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347223

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Art Works: Islam
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to support a contest in the United Kingdom between artists depicting the prophet Mohammed, and if so, whether they will provide security protection for such an event.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL87
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is not aware of any plans. The safety and security of an event is an issue for the event organisers in consultation with the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/06/2015 15:43:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

347235

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Channel Four Television
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to bring forward legislation to remove the public-service conditions imposed on Channel 4 or to privatise it; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL99
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans currently to remove the public-service conditions imposed on Channel 4 or to privatise it. The Government is awaiting the outcome of Ofcom’s third review of Public Service Broadcasting before considering whether any changes are needed to the public service broadcasting system as a whole.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/06/2015 09:11:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347236

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Channel Four Television
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the impact that the sale of Channel 4 might have on the reduction of the United Kingdom deficit.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no estimates of what impact the sale of Channel 4 might have on the deficit, or any plans for a sale. Any decision about a sale of Channel 4 would need to balance the broadcaster’s public service obligations against its potential commercial value.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/06/2015 09:11:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347237

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the review of the BBC Royal Charter will consider (1) the number of radio stations, (2) the number of television channels, (3) restrictions on BBC online and digital local services, (4) the scope of the BBC's public service obligation, (5) replacing the licence fee with a subscription or other system, (6) decriminalising failure to pay licence fees, (7) the role of the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee in scrutinising the BBC, and (8) freedom of information obligations.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is currently considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/06/2015 09:12:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

346765

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Clothing: Fire Hazards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to regulate the sale of flammable fancy dress clothing.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL3
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Fancy dress clothing for Children is already specifically regulated for flammability under the Toys Safety Directive, as a part of standard BSEN71-2. Department for Business officials will meet with a range of interested parties to discuss their concerns. We will also work with Trading Standards to investigate compliance with current fancy dress safety regulation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/06/2015 11:19:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

346787

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how much training away from the workplace has been provided by employers over the last 20 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL25
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The government does not undertake formal assessments of training in the workplace. The Office of National Statistics publishes the quarterly Labour Force Survey and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills also publishes relevant information on this area.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/06/2015 15:55:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

346788

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Mature Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of funding paid out under the 24+ Advanced Learning Loans programme in (1) 2013–14, and (2) the first six months of 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL26
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent Student Loans Company report published on 25<sup>th</sup> March 2015 regarding payments made to Further Education providers on behalf of loans-funded learners shows that during the 2013/14 academic year £115.8m was paid out, and in the first six months of the 2014/15 academic year £65m has been paid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The full report is available through the following link :</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-further-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-further-education.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/06/2015 13:19:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Advanced Learning Loans.pdf title Advanced Learning Loans
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

346789

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Mature Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what resource accounting and budgeting charge they are currently using to estimate the long-term cost of the 24+ Advanced Learning Loans programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL27
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department models the proportion of loans which we expect not to be repaid - the resource accounting and budgeting charge (RAB charge). The RAB charge is estimated to be 50% of the total loan amount. BIS is collecting data on learners as it emerges. On the basis of this data we regularly review and update the RAB charge estimates.</p><p> </p><p>We publish the RAB charge once a year in the Department’s accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/06/2015 16:04:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

346790

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many undergraduate places were funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England under the Employer Engagement Co-funded Students scheme for employer co-funded additional student numbers in each of the years during which the scheme operated, and at what percentage rates; and what was the total cost of the scheme, including expenditure over and above direct full-time equivalent funding for each student.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL28
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of recruited undergraduates through the scheme is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recruited undergraduate full-time equivalent students</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total grant after adjustments (all levels of study)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>£557,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>872</p></td><td><p>£2,666,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>3,155</p></td><td><p>£10,120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>6,349</p></td><td><p>£18,530,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>11,179</p></td><td><p>£28,998,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>14,020</p></td><td><p>£32,484,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>3,542</p></td><td><p>£7,935,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td><td><p>£2,359,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>£582,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40,556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£104,231,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total grant over the period 2006/07 to 2014/15 was £104million. In addition to the grant after adjustments, £101 million development funding was spent on the scheme between 2006/07 and 2011/12.</p><p> </p><p>Employer contributions are only available for the period 2007/08 to 2010/11 and show that the average rate of co-founding from employers increased from 26% in 2007/08 to 41% in 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p>Note: Employer contributions are a mix of cash and in-kind, and are sourced from both public and private sector employers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/06/2015 11:21:39 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

346805

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Stem Cells
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 Drayson on 19 May 2009 (WA 290), Baroness Wilcox on 3 October 2011 (WA 114–5), Baroness Garden of Frognal on 5 November 2012 (WA 168) and Lord Marland on 4 December 2012 (WA 131), whether the journal article "detailing further findings on the therapeutic potential and efficiency" of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) still remains unpublished following the end of Professor Mary Herbert’s research study; if so, what are the reasons for the apparent lack of progress; if not, when they advised that the article had been published; how the derivation of embryonic stem cells (ESC) following nuclear transfer as described in the article has improved on the efficiency of ESC derivation from clones as previously described by others in 2013 in the journal Cell (Volume 153, Issue 6, pages 1228–38) and the journal Cell Stem Cell (Volume 14, Issue 6, pages 777–80); and what were the novel "technological advances" described by Professor Herbert "to improve the efficiency of SCNT in human oocytes" and thus "develop a reproducible method of generating human embryonic stem cells".
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL43
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The journal article referred to in Lord Marland’s response of 4th December 2012 has been published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports. The relevant paper (<em>Therapeutic potential of somatic cell nuclear transfer for degenerative disease caused by mitochondrial DNA mutations, Greggains Gareth D (2014), Scientific Reports 4, Article number: 3844 doi:10.1038/srep03844) </em>can be viewed at: http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140124/srep03844/full/srep03844.html</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/06/2015 11:54:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool