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1132203

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 18:48:24
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 18:55:48 20/06/2019 16:04:13
	hansard heading	Export Credit Guarantees
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16364
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 15:33:51
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for support were approved by UK Export Finance in each of the last five years; and for each such application what was its (1) value, (2) destination country, and (3) sector.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16364
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16364
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) publishes details of its support including value, destination country and sector on an annual basis. For 2014-15 this information was published in UKEF’s Annual Report and Accounts. From 2015-16 onwards this information has been published alongside Annual Report and Accounts as transparency data. This information is available on UKEF’s website.</p><p> </p><p>The table is taken from UKEF’s 2017-18 Annual Report and Accounts and shows a five-year summary of facilities issued.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Facilities issued</strong></p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>593</p></td><td><p>588</p></td><td><p>613</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of UKEF’s support for the last year will be published once its 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts is laid before Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017-18 data can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718494/uk_export_finance_businesses_supported_in_2017_to_2018.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718494/uk_export_finance_businesses_supported_in_2017_to_2018.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 data can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630876/uk-export-finance-businesses-supported-list-2016-2017-1.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630876/uk-export-finance-businesses-supported-list-2016-2017-1.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2015-16 data can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-business-supported-2015-16/uk-export-finance-business-supported-2015-16" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-export-finance-business-supported-2015-16/uk-export-finance-business-supported-2015-16</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2014-15 data can be accessed here on page 70-83: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/436270/10417-TSO-UKEF_-Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2014-15-ACCESSIBLE07__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/436270/10417-TSO-UKEF_-Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2014-15-ACCESSIBLE07__2_.pdf</a></p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1133066

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 20:30:20
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	18/06/2019 20:36:42 04/07/2019 13:30:02
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16484
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/07/2019 12:58:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Fairhead on 9 January (HL 12726), whether the Trade Commission Regional Trade Plans include recommendations for implementation; if so, how any such recommendations are being implemented; whether they will now publish the Regional Trade Plans; and if not, why not.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16484
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16484
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Regional trade plans (RTPs) are internal departmental documents which set out a region’s overarching strategy, objectives and priorities. They are developed in collaboration between overseas and UK based officials, and are assessed yearly. Where the Department for International Trade operates, UK overseas posts also have a plan to deliver our vision for a Global Britain, which provides the detail of how an RTP will be implemented in each market.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Department’s intention to publish a public version of the plans in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1133827

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2019
	date	20/06/2019
	date tabled	20/06/2019
	ddp created	20/06/2019 18:54:10
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	20/06/2019 18:56:50 03/07/2019 17:04:02
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16578
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/07/2019 16:32:20
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they approve export licences for the supply of arms to Saudi Arabia.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16578
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16578
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is responsible for licensing the export of arms and military equipment. All export licence applications for arms exports to Saudi Arabia are approved where they are assessed to be consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria which were announced to Parliament by the then Business Secretary on 25 March 2014. All relevant information, from a wide range of sources, is taken into account when assessing export licence applications, including the capability of the equipment to be exported, the end-user and stated end-use, and the risk of misuse or diversion to undesirable end-users.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1137408

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2019
	date	08/07/2019
	date tabled	08/07/2019
	ddp created	08/07/2019 20:19:57
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	08/07/2019 20:26:54 17/07/2019 14:38:01
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17015
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/07/2019 14:06:51
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Fairhead on 23 January (HL12726) and Viscount Younger of Leckie on 4 July (HL16484), whether the Department for International Trade's Regional Trade Plans include recommendations for implementation which reflect the views of the private sector; whether equal consideration is given to the recommendations of small and medium-sized enterprises in addition to those of large organisations; and why they do not currently intend to publish Regional Trade Plans in full.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17015
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17015
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>To achieve a forward-looking Global Britain the Department for International Trade works with both UK and overseas businesses of all sizes to drive an increase in trade. Regional Trade Plans are strategic documents which drive the delivery of our Departmental objectives overseas and have been developed by teams who work regularly with businesses in their regions and in the UK. These views are reflected in regional priorities in the Plans.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish a summary of Regional Trade Plans, which will consolidate more detailed internal plans.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1129541

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2019
	date	04/06/2019
	date tabled	04/06/2019
	ddp created	04/06/2019 20:52:29
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 20:58:59 18/06/2019 16:22:07
	hansard heading	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	identifier	HL16026
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/06/2019 15:50:08
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the British Council The Shape of Global Higher Education, published on 1 May, what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK retains its pre-eminence in global higher education, particularly in the light of the increasing access to education systems in other countries for overseas students.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL16026
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL16026
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In March 2019, the Department for Education and the Department for International Trade published the International Education Strategy, which can be found here and is also attached: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth/international-education-strategy-global-potential-global-growth</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Developed in co-operation with providers across the education sector, this strategy sets out an ambition to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, and to increase the number of international higher education students in the UK to 600,000 per year, both by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy also sets out actions to support the higher education sector to deliver on this ambition. These include the appointment of an international education champion to help build links with priority countries and unlock barriers to international exchange and partnership. In addition, the strategy sets out actions to ensure that international students have the best possible experience studying in the UK, and that doing this maximises their employment opportunities.</p><p>The government will be working closely with institutions, Universities UK International and the British Council to develop partnerships, deliver trade missions, to provide forums to develop sustainable mutually beneficial transnational education programmes and to develop annual updates to the strategy.</p><p> </p>
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1144173

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/09/2019
	date	03/09/2019
	date tabled	03/09/2019
	ddp created	03/09/2019 22:47:23
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	03/09/2019 22:59:59 02/10/2019 12:17:04
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Older People
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17661
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/09/2019 16:39:42
	question first ministerially corrected	02/10/2019 11:45:48
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tenants over the age of 60 currently live in private rental accommodation; whether this proportion of older people in private rental accommodation is increasing, and if so, how rapidly; and what plans they have, if any, to take action to increase security for older tenants, including repealing section 21 of the Housing Act to prevent landlords from being able to evict tenants at short notice without giving a reason.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17661
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17661
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del><ins class="ministerial">The latest English Housing Survey for 2017-18 estimates that there are 379,000 households where the Household Reference Person is 65 years and older, the age range for which data is collated by the annual English Housing Survey. The proportion of people aged 65 or over in the private rented sector has remained broadly stable at 8-9 per cent since 2014/15.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We know that security of tenure is a concern for many in the private rented sector, including older renters. That is why the Government announced in April that it proposes to create new rules around ending a tenancy by reviewing. Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. These proposals are currently subject to consultation until 12 October and accompanied by a package of court reforms to make the system faster and simpler. The Government’s proposed measures will provide greater certainty for tenants and make the housing market fit for the 21st century.</ins></p><p> </p>
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1024869

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/12/2018
	date	13/12/2018
	date tabled	13/12/2018
	ddp created	13/12/2018 20:29:07
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	13/12/2018 20:36:19 20/12/2018 17:37:03
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL12310
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/12/2018 17:05:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Office for Students is taking to encourage universities to use unconditional and other alternative offers to widen participation by minority groups including those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Winchester
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL12310
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL12310
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​Widening participation is a priority for this government. We want to ensure that everyone with the potential to benefit from a university education has the opportunity to do so, regardless of their background or where they grew up. Significant progress has been made in recent years; in 2018, 18-year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds were 52% more likely to enter full-time higher education than in 2009.</p><p> </p><p>However, we have made clear our expectation that the Office for Students (OfS) will challenge universities to make greater progress in widening access and participation.</p><p> </p><p>For example, we have asked the OfS to explore further the use of contextual information in university admissions, such as whether an applicant comes from a low participation neighbourhood or attends a school that does not send many students to university.</p><p> </p><p>​We expect universities to use unconditional offers responsibly. There are cases where the use of unconditional offers can be justified, however the systematic use of unconditional offers is not in the interest of students.</p>
	creator	4256 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Winchester
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4256 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Winchester

1141931

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/08/2019
	date	24/07/2019
	date tabled	24/07/2019
	ddp created	24/07/2019 20:32:47
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	24/07/2019 20:36:19 07/08/2019 14:01:01
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17475
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/08/2019 13:30:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the review of the implementation of the package of reforms they undertook to carry out by 2019 in their response to Check, challenge, appeal: Reforming business rates appeals—consultation on statutory implementation, published in March 2017; and what formal procedures are being put in place to ensure that ratepayers and their representatives have an opportunity to submit representations to that review.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17475
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17475
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government will communicate the outcomes of its review into the Check Challenge Appeal reforms in due course. We expect that the review will draw upon the formal evaluation of the new system which is being led by the Valuation Office Agency and which is currently underway. This evaluation includes engagement with ratepayers and their representatives. MHCLG and the Valuation Office Agency also work closely together to engage with ratepayers and their representatives on the new appeals system and other issues on an ongoing basis.</p>
	creator	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1147642

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/10/2019
	date	01/10/2019
	date tabled	01/10/2019
	ddp created	01/10/2019 19:44:22
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/10/2019 19:46:02 08/10/2019 16:21:06
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Care Leavers
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17968
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 15:49:36
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards reducing the numbers of care leavers who are (1) rough sleeping, and (2) homeless, in 2019; and what steps they are taking to achieve further reductions in those numbers.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17968
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17968
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p>
	creator	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

1127454

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	20/05/2019
	date tabled	20/05/2019
	ddp created	20/05/2019 20:03:22
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	20/05/2019 20:06:38 04/06/2019 13:47:01
	hansard heading	Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts: Finance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15865
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 13:13:51
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Higher Education Funding Council for England followed the correct procedures when it considered an application from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for funding in 2016.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15865
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15865
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>During the existence of the Higher Education Funding Council for England it performed the duties required of it to a high standard, including dealing with funding applications.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government cannot currently comment on the specific case of the funding application from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 2016 as there is a live investigation underway by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.</p><p> </p>
	creator	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts