Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government what action the Higher Education Funding Council for England has taken to restrain the growth in senior management pay in the higher education sector.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
Minister Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, in his speech at Reform on 20 July 2017, called on the sector to put an end to increasing vice chancellor pay and provide justification for the exceptional circumstances for large pay awards to improve value for money.
He also announced that he will be issuing new guidance to the Office for Students (OfS) to use its powers to address this problem.
Universities are autonomous bodies and it is their responsibility to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, Minister Johnson has called for action to put an end to the upward spiral in vice chancellors’ pay.
The Government’s 2017/18 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) stated:
“The Government is clear that efficiency includes demonstrating restraint in senior pay and remains concerned about the substantial upwards drift in salaries of some top management. We would like to see senior leaders in the sector exercise more pay restraint.”
HEFCE issued guidance to the sector on severance pay and the remuneration of senior staff in June 2017: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2017/CL,172017/ (copy attached).
It states that governing bodies and remuneration committees should always bear in mind the principles outlined and to record clearly the rationale behind their decisions, including any divergence from the guidance.
Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate fee level to set in respect of undergraduate courses.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Fees for English domiciled undergraduate students studying at Higher Education Institutions that are funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) are subject to maximum fees, which are set in legislation. HEFCE funded institutions that have an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge a higher fee than those that do not. In addition, HEFCE funded institutions that have demonstrated high quality teaching by achieving a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) rating can charge up to a higher fee than those that do not.
Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government whether, in the past 12 months, they, or their agencies, have advised any university, or universities, that proposed fee levels were unacceptably high; and if so, what that advice was.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The government does not assess the fees of individual institutions. It sets maximum fees for eligible students in legislation. Only those institutions with an access agreement in place for widening participation with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) can charge fees up to a highest cap.
Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, give to universities on the appropriate remuneration of vice-chancellors.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Universities are autonomous bodies and it is for them to determine pay arrangements for their staff. However, the Government, in the 2017/18 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) grant letter stated:
“The Government is clear that efficiency includes demonstrating restraint in senior pay and remains concerned about the substantial upwards drift in salaries of some top management. We would like to see senior leaders in the sector exercise more pay restraint.”
Jo Johnson, the Minister for Universities and Science, has continued to call on the sector to show restraint in Vice Chancellors' pay and for the sector to demonstrate more leadership especially at a time when students are concerned about value for money.
Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government which multi-academy trusts have a chief executive who is paid more than £140,000; and what are the names of those chief executives.
Answered by Lord Nash
Academy trusts are responsible for setting their own remuneration for staff, and best placed to consider the factors relevant to their decisions on this. It is essential that we have the best people to lead our schools if we are to raise standards.
We hold an analysis of multi-academy trusts that pay staff more than £150,000, but do not have a list of those between £140,000 and £150,000. The analysis does not identify the names of the individuals nor whether they are the chief executive. The latest available data, for the year ended 31 August 2015, is in the table below, which identifies 71 trusts (3%) paying over £150,000. We expect data for the year ended 31 August 2016 to be available by the end of July 2017.
Information about remuneration is available in trusts’ financial statements published online by Companies House (available by searching “Companies House service”).
Company No. | Multi-academy trusts paying remuneration of more than £150,000 to an employee: year ended 31 August 2015 |
6625091 | ACADEMIES ENTERPRISE TRUST |
7846852 | ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST |
7977940 | AMBITIONS ACADEMIES TRUST |
5112090 | ARK SCHOOLS |
7867577 | ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST |
4389132 | BARNET CITY ACADEMY |
7768726 | BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST |
7540236 | BRAMPTON MANOR TRUST |
7695771 | BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST |
7808732 | CARMEL EDUCATION TRUST |
7827368 | CENTRAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
8179498 | CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST |
4504128 | CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST |
7617529 | CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST |
2303464 | DIXONS ACADEMIES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD |
6526376 | E-ACT |
5853746 | GATEWAY LEARNING COMMUNITY |
7551959 | GLF SCHOOLS |
7687897 | GRAVENEY TRUST |
6864339 | GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST |
7416734 | GURU NANAK SIKH ACADEMY LIMITED |
2535091 | HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST |
6228587 | HARRIS FEDERATION |
7949111 | HATTON ACADEMIES TRUST |
8269066 | HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
8179349 | INSPIRATION TRUST |
8657945 | INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST |
7398467 | IVYBRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST |
8296921 | L.E.A.D. MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST |
2387916 | LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST |
7361021 | LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST |
8066610 | LEGRA ACADEMY TRUST |
8743560 | LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED |
7548754 | MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST |
7348167 | NINESTILES ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED |
5067702 | NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST |
5398529 | OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING |
6982127 | ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST |
6995649 | OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST |
8469218 | PARADIGM TRUST |
8339345 | PARTNERSHIP LEARNING |
7749786 | PERRY BEECHES THE ACADEMY TRUST |
7493622 | QED ACADEMY TRUST |
7386086 | SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP TRUST ACADEMIES |
7344732 | SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST |
7730920 | THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP |
8158309 | THE BOSTON WITHAM ACADEMIES FEDERATION |
2400784 | THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST |
8148675 | THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST |
6182612 | THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST |
8027943 | THE DEAN TRUST |
8039629 | THE DOVER FEDERATION FOR THE ARTS |
7848783 | THE EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP TRUST |
7827747 | THE EVOLVE TRUST |
7465701 | THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST |
7614421 | THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST) |
7597068 | THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
5735093 | THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST |
5358533 | THE LANGLEY ACADEMY TRUST |
6462935 | THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES |
7990619 | THE RODILLIAN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
8107310 | THE SILVER BIRCH ACADEMY |
7359755 | THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST |
7569727 | THE WILLIAMSON TRUST |
8085503 | TOLLBAR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
7635510 | TORCH ACADEMY GATEWAY TRUST |
7559256 | VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST |
7462885 | WAKEFIELD CITY ACADEMIES TRUST |
8531479 | WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
8833508 | WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
6415729 | WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST |
Asked by: Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
Her Majesty's Government what advice they, or their agencies, have given to multi-academy trusts on the remuneration of their chief executives.
Answered by Lord Nash
Academy trusts are responsible for setting their own remuneration for staff, and best placed to consider the factors relevant to their decisions on this. It is essential that we have the best people to lead our schools if we are to raise standards.
We hold an analysis of multi-academy trusts that pay staff more than £150,000, but do not have a list of those between £140,000 and £150,000. The analysis does not identify the names of the individuals nor whether they are the chief executive. The latest available data, for the year ended 31 August 2015, is in the table below, which identifies 71 trusts (3%) paying over £150,000. We expect data for the year ended 31 August 2016 to be available by the end of July 2017.
Information about remuneration is available in trusts’ financial statements published online by Companies House (available by searching “Companies House service”).
Company No. | Multi-academy trusts paying remuneration of more than £150,000 to an employee: year ended 31 August 2015 |
6625091 | ACADEMIES ENTERPRISE TRUST |
7846852 | ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST |
7977940 | AMBITIONS ACADEMIES TRUST |
5112090 | ARK SCHOOLS |
7867577 | ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST |
4389132 | BARNET CITY ACADEMY |
7768726 | BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST |
7540236 | BRAMPTON MANOR TRUST |
7695771 | BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL TRUST |
7808732 | CARMEL EDUCATION TRUST |
7827368 | CENTRAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
8179498 | CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST |
4504128 | CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST |
7617529 | CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST |
2303464 | DIXONS ACADEMIES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD |
6526376 | E-ACT |
5853746 | GATEWAY LEARNING COMMUNITY |
7551959 | GLF SCHOOLS |
7687897 | GRAVENEY TRUST |
6864339 | GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST |
7416734 | GURU NANAK SIKH ACADEMY LIMITED |
2535091 | HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST |
6228587 | HARRIS FEDERATION |
7949111 | HATTON ACADEMIES TRUST |
8269066 | HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
8179349 | INSPIRATION TRUST |
8657945 | INSPIRATIONAL LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST |
7398467 | IVYBRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST |
8296921 | L.E.A.D. MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST |
2387916 | LANDAU FORTE CHARITABLE TRUST |
7361021 | LEARNER ENGAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST |
8066610 | LEGRA ACADEMY TRUST |
8743560 | LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED |
7548754 | MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST |
7348167 | NINESTILES ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED |
5067702 | NORTHERN SCHOOLS TRUST |
5398529 | OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING |
6982127 | ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST |
6995649 | OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST |
8469218 | PARADIGM TRUST |
8339345 | PARTNERSHIP LEARNING |
7749786 | PERRY BEECHES THE ACADEMY TRUST |
7493622 | QED ACADEMY TRUST |
7386086 | SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP TRUST ACADEMIES |
7344732 | SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST |
7730920 | THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP |
8158309 | THE BOSTON WITHAM ACADEMIES FEDERATION |
2400784 | THE BROOKE WESTON TRUST |
8148675 | THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST |
6182612 | THE DAVID ROSS EDUCATION TRUST |
8027943 | THE DEAN TRUST |
8039629 | THE DOVER FEDERATION FOR THE ARTS |
7848783 | THE EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP TRUST |
7827747 | THE EVOLVE TRUST |
7465701 | THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST |
7614421 | THE HEATH FAMILY (NORTH WEST) |
7597068 | THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
5735093 | THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST |
5358533 | THE LANGLEY ACADEMY TRUST |
6462935 | THE PRIORY FEDERATION OF ACADEMIES |
7990619 | THE RODILLIAN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
8107310 | THE SILVER BIRCH ACADEMY |
7359755 | THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST |
7569727 | THE WILLIAMSON TRUST |
8085503 | TOLLBAR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
7635510 | TORCH ACADEMY GATEWAY TRUST |
7559256 | VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST |
7462885 | WAKEFIELD CITY ACADEMIES TRUST |
8531479 | WASHWOOD HEATH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
8833508 | WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
6415729 | WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST |