Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance on booster COVID-19 vaccinations they are providing to UK citizens whose previous vaccinations were administered in an EU member state, and which are not recorded on the NHS app.
Answered by Lord Kamall
Booster vaccinations remain available, including for those who received primary doses in the European Union. The minimum dosage interval for booster vaccinations is three months from a final primary dose. Doses do not have to be recorded in the NHS App in order to access vaccination.
Vaccines approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency administered overseas can be recorded via the National Booking Service or 119. Doses can be verified at a face-to-face appointment at a designated vaccination centre and updated within the National Immunisation Management Service (NIMS). If an individual’s overseas vaccination is recorded in NIMS, they will automatically be invited to receive a booster dose when eligible. Vaccinations can also be accessed at a walk-in centre without the record being updated in advance.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the NHS app will record COVID-19 vaccinations administered to UK citizens while working or studying in EU member states.
Answered by Lord Kamall
English residents who have received vaccinations overseas, including in European Union Member States, can now have their vaccination details recorded in the National Health Service vaccine database. Individuals can then generate an NHS COVID Pass for domestic use and international travel if they meet certain certification requirements.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which external organisations have been involved in the recruitment of candidates to be special advisers to ministers since 24 July 2019.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Special Advisers are appointed to assist a Minister of the Crown after being selected by that Minister personally. All appointments must be approved by the Prime Minister. This is set out in Section 15 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
Separately, and in advance of Ministerial approval in accordance with the statutory requirement, it is open to political parties to undertake activity to identify individuals that Ministers may wish to consider for selection. This is not part of the appointment by Government but rather for the political party concerned.
Previously, the existence of such opportunities has generally not been made public. Openly encouraging people to express their interest, with greater information about what the opportunities may entail, will help broaden the field of potential candidates.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have paid to each external organisation that has been involved in the recruitment of special advisers to ministers since 24 July 2019.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Special Advisers are appointed to assist a Minister of the Crown after being selected by that Minister personally. All appointments must be approved by the Prime Minister. This is set out in Section 15 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
Separately, and in advance of Ministerial approval in accordance with the statutory requirement, it is open to political parties to undertake activity to identify individuals that Ministers may wish to consider for selection. This is not part of the appointment by Government but rather for the political party concerned.
Previously, the existence of such opportunities has generally not been made public. Openly encouraging people to express their interest, with greater information about what the opportunities may entail, will help broaden the field of potential candidates.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total income from Home Office Immigration and Nationality Charges in each year since 2010.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Income from Immigration and Nationality Charges is not reported as a separate line in the Home Office accounts. Information on ‘Visa and Immigration’ income is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. Refer to links below for the last 7 years figures.
The FY 2016/17 Home Office income includes income for HM Passport Office from their continuing activities, representing the sale value of all services provided during they year. Income receviable for fees charged in respect of applications for visas and immigration documents.
FY2016/17 - 5. Income
2016-17 £000 | Restated 2015-16 £000 | ||||||
Core Department & Agencies | Departmental Group | Core Department & Agencies | Departmental Group | ||||
Retained Income | |||||||
Income from sale of goods and services | |||||||
Passport fees | 398,277 | 398,277 | 392,825 | 392,825 | |||
Visa and Immigration income | 1,182,375 | 1,182,375 | 1,086,745 | 1,086,745 | |||
Immigration Health Surcharge | 193,715 | 193,715 | 145,192 | 145,192 | |||
Hendon data centre income | 91,306 | 91,306 | 106,561 | 106,561 | |||
Airwave | 39,000 | 39,000 | 22,202 | 22,202 | |||
Certificate Services | 15,818 | 15,818 | 14,451 | 14,451 | |||
DBS income | - | 153,150 | - | 145,200 | |||
EU income | 53,478 | 53,478 | 41,938 | 41,938 | |||
Other operating income | |||||||
Asset recovery income | 166,185 | 166,185 | 186,420 | 186,420 | |||
Other administration income | 37,740 | 37,913 | 50,799 | 53,461 | |||
Other programme income | 141,409 | 176,125 | 160,801 | 196,529 | |||
Total Retained Income | 2,319,303 | 2,507,342 | 2,207,934 | 2,391,524 | |||
Payable to Consolidated Fund | |||||||
Passport fees | 85,103 | 85,103 | 83,723 | 83,723 | |||
Immigration Health Surcharge | 16,535 | 16,535 | 23,920 | 23,920 | |||
Other administration income | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Other programme income | 4,552 | 4,552 | 3,096 | 3,096 | |||
Total payable to Consolidated Fund | 106,190 | 106,190 | 110,740 | 110,740 | |||
Total | 2,425,493 | 2,613,532 | 2,318,674 | 2,502,264 | |||
FY2016/17 - page 117: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf
FY2015/16 - page 134:https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf
FY2014/15 – page 126 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf
FY2013/14 – page 111https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf
FY2012/13 – page 133https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf
FY2011/12 – page 136 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf
FY2010/11 – page 115-116https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many workers from (1) other EU countries, and (2) non-EU countries were employed in the UK's adult social care workforce in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
Skills for Care, the workforce development organisation for social care, collects data on the number of adult social care workers by nationality in England.
The number of adult social care workers from within the European Economic Area (EEA) and the non-EEA in the last five years is set out in the following table.
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Total workers | 1,265,000 | 1,290,000 | 1,325,000 | 1,335,000 | 1,340,000 |
British | 1,043,000 | 1,070,000 | 1,101,000 | 1,110,000 | 1,118,000 |
EEA (non-British) | 62,000 | 70,000 | 77,000 | 87,000 | 95,000 |
Non-EEA | 160,000 | 150,000 | 147,000 | 138,000 | 127,000 |
Source: Skills for Care’s adult social care workforce estimates 2012/13 to 2016/17.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students enrolled at universities in England are citizens of other EU countries.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK higher education institutions (HEIs).
The latest available statistics published by HESA refer to the 2015/16 academic year and, to the nearest five, show that there were 98,460 enrolments at English HEIs by students domiciled in other EU countries prior to their studies.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the total cost of the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme since its introduction.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme was designed to be self-financing through the commercial fee that lenders paid for the provision of the Government guarantee. The fee was set to cover the administration cost, the cost of capital of providing the guarantee and expected losses from loans guaranteed under the scheme.
The total cost of running the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme from its introduction in 13 October to 31 March 2016 was £11.9 million. This has been paid in full with the commercial fees collected from lenders.
The Treasury routinely publishes Official Statistics on the performance of the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The most recent publication was on 30 March 2017. This showed 101,960 mortgages had been completed with the support of the scheme. We do not record whether mortgage applications submitted to the scheme are made by a single individual or jointly.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) individuals, and (2) families, have bought homes through the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme was designed to be self-financing through the commercial fee that lenders paid for the provision of the Government guarantee. The fee was set to cover the administration cost, the cost of capital of providing the guarantee and expected losses from loans guaranteed under the scheme.
The total cost of running the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme from its introduction in 13 October to 31 March 2016 was £11.9 million. This has been paid in full with the commercial fees collected from lenders.
The Treasury routinely publishes Official Statistics on the performance of the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The most recent publication was on 30 March 2017. This showed 101,960 mortgages had been completed with the support of the scheme. We do not record whether mortgage applications submitted to the scheme are made by a single individual or jointly.
Asked by: Lord Cooper of Windrush (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total number of (1) hospital doctors and consultants, and (2) general practitioners, employed within the NHS in England who are citizens of other EU countries and have resigned from their posts since 24 June 2016.
Answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy
The information is not available. NHS Digital can provide estimates of numbers leaving the National Health Service in England in the Hospital and Community Health Service by nationality, but cannot readily identify the reasons for leaving, such as resignation. General practitioners’ country of Primary Medical Qualification can be identified, but further details by nationality are not available.