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730994

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Muslim schools, including madrassas, there are in England; how they monitor teaching in those schools; and whether they intend to legislate to require all teaching in such schools to be conducted in English.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL17
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>In England there are 27 publicly-funded schools (i.e. local authority maintained schools and academies, including free schools) having a designated religious character as Muslim; and 148 independent schools registered as having a religious ethos of Muslim or Islam, or having a designated religious character of Muslim or Islam (or both)<strong><em>. </em></strong> The Department for Education does not regulate madrassahs or other out-of-school education settings and does not hold a complete record their numbers.</p><p>The quality of teaching in Muslim schools in England is inspected by Ofsted or one of the independent inspectorates approved by the Secretary of State.</p><p>All publicly funded schools must teach English to pupils up to the age of 16. English is both a subject in its own right and the medium for teaching in the vast majority of circumstances. The statutory independent school standards require that pupils acquire speaking, listening, literacy and numeracy skills. While independent schools are not required to teach in the medium of English, the standards require that where they do not, lessons in written and spoken English are provided.</p><p>The Department has no plans to legislate further to require schools to teach in the medium of English. The Department launched a call for evidence setting out proposals for a new system for regulating out-of-school education settings providing intensive education, but this did not suggest that they should be required to teach in English.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/06/2017 16:44:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

57544

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Europe
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 6 May (WA 356), whether they intend to ensure that the word "Europe" is used with qualification to make clear what meaning is attached to it in the context of that particular use.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL17
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to start ensuring that the word &quot;Europe&quot; is always used with qualification.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 17/06/2014 14:54:57 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

346779

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	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 reasons for the fall in the number of children being offered for adoption; and whether, in the light of this decrease, they plan to conduct a review of adoption legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL17
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Data and intelligence collected by the national Adoption Leadership Board suggests the falls in the number of adoption decisions are a response to particular court judgments, known as <em>Re B</em> and <em>Re B-S</em>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In November 2014, the national Adoption Leadership Board published guidance on what <em>Re B</em> and <em>Re B-S</em> say and do not say, to ensure that the judgments are not being misunderstood by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2014, a new court judgment, <em>Re R</em>, was published. In this the President of the Family Division is absolutely clear that the law on adoption has not changed, and that where adoption is in a child’s best interests, it must be pursued.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to monitor trends in adoption decisions very closely. The department will consider whether and what further action is necessary once local decision makers have had the chance to digest the new guidance and most recent judgments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 04/06/2015 16:24:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

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