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790928

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in funding from her Department was for (a) Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, (b) Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, (c) Manchester City Council, (d) Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, (e) Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, (f) Salford City Council, (g) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, (h) Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, (i) Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council and (j) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council for children's social care in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17 and (iv) 2017-18; and what the average reduction in local authority funding in England was for children's social care in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Full details of the councils' funding are detailed in the Local Government Finance Settlement, which is published on the Government's website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>Funding for children's social care is not ring fenced because this allows local authorities, who are independent of central Government, to manage their budgets in line with local priorities. We believe it is important that councils are able to set the policy agenda and target spending to match.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/11/2017 16:47:30 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

792637

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether legislative proposals to increase penalties available for animal cruelty offences require the commencement of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	114564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 does not need to be commenced. The necessary changes can be made by amending section 32(1) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/11/2017 17:34:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

792777

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisons: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of use of the National Early Warning Score in prisons in Liverpool.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	114704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Information is not collected centrally on how many prisons use the National Early Warning Score to respond to symptoms of new psychoactive substances.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of the National Early Warning Score in prisons in Liverpool.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 114703 question first answered 28/11/2017 13:34:13 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

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

792897

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the language requirements for those taking the theory test as part of their application for a driving licence; whether other language options are available; and if so, at what centres in the UK such tests are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Driving theory test candidates are required to take the multiple choice part of the theory test in English in England and Scotland; candidates in Wales have the option of taking the test in either English or Welsh. Deaf or hard of hearing candidates across GB have the option of taking the test using an on-screen signer using British Sign Language.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 30/11/2017 12:57:05 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool