Category: Speeches

Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much in cash terms and what proportion of total university funding came from (a) domestic tuition fees, (b) foreign student fees, (c) public funding and (d) external sponsorship in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr David Willetts

Information on the finances of English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). A summary of the income of publicly-funded HEIs in England from Home and EU Tuition Fees, Non-EU Tuition Fees, Public Funding and External Sponsorship has been provided in the table.

Income of publicly-funded higher education institutions⁽¹⁾

English Higher Education Institutions

Academic year 2012/13

Academic year	Income (£ millions)	Share of Total Income (%)
Total Course Fee Income	10,142	41.7%
Of which…
Home & EU Tuition Fees	6,479	26.6%
Non-EU Tuition Fees	2,997	12.3%
Other Tuition Fee Income⁽²⁾	666	2.7%
Public Funding ⁽³⁾	8,580	35.3%
External Sponsorship ⁽⁴⁾	5,598	23.0%
Total Income	24,320	100.0%

Source: HESA Finance Record

Notes:

All figures are rounded to the nearest £ million and, as a result, columns may not total correctly.

⁽¹⁾The University of Buckingham are the only non-publicly funded HEI to return financial data to HESA and their income has been omitted from the final figures.

⁽²⁾Other Tuition Fee Income includes income received from FE Courses and Non-Credit bearing courses.

⁽³⁾Public Funding refers to funding received from Funding Bodies, BIS Research Councils, UK Central Government, Local Authorities, Health and Hospital Authorities and EU Government Bodies.

⁽⁴⁾External Sponsorship refers to income from non-public sources including research grants and other income from EU and UK industry, commerce and other corporations.

01/11/2022

Jim Shannon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with NHS trusts on the prescription of medicines for psoriasis.

Norman Lamb

We have had no such discussions.

Information on the prescription of medicines for psoriasis is available from a range of sources including the British National Formulary, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and NHS Choices.

01/11/2022
Chuka Umunna – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chuka Umunna on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to ensure that the Latin American community is better recognised in official statistics.

Mr Nick Hurd

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

01/11/2022
Gregory Campbell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether invoices for legal or other work carried out in connection with the Savile Inquiry have been submitted for payment since January 2013.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

No invoices have been submitted for payment in respect of legal work in connection with the Saville Inquiry. An invoice was submitted in March 2013 for hosting of the Inquiry website.

01/11/2022
John Redwood – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Church Commissioners

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2014-04-10.

To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what levels of stock the Church Commissioners hold of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.

Sir Tony Baldry

The Church Commissioners do not keep inventories of stationery items and office consumables, to calculate the stock levels held would incur a disproportionate cost. The level of stock is monitored regularly, and replenished as necessary to meet staff needs.

01/11/2022
David Nuttall – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Nuttall on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investigations are being carried out by the Claims Management Regulation Unit under regulation 35 of the Compensation (Claims Management Services) Regulations 2006.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The CMR Unit aims to conduct all investigations in a proportionate and efficient manner. This means determining as quickly as possible whether a CMC under investigation is in breach of the conditions of its authorisation. If following an investigation it is clear that those conditions have been breached and there is a public protection issue, any proposed enforcement action will be expedited.

(1) 6 June 2013 was the earliest date from when the Claims Management Regulation (CMR) Unit began an investigation under regulation 35, which remains unresolved but no enforcement proceedings have yet commenced.

(2) Information is available for the period, 12 months to 18 June 2014. The CMR Unit conducted 46 investigations under regulation 35, which took an average of 5 months, 21 days before enforcement proceedings were taken, and an average of 2 months, 8 days before being closed without the requirement for enforcement proceedings.

(3) As at 18 June 2014, the CMR Unit was investigating 24 CMCs under regulation 35.

01/11/2022
Bob Ainsworth – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Ainsworth on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the recommendations contained in the Association of Business Recovery Professionals publication entitled Level Playing Field: SMEs, taxpayers, and the Football Creditors Rule.

Jenny Willott

R3 has made some interesting recommendations which the football authorities should consider carefully. The football authorities have already made some changes, notably through agreeing “financial fair play” rules, salary caps and an early warning system for tax debts, as well as to governance arrangements, to increase financial stability in the leagues and to increase transparency for creditors.

01/11/2022
Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) charities, (b) hon. Members and (c) other individuals on the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses.

Damian Green

My Department from time to time receives representations about provisions to support child victims and witnesses. In recent months, my officials have held discussions with NSPCC and Barnardo’s on the subject, and a number of honourable Members and members of the public have written to Ministers.

01/11/2022
Jeremy Browne – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeremy Browne on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the performance of the children and families department in Somerset County Council.

Mr Edward Timpson

Ofsted inspected Somerset County Council’s arrangements for the protection of children between 24 June 2013 and 3 July 2013 and published their findings on 5 August 2013. Ofsted judged the authority’s performance as ‘inadequate’.

My officials met with representatives of Somerset County Council on 20 August 2013 to discuss the Ofsted judgement, the Department’s proposed course of action and the Council’s immediate plans for improvement.

I wrote to the leader of Somerset County Council, John Osman, on 13 September 2013 to underline my concern at the Ofsted judgement of performance and set out my intention to issue the council with an Improvement Notice.

I issued a 12-month Improvement Notice to Somerset County Council on 22 November 2013, requiring the council to institute an improvement board headed by an independent chair to drive improvement and hold partners to account. The improvement board has sat monthly since October 2013 and I am represented at each Board by my officials.

I plan to visit Somerset County Council to assess improvements for myself. My officials will also undertake a review of progress in June 2014 and report findings to me. I will then assess progress against the Improvement Notice and Ofsted recommendations and decide whether to intervene further.

01/11/2022
David Crausby – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Crausby on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many refused claims for personal independence payment have (a) been appealed and (b) been successfully appealed to date.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits including personal independent payment (PIP).

This information is published in Tribunals Statistics Quarterly, available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014

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