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100056

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to provide further advice to schools on how to tackle childhood obesity.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government recognises that through physical education, competitive school sport and encouraging healthy eating, schools can help address the problem of childhood obesity. The PE and sports premium is part of a package of measures to tackle obesity in primary schools. Our research found 96% of schools said that their pupils are now living healthier lives as a result of the funding. In addition, the introduction of universal infant free school meals will ensure that all infants receive a nutritious school lunch.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/10/2014 12:35:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

93724

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Middle East
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 ISIL on Christian communities in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon; and what plans there are to protect such communities.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The humanitarian reports from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region are deeply concerning. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated armed groups continue to commit atrocities against Muslims, Christians, Yezidis, Turkmen and other communities throughout the areas under their control. We condemn any and all abuses of human rights, including those against Christians.</p><p>We are working closely with our international partners, including in the region, to try to assist and protect civilians - including Christians - from ISIL through a long-term, comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat this terrorist organisation.</p><p>This strategy is being delivered by a large international coalition, where UK actions complement, and are coordinated with, those of other actors. It has security, political and humanitarian dimensions. For example, in Iraq, we are carrying out airstrikes against ISIL and are providing military assistance to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces so that they can restore control over the areas taken by ISIL. In Syria, we support military action by the US and five Arab states against ISIL; we are supporting the Syrian moderate opposition, who are fighting ISIL; and we continue to work for a political transition: when it comes to tackling ISIL, Assad is part of the problem, not part of the solution. In Lebanon, we continue to press for the election of a President, strengthen municipalities and support the Lebanese Armed Forces reassert state authority in their border regions On the humanitarian front, we continue to provide swift and substantial assistance to those who have fled areas controlled by ISIL, including air drops to deliver aid to those trapped by ISIL. On the diplomatic front, at the Human Rights Council in September we, alongside our international partners, secured a resolution strongly condemning ISIL and stressing the need for accountability.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/10/2014 12:33:27 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

93728

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with the Hong Kong Government regarding the progress of the official consultation on plans to implement universal suffrage in 2017.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Hong Kong is an important part of the UK’s relationship with China. We continue to meet regularly at senior levels with both the Chinese authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.</p><p>Earlier this month, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), met the Chinese Ambassador to discuss developments in Hong Kong and to set out the UK position. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), also met the Hong Kong government’s Secretary of Justice to discuss the importance of the introduction of universal suffrage. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), and the Foreign Secretary also discussed Hong Kong in recent meetings with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai.</p><p>Mr Swire outlined the UK’s position in his Written Ministerial Statement of 13 October, Official Report, Column 12WS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/10/2014 12:32:53 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

93741

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the educational impact on infant pupils of being taught in classes of over 30 pupils.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL2165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has reviewed academic studies on the relationship between class size and attainment. The effect of class sizes on attainment in primary schools has long been contested and complicated by debates about how it can be accurately measured. The most robust studies have been reviewed and suggest class sizes have little effect beyond the early years when smaller classes have some positive impact.</p><p>The review ‘Class size and education in England evidence report’ was published on the Department’s website in December 2011 and is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/class-size-and-education-in-england-evidence-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/class-size-and-education-in-england-evidence-report</a></p><p>Children are only permitted to join classes of 30 or more in exceptional cases - if for instance they are in care or from military families and admitted outside the normal admission round. On 12 June, the Department published data that showed the average infant class size currently stands at 27.4, which is well within the statutory limit of 30 pupils per teacher. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/10/2014 11:33:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

93742

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 30 July (HL1619), when the Secretary of State for Education intends to respond to Parliament on the recommendations of the Education Commissioner.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL2166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government is clear that there is no place for extremism in our schools. As my Rt hon. friend the Secretary of State for Education set out in her recent evidence to the Education Committee, a great deal of progress has been made in implementing Peter Clarke’s thorough and wide-ranging recommendations. The Secretary of State has appointed Sir Mike Tomlinson as Education Commissioner to work with Birmingham City Council to oversee its improvement. New trust members are in place in the four academies in special measures, and several teachers have been suspended. We have strengthened guidance on governance and set out the importance of promoting fundamental British values. The Secretary of State plans to update Parliament with further progress shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/10/2014 12:37:05 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

93677

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Wind Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to protect Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Sites of Specific Scientific Interest from wind turbine development.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out strong protection for the natural environment and valued landscapes and is clear that planning applications for renewable energy should only be approved if the impact is, or can be made, acceptable. In addition our planning guidance makes clear that the need for renewable energy does not automatically override environmental protection and the planning concerns of local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Under the National Planning Policy Framework Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty have the highest status of protection in relation to landscape and scenic beauty. Strong planning protection also applies to Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Development on land within or outside such sites which is likely to have an adverse effect on the site, either individually or in combination, should not normally be permitted.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/10/2014 11:33:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

93684

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to co-ordinate good leadership with local authorities to improve the attainment levels of disadvantaged pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education expects local authorities to provide strategic leadership to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils in their maintained schools. This was set out in the recently revised guidance to local authorities on <em>Schools Causing Concern</em>, which was published in May 2014. Since May 2013, Ofsted has inspected local authority school improvement arrangements which relate to their duty to ensure that, ‘their education functions are exercised with a view to promote high standards and fulfilment of potential’ (Education Act 1996, s13a).</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Minister of State for Schools, has met leaders from the nine local authorities that have failed these inspections to date. These discussions have focused on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. In addition, in his role as Pupil Premium Champion, Sir John Dunford has worked closely with school leaders in 25 local authority areas with the poorest results for disadvantaged pupils during the 2013/14 school year. This work continues.</p><p>Peer-to-peer support for school leaders is a highly effective way to tackle poor school performance. The Department is therefore increasing the number of National Leaders of Education (NLEs) and the number of teaching schools. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) has designated over 900 NLEs and establish 602 teaching schools to date, and some local authorities use local teaching school alliances and national leaders to provide school improvement.</p><p>The Talented Leaders programme and School-to-School Support Fund, both launched on 10 September 2014 by the Minister of State for Schools, will also help drive school improvement through better leadership. The Talented Leaders programme will recruit one hundred talented school leaders and deploy them to take on headship positions in challenging schools, working with local authorities who sign up to the programme. The £13m School-to-School Support Fund will support NLEs and teaching schools to undertake deployment in under-performing maintained schools and academies.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/10/2014 11:32:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

93696

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 3 June 2013 (HL210), whether they have altered their decision to reduce by two per cent the number of students entering medical schools in 2014; what were the findings of the 2014 review by Health Education England on the question; and whether they plan to expand the numbers significantly from 2015 and in later years.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not altered its decision to reduce, by 2%, the number of students entering medical school in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) has not, to date, undertaken a comprehensive review of medical student intake numbers since that undertaken by the Health and Education National Strategic Exchange review published in December 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The requirement for graduate doctors (and the medical student intakes that create this supply) will form an integral part of the 2015 annual workforce planning process undertaken by HEE.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:27:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93697

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many doctors were registered to practise medicine by the General Medical Council (GMC) in the last five years; and how many of the first registrations with the GMC in each year were from doctors who gained their primary medical qualification in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or rest of the world respectively.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information. This information is held by the General Medical Council and they have provided the information below for the purposes of answering this question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors joining the register for the first time, from 2009 to 2013, by the region of their primary medical qualification and first registration year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>No. of Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA</p></td><td><p>2,368</p></td><td><p>2,973</p></td><td><p>2,726</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td><p>3,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td><p>2,579</p></td><td><p>2,959</p></td><td><p>2,437</p></td><td><p>2,222</p></td><td><p>2,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>6,876</p></td><td><p>7,010</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>7,083</p></td><td><p>7,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>11,823</p></td><td><p>12,942</p></td><td><p>12,275</p></td><td><p>12,204</p></td><td><p>12,892</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors on the register at the end of each year by the region of their primary medical qualification. The number of registered doctors who hold a licence at the end of each year is also provided. A licence in necessary to work as a doctor in the UK, but holding one does not guarantee that a doctor is working.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Non-EEA</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Registered</p></td><td><p>No. of Doctors Licensed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>21,177</p></td><td><p>19,495</p></td><td><p>64,685</p></td><td><p>59,857</p></td><td><p>145,498</p></td><td><p>139,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>22,757</p></td><td><p>21,174</p></td><td><p>66,001</p></td><td><p>61,422</p></td><td><p>150,465</p></td><td><p>144,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,032</p></td><td><p>22,398</p></td><td><p>66,574</p></td><td><p>61,892</p></td><td><p>155,258</p></td><td><p>148,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>25,529</p></td><td><p>23,305</p></td><td><p>67,092</p></td><td><p>61,297</p></td><td><p>159,890</p></td><td><p>151,597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>27,114</p></td><td><p>23,931</p></td><td><p>67,821</p></td><td><p>59,893</p></td><td><p>164,688</p></td><td><p>154,397</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: General Medical Council</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Doctors will leave and re-join the register over the course of a year so the difference between each year end total will never be equal to the number of first time registrants in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. These tables exclude doctors who were registered with a status of “Temporary full registration for special purpose registrations”, which allows doctors to be registered for a temporary period in order to treat non-UK nationals within the UK. For example, we had a significant number of doctors who were registered temporarily in 2012 to accompany their national team to the Olympic or Paralympic games. The tables also exclude “Temporary full registration for visiting eminent specialists”. These registrations are for doctors visiting the UK for a temporary period to provide specialist knowledge and skills in a particular branch of medicine and cannot exceed 26 weeks in a 5 year period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/10/2014 11:35:59 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

93703

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a list of investment protection treaties agreed by all United Kingdom Overseas Territories with another country.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL2132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has extended a number of Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPA) to the Overseas Territories when the Territories have provided a case for doing so and the other country agreed. These are the IPPAs currently in force that have been extended to Overseas Territories:</p><p>UK-Antigua &amp; Barbuda IPPA (Gibraltar)</p><p>UK-Belize IPPA (Cayman Islands, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Dominica IPPA (Gibraltar)</p><p>UK-Grenada IPPA (Bermuda, Gibraltar, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Guyana IPPA (Bermuda, Gibraltar, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Hungary IPPA (Bermuda, Gibraltar, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Indonesia IPPA (Bermuda)</p><p>UK-Korea Republic IPPA (Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Mauritius IPPA (Gibraltar)</p><p>UK-Panama IPPA (Cayman Islands)</p><p>UK- Philippines IPPA (Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Singapore IPPA (Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-St Lucia IPPA (Cayman Islands, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Thailand IPPA (Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>UK-Tunisia IPPA (Bermuda, Gibraltar, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands)</p><p>Records of all treaties involving the United Kingdom concluded between 1834 and 31 March 2014 can currently be found through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s UK Treaties Online service at: <a href="http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm" target="_blank">http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treaty.htm</a></p><p>Details of treaties involving the United Kingdom since March 2014 can be found on the FCO Treaty Section’s pages on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/uk-treaties" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/uk-treaties</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 24/10/2014 12:33:52 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft