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This note gives a brief summary of statistics on aggregate tuition fee liability/payment under the current and previous systems; the impact on student numbers, payment by student characteristics and the contribution of tuition fees to higher education funding. Some statistics cover England and Wales, although more recent data on variable fees and the post 2012 system is for England only.
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Tables-based paper, outlining levels of public spending on transport by region and nation of the UK
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On 20 February the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill will be debated in the House of Commons for the first time. The Bill has proved more contentious than expected.
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This note charts successive phases of UK money laundering regulations and considers their benefits and burdens..
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Please note that this briefing paper has been withdrawn, and replaced by CBP8003, Social care: care home market – structure, issues, and cross-subsidisation (England).
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This House of Commons Library briefing paper considers the current structure of the care home market in England, as well as issues facing the sector and how private clients (“self-funders”) tend to pay more than local authority funded residents (known as “cross-subsidisation”). A link to the full report in pdf format can be found at the bottom of this page.
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This briefing discusses the procedure for revising Government spending plans in-year. It summarises the changes the Government proposes to Departmental budgets in 2017-18.
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The price of domestic gas and electricity has been relatively stable over the past seven years after increasing steadily through 2000-2008. The price of gas has fallen somewhat in recent years, but electricity prices have risen. The cost of heating oil has fallen over the last three years with particularly large falls to 2016 before a partial rebound in the most recent year.
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Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.
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This briefing sets out the current rules for recruitment to the heads of department roles in the Civil Service.
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An Excel tool allowing Fuel Poverty Statistics for Constituencies, Local Authorities and Regions in England to be automatically retrieved, and presented.
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Western Sahara is the largest non-self governing territory in the world, according to the UN, and there are tens of thousands of refugees living in refugee camps in Algeria
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This briefing paper provides an analysis of the Space Industry Bill 2017-2019. The paper provides an overview of the provisions in the Bill and the debate and amendments made during the House of Lords stages and Commons Committee stage.
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Please note that this briefing paper has been withdrawn, and replaced by CBP7775, Child maintenance: cases when someone lives overseas (England & Wales).
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