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1027155

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date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Industrial Diseases: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many posthumous claims were made in 2017 under (1) the Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme, (2) the 2008 diffuse mesothelioma payments scheme, and (3) the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme; how much was awarded in total; and of those claims, how many were made on behalf of deceased (a) men, and (b) women.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2019 answer text <p>Posthumous claims can be made by widows/dependants under the Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme. In 2017 there were 95 claims and payments totalled £211,175.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2008 Diffuse Mesothelioma Scheme (2008 Scheme) and the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (DMPS) payments can be made to certain eligible dependants of those individuals who died with Diffuse Mesothelioma before they could make an application to the Scheme, assuming the individual with the disease was eligible for a payment.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent quarterly statistics relating to the 2008 Scheme can be found on sheet “IIDB3_2” via gov.uk<br></p><p>The information requested about DMPS payments made posthumously is not available.</p><p> </p><p>For all the schemes there is no available data on the numbers of claims in respect of men and women.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/01/2019 14:49:38 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1027159

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much Community Rehabilitation Companies have spent on redundancies since 2015; and whether they consider that amount to be a cause for concern.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL12342 HL12343 question first answered 03/01/2019 12:37:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1027160

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
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 sufficiency of the staffing levels of Community Rehabilitation Companies in order to deal with the size and character of the caseloads they handle.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL12341 HL12343 question first answered 03/01/2019 12:37:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1027161

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their contracts with Community Rehabilitation Companies allow (1) staff numbers, and (2) costs to be published; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL12343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our Contract Management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their commitments. We do not hold information regarding redundancy costs as CRCs have the authority to manage surplus staff as per their business and operating models. Where redundancies have been made, CRCs have been required to provide assurance that service delivery can be maintained.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial terms. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs this year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p><p> </p><p>We do not routinely publish staff numbers and costs as this is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL12341 HL12342 question first answered 03/01/2019 12:37:58 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1027162

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crossrail: Performance Related Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for setting and approving performance-related bonuses and payoffs for the senior management team of Crossrail; and under what circumstances no bonuses would be payable.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL12344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Salaries and performance-related bonuses are a matter for Crossrail Limited and its Board. Crossrail Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transport for London.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/12/2018 13:42:41 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1027163

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
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 impact that the ending of the Supporting People programme has had on funding for floating support services for people recovering from, or at risk of, homelessness; and whether those services will be included in their planned review of housing-related support.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL12345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Supported housing is an invaluable service for vulnerable people across the country. In August, we announced that we will undertake a review of housing related-support, to help us better understand how housing and support fit together. The review will give us a fuller picture into how housing-related support is provided for supported housing across England.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why this summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/12/2018 13:41:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1027164

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the operation of the Apprenticeship Levy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL12346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We introduced our reforms to put quality at the heart of the apprenticeships programme and to increase employer investment and engagement in training their workforces for the future. We continue to keep apprenticeships policy under constant review through regular contact with employers, providers, apprentices, end-point assessment organisations, external quality assurance providers and the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA).</p><p>As a result of this engagement, we have made changes to make sure that apprentice training and funding are accessible. These changes include increasing the amount of funds that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers, from April 2019, from 10% to 25%. There are now over 380 apprenticeship standards approved in all sectors of the economy, and more are underway.</p><p>We are providing extra funding for the IfA to introduce new standards. We are also updating existing ones so that more courses can be offered, meaning that there will be more choice for those considering their training options. Employers can access quality training through one of the many providers on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP). Following a review of the operation of the RoATP, we announced changes on 26 November which were designed to strengthen the application process and to raise the bar for entry.</p><p>As my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in his speech during the budget in October, we are additionally seeking views from a range of employers on the impact of the apprenticeship levy to date and the operation of the levy after 2020. As part of this work, we are holding a number of roundtables across the country with a cross-section of employers and training providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12348 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:50:49 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1027165

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeships within the construction industry have been funded through the Apprenticeship levy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL12347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>There were 22,660 apprenticeship starts in the construction, planning and built environment sector subject area in the 2017-18 academic year. Of these, 7,520 (33.2%) were levy supported.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/12/2018 16:32:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1027166

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to make access to apprentice training and funding easier for businesses and the people the Apprenticeship Levy aims to support.
tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
uin	HL12348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We introduced our reforms to put quality at the heart of the apprenticeships programme and to increase employer investment and engagement in training their workforces for the future. We continue to keep apprenticeships policy under constant review through regular contact with employers, providers, apprentices, end-point assessment organisations, external quality assurance providers and the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA).</p><p>As a result of this engagement, we have made changes to make sure that apprentice training and funding are accessible. These changes include increasing the amount of funds that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers, from April 2019, from 10% to 25%. There are now over 380 apprenticeship standards approved in all sectors of the economy, and more are underway.</p><p>We are providing extra funding for the IfA to introduce new standards. We are also updating existing ones so that more courses can be offered, meaning that there will be more choice for those considering their training options. Employers can access quality training through one of the many providers on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP). Following a review of the operation of the RoATP, we announced changes on 26 November which were designed to strengthen the application process and to raise the bar for entry.</p><p>As my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in his speech during the budget in October, we are additionally seeking views from a range of employers on the impact of the apprenticeship levy to date and the operation of the levy after 2020. As part of this work, we are holding a number of roundtables across the country with a cross-section of employers and training providers.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL12346 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:50:49 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

1027167

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Advertising
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate digital advertising.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL12349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the principles that govern advertising in traditional media also apply and are enforced online. We recognise the highly complex nature of the online advertising industry and as part of the Digital Charter’s work programme we are gathering more evidence on the sector as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>To support this work we are engaging with regulators, online platforms and advertising companies, to understand the impact of online advertising on society and the economy.</p><p> </p><p>As an independent authority, the CMA has complete discretion to investigate consumer and competition cases which, according to its prioritisation principles, it considers most appropriate. The CMA’s case selection is entirely independent and cannot be influenced by government.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct &amp; Promotional Marketing is drawn up the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), an independent body comprised of advertising industry representatives, and enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority through a system of self-regulation. The Code applies to advertising in non-broadcast media including online, as well as print, outdoors, video-on-demand, direct marketing and cinema. It is regularly reviewed and updated by CAP to ensure it remains effective, and proposed changes to the Code are routinely subject to public consultation. This process is conducted independently of Government.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL12350 HL12352 question first answered 21/12/2018 14:01:43 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad