Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Government research funding has been allocated to each higher education institution in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Research income from UK public sources reported by Higher Education Providers in the most recent 5 years, as set out in Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), indicates the following. This includes Research Council grants, Quality related Research Funding/Research England funding, and funding from UK Central Government/Public Bodies.
| 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 |
| £/million | £/million | £/million | £/million | £/million |
England | 4172 | 3967 | 3964 | 4126 | 4335 |
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Coventry | 105 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 140 |
Coventry University | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
The University of Warwick | 99 | 115 | 112 | 119 | 131 |
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West Midlands | 256 | 284 | 273 | 280 | 307 |
Aston University | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Birmingham City University | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Coventry University | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 9 |
Harper Adams University | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Keele University | 0 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
Newman University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Staffordshire University | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The University of Birmingham | 112 | 120 | 107 | 111 | 125 |
The University of Keele | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The University of Warwick | 99 | 115 | 112 | 119 | 131 |
The University of Wolverhampton | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
University College Birmingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
University of Worcester | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve social mobility in post-16 education for people in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education
True social mobility is when we put students, their needs and career ambitions first, be that through Higher Education (HE), Further Education (FE) or Apprenticeships. Our policies supporting mobility in post-16 education will benefit people across the country, including Coventry and the West Midlands.
All young people in England are required to continue in education or training until the age of 18. This was implemented because the small group of young people that were not participating included some of the most vulnerable and we want to give all young people the opportunity to develop the skills they need for adult life and to achieve their full potential.
To support students with a disadvantage to participate in post-16 education, we provide funding for disadvantaged students, aged between 16-19, via allocations to institutions. These allocations include funding to account for students’ economic deprivation (Disadvantage Block 1), and low prior attainment and/or special educational needs, using English and maths attainment as a proxy (Disadvantage Block 2).
The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund targets support at young people who most need help with the costs of staying on in post-16 education and training. It provides funding to young people, aged between 16 and 19, who need financial support with costs to stay in FE.
We also apply a disadvantage uplift through our adult funding system. This results in a funding increase for learners living in the most deprived areas of the country, as we base the uplift on the learner’s postcode. We apply this consistently across the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s ‘formula-funded’ Adult Education Budget (AEB) provision.
The AEB also provides funds to colleges and providers, to help adult learners overcome barriers that prevent them from taking part in learning. This includes Learner Support, to support learners with a specific financial hardship and Learning Support, to meet the additional needs of learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
Apprenticeships offer high quality training opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds and can be a true driver of social mobility combining a job with high quality training. To help employers offer new apprenticeships, they are now able to claim £2,000 for every new apprentice they hire under the age of 25 before 31 January 2021. This is in recognition of the particular impact that the COVID-19 outbreak has had on the employment prospects of this group. In addition, our Apprenticeships Support and Knowledge programme supports schools across England to provide disadvantaged students with information on apprenticeships.
It is more crucial than ever before that we tap into the brilliant talent that our country has to offer, and make sure that HE is available to all who are qualified by ability and attainment to pursue it, and who wish to do so, no matter where they grow up.
Latest UCAS data from 2020 admissions shows that record rates of 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds are going to university. However, there is clearly more to do to make sure everyone who has the talent and potential can thrive in HE. It is not enough to just get them through the door; attention needs to be paid to retention rates and graduate outcomes. Our reforms are continuing to open routes of progression, including HE, to enable students to make informed choices.
Through Access and Participation Plans, agreed with the Office for Students (OfS), HE providers are expected to reduce the gaps in access, success and progression for under-represented groups amongst their students.
The OfS-funded Uni Connect programme delivers collaborative outreach activity to schools and colleges in areas where participation in HE is lower than expected, based on attainment levels. Uni Connect partnerships work with schools to deliver bespoke programmes to reach out to underrepresented groups in HE, and have been successful in addressing cold spots so that no young person is left behind.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England have been waiting for more than one year for hospital treatment.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The number of incomplete referral-to-treatment pathways where a patient is waiting over 52 weeks for treatment in Coventry, the West Midlands and England is provided in the following table. Data provided is for July 2020 and is the most recent available:
Provider/National | Number waiting over 52 weeks |
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | 475 |
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust | 142 |
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust | 177 |
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 24 |
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 1,599 |
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | 293 |
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | 9 |
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | 473 |
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | 49 |
Wye Valley NHS Trust | 262 |
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 481 |
England | 83,203 |
NHS England collects and publishes referral-to-treatment performance data at both a local and national level. Data is available via the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/rtt-waiting-times/
Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
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To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapy; when her Department plans to commence its study into the (a) locations and (b) prevalence of conversion therapy in the UK; and what the planned remit is of that study.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
This Government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.
The Government’s 2017 National LGBT Survey provides some evidence of the prevalence of conversion therapy in the UK; it found that 2% of respondents had previously undergone conversion therapy and a further 5 % had been offered it. We have commissioned further research to inform policy development in this area. Following a competitive tendering exercise, in 2019 the Government Equalities Office commissioned Coventry University to undertake research which explores evidence of practices, experiences and effects of conversion therapy. Officials are currently reviewing the findings of this report prior to publication, and reviewing the efficacy of both legislative and non-legislative measures in ending these practices.
Once this work is complete, the Government will bring forward proposals to end conversion therapy in due course.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, which company or organisation the Government has commissioned to undertake research on the scope of practices and experiences of those subjected to conversion therapy.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.
Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.
When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.
Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.
Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, if she will publish the terms of reference for the research that the Government has commissioned.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.
Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.
When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.
Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.
Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what timescales the Government has agreed for the completion of the research that it has commissioned.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.
Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.
When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.
Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.
Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58080 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what dangerous conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful the Government has identified; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
This government is committed to tackling the abhorrent practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in the UK.
Our action will be determined by research to look at how best to define conversion therapy, where it is happening and who it is happening to.
When that is complete, we will bring forward proposals to ban conversion therapy, making sure that our measures are effective, so that innocent people no longer have to endure these vile practices.
Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Government Equalities Office has commissioned Coventry University to undertake initial research that sets out the scope of practices, where it is happening and how it affects those who have experienced it. The aims and objectives of this research, alongside it’s methodology, are included in the report, which will be published in due course.
Officials are also reviewing the legislative framework to establish the scope of conversion therapy practices that are not already unlawful. Where these dangerous practices are not already unlawful, we are examining the best ways to prevent them being conducted, without sending them underground. We will engage a wide range of stakeholders on these practices and any potential measures.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of A&E waiting times (a) at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire and (b) in England.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Accident and emergency (A&E) attendances have increased both nationally and locally on the previous year, December 2019 A&E attendances were 6.5% up nationally over December 2018, the position at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) was up by 6.6% (4.1% year to date). Latest published performance data for January against the 4 hour A&E performance standard was 77.9% for UHCW compared to 84.6% in January 2019. The latest published national performance for January against the standard was 79.8% compared to 84.5% in January 2019.
The large growth in attendances has had an impact on delivery of the four hour A&E performance standard. The NHS Long Term Plan’s Urgent and Emergency Care reform agenda will look to address this through:
- Urgent Treatment Centres that will reduce attendance at, and conveyance to, A&E;
- Same Day Emergency Care which will increase the proportion of acute admissions discharged on the day of attendance from a fifth to a third; and
- To reduce the number of patients that have unnecessary long lengths of stay (+21 days) in hospital and Delayed Transfer of Care - where patients are still in hospital once medically fit to be discharged back into the community.
Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of waiting times for (a) children and (b) adults at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This information is not available in the format requested.