Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which institutions provide undergraduate courses in nursing.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
Information on all higher education institutes providing undergraduate pre-registration courses in adult, child, mental health and learning disability nursing can be found in the table, which has been attached owing to the size of the data.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the names and locations of the agencies registered to supply nurses to NHS trusts in England.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
Agency rules require that agencies are on NHS Improvement-approved frameworks and these frameworks monitor and approve agencies for supply to trusts. The approved framework operators are Crown Commercial Service, NHS Collaborative Procurement Partnership and Health Trust Europe.
In addition to agencies on approved frameworks, trusts in exceptional patient safety situations can utilise the ‘break glass clause’ and work with an off-framework agency. Using an off-framework agency should be a culmination of a robust escalation process sanctioned by the trust board. Trust boards have primary responsibility for monitoring the local impact of the agency rules and ensuring patient safety.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students entered university nursing courses in each academic year since 2010, including those who started in the current academic year 2017–18.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2015/16 and can be found at the following link:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications.
Information on entrants to nursing courses since 2009/10 are provided in the below table. Statistics for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years will be published in January 2018 and 2019 respectively.
All Entrants to Nursing Courses at UK HEIs - Department for Education (DfE) Analysis of the HESA student record | |
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Academic Year | Number of Entrants |
2009/10 | 97,420 |
2010/11 | 88,010 |
2011/12 | 86,140 |
2012/13 | 75,385 |
2013/14 | 78,480 |
2014/15 | 81,480 |
2015/16 | 83,610 |
Source: DfE Analysis of the HESA student record
Notes:
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which countries timber with bark for firewood has been imported into the UK in the last five years.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.
Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.
We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.
The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much timber with bark for firewood has been imported into the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.
Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.
We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.
The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the eco-system of importing timber with bark to the UK.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs collect and publish National Statistics for the United Kingdom on the level of imports of woodfuel under commodity code 44011000: ‘fuel wood in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms’. No record is made to differentiate the presence or absence of bark on imports of woodfuel.
Figures for 2011-15, the latest figures for which complete data is available, are shown the Table attached.
We recognise that wood can be a pathway for the introduction and movement of harmful plant pests. That is why a new Statutory Notification Scheme for importing solid woodfuel (firewood) came into force on 1 January 2017. This requires importers bringing firewood into England and Scotland from outside the UK to provide the Forestry Commission with at least three days’ prior notification of its arrival if it is coming by sea, road or rail, and four hours’ notice if arriving by air. The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to introduce a similar regulation.
The scheme will enable the Forestry Commission to gather information about the firewood importing trade, and to carry out risk-based and random inspections of a selection of imports. This will help to ensure that the firewood or its associated wooden packaging meets British plant health landing requirements.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nursing students were admitted to degree courses starting in (1) Autumn 2016, and (2) Autumn 2017; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the discontinuance of the NHS bursary scheme for nurses on those numbers.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
For autumn 2015 admissions, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) end of cycle data for B7 Nursing in England shows 21,450 students accepted onto B7 Nursing courses in England.
For autumn 2016 admissions, the UCAS end of cycle data for B7 Nursing in England shows 22,630 acceptances.
The information for autumn 2017 admissions is not yet available.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any ministers are citizens of a country other than the UK; and if so, who.
Answered by Lord Young of Cookham
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with universities providing graduate courses in nursing, prior to announcing plans for new degree-level nurse apprenticeships.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
The Nursing Degree Apprenticeship Standard was developed by an employer-led Trailblazer Group whose membership includes health and social care employers, university and college representatives, the Council of Deans of Health and Government representatives. The Government announced approval of the Nursing Degree Apprentice Standard on 30 November. The Trailblazer Group continues to have a role in working with universities in preparation for the delivery phase of the apprentice standard.
Asked by: Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with National Grid in relation to the erection of pylons to carry power through the Lake District National Park from the proposed nuclear generation station adjacent to Sellafield.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Government holds regular discussions with National Grid across a range of energy matters. Some of these include factual updates from National Grid on its proposed major electricity transmission projects. When this occurs, Ministers and officials do not provide any views to National Grid due to the role DECC Ministers would play in the determination of any development consent applications.