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388049

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date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pregnancies are unplanned; and what assessment they have made of the relationship between unplanned pregnancies and the high-risk period for folate levels and the closure of the neural tube at 27 days.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>There is no data routinely collected on whether a pregnancy is planned or unplanned. However, the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles estimated that 16.2% of pregnancies are unplanned with a further 29% categorised as ambivalent i.e. where the woman was neither actively planning or seeking to avoid a pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the relationship between unplanned pregnancies and the high risk period for folate levels and the closure of the neural tube at 27 days gestation. In line with NICE guidance, women intending to become pregnant should be informed that dietary supplementation with folic acid, before conception and throughout the first 12 weeks, reduces the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The International Classification of Disease (10<sup>th</sup> edition) includes Anencephaly, Encephalocele and Spina Bifida as Neural Tube Defects. In 2014, 442 abortions were performed because of Neural Tube defects; 152 (34%) of these were performed at 20 weeks gestation or over.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the socio-economic group for women having abortions is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1176 HL1177 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:21:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

388050

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average number of terminations of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects at the 20-week scan.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>There is no data routinely collected on whether a pregnancy is planned or unplanned. However, the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles estimated that 16.2% of pregnancies are unplanned with a further 29% categorised as ambivalent i.e. where the woman was neither actively planning or seeking to avoid a pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the relationship between unplanned pregnancies and the high risk period for folate levels and the closure of the neural tube at 27 days gestation. In line with NICE guidance, women intending to become pregnant should be informed that dietary supplementation with folic acid, before conception and throughout the first 12 weeks, reduces the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The International Classification of Disease (10<sup>th</sup> edition) includes Anencephaly, Encephalocele and Spina Bifida as Neural Tube Defects. In 2014, 442 abortions were performed because of Neural Tube defects; 152 (34%) of these were performed at 20 weeks gestation or over.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the socio-economic group for women having abortions is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1175 HL1177 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:21:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

388051

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have regarding the socio-economic groups to which those deciding to terminate a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy after the 20-week scan belong.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL1177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>There is no data routinely collected on whether a pregnancy is planned or unplanned. However, the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles estimated that 16.2% of pregnancies are unplanned with a further 29% categorised as ambivalent i.e. where the woman was neither actively planning or seeking to avoid a pregnancy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the relationship between unplanned pregnancies and the high risk period for folate levels and the closure of the neural tube at 27 days gestation. In line with NICE guidance, women intending to become pregnant should be informed that dietary supplementation with folic acid, before conception and throughout the first 12 weeks, reduces the risk of having a baby with a neural tube defect.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The International Classification of Disease (10<sup>th</sup> edition) includes Anencephaly, Encephalocele and Spina Bifida as Neural Tube Defects. In 2014, 442 abortions were performed because of Neural Tube defects; 152 (34%) of these were performed at 20 weeks gestation or over.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the socio-economic group for women having abortions is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1175 HL1176 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:21:01 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

388064

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the proportion of people aged 18 on the electoral registers in (1) Northern Ireland, and (2) Great Britain; and what consideration they have given to bringing the electoral registration process in Great Britain into line with that in Northern Ireland by fully involving schools in the process.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL1190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The most recent analysis by the Electoral Commission of the completeness and accuracy of the electoral registers in Northern Ireland (November 2012) and Great Britain (2014) suggests that 51% of 18-19 year olds in Northern Ireland were registered to vote, compared with 76.1% of 18-19 year olds in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Many Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) in Great Britain already work with local schools and colleges in their area to identify and register young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/07/2015 14:06:46 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

388066

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Fines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil penalties for non-compliance with the electoral registration process have been issued since the penalty system was introduced; and what steps they plan to take to increase awareness of such civil penalties.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL1192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Civil penalty notices are issued on a local basis by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs); there is no requirement for an ERO to inform the Government where this occurs, therefore no information is held centrally on the number of civil penalty notices issued. A civil penalty notice once issued may be cancelled at the ERO’s discretion or if the person makes an application to register.</p><p> </p><p>All Electoral Registration Officers are obliged by the Representation of the People Regulations 2001 to use the registration application forms designed by the Electoral Commission and approved by Government Ministers. Applicants filling in these forms are required to make a declaration that they understand that failure to make an application when required to do so could result in a civil penalty notice being issued.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/07/2015 14:01:47 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

388067

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
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 advice of the Electoral Commission that the transition to individual electoral registration should not be brought forward from 1 December 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
uin	HL1193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government informed the House on 16 July of its plans to end the transition to Individual Electoral Registration in December 2015. The Written Ministerial Statement can be found on parliament.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/07/2015 14:04:48 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard

388070

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for the latest year for which figures are available, how many people in England aged (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, (4) 19–21, (5) 22–24, and (6) 25 and over, started an apprenticeship; and for each age group, how many started engineering apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in 2013/14 by age for all apprenticeships and for the engineering and manufacturing sector subject area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by age (2013/14)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>All Apprenticeship Starts</p></td><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25,500</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>39,000</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-21</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>15,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-24</p></td><td><p>58,100</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p>161,600</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 440,400 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 64,800 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of apprenticeship.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 21/07/2015 13:08:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388071

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Apprentices: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for the latest year for which figures are available, what is the total level of funding for apprenticeships in England available for those aged (1) 16–18, and (2) 19 and over; and for each age group, how much was allocated to engineering apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Funding responsibility for the Apprenticeship Programme is shared between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which funds adult apprenticeships and the Department for Education which funds 16-18 year olds. This is a demand-led budget and not allocated to any particular sector, employers and providers are relied upon to work together to offer sufficient opportunities to meet local demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the 2015/16 financial year, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will provide £770million to fund apprenticeships for those aged 19+ and the Department for Education will provide £776.5million to fund apprenticeships for those aged 16-18[1].</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] These figures do not include funding for the Employer Ownership Programme</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 12:12:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388072

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Apprentices: Engineering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how decisions about allocating funding to engineering apprenticeships for those aged (1) 16–18, and (2) 19 and over, are made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs with high quality training. The locations and sectors where apprenticeships are available are determined by employers offering opportunities and recruiting apprentices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to 3 million apprenticeship starts during the next 5 years and we will work with employers, including in the engineering sector, to provide more apprenticeship opportunities, particularly for young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Skills Funding Agency, the Government provides funding for training where employers hire an apprentice and currently fully funds apprenticeship training for 16 – 18 year olds and up to 50% of apprenticeship training for over 19s.</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 21/07/2015 13:07:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388073

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Students: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the cost of (1) full, and (2) partial, maintenance grants for full-time undergraduate students in higher education in England studying at (a) universities, and (b) further education colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) publishes statistics according to the domicile of applicants rather than the country of study. Information on English domiciled applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for study at UK providers is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/855703/slcsfr052014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/855703/slcsfr052014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount awarded in Maintenance Grants to English domiciled applicants at publicly-funded providers in the UK by type of provider in the academic year 2013/14 has been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by provider type <sup>(3)</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p>Publicly-funded providers of Higher Education <sup>(4)</sup></p><p> </p><p>Academic year 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Provider type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full Maintenance Grant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Partial Maintenance Grant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Maintenance Grants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Institutions</p></td><td><p>1,124.8</p></td><td><p>221.0</p></td><td><p>1,345.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Further Education Colleges</p></td><td><p>101.0</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>113.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All publicly-funded providers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,225.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,458.9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p> </p><p>(3) Provider name is the name of the parent institution to the main institution associated with a course as recorded in the SLC administrative system. A course may be held at a campus of the main institution or at a franchise location.</p><p> </p><p>(4) In addition to the £1,458.9 million awarded in Maintenance Grants to applicants at publicly-funded providers, there was also £133.3 million awarded to applicants at Alternative Providers in 2013/14, however a breakdown of these awards by provider type is not readily available.</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 21/07/2015 12:20:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name slcsfr052014.pdf title Statistical first release
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford