This House of Commons library paper gives an overview of the first sale of a tranche of English income-contingent student loans. It gives background to the sale and discusses the impact of the sale on borrowers and whether value for money was achieved by the sale. The Government announced the end of the sales programme in Budget 2020.
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Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Bill (361 KB, PDF)
This Bill has two aims: to place a sufficiency duty on local authorities to ensure that there are sufficient social care services to support carers and disabled people, in particular to aid them to enter or remain in the labour market, or undertake work-related education or training; and to help ensure the early identification of carers by schools, and further and higher education institutions. Health bodies would have to ensure that effective procedures to identify carers and potential carers were in place, and ensure that carers received appropriate information and advice, and relevant medical services.
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Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Bill (361 KB, PDF)
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This Commons Library briefing paper examines the key funding pressures facing adult social care services in England and evidence of the impacts of these pressures on social care and health services. The paper explains the additional funding committed to adult social care between 2016/17 and 2020/21, and outlines concerns about a social care funding gap and future financial uncertainty.
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic there have been concerns about the financial impact on universities. Much of this has focussed on the potential loss of international students, but there could also be losses in income from lower home student numbers, a drop in research work and less revenue from accommodation, catering and conferencing. What are the size of these impacts and what has the Government done to support the sector?
