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1205035

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date	17/06/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to tackle disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on BAME communities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>On 4 June Minister for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch MP, announced the Government’s next steps to address the disparities identified in the Public Health England (PHE) Report. The Minister will be working with the Race Disparity Unit (RDU) and the Department for Health and Social Care with support from officials across other departments and their agencies to carry forward this vital work. This includes reviewing the effectiveness and impact of current actions being undertaken by relevant government departments and their agencies to directly lessen disparities in infection and death rates of COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/06/2020 11:41:20 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1204206

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the terms of reference of the new commission on race and ethnic disparities; and on what areas it will focus.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The new Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will examine continuing racial and ethnic inequalities in Britain. The aim of the Commission is to set out a new, positive agenda for change - balancing the needs of individuals, communities and society, maximising opportunities and ensuring fairness for all. The terms of reference will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/06/2020 11:41:46 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1204207

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that they take action to address racism and inequality as the new commission on race and ethnic disparities is conducting its investigations rather than waiting for the inquiry to end.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling racism and levelling up. The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will build on the work of the Government’s Race Disparity Unit (RDU), going further to understand why disparities exist and will present recommendations for action across Government and other public bodies. The RDU is already carrying out work across departments and their agencies to identify and address adverse variances in outcomes across education, healthcare, criminal justice and the economy, and will continue to do so as the Commission works.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/06/2020 11:40:54 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1203519

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Climate Change: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the education system adequately reflects the challenges presented by climate change in terms of (1) the curriculum, (2) teacher training, and (3) the energy efficiency of educational facilities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Boycott
uin	HL5638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>It is vital that young people are taught about climate change. For this reason, related topics are included throughout both the science and geography curricula and GCSEs. In primary science and geography, pupils are given a firm foundation for the further study of the environment in secondary school. For example, in primary science pupils are taught about how environments can change as a result of human actions. They will learn about animals’ habitats, including that changes to the environment may pose dangers to living things.</p><p>In secondary science, pupils are taught about the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the effect this has on the climate. This is expanded on in GCSE science where pupils will consider the evidence for additional anthropogenic causes of climate change. As part of GCSE geography pupils will look at the causes, consequences of and responses to extreme weather conditions and natural weather hazards. In 2017, we also introduced a new environmental science A level. This will enable students to study topics that will support their understanding of climate change and how it can be tackled.</p><p>School and teachers can go beyond the topics set out in the national curriculum, or do more in-depth teaching of these topic areas, if they so wish.</p><p>We are supporting recruitment and retention of teachers in these subjects to ensure that schools have the expertise to teach topics relating to climate change effectively. In science, trainee teachers are offered bursaries of £26,000 and scholarships of £28,000 to attract top science graduates into teaching. New physics and chemistry teachers will soon be offered early-career payments of up to £9,000 during their first four years of teaching. We also fund Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses for geography and the sciences. These are courses designed to help applicants gain the depth of subject knowledge needed to train to teach their chosen subject.</p><p>The new Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework, published 1 November 2019, sets out a core minimum entitlement for all trainees of what should be covered during their teacher training, irrespective of subject or phase. The government does not prescribe the curriculum of ITT or SKE courses and it remains for individual providers to design curricula appropriate for the subject, phase and age range that the trainees will be teaching. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) will continue to be awarded at the end of ITT against the Teachers’ Standards, which includes secure knowledge of relevant subjects and curriculum areas.</p><p>We also support energy efficiency in educational facilities through our capital funding and programmes, both to reduce the carbon footprint and save schools money on energy. We have allocated almost £9 billion in condition funding since 2015 to maintain and improve school buildings. Condition funding can be invested in projects which improve energy efficiency. In addition, interest free loans for energy efficiency projects have been made available through the government backed Salix finance scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/06/2020 10:52:12 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4704 label Biography information for Baroness Boycott

1203550

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	History: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to add the history of the slave trade to the school curriculum.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The history curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom and flexibility to use specific examples from history to teach pupils about the history of Britain and the wider world. Schools and teachers can determine which examples, topics and resources to use to stimulate and challenge pupils and reflect key points in history.</p><p>There are opportunities within the themes and eras of the history curriculum for teachers and schools to teach the history of the slave trade at key stages 1 to 3. Schools can teach it at key stage 1, when teaching about events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally or the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements; at key stage 2, when teaching about the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain, or a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 ; and at key stage 3, where within the theme “ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901” a specific example is given of “Britain’s transatlantic slave trade: its effects and its eventual abolition”. The local history study element within each key stage offers opportunities to teach about the slave trade in relation to Britain. The slave trade also falls within the scope of the subject content set out for GCSE History.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 29/06/2020 11:15:46 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1203570

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to improve homeschooling curriculums for publicly-funded schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Our latest guidance on remote education during the COVID-19 outbreak is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p><p>It is up to each school to determine how to deliver education to its pupils and whether and how to monitor participation. We recognise that many schools have shared resources – both online and printed resources – for children who are at home; and we are committed to ensuring that all children can continue to learn remotely in a number of ways during these very difficult circumstances.</p><p>We are supporting sector-led initiatives such as the Oak National Academy. This new enterprise has been created by 40 teachers from schools across England. It is providing at least 180 video lessons for free each week, across a broad range of subjects, for every year group from Reception through to year 10. Oak’s lessons follow a clear and sequenced curriculum, their curriculum plan is published on their website for schools to use as they choose. By 14 June, 3.4 million unique users had accessed the Oak National Academy website and 11.9 million lessons had been viewed.</p><p>Additionally, the BBC has developed resources for families as part of a comprehensive new education package, which is now available on TV and online at BBC Bitesize.</p><p>The department has worked with schools to develop guidance based on the current experiences and practices of teachers and school leaders, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-practice-for-schools-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-practice-for-schools-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p><p>The government has also committed over £100 million to boost remote education, this includes providing devices and internet access for those who need it most, ensuring every school that wants it has access to free, expert technical support to get set up on Google for Education or Microsoft’s Office 365 Education, and offering peer support from schools and colleges leading the way with the use of education technology.</p><p>These are rapidly developing circumstances; we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL5725 question first answered 29/06/2020 10:49:06 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1203571

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Remote Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the Children's Commissioner's Office preliminary research on homeschooling which found that 27.8 per cent of children age 12 and under are spending one to two hours on schoolwork each day.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Our latest guidance on remote education during the COVID-19 outbreak is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p><p>It is up to each school to determine how to deliver education to its pupils and whether and how to monitor participation. We recognise that many schools have shared resources – both online and printed resources – for children who are at home; and we are committed to ensuring that all children can continue to learn remotely in a number of ways during these very difficult circumstances.</p><p>We are supporting sector-led initiatives such as the Oak National Academy. This new enterprise has been created by 40 teachers from schools across England. It is providing at least 180 video lessons for free each week, across a broad range of subjects, for every year group from Reception through to year 10. Oak’s lessons follow a clear and sequenced curriculum, their curriculum plan is published on their website for schools to use as they choose. By 14 June, 3.4 million unique users had accessed the Oak National Academy website and 11.9 million lessons had been viewed.</p><p>Additionally, the BBC has developed resources for families as part of a comprehensive new education package, which is now available on TV and online at BBC Bitesize.</p><p>The department has worked with schools to develop guidance based on the current experiences and practices of teachers and school leaders, which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-practice-for-schools-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remote-education-practice-for-schools-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a>.</p><p>The government has also committed over £100 million to boost remote education, this includes providing devices and internet access for those who need it most, ensuring every school that wants it has access to free, expert technical support to get set up on Google for Education or Microsoft’s Office 365 Education, and offering peer support from schools and colleges leading the way with the use of education technology.</p><p>These are rapidly developing circumstances; we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge grouped question UIN HL5724 question first answered 29/06/2020 10:49:06 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1203073

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the Prime Minister on 3 June that young people “should be guaranteed an apprenticeship”, what plans they have to introduce a scheme to ensure this guarantee is realised; what (1) ages, and (2) categories of people, will be able to participate in any such scheme; and how will the (a) employers, and (b) training opportunities, be (i) found, and (ii) funded.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>Apprenticeships will have an important role to play in creating employment opportunities, particularly for young people, and supporting employers in all sectors to access the skilled workforce they need to recover and grow post COVID-19. We are looking to support employers of all sizes, and particularly smaller businesses, to take on new apprentices this year. We will set out further details in due course. We will also ensure that there is sufficient funding to support small businesses wanting to take on an apprentice this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 25/06/2020 11:08:54 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1203084

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Computers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many children who normally attend school in (1) Lancashire, and (2) Pendle, have (a) no access to a computer or laptop, and (b) been provided with a laptop.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL5592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The department is providing laptops and tablets to vulnerable and disadvantaged children who would otherwise not have access and are preparing for examinations in year 10. Vulnerable children are those receiving support from a social worker, including pre-school children, or are a care leaver.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and academy trusts are best placed to identify the children and young people who are in need of devices and distribute the laptops and tablets. The devices have been allocated to local authorities and academy trusts based on the department’s estimates of the number of disadvantaged and vulnerable children that do not have access to a device. Where local authorities and academy trusts have identified a need greater than their initial allocation, the department has been working with them to provide additional devices.</p><p> </p><p>In May, the department invited local authorities to order devices for the most vulnerable children first. Earlier this month, the department started inviting academy trusts and local authorities to order their devices for disadvantaged year 10 pupils. Thousands of devices continue to be delivered each day. Laptops and tablets will continue to be ordered and delivered throughout June.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 25/06/2020 15:46:59 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1203091

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure the calculated grades given to students due to sit A Level exams this summer are fair.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL5600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write to the noble Lord, and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Berridge question first answered 25/06/2020 15:47:26 answering member 4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark