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1668082

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date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Employment Agencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to allowing local authorities to become flexi-job apprenticeship agencies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
uin	HL31
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The department is supporting sectors with short-term project-based work through flexi-Job apprenticeship agencies, which have so far allowed 1,000 apprentices to work with different host employers, and on a range of projects, to gain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their chosen field.</p><p>As of October 2023, there are 45 flexi-job agencies supporting the delivery of apprenticeships in sectors such as creative, construction, agriculture and digital, across every region in England. The current register of flexi-job agencies can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships/flexi-job-apprenticeship-agencies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships/flexi-job-apprenticeship-agencies</a>.</p><p>Organisations such as mayoral combined authorities and local authorities will be able to apply to become a flexi-job agency if they can successfully meet the conditions of registration. The department will share details of any plans to re-open the register in due course. The conditions of registration can be found attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL30 HL32 question first answered 21/11/2023 12:35:06 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL30_HL31_HL32_Conditions_of_Registration_for_flexi-job_apprenticeship_agencies.pdf title HL30_HL31_HL32_pdf
tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

1668083

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Employment Agencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any restrictions on a Mayoral Combined Authority being a flexi-job apprenticeship agency.
tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
uin	HL32
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The department is supporting sectors with short-term project-based work through flexi-Job apprenticeship agencies, which have so far allowed 1,000 apprentices to work with different host employers, and on a range of projects, to gain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in their chosen field.</p><p>As of October 2023, there are 45 flexi-job agencies supporting the delivery of apprenticeships in sectors such as creative, construction, agriculture and digital, across every region in England. The current register of flexi-job agencies can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships/flexi-job-apprenticeship-agencies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexi-job-apprenticeships/flexi-job-apprenticeship-agencies</a>.</p><p>Organisations such as mayoral combined authorities and local authorities will be able to apply to become a flexi-job agency if they can successfully meet the conditions of registration. The department will share details of any plans to re-open the register in due course. The conditions of registration can be found attached.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL30 HL31 question first answered 21/11/2023 12:35:06 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name HL30_HL31_HL32_Conditions_of_Registration_for_flexi-job_apprenticeship_agencies.pdf title HL30_HL31_HL32_pdf
tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

1461031

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Company Accounts: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the UK Endorsement Board took no account the two opinions of George Bompas QC in its analysis for the endorsement of IFRS 17 despite linking to those opinions on its website.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL28
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK Endorsement Board has sought advice to clarify the legal position and the approach to be taken when assessing an international accounting standard against the criteria in Regulation 7(1)(a) of SI 2019/685 (the true and fair view criteria). In April 2022, it obtained an Opinion from Counsel on the interpretation of Regulation 7(1)(a). This Opinion was only one piece of a wide range of information that has been considered by the UK Endorsement Board as part of its responsibilities relating to the endorsement and adoption of international accounting standards.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Endorsement Board website contains links to prior Counsel opinions, that were obtained by a number of different organisations, in order to provide contextual background for stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL30 question first answered 20/05/2022 10:55:35 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1149810

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools which were approved in wave 9 of the free schools programme are (1) under construction, and (2) open.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, the government has funded thousands of good new school places across the country through the free schools programme. The programme aims to kick-start wider improvement, inject fresh approaches and draw in talent from a variety of backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 October 2019 there are 507 open free schools, 48 university technical colleges and 24 studio schools, which will provide over 320,000 places when at capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time it takes to identify, acquire and adapt the right site can sometimes mean that it is necessary for a school to open in temporary accommodation to meet the need for school places in the local area. As such, a free school can open whilst works are taking place on the permanent site.</p><p> </p><p>Where we have had concerns over the long-term success and viability of a proposed school, we have taken swift and decisive action to cancel the project. On occasion, a trust will decide to withdraw a project before the proposed school opens. The primary objective of the department in all cases is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for local pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL30 HL31 HL32 HL33 question first answered 25/10/2019 11:45:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL102 HL30 HL31 HL32 HL33_table_free_school_application_waves_9_to_13.pdf title HL102_HL30_HL31_HL32_HL33_table
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1149738

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the schools approved in wave 11 of the free schools programme are (1) under construction and (2) open.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL31
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, the government has funded thousands of good new school places across the country through the free schools programme. The programme aims to kick-start wider improvement, inject fresh approaches and draw in talent from a variety of backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 October 2019 there are 507 open free schools, 48 university technical colleges and 24 studio schools, which will provide over 320,000 places when at capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time it takes to identify, acquire and adapt the right site can sometimes mean that it is necessary for a school to open in temporary accommodation to meet the need for school places in the local area. As such, a free school can open whilst works are taking place on the permanent site.</p><p> </p><p>Where we have had concerns over the long-term success and viability of a proposed school, we have taken swift and decisive action to cancel the project. On occasion, a trust will decide to withdraw a project before the proposed school opens. The primary objective of the department in all cases is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for local pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL102 HL30 HL32 HL33 question first answered 25/10/2019 11:45:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL102 HL30 HL31 HL32 HL33_table_free_school_application_waves_9_to_13.pdf title HL102_HL30_HL31_HL32_HL33_table
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1149739

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the schools approved in wave 12 of the free schools programme are (1) under construction and (2) open.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL32
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, the government has funded thousands of good new school places across the country through the free schools programme. The programme aims to kick-start wider improvement, inject fresh approaches and draw in talent from a variety of backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 October 2019 there are 507 open free schools, 48 university technical colleges and 24 studio schools, which will provide over 320,000 places when at capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time it takes to identify, acquire and adapt the right site can sometimes mean that it is necessary for a school to open in temporary accommodation to meet the need for school places in the local area. As such, a free school can open whilst works are taking place on the permanent site.</p><p> </p><p>Where we have had concerns over the long-term success and viability of a proposed school, we have taken swift and decisive action to cancel the project. On occasion, a trust will decide to withdraw a project before the proposed school opens. The primary objective of the department in all cases is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for local pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL102 HL30 HL31 HL33 question first answered 25/10/2019 11:45:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL102 HL30 HL31 HL32 HL33_table_free_school_application_waves_9_to_13.pdf title HL102_HL30_HL31_HL32_HL33_table
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1149740

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the schools approved in wave 13 of the free schools programme are (1) under construction and (2) open.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL33
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, the government has funded thousands of good new school places across the country through the free schools programme. The programme aims to kick-start wider improvement, inject fresh approaches and draw in talent from a variety of backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 October 2019 there are 507 open free schools, 48 university technical colleges and 24 studio schools, which will provide over 320,000 places when at capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table contains the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The length of time it takes to identify, acquire and adapt the right site can sometimes mean that it is necessary for a school to open in temporary accommodation to meet the need for school places in the local area. As such, a free school can open whilst works are taking place on the permanent site.</p><p> </p><p>Where we have had concerns over the long-term success and viability of a proposed school, we have taken swift and decisive action to cancel the project. On occasion, a trust will decide to withdraw a project before the proposed school opens. The primary objective of the department in all cases is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for local pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL102 HL30 HL31 HL32 question first answered 25/10/2019 11:45:28 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL102 HL30 HL31 HL32 HL33_table_free_school_application_waves_9_to_13.pdf title HL102_HL30_HL31_HL32_HL33_table
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

731014

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many Suspicious Activity Reports are outstanding on the Elmer Database.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL28
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 2.11 million suspicious activity reports (SARs) on the Elmer database. These SARs remain on the system either as result of ongoing activity from a law enforcement agency, or because the SAR is within the six year period for which data can be held on Elmer, in line with the ECHR and Data Protection legislation. In 2015/16 the UKFIU received over 400,000 SARs. Each SAR may include detail of the activities of a number of persons, and it is therefore not possible to determine how many nominal subjects are within the database.</p><p> </p><p>Following the House of Lords European Union Committee Inquiry into Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism in July 2009, and the Information Commissioner’s review of the ELMER database in 2010, the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has implemented the Retention and Deletion policy for Suspicious Activity Reports. This sets the following criteria for the removal of SARs:</p><p> </p><p>o If definitive feedback is received from law enforcement end users that states a SAR is not connected with criminality, that SAR is deleted.</p><p>o Otherwise, the retention period for SARs is six years from the date of submission. After that time they are automatically deleted from the SARs database (ELMER) and other derivative systems, on a rolling daily deletion programme.</p><p>o When a SAR is deleted, an audit record showing the SAR Unique Reference Number (URN), date of creation and date of deletion is retained for all SARs. This record contains no personal data, but is used to confirm, if necessary, that a SAR has been submitted.</p><p>o There are occasions when, after six years, a SAR still forms part of an on-going case, investigation or appeal and is entirely the responsibility of the end user to ensure that copies of the required SARs are transferred to the investigating agency’s ‘case record’. The data control responsibility for those records is then transferred from the NCA to that agency.</p><p> </p><p>The UKFIU has access to the entire Elmer database, which includes ‘sensitive’ SARs such as those submitted on terrorism, integrity and some politically exposed persons.</p><p> </p><p>SARs are only directly available to agencies with officers with powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act, or under the Terrorism Act (for terrorist finance), and only with officers who have an accreditation enabling them to see SARs. All such access is governed by user agreements at both an agency and individual level. For other organisations to qualify for access to the non-sensitive version of ELMER, they must accept the terms of ‘The Organisation Agreement for Direct Access to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)’ which sets the objectives, responsibilities and conditions within which both the NCA and the end user must comply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL29 HL30 question first answered 05/07/2017 14:53:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

731016

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what policies apply to the removal of entries on the Elmer database.
tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
uin	HL29
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 2.11 million suspicious activity reports (SARs) on the Elmer database. These SARs remain on the system either as result of ongoing activity from a law enforcement agency, or because the SAR is within the six year period for which data can be held on Elmer, in line with the ECHR and Data Protection legislation. In 2015/16 the UKFIU received over 400,000 SARs. Each SAR may include detail of the activities of a number of persons, and it is therefore not possible to determine how many nominal subjects are within the database.</p><p> </p><p>Following the House of Lords European Union Committee Inquiry into Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism in July 2009, and the Information Commissioner’s review of the ELMER database in 2010, the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has implemented the Retention and Deletion policy for Suspicious Activity Reports. This sets the following criteria for the removal of SARs:</p><p> </p><p>o If definitive feedback is received from law enforcement end users that states a SAR is not connected with criminality, that SAR is deleted.</p><p>o Otherwise, the retention period for SARs is six years from the date of submission. After that time they are automatically deleted from the SARs database (ELMER) and other derivative systems, on a rolling daily deletion programme.</p><p>o When a SAR is deleted, an audit record showing the SAR Unique Reference Number (URN), date of creation and date of deletion is retained for all SARs. This record contains no personal data, but is used to confirm, if necessary, that a SAR has been submitted.</p><p>o There are occasions when, after six years, a SAR still forms part of an on-going case, investigation or appeal and is entirely the responsibility of the end user to ensure that copies of the required SARs are transferred to the investigating agency’s ‘case record’. The data control responsibility for those records is then transferred from the NCA to that agency.</p><p> </p><p>The UKFIU has access to the entire Elmer database, which includes ‘sensitive’ SARs such as those submitted on terrorism, integrity and some politically exposed persons.</p><p> </p><p>SARs are only directly available to agencies with officers with powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act, or under the Terrorism Act (for terrorist finance), and only with officers who have an accreditation enabling them to see SARs. All such access is governed by user agreements at both an agency and individual level. For other organisations to qualify for access to the non-sensitive version of ELMER, they must accept the terms of ‘The Organisation Agreement for Direct Access to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)’ which sets the objectives, responsibilities and conditions within which both the NCA and the end user must comply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL28 HL30 question first answered 05/07/2017 14:53:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts