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445387

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Guided Weapons
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Hellfire missiles were fired (1) in training, and (2) on operations, in each year from 2008 to 2015, and what platforms they were mounted on.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL5151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <br /><br /><p>Hellfire missiles are used by RAF Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems and Army Air Corps Apache helicopters.</p><p>For the Reaper Force, the Air Vehicles have been continuously deployed on Operations over the requested timescale. Consequently, there have been no missile rounds fired in Training from RAF Reaper. The following table details Hellfire missile firings from RAF Reaper on Operations in Afghanistan <br>(2008-14) Iraq (2014-15) and Syria (2015).</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year (Jan-Dec)</p></td><td><p>UK Reaper Hellfire rounds fired on Operations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>258</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>For the Apache Force the following table details Hellfire missile rounds fired by Financial Year from Apache Helicopters in Training.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year (Jan-Dec)</p></td><td><p>UK Apache Hellfire consumption in Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 07 - Mar 08</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 08 - Mar 09</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 09 - Mar 10</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 10 - Apr 11</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 11 - Mar 12</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 12 - Mar 13</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 13 - Mar 14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 14 - Mar 15</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Apache Force have fired a total 1578 Hellfire missiles on Operations in Afghanistan (FY 07-08 to 14-15) and Libya (FY11-12). However, the nature of the records held means that this total number cannot be accurately broken down by Financial Year.</p><br /><br /><br /><p><br></p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/01/2016 15:59:53 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

445386

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Armed Forces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many members of HM Armed Forces are currently serving in Afghanistan; how many are female, and what roles they are fulfilling.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL5150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>As of 18 January 2016, there were 458 members of HM Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan under Operation TORAL. Routine movements and minor changes in requirements mean that this number will vary over time. The UK's commitment to Operation TORAL nevertheless remains in line with the figure of around 450 personnel announced by the Defence Secretary in his statement of 27 October 2015 ( Ref: UK Military Support to Afghanistan:Written statement - HCWS273).</p><br /><p>Out of the 458 personnel, 33 are female. There are 10 UK female officers and 23 other ranks. These personnel undertake a wide range of roles including: medical, force protection, mentors, police, logistics, communications, human resources and administration, and engineering and technical support.</p><br /> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/01/2016 16:02:43 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name WMS 27 Ocotober 2015 Military Support to Afghanistan HL 5150.docx title Military Support to Afghanistan
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

444861

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Labour Turnover
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the retention figures for members of the reserve forces in the UK for the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL5059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The requested information is provided in the following table:</p><br /><br /><p><strong>Future Reserve 2020 Volunteer Reserve Strength Retention – Tri-Service</strong></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strength at beginning of FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Retained strength at end of FY of those people</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Retained (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13 (Army Reserve only)</p></td><td><p>25,980</p></td><td><p>21,730</p></td><td><p>83.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>29,390</p></td><td><p>24,460</p></td><td><p>83.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>28,150</p></td><td><p>24,430</p></td><td><p>86.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Retention rates have been calculated using a cohort of personnel on strength as at 1 April each year and checking whether each is on strength at each subsequent April point. Personnel who have left and rejoined during these periods will be counted as retained.</li></ol><br /><ol start="2"><li>Centrally held data dates back to April 2012 for the Army Reserve and October 2012 for the Maritime Reserve and Royal Air Force Reserves. As a result of this Army Reserve retention statistics have been provided for those on strength as at 1 April 2012 and Future Reserve 2020 Volunteer Reserve statistics have been provided for subsequent years.</li></ol><br /><ol start="3"><li>The FR20 Volunteer Reserve population includes mobilised volunteer reserves, High Readiness Reserves (HRR) and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Additional Duties Commitments (ADC). Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI), Sponsored Reserves and University Officer Cadets are excluded.</li></ol><br /><ol start="4"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><br /><ol start="5"><li>Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and are reported to 1 decimal place.</li></ol><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br></p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/01/2016 15:58:58 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

444472

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Flood Resilience Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the membership and terms of reference of the group established to carry out their national flood review.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL5023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>A National Flood Resilience Review will be led by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Letwin and include the Government’s Chief Scientist, Defra, DECC, DCLG, HMT and the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and the Met Office.</p><p>We will look afresh at how we calculate flood risk, in light of recent events. This will see Government updating ‘worst case scenario’ planning, considering the future impacts of climate change.</p><p>Work is already underway and we are testing the resilience of our critical infrastructure, including electricity substations, water treatments plants and telecoms. We have committed to keeping the public informed of progress, and will be providing an update in the coming months, and will publish findings from the review in the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 26/01/2016 17:35:31 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

444369

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Climate Fund
	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 changes in agricultural yields due to sustainable agricultural projects funded, in whole or in part, by the UK International Climate Fund.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL4977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Agriculture projects receiving ICF support are assessed against a number of performance indicators, including improvement in people’s resilience to climate change, and how they help improve farmers’ incomes and yields. While the evidence on effective climate change actions is still growing, the DFID funded CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security has reviewed in 2015 the impact of 19 climate smart case studies on agriculture productivity, people’s resilience to climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. It found that climate smart approaches clearly have the potential to meet our development expectations: all of the 19 case studies contributed towards sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, and related increases in farm incomes, food security and development. 18 cases helped build resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change, and 15 cases clearly contributed to reducing greenhouse gases from agriculture.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 26/01/2016 17:45:56 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

444459

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the majority of secondary schools meet the objective of instilling self-confidence and social and emotional skills in their pupils.
	tabling member printed	Lord Northbourne
	uin	HL5010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>All schools should equip young people with the necessary skills to leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education has a vital role to play in this and we want all schools to put it at the heart of their curriculum.</p><p>This includes developing character traits like self-confidence, motivation and resilience. These traits support academic attainment, are valued by employers, and encourage young people to make a positive contribution to British society. Many schools are already doing this. The 27 schools and organisations that were winners of character awards in 2015 demonstrated excellence in the area. We will continue to support schools in developing these traits in pupils without prescribing compulsory measures. In order to do this, we are investing £5 million in character education, including £3.5m of grants for 14 projects and £1m to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to build evidence and expand research into the most effective character education.</p><p>Last September, Ofsted introduced a common assessment framework for the inspection of schools, early years and further education and skills remits. There is an overall effectiveness judgement underpinned by four graded judgements, one of which is a new judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare. This aspect, therefore, will be graded and reported on in all school inspections.</p><p>Additionally, before making the final judgement on the overall effectiveness of all schools, Ofsted inspectors must evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This means that when judging the effectiveness of leadership and management, inspectors will consider the design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance and its impact on pupils’ outcomes and their personal development, behaviour and welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5011 question first answered 26/01/2016 13:08:57 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3201 label Biography information for Lord Northbourne

444460

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Ofsted reports on whether secondary schools meet the objective of instilling self-confidence and social and emotional skills in their pupils when they carry out secondary school inspections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Northbourne
	uin	HL5011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>All schools should equip young people with the necessary skills to leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education has a vital role to play in this and we want all schools to put it at the heart of their curriculum.</p><p>This includes developing character traits like self-confidence, motivation and resilience. These traits support academic attainment, are valued by employers, and encourage young people to make a positive contribution to British society. Many schools are already doing this. The 27 schools and organisations that were winners of character awards in 2015 demonstrated excellence in the area. We will continue to support schools in developing these traits in pupils without prescribing compulsory measures. In order to do this, we are investing £5 million in character education, including £3.5m of grants for 14 projects and £1m to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to build evidence and expand research into the most effective character education.</p><p>Last September, Ofsted introduced a common assessment framework for the inspection of schools, early years and further education and skills remits. There is an overall effectiveness judgement underpinned by four graded judgements, one of which is a new judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare. This aspect, therefore, will be graded and reported on in all school inspections.</p><p>Additionally, before making the final judgement on the overall effectiveness of all schools, Ofsted inspectors must evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This means that when judging the effectiveness of leadership and management, inspectors will consider the design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance and its impact on pupils’ outcomes and their personal development, behaviour and welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5010 question first answered 26/01/2016 13:08:57 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3201 label Biography information for Lord Northbourne

445351

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Human Rights: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Ireland concerning the human rights section of the Belfast Agreement 1998, in which that government affirmed "the right to freely choose one's place of residence", in the light of the fact that it is currently against the law to sell a property to someone who cannot speak Irish in parts of the west of Ireland; when and where were those discussions were held, who was involved, and what was the outcome.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL5115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>As I have set out in previous answers, the UK and Irish Governments meet regularly at ministerial and official level to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop grouped question UIN HL5116 question first answered 26/01/2016 16:51:53 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

445352

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Equality: Republic of Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Ireland concerning equal opportunities for employment in the Republic of Ireland as outlined in the Belfast Agreement 1998, which affirmed "the right to equal opportunity in all social and economic activities regardless of class, creed, disability, gender or ethnicity", in the light of the fact that the government of the Republic of Ireland currently requires applicants for state employment to be able to speak Irish.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL5116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>As I have set out in previous answers, the UK and Irish Governments meet regularly at ministerial and official level to discuss issues of mutual interest and concern, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop grouped question UIN HL5115 question first answered 26/01/2016 16:51:53 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

444853

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Vending Machines
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what regulations are in place to prevent schools installing vending machines on their premises which allow children to buy sugary drinks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>As a cornerstone of the government’s commitment to healthy eating in schools, new school food standards came into force from January 2015. These standards regulate the food and drink provided both at lunchtime and at other times of the school day, including food and drink provided in vending machines.</p><p>The standards ensure that children are eating nutritious food at school by setting out clear, easy to follow guidance based on food groups and by giving school cooks the flexibility to create their own meals. The standards severely restrict foods high in fat, salt, and sugar, including high sugar drinks. The regulations permit only healthy drinks with an emphasis on water, milk and fruit juice (with 5% or less added sugars).</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5052 question first answered 26/01/2016 14:19:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey