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Written Ministerial Statements — Health: Top-up Fees (Government Response) (6 Jul 2009)

Andy Burnham: Following the publication of a House of Commons Health Committee report on top-up fees on 12 May 2009, I am today laying the Government's response before Parliament (Cm 7649). The response is in the Library of the House and copies are available to hon. Members from the Vote Office.

Written Answers — Health: Care Homes: Fees and Charges (26 Mar 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...wide survey of 'Care Homes For Their Care Homes For Older People in the UK' report, published in May 2005. The OFT found that the average care home in the UK had 32 places of which 29 were occupied. Of these, seven, around 24 per cent. were paid for by a combination of the local authority and a third-party top-up. The UK average third-party top-up was £65.33p a week. The detail of...

Higher Education (18 Sep 2003)

Mr Andy Burnham: ...the Select Committee made an interesting point about employers, which should be discussed further. The Committee was also right to conclude, in recommendation 37, that "the deferral of payment of fees . . . removes one very significant disincentive to participation in higher education." Those who say that top-up fees will do precisely the opposite should consider the details of the package...

Higher Education (18 Sep 2003)

Mr Andy Burnham: ...for them. For too many, it is not at the moment. That is my main conclusion about whether students should be prepared to contribute. On the perception of debt, the very fact that the spectre of top-up fees is being bandied about in this place is damaging the cause that some people who are raising the argument seek to further. My right hon. Friend the Member for Newport, East referred to...