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600949

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the ratio of front-line medical staff to administrators in the NHS.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL2289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The ratio of medical staff to administrators in the National Health Service is 1:1.05. The number of medical staff includes only doctors and does not include roles such as nurses, midwives and other non-medical clinicians. Administrative staff are managers, senior managers and central functions staff who perform administrative and clerical duties.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/10/2016 16:52:04 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

605480

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Aerospace Industry: Exports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the estimated value of UK aerospace exports in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones
	uin	HL2400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Estimates of the value of UK exports of Aerospace products for the last five years are provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Exports (Current prices, £million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>20,728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>22,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>24,864</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: ONS Trade in Goods Classified by CPA </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 27/10/2016 15:18:38 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

605492

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the UK's decision to leave the EU, the proposed trade deal between the EU and Canada should be amended to take account of the consequent reduction in the population of the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL2412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Until we complete our withdrawal negotiations, the UK remains a full member of the EU, with all the rights and responsibilities of membership. The UK Government has been clear in its support for the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). This approach is in line with our commitment to back the EU’s trade agenda and participate constructively in decision-making on trade while the UK remains a member of the EU.</p><p>The negotiations between the European Commission and Canada on CETA were concluded in August 2014. A legal revision of the text making further amendments was completed in February 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 27/10/2016 15:19:10 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

605487

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Arts: Curriculum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will give further consideration to including the arts and other creative industries within future school curricula.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Glasgow
	uin	HL2407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that every child should experience a high quality creative education throughout their time at school. That is why subjects such as music, art and design, drama and dance are included in the National Curriculum for 5-14 year olds. The National Curriculum is compulsory for maintained schools. Academies and free schools are not required to teach the National Curriculum but can use it as a benchmark. They can also use their freedoms to innovate and build more stretching and tailored curricula, to meet the particular needs of their pupils or their local area or the particular ethos of the school.</p><p> </p><p>All schools, including academies and free schools, must provide a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/10/2016 16:27:04 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2608 label Biography information for The Earl of Glasgow

600953

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Basic Skills
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the estimated (1) numeracy, and (2) literacy, rate among prisoners in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL2293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Prisons should be places of safety and reform. I am determined to make sure that we achieve better outcomes for all prisoners including in education, and I want to see much clearer accountability for prison governors for the education delivered in prison and the results prisoners achieve. Mandatory education assessments were introduced for the first time in August 2014, for all new receptions to custody in England. This shows that in the year to September 2015 fewer than half the people entering prisons had basic standards of English and maths, and around a third had identified learning difficulties or disabilities. Data prior to August 2014 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Prison education is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/10/2016 13:47:27 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

600971

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	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 proposal to remove a panel member with direct experience of disability from appeals for Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Attendance Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL2311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is investing close to £1 billion to reform and digitise our courts and tribunals to deliver swifter and more certain justice.</p><p> </p><p>Technology will be at the forefront of our reforms but specific support will be provided to ensure tribunals remain accessible to all and physical hearings will continue to be used to resolve many cases.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was published alongside the Transforming our Justice System consultation paper.</p><p> </p><p>The panel composition reforms will ensure that the most appropriate panel is always selected to hear a case. As now, relevant expertise will always be available where needed, regardless of how a case is resolved. The Senior President of Tribunals will continue to determine when panel members are used.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/10/2016 13:48:48 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

600972

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 impact of inflation on those who rely on benefits.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL2312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Central to the Government’s long term economic plan is the creation of jobs and making work pay. We know that work is the best route out of poverty so our welfare reforms are focussed on supporting those people who can work to find and keep work rather than rely on benefits, ensuring fairness and affordability for the tax payer. We are committed to balancing incentivising work with protecting pensioners and those who cannot work, and help with the costs of additional needs. That is why benefits for the additional costs of disability, and for carers, are up-rated each year in line with prices, and the basic and new State Pensions are up-rated with our triple lock guarantee.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 27/10/2016 16:33:18 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

600979

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	North East Combined Authority
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to work with the North East Combined Authority following recent decisions not to proceed with a Metro Mayor.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains fully committed to the North East and to devolution, and we have made clear our willingness to work with North East leaders who want to discuss options for a new deal. We stand ready to work with those councils that share our aim to boost jobs, create opportunities and build a stronger Northern Powerhouse. This guides our ongoing engagement with councils in the area.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 27/10/2016 15:57:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

600980

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Infrastructure: Environment Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking with local government to promote green infrastructure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The government is committed to developing a 25 year plan to improve the environment and this will include the importance of green infrastructure as a key underpinning of both the economy and well being.</p><p>The government is spending more than £600 million by 2020 to support the development, manufacture and uptake of electric ultra low emission vehicles in the UK. Part of this includes assisting local authorities by providing grant funding through the On Street Residential Scheme and Workplace Chargepoint Scheme to help meet the cost of installing electric vehicle chargepoints on streets in residential areas without access to off-street parking. Under the Go Ultra Low City Scheme the government is supporting a variety of infrastructure programmes for both public and domestic chargepoints across eight cities/regions of Bristol/West of England, London, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, York, Dundee, Oxford and the North East.</p><p>The government has made £1.5 million available to communities to create 'Pocket Parks', turning unused spaces into sensory gardens, wildlife habitats and food growing areas. The government has also submitted written evidence to the Select Committee inquiry on the future of public parks and will respond to any recommendations made as a result of this inquiry in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 27/10/2016 16:20:30 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

600981

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to encourage house building on sites where planning permissions have been given for house building.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL2321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>We are keen to drive up delivery of new housing once permission has been granted and we are actively taking steps to tackle some of the factors which can delay a start to development. We are taking forward measures through the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, which was introduced on 7 September, to improve the use of planning conditions to avoid unnecessary delays to development. We have also, through the Housing and Planning Act 2016, introduced a provision for a section 106 dispute resolution process. This will assist in speeding up negotiations on the content of section 106 planning obligations, where developers and local authorities have failed to reach an agreement. Secondary legislation is required to implement the provision. We also expect the members of the Home Builders Federation to adhere to their commitments in May to provide local authorities with transparent annual returns on build-out rates. And we will be setting out further measures in the forthcoming Housing White Paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 27/10/2016 15:58:12 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark