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518708

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	St Helena: Hotels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Institute for Apprenticeships will take over any of the functions carried out by Ofsted, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education or Ofqual, such as the inspection of apprenticeship provision or the regulation of qualifications, and if so, which.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL2
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be to ensure the quality of apprenticeship standards.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships will only attract funding from government or the levy if they are against an approved standard or framework. Each standard will contain a plan for how the apprenticeship will be assessed. Although this will be approved by the Institute, the Institute will not assess the apprenticeship training itself: the register of training providers is owned by the Skills Funding Agency and Ofsted will continue to inspect providers.</p><p>The Institute will, however, need to ensure there is consistency between the levels of assessment being applied, as part of its role in approving standards and assessment plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3 question first answered 01/06/2016 11:50:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

518709

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role the new Institute for Apprenticeships will have in regulating the quality of apprenticeships, and what powers it will have to undertake that role.
tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
uin	HL3
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be to ensure the quality of apprenticeship standards.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships will only attract funding from government or the levy if they are against an approved standard or framework. Each standard will contain a plan for how the apprenticeship will be assessed. Although this will be approved by the Institute, the Institute will not assess the apprenticeship training itself: the register of training providers is owned by the Skills Funding Agency and Ofsted will continue to inspect providers.</p><p>The Institute will, however, need to ensure there is consistency between the levels of assessment being applied, as part of its role in approving standards and assessment plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL2 question first answered 01/06/2016 11:50:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

518713

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the remarks by the Prime Minister on 9 May regarding the “risk” to “peace and stability on our continent” should the UK vote to leave the EU, what contingency plans they are preparing for deploying Army Reserves.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>In his speech on 9 May, the Prime Minister was clear that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off by remaining a member of the EU. If the UK were to leave the EU, the withdrawal negotiation would need to address a wide range of difficult issues, including co-operation on foreign policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 02/06/2016 14:29:01 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

518717

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women in safe houses and refuges who need to keep their address anonymous are not prevented from voting.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL11
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2016 answer text <p>Electors who need to keep their name and address anonymous are able to submit an application for anonymous registration. As part of their application, electors must satisfy the Electoral Registration Officer that their safety, or that of people they live with, would be at risk if the register contained their name and address. For this purpose electors must provide either a court order or an attestation by a “qualifying officer”, which includes senior police officers and chief social workers. The evidential threshold for applications for anonymous electoral registration is to ensure that it is available only to those whose personal safety would genuinely be at risk if their details appeared on the electoral register, rather than for the purpose of gaining additional privacy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 31/05/2016 13:37:54 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

518718

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the relationship between the inability to pay high rents and the risk of homelessness, what they are doing to ensure access to social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL12
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The statutory requirement to consider ‘reasonable preference’ prioritises social housing for those who need it the most. The provisions in the Housing and Planning Act that ensure new tenancies are regularly reviewed will enable councils to get the best use out of their social housing.</p><p>To enable local authorities to help claimants affected by changes to Housing Benefit who need extra support, we have also increased the level of funding for Discretionary Housing Payment to £870 million in total across this Parliament – a notional 55 per cent increase compared to the previous Parliament.</p><p>Whilst households who face homelessness need suitable, settled accommodation it does not always need to be social housing. That is why we changed the law to allow authorities to make offers of good quality private rented sector accommodation. Since 2010 our homelessness prevention funding has helped local authorities and homelessness charities prevent almost a million households from becoming homeless. We want this work to continue and that is why we have maintained and protected homelessness prevention funding though the local government finance settlement totalling £315 million by 2019/20.</p><p>The government is also committed to delivering affordable housing. Twice as much council housing has been built since 2010 than in the previous 13 years. The Spending Review in 2016 allocated £8 billion to deliver 400,000 affordable homes this parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/06/2016 16:03:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

518723

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Islam
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Home Office has commissioned any research into migration to the EU from Horn of Africa nations, in line with the UK's role as the Chair of the Khartoum Process.
tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
uin	HL17
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>As Chair of the Khartoum Process, the UK supports enhanced work in the Horn of Africa, working with EU and African partners to deliver concrete actions to combat people smuggling and human trafficking. Helping the countries of the Horn of Africa cope with migratory flows and tackling the root causes of migration is firmly in the UK's interests, but we remain mindful of the broader humanitarian and political concerns regarding countries in that region and our position on that point has not changed.</p><p>The Home Office conducted research in the Horn of Africa to understand drivers of irregular migration to Europe and the UK, in line with our work under the Khartoum Process.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/06/2016 16:48:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

518726

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Renewable Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding is available for research and development into sustainable aviation fuels.
tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
uin	HL20
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes sustainable aviation fuels are of strategic importance, both in reducing carbon emissions and to drive the development of an advanced biofuels industry in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Those developing sustainable aviation biofuels were eligible to apply for funding under the Department’s Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition, the winners of which were announced last September.</p><p> </p><p>In early 2015 a Transport Energy Taskforce including aviation industry experts considered, amongst other things, the potential for sustainable aviation fuels to contribute to our climate change commitments to 2030 and beyond. Further to that work we are planning to consult on potential changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation later this year, including to make renewable fuels used in aviation eligible for reward under the scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL21 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:14:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

518727

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Hospitals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the carbon savings that could result from increasing the use of biofuels in UK aviation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Featherstone
uin	HL21
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes sustainable aviation fuels are of strategic importance, both in reducing carbon emissions and to drive the development of an advanced biofuels industry in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Those developing sustainable aviation biofuels were eligible to apply for funding under the Department’s Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition, the winners of which were announced last September.</p><p> </p><p>In early 2015 a Transport Energy Taskforce including aviation industry experts considered, amongst other things, the potential for sustainable aviation fuels to contribute to our climate change commitments to 2030 and beyond. Further to that work we are planning to consult on potential changes to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation later this year, including to make renewable fuels used in aviation eligible for reward under the scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL20 question first answered 02/06/2016 13:14:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone

518728

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Food Poverty: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 19 April (HL Deb, col 614), whether they will write to the Welsh Government Minister for Public Services setting out in full their argument that those sections of the Trade Union Bill applying only to devolved public services in Wales are nevertheless reserved matters, and if so, whether they will place a copy of that letter in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL22
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Ministers have engaged with the Devolved Administrations on the Trade Union Act.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our engagement, Nick Boles, the policy Minister for the Trade Union Act, has received four letters from Leighton Andrews, Minister for Public Services in the Welsh Government. These letters related to specific aspects of the Act and the Welsh Government position on their applicability in Wales. On 5th February 2016 Nick Boles had a telephone conversation with Leighton Andrews on the Act; and on 4 March, he replied to the letters and has placed a copy of the correspondence in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>As set out throughout its parliamentary passage, the Act is about employment and industrial relations law, which are reserved matters. It will apply consistently across Great Britain, including to public services in Wales.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/06/2016 14:38:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

518729

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Housing: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Price on 10 May (HL8062), whether that answer assumes that the United States Congress will accept a "fast-track" procedure for ratifying the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and what assessment they have made of the likelihood of such a procedure being either endorsed or withdrawn by the new Congress in 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL23
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>Legislation to re-authorise Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – sometimes called “fast track” – the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, was signed into law by President Obama on 29 June 2015. It will apply to certain international trade agreements – including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – if agreement is reached before 1 July 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 01/06/2016 11:37:59 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling