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622520

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	50633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested. Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/11/2016 12:29:15 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

622572

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to expand the teaching of financial education in schools.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	50681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The new national curriculum, introduced in September 2014, made financial literacy statutory for the first time. It is taught as part of the citizenship curriculum for 11 to 16 year olds. Pupils are taught the functions and uses of money, the importance of personal budgeting, money management and the need to understand financial risk.</p><p> </p><p>All schools do have a duty to provide their pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum and financial education can be delivered as part of this. Financial education can also be addressed more broadly as part of extra-curricular activities. Programmes such as the National Citizen Service give young people the chance to plan and potentially fundraise for a social action project.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to review the national curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/11/2016 16:36:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

622580

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of provision within the school system for the needs of students who are young carers.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Marcus Fysh
	uin	50843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Schools play a very important part in identifying pupils who are young carers and in offering them appropriate support.</p><p> </p><p>During school inspection, Ofsted inspectors consider how schools are meeting the needs of their pupils, including young carers. It is for schools to demonstrate to inspectors that they know all of their pupils, including those with caring responsibilities, and have strategies in place to support these pupils and ensure that they are making expected progress.</p><p> </p><p>This Department has funded the Carers Trust and The Children’s Society, in partnership with Suffolk Family Carers, to work with local authorities to develop models of assessment and support that specifically address the needs of young carers. We have also trained school nurses to be champions for young carers, to speak up on behalf of young carers and help head teachers and governors decide how best to support them at school.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/11/2016 17:52:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

622437

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to increase awareness of the available post-16 apprenticeship options among parents, teachers and pupils.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL2758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a range of activities to increase awareness of the available post-16 apprenticeship options among parents, teachers and pupils.</p><p>The four-year ‘Get In Go Far’ campaign, which launched in May 2016, aims to influence public perceptions, awareness and attitudes towards apprenticeships as a route into a successful career. It also aims to help young people aged 14-24 get the skills they need and encourage more young people to apply and more employers to offer apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p>Schools have a statutory duty to provide independent careers guidance for 12-18 year olds, including information about apprenticeships. The National Careers Service provides independent, professional advice on careers, skills and the labour market, including information on the benefits of apprenticeships and how to apply for vacancies. The Careers and Enterprise Company has a lead role in transforming the provision of careers, enterprise and employer engagement experiences for young people to inspire them and prepare them for the world of work. Apprenticeships are an essential part of this inspiration and preparation, which the Company are promoting through its nationwide Enterprise Adviser Network, which now has almost 1200 Advisers in place, and other programmes including its £5m 'Careers and Enterprise Investment Fund’.</p><p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) engages with schools to promote apprenticeships, including through the ‘Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools project’; ‘Apprenticeship Champions’ in schools across England, and the ‘Amazing Apprenticeships’ schools’ resources portal. The SFA Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Networks and Employer Ambassadors raise awareness of apprenticeships, partnering with UCAS to test the early advertising of higher and degree vacancies to Year 13 students applying for university.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 15:50:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622477

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Pedestrian Crossings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether (1) academies, (2) free schools and (3) independent schools have powers to fund the cost of school crossing patrols.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
	uin	HL2798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Academies and free schools have powers in their funding agreements to pay for school crossing patrols, if they choose to do so. The model funding agreement provides that an Academy Trust can spend General Annual Grant on the normal running costs of the academy, this can include spending on school crossing patrols.</p><p> </p><p>Under section 50 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, local authority maintained schools can also undertake lawful activity that is for the purpose of the school, including paying for school crossing patrols. Independent schools are private bodies and can also fund school crossing patrols.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 14:55:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

622478

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Pedestrian Crossings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether consideration has been given to amending the regulations in the School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2013 which specifically exclude the use of a local authority’s non-schools education budget for funding school crossing patrols.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
	uin	HL2799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As spending on school crossing patrols is classified, for accounting purposes, as local transport spending rather than education services, it would not be appropriate to include school crossing patrols in the School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2013 to enable such patrols to be funded from local authority schools or non-schools education budgets.</p><p> </p><p>However, local authorities are able to fund school crossing patrols from other non-ring fenced resources such as council tax and business rate income made available through the local government finance settlement. Additionally, there is nothing to stop schools using their delegated budgets to fund a service that is not strictly educational but clearly in the interest of the school, such as health services, transport or crossing patrols.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/11/2016 14:54:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

622482

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
	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 Chisholm of Owlpen on 26 October (HL2496) concerning progress in assessing the benefits of an online registration checking tool, what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which an online registration checking tool could increase electoral registration levels by enabling people to check whether or not they are already registered before attempting to register online, and (2) the amount of time election administration staff would spend checking for duplicate registrations; and how they intend to take into consideration the relative importance of each of those benefits when assessing options.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	uin	HL2803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As stated in my previous answer to HL 2496, the Government is currently conducting a “discovery phase” in relation to understanding the issue of duplicate applications. It is right that we will need to meet the needs both of citizens and administrators when considering the right way forward. In discussions with administrators and others to date, it has become clear there are wide-ranging views on whether citizens would use a look-up tool in practice. There are also wide-ranging views on the kind of intervention that would most benefit administrators. That is why our evidence-gathering phase is so important. This discovery phase is also important for us to understand the practical considerations of the different possible solutions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen question first answered 08/11/2016 16:33:10 answering member 4330 label Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

622433

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving: First Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 27 September (HL1929), whether they will provide further details about the not-for-profit training programme for drivers in delivering first aid, including (1) the name of the programme; (2) a description of the programme; (3) details of the current status and scope of the programme; and (4) details of any plans to publish an assessment of the programme's efficacy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL2754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Driver First Assist was established with support from across the emergency services, to deliver a programme of work with the same name.</p><p> </p><p>It provides training for drivers in administering lifesaving first aid and managing the scene of a road traffic collision, prior to the arrival of the emergency services. The Department for Transport has awarded Driver First Assist a grant in 2016-17 to help it publicise its training programme.</p><p> </p><p>For large goods vehicle drivers the course will count towards their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence periodic training. To date, over 700 large goods vehicle drivers have been trained.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will evaluate the use of the grant in due course but has no specific plans to publish an assessment of the programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:44:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

622471

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much compensation was paid to passengers for delays and cancellations by each train operating company during the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	uin	HL2792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The compensation figures for all Train Operating Companies operating Delay Repay covering the years 2009-10 to 2014-15 are published on the GOV.UK website, and a copy of the full figures is provided in the attached document. Overall figures are below. Figures for the 2015-16 financial year for all Train Operating Companies are expected to be published on the GOV.UK website later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Amounts in £ (000s)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>2014-15 - 25,623</p><p>2013-14 - 22,608</p><p>2012-13- 12,603</p><p>2011-12 - 8,021</p><p>2010-11 - 3,256</p><p>2009 -10 - 2,981</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 13:38:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon attachment 1 file name HL2792 - toc-compensation-2009-2015.pdf title TOC - Compensation 2009/10-2014/5
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

622476

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pedestrian Crossings: Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether section 26 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) permits school crossing patrols to be appointed and operated by schools or bodies other than the local authority.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
	uin	HL2797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The provision of the school crossing patrol service is a matter for the local authority. Legislation gives ‘Appropriate Authorities’ the power to make arrangements (for example with schools and other bodies) for the patrolling of places where children cross roads on their way to or from school, but does not impose a duty on them to do so. The legislation defines Appropriate Authorities outside Greater London as the council of the county, unitary authority or metropolitan district; there are slightly different arrangements in London and in Scotland.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/11/2016 15:43:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock