached).</p><p> </p><p>It states that governing bodies and remuneration committees should always bear in mind the principles outlined and to record clearly the rationale behind their decisions, including any divergence from the guidance.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Sugg remove filter
grouped question UIN
HL946 more like this
HL947 more like this
HL948 more like this
HL949 remove filter
HL951 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.923Zmore like thismore than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.923Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg remove filter
attachment
1
file name HEFCE guidance on severance pay and the reuneration of senior staff June 2017.pdf more like this
title HEFCE severance pay & remumeration of senior staff more like this
tabling member
3743
label Biography information for Lord Adonis more like this
753263
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government what action the Higher Education Funding Council for England has taken to restrain the growth in senior management pay in the higher education sector. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Adonis more like this
uin HL951 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-08-09more like thismore than 2017-08-09
answer text <p>Minister Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, in his speech at Reform on 20 July 2017, called on the sector to put an end to increasing vice chancellor pay and provide justification for the exceptional circumstances for large pay awards to improve value for money.</p><p> </p><p>He also announced that he will be issuing new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) to use its powers to address this problem.</p><p> </p><p>Universities are autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, Minister Johnson has called for action to put an end to the upward spiral in vice chancellors’ pay.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) 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>HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/</a> (copy attached).</p><p> </p><p>It states that governing bodies and remuneration committees should always bear in mind the principles outlined and to record clearly the rationale behind their decisions, including any divergence from the guidance.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Sugg remove filter
grouped question UIN
HL946 more like this
HL947 more like this
HL948 more like this
HL949 remove filter
HL950 more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.593Zmore like thismore than 2017-08-09T16:09:58.593Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg remove filter
attachment
1
file name HEFCE guidance on severance pay and the reuneration of senior staff June 2017.pdf more like this
title HEFCE severance pay & remumeration of senior staff more like this
tabling member
3743
label Biography information for Lord Adonis more like this