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Since it was first published by the European Commission in May 2018, the government has been involved in discussions on the draft regulation for the next programme. Discussions in the EU institutions are ongoing and the regulation has yet to be finalised. Future participation in EU programmes will be a subject of our negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship.<\/p>

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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>

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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>

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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\u2019 pay.<\/p>

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The Government\u2019s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) stated:<\/p>

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\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>

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HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/<\/a> (copy attached).<\/p>

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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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4584", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Sugg"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Sugg"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/753262/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "HEFCE guidance on severance pay and the reuneration of senior staff June 2017.pdf"} , "title" : "HEFCE severance pay & remumeration of senior staff"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-08-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "HL946"} , {"_value" : "HL947"} , {"_value" : "HL948"} , {"_value" : "HL949"} , {"_value" : "HL951"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-08-09T16:09:58.923Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to limit increases in senior managaement pay in the higher education sector.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3743", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Adonis"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Adonis"} ], "uin" : "HL950"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }