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1059189

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Session
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House when she expects the current session of Parliament to end.
	tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
	uin	HL13578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>A date for the prorogation of the current session has not yet been set. The length of the first session was extended to give Parliament more time to consider the crucial legislation relating to Brexit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 20/02/2019 11:32:10 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1056445

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what the total cost of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is expected to be; and how this expenditure will be financed.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Eccles
	uin	HL13503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>In January 2015, in response to the Holocaust Commission’s report ‘Britain’s Promise to Remember, the Prime Minister with cross-party support committed £50 million to kick-start a society-wide fundraising effort to deliver the National Memorial and Learning Centre and its wider educational objectives.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2019 15:17:30 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2447 label Biography information for Viscount Eccles

1059195

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Property Guardians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals who are living as property guardians in England.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL13584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on property guardians. According to research carried out by the University of York, it is estimated that there are between 5,000 and 7,000 property guardians in the UK, representing 0.1 per cent of households in the private rented sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2019 15:17:11 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1059200

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Property Guardians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 15 October 2018 (HL Deb, cols 366–8) regarding the information about their factsheet being "not, of itself, sufficient", what progress they have made in producing further guidance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL13588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Following my engagement on this issue, the Department is reviewing the current factsheet about property guardianship and considering how best this information can be disseminated to property guardians.</p><p>We are also undertaking a review of enforcement guidance for local authorities on private rented sector enforcement, including on the enforcement of relevant standards in buildings occupied by property guardians. We expect to publish this guidance by the end of March, and to deliver training for all local authorities in March and April.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2019 15:16:37 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1056431

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 6 February (HL13093 and HL13094), what assessment they have made of the impact of their decision to delay the roll-out of Universal Credit on the (1) number of children eligible for free school meals, and (2) ability of families to access such meals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL13492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave on 6 February 2019 to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-01-24/HL13093/" target="_blank">HL13093</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2019-01-24/HL13094/" target="_blank">HL13094</a>.</p><p>The eligibility criteria for free school meals (FSM) remains the same following changes to the rollout schedule for Universal Credit (UC), and we will keep the level of the earnings threshold under review following UC rollout. Households that are receiving legacy benefits will continue to access FSM in the same way they do now, and as households migrate to UC in due course, they will remain eligible for FSM throughout the rollout of UC. Our protections mean that even if a household moves above the earnings threshold or ceases to claim benefits, they will continue to receive FSM for the duration of the UC rollout.</p><p>No child that is eligible for and currently receives FSM will lose their entitlement to FSM as a result of UC during the roll out phase, and even more children will benefit by retaining eligibility through the protections we have put in place.</p><p>The department wants to make sure that as many eligible pupils as possible are claiming FSM and to make it as simple as possible for schools and local authorities to determine eligibility. To support this we provide:</p><p>The eligibility checking service to make the checking process as quick and simple as possible for schools and local authorities;</p><p>A model registration form for paper-based applications; and</p><p>Guidance to Jobcentre Plus advisors and work coaches so they can make UC claimants aware that they might be entitled to FSM.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/02/2019 15:03:24 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1059175

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation on 28 March 2018 (HC Deb, col 408WH) about unconditional university offers and autonomy over admissions, what data they hold on the number of students with offers for study at British universities with admission for deferred entry who were contacted by the Admissions and Access Service of those universities to indicate that they would no longer be offered their intended course; what assessment they have made of the cost implications that such decisions hold for each prospective student who as a result may be obliged to pursue their intended studies further afield; and what compensatory arrangements they consider to be appropriate for the failure to honour such places offered to students who satisfied previously advertised admissions criteria.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL13570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Higher Education institutions are independent, autonomous bodies. As such, they are responsible for their own admissions decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of applicants with offers for deferred entry who were no longer offered their intended course is not held centrally. Consequently, no assessment has been made of the cost implications to prospective students in this scenario.</p><p> </p><p>We are concerned by the steep rise in the number of unconditional offers being made to students. Where institutions cannot justify the rising numbers being offered we have made clear to the Office for Students that they should use the full range of powers at their disposal to take action. We expect universities to act responsibly when setting admissions criteria and expect admissions to be fair, accessible and transparent.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/02/2019 17:25:18 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1060942

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence, if any, they have that programmes linking schools with each other with homogeneous pupil populations taken from one religious background are as effective at promoting social cohesion and inter-communal trust as fully inclusive schools open to children from a variety of backgrounds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL13718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Education has a vital role in promoting integration. That is why the Department for Education is taking forward a number of measures across its portfolio to support the sector to promote integration. We want educational settings that prepare all children, young people and adults to participate fully in life in modern Britain, and equip children and young people with the skills, knowledge and values to become active citizens. All schools and colleges are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils, and to promote our shared values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.</p><p>School linking programmes are an important element of our integration agenda. Providing opportunities for young people to have meaningful interactions with those from different backgrounds helps build understanding of different communities and cultures, fosters more positive attitudes, promotes social cohesion and inter-communal trust. Social mixing and school linking are grounded in contact theory, with studies consistently finding that contact between groups of young people from different backgrounds creates more positive attitudes and can increase cohesion. This is particularly evidenced in recent findings by the University of Bristol and London School of Economics[1].</p><p>The Department for Education co-funds, with the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Linking Network which links all kinds of schools to help children explore questions of identity, diversity, equality and community cohesion. The Linking Network uses a data analysis tool to ensure that it is only linking together pupil populations from different backgrounds, including young people of different faiths, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds and from different areas.</p><p>Diversity of intake is also important, and that is why we are taking forward our commitment, as set out in the Integrated Communities Action Plan, to develop model admissions arrangements. We have also recently published the Respectful Schools Communities toolkit[2] to help schools be inclusive environments; this self-review and signposting tool supports schools to develop a whole-school approach that promotes respect and discipline.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Burgess, S., and Platt, L. (2018) Inter-ethnic relations of teenagers in England’s schools: the role of school and neighbourhood ethnic composition, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) Discussion Paper Series, CPD 07/18</p><p> </p><p>[2] <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/02/2019 11:27:22 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1059184

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Interserve
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the current (1) number, and (2) value of contracts between Interserve and (a) government departments, (b) local authorities, and (c) other public agencies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL13573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 and wider public sector contracts above the value of £25,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 12:09:22 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1059208

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cancer: Diagnosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year for which records are available, broken down by cancer type and Cancer Alliance area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL13595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Baroness Jolly,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people were diagnosed with cancer in the last year available, broken down by cancer type and cancer alliance area <strong>(HL13595)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in collaboration with Public Health England publishes the number of cancer diagnoses registered in England in each calendar year, as part of its Cancer Statistics Registrations, England release. The latest available cancer incidence data is available for 2016 and was published by ONS in June 2018[1].</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the number of cancer registrations in 2016 for each cancer type that we normally publish, for each of the nineteen cancer alliance areas in England. These figures are for all ages and both sexes combined. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>While ONS does not hold cancer registrations data for Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, similar figures are published by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry[2], the Scottish Cancer Registry[3] and the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit[4], respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/final2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/cancerregistrationstatisticsengland/final2016</a></p><p>[2]<a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/" target="_blank">http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/</a></p><p>[3]<a href="http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/" target="_blank">http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/</a></p><p>[4]<a href="http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk/home" target="_blank">http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk/home</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 11:31:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL13595 - Table 1 (3).xlsx title UKSA Response - Table 1
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

1059215

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours Forfeiture Committee
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Honours Forfeiture Committee met in each of the last eight calendar years; and when that committee last met.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL13601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Prior to 2017, the Forfeiture Committee met to consider cases on an ad-hoc basis, or by correspondence as business required. The Committee now only meets formally and in person. Since 2017 has met on three occasions, and it last met in September 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 13:53:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners