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77773

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Liverpool
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the relative impact on Liverpool, compared to Leeds and Manchester, if neither HS2 nor the proposed HS3 rail links are connected to the city.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL1070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The high level assessments of potential options for the route of Phase Two of HS2, including options for serving Liverpool, were published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/options-for-phase-two-of-the-high-speed-rail-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/options-for-phase-two-of-the-high-speed-rail-network</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The potential route of HS3 to introduce improved rail links in the North has not been decided. The plans are at an early stage. The Government has asked Sir David Higgins to produce a Plan for bringing the benefits of high speed rail to the north more quickly, as well as initial proposals for faster east-west connections – including options on route, timescales and cost, and to deliver this in the Autumn. This will start the process by which we can have a proper debate about the future of rail connectivity in the North.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/07/2014 11:00:40 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2014 11:16:51 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer previous answer version 11110 answering member printed Baroness Adams of Craigielea answering member 631
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

437038

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
	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 Altmann on 4 December (HL3783) that the Personal Independence Payment assessment criteria were "designed in close collaboration with disabled people and disability groups", whether they will now take into account the responses to the consultation held separately between 24 June and 5 August 2013 on the moving around criteria.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL4504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p><strong>The full public consultation on the ‘Moving around’ activity of the mobility component closed on 5 August 2013. We received more than 1,100 responses. We carefully considered all the responses received, including the suggestions for alternative approaches. We published our response to the consultation on 21 October 2013.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>We believe the assessment criteria, including the 20 metres distance, are the best way of identifying those whose physical mobility is most limited, so we did not make any changes. However, we have strengthened the measures around the reliability criteria – we recognise these are a key protection for claimants.</strong></p><br /><p><strong>Our response to the consultation is annexed to this answer.</strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/12/2015 12:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2015 14:16:11 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex HL 4504.pdf title Annex "Moving around activity" previous answer version 36662 answering member printed Baroness Altmann answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

533051

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	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	British Nationality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether ministers plan to meet Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa prior to the decision of the International Monetary Fund on whether Zimbabwe should be re-admitted to the global financial system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Oates
	uin	HL1014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>British Ministers and officials have met <ins class="ministerial">Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Patrick </ins>Chinamasa in recent months, including the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development, my Hon Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (Nick Hurd), in May and the Minister for Africa, my Hon Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge), in July. In these meetings, Ministers emphasised to <ins class="ministerial">Minister </ins>Chinamasa the importance of urgent economic and political reforms in Zimbabwe if there is to be further progress on re-engagement with the International Financial Institutions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/07/2016 14:58:05 question first ministerially corrected 22/07/2016 13:04:35 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns previous answer version 6889 answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4549 label Biography information for Lord Oates

1168626

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sales Promotions: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce further regulation in regard to the online promotion of products by celebrities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL84
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Last year the government announced its intention to review how online advertising is regulated in the UK, looking at how well the current regime is equipped to tackle the challenges posed by developments in online advertising. <del class="ministerial">The interim report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-lifts-the-lid-on-digital-giants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-lifts-the-lid-on-digital-giants</a>.</del> <ins class="ministerial">The announcement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/jeremy-wrights-statement-on-the-cairncross-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/jeremy-wrights-statement-on-the-cairncross-review</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Currently, advertising in the UK is overseen by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the industry’s independent regulator, which for online advertising enforces the Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct &amp; Promotional Marketing (CAP Code) through a system of self-regulation. The CAP Code incorporates all relevant legislation, including consumer protection legislation, and sets standards for accuracy and honesty to which advertisers must adhere. This system operates independently of government.</p><p> </p><p>The remit of the ASA extends to the online promotion of products by celebrities, if the celebrity has been paid (including payment in kind) by an advertiser, and the advertiser exerts some form of editorial control over the resulting content. To guarantee compliance with the CAP Code in such cases, advertisers must ensure that endorsements are genuine, claims are accurate and advertising is clearly identified as such. The products themselves must also adhere to relevant regulation and standards.</p><p> </p><p>If the advertiser does not exert some form of editorial control over the resulting content, consumer protection legislation still applies and is enforced instead by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA works closely with the ASA in this area, and expects such content to clearly identify any commercial relationship and to have regard to the CAP Code.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority recently investigated social media endorsements by influencers / celebrities to ensure that they were being clear to their followers, resulting in influencers / celebrities changing their practices. They also published a guide to help influencers and those working with them to understand how to comply with UK consumer protection law. <ins class="ministerial">Separately to this work, but complementary to the government's review of online advertising, the CMA is conducting a market study of online platforms and digital advertising, and published an interim report in December which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-lifts-the-lid-on-digital-giants.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/01/2020 12:55:36 question first ministerially corrected 13/01/2020 12:06:26 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 111 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1175167

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Rugby: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of The Rugby League Dividend report, published by the Rugby Football League on 22 August 2019, on the economic and social impact of rugby league in disadvantaged communities and the role of sport in promoting social mobility.
	tabling member printed	Lord Caine
	uin	HL615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the RFL’s Dividend Report which demonstrates the valuable contribution that rugby league can have within communities. Rugby League is a fantastic example of how sport and physical activity can play a leading role in engaging people from every background.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s <em>Sporting Future</em> strategy is explicit <del class="ministerial">that</del> that everyone, regardless of background, sex, age or level of ability should be able to engage in sport and physical activity as participants, spectators and in the workplace, and that sport and physical activity should be valued for the much broader positive impact it can have across a range of physical, social and economic outcomes. The strategy included a specific focus on engaging people from groups in society that have traditionally been underrepresented in sport and physical activity and who have the most to gain from getting more active.</p><p> </p><p>Government is directly supporting rugby league through more than £11m of Sport England investment in the Rugby Football League over 2017-21 and investment of up to £10m in rugby league facilities to help drive a legacy from the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 06/02/2020 16:01:50 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2020 17:41:44 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 5352 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine

1348894

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Fundraising
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to discuss with the National Lottery Community Fund ways to assist small sports clubs with fundraising events after the COVID-19 lockdowns.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL2218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2021 answer text <p>HMG have worked closely with the Fundraising Regulator and the Chartered Institute of Fundraising to produce guidance to support safe and effective fundraising, in line with restrictions under each step of the COVID-19 roadmap. Current guidance is available on the Fundraising Regulator’s website.</p><p>The National Lottery Community Fund is a non-departmental public body (NDPB), which means that it operates at ‘arm’s length’ from government. As a distributor of Lottery money, rather than of government funds, it makes its individual funding decisions independently, within the framework of the policy directions set by the Secretary of State for DCMS. <del class="ministerial">The government cannot, therefore, intervene in o</del><ins class="ministerial">The government cannot, therefore, intervene in or influence the Fund’s decision-making process or support individual applications for funding.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/08/2021 11:51:58 question first ministerially corrected 03/08/2021 14:16:16 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 17816 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1358768

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools do not have a qualified teacher in a subject they offer.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
	uin	HL2984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a degree in a particular subject or discipline. It is the Teachers’ Standards that specify the subject knowledge required for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the time they complete their training.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Of the 2,948 state-funded secondary schools in England that supplied data on curriculum subjects taught and the subject of qualifications held by their teachers, there were 1,386 schools, equivalent to 47%, where at least one subject was taught for which none of its teachers held a relevant post A level qualification in that subject.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The most common subjects where no teachers in a school held a relevant post A level qualification in the subject were: computing (408 schools); media studies (214); religious education (171); citizenship (115); engineering (114) and drama (109).</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the 2,957 state-funded secondary schools in England that supplied data on curriculum subjects taught and the subject of qualifications held by their teachers, there were 1,256 schools, equivalent to 42%, where at least one subject was taught for which none of its teachers held a relevant post A level qualifications in that subject. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The most common subjects where no teachers in a school held a relevant post A level qualification in the subject were: computing (293 schools); Spanish (271); media studies (225); ICT (206); religious education (153); citizenship (105) and engineering (105).</ins></p><p>To reduce burden during the COVID-19 outbreak, schools were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in 2020. Therefore, the information provided relates to the November 2019 School Workforce Census.</p><p>Information on subjects taught and teacher post A level qualifications is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/10/2021 11:13:26 question first ministerially corrected 11/04/2022 11:33:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 25154 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport

1421116

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2021 Spending Review, by how much funding for early years entitlement schemes will increase for (1) 2022–23, (2) 2023–24, and (3) 2024–25.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL6103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In the Spending Review 2021 and the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2021, the department stated that investments in the upcoming financial years of 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 will be made individually and proportionately to the current financial year 2021-22. Investments will reflect anticipated cost pressures such as inflation, and changes in the number of children in these schemes as forecast at the time of the Spending Review.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In the Spending Review 2021, and the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2021, the department stated that increases in investments in the upcoming financial years of 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 are all presented individually in comparison to the current financial year 2021-22. This investment reflects anticipated cost pressures and changes in the number of eligible children, as forecast at the time of the Spending Review.</ins></p><p>For the financial year 2022-23, the government is increasing the hourly funding rates for all local authorities by 21p an hour for the two-year-old entitlement and, for most areas, by 17p an hour for the three and four-year-old entitlements.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) forecasts a decrease in the number of children in these entitlement schemes across the financial year 2022-23. The ONS projects a decrease in the 0 to 4-year-old population of around 5% from mid-2022 to mid-2025. Consideration of this information can provide an accurate picture of what the funding settlement entails.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) projects a decrease in the 0- to 4-year-old population of around 5% from mid-2022 to mid-2025. Consideration of this information can provide an accurate picture of what the funding settlement entails.</ins></p><p>Announcement of the local authorities’ early years funding rates for the 2023-24 financial year will be made <del class="ministerial">in</del> <ins class="ministerial">next </ins>autumn<del class="ministerial"> 2022</del>, and in the following autumn for the financial year 2024-25, ahead of local authorities commencing business planning rounds for these financial years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/02/2022 12:15:48 question first ministerially corrected 01/04/2022 11:24:16 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 51037 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

1602578

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Bible and Koran
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether (1) the National Curriculum, and (2) other guidance provided to schools, requires that copies of the Koran and the Bible should receive equal respect; and if not, what plans they have to ensure that they are treated equally.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL6265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Every school should actively promote mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. Amongst other criteria, Ofsted will inspect pupils’ knowledge of, and respect for, different people's faiths, feelings, and values.</p><p>All schools must offer a broad and balanced curriculum, which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, and physical development of pupils.</p><p>In response to recent incidents, the government has been repeatedly clear that there is no blasphemy law in<ins class="ministerial"> Great Britain</ins><del class="ministerial"> the United Kingdom</del>. The department has no plans to give specific guidance on the respect that should be shown to specific religious texts. However, the Home Office is drafting guidance on blasphemy incidents, which the department will support with as needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 27/03/2023 16:16:11 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2023 09:53:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 62872 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1611102

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Blasphemy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the new blasphemy guidance being developed by the Home Office and the Department for Education will be legally binding upon schools; how they are planning to make schools aware of their new responsibilities under that guidance; and how that guidance will be enforced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Godson
	uin	HL7123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>In response to recent incidents, the Government has been clear that there is no blasphemy law in<ins class="ministerial"> Great Britain</ins><del class="ministerial"> the UK</del>. The Department has no plans to produce specific guidance on blasphemy for schools.</p><p>Head teachers are best placed to make the decisions on how to meet the needs of their pupils. In doing so, there are a range of considerations, supported by existing departmental guidance. This includes ensuring political impartiality and promoting respect and tolerance between people of different faiths and beliefs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 28/04/2023 13:39:04 question first ministerially corrected 08/06/2023 12:00:36 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran previous answer version 69654 answering member printed Baroness Barran answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
	tabling member	4903 label Biography information for Lord Godson