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752451

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances a Government financial guarantee to a capital investment project will lead to the definition of expenditure on that project being classified as public expenditure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
	uin	HL897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>If a capital investment project involves both the private sector and the public sector, an assessment is required to determine the level of government intervention in a project. This will also determine whether government is bearing a majority of the risks and rewards associated with the project and therefore incurring public expenditure for the capital investment of the project. The assessment would be made by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) using the national accounts conceptual framework, the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (ESA10)<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> enforceable EU Regulation No. 549/2013 and associated guidance in the Manual on Government Deficit and Debt<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> and a guide to the Statistical Treatment of PPPs<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup> published by Eurostat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/Annexes/nasa_10_f_esms_an1.pdf</p><p>[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/7203647/KS-GQ-16-001-EN-N.pdf/5cfae6dd-29d8-4487-80ac-37f76cd1f012</p><p>[3] http://www.eib.org/epec/resources/publications/epec_eurostat_guide_ppp</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

753274

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the sources of funds for the additional £1 billon investment announced for Northern Ireland in June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely makes adjustments to public spending throughout the year and will deal with the cost of additional resources for the Northern Ireland Executive within our overall plans in this way.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:33:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

753266

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of (1) children, (2) adults, and (3) working families, living in poverty across the United Kingdom; and what long-term plan they have to prevent such poverty.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The most commonly used measure of poverty is relative low income.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data series show that there are: 2.7 million children, 5.7 million working-age adults, and 2.1 million pensioners in relative low income in the United Kingdom on a ‘before housing costs’ (BHC) basis.</p><p>Analysis of the HBAI data shows that there are 2.1 million families in relative low income BHC where at least one adult member works at least part-time.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling the root causes of poverty, thereby preventing the intergenerational cycle of disadvantage.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we repealed the income-related targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 and replaced them with statutory measures that drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children, now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions published Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families in April 2017. Here we set out further non-statutory indicators on a wider set of parental disadvantage and children’s outcomes, which will drive collective action on areas that matter in tackling disadvantage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL955 question first answered 28/07/2017 10:40:12 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

753915

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what consultation the Department for Education held with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the decision to cut the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL1061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>Officials from DfE and DCMS work together closely across a number of programmes to ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to lead healthy, active lives.</p><p> </p><p>As announced by the Secretary of State on 17 July, £100m of Healthy Pupils Capital Funding will be used to pay for facilities to support PE, after school activities and healthy eating. In addition, the Primary PE and School Sport Premium will be doubled to £320m a year from September 2017. The premium funds additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport in primary schools to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.</p><p> </p><p>The Department allocates around £1.2bn per year of capital funding directly to schools and their responsible bodies for them to invest in maintaining and improving their school buildings and facilities. They can decide how funding is spent, and if they wish they can of course target sports facilities where they are the local priority.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1062 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:04:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

753299

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the budget for the Health and Safety Executive for 2017–18; how many inspectors it expects to employ in 2017–18; and how many inspectors it employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>HSE’s net budget for 2017-18 is £136 million (which includes planned expenditure of £232 million, offset by planned income of £96 million).</p><p> </p><p>During 2017-18 we are seeking to maintain inspector numbers at or around the level as at 31 March 2017 which is stated below, along with the four previous years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of HSE inspectors at 31 March</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>1,051</p></td><td><p>1,038</p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>988</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 28/07/2017 11:12:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

752488

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the cost of training a teacher through (1) Teach First, (2) School Direct, and (3) initial teacher training courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>Comparing the costs of different routes through initial teacher training is complex; these vary significantly by subject and degree class due to different bursary rates. School Direct Salaried and Teach First trainees do not receive a bursary.</p><p> </p><p>The NAO report, Training New Teachers (10 February 2016) looked at average costs for academic year 2013/14; this is the latest available comparison of teacher training costs by route.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of training a new teacher through each of these routes is listed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Teacher training route</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost of training per trainee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teach First</p></td><td><p>£36,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Direct (salary)</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Direct (fee)</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School-centred provider</p></td><td><p>£21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher education institute</p></td><td><p>£19,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since these figures were published, the Department has procured a new contract with Teach First, with a reduced average cost per trainee. Please see the table below showing the bursaries available for the 2017/18 training year indicating the scale of difference across subjects and degree class. The cost for trainees on salaried routes will also vary by location to reflect salary differences between London and elsewhere. In addition, the Teach First cost includes recruitment costs (£2,600 per trainee).</p><p>Bursary rates for 2017/18:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Scholarship</p></td><td><p>1st</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£3,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary maths</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art &amp; Design</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biology</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£15,000</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>£10,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business studies</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemistry</p></td><td><p>£27,500</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Classics</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computing</p></td><td><p>£27,500</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D&amp;T</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drama</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>£27,500</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>£27,500</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL</p></td><td><p>£27,500</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Others</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PE</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physics</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£9,000</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/07/2017 10:01:43 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

755147

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Her Majesty's Government what is the gender balance of those undertaking apprenticeships in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones
	uin	HL1155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>This information about apprenticeships and their demographics is published for England in the further education and skills statistical first release. The information can be found in the main tables 2 and 6 (2015 to 2016 academic year), and 21 (2016 to 2017 academic year reported to date).</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-july-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Previous and future publications are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1154 question first answered 28/07/2017 13:57:31 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	530 label Biography information for Lord Jones

753271

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility that the UK's public finances are ill-positioned to withstand (1) a possible recession, (2) higher inflation, and (3) an increase in interest rates.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) Fiscal Risks Report demonstrates that the public finances remain vulnerable to shocks. To enhance our resilience to such shocks it is vital that we get debt falling.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, we remain committed to bringing the public finances back to balance by the mid-2020s, with interim targets to reduce the structural deficit below 2% of GDP and get debt falling as a share of GDP by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to consider carefully the findings within the OBR’s report. As required under the Charter for Budget Responsibility, the government will formally respond to the issues raised within the next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 13:33:39 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

751171

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to ensure that children who may have been victims of modern slavery are placed with foster carers or support workers who have received specific training on how to care for such children.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to update the practice guidance ‘Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked’. The revised statutory guidance ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ will be published this autumn.</p><p>The training for foster carers and support workers that DfE commissioned from the Refugee Council and ECPAT enables those caring for unaccompanied and trafficked children to understand the challenges and risks facing these children, and equips participants with the knowledge and tools to respond effectively to their needs. Participants were also provided with access to an e-learning course to help recognise the needs of child and adult victims of trafficking and guidance on actions carers and professionals should take to identify and safeguard victims.</p><p>Foster carers and support workers attended training courses located in 48 local authorities (see list below). Training was not limited to carers from those authorities.</p><p>The forthcoming safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children will address the need for any additional training required by foster carers and support workers to care for children who are, or might be, victims of human trafficking and exploitation.</p><p>Further to the training which has recently commissioned, the statutory guidance on ‘The care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children’ states that “Everyone involved in the care of unaccompanied and trafficked children should be trained to recognise and understand the particular issues likely to be faced by these children. This includes recognising the indicators of trafficking as a child’s previous history or current experience of being trafficked might not be apparent on entering care.&quot;</p><p>List of local authorities where the training by ECPAT and Refugee Council was located:</p><p>Bolton</p><p>Bournemouth</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Bromley</p><p>Cambridgeshire</p><p>Camden</p><p>Cheshire East</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Croydon</p><p>Derbyshire</p><p>Devon</p><p>Doncaster</p><p>East Riding</p><p>Essex</p><p>Gloucestershire</p><p>Hampshire</p><p>Haringey</p><p>Harrow</p><p>Hertfordshire</p><p>Kent</p><p>Lambeth</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Leicester City</p><p>Leicestershire</p><p>Liverpool</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Medway</p><p>Merton</p><p>Middlesbrough</p><p>North Somerset</p><p>North Tyneside</p><p>Northumberland</p><p>Nottingham City</p><p>Oldham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Shropshire</p><p>Somerset</p><p>Staffordshire</p><p>Suffolk</p><p>Sunderland</p><p>Thurrock</p><p>Walsall</p><p>Warrington</p><p>West Sussex</p><p>Wiltshire</p><p>Worcestershire</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL764 HL765 HL766 HL767 question first answered 28/07/2017 12:13:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

752489

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for using any underspend on the Sixth Form College budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>Budgets for sixth form colleges are not set separately from budgets for other providers. The overall 16-19 budget set for each financial year is a forecast of anticipated spend. Actual spend varies from this because it is based on set funding rates per student. If actual student numbers are lower than forecast, the department works in conjunction with the Treasury to try to reallocate any underspends to other priorities in a way that maximises value for money. This could include a proposal to redeploy the funding to the next financial year. If alternative value for money activities cannot be identified, the funding is returned to the Treasury to support the overall fiscal position.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/07/2017 10:02:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey