Tag: Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord MacKenzie of Culkein on 2015-12-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions and consultations they held with the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives and UNISON before deciding that future nursing and midwifery students should fund themselves through student loans.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Department did not hold any formal discussions or consultations with the highlighted stakeholders prior to the Spending Review announcement.

The Government received and considered a broad range of representations from a number of stakeholders during the Spending Review process.

Following the Spending Review the Department is absolutely commited to working with key stakeholders in implementing these reforms.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord MacKenzie of Culkein on 2015-12-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received advice from the Council of Deans of Health about the future funding of nursing and midwifery students.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The Department of Health (DH) received joint correspondence from the Council of Deans of Health and Universities UK about a number of issues relating to healthcare education funding in England.

The Council of Deans of Health and Universities UK also wrote a joint letter to DH and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Ministers on 7 August 2015 requesting a meeting to discuss a redesigned system. DH and BIS Ministers agreed to a joint meeting, which took place on the 2 December.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord MacKenzie of Culkein on 2015-12-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research has been conducted into whether clinical teams, mentors and practice educators can support an additional 10,000 nursing and midwifery students while ensuring the quality of their practice placements.

Lord Prior of Brampton

The additional places will include placements in line with existing degrees, to do so there will be no change required to existing statutory regulation or education standards.Delivering suitable high quality placements as now, is part of the universities commitment on delivering an additional 10,000 student places.

Education standards will continue to be set United Kingdom-wide by the statutory Nursing and Midwifery Council and Health Care Professionals Council who as part of their approvals process assess the quality of practice placements. Professional bodies are also involved in setting curricula, particularly in the allied health professions and this will continue. It will be for universities to work as part of their local health economy with placement providers to secure extra placements for the additional students.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord MacKenzie of Culkein on 2015-12-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reasons nursing and midwifery students have given for discontinuing their courses in each year since 2010, including financial reasons.

Lord Prior of Brampton

This data is not collected centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord MacKenzie of Culkein on 2015-09-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many ships were on the United Kingdom register in 2005, and in each year thereafter to date.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The number of ships over 100 GT on the UK register in 2005 and to date are detailed below. All totals were correct at 31st December in the respective year.

December 2005 1,438

December 2006 1,456

December 2007 1,481

December 2008 1,550

December 2009 1,553

December 2010 1,503

December 2011 1,469

December 2012 1,401

December 2013 1,360

December 2014 1,327

The figure for 2015 – 1,328 is up to and including 31st August.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord MacKenzie of Culkein on 2015-09-17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the regulations governing ship registration in the United Kingdom with a view to increasing the number of ships in the world fleet on the UK register without reducing standards.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

There are no specific plans yet.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is currently recruiting a new Director of the UK Ship Register (UKSR) for whom an early task will be to review current regulations in light of the aspiration to grow the UKSR, and make any appropriate recommendations.