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167217

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new (1) academies or free schools that are part of a chain, (2) stand-alone academies or free schools, (3) voluntary aided schools, and (4) community schools, have opened since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Between May 2010 and 1 December 2014: 2476 academies and free schools opened as part of a chain and a further 1985 stand-alone academies and free schools opened. 58 voluntary aided schools and 72 community schools also opened.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/12/2014 13:05:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

167219

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much government funding has been made available for the Education Maintenance Allowance and its replacement Bursary Fund each year since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The amount of government funding allocated to the Education Maintenance Allowance and the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund each year since 2010 is set out in the table below.</p><p>The Bursary Fund budget is £180m per academic year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Education Maintenance Allowance</p></td><td><p>16 to 19 Bursary Fund</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 to 2011</p></td><td><p>£564m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 to 2012</p></td><td><p>£317m</p></td><td><p>£77m*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 to 2013</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£159m**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 to 2014</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£180m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 to 2015</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£180m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 to 2016</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£180m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Part-year funding in the transitional year.<br>** Amounted to £180m over the full academic year. The academic year straddles two financial years.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/12/2014 17:33:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

167220

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are evaluating the impact and take-up of the 16 to 19 education Bursary Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund was introduced in September 2011. It provides financial support to young people who face significant financial barriers to participation in education or training post-16.</p><p> </p><p>An independent evaluation of the Bursary Fund commenced in April 2012 and runs until early 2015. The two strands of the evaluation examine, firstly, the effectiveness of its administration by schools, colleges and providers, and secondly, its impact on participation and attainment, especially for the poorest and most disadvantaged young people.</p><p> </p><p>There are two published process reports on the administration of the scheme, which include results from institutional and student surveys. An interim impact report has also been published. Final reports from both strands are due to be published early in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>All published reports are available, along with copies of the research briefs, on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-16-to-19-bursary-fund-year-1-report#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-16-to-19-bursary-fund-year-1-report#history</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/12/2014 17:33:47 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

167233

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Leasehold: Property Management Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they propose to take following the Competition and Markets Authority market study into the residential property management service sector in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL3334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>With more than 4 million properties across England subject to a long lease, leaseholders are a vital part of a growing housing market.<br><br>This Government has already increased protections for leaseholders, with limits being placed on the amount of service charges recoverable from local authority leaseholders where the works are funded by Government grant, as well as a requirement for every property manager to belong to an approved redress scheme. We will now work closely with the Competition and Markets Authority to consider what further support the Government can offer.<br><br></p><p>Housing is a devolved issue for Wales. I understand that the Competition and Markets Authority will be pursuing the issues arising out of its market study separately with the Welsh Government.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 09/12/2014 13:05:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

167273

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Kramer on 1 December (WS 65), what is the evidence that "actual average speeds are unlikely to change" as a result of increasing the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles on dual carriageway roads from 50 to 60 miles per hour.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government conducted an impact assessment on raising the national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads. The impact assessment has been deposited in the libraries of both Houses, and has been published on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p><a target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/increased-speed-limit-for-heavy-goods-vehicles-over-75-tonnes-dual-carriageway</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment outlines that based on observed speeds, taken from National Statistics, heavy goods vehicles on dual carriageway roads travel at an average of 53mph in free-flow conditions. On motorways, the HGV speed limit is 60 mph but the average speed travelled by heavy goods vehicles is also 53mph.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that professional HGV drivers are likely to have the same behavioural response to road conditions as car drivers, and will drive at the same speed or more slowly on dual carriageways than on motorways. It is implausible that HGVs would choose to drive faster on dual carriageways than on motorways. In addition, HGVs are required by EU Directive 2002/85/EC to fit speed limiters to vehicles set at 56mph.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/12/2014 13:07:43 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

167274

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any increase in road accidents resulting from the heavy goods vehicle national speed limits on dual carriageway roads increasing from 50 to 60 miles per hour.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government conducted an impact assessment on raising the national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads. The impact assessment has been deposited in the libraries of both Houses, and has been published on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/increased-speed-limit-for-heavy-goods-vehicles-over-75-tonnes-dual-carriageway" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/increased-speed-limit-for-heavy-goods-vehicles-over-75-tonnes-dual-carriageway</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment estimates that raising the heavy goods vehicle national speed limit to 60mph on dual carriageways will not result in actual changes in heavy goods vehicle speeds, because these vehicles already travel at the same speed on motorways (with a 60mph limit) as on dual carriageways, and it is implausible that they would choose to drive faster on dual carriageways than on motorways. It is therefore not expected to have any impact on road safety.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/12/2014 13:08:22 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

167281

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
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 Welsh Government’s initiative on free breakfasts in primary schools; and what steps they will take to ensure that more schools provide breakfast clubs for pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the Welsh Government’s initiative on free breakfasts in primary schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Provision of breakfast was one of the issues considered in the independent School Food Plan. In response to the Plan’s recommendations, the Government is now funding the setting up of self-sustaining breakfast clubs in 184 schools in England which have free school meal entitlement of 35% or higher.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/12/2014 13:02:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

167305

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of unauthorised overdraft fees charged by banks in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	216762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the level of unauthorised overdraft fees charged by banks in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In November 2011, the Government announced an agreement with the major current account providers to enable customers to control their account and to take action to avoid unarranged overdraft charges.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of Fair Trading found in January 2013 that there had been a significant reduction in bank fees and charges since their 2008 market study, and estimated that there had been an annual saving of £928million for consumers as a result.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 6 November 2014, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced its decision to launch an in-depth market investigation into the supply of retail banking services to personal current account customers and to small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK. The CMA have indicated that they will obtain information and analyse the level of transparency in relation to pricing including on penalty charges, quality and service across banks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/12/2014 16:59:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

167308

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of investment in infrastructure in (a) London and (b) England in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	216725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The government recently published the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, setting out the government’s record on delivery since 2010 and a clear plan for each of the economic infrastructure sectors. It is underpinned by a pipeline detailing £466 billion of planned public and private investment to 2020 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government does not hold data on the exact number of jobs associated with infrastructure projects in London, many of which will be delivered by the private sector. However, government analysis based on ONS data suggests that infrastructure investment could directly support 5,000 construction jobs for every £1bn spent, as well as many more indirect jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 216726 question first answered 09/12/2014 17:05:51 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

167309

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs are provided by infrastructure projects in London.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	216726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The government recently published the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, setting out the government’s record on delivery since 2010 and a clear plan for each of the economic infrastructure sectors. It is underpinned by a pipeline detailing £466 billion of planned public and private investment to 2020 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government does not hold data on the exact number of jobs associated with infrastructure projects in London, many of which will be delivered by the private sector. However, government analysis based on ONS data suggests that infrastructure investment could directly support 5,000 construction jobs for every £1bn spent, as well as many more indirect jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 216725 question first answered 09/12/2014 17:05:51 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott