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63117

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is the latest estimate of employer spending on training in England, and (2) how much employers spent on (a) trainee wages in general, and (b) apprenticeships in particular, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Estimates of employer spend on training and Apprenticeship wages are in the public domain and can be accessed via the following links:</p><p> </p><p>Employer Skills Survey 2013, UK Commision for Employment and Skills (UKCES ) Jan 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2012, BIS Oct 2013 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/07/2014 15:59:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

64129

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-clinical or managerial staff were working in the National Health Service on (1) 1 April 2010, and (2) 1 April 2014.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
	uin	HL633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>In the provisional monthly National Health Service hospital and community health service (HCHS) workforce statistics, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the category of NHS Infrastructure Support Staff records the numbers of non-clinical staff working in the NHS in England. This includes administrative and clerical staff working in central functions; hotel, property and estates; as well as managers and senior managers.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of NHS Infrastructure Support staff as at 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2014 are shown in the following table. The statistics for March 2014 are the latest available and therefore March 2010 data is also used to ease comparability. The April 2014 statistics will be published on 22 July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/07/2014 14:18:47 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL633 - Lib Doc Table.xlsx title NHS Infastructure Support Staff, 2010 - 14
	tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown

63775

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have bought a house with the assistance of the Help to Buy scheme.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
	uin	HL559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home. That is why we have introduced schemes like Help to Buy: Equity Loan, Help to Buy: Newbuy and Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee. The latest figures show that so far 35,317 families have bought a house with the assistance of the Help to Buy schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 03/07/2014 16:25:01 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown

64108

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Horse Racing: Betting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they consider that the Horseracing Betting Levy is compatible with articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Horserace Betting Levy is an existing state aid which predates the UK's accession to the EU. It is on that ground that the Government considers the Levy to be compatible with the UK's obligations under European Union law and state aid rules.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/07/2014 12:53:19 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

62805

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the sources of National Health Service revenue; and in the last financial year how much was contributed by each.
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	uin	HL485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Total spending on the National Health Service in England (against the Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit) was around £105.2 billion in 2012-13. 2013-14 accounts figures will be available later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Department, the NHS is funded predominantly through general taxation.</p><p> </p><p>NHS providers of health care - NHS trusts and foundation trusts (FTs) - are semi-autonomous organisations whose income derives predominantly from the provision of healthcare services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts and FTs also receive smaller levels of income from other sources, such as local authorities, private and overseas patients, education and training and injury costs recovery.</p><p> </p><p>To illustrate the levels of income received from varying sources, the following table summarises the final income received in NHS trusts and FTs in 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Provider Income as a</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>NHS trusts £million</p></td><td><p>FTs £million</p></td><td><p>Total £million</p></td><td><p>Total %</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>% of Total DEL</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Revenue from Patient Care activities -</p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commissioners</p></td><td><p>26,239</p></td><td><p>33,275</p></td><td><p>59,514</p></td><td><p>85.8%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>56.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authorities</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private patients</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas patients</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injury costs recovery</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Other Non Trading Income</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education, training and research</p></td><td><p>1,665</p></td><td><p>2,081</p></td><td><p>3,746</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-patient care services to other bodies</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charitable Contributions</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,133</p></td><td><p>1,803</p></td><td><p>2,936</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>30,461</p></td><td><p>38,929</p></td><td><p>69,390</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>65.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p>1. “Other” category includes income from subleasing property, bank interest and other small amounts from patients including transport services, parking income, etc.</p><p>2. Patient income from prescription, ophthalmic and dental charges are routed through primary care trusts (NHS England in 2013-14) and not included in the numbers reported in this table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL484 question first answered 03/07/2014 14:27:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

61275

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to (1) the death of detainee Christine Case, and (2) allegations of sexual assault, at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in permitting Serco to retender to run that facility; and whether they will disclose the tender documents submitted by all applicants who entered bids to run (1) Harmondsworth, and (2) Colnbrook, Immigration Removal Centres.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I apologise it has not been possible to answer this question within the usual ten day deadline. I will write to the Noble Lord, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, before the summer recess and will place a copy of that letter in the House library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 03/07/2014 15:29:58 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62797

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sri Lanka
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they are providing to Sri Lanka in 2014 and what funding they will provide in the next five years; and from which sources.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not have a bilateral aid programme to Sri Lanka. In 2012 the UK spent just over £5 million for activities in Sri Lanka. This included work on demining, police training, language rights, and human rights; and was allocated mostly through the Foreign Office, central departments in the Department for International Development, and the Conflict Pool. Information on allocations for work in Sri Lanka for the next 5 years is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 03/07/2014 16:02:09 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

62804

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Expenditure
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of the National Health Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	uin	HL484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Total spending on the National Health Service in England (against the Department's Departmental Expenditure Limit) was around £105.2 billion in 2012-13. 2013-14 accounts figures will be available later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Department, the NHS is funded predominantly through general taxation.</p><p> </p><p>NHS providers of health care - NHS trusts and foundation trusts (FTs) - are semi-autonomous organisations whose income derives predominantly from the provision of healthcare services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts and FTs also receive smaller levels of income from other sources, such as local authorities, private and overseas patients, education and training and injury costs recovery.</p><p> </p><p>To illustrate the levels of income received from varying sources, the following table summarises the final income received in NHS trusts and FTs in 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Provider Income as a</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>NHS trusts £million</p></td><td><p>FTs £million</p></td><td><p>Total £million</p></td><td><p>Total %</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>% of Total DEL</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Revenue from Patient Care activities -</p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commissioners</p></td><td><p>26,239</p></td><td><p>33,275</p></td><td><p>59,514</p></td><td><p>85.8%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>56.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authorities</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private patients</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas patients</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injury costs recovery</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Other Non Trading Income</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education, training and research</p></td><td><p>1,665</p></td><td><p>2,081</p></td><td><p>3,746</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-patient care services to other bodies</p></td><td><p>597</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charitable Contributions</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,133</p></td><td><p>1,803</p></td><td><p>2,936</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>30,461</p></td><td><p>38,929</p></td><td><p>69,390</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>65.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p>1. “Other” category includes income from subleasing property, bank interest and other small amounts from patients including transport services, parking income, etc.</p><p>2. Patient income from prescription, ophthalmic and dental charges are routed through primary care trusts (NHS England in 2013-14) and not included in the numbers reported in this table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL485 question first answered 03/07/2014 14:27:20 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

63783

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Higher Education: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a nationwide appeals system for higher education students in the United Kingdom who wish to appeal on the basis of awarded grades or complain about alleged unfair treatment by university staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA) operates a national complaints handling scheme for England and Wales, under provisions in the 2004 Higher Education Act. The OIA can review complaints made by students against Higher Education Institutions if they remain unresolved, once a student has completed the institution's own complaints procedures. This may include, for example, complaints from students about unfair treatment by university staff. The service is free of charge to students.</p><p> </p><p>Separate arrangements are in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland.There are, however, some complaints that OIA cannot consider. These relate to concerns about admission to a university and to academic judgement. In the latter case, OIA can look at whether an institution has followed its rules and regulations in making an award to a student.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/07/2014 16:28:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

61535

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	World War II: Anniversaries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise women who worked in munitions factories during the Second World War as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations marking the end of conflict.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
	uin	HL304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p><br>The Government fully appreciates the efforts and the often very dangerous conditions experienced by those who worked in factories producing vital equipment for the armed forces that helped contribute to winning the Second World War. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been working with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Recognition for Munitions Workers, which was set up in 2011 to explore ways to ensure that the valiant collective efforts of all those who worked in munitions factories are not forgotten.</p><p>Following the very successful commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day we will now be focussing in more detail across government on how the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2015 might be marked in an appropriate manner. No decisions have yet been made on how the anniversary will be marked, but we expect an announcement on the commemorations to be made by the Government later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/07/2014 16:43:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton