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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

1059216

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sir Philip Green
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir Phillip Green or any company, trust or other entity associated with him, has obtained an injunction against Her Majesty's Government or any government departments, agencies or public bodies since May 2010; if so, when any such injunction was granted; and when it was withdrawn.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL13602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts civil litigation on behalf of most government departments and many (but not all) executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>GLD has no record of any injunctions obtained by Sir Philip Green, or any entity known by GLD to be connected with him, against any of the departments, agencies or bodies to which GLD provides litigation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/02/2019 12:19:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

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

1059197

	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 assessment they have made of the risk to property guardians in buildings owned by (1) the government, (2) local government, and (3) statutory bodies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL13585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 is applicable to premises occupied as a dwelling by property guardians. Under the Housing Act 2004, local authorities have a legal duty to keep the housing conditions in their area under review and identify any action that may need to be taken. If local authorities are aware of properties in their area occupied by property guardians, they should consider inspecting these properties proactively to identify potential health and safety hazards. The Housing Health &amp; Safety Rating System (HHSRS) applies across all premises occupied as a dwelling, including guardian properties. If hazards are present, local authorities have tough enforcement powers.</p><p>Electrical safety, gas safety and fire safety requirements apply to all private rented sector properties including guardian properties when they are residential or used as a dwelling. Fire safety in all non-domestic premises, including the common parts of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), is covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p><p>The Government has not carried out a specific assessment of the risks to property guardians in buildings under different ownership. It is the role of local authorities to inspect and take action as required. The Government is reviewing information available to guardians and local authorities about their enforcement powers to make sure this happens.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL13586 HL13589 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:13:06 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1059198

	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 risk assessment has been conducted on the dangers of breaches of (1) electrical safety, (2) gas safety, and (3) fire safety regulations for people living as property guardians.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL13586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 is applicable to premises occupied as a dwelling by property guardians. Under the Housing Act 2004, local authorities have a legal duty to keep the housing conditions in their area under review and identify any action that may need to be taken. If local authorities are aware of properties in their area occupied by property guardians, they should consider inspecting these properties proactively to identify potential health and safety hazards. The Housing Health &amp; Safety Rating System (HHSRS) applies across all premises occupied as a dwelling, including guardian properties. If hazards are present, local authorities have tough enforcement powers.</p><p>Electrical safety, gas safety and fire safety requirements apply to all private rented sector properties including guardian properties when they are residential or used as a dwelling. Fire safety in all non-domestic premises, including the common parts of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), is covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p><p>The Government has not carried out a specific assessment of the risks to property guardians in buildings under different ownership. It is the role of local authorities to inspect and take action as required. The Government is reviewing information available to guardians and local authorities about their enforcement powers to make sure this happens.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL13585 HL13589 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:13:06 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1059199

	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), what progress they have made in establishing whether someone who has a licence as a property guardian is living in what can be defined as a “dwelling".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL13587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 defines a “dwelling” as a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling.  Whether a building occupied by a property guardian is in fact a dwelling would be dependent on the particular facts of the case.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/02/2019 16:11:32 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

1059201

	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 assessment they have made of the relevance of the Housing Act 2004 and its application to premises occupied by a property guardian.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL13589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Housing Act 2004 is applicable to premises occupied as a dwelling by property guardians. Under the Housing Act 2004, local authorities have a legal duty to keep the housing conditions in their area under review and identify any action that may need to be taken. If local authorities are aware of properties in their area occupied by property guardians, they should consider inspecting these properties proactively to identify potential health and safety hazards. The Housing Health &amp; Safety Rating System (HHSRS) applies across all premises occupied as a dwelling, including guardian properties. If hazards are present, local authorities have tough enforcement powers.</p><p>Electrical safety, gas safety and fire safety requirements apply to all private rented sector properties including guardian properties when they are residential or used as a dwelling. Fire safety in all non-domestic premises, including the common parts of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), is covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p><p>The Government has not carried out a specific assessment of the risks to property guardians in buildings under different ownership. It is the role of local authorities to inspect and take action as required. The Government is reviewing information available to guardians and local authorities about their enforcement powers to make sure this happens.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL13585 HL13586 question first answered 25/02/2019 16:13:06 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

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

1059191

	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	T-levels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they plan to offer to students undertaking T-Levels to help them meet the cost of transport to work placements.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	uin	HL13580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The department is keen for students not to be prevented from undertaking T level industry placements due to travel and subsistence costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are providing significant funding to help education providers to put in place the infrastructure needed to deliver high quality industry placements in preparation for T levels. This funding can be used to support the students’ travel and subsistence costs. In addition to this, providers are receiving additional discretionary bursary funding of just under £2.5 million in 2018-19 to support students’ access to industry placements and other associated costs. We have recently announced further funding for 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Where students are eligible to receive Further Education Free Meals, providers must make sure that students are provided with a meal on days when they are off-site as part of their study programme. This responsibility will apply to industry placements. We have also advised that employers may also support students with their travel and subsistence costs if they wish.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL13581 question first answered 25/02/2019 12:02:06 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal