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348810

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date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many practising doctors received their qualifications (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested about the number of practising medical doctors with qualifications received in the United Kingdom and elsewhere is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of medical doctors in the UK and is responsible for doctor registration. Information provided by the GMC on the number of doctors registered with a license to practise as at 9 June 2015, broken down by whether their primary medical qualification was gained in the UK or elsewhere, is shown in the following table. However, it should be noted that although these doctors have a licence to practise, they may not be actively practising.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Qualified</p><p>in the UK</p></td><td><p>Qualified Elsewhere</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of doctors registered with a license to practise</p></td><td><p>232,931</p></td><td><p>153,306 (66%)</p></td><td><p>79,625 (34%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> The General Medical Council</p><p> </p><p><em>Note:</em> The ‘qualified elsewhere’ column includes those qualified in the European Economic Area (EEA) excluding the UK and those trained outside of the EEA. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/06/2015 14:46:16 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

348811

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Qualifications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many nurses working in the NHS received their qualifications (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) elsewhere.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested about the numbers of nurses working in the National Health Service with qualifications gained in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the UK and is responsible for nurse registration. Information provided by the NMC on the total number of registered nurses and midwives at the end of each financial year since 2010, broken down by whether they trained in the UK or elsewhere is shown in the following table. However, it should be noted that those on the NMC register may not be practising or working in the NHS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year ending 31 March</p></td><td><p>Total effective registrants</p></td><td><p>Qualified in the UK</p></td><td><p>Qualified Elsewhere</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>665,983</p></td><td><p>584,589 (88%)</p></td><td><p>81,394 (12%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>670,011</p></td><td><p>587,451 (88%)</p></td><td><p>82,560 (12%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>672,622</p></td><td><p>588,815 (88%)</p></td><td><p>83,807 (12%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>675,278</p></td><td><p>590,364 (87%)</p></td><td><p>84,914 (13%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>680,882</p></td><td><p>592,945 (87%)</p></td><td><p>87,937 (13%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>686,797</p></td><td><p>593,536 (86%)</p></td><td><p>93,261 (14%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> The Nursing and Midwifery Council</p><p> </p><p><em>Note: </em>The ‘elsewhere’ column includes those nurses and midwives trained in the European Economic Area excluding the UK and those trained outside of the EEA. <em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/06/2015 14:51:19 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

348814

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	State Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many state secondary schools there are in England; and how many of these have not had a student enter into Oxford or Cambridge University as an undergraduate over the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Davies of Stamford
uin	HL293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of state-funded secondary schools is available in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ Statistical First Release published by Department for Education. Table 2a of the ‘National tables’ spreadsheet contains information for each year since 2003.</p><p>Detailed destinations information such as destinations to Oxford and Cambridge Universities is only compiled for students completing Key Stage 5 (A levels or other level 3 qualifications), and is published in the Department for Education “Destinations of Key stage 4 and key stage 5 pupils” experimental statistical first release. Figures are therefore only available for secondary schools where they have sixth forms. Data has only been published for four years up to the 2011/12 cohort and information for the previous five years cannot be provided. In the latest destinations data (published 27 January 2015), destinations for institutions are available in table IN1 of the ‘Key stage 5: institution level tables’ spreadsheet.</p><p>The table below summarises the published information. Data have only been published for four years up to the 2011/12 cohort so information for the previous five years cannot be provided.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Number of state-funded secondary schools at January 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of state funded schools in 2012/13 Key Stage 5 destination cohort</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number with no student having sustained participation at Oxford or Cambridge University as an undergraduate, over the 4 cohorts of destinations data available</strong> [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State-funded schools</strong></p></td><td><p>3,329</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td><td><p>533</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] To be included in the destinations measure, young people have to show sustained participation in an education or employment destination in all of the first two terms of the year after they took an A level or other level 3 qualifications (October to March).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/06/2015 15:09:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	346 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Stamford

348816

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Thames Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Thames Water regarding (1) its payment to its offshore shareholders of £170 million in dividends, (2) its non-payment of United Kingdom tax, and (3) the pay increase given to its chief executive officer, in the light of the fact that the company is in receipt of a government guarantee to finance the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has had no discussions with Thames Water in this regard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The payment of dividends is a matter for Thames Water.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government cannot comment on the tax affairs of individual companies. Thames Water is resident for tax in the UK and is required by law to pay all taxes for which it is liable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thames Water Chief Executive Officer’s pay is also a matter for the Thames Water Board and its shareholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is not providing a guarantee to Thames Water. The Thames Tideway Tunnel project is being delivered in the private sector and will be financed and delivered by a competitively tendered Infrastructure Provider that is an entirely separate entity to Thames Water. Details of the contingent Government Support Package for this entity were announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 5 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/06/2015 15:47:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

348848

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Nash on 3 June (HL Deb, col 413), what format the funding review of the early-years childcare proposal will take; and whether the details will be available prior to the second reading of the Childcare Bill.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to increasing the average rate that providers are paid for the entitlement. At oral questions on 15 June 2015, My Hon Friend the member for East Surrey, Sam Gyimah confirmed that a cross-Government review of the cost of providing childcare is underway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A call for evidence to inform the review was launched on 15 June and will close on 10 August. This is part of a process of gathering the necessary evidence which will inform the outcome of the review and will report in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence document is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/06/2015 15:40:45 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

348849

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Qualifications
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 4 June (HL94), when they expect Ofqual's work with awarding organisations on the future of the relevant community languages to be completed and a decision to be taken on whether to launch a consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education, Ofqual and awarding organisations continue to consider and discuss potential approaches to securing these qualifications. The government is keen to ensure reformed qualifications in community languages will be available for first teaching in 2017. If no course of action can be agreed by Ofqual and awarding organisations the department will consult more widely on potential approaches and seek to ensure this timeline is adhered to.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/06/2015 15:13:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

348858

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	EU Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the new transparency and accountability framework, <i>The European Union International Cooperation and Development Results Framework</i>.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK strongly welcomes the publication of the EU Results Framework. This will provide much needed accountability and transparency for EU taxpayers, and has the potential to transform EU development spending – allowing programmes to deliver much better value for money and development results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attachment ‘Explanatory Memorandum, Launching the EU International Cooperation and Development Results Framework’ contains detail on the UK position on the Staff Working Document, which can also be found online at: http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/memorandum/commission-staff-working-document-launching-the-eu-international-cooperation-development-results-framework.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/06/2015 16:48:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name Explanatory Memorandum, Launching the EU International Cooperation and Development Results Framework.pdf title Explanatory Memorandum
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead